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The uniqueness of the Academy (ARL) has stemmed since 1946 from close voluntary cooperation between researchers in the spatial and planning sciences and practitioners of spatial planning and development.

Joint, cross- and transdisciplinary cooperation in working groups and projects brings together the knowledge of both academia and practice. During the first decades of its existence the ARL focused primarily on German spatial planning and development.

Since the early 1990s this focus has broadened out to engage with the EU and increasing globalisation.

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ARL at AESOP Congress 2024

The annual AESOP Congress took place from July 8–12 2024 at Science Po in Paris.

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2023 ARL Congress

The 2023 ARL Congress will focus on a multi-perspective view of the relationships between mobility and accessibility and various aspects of social parti

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ARL Congress 2022: A SMART future? Digitalisation: Challenges for spatial development

A SMART future? Digitalisation: Challenges for spatial development. 30 June to 1 July 2022 in Bielefeld (Germany)

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ARL Congress 2024: Major Infrastructure Projects

Planning: between protests and calls to pick up the pace
18-19 April 2024 at the media docks in Lübeck

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userInternational Working Group

Border Futures

Border Futures – Zukunft Grenze – Avenir Frontière. Future viability of cross-border cooperation.

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userGerman Working Group

Climate change adaptation in urban and regional development

Climate change and its impacts are an important field of action in spatial development.

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COMPASS

COMPASS - Comparative Analysis of Territorial Governance and Spatial Planning Systems in Europe

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CORCAP

Development of strategic plans for the use of corridor effects. Strengthening of (logistic) locations.

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userInternational Working Group

European Transport Corridors

The TEN-T Corridor Orient/East-Mediterranean (OEM) Hamburg-Athens is of utmost importance for the cohesion of Europe.

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Gender in Spatial Development

Gender in Spatial Development – Perspectives, Similarities and Differences.

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Gender Perspectives on Energy Transition

Spatial Transformation Processes of Energy Transition – Analytical and Design Perspectives from Gender Studies in Spatial Planning

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InDaLE

Innovative approaches to services of general interest in rural areas. What Germany can learn from the experience of other european countries.

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LAND4FLOOD: Natural Flood Retention on Private Land

Which synergies can be identified between different land uses and the provision of flood storage and ecosystem services?

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userGerman Working Group

Onshore wind power

Ad Hoc Working Group on ‘The energy transition on land: spatial development challenges resulting from the 2% plan’ Germany’s coalition government r

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Pandemics and Spatial Development

The ARL has set up an inter- and transdisciplinary ad hoc working group on "Pandemics and Spatial Development".

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userInternational Working Group

Planning Theories

A current inventory of the state of the art in international planning theory. A basis for further professional discourse.

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Regional Inequality in Germany: Assessment, Drivers and Consequences (REINING)

In cooperation with Prof. Dr. Sebastian Siegloch (ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research), the ARL is working on part of the Leib

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Small towns and metropolitan cores: towards cooperation?

Small towns and metropolitan cores: towards cooperation? A European perspective.

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Socially responsible research: design, impact analysis, quality assurance (LeNa Shape)

Science impacts society, causing change. Scientists thus always bear responsibility for self-critical reflection on their role and impact.

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Spatial Planning and Research in Europe after 1945

Spatial planning is typically European in its attempt to shape the development of societies by ordering their territories.

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Summer School 2022 - Spatial Justice

Exploring Spatial Justice in times of disruptions

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Summer School 2023 - Digital Cities

The topic of the summer school is “A CONTESTED RELATIONSHIP? Urbanisation & the Digital, vs. Digitalisation & the Urban”.

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Summer School 2024: Spatial Transformation from a Planning Perspective

Spatial transformation holds a central role in addressing the multifaceted challenges of the 21st century, extending beyond the pressing concerns of climate

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userGerman Working Group

The future of planning

The challenges The modern political and administrative system of spatial planning arose in the 20th century, initially in response

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The potential of gender studies in analysing and shaping spatial transformation processes in the energy transition

The potential of gender studies in analysing and shaping spatial transformation processes in the energy transition (subproject 1)The energy tra