The meeting of the working group is a very important element in the building of the Science City, as it promotes interdisciplinary cooperation and the exchange of knowledge and experience in the field of urban planning for health equity.

The 7th Dortmund Conference for Spatial and Planning Research (DOKORP 2025)  will take place from 10 to 12 February 2025 in German and English.

The annual AESOP Congress took place this year from July 8 to July 12 at the Sciences Po campus in Paris, and the ARL was very well represented with a total of four working groups.

Joint PlanToConnect/ AlpPlan mid-term workshop & AlpPlan general assembly 2024
On-site workshop

Socio-ecological transformation from gender and intersectional perspectives

Looking back at the 2024 AESOP conference

Socio-ecological transformation from gender and intersectional perspectives

Looking back at the 2024 AESOP conference

+++ Register for the International Conference in Rome, 10 to 11 October 2024 +++

Mega infrastructure projects, like highways and energy facilities, are vital for our future but bring complex challenges. 

TV-L 13, full-time position, 3 years; fixed-term,
beginning October 1st, 2024

SAVE THE DATE: The International Academic Association on Planning, Law, and Property Rights (PLPR) will hold its 19th annual conference between 3–7 March 2025 in Cardiff, UK.

Ukraine, having been a part of the USSR for a long time, inherited certain features of the Soviet approach to territorial planning. 

Kick-Off Workshop of the International Working Group in Valencia

The annual AESOP Congress is set to take place from July 8–12 2024 at Science Po in Paris.

ARL EWG AlpPlan and the Interreg Alpine Space project PlanToConnect jointly organize a mid-term workshop on the development of an Alpine (spatial) planning strategy for Green and Blue Infrastructure. 

ARL EWG AlpPlan took part in the “Joint action for the Alps - conserve, connect and restore” event in Kranjska Gora (Slovenia), including the Alpine Biodiversity Conference on 12 June 2024 and the Forum Alpinum on 13-14 June 2024. 

The European Union's environment ministers have voted in favour of the controversial Nature Restoration Law by a narrow majority.

You are invited to participate in the 2024 Video Challenge by creating a 2-minute video that tells the world about the significance of your research. The Video Challenge celebrates a diversity of built environment research.

The first half of the Special Issue resulting from the ARL international working group "Small towns and metropolitan cores: towards cooperation?" has been published in European Journal of Spatial Development (EJSD), VOL. 21 NO. 2 (2024): SPECIAL ISSUE - OPEN

We invite papers that reflect on the theoretical foundations of planning scholarship and practice or that engage with empirical research with conceptual, methodological, and critical ambitions.

In person conference, 2^nd-3^rd September 2024, Anglican Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK

International Conference in Rome, 10./11. October 2024.

Free online webinar series, forthcoming dates 23rd May, 19th September, 10th October 2024

The IAK "Gender and Climate just Cities and urban Regions" met for its last face-to-face meeting on April 25/26, 2024. The meeting was hosted by the co-leader of the IAK, Prof. Doris Damyanovic (BOKU).