Dr.
Daniel Galland
Aalborg University, Copenhagen
Associate Professor

Information

Work History

2025–2026: Visiting Professor, The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK

2020–Present: Department of Sustainability and Planning, Aalborg University, Denmark

2017–2020: Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Norwegian University of Life Sciences

2011–2017: Deparment of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Denmark

2013–2014: Visiting Scholar, School of Urban Planning, McGill University, Canada


Education

2008–2011: PhD, Spatial Planning, Aalborg University

2006–2007: MPhil., Ethics and Politics, University of Barcelona

2001–2004: MSc., Environmental Planning, Institute for Resources & Environment, University of British Columbia

Galland, D., Tewdwr-Jones, M. & Harrison, J. (2026). Regions in Evolution: A History of Regional Planning. London: Routledge.

Harrison, J., Galland, D. & Tewdwr-Jones, M. (eds.) (2022). Planning Regional Futures. London: Routledge.

Zimmermann, K., Galland, D. & Harrison, J. (eds.) (2020). Metropolitan Regions, Planning and Governance. Cham: Springer.

Davoudi, S., Galland, D. & Stead, D. (2020). Reinventing planning and planners: Ideological decontestations and rhetorical appeals. Planning Theory, 19(1), pp. 17-37.

Galland, D., 2012. Is regional planning dead or just coping? The transformation of a state sociospatial project into growth-oriented strategies. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 30(3), pp. 536-552.

ARL IAK 'Planning and Governing the Metropolis' (2016-2019)

Zimmermann, K., Galland, D. and Harrison, J. (Eds.), 2020. Metropolitan Regions, Planning and Governance. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25632-6

ARL Country Profile of Denmark. Hannover: ARL Country Profiles.
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  • Spatial & state & regional planning
  • Urban planning & development