Pt and MaM at the AESOP Annual Congress 2023 in Łódź

This year's AESOP Annual Congress took place in Łódź from July 11 to 15, 2023. Members of the Chair of Planning Theory and Urban Development as well as doctoral students of the Research Training Group "Mittelstadt als Mitmachstadt" were present. Under the conference title "Integrated Planning in a World of Turbulance", research projects and dissertation topics were presented and jointly discussed by members of European planning schools.

The contributions of the Chair of Planning Theory can be found here:

Special Session: Strategic Planning and Accountability
Authors: Agnes Förster, Maren Paegert, Stefan Böschen, Peter Letmathe
Affiliations: Chair of Planning Theory and Urban Development, RWTH Aachen University
Title: Organizing a Landscape of Knowledge in Regional Transformation Processes.

Track 10: Interdisciplinary Planning Education: Challenges, Dialogues, Innovations
Authors: Victoria A. Johann, Katja Schotte, Agnes Förster
Affiliations: Chair of Planning Theory and Urban Development, RWTH Aachen University
Title: A Temporary University as Open(ing) Learning Process for Regional Transformation

Special Session: Involving the Civil Society into Integrated Planning at the Regional Level: A Regional Design Perspective
Authors: Agnes Förster
Affiliations: Chair of Planning Theory and Urban Development, RWTH Aachen University
Title: Citizen participation through a regional platform approach.

Track 06: Planning for Democracy and Governance
Authors: Laura Brings, Agnes Förster
Affiliations: Chair of Planning Theory and Urban Development, RWTH Aachen University
Title: Transformation through Trialogue?! Perspectives and Experiences on the Collaboration Of Actors From Administrations, Academia and Organized Civil Society

Track 10: Interdisciplinary Planning Education: Challenges, Dialogues, Innovations
Authors: Agnes Förster, Christopher Neuwirth
Affiliations: Chair of Planning Theory and Urban Development, RWTH Aachen University
Title: What does it mean to be a ‚transformative agent‘?

Track 13: A Multiverse of Planning Theories
Author: Lea Fischer
Affiliation: Chair of Planning Theory and Urban Development, RWTH Aachen University
Title: The Social Construction of Actors in Spatial Planning. Insights from Organization Theory

Track 12: Territorial Governance and Cohesion
Author: Julia Shapiro
Affiliation: Chair of Planning Theory and Urban Development, RWTH Aachen University
Title: Designing Spatial Culture with Narratives in Medium-Sized Towns

Session 08: Small Towns
Author: Julia Shapiro
Affiliation: Chair of Planning Theory and Urban Development, RWTH Aachen University
Title: Designing Spatial Culture with Narratives in Medium-Sized Towns

11/07/2023