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The 37^th AESOP Annual Congress 2025 "Planning as a Transformative Action in an Age of Planetary Crisis." will be held on July 07 – 11 2025, in Istanbul, Türkiye.

The following scientific tracks will be addressed:

• TRACK 1: Postgrowth Urbanism 

  Looking “Beyond Growth” for Ecological Balance and Social Equity in Cities and Regions 

• TRACK 2: Planning and Law

  Law as a catalyst for change; Legal frameworks for planetary transformation and just transitions

• TRACK 3: Mobility

  Planning for Inclusive, accessible, sustainable, innovative forms of urban mobility systems

• TRACK 4: Governance

  Institutions, actors and ideas crossing boundaries and enabling learning 

• TRACK 5: Environment and Climate

  Sustainable cities and climate action: the role of planning in addressing the environmental and climate challenge

• TRACK 6: Urban Cultures and Lived Heritage:

  Transformative power of culture and heritage; Risks and threats on cultural landscapes 

• TRACK 7: Inclusion

  Planning responses to shifting demographic landscape; Vulnerable populations; Political, natural and anthropogenic triggers of migration

• TRACK 8: Education and Skills

  Planning education responses to social, economic, and environmental challenges; Innovative pedagogical approaches, knowledge and skills

• TRACK 9: Urban Futures

  Changing mindset; Novel and innovative narratives for a equitable, and just future

• TRACK 10: Theories

  Critical approaches to planning theory and practice

• TRACK 11: Emerging Technologies

  Emerging digital technologies, transformative planning, and spatial systems

• TRACK 12: Disaster-Resilient Planning

  Planning for the Unexpected; Disaster preparedness, management and recovery; Disaster-oriented urban solutions; Resilience and risk mitigation

• TRACK 13: Housing and Shelter

  Planning for affordable housing; New models of living; Homelessness; Shelter for refuges and vulnerable population

• TRACK 14: Ethics, Values and Planning

  Upholding justice in an age of crisis 

• TRACK 15: Property Market Actors

  Property market actors in shaping cities, challenges of financialization, policies and strategies to overcome multi-faceted crisis

• TRACK 16: Food

  Planning for just and sustainable food systems; Food security; Food safety

• TRACK 17: Public Space

  Transformative power of public spaces, Planning for Inclusion, Equity and Transformation

• TRACK 18: Tourism

  Overtourism, commodification of culture and nature, responsible tourism, regenerative tourism

Please visit the AESOP 2025 ISTANBUL CONGRESS website for more information!

SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

For General Questions:

aesop2025@yildiz.edu.tr

For Abstract Submission Questions:

aesop2025.abstract@yildiz.edu.tr 

More information regarding the congress will be continually updated on the website.