AESOP Young Academics Network

🚀 Exciting PhD Position Alert! 🚀 We’re looking for an ambitious Master’s student/graduate to join our BYREG team at NMBU in Ås, Norway, for a thrilling 3-year PhD adventure! 🌍✨ This research will focus on analysing the institutional setting of planning and planning systems — an incredible opportunity to shape the future! If you know someone who’s up for the challenge, please forward this job call. We are looking forward to your applications. Link in the comments

🚀 Exciting News! plaNext – Next Generation Planning is Now Indexed in Scopus! 🎉 We are thrilled to announce that plaNext – Next Generation Planning has been accepted for indexing in Scopus! The Scopus Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB) has reviewed our application and approved the journal for coverage, recognizing its academic rigor and relevance to an international audience in the field of planning. 💡 This achievement is a testament to the quality of research and contributions published in plaNext, reinforcing its role as a key platform for emerging scholars and innovative planning perspectives. A huge thank you to all the authors, reviewers, and editorial team who have contributed to making this possible! 🙌 📖 Stay tuned for more cutting-edge research in planning! 🔗 Explore plaNext: https://lnkd.in/dT3Qksmm AESOP - Association of European Schools of Planning AESOP Young Academics Network GPEAN - Global Planning Education Association Network International Open Access Journal plaNext – Next Generation Planning

The AESOP 2025 Heads of Schools Meeting has officially begun! 🎉 This year’s meeting in Liverpool tackles one of the most pressing questions in planning education: 💡 What gives planning and planners legitimacy to shape development outcomes in the public interest? In an era of rising populism and contested expertise, educators face the challenge of preparing future planners to navigate: ✅ Complex societal dynamics ✅ Disagreements on collective interests ✅ Contested claims to expertise and authority What to expect? - Keynote Speakers – Insights from leading planning theorists & practitioners - Interactive Workshops – Discussions on innovative and inclusive teaching methods - Mobile Workshops – Exploring real-world planning challenges across Liverpool City Region 📌 More details here: https://lnkd.in/eAtbRS49 Thanks to the Planning at the University of Liverpool for hosting this event! AESOP - Association of European Schools of Planning AESOP Young Academics Network GPEAN - Global Planning Education Association Network Olivier Sykes #AESOP2025 #PlanningEducation #UrbanPlanning #HeadsOfSchools #Liverpool

📢 Please Share!🔬Postdoc Opportunity at Utrecht University! We're seeking a passionate researcher for our TRUST project (Towards a Truly Sustainable Transportation System) to help shape the future of fair and sustainable mobility. In this role, you'll be evaluating the fairness of sustainable transportation policies and developing evidence-based tools that support a just transition in transportation. As part of our interdisciplinary team, together with Dick Ettema, Oded Cats, and Jamie Draper, you'll develop ethical frameworks for just mobility, analyze citizen responses to sustainable mobility policies, and investigate systemic effects using complex systems theory. You'll also work directly with stakeholders to create innovative policy packages that balance sustainability with social equity. 📋 Requirements: - PhD in transportation studies, public policy, or related field - Experience with theoretical development and survey research - Experience and affinity with quantitative and qualitative research methods - Excellent communication abilities 📝 Details: - 18-month position - 32-36 hours/week - Based in Utrecht, Netherlands - Competitive salary and benefits Interested in making transportation more sustainable and equitable? Apply by March 21, 2025! Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/evAWXDxz #SustainableTransport #Postdoc #Academia #Transportation #Sustainability #Research #Utrecht

#JOB! Professorship in architecture in Copenhagen - Academic Positions

Now we are starting to build our Imago research team and are looking for 3 postdoctoral research associates! This is a pretty exciting opportunity to join our Geographic Data Science Lab and come a shape the next generation of open access data products for the UK based on satellite imagery! 🗓️ Deadline: 7th March, 2025 📥 Applications: https://lnkd.in/eZcN5YfU

📢 📢 JOB ALERT 📢 📢 Join the European Commission's Joint Research Centre - Demography and Migration Unit - and come work in a dynamic, friendly and motivated team! We're seeking a passionate researcher with a strong quantitative background in demography, economics or regional development studies. If you're eager to contribute to EU policies with evidence-based knowledge, this is the opportunity for you! 🌍 📍 Location: Ispra, Italy. Contract: 36 months (renewable up to 6 years) Salary: 4,270.49 - 6,185.58 € Essential Qualifications: - A Ph.D. or 5 years working experience in demography, economics or regional development studies. - Excellent written and spoken English (C1 level). - Experience with major EU-level surveys (LFS, EUSILC, HBS, SHARE, GGS) and international sources of statistics on demography (EUROSTAT, UNDESA, IIASA, IHME). - Hands-on experience with data analytics and scientific programming tools (Python, R, STATA). Interested? Apply now through https://lnkd.in/dqNqRSiM EU Science, Research and Innovation

💥 Vacancy alert 💥 The Department of Architecture at TU Delft has opened three new PhD positions (fully funded, start dates in Sept '25). 👉 PhD in Architecture and Data Visualization https://lnkd.in/eqfz2vJ7 👉 PhD in Mapping Historical 'Blue' Infrastructures for Urban Health: https://lnkd.in/e_NiqEaz 👉 PhD in (Public) Architectures of Circulation - "Food in the City": https://lnkd.in/eDGifMfE Check out the vacancies or send me a message for more info. Delft University of Technology Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft Angela Rout Georg Vrachliotis Vincent Baptist Carola Hein Nathalie de Vries Julia Kreuwel Guido Schipper #hiring #vacancy #phd #architecture

Special Issue on Decolonization - Journal for Landscape Architecture (JoLA) - Abstracts by March 15 - get in touch with the editorial team JoLA announces a new call for papers for a special issue that critically focuses and reflects on the concept of ‘decolonization’ in relation to landscape and the history, theory, methodology and practice of landscape architecture from various ontological, historical, political and social perspectives across geographies. The topics may include, but are not limited to: · Concepts and practices of ‘landscape decolonization’ · Decolonial answers to biopolitics: human/non-human · Climate transition, social, political and environmental crises from decolonial perspectives · Political economy of land, landscape architecture and decolonization · Neo-coloniality and landscape architecture · Pluriversal approaches and perspectives · Planetary thinking and practices · Care and repair · Indigenous landscapes · Non-extractive landscape architecture(s) Please submit abstracts (500 words maximum, visuals encouraged). Deadline for abstracts is 15 March 2025. Abstracts for all manuscript sections are welcome. Full papers must be written by 15 September 2025. For more information about the journal, different manuscript sections and publication conditions. https://lnkd.in/eY7vddhx #landscapearchitecture #landscaperesearch #decolonisation #decolonisation

📢 Call for Contributions: AESOP Young Academics Blog Are you an early-career scholar looking to share your research with a broader audience? The AESOP Young Academics Blog is seeking contributions from researchers in the field of urban and regional planning! We welcome: ✅ Insights from recently published papers or conference presentations ✅ Thought-provoking theoretical discussions ✅ Engaging case studies and field experiences ✅ Fresh perspectives on key planning challenges If you have an idea or a piece of research you’d like to share with the AESOP community, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a message or comment below to get involved. Let’s make research more accessible and engaging! 🚀 #AESOP #YoungAcademics #UrbanPlanning #ResearchOutreach