AESOP YA Blog statement – Summer 2022

There is a change that is happening within the planning discipline. Issues of public and private health, natural disasters, international … More

Civil society initiative for user-generated urban development processes: equal partners in post-industrial cities?

20 min. read Introduction Cities in diverse contexts experience increasing civil society engagement through neighbourhood-scale, informal and citizen-based interventions. Local … More

Emerging collaborative resources for young urbanists and scholars

3 min. read There is an emerging trend within academia, and particularly amongst young academics, to collaborate more freely and … More

The AESOP YA Blog is getting a new design!

2 min read. As we passed the torch to our new YA blog team, one of the decisions we took … More

How planners can play a key role in addressing the climate crisis

Reading time: 4 minutes Editor’s note: This post is part of the permanent call for blog posts to mark the … More

Public and stakeholder engagement, covid-19 and the ‘digital explosion’ – are we heading towards a more ‘blended’ approach?

This post highlights the need, value and challenges of adopting a blended approach to community engagement to help overcome digital divides and other hinders to citizen participation in spatial planning