Thurs at #WUF13 @gpean-planning.bsky.social highlights: CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT: PLANNING FOR SAFE AND RESILIENT CITIES AND COMMUNITIES BUILDING A GLOBAL NETWORK FOR CLIMATE-RESILIENT HOUSING FUTURE OF UN-HABITAT'S PARTNERSHIP WITH ACADEMIA AND RESEARCH @unhabitat-uni.bsky.social

Join GPEAN - Global Planning Education Association Network planners at the 13th World Urban Forum in Baku this week! WUF Academy program: drive.google.com/file/d/1NY1e... Full WUF Program: wuf.unhabitat.org/programme @rtpiplanners.bsky.social @gpean-planning.bsky.social

Planners for Climate Action #wuf13 @WUF13Azerbaijan sessions: Building a Global Network for Climate-Resilient Housing (21 May 14h00 Multipurpose Room 3 Planning Tools for Climate Action (22 May 12h00 Urban Library room A) @CAPplanners @UCCRN @Habitat_org @Kingsfound @ISOCARP @gpean_planning

"Writing & Publishing Workshop for New Scholars" organised by #JPER in cooperation with #WPSC6. 3 July designed for untenured professors, post docs and recent PhD recipients in urban planning, urban studies, and related fields. Application deadline 1 April details: app.eventos.fi/wpsc2026/web...

INTERNATIONAL PLANNING GUIDELINES AND DIFFUSION TO LOCAL PLANNING traces the 2003-2016 work of the Global Planners Network (GPN) to #ReinventUrbanPlanning and their impact on UN-HABITAT's #NewUrbanAgenda tinyurl.com/5xe6mwyf

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The 21st century has seen movement to advance universal principles for urban planning advocated by leading planners’ organisations and embodied in policy

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60 YEARS ISOCARP: A LEGACY OF PLANNING IMPACTS is now available for pdf download: isocarp.org/product/isoc... @gpean-planning.bsky.social @rtpiplanners.bsky.social

ISOCARP at 60: A Legacy of Planning Impacts (E-Book)

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LOCAL AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON EXTREME URBAN HEAT Online Webinar from APA Divisions January 16, 2026 | 1:00 - 2:30 PM ET CM 1.5 SR 1 Registration Link: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Hearty wishes for a sustainable and equitable 2026 from the Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN) on behalf of planning school associations and planning schools worldwide! AAPS, ACSP, ACUPP, AESOP, ALEUP, ANPUR, ANZAPS, APERAU, APSA, ASPI, TUPOB

Global Planners Network (GPN) statement for the 76th World Town Planning Day: With Planning We Can celebrates the achievements of planning and the role of planners in unlocking sustainable, inclusive, equitable, prosperous and resilient places. planning-org-uploaded-media.s3.amazonaws.com.

We still invite applications from early- to mid-career researchers to Global Innovation Fellowships: The German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) offering an opportunity to collaborate with DGAP on various European policy issues. Apply now: buff.ly/fAhi5yw

The #LeibnizDLGS #SummerSchool 2025 focus on policy and planning to address complex sustainability challenges. PhD candidates are invited to present their work. ⌛ Apply until 31 July 2025 👉 dlgs-dresden.de/programme/su... @gpean-planning.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @sthlmresilience.bsky.social

Call for SPECIAL SESSIONS: World Planning Schools Congress 29.6 - 3.7.2026, Finland, is now open until 26.8.2025! Special sessions address timely subjects not covered by the 15 congress tracks. app.eventos.fi/wpsc2026/web... #WPSC26 #urbanplanning #planningeducation #sustainabledevelopment

6th World Planning Schools Congress 2026 website has launched: wpsc2026.org PERIPHERAL VISIONS: RETHINKING PLANNING, will take place 29 June - 3 July '26 in Helsinki and Espoo Finland, with PhD Workshop 26-29 June in Tampere. #WPSC26

CfP: International Colloquium OnDemandCity Platform Urbanism and Technified Urban Lives. October 9, 2025, Málaga. forms.office.com/pages/respon... #urban #sociology

ICYMI: Applications are open for the WRI Ross Center #PrizeforCities! Join one of our upcoming webinars to learn how to submit a strong entry and what makes a project stand out. 📅 Apr 23: bit.ly/4iJpHkA 📅 Apr 24: bit.ly/4iL3K4O

" Framing the issue in the European context, and building on studies of other global regions, this research is the first European-wide scale survey to look at the extent to which European planning schools are addressing climate change in their curricula." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Are Spatial Planning Schools across Europe Teaching Climate Change? A Survey of Curricula in the European Context - Cassidy Johnson, Richard Sliuzas, Adriana Galderisi, Massimiliano Granceri Bradaschi...

It is important that the current and the next generations of planners are well equipped to contribute to the realization and upscaling of effective climate chan...

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International Conference on Sustainable Urban Proximities – Paris, 4 & 5 September 2025 In partnership with @chaireetiparis.bsky.social @unhabitat-uni.bsky.social UCLG Paris www.moreno-web.net/4-5-septembe... #SustainableCities #UrbanProximities

4-5 September 2025 – International Conference on Sustainable Urban Proximities – Paris, France - Carlos Moreno

Join the International Conference on Sustainable Urban Proximities in Paris on September 4-5, 2025. Experts will discuss local collaboration and knowledge-sharing to build more sustainable, human-cent...

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CoPED 2025: SAN BERILLO RISING: PLANNING FOR PEOPLE: HOUSING FOR ALL, 8-17 June '25, Catania, Italy: 10-day transdisciplinary summer school. www.tramediquartiere.org/coped-2025-c...

COPED 2025 - Catania - Italy June 8th > 17th, 2025, Call for Applications - Trame di Quartiere

Are you a graduate student or early-career researcher interested in how research can generate socially equitable and ecological community development? Join CoPED! CoPED is an intensive 10-day transdis...

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Samson Olanrewaju: LAND-USE TRANSFORMATION AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PERI-URBAN AREAS. Fourth episode of Season 7 of the Global Urban Lectures launched! View in YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtQ1... Global Urban Lectures: unhabitat.org/uni/global-u...

Samson Olanrewaju - Land-use transformation and quality of life in peri-urban areas

YouTube video by UN-Habitat Learn

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Saut Sagala: Urban Resilience Approach: Rapid Risk Diagnostic to Improve Quality of Life. Third episode of Season 7 of the Global Urban Lectures. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGxL... unhabitat.org/uni/global-u... @unhabitat-uni.bsky.social #qualityoflife #climateaction4cities

Saut Sagala - Urban Resilience Approach: Rapid Risk Diagnostic to Improve Quality of Life

YouTube video by UN-Habitat Learn

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IHS, Erasmus Uni: Webinar on Grassroots Organizations and Marginalized Communities 📅 29 January 2025, 13:00 -14:30 CET www.ihs.nl/en/events/gr...

Grassroots innovations: How to move to scale?

Register now for the Grassroots Innovations webinar organised by IHS in collaboration with UN-Habitat, EUR-VCC, Closer Cities, and Justra Cities.

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Apply TODAY! (by 11:59pm) Share your climate projects, artwork, and research. Top posters will receive cash prizes 🙌 uwaterloo.ca/student-clim...

We are looking for a new @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief. This interdisciplinary open access journal explores a variety of social science topics at a variety of spatial scales. More info here www.regionalstudies.org/news/for-edi... Closing Date: Friday 31 January 2025

We are looking for a new Editor-in-Chief for the Regions and Cities Book Series. These popular multi-disciplinary books are of interest to anyone involved in regional and urban development. More details at www.regionalstudies.org/news/call-fo... ⏰Deadline for applications 31 Jan 2025

AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A KEY TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT View videos: Planning Housing for Whom and How?: youtu.be/Qns3vw-VR10 Planners in the Center of the Housing Crisis?: youtu.be/oRJB0Hu6gew #UrbanThinkers #HousingMatters #SustainableDevelopment #ListenToCities

🏙️Governing Urban Data for the Public Interest Revisit our #IIPPInConversation panel with Francesca Bria, @rainerkattel.bsky.social , Theo Blackwell ( @ldncdo.bsky.social ), and @henriverdier.bsky.social on how cities can use data for the public interest. 📺Watch here: https://buff.ly/3VMDaii

Video of UN-Habitat Arena event about UNI: New Pact Between UN-Habitat and Academia from World Urban Forum 12 is available on the UN Web TV site in Arabic, English, French and Spanish: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1r...

UN-Habitat Arena: New Pact Between Un-habitat and Academia (World Urban Forum 12th Session)

As urban areas continue to expand and evolve at an unprecedented rate, the role of academia in shaping the future of cities has become increasingly important.

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Video of the Academia Roundtable from @World Urban Forum 12 is available on UN Web TV: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1i... in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. #housingmatters #itallstartsathome @unhabitat.bsky.social

Academia Roundtable (World Urban Forum 12th Session)

In the eye of the storm: How research and data can help solve the climate-related urban Housing crisis. Roundtables are action-oriented events that bring together peers to exchange views and opinions ...

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Much awaited results of the US and Canadian study of planning school climate action education! Bravo Elisabeth Infield Mark Seasons and Ward Lyles! "Teaching climate change planning: fostering hope while building capacity" - doi.org/10.1080/0269... @climateaction4cities #planningeducation 1/4

Teaching climate change planning: fostering hope while building capacity

Preparing planners to effectively engage with climate change poses vexing multi-level challenges for instructors across content, pedagogy, and relationships. There exists an urgent need, and demand...

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A KEY TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: World Urban Campaign Urban Thinkers Campus, Wed/Fri 18 &20 December, 13h00-15h00 UTC Wednesday logon: videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Friday logon: videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/regi...