Association of European Schools of Planning

"AESOP" redirects here. For other uses, see AESOP (disambiguation).

The Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) is a network of European universities, their departments and affiliated schools that are engaged in teaching and research in the fields of urban and regional planning.

Association of European Schools of Planning

Company type	Network of European universities
Founded	1987
Headquarters	Dortmund , Germany
Website	www.aesop-planning.eu

Foundation

The formal charter of the establishment of AESOP was signed in Dortmund, Germany, in 1987. In 1992, it was formally registered as a non-profit association under Belgian law.

Aims

The association aims to promote the development of the teaching curricula and research among its member institutions through mutual dialogue, communication, exchange, and dissemination of research practices.

Presidents and secretaries general

Presidents	Secretaries general
Ben Davy (current)	Angelique Chettiparamb (current)
Anna Geppert (2016–2018)	Paulo Pinho (2015–2019)
Francesco Lo Piccolo (2014–2016)	Izabela Mironowicz (2011 – 2015)
Gert de Roo (2012–2014)	Anna Geppert (2007 – 2011)
Kristina L.Nilsson (2010 – 2012)	Gert de Roo (2002 – 2007)
Willem Salet (2008 – 2010)	Angela Hull (1998 – 2002)
Peter Ache (2006 – 2008)	Goran Cars (1995 – 1998)
Simin Davoudi (2004 –2006)	Myriam Jansen–Verbeke (1993 – 1995)
Alessandro Balducci (2002 – 2004)	Richard Williams (1991 – 1993)
Hans Mastop (2000 – 2002)	Anthony Ramsey (1989 – 1991)
Tadeusz Markowski (1998 – 2000)	David Massey (1987 – 1989)
Marcel Bazin (1996 – 1998)
Patsy Healey (1994 – 1996)
Giorgio Piccinato (1992 – 1994)
Louis Albrecht (1990 – 1992)
Klaus Kunzmann (1987 – 1990)

See also

• European Spatial Development Perspective
• European Union
• The European Spatial Development Planning network