things. It can be used to share and discuss research results, to learn about each others teaching in this field, to start transnational research projects among different members of the network, to take the initiative to publish research results, to comment on transnational and cross-border planning initiatives etc.
TG: Transportation Planning and Policy Coordinator: Angela Hull Important topics in transport planning are similar throughout Europe. Transport planners focus on congestion, air quality, safety, noise, liveability, etc. Although the main emphasis and the local circumstances vary, the underlying structures and solutions tried are fairly common. Transport planning policy has been a track session in most of the AESOP conferences so far, stressing the importance of the topic in planning in general. The goal of this group is to create and grow a network of researchers interested in the complex interlinkages between transport behaviour, transport infrastructure, the role of technology, sustainability, governance structures and interventions. This network is a forum to share research interests and to collaborate through: ++ annual meetings at AESOP conferences and research-led workshops; ++ support to new researchers, in particular PhD students; ++ the publication and dissemination of research findings; ++ the facilitation of new research projects.
TG: Urban Design in Planning Coordinator: Alan Reeve The main intention of the urban design group is to develop a better understanding of status of urban design within planning education across Europe, and of its relationship to both the professional disciplines of planning and architecture. The proposed topics of the urban design theme would include: ++ urban design and planning; ++ the university as an academic and intellectual milieu and its perspective on design as a ‘craft oriented’ discipline; ++ the role of urban design as a researched topic and as a tool of research; ++ the comparative status of urban design in the practice of planning, and how well universities equip students as professionals for this task; ++ the cultural specificity of urban design as an expression of particular
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