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a research interest which he most likely benefited from while being the dean of faculty during two office periods . as president of aesop between 2000 and 2002 hans mastop used two other interests internationalization and young academics to initiate and support the ya network in aesop . on behalf of aesop anna geppert is happy to address hans our warmest thanks for his meaningful contributions to the development of our association . the aesop community wishes you many fulfillments in this new time of your life aesop s position paper on the new urban agenda published at 10 october 2016 aesop has recently applied to become an accredited partner of un habitat and it already became one of the members of the general assembly of partners gap a special initiative proposed by the world urban campaign wuc to serve as a platform for non governmental partners in habitat iii . the habitat iii conference aims to adopt a new urban agenda nua an action oriented document which will set global standards of achievement in sustainable urban development rethinking the way we build manage and live in cities through cooperation with committed partners relevant stakeholders and urban actors at all levels of government as well as the private sector . aesop has been contributing to the debates on the new urban agenda and as a result prepared this position paper which focuses on the role that research and academia and in particular our planning schools should play in the implementation phase of the nua through capacity building knowledge production and research that informs policymaking as well as data collection and analysis for the subsquent monitoring phases . the exco would like to thank our colleague prof. ela babalik sutcliffe for leading the preparation of this document . new aesop president published at 20 july 2016 anna geppert is the new aesop president from july 2016 until july 2018 . the aesop community warmly welcomes anna geppert as the new aesop president and greatly appreciates and thanks francesco lo piccolo s remarkable work and dedication to our association in the previous years . new conferences officer published at 20 july 2016 zorica nedovic budic is the new aesop conferences officer and new member of the executive committee.the aesop community warmly welcomes zorica nedovic budic as the new aesop conferences officer and greatly appreciates gerhard schimak for his attentive and dedicated work as events officer in the previous years . new yan representative published at 20 july 2016 karel van den berghe is the new young academics network representative.the aesop community warmly welcomes karel van den berghe and acknowledges nadia caruso s most valuable contribution to both the exco and the yan in the previous years . latest news from members browse all members news of 2016 ii international conference african urban planning published at 17 september 2016 institute of geography and spatial planning university of lisbon & international planning history society lisbon 7 8 september 2017 conference on planning law and property rights published at 2 september 2016 the international academic association on planning law and property rights plpr see www.plpr association.org celebrates its 11th annual conference 20th 25th february 2017 in hong kong at the university of hong kong call for papers seminar exploring urban models and policy transfer the legacy of european green capitals published at 12 august 2016 the french and british planning study group organizes the seminar exploring urban models and policy transfer the legacy of european green capitals . october 24 25 2016 statement of solidarity with the academics in turkey and turkish scholars abroad published at 21 july 2016 an open letter to the aesop academic community statement of solidarity with the academics in turkey and turkish scholars abroad in the current unsettling climate of turkey the turkish government prohibits the basic pillars of the scientific and academic works by limiting the freedom of speech mobility and international exchange of the academics in turkey and of turkish academics abroad . we as the aesop thematic group public spaces and urban cultures are concerned about these silences and the selective condemnations . we stand in solidarity with our colleagues affected by this and fully claim for their rights to practice their profession in a full extent in a global community of academic scholars . 2nd international conference on urban e planning published at 21 july 2016 ijepr 2017 conference 20 21 april 2017 lisbon portugal subscribe to our newsletter subscribe aesop events aesop members events aesop partners events other events about us membership events awards quality recognition thematic groups ya network news activities books jobs journals educations go to top of the page content is copyright of aesop 2016 . all rights reserved web site development by redmob applications web site redesign by haveasign studio webmaster please wait . .