7th Dortmund Conference – Call for abstracts

The 7th Dortmund Conference for Spatial and Planning Research (DOKORP 2025) will take place from 10 to 12 February 2025 in German and English.

The conference is hosted by the Department of Spatial Planning at the TU Dortmund University and organised by the Chairs of Urban Development, Land-Use Planning and Urban Design Processes and Land Policy, Land Management and Municipal Geoinformation.
DOKORP 2025 is jointly organized by the Department of Spatial Planning at TU Dortmund University, the Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association, Hanover (ARL) and the Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development (ILS), Dortmund.

In western spatial planning practice, relatively stable basic assumptions are often implicitly assumed: Urban development is predictable, property is robust, institutions are stable, the financial system works and geopolitical and environmental influences remain largely stable. However, the current crises - climate, energy, housing - are shaking the foundations of such an assumption of stability.
What does this mean for planning? Most areas are dedicated, their plannability is fixed - but are the purposes still the right ones? What are the reasons for planning in times of multiple crises?

Conference Topics:

• Track 1: Multiple crises seen through the lens of international comparative planning research (GER/EN)
• Track 2: Planning theory (GER/EN)
• Track 3: “Rethinking spaces and spatial development –  planning in uncertain times” (GER/EN)
• Track 4: Housing and Land Policy (GER/EN)
• Track 5: Urban development in times of multiple crises (GER/EN)
• Track 7: Data-based Spatial and Urban Planning in the Digital Era (EN)
• Track 8: Green and Blue Infrastructure (EN)
• Track 9: Mobility and transport (GER/EN)
• Track 10: Masterplanning for change: Designing adaptable cities and neighbourhoods. (EN)
• Track 11: New paradigms for more complexity (GER/EN)
• Track 12: Stefano Cozzolino (EN)
• Track 14: Planning for resilient cities and regions in a changing climate. Objectives, players, risks and promising strategies. (GER/EN)
• Track 15: Open PhD-Workshop (GER/EN)
• Track 16: Call for Roundtable Proposals (GER/EN)

Call for Papers and Roundtables:

Conference Keynotes:

• Assoc. Prof. Heidi Falkenbach
  Professor of Real Estate Management in the Department of Built Environment, Aalto University
• Prof. Dr Dr Ortwin Renn
  sociologist, economist and sustainability scientist
• Prof. Dr. Richard Norton
  Professor of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Michigan