Contributions to volume 12 of the Yearbooks will examine resistance and conflicts in various areas of spatial transformation (e.g. existing building stock development, housing, energy, transport, village renewal) from an empirical and/or conceptual perspective. They will discuss existing conflicts as well as strategies and instruments for overcoming them, propose new instruments, and present examples from the diverse fields of urban, municipal, and regional planning. Small-scale and regional conflicts are no less of interest than European or global forms of resistance and fault lines. Asymmetric power relations — for example, between urban development logics and the local needs of rural areas — may also be explored.
Open Topics: In addition to the focal theme, contributions on other pressing topics in current spatial research and planning science may also be submitted.
Abstracts (max. 300 words) submission: until 15 June 2026
Decisions on the acceptance of abstracts: by mid-July 2026
Submission of full papers: until 30 September 2026
Review comments from the editors and results from external double-blind peer reviewers will be provided by mid-December 2026 at the latest. Final revisions are due by 31 January 2027.
Published by: TU Wien Academic Press
Editors of Vol. 12: Michael Getzner, Margaret Haderer, Barbara Laa, Ariane Sept, Johannes Suitner
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