We invite abstracts that critically engage with themes including, but not limited to:

Track 1: Climate Resilience, Smart Cities, and Spatial Justice

This track explores how physical infrastructure, digital technologies, and planning can foster justice and resilience in the Anthropocene. It examines how cities, communities, and ecosystems can be shaped to ensure equitable access to resources, reduce vulnerabilities, and integrate sustainability in urban and regional development.

• Climate Justice and Resilience – Exploring equitable climate adaptation and mitigation strategies through community-led initiatives, institutional frameworks, ecological systems, and economic approaches. It also addresses displacement issues, multi-level governance, and the interconnections between social, environmental, and economic resilience in the context of climate change.

• Justice and the Smart City – Examining the role of digital technologies, algorithmic governance, data-driven decision-making, and AI in shaping urban justice.

• Markets, E-Commerce, and Urban Transformation – Investigating how online markets, co-working spaces, and shifts in commercial real estate are reshaping urban landscapes, including the decline of traditional marketplaces.

• Sustainable Infrastructure and Green Technologies – Innovations in sustainable infrastructure, financing green projects, and implementing low-carbon urban solutions.

Track 2: Society, Identity, and Cultural Justice

This track explores the social and cultural dimensions of spatial justice, emphasizing the rights, identities, and well-being of diverse urban communities. It examines how planning practices, policies, and governance structures can address systemic inequalities, foster cultural inclusion, and promote environmental and health equity.

• Urban Informality and Housing Justice – Addressing informal settlements, access to affordable housing, and strategies for inclusive urban development.

• Environmental and Health Justice – Tackling the intersection of environmental degradation and public health, ensuring equitable access to clean water, air, and sanitation.

• Co-living and Platform-Based Housing – Examining how Airbnb-style rentals, co-living trends, and new housing models impact spatial justice and affordability.

• Cultural Heritage, Identity, and Inclusive Development – Highlighting the role of cultural heritage, indigenous rights, and historic preservation in fostering socially and culturally inclusive cities.

Track 3: Economic Justice, Digital Economies, and Urban Markets

This track examines the economic dimensions of spatial justice, focusing on equitable growth, sustainable transitions, and the role of digital platforms, automation, and local economies in shaping just urban and regional futures.

• Tourism, Justice, and Spatial Development – Exploring the social and spatial impacts of tourism, addressing issues such as over-tourism, displacement, community-based tourism, and policies for equitable tourism development.

• Economic Transitions and Just Sustainability – Investigating fair transitions in labor markets, green economy initiatives, and strategies for inclusive economic development.

• Informal and Precarious Work in the Urban Economy – Examining labor rights, economic precarity, and the role of informal economies in shaping urban livelihoods and spatial inequalities.

• Algorithmic Labor Markets and the Future of Work – Analyzing the role of automation, gig economies, and AI-driven labor platforms in shaping employment, inclusion, and exclusion.

• Land, Property, and Economic Justice – Focusing on access to land, real estate speculation, displacement, and policies ensuring fair land use and property rights in urban and rural contexts.

Track 4: Governance, Digital Governance, and Political Power

This track explores the political and institutional dimensions of spatial justice, focusing on governance structures, policy implementation, and community participation in shaping equitable urban and regional futures.

• Community Engagement and Participatory Planning – Examining inclusive decisionmaking, grassroots movements, and co-production of urban policies to empower marginalized communities in planning processes.

• Politics of Planning and Spatial Justice – Investigating how power dynamics, political ideologies, and conflicts influence urban and regional planning, resource distribution, and spatial inequalities.

• Governance, Institutions, and Policy Implementation – Exploring the role of governance structures, institutional capacities, and multi-level policymaking in advancing or hindering spatial justice.

• Legal Frameworks, Rights, and Spatial Justice – Analyzing the role of legal mechanisms, land rights, zoning laws, and human rights frameworks in securing just and equitable spaces.

Track 5: Digital Territories and Platform Urbanism

This track explores how digital platforms, smart city technologies, and algorithmic systems reshape urban spaces, access to resources, and governance. It invites research on the role of tech corporations, surveillance infrastructures, digital labor markets, and e-governance, particularly in the Global South.

• Algorithmic Decision-Making and Spatial Justice – Examining how AI, predictive analytics, and big data shape urban governance and planning outcomes.

• Digital Labor Markets and Economic Exclusion – Investigating the role of gig economies, automation, and platform-based work in reinforcing or disrupting urban inequalities.

• E-Governance and Surveillance – Analyzing the implications of digital governance systems, smart policing, and data-driven decision-making for urban inclusion and exclusion.

• Platform Urbanism and Housing Access – Assessing how digital real estate platforms, Airbnb-style rentals, and online property markets impact affordability and spatial equity.

• Digital Governance and Spatial Justice – Examining how digital platforms, algorithmic decision-making, and data governance shape urban inclusion, exclusion, and decision making processes.

Track 6: Post-Human Futures and the Politics of Space

This track examines the intersection of spatial justice and transhumanist or post-human discourses. As planning and design integrate AI, human enhancement technologies, and speculative urban futures, who is included in these visions—and who is left out?

• Transhumanism and Urban Futures – Investigating how transhumanist philosophies shape urban planning, governance, and spatial justice.

• AI, Human Augmentation, and the Built Environment – Exploring the role of artificial intelligence and human enhancement technologies in reshaping urban spaces and infrastructures.

• Speculative Technologies and Inequality – Analyzing how speculative urban futures, biotech advancements, and automation may reinforce or challenge spatial hierarchies.

• Post-Human Ethics and Governance – Discussing the ethical, legal, and governance challenges associated with post-human and transhumanist urban futures