AESOP ANNUAL CONGRESS 2025

Session

Congress Opening Session

7 Jul 2025, 16:30

Cemal Reşit Rey (CRR) Concert Hall - Harbiye, Dar'ül Bedayi Cad No:6, 34371 Şişli/İstanbul

2084. Urban Political Ecology: Prefigurative Planning for a Climate emergency

Maria Kaika (University of Amsterdam)

07/07/2025, 16:30

Oral

In this talk I argue that Urban Political Ecology’s (UPE) ontologies, epistemologies, and methods are not
simply an academic exercise; they are scientific developments that make academic research more relevant
to the politics of climate change. UPE unsettles ‘traditional’ understandings of ‘cities’ as ontological entities
separate from ‘nature’, and develops methods to examine how...

2085. Planning Istanbul in Hard Times with(out) Great Expectations

H. Tarık Şengül (Middle East Technical University & Coordinator of Istanbul Plan 2050)

07/07/2025, 17:00

The recently completed Vision 2050 Action Plan took as its starting point the intersecting global crises expected to define the 21st century, recognizing that their most dramatic consequences will be felt in metropolises like Istanbul. The Action Plan aims to address these vulnerabilities in order to create a more sustainable and resilient Istanbul.
In line with this perspective, the recently...