AESOP Prize Success for PTP

We are very pleased that a paper published in Planning Theory and Practice has been shortlisted for a prestigious European award. ''Is There a Role for Evidence-Based Practice in Urban Planning and Policy?" by Ann Forsyth, Kevin Krizek and Carissa Schively Slotterback beat submissions from fifty other journals to be shortlisted for the AESOP Best Prize Paper Competition, 2010. Published in volume 11(4) of the journal, the article represents an outstanding contribution to debate on the integration of planning theory into everyday practice. To celebrate the author's success, the article is currently available free of charge.

In recent years, articles from Planning Theory and Practice have been highly successful in this well-regarded competition. In 2009, Mee Kam Ng's paper, 'From Government to Governance? Planning in the First Decade of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region' was shortlisted for its incisive discussion of the controversies surrounding the development of the Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. 2008 likewise saw recognition for an article by Enrico Gualini and S Majoor, 'Innovative Practices in Large Urban Development Projects: Conflicting Frames in the Quest for New Urbanity''.

In 2006, the prize was won outright by Dr Kate Shaw, with an original interpretation of the role of city cultures as a form of heritage. 'The Place of Alternative Culture and the Politics of its Protection in Berlin, Amsterdam and Melbourne' was praised by the judges for tackling 'important paradoxes for planners in multicultural cities'.