Application Deadline
December 5, 2026
Institution or Organization
AMPS
Location
University College Dublin
Ireland
Website
https://amps-research.com/conference/dublin/
Salary or Compensation
N/A
Description and Requirements
Towns, cities and regions around the world are confronting profound environmental, social and spatial transformation. Population growth, housing pressures and infrastructural demands are reshaping how our built environments are envisaged, developed and governed. Climate change, sustainability and resilience are reframing how we think about the future of design and planning. In their turn, our existing urban fabrics, inherited buildings and historic neighbourhoods, shape the possibilities of change.
In this context, when we design, preserve and plan the places in which we live, we are dealing with an increasingly complex and interconnected problem. Whether it be conservation, planning or architecture, or questions of communities, health and climate change, the terrain on which we tread inevitably overlaps.
The challenge in this scenario then, is not simply to preserve the past, design the present and plan a sustainable future, but to do it in unison. For example, the reuse of existing buildings is central to carbon reduction; the participation of communities in design is key to urban planning; the adaptation of cities to digital infrastructures supports resilience and sustainability. It is a scenario that requires the skills of architects, planners, environmental scientists and technologists; the perspective of historians, sociologists and health professionals; and the knowledge and insights of local people and communities.
At the conference, there will be multiple themes for debate. Central to them all is the premise that if we are to better understand the livability of our towns, cities and regions, we are obliged to think across currently disparate areas of thought: from social policy to regional planning, architectural design to public health, and from urba conservation to climate action.
Welcoming contributions globally, there will be several regional strands: the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa,
Full details: https://amps-research.com/conference/dublin/
Dates: June 28-30, 2027
Abstracts: December 5th,
2026 (Round One) | April 1st, 2027 (Round Two)