AESOP Conference and Paper Defense
Tin attended the annual AESOP Conference in Paris, with a cohort from the Faculty of Landscape and Society at NMBU. Here, he presented his working paper, “When Spatial Planning Education meets Digitalisation”, which is planned to be his second paper of his PhD. The paper focuses how young professionals practice with and without the inclusion of new digital tools.
The paper follows the studio course, Projects’ Initiation and Implementation (APL350) over three years (1 control group, 2 regular cohorts). The students attending this spatial planning course is defined as the young professionals of this paper. With Tin serving as first-author, his other co-authors are as following: Terje Holsen, Erling Dokk Holm, and Knut Boge. Based on the different niche competences of the authors.
The data collection consists of 47 student reports, which was produced by approximately 300 students in the spatial planning fields. They were here asked to reflect upon their delivery and curricular tasks in initiating and implementing projects. In addition to this, they were also asked to reflect upon the usage of the old and new digital tools presented in the course. The research design includes Notebook ML, or a machine learning element to processing the students’ reflections across curriculum and the usage of old and new tools. This categorisation was fully automated through the use of Notebook ML, not only in categorising the students’ reflections according to the curriculum, but also how to differentiate between lacking (1) normative (2), and deviant answers (3). This allows for statistical exercises, as presented below:
In short, Tin has high hopes for this paper! Of course, Tin did not attend this conference alone, and was accompanied by a cohort of colleagues. The other presenters from the Department of Property and Law, was (Tin included):
Tin et. al., with their paper, “When Spatial Planning Education meets Digitalisation”.
Knut Boge, with his paper, “Government Agencies’ Objections To Municipal Land-Use Plans”.
Therese Staal Brekke & Terje Holsen, with their paper, “Institutional Incommensurability Of Rational Choice In Spatial Planning Practice”.
In addition to the paper contributions, SITRAP (Centre for integrated and transdisciplinary teaching in planning) also received a runner-up for Excellence in Teaching Award 2024. Terje Holsen accepted the nomination on behalf of Elin Børrud and Anja Standal.
The Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) is a leading academic organization that brings together planning schools and institutions across Europe. Established in 1987, AESOP promotes excellence in education, research, and practice in the field of spatial planning. The association facilitates collaboration and knowledge exchange among scholars, students, and professionals, offering conferences, workshops, and publications to advance the discipline. AESOP also engages in policy advocacy and supports the development of planning education standards across Europe.
SITRAP (Centre for integrated and transdisciplinary teaching in planning) is the main host of the competition, and wants to inspire interdisciplinary collaboration and networking across study programs and campuses. The goal is to learn more about how students acquire and develop collaboration skills. Hence, their annual student competition, focused on urban development.
