Best Paper Prize

Initiated in 1995, with the first award made in 1996, the purpose of the prize is to celebrate the work of the scholars and professionals in the planning field publishing in European planning journals. It also serves to bring to the attention of planning academics and other interested parties across Europe the range of academic work being undertaken in the spatial planning field and to exchange literature between our different national academic culture. Annually, the Editorial Boards of more than 50 European planning journals are invited to nominate the best published papers of their journal for the prize.

COMPLETE LIST OF THE 48 JOURNALS THAT SUPPORT  THE  AESOP BEST PAPER PRIZE.
2010 Best Paper Prize:

Winner: Matthias Bernt (2009): Partnerships for Demolition: The Governance of Urban Renewal in East Germany's Shrinking Cities, IJURR, Volume 33 Issue 3, 2009, pp. 754 – 769

Finalists:
  • Gregory J. Ashworth, The Instruments of Place Branding: How is It Done?, European Spatial Research and Policy, vol. 16 no 1/2010.
  • Matthias Bernt, Partnerships for Demolition: The Governance of Urban Renewal in East Germany's Shrinking Cities, IJURR, Volume 33 Issue 3, 2009, pp. 754 – 769
  • Luigi Mazza, 2009, Plan and constitution – Aristotle’s Hippodamus: towards an ‘ostensive’ definition of spatial planning, TPR,  Published in Vol.30/2
  • Krizek, K., Forysth, A. and Slotterback, C.S. (2009) Is there a role for evidence-based practice in urban planning and policy?  Planning Theory and Practice 10(4), pp. 459-478.
  • Sonja Duempelmann, Creating order with nature: transatlantic transfer of ideas in park system planning in twentieth-century Washington DC, Chicago, Berlin and Rome. Planning Perspectives, 24, 2, 2009, pp. 143-175
  • Wolfgang Sonne "Dwelling in the metropolis: reformed urban blocks 1890–1940 as a model for the sustainable compact city" Progress in Planning Volume 72, Issue 2, pp. 53-150

Full report of the jury
Best Paper Prize Committee
The selection of the winning articles is carried out by a committee nominated by AESOP’s Council of Representatives. During the evaluation of papers published in 2008, the AESOP Paper Prize Committee has consisted of the following five members:
  • Dr. Elisabete A. Silva (chair) (United Kingdom)
  • Prof. Dr. Tore Sager (Norway)
  • Prof. Dr. Petter Nęss (Denmark)
  • Dr. Deike Peters (Germany)
  • Dr. Aspa Gospodini (Greece)