Editorial: Social mobilisations and planning through crises

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https://doi.org/10.24306/plnxt/101

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2025-05-21

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Vol. 14 (2024): Social Mobilisations and Planning through Crises

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Editorial introduction

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Author Biographies

Luisa Rossini, ICS – University of Lisbon, Portugal

Luisa Rossini is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Social Science (ICS) of the University of Lisbon, specializing in urban planning, housing movements, and grassroots urbanism. Her work explores public space reclamation, social mobilization and its practices, and policy impact, across western European cities, with a focus on social innovation, institutionalization, and resistance to housing commodification.

Tjark Gall, Independent Scholar

Tjark Gall is an Urban Resilience Specialist at the World Bank and coordinates the Initiative for Climate Resilience Planning at ISOCARP. His research focuses on urban heat, flooding, and urbanization’s role in nation-building. Tjark has a PhD in complex systems engineering and worked on urban development projects in 15+ countries.

Elisa Privitera, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada

Elisa Privitera is a postdoctoral researcher interested in exploring how co-producing knowledge can foster urban environmental and social justice. Her PhD was awarded with several scholarships, including a Fulbright Fellowship, and focused on the potential role of embodied knowledge in understanding and planning within industrial risk landscapes.

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