View Vol. 15 (2025): The 10th Anniversary: plaNext and Planning in Transition
Vol. 15 (2025)
The 10th Anniversary: plaNext and Planning in Transition

The plaNext was born in 2015 to create a dedicated platform for emerging scholars and new voices in spatial planning. Ten years later, this special issue, The 10th Anniversary: plaNext and Planning in Transition, reflects on the journal’s evolution and outlines its future trajectory. Over the past decade, plaNext has accompanied, and often anticipated, shifts in the discipline. These include the climate emergency transitioning to a present crisis, new movements for social justice and spatial equity, the transformative potential of digitalization and AI on urban futures, and an increasingly fractured global planning discourse. The journal’s name underlines its core mission to focus on “planning what is next,” both for the next generation of planners and the evolving nature of planning as a discipline. The collected contributions reinterpret old debates through the lens of today’s urgencies, speaking to transitions in pedagogy, politics and planetary boundaries. They critically examine what it means to plan in an era where intergenerational justice is an existential imperative. As it enters its second decade, plaNext reaffirms its commitment to fostering a community for early-career thinkers and promoting critical, inclusive, and experimental approaches to planning knowledge and practice.

Published: 2025-11-24

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Foreword

Editorial introduction

Essay

Research article