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The Planning Education and Research Network (PERN) aims to increase knowledge exchange between planning educators, researchers and practitioners. More...

Photo of Sir Eduardo Paolozzi's statue of Isaac Newton outside the British Library, by Charles Strang


Network News

The latest PERN Bulletin is now available online. 

Free Planning and Urban Studies articles

Some of the most frequently downloaded articles from planning and urban studies journals are now available for free. Selected articles from publications including International Planning Studies, Planning Theory and Practice, European Planning Studies, and Regional Studies can be downloaded here

Future of Planning Academy Project

The final report from the Future of the Planning Academy project is now available. The report profiles planning education in the UK in order to inform further development of its planning education policies and monitoring.

Latest issue of Planning Theory and Practice

This edition includes articles on healthy urban planning in Norway, as well as a piece on skills, conflict and spatial planning in Northern Ireland. Subscribe to read the full issue.

Academy of Social Sciences responds to Browne Review and CSR

The Academy of Social Sciences has released a statement following the Browne Review and CSR on 20 October. Changes to student support, university funding and the proposal to maintain the science budget in cash terms may have serious consequences for Research Councils. 

Call to Planning Schools: Disseminating research to planners

RTPI Research and RTPI Education are joining efforts to disseminate research from the RTPI accredited planning schools to planners. If you have information about your department's current or past research projects, please send it to research@rtpi.org.uk. More details are available here.

Skills for Producing Sustainable Places

A major research initiative funded jointly has now been published. Click here to read more.

European Research can inform UK Planning Policy

An article written by Jenny Crawford, Head of Research at the RTPI, reports that the study of European research can inform planning policy formulation within the UK. To read more, click here.

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