The PhD students will be introduced with dominant theories and methodologies of modern research in the spatial planning interest area, actual research topics in the leading planning schools in the world, as well as tendencies and science research development direction, which could be detected in the next decade, based on adopted strategy documents in this area.

Introduce the students to the spatial planning trends and perspectives, with a special review on the spatial planning in the European Union.

Theoretical lectures

1.-2. Research history for the purposes of spatial planning;
3. Surveys for the needs of spatial planning in European countries: critical summary – are these surveys have a transnational character, similarities and specifics of surveys – overview by countries;
4.-5. Science discipline question – the relation of tradition and needs, research institution, the relation of research and spatial planning practice needs and requirements;
6.-7. Underlying and applied research, choice of research strategy;
8.-9. The newest research trends and topics for surveys, research topics whose development is expected in the next period;
10. Research in non-European countries;
11.-13. Research for the needs of spatial planning in Serbia - roots, main directions, the most important research institutions, research trends;
14. Towards a European strategic framework for research in spatial planning - aims and proposal, main research topics, transnational research network;
15. The perspectives of spatial planning in the next 20 years.

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7. European Planning Studies, European Urban and Regional Studies, European Environment, International Planning Studies, Planning Perspectives
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   http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research-council/
   http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/
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