Category:Vision Objectives and Target Groups

InPlaLabs aspires to develop a Transnational Network of multi-stakeholder Integrated Planning Labs for knowledge co-creation on climate-resilient planning. It envisions to influence the higher education ecosystem towards integrated planning by approaching integration under a comprehensive 3-fold framework:

• Discipline-based integration: Highlighting the complementary value of different disciplines relevant to sustainable planning (urbanism, mobility, transport planning, participatory planning, evidence-based planning, urban analytics, social sciences etc)
• Method-based integration: Initiating the dialogue among different approaches and schools of thought involved in planning (quantitative approaches, qualitative approaches, participatory approaches)
• Role-based integration: Including the different city-panning knowledge actors (urban education and research, urban practice, urban policy) and the different experiences they provide, as crucial input for creating knowledge towards integrated planning.

In this context, InPlaLabs objectives are:

• Knowledge Exchange: Foster collaboration among higher education institutions and knowledge actors in planning.
• Knowledge Co-creation: Facilitate co-creation of knowledge among planning stakeholders for climate-resilient and transdisciplinary planning.
• Knowledge Sharing: Enhance the skills of city planning higher education students and other planning actors through targeted training and knowledge-sharing initiatives
• Inclusive Participation: Ensure diverse and inclusive participation in all network activities.
• Long-term Sustainability: Establish a sustainable and impactful network for continuous improvement and innovation in planning.

InPlaLabs envisions becoming a leading network of (diverse) labs that pioneers integrated urban planning methods and drives the global agenda for climate-resilient and vibrant cities. Plus, InPlaLabs endeavours to advance HEd ecosystem knowledge for promoting truly integrated planning. Actually, this planning concept embraces integration based on combining disciplines, roles and approaches (qualitative, quantitative and participatory).