Transformative Urban and Regional Planning

About this programme

This is a core course for students in the Master's Programme in Urban and Regional Planning, 120 HECs. The course is open for students on the third semester of the Master's Programme in Human Geography, 120 HECs, and the Master's Programme in Globalization, Environment and Social Change, 120 HECs. The course addresses the conditions and opportunities within transformative urban and regional planning to meet sustainability and climate challenges in cities and regions. The focus is particularly on goal conflicts, knowledge perspectives, the planner's agency, socio-technical and infrastructural conditions and implications in concrete cases. The course contains an introduction, lectures, laboratory work, seminars, field course and supervision. Detailed information, including grading criteria, is provided at the course introduction and via the learning platform Athena. Assessment takes place through active participation in teaching and oral and written presentations of projects and assignments. To follow your passion. To be close to international career opportunities. To explore city and countryside. In Stockholm you can really get the best of both worlds. Here we explain all the different steps you need to go through when applying to a course or programme. Stockholm University arranges regular webinars and participates in educational fairs and events virtually and around the world to meet students and inform them about our study programmes. Every year Stockholm University welcomes thousands of international students from all over the world. Each bringing their own back