ARL Congress
One of the most important transfer events organised by the ARL is the annual ARL Congress. Here, around 100 to 200 experts from academia and practice spend two days discussing current topics relevant to spatial science, such as spatial development in Europe, major infrastructure projects and the energy transition.
ARL Congress 2026
First international ARL Congress: European Regional Policy in times of transition
The first international ARL Congress will take place on 1 and 2 October 2026 in Cologne. European regions are undergoing multiple, overlapping transformations. While the green and digital transitions offer new opportunities, they also risk reinforcing existing spatial and social inequalities. Disparities within and between regions – urban and rural, central and peripheral, growing and shrinking – persist or are even deepening. The problem of ‘left-behind places’ has, for good reason, gained increasing attention in recent years. At the same time, geopolitical instability, demographic change, and environmental risks are adding new layers of territorial vulnerability and contestation. Regional policy is thus at a crossroads.
ARL Congress 2026
First international ARL Congress: European Regional Policy in times of transition
The first international ARL Congress will take place on 1 and 2 October 2026 in Cologne. European regions are undergoing multiple, overlapping transformations. While the green and digital transitions offer new opportunities, they also risk reinforcing existing spatial and social inequalities. Disparities within and between regions – urban and rural, central and peripheral, growing and shrinking – persist or are even deepening. The problem of ‘left-behind places’ has, for good reason, gained increasing attention in recent years. At the same time, geopolitical instability, demographic change, and environmental risks are adding new layers of territorial vulnerability and contestation. Regional policy is thus at a crossroads.
Veranstaltungen im Rückblick
- 2025 – „Zukunft jetzt! – Die sozial-ökologische Transformation gestalten“
- 2024 – „Große Infrastrukturprojekte: Planung zwischen Beschleunigung und Protest“
- 2023 – „Zukunftsfähig mobil!“
- 2022 – „Künftig alles SMART? – Herausforderungen der Digitalisierung für die Raumentwicklung“
- 2021 – „Im Zeichen der Pandemie – Raumentwicklung zwischen Unsicherheit und Resilienz“
- 2019 – „Postwachstum und Transformation“
- 2018 – „Flächenentwicklung im Widerstreit der Interessen“
- 2017 – „Gesundheit in der räumlichen Planung verankern“
- 2016 – „Daseinsvorsorge“
- 2015 – „Migration, Integration - Herausforderungen für die räumliche Planung“
- 2014 – „(T)Raumentwicklung in Europa – Brauchen wir eine neue Politik der Umverteilung?“
- 2013 – „Regionale Stadtlandschaften“
- 2012 – „Infrastrukturgroßprojekte: Akzeptanz durch Raumplanung“
- 2011 – „Raumentwicklung in Europa 2020: Miteinander – Füreinander“
- 2010 – „Neue Energien – neue Chancen und Konflikte für Städte und Regionen“
