Welcome to the International Academic Association on Planning, Law, and Property Rights!
Planning matters. Law matters. Property matters. These three simple messages inspire the growing PLPR community to examine the difficult relationship between public and private interests in the use of land.
Upcoming Annual Conference: 10-14 May 2027, Ås, Norway
PLPR’s Executive Committee has begun preparations for our next annual conference (2027), to be held in Ås, Norway. The conference will be hosted by Andreas Hengstermann and Terje Holsen at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.
More info: https://www.nmbu.no/en/research/plpr-2027
Past Events
The 19th Annual Conference in Cardiff, Wales, UK, 3-7 March 2025.
The 19th annual conference of the Planning, Law, and Property Rights International Association (PLPR) took place from March 3-7, 2025, in Cardiff, Wales, hosted by the School of Geography and Planning. As a beacon for global scholars and practitioners, the conference brought together a dynamic mix of established academics, early-career researchers, and law and planning professionals from over 40 countries. With insightful discussions and cutting-edge research, attendees dived into critical conversations surrounding planning law and property rights—issues that, much like the Welsh weather, are often unpredictable but always vital. Besides the rigorous academic exchanges, the event served as an excellent networking hub, fostering collaborations between research labs across the globe.
A big shout-out to our hosts at Cardiff: Sina Shahab, Brian Webb, Neil Harris, and Edward Shepherd.
The 18th Annual Conference in Munich, Germany, 18-22 March 2024.
The International Academic Association on Planning, Law, and Property Rights (PLPR) held its 18th annual conference (March 2024) in Munich (Germany), hosted by the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
With over 160 attendees, conference papers and thematic sessions focused on a wide array of topics including: value capture, developer obligations, ownership data, vertical densification, institutional analysis and more.
More information on the conference can be found on our website.
PhD workshop, March 18, 2024
Our annual conference on 18-22 of March, 2024, held a special PhD workshop in Munich, Germany. 21 PhD students from across the globe shared their knowledge and research, and were mentored in small discussion groups by senior scholars from the PLPR community.
During the general assembly in Michigan, PLPR’s ExCo announced the upcoming location and host of our next conference. The 18th annual conference of PLPR will be hosted by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) on March 18-22, 2024. It will be hosted by the Chair of Land Management in the School of Engineering and Design.
PLPR’s flag was delivered to our Munich hosts and travelled across the Atlantic to find a new home.
The 17th Annual Conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 2-5 May 2023.
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On 2-5 May PLPR was hosted by the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. PLPR is indebted to Richard (Dick) Norton, who welcomed us with enthusiasm and facilitated an inspiring and engaging intellectual interaction on Planning, Law, and Property Rights. Furthermore, we would like to thank Dawn Jourdan (University of Maryland) and Ellen Bassett (Georgia Tech College of Design) for their Sponsorship.
PLPR 2023 hosted about 100 scholars from around the globe, with parallel sessions focusing on a range of subjects at the heart of ongoing research. This included sessions about rural planning, housing security, land valuation, urban green space, densification, climate change and law, comparative policy analysis and more.
Annual PLPR conferences provide an opportunity to present scholarship covering a broad array of topics residing at the intersection of planning, law, and/or property rights, and we welcome any proposed presentation situated accordingly. For more information on the 2023 conference website see here.
Additional (select) PLPR activities:
- PhD E-Seminar on July 15th 2021. Information here.
- In February 2021, we conducted a series of PLPR 2021 Online Sessions instead of a conference. So, there was a PLPR activity in February 2021 even in Covid times! Report here. The program also included an Online PhD Workshop.
- PLPR Track (“Law”) during 32nd AESOP Annual Congress, July 2019 in Venice, Italy.
- 3rd PLPR Pacific Rim Regional Meeting was held 16-17 April 2018 in Taoyuan City, Taiwan.