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Research profile
Daniel Galland is Associate Professor in Urban and Regional Planning in the Department of Sustainability and Planning at Aalborg University in Copenhagen, Denmark. His research broadly focuses on historical and contemporary drivers of change and continuity shaping urban and regional planning institutions from an international comparative perspective. He has recently co-edited Planning Regional Futures (Routledge 2022), Metropolitan Regions, Planning and Governance (Springer 2020). Currently, he is co-authoring (w/ J Harrison and M Tewdwr-Jones) Regions in Evolution: A History of Regional Planning and co-editing (w/ M Freudendal & J Iuel-Stissing) Planning for Urban Sustainability.
Daniel serves on the editorial boards of four planning journals: Planning Practice & Research, Nordic Journal of Urban Studies, European Journal of Spatial Development, and Urban Planning. During 2017–2023, he served as Chair of the Excellence in Education Board and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP). He has been visiting professor in the School of Urban Planning at McGill University in Montréal.
Teaching profile
Daniel instructs master's level courses (5 ECTS) and supervises project modules (15 ECTS) and thesis projects (30 ECTS) across master's specialisations:
Course modules (5 ECTS)
- Planning History & Urban Theory
- Spatial Planning & Governance
- Planning Theory
- The Deliberative Planner
- Urban Infrastructure Synergies
Project modules (15 ECTS)
- Land Management
- The Complex City
- Power & Planning
- Urban Infrastructure Synergies
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Planning and Development
2008 → 2011
Master of Philosophy, Ethics and Politics, University of Barcelona
2006 → 2007
Master of Science, Environmental Studies, University of British Columbia
2001 → 2004
External positions
Executive Committee Member, AESOP
2017 → 2023
Chair, Excellence in Education Board, AESOP
2017 → 2023
Member of the Council of Representatives, AESOP
2014 → 2018
Visiting Scholar, School of Urban Planning, McGill University
2013 → 2014
Keywords
- Architecture and Spatial Planning
- urban and regional planning
- planning history and theory
- planning and time
- planning education
- international comparative planning
- spatial planning
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Collaborations from the last five years
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LANDTIME: The Planning and Building Act between market demand, land policy, sustainability, temporality, and intergenerational justice
Boge, K., Grønning, M., Galland, D. & Baudelle, G.
01/12/2021 → 30/11/2025
Project: Research
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PRF: Planning Regional Futures
Harrison, J., Galland, D. & Tewdwr-Jones, M.
01/01/2018 → 30/09/2021
Project: Research
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ESPON DIGIPLAN: Evaluating Spatial Planning Practices with Digital Plan Data
Fertner, C., Christensen, A., Folvig, S., Grønning, M., Galland, D., Hersperger, A., Tobias, S. & Grunfelder, J.
01/01/2020 → 31/12/2020
Project: Research
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MRPG: Planning and Governing the Metropolis
Zimmermann, K., Galland, D. & Harrison, J.
01/12/2016 → 01/12/2019
Project: Research
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15 min. byen - hverdagsliv i den levede by
Freudendal-Pedersen, M. & Galland, D.
01/06/2022 → 31/12/2023
Project: Research
Research output
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Planning Regional Futures
Harrison, J. (ed.), Galland, D. (ed.) & Tewdwr-Jones, M. (ed.), 2021, 1 ed. Routledge. 336 p. (Regions and Cities Series).Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
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Whither regional planning?
Harrison, J., Galland, D. & Tewdwr-Jones, M., 2021, In: Regional Studies. 55, 1, p. 1-5Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
14 Citations (Scopus) -
Reinventing planning and planners: Ideological decontestations and rhetorical appeals
Davoudi, S., Galland, D. & Stead, D., 2020, In: Planning Theory. 19, 1, p. 17-37 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
25 Citations (Scopus) -
Regional planning is dead: long live planning regional futures
Harrison, J., Galland, D. & Tewdwr-Jones, M., 2021, In: Regional Studies. 55, 1, p. 6-18Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile26 Citations (Scopus)41 Downloads (Pure) -
Metropolitan Regions, Planning and Governance
Zimmermann, K. (ed.), Galland, D. (ed.) & Harrison, J. (ed.), 2020, 1 ed. Springer Publishing Company. 270 p.Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
22 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Sustainability (Journal)
Frank Othengrafen (Editor) & Daniel Galland (Editor)
Jan 2022 → Oct 2022Activity: Editorial work and peer review › Editor of unfinished research anthology/collection › Research
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Revisiting the essence and purpose of regional planning: A historical analysis of regional questions – going forward?
Daniel Galland (Lecturer)
22 Oct 2021Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Why the 'New' in Planning?
Daniel Galland (Lecturer)
10 Dec 2019Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
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Transitioning Regional Planning
Eva Purkarthofer (Moderator), Raine Mantysälo (Moderator) & Daniel Galland (Moderator)
2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Regional Planning is Dead: Long Live Planning Regional Futures
John Harrison (Speaker), Daniel Galland (Speaker) & Mark Tewdwr-Jones (Speaker)
23 Feb 2022Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Press/Media
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Debat: Planloven står i vejen for klog klimatilpasning og grøn energi på land
Finn Arler, Michael Søgaard Jørgensen, Daniel Galland & Esben Munk Sørensen
10/05/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Denmark, Norway and Switzerland show the way to digital plan data in spatial planning
03/03/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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AAU-uddannelse får eftertragtet kvalitetsstempel
15/04/2016
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Skal der være plads til landbrug i fremtiden?
Michael Søgaard Jørgensen, Esben Munk Sørensen, Daniel Galland & Finn Arler
26/01/2016
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Workshop om Prioritering af Fremtidens Arealanvendelse i Danmark
Esben Munk Sørensen, Daniel Galland & Michael Søgaard Jørgensen
07/01/2015
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media