Committees

GPEAN is administered by the GPEAN Governing Council, which consists of representatives of the 11 member associations and the UN-Habitat Liaison. In addition to the Governing Council, GPEAN has a Congress Steering Committee that provides support and guidance to the local organisers of the World Planning Schools Congress.

Currently, the GPEAN Governing Council is composed of:

  • Zeynep Enlil, (Chair and ISOCARP liaison), TUBOP, Yıldız Technical University, Turkey 
  • Paulo Silva, (Vice-Chair and UN-Habitat liaison), AESOP, University of Aveiro, Portugal 
  • Deden Rukmana, (Secretary), ACSP, Alabama A&M University, USA  
  • Dan Inkoom, AAPS, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana 
  • Ahsan Habib, ACUPP, Dalhousie University, Canada 
  • Magdalena Vicuna del Rio, ALEUP, University of Guadalajara, Mexico 
  • Sandra Momm, ANPUR, Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil 
  • Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes, ANZAPS, Griffith University, Australia  
  • Marco Cremaschi, APERAU, Sciences Po, France 
  • Bakti Setiawan, APSA, Gajah Mada University, Indonesia 
  • Iwan Rudiarto, ASPI, Diponegoro University, Indonesia 
  • Bruce Stiftel (UN-Habitat, GPN Liaison)

Congress Steering Committee for the 2026 World Planning Schools Congress is composed of:

  • Iwan Rudiarto (Chair), ASPI, Diponegoro University, Indonesia
  • Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes, ANZAPS, Griffith University, Australia 
  • Alex Deffner, AESOP, University of Thessaly, Greece

Advisory Board of WPSC 2026:

  • Eduardo Nobre, ANPUR, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Zorica Nedovic-Budic, AESOP, University College Dublin, Ireland

Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning Editorial Board:

  • Christopher Silver, ACSP, University of Florida
  • Andrea Frank,  AESOP, University of Birmingham
  • Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes, ANZAPS, Griffith University, Australia

GPEAN Communication Committee:

  • Deden Rukmana, ACSP, Alabama A&M University, USA
  • Ela Babalık, AESOP, Middle East Technical University, Turkey