GPEAN is administered by the GPEAN Governing Council, which consists of representatives of the 11 member associations as well as liaison officers. 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:
- Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes, (Chair), ANZAPS, Griffith University, Australia
- Deden Rukmana, (Co-Chair), ACSP, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
- Hossam Hewidy (Secretary), AESOP, Aalto University, Finland
- Zeynep Enlil, (ISOCARP liaison), TUBOP, Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
- Dan Inkoom, AAPS, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
- Ahsan Habib, ACUPP, Dalhousie University, Canada
- Beatriz Rave, ALEUP, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia
- José Vargas de Faria, ANPUR, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
- Jean-Michel Roux, APERAU, University Bordeaux Montaigne, France
- Bakti Setiawan, APSA, Gajah Mada University, Indonesia
- Iwan Rudiarto, ASPI, Diponegoro University, Indonesia
Liaison Officers are as follows:
- Bruce Stiftel (UN-Habitat, GPN Liaison), ACSP, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- Paulo Silva (UN-Habitat liaison), AESOP, University of Aveiro, Portugal
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, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
- Ela Babalık, AESOP, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
