Committees

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