Innovative Planning Curriculum Awarded

Winners of an annual award for innovation in planning curriculum were announced earlier this year, and applications for 2020's award will be open until February.

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December 16, 2019, 2:00 PM PST

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


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Emma Zehner shares news of the 2019 Curriculum Innovation Award, given annually by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.

According to Zehner, "the award recognizes undergraduate and graduate courses that prepare future planners to solve economic, social, and environmental challenges. Courses must demonstrate innovative design, incorporate expertise from multiple disciplines, integrate theory and practice, and actively use student feedback to improve course design and teaching practice."

The four recipients of the 2019 award are as follows:

  • Deland Chan, AICP
    Stanford University
    Program on Urban Studies
    Course title: Sustainable Cities
  • Marcos Barinas Uribe
    Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE), School of Architecture and Arts
    Course Title: CIVILITAS, URBIS & CONEXIONES: Board games as a learning tool for integrating public interest into the urban planning curriculum
  • Sonia Roitman
    University of Queensland, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
    Course title: Exploring Development Complexities
  • Gislene Pereira & Leticia Nerone Gardens
    Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil 
    UFPR (Universidade Federal do Paraná)
    Department of Architecture and Urbanism
    Course Title: Policies and Instruments for Financing Urban Development

Applications for next year's award are currently open.

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I love the variety of courses, many practical, and all richly illustrated. They have inspired many ideas that I've applied in practice, and in my own teaching. Mary G., Urban Planner

I love the variety of courses, many practical, and all richly illustrated. They have inspired many ideas that I've applied in practice, and in my own teaching.

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