WPSC PhD Workshop Program
26-29 June 2026, Tampere
Changes possible. Latest update on 26 March 2026. Venues and other details will be added to the program later*.
Thursday 25 June (pre-program)
- 14.30 Doors open, getting together (Tampere University Main Building)
- 15.00 Presenting Tampere city, history & future
- 16.00-17.30 Guided walking tour in Tampere City Centre
- Free time (dinner at one’s own cost)
- 18.45 Gathering at the meeting point (TBC)
- 19.00 Evening Reception (TBC)
Friday 26 June
- 9.00 Doors open (Tampere University Main Building)
- 9.15 Official opening of the PhD workshop
- 9.30 Introduction to the PhD workshop
- 10.00 Keynote 1: PERIPHERAL – Hanna Mattila, University of Turku
- 11.00 Division into small groups
- 11.15 Lunch + coffee (YO Restaurant)
- 12.15 Citizen kitchen table presentations
- 15.00 Parallel PhD Seminars 1
- 16.00-17.00 Small group mentoring meetings
- Evening program: TBC, free time
Saturday 27 June
- 9.00 Doors open (Tampere University Main Building)
- 9.15 Keynote 2: VISIONS – Peter Ache, Radboud University
- 10.15 CASE: Hydrogen imaginaries as saviours of an ordinary city, case Pori region
- 11.15 Lunch + coffee (YO Restaurant)
- 12.15 Parallel PhD Seminars 2
- 13.30 Parallel PhD Seminars 3
- 14.45 Small group mentoring meetings
- 16.30 Tram excursion
- 18.30 Evening program: Free time in Hiedanranta
Sunday 28 June
- 9.45 Doors open (Tampere University Main Building)
- 10.00 Journal of Planning Education and Research (JPER) session**
- 12.30 Lunch + coffee (YO restaurant)
- 13.15 Parallel PhD Seminars 4
- 14.20 Parallel PhD Seminars 5
- 15.30 Keynote 3: RETHINKING – Eik Hermann, Estonian Academy of Arts
- 16.30-17.30 Small group mentoring meetings
- 19.00 Evening program: Dinner (Restaurant Plevna)
Monday 29 June
- 9.00 Doors open (Tampere University Main Building)
- 9.15 Closing session of the PhD workshop
- 11.00 Certificates of participation
- 11.15-12.15 Lunch & coffee (YO restaurant)
- 12.30 Transfer to Aalto University, Espoo
- 16.00 Espoo WPSC program starts
- Keynote 4: PLANNING – Ali Madanipour, Newcastle University
- Presenting the PhD workshop
(*) The program is held in the Main Building of Tampere University, unless otherwise stated. The lecture rooms will be announced in May when the final program is published.
(**) Journal of Planning Education & Research (JPER) Session (Sun 28 June)
The session offers PhD students a chance to meet journal editors and learn about the academic publishing process, along with intensive small-group discussions centered on participants’ own manuscripts.
