PRD 2026 International Online Scientific Conference

Planning for Regenerative Development: Integrating Culture, Society, and Ecology

11 –13 June 2026

 

Call for Abstracts

The PRD 2026 International Scientific Conference, organized by Babu Space Action Platform and Archi.tropy, puts forward Rethinking Spatial Planning and Design, to create Regenerative Systems through place-based, systemic approaches where ecological, social, and cultural systems thrive together.

The conference welcomes young researchers (MSc students, PhD candidates, and postdoctoral researchers), early-career professionals, planners, designers, policymakers, and other interested participants. Applications are open to individuals from disciplines aligned with the conference scope, including architecture, urban and landscape planning, ecology, environmental science, geography, soil science (agriculture), biochemistry, and related fields.

 

The conference is structured around three thematic tracks:

Track 1 — From Sustainability to Regeneration

Regenerative design, regenerative planning, ecosystem regeneration, landscape

restoration, climate-resilient regeneration.

 

Track 2 — Systemic Thinking in Planning – From Complexity to Integration

Complex systems dynamics, socio-ecological interdependence, cross-scalar

coordination, collaborative governance, and integrated planning frameworks.

 

Track 3 — Planetary Health in Planning

Land ethics, qualitative land-use metrics, cultural landscapes, place‐based

knowledge, planetary health, and well‐being.

 

 

 

Important dates and info:

30.04.2026 – Abstract submission & Registration

10.05.2026 – Notification of abstract acceptance

25.06.2026 – Extended abstracts and first draft of full papers submission

10.07.2026 – First-round review and feedback from the conference organizers on

extended abstracts; the manuscripts can be revised accordingly

15.08.2026 – Final, revised manuscripts submission to the journal Przegląd

Geograficzny, 70 MNiSW; free of charge

15.08.2026 – Peer review process by the journal team

31.12.2026 – Estimated publication of the journal and PRD Book of Abstracts

 

Selected participants are requested to deliver a 15-minute presentation, followed by an open discussion with peers and invited experts. Participants with outstanding presentation quality will receive a Certificate of Best Presentation.

All accepted abstracts and extended abstracts will be published in a digital abstract book (Conference Proceedings). A selection of submissions (8 papers) will be recommended for publication in the Polish Geographic Review (70 MNiSW; free of charge), published by the Polish Academy of Sciences: https://przegladgeograficzny.igipz.pan.pl/homepg_en.html

 

Format: Fully online (Zoom)

Organizers: Babu Space Action Platform and Archi.tropy

Partners: isuf Institut für Sozial- und Umweltforschung GmbH / Faculty of Architecture at Gdańsk University of Technology / Architektura&Biznes / Lodz University of Technology/ Lehrstuhl und Institut für Städtebau UNESCO Chair for Cultural Heritage and Urbanism

Link to the registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIUOaDz1u4lr4ksuHhzoMx34QXf0o8bfp86HVDjPYGXoYCuA/viewform

Contact: prd052026@gmail.com

For more information: https://babu-sa.com/pdr-2026/