Planning HER City: co-creating urban spaces with women towards more inclusive cities; Historically, urban planning has evolved as a male-dominated field, biased towards the spatial interests of men. Despite feminist advances towards gender equality, the design and management of cities still compel girls and women to use and navigate the city differently and prevent them from fully inhabiting cities according to their needs. Recently, there has been increasing acknowledgement that the planning of the 21st century city must be gender-sensitive and attend to other structural forces of exclusion related to race, class, ability and sexuality. This feminist, intersectional approach to urban planning aims at allowing women to equally benefit from urban spaces while challenging rather than reinforcing gender stereotypes. This new approach to planning is also committed to co-creating urban spaces with marginalized groups more generally. Pioneering evidence from bottom-up initiatives across Europe this PhD project will explore opportunities for more inclusive and sustainable urban development.

• dr. Irina van Aalst
• dr. Krisztina Varró
• prof. dr. Ilse van Liempt