PhD Thesis · 2025
Doctoral thesis in Spatial Sciences & Urban Planning
Double PhD — University of Groningen (Netherlands) & University of Otago (Aotearoa New Zealand). Full title, abstract, and PDF will be published here.
Abstract
This thesis examines children’s everyday geographies and participatory approaches to urban planning across contrasting contexts. It develops practice-oriented methods for involving young people in the design of their cities, and traces what planning systems gain — and give up — when they take children’s spatial knowledge seriously. The full abstract will be published together with the thesis PDF.
Chapters
Framing, research questions, and the structure of the thesis.
Chapter summary — will be added when the thesis is published.
Chapter summary — will be added when the thesis is published.
Findings, contributions, and directions for future research — final text to follow.