Spatial Planning Systems in Central and Eastern European Countries

Maciej J. Nowak (born 1982), professor at the West Pomeranian University of Technology, head of the Real Estate Department, member of the Presidium Committee for Spatial Economy and Regional Planning, Polish Academy of Sciences. Author of over 200 works in this field, including more than 30 monographs.

Andrei Mitrea (born 1983) currently holds the position of lecturer at the School of Urban Planning, within the "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urban Planning in Bucharest, Romania. He works with the Romanian Ministry of Education's Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development, and Innovation (UEFISCDI) and with the World Bank, in projects related to urban, regional planning and innovation.

Gunta Lukstina (born 1955), is Architect, M.Sc. of Environmental Science and Management, Lecturer at the University of Latvia, and Coordinator of the Professional Master's Study Program in Spatial Planning at the University of Latvia, direction Architecture and Building.

Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor is Associate Professor and Director of the Doctoral School of Urban Planning at Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest, Romania. His research activity in over 50 research grants resulted into almost 600 publications.

Martin Baloga (born 1980) has completed his studies (Architecture and Urbanism) as well as the third degree (Urbanism) at the Faculty of Architecture STU in Bratislava. He works as an urban planner in the processing of land use planning documentation on local and regional level.

Krisztina Filepné Kovács, Landscape Architect, works as Associate Professor at Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Landscape Planning and Regional Development, and Member of Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Her research relates to rural landscapes and spatial planning.

Velislava Simeonova (Ph.D.) (born 1986) is an Adjunct Professor at Department of Geography in University of Barcelona, Spain. Her research interests focus on territorial development and spatial planning in Europe, and in particular on the roles played by the European Union in the transformation of spatial planning and governance in CEE.

Pavel Yanchev is an architect and an urban planner, graduated architecture from UACEG in Sofia, Bulgaria and Master of Human Settlements from KU Leuven, Belgium. Pavel works in the architectural practice DDS+ in Brussels and in the Gradoscope collective for urban transformation in Sofia.

Evelin Jürgenson (born 1974) is a Professor at the Estonian University of Life Sciences. She has experience in land administration issues, including land governance, agricultural land use, land use changes, and land take. Her research primarily relates to sustainable land use, land administration, land governance, and agricultural land use.

Kätlin Põdra (born 1993) is a Junior Researcher at the Estonian University of Life Sciences. She is a PhD student studying land use changes in the frame of climate agreements.

Vit Rezac (1963) graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University in 1986 and continued in post - graduate program at ETH Zurich in Raumplanung in 1992 -93. His profile covers a wide range of activities related to spatial planning, city development, real estate and building construction.

Kristina Mikalauskaite-Sostakiene currently holds the position of Lecturer at the Mykolas Romeris University, Academy of Public Security. In her doctoral studies (Mykolas Romeris University) she is conducting dissertation research in the field of territorial planning legal regulation.

Birute Praneviciene is Professor at the Public Security Academy (Mykolas Romeris University), Director of Law and Law enforcement institute at the Public Security Academy (Mykolas Romeris University).

Zuzana Ladzianska (born 1980) completed her master studies at the Faculty of Architecture STU in Bratislava in the field of Architecture and Urbanism and completed her doctoral studies at the Institute of Management STU.

Martin Baloga (born 1980) has completed his studies (Architecture and Urbanism) as well as the third degree (Urbanism) at the Faculty of Architecture STU in Bratislava. He works as an urban planner in the processing of land use planning documentation on local and regional level.