[Call for Abstracts] Bridging Resilience(s): The 10th Sustainable Cities and Landscape Conference

The 10th edition of APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscapes (SCL) Conference 2027 is calling for abstracts. Hosted by the Department of Architecture at the National University of Singapore, the conference will take place in Singapore from May 21 to 23, 2027. 

Amid climate change, economic and technological uncertainties, and social and environmental disruptions, cities and communities across the Pacific Rim are facing profound and unprecedented challenges. In addressing these challenges, however, the knowledge and practices of sustainable planning, governance, and design often remain siloed and fragmented.

With the theme of Bridging Resilience(s), the 2027 APRU-SCL conference will explore how different knowledge and practices can connect and coalesce in advancing social, cultural, and environmental resilience in cities and communities. It will further examine how bridging itself- the ability to network, organize, co-create, and forge connections- can represent a form of resilience in the face of crisis and disruption.

Singapore, with its unique institutional structure along with the challenges of density and land scarcity, provides a setting for this discussion. For the 2027 conference, we welcome submissions of papers, posters, and panels that examine solutions and challenges facing urban and environmental sustainability in the Pacific Rim through transdisciplinary collaboration, comparative studies, and cross-cultural investigation.

Members of HKUST are welcome to submit papers, posters, and panel proposals that examine critical issues and emerging strategies for urban and environmental resilience across the Pacific Rim. Contributions may engage with these topics through transdisciplinary collaboration, comparative studies, and cross-cultural investigation. 

Accepted paper and poster presentations will be eligible for consideration for the Best Paper and Best Poster Awards, respectively, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the conference.

Please submit your abstract for an oral/poster presentation in tracks including, but not limited to:

1. Track 1AI for resilience
2. Track 2Human–nature interactions and health implications
3. Track 3Environmental, economic, and social infrastructure
4. Track 4Climate justice
5. Track 5Botanic and agricultural urbanism
6. Track 6Urban landscape biodiversity
7. Track 7Water, seascapes, and infrastructure
8. Track 8Energy landscapes and systems
9. Track 9Community engagement and co-design

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