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ArgumentThe French-British Study Planning Group / Groupe franco-britannique de recherche en am&#233;nagement et urbanisme, has worked for 20 years on the building of networks and intellectual bridges between the communities of planning research and practice on both sides of the Channel. Since 2005 it has been formally constituted as a sub-group of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP).&#160;The potential retreat of the current United Kingdom from the European Union presents a new context and it is natural that the group should turn its attention to the territorial impacts which could arise as a result. It is also an occasion to reflect more widely on all forms of territorial discontinuities, ruptures and borders, including those at the national, regional and local scales, and which are of concern to planning research and practice.At the cross-national/bilateral level, the possibility of a so-called "Brexit" of the UK from the EU raises a number of questions. For example what might be the impact on regional and local territories - notably Kent and the Hauts de France region; but also other territories on either side of the Channel&#8217;s maritime boundary including, but not limited to, Normandy, Brittany, Sussex, and Hampshire. Yet whilst attention has been given to the national macro-economic consequences of any potential exit of Great Britain from the EU, there has been less emphasis on the consequences for border regions, and cities like Calais, Dunkirk, Boulogne, Ashford, Canterbury, and Dover. The fallout of any kind of UK pulling back from the EU on local policy agendas in such areas, including those related to land use planning and local development, are issues to take into account here &#8211; for example, what might be the territorial effects of any modification of flows of people and goods across borders? Beyond the strict border dimension there are wider questions about the consequences for spatial planning in the two countries &#8211; e.g. which existing and new planning challenges may arise?; how will planning systems and policies evolve?; will there be greater divergence in approaches and agendas?; and, what kinds of pressures may develop, for example, in relation to potential deregulation of aspects of planning?At the regional level, wider issues of ruptures and discontinuities arise in both countries, and in both places are commonly invoked in political, economic, social and cultural discourses. In England, the notion and imaginary of the &#8220;North-South Divide&#8221; is emblematic of the contrast between the industrial regions of the north where many places have been crudely characterised as being &#8220;left behind&#8221; due to deprivation and lagging economic growth, and the richer regions of the south, especially those of the metropolitan mega-region of London stretching from Cambridge to the Isle of Wight, and from Bath to Dover. In France, similar spatial tropes can be found concerning contrasts between: former heavily industrial regions now undergoing radical restructuring (e.g. Lorraine, Nord-Pas-de-Calais) and places where new major industrial clusters have emerged (e.g. Grenoble, Toulouse); the residentially and lifestyle attractive Atlantic seaboard and the ostensibly less appealing interior; the Greater Paris area and the rest of the country; and, also the relationships between the dynamic and newly empowered larger city regions (m&#233;tropoles) and the territories of so-called &#8220;peripheral France&#8221;. There are numerous different readings of such territorial realities, trends and geographies, and the list of examples cited above is not exhaustive.At the local level, the theme of boundaries and discontinuities can also be invoked to help understand economic and socio-spatial segregation processes at work in cities, particularly in urban regions and metropolises, highlighting contrasts between territories which fall within the ambit of metropolitan dynamics and processes such as reurbanisation, and those (often smaller or medium-sized) places that fall outside these. Local public policies and agendas are directly concerned by such challenges, including those relating to planning, economic development, environmental protection, climate change and urban resilience, social inclusion, housing, transport, accessibility, culture, education and training. These issues also take on a particular inflexion in the so-called peripheral territories mentioned above.A particular instance of where local spatial planning may be called upon to address discontinuities concerns cross-border issues where these arise. France is obviously concerned by this issue with its extensive land borders, including the case of the Lille metropolis. Indeed border studies are among the expertise fields of the research centre TVES at University of Lille, which is associated to the Belgium-French Institute on borders and discontinuities (IFD). The prospect of the retreat of the United Kingdom from the European Union has also focussed attention on the situation on the island of Ireland where the possibility of retrograde measures, which diminish the permeability of the border and cohesion of the surrounding regions is of concern to local populations and policymakers. In Hauts de France too modifications to flows of people and goods across borders may have territorial effects such as generating bottlenecks and requirements for new infrastructure and exacerbating already challenging conditions around issues such as migration.Lille M&#233;tropole in 2020 &#8211; a special settingNext year sees the hosting of "Lille M&#233;tropole - World Design Capital 2020". Against this background, the seminar will seek to position planning as a facet of human design and means of contributing to multiscalar reflection on, and solutions to, the ruptures, discontinuities, and fractures invoked above and their consequences for citizens. This could include, for example, the development of public spaces and green and blue infrastructure; regional strategies which address cross-border dynamics (including those at maritime borders); urban renewal programs for places in crisis; new initiatives such as the homes for &#163;1/&#8364;1 in Liverpool and Roubaix; and, innovative temporary tenures and &#8220;meanwhile uses&#8221; initiated by grassroots collectives. With such approaches being conceived of here as constituting forms of innovative urban and civic design reflection and action, with "design" being understood as a process not only the material end result of a "drawing".Submission guidelinesInformed by the themes and context above, contributions are invited, which address the issues raised by territorial fractures, ruptures, discontinuities and borders from a wide range of perspectives, and have a comparative dimension. Franco-British comparisons are expected to feature prominently, but other cross-national comparisons which address the themes outlined above are also warmly welcomed and could include, for example, (amongst others), Franco-German, Franco-Belgian, and Anglo-Dutch comparisons.Proposals (title, key words, and a summary of 10 to 20 lines, in both working languages of the seminar (French and English presented according to the template specified in the attached document) can be sent to:didier.paris@univ-lille.frthomas.perrin@univ-lille.frby March 8th 2020The proposals will be evaluated within one month. Authors with accepted proposals will be invited to attend the seminar and present a digital presentation in their preferred language (French or English). A written paper should also be prepared (maximum: 40,000 characters including spaces with an abstract and key words in both languages). Please use the template specified in the attached document. The duration of the presentations will be specified later.Scientific committeeFlorine Ballif, University Paris-Est Cr&#233;teilChia-Lin Chen, University of LiverpoolSebastian Dembski, University of LiverpoolChristophe Demazi&#232;re, University of ToursXavier Desjardins, Sorbonne UniversityFr&#233;d&#233;ric Durand, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic ResearchAnnette Groux, University of LilleFabienne Leloup, University UC Louvain, member of IFDAlexander Nurse, University of LiverpoolDidier Paris, University of LilleThomas Perrin, University of Lille, member of IFDChristophe Sohn, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic ResearchOlivier Sykes, University of LiverpoolOrganizing committeeChristophe Demazi&#232;re, University of ToursDidier Paris, University of LilleThomas Perrin, University of Lille, member of IFDOlivier Sykes, University of LiverpoolArgumentaireLe groupe franco-britannique de recherche en am&#233;nagement et urbanisme / French-British Study Group in Planning qui depuis 20 ans &#339;uvre au tissage intellectuel dans le champ de l&#8217;am&#233;nagement et de l&#8217;urbanisme entre les communaut&#233;s scientifiques des deux pays, ne pouvait que s&#8217;interroger sur l&#8217;impact territorial d&#8217;un &#233;ventuelle sortie du Royaume-Uni de l&#8217;Union europ&#233;enne, mais aussi de toutes les formes de discontinuit&#233;s et de ruptures territoriales &#224; toutes les &#233;chelles, du cadre national au niveau local en passant par la dimension r&#233;gionale.Au niveau bi-national, le sujet du &#171;&#160;Brexit&#160;&#187; s&#8217;impose en tout premier lieu&#160;: quel impact pour les r&#233;gions concern&#233;es au premier chef, le Kent, les Hauts de France, mais aussi la Normandie, la Bretagne, le Sussex, le Hampshire et les autres territoires de la fronti&#232;re maritime anglaise. Si les enjeux macro-&#233;conomiques sont r&#233;guli&#232;rement convoqu&#233;s dans le d&#233;bat sur les cons&#233;quences de la sortie de la Grande-Bretagne de l&#8217;Union, quid des cons&#233;quences pour les r&#233;gions fronti&#232;res directement concern&#233;es, les villes, comme Calais, Dunkerque, Boulogne, Ashford, Canterbury, Dover&#8230; Quelles approches en termes d&#8217;am&#233;nagement du territoire&#160;? D&#8217;une mani&#232;re g&#233;n&#233;rale, au-del&#224; de la dimension frontali&#232;re stricto-sensu, quelles cons&#233;quences en termes d&#8217;am&#233;nagement du territoire dans les deux pays&#160;?Au niveau r&#233;gional, la question des ruptures et discontinuit&#233;s se pose dans les deux pays, mais peut-&#234;tre en termes diff&#233;rents. En Angleterre, c&#8217;est le th&#232;me de la North-South Divide qui peut &#234;tre convoqu&#233;, sch&#233;matiquement entre les r&#233;gions industrielles du nord, aux nombreux territoires en crise sociale profonde et les r&#233;gions plus riches du sud, en particulier celles du bassin m&#233;tropolitain de Londres, de Cambridge &#224; l&#8217;&#238;le de Wight, de Bath &#224; Douvres. En France, le sujet concerne &#233;galement l&#8217;opposition entre anciennes r&#233;gions de grande industrie en mutation (Lorraine, Nord-Pas-de-Calais) par rapport aux nouveaux grands p&#244;les industriels (Grenoble, Toulouse&#8230;), l&#8217;Ouest atlantique attractif par rapport &#224; l&#8217;int&#233;rieur, le Grand Paris et le reste du pays, mais aussi les m&#233;tropoles face aux territoires qualifi&#233;s de &#171;&#160;p&#233;riph&#233;riques&#160;&#187; &#8230; Les lectures g&#233;n&#233;ralement propos&#233;es sont multiples, et la liste ci-dessus n&#8217;est pas close.Au niveau local, le sujet des fronti&#232;res et discontinuit&#233;s peut &#233;galement &#234;tre mobilis&#233; pour comprendre des processus de s&#233;gr&#233;gation &#233;conomico-socio-spatiale &#224; l&#8217;&#339;uvre dans les villes, en particulier dans les m&#233;tropoles, opposant territoires inclus dans la dynamique m&#233;tropolitaines et territoires d&#8217;exclusion. Les politiques publiques sont ici directement interpell&#233;es, que ce soit celles relatives au d&#233;veloppement &#233;conomique que celles relatives &#224; l&#8217;habitat et au logement, celles qui concernent les transports, le d&#233;senclavement et l&#8217;accessibilit&#233;, celles relatives &#224; la culture, &#224; l&#8217;&#233;ducation, etc&#8230; Le sujet concerne &#233;galement les territoires dits p&#233;riph&#233;riques &#233;voqu&#233;s ci-dessus.Un cas particulier d&#8217;am&#233;nagement du territoire local autour des discontinuit&#233;s concerne &#233;videmment la question transfrontali&#232;re l&#224; o&#249; elle se pose. La France est &#233;videmment concern&#233;e avec ses fronti&#232;res terrestres &#233;tendues, avec notamment ici le cas de la m&#233;tropole lilloise. Le transfrontalier est d&#8217;ailleurs un th&#232;me d&#8217;expertise au sein du laboratoire TVES de l&#8217;Universit&#233; de Lille, qui est associ&#233; &#224; l&#8217;Institut franco-belge des fronti&#232;res et discontinuit&#233;s (IFD). &#192; l&#8217;heure de la sortie du Royaume-Uni de l&#8217;Union europ&#233;enne, le cas de l&#8217;Ulster dans l&#8217;&#238;le d&#8217;Irlande retrouve une actualit&#233; br&#251;lante qui interpelle &#233;galement, l&#8217;am&#233;nagement &#171;&#160;frontalier&#160;&#187; ayant &#233;t&#233; r&#233;duit &#224; sa plus simple et plus triste expression aux heures les plus sombres&#160;: un mur.Et pour se raccrocher &#224; l&#8217;&#233;v&#232;nement &#171;&#160;Lille M&#233;tropole 2020-World Design Capital&#160;&#187; qui se tiendra pendant le s&#233;minaire, l&#8217;urbanisme pourra &#234;tre convoqu&#233; ici &#224; travers sa contribution pour apporter des solutions &#224; ces ruptures, discontinuit&#233;s, fractures et &#224; leurs cons&#233;quences pour les habitants&#160;: l&#8217;am&#233;nagement d&#8217;espaces publics, les programmes de renouvellement urbains dans les territoires en crise, les initiatives nouvelles (la maison &#224; 1&#163;/1&#8364; &#224; Liverpool et Roubaix), les modes d&#8217;occupation temporaires innovants initi&#233;s par ces collectifs, peuvent &#234;tre convoqu&#233;s ici dans le cadre d&#8217;une r&#233;flexion de &#171;&#160;design urbain&#160;&#187; innovant, &#171;&#160;design&#160;&#187; &#233;tant entendu ici comme un process et non comme le simple r&#233;sultat d&#8217;un &#171;&#160;dessin&#160;&#187; (objet).Envoi des propositionsLes contributions qui pourront &#234;tre propos&#233;es peuvent couvrir ainsi un champ large. Il est attendu qu&#8217;elles soient comparatives, franco-britanniques certes, mais pourquoi pas impliquant d&#8217;autres bin&#244;mes de comparaison &#224; partir de l&#8217;un ou l&#8217;autre pays (franco-allemand, franco-belge, anglo-n&#233;erlandais&#8230;), d&#232;s lors que la th&#233;matique concerne les th&#232;mes d&#233;finis ci-dessus. Les contributions relatives au &#171;&#160;Brexit&#160;&#187;&#8217; issues de chercheurs hors de France et du Royaume-Uni (Belgique, Pays-Bas, Allemagne&#8230;) et qui permettrait un &#233;largissement spatial de la probl&#233;matique sont les bienvenues.Les langues de travail sont naturellement l&#8217;anglais et le fran&#231;ais.Les propositions (titre, mots clefs, r&#233;sum&#233; de 10 &#224; 20 lignes, le tout dans les deux langues selon le mod&#232;le propos&#233; dans le document attach&#233;) sont &#224; envoyer simultan&#233;ment aux adresses&#160;:didier.paris@univ-lille.frthomas.perrin@univ-lille.fravant le 8 mars 2020Les propositions seront &#233;valu&#233;es dans un d&#233;lai d'un mois, avec demande de confirmer la participation. Les auteurs dont la proposition aura &#233;t&#233; accept&#233;e seront invit&#233;s &#224; assister au s&#233;minaire et &#224; pr&#233;senter dans la langue de leur choix (fran&#231;ais ou anglais). Le texte de la communication doit &#233;galement &#234;tre pr&#233;par&#233;e (au maximum : 40 000 caract&#232;res, y compris les espaces avec un r&#233;sum&#233; et les mots cl&#233;s dans les deux langues). Merci d&#8217;utiliser le mod&#232;le indiqu&#233; dans le document attach&#233;.Le format retenu, qui privil&#233;gie convivialit&#233; et qualit&#233; des d&#233;bats, suppose un nombre de communications ma&#238;tris&#233;. La dur&#233;e des pr&#233;sentations sera pr&#233;cis&#233;e ult&#233;rieurement.Comit&#233; scientifiqueFlorine Ballif, Universit&#233; Paris-Est Cr&#233;teilChia-Lin Chen, Universit&#233; de LiverpoolSebastian Dembski, Universit&#233; de LiverpoolChristophe Demazi&#232;re, Universit&#233; de ToursXavier Desjardins, Universit&#233; Paris SorbonneFr&#233;d&#233;ric Durand, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic ResearchAnnette Groux, Universit&#233; de LilleFabienne Leloup, Universit&#233; catholique de Louvain, membre de l&#8217;IFDAlexander Nurse, Universit&#233; de LiverpoolDidier Paris, Universit&#233; de LilleThomas Perrin, Universit&#233; de Lille, membre de l&#8217;IFDChristophe Sohn, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic ResearchOlivier Sykes, Universit&#233; de LiverpoolComit&#233; d&#8217;organisationChristophe Demazi&#232;re, Universit&#233; de ToursDidier Paris, Universit&#233; de LilleThomas Perrin, Universit&#233; de Lille, membre de l&#8217;Institut franco-belge des fronti&#232;res et discontinuit&#233;sOlivier Sykes, Universit&#233; de Liverpool