Symposium Introduction—Immigration and Transnationalities of Planning

Miraftab highlights the symposium of Journal of Planning Education and Research on immigration and transnationalities of planning. In sum, the works in this symposium have provided ample material for understanding the transnational movement of people, resources, and policies. As planning educators and scholars, they need to pay attention to these emerging trends and conditions as they inevitably affect how they teach, plan, and analyze. Planning is a field through which relationships among the state, citizens, and the market are negotiated. If these very relationships are going through profound changes because of the mobilities they discuss in this symposium, then surely the practice, teaching, and conceptualization of planning require a profound debate and, ultimately, transformation. The contributors to this symposium hope to have contributed to this process.