Fulbright Visiting Scholar Simona Gradinaru gave a lecture within the course “Concepts and Issues in Planning and Development” offered by School of Planning, Design & Construction at Michigan State University. Her talk started with a brief introduction to the Romanian spatial planning system. It continued with a presentation of her Fulbright project research results on methods to analyze the long-term effect of national policies on trends and patterns of built-up development. After the lecture, she had the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with a former Fulbright scholar from Kenya.