Programme Finalised and Registration Now Open
The Arbeitskreis Landschaftsforschung, German Landscape Research Working Group, is a thriving network supported by the Landscape Research Group. Since 2012, this initiative has connected landscape researchers and practitioners across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and beyond, fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange.
We’re pleased to share that the network has opened registrations for its 12th annual workshop:
Suburban, Metropolitan Landscapes: Transformation, Conflict, Co-Production – Sustainability?
Date: 8 – 10 October 2025
Location: Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER), Dresden
Programme: Available here
Fee: €80/ €40 (students with proof of enrolment). The fee also includes conference materials, lunch, refreshments during breaks, public transport tickets for the excursion.
Registration deadline: 8 September 2025
Suburban and metropolitan landscapes are dynamic and often marked by diverse conflicts. This workshop aims to critically examine their complex and sometimes contradictory development while presenting and discussing current research approaches and findings. Through a transdisciplinary dialogue among scientists, planners, and other landscape actors, the workshop will identify key areas for further research. Discussions will be framed around three overarching themes:
- Development trends and qualities of suburban and metropolitan landscapes
- Planning, policy, and governance
- Narratives, practices, subjectivities and materialities.
The German Landscape Research Network serves as a platform for exchange between researchers from universities and scientific institutions and practitioners from administration, planning offices, civil society organisations, and other areas of landscape practice. Early-career researchers and students are particularly encouraged to participate.