The Landscape Law Research Network brings together researchers and practitioners interested in the ways that law shapes landscapes and how landscape perspectives can inform legal thinking. The network provides a welcoming forum to explore contemporary landscape challenges through legal research while building an international community within the Landscape Research Group and beyond.
Landscape is a central concern across disciplines including geography, planning, ecology, architecture, archaeology and the arts. Yet the role of law in shaping, governing and protecting landscapes has often received less attention within landscape research.
The Landscape Law Research Network provides a space to examine the relationship between landscape and law, explore how legal perspectives can deepen our understanding of contemporary landscape challenges, and strengthen collaboration between legal scholars and researchers from across the wider landscape research community.
Founding members of the network currently represent Ireland, the UK, South Africa, the Caribbean, Hawaii and Canada. They are full professors, early career researchers, PhD candidates and legal practitioners. They are also members of the International Law Association, European Society of International Law, Association of Critical Heritage Studies, Socio-Legal Studies Association, Landscape Forum Ireland, Environmental Justice Network Ireland, and the Critical Legal Pedagogies of Race and Empire Network.
The network explores legal frameworks for landscape protection alongside broader questions of spatial justice, governance and rights. It welcomes interdisciplinary dialogue and encourages collaboration between academics, practitioners and policymakers working across different legal systems and geographical contexts.
To learn more or express interest in the Landscape Law Research Network, please sign up to the network below or contact the Network Lead; Dr Amanda Byer. Participation in network events is open to all, including non-members.
The Landscape Law Research Network builds on the ERC-funded Property [In]Justice project, hosted by the Sutherland School of Law at University College Dublin. During its first year, the network will draw on the project’s research community, partnerships and expertise to shape collaborations, events and future research activities.
![Year 1: Property [In]Justice focus](https://landscaperesearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Property-INjustice.png)
The network will strengthen strategic partnerships, expand its research profile and promote the value of landscape law within LRG. A key ambition is to develop a special issue of Landscape Research led by legal scholars, helping to establish landscape law as a distinctive area of interdisciplinary research.
Participation is open to anyone interested in landscape law. You do not need to be an LRG member to take part.
LRG membership is encouraged for those wishing to connect more closely with the wider international community, funding opportunities and publications.
To learn more or express interest in the APN, please sign up to the network below or contact the Network Lead; Dr Amanda Byer for further information. Participation in network events is open to all, including non-members.
