Landscape Research
Networks
Networks that connect people, ideas and places
The Landscape Research Group (LRG) supports a set of member-led networks that foster dialogue, collaboration and knowledge exchange across thematic, geographic and disciplinary boundaries.
Each network is anchored in a shared research identity or community of practice, and operates autonomously with its own coordinators, communication channels and membership pathways. Rather than maintaining centralised event calendars or static organisational lists, LRG provides a hub for discovering networks and linking through to their established websites and newsletters for ongoing activity.
Through these connections, LRG nurtures an international ecosystem of researchers, practitioners and educators who engage with landscape as an object of inquiry and as a domain of societal relevance.
Arbeitskreis Landschaftsforschung
Deutschsprachiges Landschaftsnetzwerk (AK LaFo)
LRG’s model network is the Arbeitskreis Landschaftsforschung, a German-speaking group whose sphere of influence covers Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. Founded in 2019, the group meets regularly to hold workshops or conferences, and brings landscape researchers and practitioners together.
A long-standing forum for conceptual reflection, transdisciplinary exchange and collective inquiry within the German-speaking landscape research community (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). This network’s discussions bridge theory and practice and include contributions from disciplines such as geography, planning, sociology, ecology and cultural studies. The network maintains its own newsletter and programme of meetings; further details are available on the network’s official website.
Network events:
- Strategies, Processes, and Actors of Climate Change, 2024
- Suburban, Metropolitan Landscapes – Transformation, Conflict, Co-Production, Sustainability? 2025
Um über bevorstehende Veranstaltungen informiert zu werden, melden Sie sich für den Newsletter an.
To be notified of upcoming events, register for the newsletter.
Maghreb
North Africa
Maghreb Landscape Research Network
The Maghreb Landscape Research Network brings together landscape researchers and practitioners working across North Africa, with a particular focus on Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria. Coordinated by LRG Trustee Marouen Hedhie, the network provides a forum for identifying, discussing, and raising awareness of landscape-related questions that emerge within the region’s diverse social, cultural, and environmental contexts.
The Landscape Research Group has supported the network’s activities and its development as a platform for regional and international exchange. Information about meetings, collaborations, and outputs associated with the network can be found via the resources below.
Network activities information:
- Maghrebian Landscapes 2023
- A Landscape Convention for the Maghreb? Conference report
- Network Facebook page
Landscape Exchange
The Landscape Exchange
The Landscape Exchange is an open access multimedia platform by the Landscape Research Group, working across boundaries for greater justice and sustainability.
LEX includes podcasts, videos, images and writing, and acts as a sister space to our peer-reviewed academic journal Landscape Research.
It shares and encourages an inter- and trans-disciplinary approach to current planetary challenges. We are particularly keen to support work which transcends boundaries of disciplines and approaches to landscape, countries or nation states, and academia and forms of practice.
The content is intentionally more informal, easy to understand and aimed to spark dialogue and collaboration across boundaries. It widens the traditional definition of research to include radical or unconventional research methods.
Members of the Landscape Research Group can post content at any time. If you are not a member, click here to join.
How networks operate
Networks represented here are not formal LRG committees or governance bodies. They are member-initiated and member-driven communities of interest, with leadership and coordination provided by participants from within their respective fields. LRG’s role is to provide visibility, connectivity and support, helping members connect with peers across regions and themes.
These Networks provide tangible benefits to the research of landscape by:
- Facilitating exchange
- Promoting an interdisciplinary, and ‘landscape’ approach to the complex issues we face
- Providing a visible space for interdisciplinary landscape work in that region
Expressions of interest or suggestions for networks come from you, the LRG community, with us providing the support framework.
Please contact us to submit your interest in forming a Landscape Research Network. Read more information about LRN criteria, support provided, and the process for establishing an LRN
LRG can provide flexible support in a number of ways:
- A small amount of funding is available over 3 years, with the potential to extend the length of time
- Communications and promotion of your network and its activities and a dedicated LRN webpage if needed
- Other strategic support, such as conferences, journal submissions or co-ordinating the translation of LRN materials
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