Global (open)

Connecting researchers and practitioners working across multiple regions worldwide, including areas not currently represented by a dedicated network, and supporting the incubation of emerging regional

Region Global (open)
Languages English
Coordinator Sarah Lawton
Active

About this Network

The Global Landscape Research Network connects researchers and practitioners working across multiple regions worldwide, including areas not currently represented by a dedicated regional network. It provides a flexible space for cross-regional exchange and supports the incubation of emerging landscape research communities.

The network acts as a hub for dialogue between regions, enabling participants to share perspectives, identify common challenges and develop collaborative ideas that span geographic boundaries. It is particularly suited to researchers working internationally, those whose work spans multiple regions, and participants interested in helping develop new regional or thematic initiatives.

Activities may include informal discussions, cross-regional exchanges, collaborative conversations and opportunities to share research, events and publications. The network is intentionally light-touch and adaptive, designed to evolve in response to participant interests and emerging areas of landscape research.

The network also provides a pathway for establishing new regional activity. Participants interested in developing new networks, supporting emerging groups, or connecting activity across regions are encouraged to contact LRG to explore opportunities.

Participation is open to anyone interested in landscape research worldwide. English is used as a practical working language, with contributions in other languages welcomed where possible.

The Global Landscape Research Network provides a starting point for emerging collaborations and new regional initiatives. Participation is open to all. To discuss supporting activity in your region, connecting with others, or exploring the development of a new network, please contact Sarah Lawton or consider joining LRG to engage more closely with the wider international community.

Network Leadership

Sarah Lawton

Sarah Lawton

Network Lead
Landscape Research Group

Research Themes

  • Emerging regional landscape research communities
  • Cross-regional collaboration and knowledge exchange
  • Landscape governance and policy in underrepresented regions
  • Climate change and socio-ecological landscape transitions
  • Cultural landscapes and locally grounded landscape practices
  • Interdisciplinary methods and international research partnerships

Spotlight Outputs

Recording of ‘Landscape Futures in the Twenty-First Century: Landscape Leaders in an Intergenerational Dialogue’
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Professor Marc Antrop, Dr Margherita Cisani, Dr Amy Strecker, and Professor Tim Ingold · 2024
This video brings together international perspectives on landscape leadership, supporting cross-regional dialogue aligned with the Global Landscape Research Network.
LRG Workshop – How to prepare a successful funding application
Article
Karen Jones and Ian Mell · 2022
This workshop supports collaborative funding applications across regions, aligning with the Global Landscape Research Network’s role in incubating new initiatives.
Citizens of Speculation
Article
Christopher Marcinkoski · 2021
This article examines speculative urban development in Kenya and Rwanda, highlighting emerging landscape dynamics in regions

Roadmap & Activities

Methods for understanding landscape change: history and future

This recording captures the Landscape Research Group’s 2025 Research Showcase, held online on 12 December 2025. The session highlights a range of approaches, including legal geography and decolonial theory, oral histories and archival research, digital heritage and AI-enabled interpretation, and spatial analysis using remote sensing and machine learning.

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Methods for understanding landscape change: history and future

Emerging Voices in Landscape Research

This video brings together international contributors to reflect on landscape research, leadership and collaboration across diverse geographic contexts. Contributors highlight the importance of building connections across institutions and regions, supporting emerging voices and developing collaborative initiatives.

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Emerging Voices in Landscape Research

LRG Research Showcase: April 2025

This online event recording features a selection of projects funded through LRG’s 2022 Research Fund, Empire and Landscape Dialogue, and 2023 Research Fund, Landscapes and Care. The session will be hosted by Prof. Merham Keleg, LRG Trustee and Research Coordinator.

LRG Research Showcase: April 2025

Get Involved

The Global Landscape Research Network provides a starting point for emerging collaborations and new regional initiatives. Participation is open to all. To discuss supporting activity in your region, connecting with others, or exploring the development of a new network, please contact Sarah Lawton or consider joining LRG to engage more closely with the wider international community.