Understanding Landscape Change

Landscapes are changing at an unprecedented pace. Climate change, urbanisation, depopulation, conflict and displacement, and the actions of more-than-human actors are reshaping environments and adding complexity to how we understand them. Responding to these changes requires deep, nuanced, and cross-disciplinary approaches.

This year’s Research Showcase brings together four scholars whose work spans digital heritage, spatial technologies, oral histories, legal geography, and decolonial approaches. The session will explore how emerging and established methods can help us interpret landscape change, uncover patterns, and broaden understandings across diverse contexts.

Speakers

Sonya Cotton
ERC project PROPERTY[IN]JUSTICE, South Africa
Legal geography and anthropology, TWAIL, decolonisation, and legal personhood
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Joy Burgess
Lecturer in Landscape Studies, University of Liverpool, UK
History of women and professionalisation in landscape architecture; oral histories and archival research
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Yang Chen
Associate Professor and Deputy Director of Academic Affairs, Tongji University, China
Digital heritage landscapes, spatial pattern recognition technologies, AI and World Heritage interpretation
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Aicha Chebi
AGEOS, Tunisia
Geospatial analysis, participatory mapping and applied landscape assessment
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Format
Each speaker will present for 10–15 minutes, followed by a moderated discussion.