The Centre for Landscape at Newcastle University, with the permission of the Board and Committee of PECSRL, invite conference participants to a free workshop on engaging with landscape policy for Early Career Researchers.
Incorporating ‘natural’ and cultural concerns, landscape research has the potential to influence change relating to the complex challenges facing people, their communities, governments, and their landscapes, such as climate change, carbon targets, sustainability, biodiversity and nature restoration, health and wellbeing, and economic development.
Landscape policy is developed, enacted, implemented, and reviewed at multiple levels, working from strategies of individual bodies and organisations to national legislation and international treaties (such as the Council of Europe Landscape Convention) committing to action on conservation, management, planning and education. Landscape researchers therefore have the useful knowledge, grounded evidence, methodological skills, and practical experience to connect with, inform, and direct policy across various scales and disciplines – including landscape management, rural planning, historical and human geography, archaeology, ecology. Early career landscape researchers are uniquely placed to consider the potential policy impacts of their academic research, to inform discussion and drive positive change. Furthermore landscape ‘ECRs’ can improve their emerging research profile by developing links with external partners and policymakers, with the goal of building lasting partnerships for impact, and influencing the development of policy and practice.
Aims:
The goals of this workshop are to:
- Situate landscape research within current 'natural’ and cultural policy contexts
- Introduce Early Career Landscape Researchers to their potential for policy impact
- Present case studies of landscape research projects with policy impact
- Introduce the Policy Partnerships Project led by Newcastle University
- Introduce potential routes for policy engagement and methods of implementation
- Stimulate discussion to allow landscape researchers to consider their goals for policy engagement
The workshop will be chaired by Centre for Landscape at Newcastle University Co-Director Prof. Maggie Roe, ECR lead Dr Charlotte Veal, and PDRA Dr Maria Duggan.
Practical Considerations:
- The workshop is free for all PECSRL delegates and is targeted towards Early Career Researchers (self-defined and without restrictions)
- The 2-hour workshop will be held in Lublin (9th or 10th September; depends on Conference schedule)
- Application for workshops will be possible when registering for the conference
