PhD course: Researching Landscape Governance

PhD course in Malmö, Sweden on May 8 and May 15 – 18, 2023
The course will provide an overview of the context in which studies of Landscape governance and management are relevant today. We will go over theories related to public and global landscape governance perspectives. We will present and discuss methodological approaches related to Landscape governance, more specifically, action research and living labs.

Objectives
The overall objective of this PhD course is to discuss and analyze different theories as well as suitable methodological approaches to the study of Landscape governance, which will feed into the PhD students’ own research projects. Further insights and inspiration from theories and methodologies will be coupled with examples from different research projects and practice.

Content
The course presents lectures and practical examples from Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands, together with recent literature and in depth discussions. Models and methodological approaches for Landscape governance and management include the Combined Governance and Management Model (Jansson et al., 2018) as well as Mosaic Governance (Arjen et al., 2016). Users, their perceptions and participation approaches including Living labs and action research will be discussed. Dedicated sessions will be organized to discuss PhD students’ own research.

Learning outcomes
After the course, students will be able to:

• Describe and apply relevant landscape governance theories within organizational and academic contexts.
• Reflectively describe and argue for research methods for the study of landscape governance.
• Discuss their own research projects in relation to the landscape governance scientific knowledge field, theoretically and methodologically.

Number of credits: 5 (hp)

Entry requirements
Applicants must be admitted as PhD-students in a relevant subject. To apply, candidates should submit the following to Professor Thomas B. Randrup:

• The candidate’s name and contact information.
• PhD start date, title of the research project, name of supervisor(s), and home institution.
• A statement of interest with motivation for participating in this course.
• A one-page description of their PhD project, emphasizing the relation to landscape governance.

The course fee is 2000 SEK, which does not cover travel expenses nor accommodation.

Application deadline: 15th of April, 2023

Course team:
Thomas B. Randrup – Professor
Märit Jansson – Associate professor

Geovana Mercado – Postdoctoral researcher
Lisbet Christoffersen – Postdoctoral researcher

Sixten Lundqvist – Research assistant

Picture reference: Jansson, M., N. Vogel, H. Fors, N. Dempsey, A. Buijs & T.B. Randrup. (2020). Defining urban open space governance and management. In: Jansson, M. & T.B. Randrup (Eds) Urban Open Space Governance and Management. Routledge, London & New York. p. 11-29