A new cross-disciplinary framework for studying the landscape over the long term Erasmus Project

Project Title

A new cross-disciplinary framework for studying the landscape over the long term

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Pedagogy and didactics; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

We are a group of university departments from four European countries (Sweden, Netherlands, Italy and Spain), studying landscape and land use dynamics from different disciplinary perspectives. We conduct research on the long- term dynamics of enduring agricultural landscapes and their biocultural heritage.
Today these landscapes are under threat due to climate change, intense land abandonment and consequent degradation, which represent a huge threat for their ecological complexity, cultural heritage and socio- economic conditions of local communities.
These problems are the results of complex socio-ecological dynamics happened over the long term. To tackle them, we need to develop new research approaches and, more importantly, equip our students and researchers which specific skills that can allow them to integrate different conceptual tools and technical methods for conducting scientific investigations.
For this reason, with the project “A new cross-disciplinary framework for studying the landscape over the long term” we intend to develop a new pedagogical framework bridging the divide between humanities and natural sciences, which may allow cross-disciplinarity and high quality research, so to better investigate the complexity of contemporary issues.
We will do so through the step-wise design and testing of a training scheme for postgraduate students and early career researchers, based on critical pedagogies and covering the integration of object-based analysis in the broader field of landscape and historical ecology studies.
The foreseen impacts are many, from a fundamental change of perspectives towards more critical approaches in the pedagogy of spatial analysis, to relevant scientific contributions in the field of cross-disciplinary research. Last but not least, an overall improvement of research skills in the postgraduate students involved, as well as transfer of knowledge and best practices across higher education institutions at international level.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 169225 Eur

Project Coordinator

STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET & Country: SE

Project Partners

• UPPSALA UNIVERSITET
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PALERMO
• UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
• STICHTING VU