Daniel Valentini

My research mainly departs from cyling forms of mobility and investigates how movement intersects with landscapes, planning and governance regimes on municipal and local levels. I am furthermore intersted in understanding how practices considered sustainable–such as cycling, repair and maintenance– relate to one another, and their implication for societal transitions towards enhanced sustainability.

Besides research, I teach and supervise at Bachelor's and Master's levels mainly in Landscape Architecture.

I'm furthermore coordinator for the SLU Urban Futures hub in Ultuna.

I am currently leading the Movium partnership project (sv) Inclusive Cycling Mobilities in Uppsala (sv) in collaboration with Uppsala Municipality, the local Red Cross and Cycling without Age. The projects aims at examining the benefits of, and barriers to, assisted cycling services for elderly (care home) residents in Uppsala.

In February 2024, I defended my doctoral thesis (Not) Representing Cycling that combines different socimaterial perspectives on cycling and empirically draws  material gathered in the context of Uppsala.

I am currently responsible for the 3rd year Bachelor's course Studio-Landskapsplanering (sv) as well as involved in co-organising the landscape planning and governance element of the Introductory Course to Landscape Architecture (sv). 

On a Master's level, I am regularly involved in co-organising and teaching the course Roles and Methods for Landscape Architecture in Comprehansive Planning.