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LK0446

Temakurs 2025

**This year’s theme is Landscape architecture in society**

**If you are interested in influencing the use of landscape architecture in today's society, you should apply for this course. We all know how valuable landscape architecture is for the development of society, but how do we get others to understand it as well?**



Not every decision-maker in society knows that landscape architecture, including the design, planning and management of landscapes in urban and rural settings, encompasses knowledge and skills that address many of the central challenges facing society today; adaptation to climate change, the decline of biodiversity, people's physical and mental health and well-being, lack of public participation and democracy to name some of the most important. Landscape architecture is also characterized by a holistic as well as a transformative approach, which both are needed for a sustainable societal development.

In the course, we discuss the role of landscape architecture in today´s society and work with definitions and descriptions of landscape architecture depending on the target group. We analyze the paths for political and administrative decisions around landscape-related issues and explore lobbying and other influence measures towards politicians, organizations, companies, mass and social media but also the public.

The course suits students with a certain activist streak, interested in learning more about how society works and how to inform and influence it! The course is carried out through a combination of literature studies, seminars, individual and group exercises and study visits. You will get in contact with interesting people outside academia and learn how to communicate the value of your profession.

The course concludes with a personally written essay on the subject. During the course, there will definitely be opportunities to focus on what you are personally passionate about within landscape architecture.



The context during the course will be Swedish society, but references to other countries are also appreciated.

Kursplan och övrig information

Kursfakta

Kursen ges som en fristående kurs: Ja Kursen ges som en programkurs: Landscape Architecture- Master's Programme Landskapsarkitektprogrammet, Alnarp Kursavgift: Studieavgift, endast för medborgare utanför EU, EES, och Schweiz: 74990 SEK Nivå: Avancerad nivå (A1N)
Ämne: Landskapsarkitektur
Kurskod: LK0446 Anmälningskod: SLU-40136 Plats: Alnarp Distanskurs: Nej Undervisningsspråk: Engelska Ansvarig institution: Institutionen för landskapsarkitektur, planering och förvaltning Studietakt: 100%