Spatial Change and Planning
The group aims to provide an integrated understanding of the urban-rural continuum, comprising cities, peri-urban areas and rural districts. Research conducted in the group builds on and integrates perspectives from a broad range of disciplines spanning the social, human and natural sciences. This includes fields such as design research, geography, planning studies, landscape ecology and landscape science. Human’s use and perception of urban and rural landscapes, understanding of places, and place-making play a prominent role in our research.
Specific themes
Specific themes in the research comprise urban and rural lifestyles and their implications for planning, development of new planning tools for rural areas, climate adaptation, governance of urban and regional development, development and transformation of urban and rural districts, the multifunctional role of agriculture and rural landscapes, terrestrial habitat monitoring, land use / land cover studies, land use modeling, remote sensing of terrestrial environments. We run projects with partners in Denmark, Europe and beyond including Africa and Asia.
Methods and collaboration
Methods for spatial analysis such as landscape character assessment, mapping of ecosystem services and landscape functions and urban environment and urban life play a significant role in studies of spatial development and human use of the environment. We also deal with management processes such as spatial planning, governance, involvement of citizens, and not least planning innovation. We often work together with other institutions and actors in landscapes and cities.
Ongoing projects
- BREADCRUMB (Subash Rana, Mukti Ram Chapagain)
- Byerne og det stigende havvand (Gertrud Jørgensen, Ole Fryd, Anna Aslaug Mortensdottir Lund, Kamilla Stener Møller)
- Centre for Strategic Urban Research / Center for Strategisk Byforskning
- CONNECTION (Mukti Ram Chapagain, Subash Rana, Bent Egberg Mikkelsen)
- CHORIZO (Mukti Ram Chapagain, Subash Rana, Bent Egberg Mikkelsen)
- EFUA-European forum on urban agriculture (Henrik Vejre, Trine Agervig Carstensen)
- ELABORATOR – Sustainable urban mobility (Trine Agervig Carstensen)
- FOOD DATA QUEST (Mukti Ram Chapagain, Subash Rana, Bent Mikkelsen)
- INTERLAYER (Rikke Munck Petersen, Peter Stubkjær Andersen, Marina Bergen Jensen, Thomas Balstrøm)
- Land4Climate (Peter Stubkjær Andersen, Martin Rudbeck Jepsen, Lone Søderkvist Kristensen, Erling Andersen)
- Landskabsfortællinger og samskabelse i multifunktionel jordfordeling (Lone S. Kristensen)
- Mødesteder som løftestang for social mobilisering i udsatte boligområder (Trine Agervig Carstensen)
- Multifunktionalitet i de nye danske skove (Peter Stubkjær Andersen, Erling Andersen, Henrik Vejre, Patrik Karlsson Nyed, Thomas Balstrøm, Hans Skov-Petersen, Thomas Nord-Larsen)
- PaWS2 – Pathways to water resilient South African cities (Lise Herslund, Patience Mguni)
- Plan22+ Klimaprojekter som driver til landskabsforbedringer (Peter Stubkjær Andersen, Sara Folvig, Erling Andersen, Jørgen Primdahl)
- Premis (Erling Andersen, Henrik Vejre)
- Regionale landskabsstrategier (Jørgen Primdahl, Lone S. Kristensen)
- R4C – Region4Climate (Ole Fryd, Mette Juhl Jessen, Christian Fertner, Gertrud Jørgensen, Anna Aslaug Mortensdottir Lund)
- Timely Knowledge (Peter Stubkjær Andersen)
Furthermore, the group is engaged in projects and research-based advice for public authorities, including the Danish Planning Agency, Danish Nature Agency and the Danish Environmental Protection Agency
PhD projects
- Data-Driven innovations for Sustainable Food System (Mukti Ram Chapagain)
- Analyzing interaction among Food, Youth and the City through co-creative processes using smart technology to create a sustainable urban food environment (Subash Rana)
- Regional planning and climate adaptation – Shifting perspectives and imagining new narratives (Mette Juhl Jessen)
- E-bike travel patterns, urban structure and urban design (Junyu Hu)
Members of the research group teach at many courses at bachelor and master levels in the Landscape Architecture programme and in the Nature Management programme at the University of Copenhagen. We contribute to a minor extend also in other programmes and organise PhD courses.
- Plan og Design 2 (BA)
- Byplan Studio – Strategi og design 1 & 2 (BA)
- Bysociologi – menneske, sted og by (BA)
- Håndværk og æstetik i landskabsarkitektur (BA)
- Naturressourcer; Forvaltning og Økonomi (BA)
- Natur- og Parkforvaltning (BA)
- Geographical Information Systems (BA/MA)
- Planlægning i det åbne land (MA)
- Rural Landscapes: Methods and approaches in policy-making (MA)
- Thematic Course (Temakursus) II: Rural Landscape – Management and Planning / Rurale landskaber – Forvaltning og Planlægning (MA)
- Motivation and pro-environmental behaviour (MA)
- Landscape and Restoration Ecology (MA)
- Theories of Urban Design (MA)
- Urban Forestry Urban Greening (MA)
- Transformation Studio (MA)
- Urbanism Studio (MA)
- Nature Perception – Theories and Methods for Investigation (MA)
See the research group's Danish site Rumlig forandring og planlægning
Members of the Research Group
Name | Title | Phone | |
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Search in Name | Search in Title | Search in Phone | |
Anne Tietjen | Professor | +4535331934 | |
Anne Madsbjerg | Visiting PhD Student | +4535337886 | |
Anne Margrethe Wagner | Assistant Professor - Tenure Track | +4535331788 | |
Bent Egberg Mikkelsen | Professor | +4535337464 | |
Christian Fertner | Associate Professor | +4535331782 | |
Erling Andersen | Senior Adviser | +4535331813 | |
Frida Maj Vinther Nielsen | Research Assistant | +4535324877 | |
Gertrud Jørgensen | Professor | +4535331828 | |
Hanna Allesøe Hansen | Enrolled PhD Student | +4535322338 | |
Hanne Wittorff Tanvig | Emerita | +4535331710 | |
Heidi Svenningsen Kajita | Associate Professor | +4529878846 | |
Henrik Vejre | Professor | +4535331819 | |
Iisa Eikaas | PhD Student | ||
Irene Holm Sørensen | PhD Student | ||
Junyu Hu | Enrolled PhD Student | ||
Jørgen Primdahl | Professor | +4535331822 | |
Kamilla Stener Møller | Special Consultant | +4535331630 | |
Lise Byskov Herslund | Associate Professor | +4535331926 | |
Lone Søderkvist Kristensen | Professor | +4535331831 | |
Lotte Ruegaard Petersen | Enrolled PhD Student | +4535321382 | |
Mette Juhl Jessen | PhD Fellow | +4535323125 | |
Mukti Ram Chapagain | PhD Fellow | ||
Natalie Marie Gulsrud | Associate Professor - Promotion Programme | +4521865524 | |
Patience Mguni | Assistant Professor | +4535320209 | |
Peter Stubkjær Andersen | Associate Professor | +4535331911 | |
Rikke Munck Petersen | Associate Professor | +4535320416 | |
Sandra Gentin | Teaching Associate Professor | +4535331662 | |
Subash Rana | PhD Fellow | ||
Trine Agervig Carstensen | Associate Professor | +4535331840 | |
Xiaohui Zhang | Enrolled PhD Student | ||
Yuying Sun | PhD Student |
Leader of the Research Group
Christian Fertner
Associate professor
E-mail: chfe@ign.ku.dk
Tel.: +45 35331782