Advancing research into all aspects of landscape
An international community of researchers and practitioners, enabling, funding and supporting landscape research since 1967.
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A landscape community across boundaries
The Landscape Research Group exists to advance research into all aspects of landscape. We are an international, independent charity and a community of interest: researchers, practitioners and curious people on every continent.
Enabling open platforms and networks
Funding research worldwide
Supporting members at every stage
Advancing landscape into public life
What we do
Publish
We help landscape researchers reach broad and specialist audiences: open multimedia in the Landscape Exchange, our flagship peer-reviewed journal Landscape Research, and other academic publications and books.
Connect
Regional and themed networks, partnerships and a global community bring people together across disciplines, sectors and continents.
Fund
Research grants and funding opportunities help landscape ideas develop into impactful projects at every career stage.
Convene
Conferences, research showcases, webinars and field visits create opportunities to share ideas, collaborate and learn together.
From the Exchange
New essays, film and field notes from the open library, tagged by theme, region and format.
Plants and Landscapes on the Move: Mapping Plant Procurement Networks in Louisiana’s Coastal Restoration Infrastructure
A project report led by Leah Kahler and Liz Camuti on how plants for Louisiana's coastal restoration are grown and sourced, drawing on 11 interviews.
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Landscape justice
Reading the land
An essay on how Indigenous communities in Mexico organise around socio-environmental conflict, looking at Nahua coffee growers in Zongolica and communities on the Yucatán Peninsula.
Landscape justice
Pastoral Worlds in Turkana County
An account of fieldwork in Turkana County, Kenya, with a film, considering how dominant ways of seeing shape what researchers know about pastoral landscapes.
Cultural heritage
Dunkirk: Stories and Perspectives | Online launch event
The latest from LRG
Funding calls, journal news and voices from across the group.
News · 3 September 2026
New podcast revisits Laura Alice Watt’s The Paradox of Preservation as its tenth anniversary approaches
LRG Chair Professor Laura Alice Watt joins the *In Common* podcast to revisit 'The Paradox of Preservation' as the book approaches its tenth anniversary—and to consider
News · 28 August 2026
LRG at 60: our 2027 anniversary programme
Explore the developing programme for LRG’s 60th Anniversary year, including regional celebrations, research and network activities, and our proposed flagship gathering in September 2027. Discover the
News · 21 August 2026
Help shape the proposed Natural History GCSE for England
LRG members are invited to contribute their expertise to a UK Government consultation on the proposed Natural History GCSE for England, with particular opportunities to inform
Supporting research worldwide
Since 2014 we have invested hundreds of thousands of pounds in landscape research across the globe: small grants that let fieldwork happen, questions get asked and early careers take root.
Grants run up to £5,000 and are open to members at any career stage, anywhere in the world.
Upcoming events
Conferences, showcases and network gatherings, online and in person.
January 2027
Online
Anniversary branding and new website launch
Launch of the integrated LRG–LEX website and the 60th Anniversary identity across communications.
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Throughout 2027
Online
Anniversary Editorial Series
Monthly editorial programme aligned with international landscape and environmental observance days.
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19 January 2027
12 dates, January to December 2027 · Online
Landscape Law Network Coffee Hour
Recurring online member networking session.
RegisterPublications
Landscape Research has been our flagship peer-reviewed journal since 1968, published with Taylor & Francis. Alongside the journal, LRG supports other landscape journals, books, reports and publications that help landscape research reach wider audiences.
Membership unlocks free access to a full suite of publications.
Landscape Research
The latest issues, read on the publisher’s site.
Volume 51, issue 7October 2026 Volume 51, issue 6August 2026 Volume 51, issue 5July 2026Also from LRG
A community on every continent
Regional and themed networks, each open to every member.
Americas
Connecting research across North, Central and South America, with participation spanning universities and institutions throughout the Americas and wider international collaborations.
VisitAustralasian-Pacific
Japan, Philippines, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands
VisitChina
Connecting research across Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Kunming and Hong Kong.
VisitEuropean
This network connects researchers and practitioners working across Europe, spanning EU and non-EU countries, including the UK and Eire.
VisitGerman-speaking (AK LaFo)
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and the wider German-speaking community
VisitGlobal (open)
Connecting researchers and practitioners working across multiple regions worldwide, including areas not currently represented by a dedicated network, and supporting the incubation of emerging regional
VisitLandscape Law Research Network
Connecting researchers exploring the relationship between landscape, law and spatial justice.
VisitLatin American
Colombia, Peru and Chile, with connections spanning universities throughout Latin America and Europe
VisitMade for members
Everything membership unlocks, from £0 to £58 a year. You choose the rate that fits.
- The journal, free to read. Every issue of Landscape Research since 1968.
- The PhD funding database. Live landscape studentships and scholarships, searchable in the members’ area.
- Research funding. Eligibility for grants of up to £5,000 from our research fund.
- Regional networks. A community wherever you work.
PhD funding database
Funded doctoral opportunities in landscape research, worldwide.
Open funded projects
Studentships with a named project and a closing date
Recurring funding schemes
Scholarships and councils that open a call each year
Routes in every region
Universities, heritage bodies and Indigenous research networks
Membership that trusts you
LRG is open to everyone. The standard rate is £58 a year, with reduced rates of £40 and £28 and a free Access rate for anyone who would otherwise be excluded. You choose the rate that fits, and nobody asks for documentation.