2019/20
Semester 1
Mon 7 Oct 2019 | Blue Health Project Update | Dr Simon Bell, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | Minto House, Geddes Meeting Room (3.61) | 1pm | View event >
Tue 12 Nov 2019 | Making Connections: the experience of disabled and Deaf people making journeys | The Fire Station, Seminar Room B | 1pm | View event >
Semester 2
More details to follow
Previous Series
2018/19
24 Sep 2018 | Journeys to the Ideal Self: Personal Transformation through Group Encounters in Rural Scotland, Dr Rebecca Crowther | ECA Main Boardroom, Room L05 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm
29 Oct 2018 | The Impact of nature on work-related stress, Natalie Reguis | ECA Main Boardroom, Room L05 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm
19 Nov 2018 | Forests, health and inequalities in Scotland: a longitudinal approach, Jennifer Noall | ECA Main Boardroom, L05 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm
3 Dec 2018 | From Public Space to the Commons: Defining Intangible Cultural Landscapes, Dr Penny Travlou | ECA Main Boardroom, L05 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm
21 Jan 2019 | Everyday use of urban street spaces: the spatio-temporal variations between pedestrians and street vendors, Ziwen Sun | ECA Main Boardroom, L05 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm
11 Feb 2019 | Nature and wellbeing – the case for connecting urban residents with local nature, Anne Cleary | Institute of Geography (Old Infirmary) Room 2.01 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm
25 Feb 2019 | The development and promotion of Therapeutic Sensory Stimulation Garden in Malaysia, Hazreena Hussain | ECA Main Boardroom, L05 | 12:30pm - 2pm
18 March 2019 | Quantifying exposure to the natural environment across the life course: implications for health inequalities, Dr Mark Cherrie | ECA Main Boardroom, L05 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm
1 April 2019 | Understanding landscape preference using fractal geometry, Dr Agnès Patuano | ECA Main Boardroom, L05 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm
29 April 2019 | Reinventing the Theatrum Botanicum: The New Display of Nature in Contemporary Botanical Gardens, Dr Jung-Hwa Kim | ECA Main Boardroom, L05 | 12:30pm - 2pm
May 2018 (date to follow) | Blue Health project update, Dr Simon Bell | Venue to be confirmed | 12:30pm - 2:00pm
2017/18
Mon 20 Nov | Guillem Vich, PhD Student, Geography Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | Between proximity and remoteness: an exploration of the spatial extent of everyday life in a Metropolitan context: Analysis of the effects of built environment on individual spatial behaviour using smartphone tracking data | Evolution House Boardroom, Room 5.21 | 12.30 – 2pm
Mon 4 Dec | Yusef Samari, PhD Student, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh | Improving biodiversity in urban green spaces – opportunities and challenges | ECA Main Boardroom, Room L05 | 12.30 – 2pm
Mon 22 Jan | Dr Agnès Patuano, Teaching Assistant - MSc Landscape & Wellbeing; Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | Quantifying the Naturalness and Complexity of Landscape Photographs using their Fractal Dimensions | ECA Main Boardroom, Room L05 | 12.30pm - 2pm
Mon 26 Mar | Dr Sarah Bell, Research Fellow, European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School | Weathering the body: nature, health and wellbeing in the context of life with sight impairment | Institute of Geography, Room 2.13 | 12.30pm – 2pm (OPENspace and School of Geosciences are delighted to jointly host Dr Sarah Bell)
Mon 30 Apr | Dr Francisca Lima, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | Outdoor spaces for shrinking communities | ECA Main Boardroom, Room L05 | 12.30pm – 2pm
Mon 7 May | Dr Simon Bell, Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | Blue Health project | ECA Main Boardroom, Room L05 | 12.30pm - 2pm
Mon 21 May | Dr Amanda Nioi, Department of Human Health, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University | Light, Design and Health: an introduction to the impacts of light on human health, methodologies in capturing data and developing design guidance | ECA Main Boardroom, Room L05 | 12.30pm - 2pm