Assignments 2025-2026
Seminar Pre-Phase
- Add your local landscape economy context to our Padlet Map
Session 1: 13.10.2025 - Introduction
- Introduction to the seminar context, goals, contents and process
- Access session slides and session recording
- Introduction to the self-study phase: Water & Soil in the Landscape
Self-study phase October 13 – 20
- Study recommended reading materials and/or readings from your own research
- Draft a first system model of how water and soil work in your landscape
- Add the model to our MIRO board before seminar start on October 20
Recommended readings water and soil systems
Water:
- Avanzi H (2024). Hydrological Cycle: An Overview of Water Dynamics on Earth. J Geol Geophys. 13:1197
- Dawen Yang et al (2021): Hydrological cycle and water resources in a changing world: A review, Geography and Sustainability, Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 115-122, ISSN 2666-6839, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2021.05.003
- Graphical model of the water cycle, source: usgs.gov
- Distribution of fresh water on earth, source: usgs.gov
Water and Soil:
- C.M. Stephens et al (2021): Landscape changes and their hydrologic effects: Interactions and feedbacks across scales, Earth-Science Reviews, Volume 212, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103466
Soil:
- Banwart et al. (2019): Soil Functions: Connecting Earth's Critical Zone, published in the Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-063016-020544
- European Commission: Soil Deal Europe
Session 2: 20.10.2025 - Water & Soil
- Interactive part: Interactive recap on water & soil in the landscape
- Parallel sessions: Peer review and discussion of your water & soil system models
- Introduction to the self-study phase: Agriculture & Food in the Landscape
Self-study phase October 20 – 27
- Study TELOS material on agriculture and/or materials found by your own research:
Further readings and resources:
- Farm to Fork Strategy of the European Union
- Communication on the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030
- LE:NOTRE Lecture Series on Sustainable Food Planning
- Draft a first system model of how agriculture and food work in your landscape
- Add the model to our MIRO board before seminar start on October 27
Session 3: 27.10.2025 - Agriculture & Food
- Interactive part: Interactive recap on agriculture & food in the landscape
- Parallel sessions: Peer review and discussion of your agriculture & food models, reflecting interactions with the previous model
- Introduction to the self-study phase: Dwelling
Self-study phase October 27 – November 3:
- Study TELOS material on dwelling and/or materials found by your own research
- Draft a first system model of how dwelling works in your landscape
- Add the model to our MIRO board before seminar start on November 3
Session 4: 03.11.2025 - Dwelling
- Interactive part: Interactive recap on dwelling in the landscape
- Parallel sessions: Peer review and discussion of your dwelling models, reflecting interactions with the previous models
- Introduction to the self-study phase: Mobility
Self-study phase November 3 - 10:
- Study TELOS material on mobility and/or materials found by your own research
- Draft a first system model of how mobility works in your landscape
- Add the model to our MIRO board before seminar start on November 10
Session 5: 10.11.25 - Mobility
- Interactive part: Interactive recap on mobility in the landscape
- Parallel sessions: Peer review and discussion of your mobility models, reflecting interactions with the previous models
- Introduction to the self-study phase: The Commons
Self-study phase November 10 - 17:
- Study TELOS material on the commons and/or materials found by your own research
- Draft a first system model of how the commons work in your landscape
- Add the model to our MIRO board before seminar start on November 17
Session 6: 17.11.25 - The Commons
- Interactive part: Interactive recap on the commons in the landscape
- Parallel sessions: Peer review and discussion of your commons models, reflecting interactions with the previous models
- Introduction to the self-study phase: Energy
Self-study phase November 17 - 24:
- Study TELOS material on energy and/or materials found by your own research
- Draft a first system model of how energy works in your landscape
- Add the model to our MIRO board before seminar start on November 24
Session 7: 24.11.25 - Energy
- Interactive part: Interactive recap on energy in the landscape
- Parallel sessions: Peer review and discussion of your energy models, reflecting interactions with the previous models
- Introduction to the self-study phase: Global Value-Added Chains
Self-study phase November 24 – December 1:
- Study TELOS material on global value-added chains and/or materials found by your own research
- Draft a first system model of how global value-added chains appear in (visibly and invisible) your landscape
- Add the model to our MIRO board before seminar start on December 1
Session 8: 01.12.25 - Value-Added Chains
- Interactive part: Interactive recap on value-added chains in the landscape
- Parallel sessions: Peer review and discussion of your value-added chain models, reflecting interactions with the previous models
- Introduction to the self-study phase: Health, Recreation & Tourism
Self-study phase December 1 - 8:
- Study TELOS material on global health, recreation & tourism and/or materials found by your own research
- Draft a first system model of how health, recreation and tourism work in your landscape
- Add the model to our MIRO board before seminar start on December 8
Session 9: 08.12.25 - Health, Recreation and Tourism
- Interactive part: Interactive recap on health, recreation and tourism in the landscape
- Parallel sessions: Peer review and discussion of your models, reflecting interactions with the previous models and identifying the key sustainability challenges
Self-study phase December 8 - 15:
- Revise and finalise the material developed so far
- Define and prioritise your key sustainability challenges on the MIRO board
Session 10: 15.12.25 - Ideation Session
- Collective ideation session on the key sustainability challenges
End of the year break
Session 11: 12.01.26 - Transition Pathways 1
- Designing transition pathways 1
Session 12: 19.01.26 - Transition Pathways 2
- Designing transition pathways 2
Session 13: 26.01.26 - Final presentation and reflection
- Final presentation of potential landscape systems & Reflection