Lectures

2026

Caroline Zein on March 6, 2026: “Prophyrland Geopark” as part of the ZNl course offered by the Saxon State Foundation for Nature and the Environment,

Andrea Seidel: “Nature Conservation Assessment and Evaluation of the Impacts of Agri-PV Systems”; at the 1st Central German Agri-PV Workshop in Bernburg, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, on September 22, 2026

2025

Catrin Schmidt “The Green Space Plan 2.0 as a Design Tool for Landscape Planning”: Webinar No. WB255761 hosted by the Federal Association for Housing and Urban Development on November 28, 2025

Catrin Schmidt “Further Development of Green Space Planning in Light of Current Challenges”: UPDATE 2025, Landscape and Spatial Development, October 24, 2025, in Leipzig, BfN Workshop

Oleksandr Golubtsov “What policies and tools should we have so that the topic of soil protection and restoration is not lost?”: 4th International Symposium “Rebuilding a Place to Call Home: Recovery Toward Net Zero,” October 17–18, 2025, Lviv, Ukraine

Catrin Schmidt, “Explanatory Notes on the Environmental Report for the 2nd Meeting of the Planning Committee and the 2nd Meeting of the Association Assembly in the 8th Legislative Period on March 28, 2025, in Markkleeberg”

Catrin Schmidt on the 4th Transfer Workshop of the “Resilient Regions” initiative on concepts, resilience governance, and risk communication regarding water as an environmental resource on February 6, 2025, in Zwenkau

2024

Oleksandr Golubtsov on the topic “Landscape Plan: A New Effective Tool for Environmentally Oriented Spatial Planning of Communities in Ukraine” at the 3rd International Symposium “Rebuilding a Place to Call Home: The Future of Spatial Planning in Ukraine,” November 12, 2024, Lviv, Ukraine

Romy Hanke on the topic “Participatory Approaches in Cultural Landscape Analysis and Landscape Planning” at the 9th Workshop Discussions of the Scientific Advisory Board of the “Landscapes in Germany” series on October 25, 2024, at the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig

Caroline Zein on the topic “New Fields for the Hamster: Landscape Planning as an Opportunity for Its Conservation” at the “31st International Hamster Workgroup Meeting” on October 13, 2024, in Cologne

Prof. Catrin Schmidt on July 11, 2024, at the “green basic academy,” an online lecture on “Environmental Assessments and Impact Regulations”

Amrei Zürn on June 7, 2024, at the Nochten Boulders Park during the conference “Climate Adaptation of Public Parks,” presenting on “Climate Adaptation Concept for the Nochten Boulders Park”

Prof. Catrin Schmidt will give a guest lecture on May 6, 2024, in Göhren on the topic “Landscape as a Collective Good—the Municipality of Ostseebad Göhren and Südstrand”

Prof. Catrin Schmidt on January 12, 2024, at the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig, presentation on “Landscape Resilience: The Case of Urban Water Crises”

2023

Prof. Catrin Schmidt gave a presentation on the UBA project “City and Countryside” in Berlin, and a lecture on “Environmental Goals and Indicators in the Context of Equitable Living Conditions” on November 3, 2023, at the expert workshop:

Tom Leukefeld (MSc) gave a presentation titled “Climate-Resilient Water Supply” on October 18, 2023, at the GeRI kick-off event—Designing Resilient Infrastructures

Dr. Maxim von Gagern: Presentation titled “After Lignite—The Remnant Town of Deutsch Ossig” on September 4, 2023, at the 17th Student Workshop at Lake Berzdorf

Mary Meier (MSc.) and Philipp Herrmann (MSc.) Presentation “Integrated Cultural Landscape Concept: A Synergy of Green, Blue, and Gray” on June 9, 2023, at the 24th City-Suburb Conference of the Grüner Ring Leipzig

Prof. Catrin Schmidt’s presentation “Wanted GOP: An Assessment” at the GOP workshop on March 27, 2023

Prof. Catrin Schmidt, March 20, 2023: Presentation at the Evangelical Academy in Loccum on the topic “Planning and Permitting Procedures at the Intersection of Renewable Energy and Landscape and Nature Conservation”

2022

Prof. Catrin Schmidt, December 6, 2022: UN Decade Online Dialogue (online), presentation on “Urban Forests”

Prof. Catrin Schmidt, November 25, 2022: IIK Regional Planning Anniversary Session (panel discussion) in Mannheim, presentation on “Regional Planning 27 Years After ‘Regional Planning as a Task for the Future’”

Prof. Catrin Schmidt, November 14, 2022, at the 26th Dresden Urban Green Space Forum, presentation on “Urban Forests and Recreation”

Prof. Catrin Schmidt, October 28, 2022, conference “Landscape as a Protected Resource at the Intersection of Ecology, Aesthetics, Cultural History, and Psychology” in Prora, presentation on “Landscape in Transition: Challenges and Necessities for Action.”

Prof. Catrin Schmidt, BDLA Conference, October 20–21, 2022, in Berlin; moderator for the session “Update 2022—Landscape and Environmental Development”

Prof. Catrin Schmidt, October 19, 2022, in Boxberg: Presentation on “The Nochten Boulders Park—Toward Climate-Adapted and Climate-Friendly Landscape Design”

Prof. Catrin Schmidt, symposium on May 3–4, 2022, in Berlin, presentation on “IMPULS: Get Outside! Why We Need More Urban Nature After COVID-19”

2021

Prof. Catrin Schmidt on November 23, 2021, at a digital conference, UBA Forum, presentation on “UMLANDSTADT in Dialogue: Equitable Living Conditions: An Important Measure of Environmental and Quality of Life?”

Prof. Catrin Schmidt on November 18, 2021, in Stuttgart; BDLA Conference “Dare to Embrace More Biodiversity! Future Models for Cities and the Landscape, presentation on “Biodiversity as a Building Block of Resilient Urban and Landscape Development: The Case of the Biotope Network Guide for the Mittelsachsen District”

Prof. Catrin Schmidt on September 17, 2021, in Belgershain, event marking 25 years of the “Grüner Ring,” lecture on “Open Spaces of the Future—The Future of Open Spaces”

Lecture by Prof. Catrin Schmidt at the 7th Campus Conference on Landscape Development 2021 at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences on April 9, 2021, on the topic “Landscape Resilience—What Is It?”