Specialised Centres: The Centre for Landscape Studies

Director: Mr Timothy Collins                          

email: Timothy.Collinsnuigalway.ie

The Centre for Landscape Studies was established in 1990 to promote the interdisciplinary study of landscape in its physical, cultural, social and ecological aspects.

The Centre is the NUI Galway portal to Uniscape. Uniscape is a network of nearly 40 universities across Europe dedicated to the implementation of the European Landscape Convention (also known as the Florence Convention). These universities are united by a common commitment to landscape research and education. NUI Galway is the only Irish university in Uniscape.

Initially, the Centre focused on five key research areas:

·         Sociology of landscape

·         Landscape and environment

·         Landscape and myth

·         Landscape and colonialism

·         Landscape today – evolution and future prospects

However, in line with the transdisciplinarity of landscape, the scope of research has expanded considerably as is evident from the range of disciplines represented among the membership. To find out the member’s research interests and publications just click on the name.

Members

Tim Collins (director)
Stefan Bergh (archaeology)
Nessa Cronin ( centre for irish studies)
Charlotte Damm (archaeology)
Tom Duddy (philosophy)
Ricca Edmondson (sociology and politics)
Frances Fahy (geography)
Jamie Goggins (civil engineering)
Mike Gormally (environmental science)
Mark Healy (environmental engineering)
Padraic Kenna (law)
Sarah Knight (environmental, marine and energy)
Su-ming Koo (sociology and politics)
Marie Mahon (geography)
John Morrissey (geography)
Felix Ó Murchadha (philosophy)
Conor Newman (archaeology)
Kieran O’Conor (archaeology)
Henrike Rau (sociology and politics)
Tom Scharf (gerontology)
Ulf Strohmayer (geography)

News

A special date for your diaries. Free public screening of Tim Robinson: Connemara,  a documentary directed by Pat Collins of Harvest Films celebrating the work of writer and cartographer, Tim Robinson, in Nuns’ Island Theatre, Galway, on Friday 9^th of December. This event is hosted by the Geographical Society of Ireland: Cumann Tíreolaíochta na hÉireann.

The government’s National Landscape Strategy for Ireland : strategy issues paper for consultation was published in September 2011. The deadline for submissions is 17^th November 2011. The document can be viewed here.

For the Heritage Council’s Proposals for Ireland’s Landscapes 2010 click here.

Details of the papers researched, read at meetings and published by SSRC members under the auspices of the Centre for Landscape Studies can be found in the Annual Reports of the SSRC. Current and ongoing research projects include studies on the flora and fauna and the context in which such studies took place, as well as maritime influences on the development of the west of Ireland.

Mapping Spectral Traces International Network: an exciting new project.

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