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Dr Vera Vicenzotti
Visiting Fellow

  • Email: vera.vicenzotti@ncl.ac.uk
  • Telephone: ++44 . 191 . 222 6802
  • Fax: ++44 . 191 . 222 6008
  • Personal Website: http://www.veravicenzotti.eu
  • Address: School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
    Claremont Tower
    Newcastle University
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU
    UK

Introduction

I am a visiting fellow at Newcastle University, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape.
My research interests are landscape architecture theory, methodology and history. My research is funded by a Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
I am assistant editor of the peer reviewed journal Landscape Research

Qualifications and Education

04/2005–10/2010: Technische Universität München, Germany
Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) in Landscape Architecture and Landscape Planning
Title: Zwischenstadt: Stadt, Kulturlandschaft oder Wildnis? Eine Analyse unterschiedlicher Lesarten [Zwischenstadt: City, Cultural Landscape or Wilderness? An Analysis of Different Readings]  

01/2008–05/2008: University of California, Berkeley, USA
Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Urban and Regional Development (IURD), College of Environmental Design (CED)

11/1998–01/2005: Technische Universität München, Germany
Diplom [equivalent to MA and BA] in Landscape Architecture and Landscape Planning

10/2001–07/2002: Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Study of Urban Design and City Planning as exchange student in the ERASMUS programme    

Previous Position

04/2010–08/2011: Technische Universität München, Germany
Research and Teaching Assistant [Wissenschaftliche Angestellte] at the Chair of Landscape Ecology, Study Faculty of Landscape Architecture and Landscape Planning    

Languages

German, English, passable Italian, some Swedish

Research Interests

Landscape architecture theory, methodology and history

  • Landscape urbanism and ecological urbanism
  • "New landscapes": peri-urban lanscapes, post-industrial landscapes, urban wastelands, urban wilderness
  • The idea of wilderness
  • Theory, methodology and history of landscape and urban design, environmental planning, landscape ecology and nature conservation

Current research project

Exporting Landscape Urbanism. An analysis of 'landscape', 'ecology', aesthetics' and 'hybridity' in the discourse of Landscape Urbanism and Ecological Urbanism

In my current research project I analyse the still quite recent notion of Landscape Urbanism and Ecological Urbanism. I am particularly interested in the following questions:

  • What are the programmatic goals and strategies of Landscape Urbanism? Even though various programmatic statements have been published, a systematic description of the objectives and strategies is still lacking. A critical perspective on Landscape Urbanism and Ecological Urbanism will be developed by analysing the role the key concepts 'landscape', 'ecology', 'aesthetics' and 'hybridity'.
  • How can and does the primarily US-American movement of Landscape Urbanism contribute to solving probelms in peri-urban landscapes in Europe?

Funding Received

11/2011–10/2013: Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation  

02/2009–01/2010: PhD Scholarship by the Technische Universität München in the programme "Scholarship for the Advancement of Women in Science" 

01/2006–01/2009: PhD Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation

2008–2011: Various travel grants and visiting research fellowships from the Dr.-Ing. Leonhard-Lorenz-Foundation, the German Academic Exchange Service and the German National Academic Foundation