OPENspace is an international research centre, based in the Universities of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt, contributing new evidence on why inclusive access to the outdoors matters.
We are a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team, bringing together experts in landscape architecture, environmental psychology, human geography, forestry. quality of life measures and design for all ages and abilities.
Addressing the full spectrum of open space environments – from city parks and squares to remote rural landscapes – our work informs policy on health and wellbeing, social inclusion, countryside access and sustainable urban development.
We focus on the benefits to be gained from getting outdoors and the barriers currently experienced by different users, particularly those from disadvantaged groups.
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OPENspace Seminar - Mana Taheri Talesh 31.03.2025
OPENspace Seminar - Mana Taheri Talesh 31.03.2025
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Places that enable flourishing in older age
OPENspace Seminar - Karen Berry 27.01.2025
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On 30 October 2024 Professor Simon Bell, who was awarded his personal chair in Landscape and Wellbeing in 2023, gave his inaugural lecture entitled "The role…
Inaugural Lecture - Professor Simon Bell
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Landscape Character-based Solution: Developing Sustainable Responses to Landscape Dynamics in the Pearl River Delta
OPENspace Seminar - Sijie (John) Wang 25.11.2024
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The role of university campus landscape in student’s health and well-being
OPENspace Seminar - Koorosh Aghabozorgi 28.10.2024
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Lifecourse of Place: how environments throughout life can support healthy ageing With the number of older people increasing rapidly across the world, finding ways to…
Lifecourse of Place: how environments throughout…
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Empirical agent-based model to simulate bike-sharing deployment strategiesBike-sharing systems (BSS) have emerged as a new transport service that proliferates in cities…
OPENspace Seminar - Dr Antonio Ross-Perez …
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OPENspace Seminar - Dr Carolina Mayen Huerta 11.04.2024
OPENspace Seminar - Dr Carolina Mayen Huerta…
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Environmental support for flourishing in older age
OPENspace Seminar - Dr Caroline Pearce 12.03.2024
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OPENspace Seminar - Dr Penny Travlou 13.02.2024
OPENspace Seminar - Dr Penny Travlou 13.02.2024
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OPENspace Seminar - Fiona Nevzati 24.01.2024
OPENspace Seminar - Fiona Nevzati 23.01.2024
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OPENspace Seminar - Iain Scott 21.11.2023 Pedagogy, Projects & Policy: Perspectives on the Research-Led Studio
OPENspace Seminar - Iain Scott 21.11.2023
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OPENspace Seminar - Anna Wilczynska and Oleksandr Karasov 24.10.2023
OPENspace Seminar - Anna Wilczynska and Oleksandr…
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OPENspace Research Seminar - Prof. Simon Bell 23.09.26 Introducing the BlueHealth Toolbox: Linking environment, climate and health
OPENspace Seminar - Prof. Simon Bell 23.09.26
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OPENspace Seminar -Fransica Lima 23.05.16
OPENspace Seminar - Francisca Lima 23.05.16
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