Astino Valley and Adda Nord Regional Park 27-30 April 2026

Objective: The 2026 edition of the International Landscape Workshop is an on-field interdisciplinary research experience promoted by the UniBg PhD Program in Landscape Studies for Global and Local Challenges addressed to 20 PhD students. The aim is to integrate geographical and historical theories, methods, and tools with other disciplines – such as linguistics, visual studies, sociology, architecture, urban planning, etc. – to reflect on landscape as a complex and trans scale concept. It is, therefore, articulated in three main sessions starting from global challenges related to world dynamics and imaginaries launched from a “coinhabiting” perspective by three keynotes speeches about “landscape”, “urbanity”, and “heritage”. Each session, then, focuses on specific case-study considered as “research patch”, the global stakes of which will be highlighted.

Methods: A collaborative approach will guide participants in immersive research experiences, based on methods for the global – ecological, just, economic, and digital – transitions to face world challenges, through “territorial patches” analysis.

Scientific Committee: Fulvio Adobati, University of Bergamo; Jean-Marc Besse, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Federica Burini, University of Bergamo; Angelo Cattaneo, Primo Ricercatore Istituto di Storia dell’Europa Mediterranea del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Stefania Consonni, University of Bergamo; Edith Fagnoni, Sorbonne Université; Alessandra Ghisalberti, University of Bergamo; Michel Lussault, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon; Riccardo Rao, University of Bergamo.

Communication and Organization Committee: Mikel Magoni, University of Bergamo (coordinator); Francesco Antonelli, University of Bergamo; Alice Bassanesi, University of Bergamo; Elena Canovo, University of Bergamo; Michele Galella, University of Bergamo; Matteo Locatelli, University of Bergamo; Roberta Valsecchi, University of Bergamo

Participants: 10 UniBG PhD students in Landscape Studies for Global and Local Challenges and 10 PhD students from other UniBG programmes or other Universities.

Languages: English, Italian, French.