Faculty of Landscape and Society

Over 30 European ministers and officials have pledged bold actions to tackle the escalating housing crisis in Europe. NMBU urban planning expert Roberta Cucca was amongst those drafting the actions.

Renowned landscape architect and NMBU honorary doctor Kongjian Yu has died in a plane crash in Brazil. He was known for his groundbreaking ‘sponge city’ concept that uses nature-based solutions to hel…

Herman, a student in property development at the Faculty of Landscape and Society, passed away suddenly due to illness.

Ana Leite (Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Noragric) will defend her thesis 'Feasting on the wild: the use of wild edible plants amid social-ecological change in the w…

In June 2025, Empowered Futures member Larry Ibrahim Mohammed visited our partner institution, the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, for a two-week practicum. Read what inspired Larry's visit and his reflect…

Dr. Hayato Koga is the latest Empowered Futures alumnus to successfully defend their PhD, marking a significant milestone in a journey that has been both intellectually rigorous and personally transfo…

NMBU students on a field course in Tanzania share their experiences of 'in situ' learning.

At the 11th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’25) in Valencia, Ramzi Hassan presented a research paper on how Virtual Reality enhances learning in landscape architecture, usi…

PhD public defence and trial lecture. On 27 June, Marina Bakhtina, School of Landscape Architecture, will defend her thesis: 'Plant tolerance, traits, and responses to the environment of vegetated inf…

Young adults with immigrant parents are diagnosed less often with physical health conditions than their peers with Norwegian-born parents.