Caroline Hägerhäll, has MSc and PhD degrees in Landscape Architecture and is currently professor in environmental psychology at the Department of People and Society at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Alnarp, Sweden, where she also leads the environmental psychology research group. Her research covers perception and experience of outdoor spaces and natural patterns and the connection to preference and wellbeing.
The topic of her keynote will be: "From scenic beauty to mental restoration: Reflections on research approaches in people nature studies
In her work she particularly focus on:
- The experience of environments beyond the nature-built dichotomy
- The perception and impact of fractal structural properties on landscape experience
- Exploration of methods and approaches to studying multisensory experiences in real life settings.