OLA Project Team
Germany: HfWU Nürtingen-Geislingen (project coordinator) and HSWT Weihenstephan-Triesdorf (university partner)
- university website, project coordination and grant holder
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Ellen Fetzer, OLA Project Coordinator: Ellen holds a diploma and a doctoral degree in landscape architecture from Kassel University, Germany. At Nürtingen-Geislingen University she is primarily coordinating the international masters in landscape architecture. Beyond landscape architecture, she is passionate about computer-supported collaborative learning in transnational settings, systems thinking and social innovation. Ellen is currently president of ECLAS (www.eclas.org), the European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools.
- . '''Motivation for OLA project:''' ...this is a lifetime project
Sonja Hörster, OLA Coordinator at HSWT: Sonja is a landscape architect, founder of the "Institute for Participatory Design" and professor for "Communication & Participation in Landscape Architecture" at Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences. She dedicates her work to the development of new forms of design work through design-oriented participation. She brings over 28 years of professional experience in consulting, designing and implementing participation processes, spatial planning and monitoring of community development projects to the project.
- '''Motivation for TELOS project:''' ..OLA is a great opportunity to grow closer together as participateurs of the world.
Hungary
- MATE - Hungarian University for Agriculture and Life Sciences (university partner)
- KulturAktív (NGO partner)
Italy
- Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna (university partner)
- Fondazione Flaminia (NGO partner)
Greece
- Agricultural University of Athens (university partner)
- Commonspace (NGO partner)
USA
- University of Maryland (university partner)
Netherlands
- LE:NOTRE Institute (NGO partner)