Thomas Randrup
Thomas Randrup
Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
We Know What to Do—but Still Struggle to Do It: Innovation, Adoption, and Scaling of Urban Forests
October 15, 2026 - 12:00 PM
Speaker Biography
Thomas Randrup – Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Thomas is a professor in Urban Open Space Management at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and has a special interest in the concepts of Urban Forestry, Nature-based Solutions and Strategic Green Space Management. Since 2003, he has held various full professorships in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, while he has also held leadership roles in practice. He co-founded the journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening (Elsevier) and co-edited the books Urban Forest & Trees (Springer) and Urban Open Space Governance and Management (Routledge).