Europe-LAND is excited to announce that our Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), “Land Use and Sustainability in Europe: From Policy to Practice” will launch in Spring 2026. Designed for students, practitioners, policymakers, and anyone working at the intersection of land, climate, and biodiversity, the online offering brings together the latest scientific insights, real-world case studies, and interactive tools developed across the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While registration is not yet open, we are pleased to share an early look at what learners can expect: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What the Course Covers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The MOOC is structured into six modules, combining expert lectures, case studies, interactive exercises, and hands-on use of the Europe-LAND Toolbox. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Module 1 \u2013 Introduction<\/strong>: An overview of the course, the Europe-LAND project, and how to navigate the online learning platform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Module 2 \u2013 Land-Use Behavior & Drivers<\/strong>: A look at historical land-use change in Europe, key drivers shaping current landscapes, and insights from IACS data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Module 3 \u2013 Awareness in Land-Use Decisions<\/strong>: Introduction to Living Labs, stakeholder mapping, participatory methods, and scenario-building techniques. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Module 4 \u2013 Future Land-Use Mapping<\/strong>: Exploration of predictive modelling approaches and climate change mitigation through scenario-based tools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Module 5 \u2013 Biodiversity & Climate Adaptation<\/strong>: How land-use policies support biodiversity conservation and climate adaptation, illustrated through case studies and international frameworks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Module 6 \u2013 The Europe-LAND Toolbox<\/strong>: Practical tutorials on using our web-GIS platform to explore land-cover changes, analyze case-study data, and apply course concepts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We are excited to offer this MOOC in early 2026 and will be sharing updates on our website and LinkedIn! <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Europe-LAND \u00e8 lieta di annunciare che il nostro corso online aperto su larga scala (MOOC), \u201cUso del suolo e sostenibilit\u00e0 in Europa: From Policy to Practice\u201d sar\u00e0 lanciato a...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_url":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EL-MOOC-2-e1764345830126-150x150.png","medium":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EL-MOOC-2-e1764345830126-300x237.png","medium_large":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EL-MOOC-2-e1764345830126-768x606.png","large":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EL-MOOC-2-1024x536.png","1536x1536":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EL-MOOC-2-e1764345830126.png","2048x2048":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EL-MOOC-2-e1764345830126.png","trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EL-MOOC-2-e1764345830126-15x12.png"},"post_author":"Megan Curling","assigned_categories":"News","featured_image_src":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EL-MOOC-2-e1764345830126.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Megan Curling","author_link":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/it\/participant\/mcurling\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1605"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1616,"href":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605\/revisions\/1616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe-land.eu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}