The International Conference on Land

Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium;Hossein Azadi obtained his first PhD in Agricultural Economics and his second PhD in Human Geography. He is currently a professor at Ghent University, Belgium. He has published more than 500 journal articles, with over 17,000 citations and an h-index of 66, and is ranked among the top 1.8% of scientists globally by the AD Scientific Index. His main research interests include land governance, agroecology, and the impacts of climate change on small-scale farmers. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals in land and sustainability research and chaired the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Land in 2025. He also serves as a research project evaluator for several international councils and organizations.

Faculty of Science and Technology, Campus de Gambelas, Algarve University, Faro, Portugal;Thomas Panagopoulos (Dr) is a Professor of landscape architecture, with MSc in renewable natural resources and PhD in forestry and natural environment. He is currently a member of the Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being and has been department head of landscape architecture, and master's degree director at the University of Algarve, Portugal. He has acted as principal investigator in a total of approved funding of over 8 million euros. Besides, he has vast experience in working on many European research projects, and has acted as principal investigator in a total of approved funding of over 8 million euros. This is a result of his research strategy that crosses many disciplinary boundaries to create a holistic transdisciplinary approach to science, and his multi-cultured background in fostering research at the international level. For six years was on the executive board of the UNISCAPE (the Network of Universities for the Implementation of the European Landscape Convention). Published 127 articles in peer-reviewed indexed journals, 46 book chapters, 80 papers in conference proceedings and 77 abstracts or posters, and author or editor of 24 books. Supervised 8 Ph.D. Thesis and 14 Master Thesis. Acted as principal investigator in 11 projects and participated as a researcher in more than a dozen. In his professional activities interacted with 280 coauthors in scientific work. In 2023 was one of the most cited scientists from the University of Algarve according to the latest update of the "World's Top 2% Scientist list", published by Stanford University.