Warsaw, Poland – 17-19 September 2025 Last month, NeuroLandscape’s Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo and Lara Renhe attended the third GreenME Project General Assembly Meeting in Warsaw, Poland. The Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) hosted this year’s event under the leadership of Work Package 2 leader Renata Giedych. The meeting marked the halfway point of the Horizon Read More
Author: Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo
President and Founder of NeuroLandscape. Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture and Urban Ecology, in her research she explores the relationship between the different features of the natural and built environment’s influence on human health and well-being. She has successfully incorporated neuroscience tools to investigate the changes in brainwave oscillation in people exposed to different types of scenery. She has introduced and operationalized the term contemplative landscape and proposed a quantitative assessment scale - a Contemplative Landscapes Model (CLM) - to identify most beneficial landscapes for mental health in terms of passive exposure. She is an author of "Neuroscience for Designing Green Spaces: Contemplative Landscapes", Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health. She is continuing her research on therapeutic landscapes under two ongoing Horizon Europe projects: GreenME and GreenInCities.
GreenME Fieldwork Audits in Warsaw
For most, summer break is a walk in the park. For NeuroLandscape, summer was also a walk in the park, but with clipboards and tablets in hand. 😎 📝 🌳 This August saw part of the NeuroLandscape team in Warsaw’s urban parks to perform fieldwork audits as part of the GreenME Project funded by Programme Read More
NeuroLandscape in Matosinhos: GreenInCities General Assembly Meeting
Matosinhos, Portugal – 20-22 May, 2025 Last month, NeuroLandscape attended the third GreenInCities General Assembly Meeting in the seaside town of Matosinhos in northern Portugal. Hosted by the University of Porto and the Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos, the three-day event brought together the project partners to advance our shared mission: urban regeneration through Nature-based Solutions (NbS). The Read More
Rising Costs of Knowledge – How Profiteering Divides Emerging Fields
In our efforts to use science to make cities more accessible, science itself has become increasingly inaccessible. This topic has been on mind for a while but it is only now, after a recent event relating to an invitation I received to speak at an emerging neuroarchitecture symposium, I feel inspired to speak out. Over Read More
Neurourbanism Data Collection in Nova Gorica Complete!
After a month and a half of Neurourbanism data collection in Nova Gorica (Slovenia) as part of the GreenInCities project, the recruitment is over with 50 participants included in the study! Even though there is still a lot to process, we can already share some observations: 🌷Our worry about participants not being tech-savvy or confused Read More
Calling Helsinki locals! Soita helsinkiläisille!
We are launching the recruitment for participants of the Neurourbanism study in Helsinki for August 2025! Sign and and help up shape mental health and well-being!
Knights of Neurocareers Roundtable | May 2025
Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo Shares Insights on Nature and Mental Health at Green Urban Development Panel Our Director, Dr Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo, recently participated as a panelist in the online discussion “Green Urban Development: Nature’s Role in Mental Health & Well-being,” hosted by Green Urban Development. The engaging conversation explored the profound impact of nature on mental health and how Read More
Pint of Science in Exploration on How Cities Shape Our Wellbeing
On May 19, 2025, Anastasia Kokkinou from NeuroLandscape took the stage at Pint of Science in an engaging session titled “How Cities Shape Our Wellbeing.” The event brought together a curious audience with diverse academic backgrounds – from archaeology to cognitive neuroscience – sparking lively discussions on urban design and mental health. The tickets sold out way in advance so we were expecting Read More
III Global Summit on Science, Nature, and Health
On April 9–10, 2025. Dr Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo, will speak at the III Global Summit: Science, Nature, and Health, hosted by Forest Therapy Hub. This prestigious summit convenes global experts in health, ecology, and scientific research to explore the transformative power of nature-based well-being practices. Agnieszka will present her groundbreaking work on the Contemplative Landscape Model (CLM) on April 9th Read More
What is Neurourbanism?
Places have emotions. They hum with the memories of those who have lived, laughed, and lingered in their corners. They carry the weight of joy, sorrow, and everything in between—because we, the people, imprint our feelings onto the spaces we inhabit. However, it’s more than remembrance. Places have the power to mold us. A sunlit Read More