Openspace Research Centre

The research centre for inclusive access to outdoor environments bringing together experts from the Universities of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt.

OPENspace is an international research centre contributing new evidence on why inclusive access to the outdoors matters.

A collaborative, multi-disciplinary team based in Edinburgh, we bring together experts in landscape architecture, environmental psychology, human geography, forestry, quality of life measures and design for all ages and abilities.

Our projects include Mobility, Mood and Place (MMP), Inclusive Design for Getting Outdoors (I'DGO), GreenHealth and Woods In and Around Towns, influences on psychological wellbeing in deprived urban areas.