Ellen Braae (DK) is Professor of Landscape Architecture Theory and Method at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, where she has been based since 2009 and leads the research group Landscape Architecture and Urbanism. Her work bridges design practice and the humanities, focusing on the transformation and preservation of 20th Century open spaces from a regenerative perspective.

She has published extensively, including Beauty Redeemed: Recycling Post-Industrial Landscapes (2015); the Routledge Research Companion to Landscape Architecture (2018, co-edited with Steiner); Den Grønne Kulturarv (2019) [Green Heritage]; Urban Planning in the Nordic World (2022); and most recently Architecture and Welfare: Scandinavian Perspectives (2025, co-edited with Arrhenius and Ruud).

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