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I am a researcher and policy advisor on heritage and landscape, and a member of the University’s McCord Centre for Landscape and an External Adviser for the Centre for Landscape. I work frequently in European contexts, notably with the Council of Europe and on EU networking projects. My focus is mainly on historic landscape, interdisciplinary landscape studies, new heritage ideas and archaeological resource management. Since 2012 I have been co-Editor of the journal  (first with Paul Stamper, latterly with Sam Turner), I currently work with the five-nation Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska Curie International training network  (2019-2023) and from 2022 in the DFG-AHRC funded project 'Devastation', an Anglo-German partnership between the McCord Centre for Landscape and the Käte Hamburger Center for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies of the University of Heidelberg.

Between 2014 and 2016 I was co-ordinator of the European Commission JPI-Cultural heritage project 'CHeriScape' ( and member of COST Action IS1007 (2011-2015). Between 2012 and 2021 I was a Trustee of the . Until March 2012, I had a lengthy career in heritage management and landscape research in English Heritage, first as an Inspector of Ancient Monuments, and from 1993 as leader of the national Monuments Protection Programme (1995-2002), leading the development and implementation of the Historic Landscape Characterisation programme in England, and in 2000 co-ordinating the 'Power of Place' review (2000). Most recently in EH I was as Head of Characterisation (2002 -2012).

I have over the years served in succession on the Councils of the Institute of Field Archaeologists, the Society of Antiquaries of London and the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) and was a member of the COST/ESF committee charged with producing the ESF/COST Science Policy Briefing ‘Landscape in a Changing World’, which I co-authored. I was a visiting fellow: in the Dept of Archaeology, York University 2000-2003, in the School of Archaeology, Oxford University 2013-15 and at Â鶹´«Ã½ since 2006. In the past I have been a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of LE:NOTRE, an EU-funded Europe-wide network of landscape architecture schools, 2004-2014, the MSRG committee, 2010-2013, the Advisory Board for AHRC’s Landscape & Environment Impact Fellowship, 2010-11, and an advisory member of the ESF/COST Landscape ‘Network of Networks’ (SPB committee) (2008-2010) and a lead author of its ESF Science Policy Briefing (2010)

I am a member of the advisory Board of the (Amsterdam University Pres) and have peer reviewed for many journals (for example Landscape Research, Antiquity, European Journal of Archaeology, Int. Journal of Heritage Management, Land Use Planning, Geographical Journal, Heritage & Society, Journal of Urban Cultural studies) and publishers (T&F, Oxford University Press, Liverpool Univerity Press, Berghahn), advised and assessed grants for several Research Councils (NWO in the Netherlands, Formas in Sweden, Norwegian Research council, ESF, AHRC - UK) and University programmes (eg Ghent), and lectured to Masters-level heritage /and landscape course in the UK (eg. UC London, Sheffield,Southampton, York, Rewley House Oxford) and other countries (eg UC Dublin, Lund, Gent, Harvard, Budapest, Willowbank) and co-supervised (as 'industry sponsor) two cross-disciplinary PhDs at Lancaster and Sheffield, and externally examined PhDs in Lund, York and Dublin Trinity Coilege.

My principal recent and current research is:

a) 2022-2024: A DFG/AHRC-funded project ‘Devastation’ carried out by an Anglo-German partnership between Â鶹´«Ã½’s MCord Centre for Landscape and the  Käte Hamburger Center for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies of the University of Heidelberg.

b) 2019-2023, , a 4-year MSCA International training Network

c) co-Editor of Landscapes

d) follow-up from the project, a three year JPI Cultural Heritage project (2014-16) with five national partners exploring 'Landscape as heritage' by means of a series of five inter-disciplinary conferences. (www.cheriscape.eu) 

e) co-editing a Routledge Handbook on Landscape Character Assessment (published May 2018)

f) section editor for heritage on the Wiley SAS Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences (published late 2018)

In the past I have been closely involved in several European landscape-based network projects (notably European Pathways to the Cultural Landscape, COST A27 Landmarks and Eucaland), and in UK projects such as  AHRC Research Network Early Modern Discourses of Environmental Change and Sustainability and the ERC funded 'EngLaId project (Oxford).

During the last 25 years I have worked on a range of projects from co-writing PPG16 and developing EH policy on sustainability and the historic environment, to historic landscape and countryside matters, and I have worked closely with the implementation across Europe in conjunction with the Council of Europe of both the European Landscape Convention and the Faro Convention on the value of cultural heritage for society. 

• Articles

  • Bele B, Nielsen VKS, Fairclough G, Herring P. . Human Ecology 2024, 52, 155-172.
  • Van Duijvenvoorde J, Fairclough G, Lekakis S, Meier T, Turner S, Vuletic N. . Journal of European Landscapes 2023, 4(1), 1-9.
  • Everson P, Stamper P, Williamson T, Fairclough G. . Landscapes 2021, 22(1), 80-96.
  • Fairclough G, Baas H, Bele B, Dabaut N, Hovstad KA, Jerpasen G, Larsen K, Lascaris M, Orejas A, Pedroli B, Raap E, Reher G, Simon VK, Turner S, Van Eetvelde V, Van Caenegem A. . Journal of European Landscapes 2020, 1, 31-36.
  • Fairclough G. . Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2019, 62(7), 1149-1165.
  • Fairclough G, Herring P. . Landscape Research 2016, 41(2), 186-198.
  • Olwig KR, Dalglish C, Fairclough G, Herring P. . Landscape Research 2016, 41(2), 169-174.
  • Fairclough G. . Landscape Journal 2016, 35(2), 149-166.
  • Fairclough G. . Landscapes 2013, 14(1), 7-12.

• Authored Books

  • Fairclough G. . Oxford: Windgather press (Oxbow Books), 2025.
  • Clark J, Darlington J, Fairclough GJ. . Preston, UK: Lancashire County Council/English Heritage, 2004.

• Book Chapters

  • Fairclough G. . In: Steve Brown and Cari Goetcheus, ed. Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Practice. Routledge , Taylor & Francis, 2023, pp.167-172.
  • Collins R, Fairclough G, Turner S. . In: Rodenberg J; Wagenaar P; Burgers GJ, ed. Calling on the Community : Understanding participation in the heritage sector: an interactive governance perspective. Oxford: Berghahn, 2023, pp.71-92.
  • Purves RS, Koblet O, Adams B, Lund KA, Jones K, Luria S, Wartmann F, Fairclough G, Viehhauser G. . In: Purves, R; Koblet, O; Adams, B, ed. Unlocking Environmental Narratives: Towards Understanding Human Environment Interactions through Computational Text Analysis. London: Ubiquity Press, 2022, pp.17-42.
  • Taylor JE, Mistica M, Fairclough G, Baldwin T. . In: Purves, R; Koblet, O; Adams, B, ed. Unlocking Environmental Narratives: Towards Understanding Human Environment Interactions through Computational Text Analysis. London: Ubiquity Press, 2022, pp.179-196.
  • Fairclough G. . In: Murray R, ed. Why Cities Need Large Parks : Large Parks in Large Cities. London: Routledge, 2022, pp.364-375.
  • Fairclough G. . In: Lekakis, S, ed. Cultural Heritage in the Realm of the Commons: Conversations on the Case of Greece. London: Ubiquity Press, 2020, pp.v-xi.
  • Fairclough GF. . In: Giannetto RF, ed. The Culture of Cultivation: Recovering the Roots of Landscape architecture. Abingdon & New York: Routledge, 2020, pp.203-220.
  • Fairclough G. . In: Liddiard R, ed. Late Medieval Castles. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2016, pp.101-126.
  • Fairclough GJ. . In: Nogue J; Puigbert L; Bretcha G, ed. Paitsage, patrimoni i aigua, la memoria del territori. Olot: Observatori del Paisatge de Catalunya [Landscape Onservatory of Catalonia], 2016, pp.12-34.
  • Fairclough G. . In: Schofield, J, ed. Who Needs Experts? Counter-mapping Cultural Heritage. Ashgate Publishing, 2014, pp.241-8.
  • Holtorf C, Fairclough G. . In: A. Gonzalez-Ruibal, ed. Reclaiming Archaeology: Beyond the tropes of modernity. London, U.K: Routledge, 2013, pp.197-210.
  • Wolferstan S, Fairclough G. . In: Callebaut, D; Mařík, J; Maříková-Kubková, J, ed. Heritage Reinvents Europe. Budapest, Hungary: European Archaeological Council / Archaeolingua, 2013, pp.43-54.
  • Fairclough G. . In: Ünsal, D, ed. Heritage in Society. Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi University Press, 2012, pp.34-41.
  • Fairclough G. . In: S.J. Kluiving, E. Guttmann-Bond, ed. Landscape Archaeology between Art and Science: From a Multi- to an Interdisciplinary Approach. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2012, pp.471-483.
  • Fairclough G. . In: Bell, S., Sarlov-Herlin, I., Stiles, R, ed. Exploring the boundaries of Landscape Architecture. Oxford, UK: Routledge, 2011, pp.83-114.
  • Fairclough G. . In: Gawroński, K., Herznik, J, ed. Planowanie i zagospodarowanie przestrzenne jako instrument kształtowania krajobrazów kulturowych [Spatial planning and development as an instrument for shaping cultural landscapes]. Krakov, Poland: Branta, 2010, pp.125-140.
  • Fairclough G, Turner SC. . In: Kruse, A; Pungetti, G, ed. European Culture Expressed in Agricultural Landscapes. Perspectives from the Eucaland Project. Rome: Palombi Editori, 2010, pp.124-145.
  • Fairclough G. . In: Pungetti, G., Kruse, A, ed. European Culture Expressed in Agricultural Landscapes - perspectives from the Eucaland Project. Roma: Palombi Editori, 2010, pp.115-148.
  • Fairclough G, van Londen H. . In: Bloemers, J.H.F., Kars, H., van der Valk, A., Wijnen, M, ed. The Cultural Landscape and Heritage Paradox: Protection and Development of the Dutch Archaeological-Historical Landscape and its European Dimension. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Amsterdam University Press, 2010, pp.653-669.
  • Fairclough G. . In: Council of Europe, ed. Heritage and Beyond. Strasbourg, France: Council of Europe, 2009, pp.29-41.
  • Fairclough G. . In: Schofield, J, ed. Defining Moments: Dramatic Archaeologies of the Twentieth-Century. Oxford, UK: British Archaeological Reports, 2009, pp.157-164.
  • Fairclough G, Møller PG. . In: Orejas, A., Mattingley, D., Clavel-Lévêque, M, ed. From Present to Past Through Landscape. Madrid, Spain: CSIC, 2009, pp.197-220.
  • Fairclough G. . In: Fairclough, G.J., Møller, P.G, ed. Landscape as heritage - The Management and Protection of Landscape in Europe, a summary by the Action COST A27 “LANDMARKS”. University of Berne: Geographica Bernensia, 2008, pp.269-291.
  • Fairclough G. . In: Compatangelo-Soussignan, R., Bertrand, J.-R., Chapman, J., Laffont, P.-Y, ed. Marqueurs des Paysages et Systèmes socio-économiques (Actes du Colloque COST de Le Mans). Rennes, France: Presses Universitaire de Rennes, 2008, pp.229-241.
  • Fairclough GJ, Møller PG. . In: Fairclough, G.J., Møller, P.G, ed. Landscape as Heritage - The Management and Protection of Landscape in Europe. University of Berne: Geographica Bernensia, 2008, pp.13-32.
  • Fairclough G. . In: McAtackney, L; Palus, M; Piccini, A, ed. Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory, Papers from the 2003 and 2004 CHAT conferences. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2007, pp.83-88.
  • Fairclough G. . In: Schofield, J; Cocroft, W, ed. A Fearsome Heritage: Diverse Legacies of the Cold War. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, 2007, pp.19-32.
  • Fairclough G. . In: Berlan-Darque, M; Terrasson, D; Luginbuhl, Y, ed. Paysage: de la connaissance à l’action (Landscapes: from knowledge to action). Paris: Editions Quae, 2007, pp.149-162.
  • Turner SC, Fairclough GJ. . In: Hicks, D; McAtackney, L; Fairclough, GJ, ed. Envisioning Landscape: Situations and Standpoints in Archaeology and Heritage. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, 2007, pp.120-145.
  • Fairclough GJ. . In: Lozny, Ludomir R, ed. Landscapes Under Pressure: Theory and Practice of Cultural Heritage Research and Preservation. New York: Springer, 2006, pp.55-74.
  • Fairclough GJ. . In: Palang, H., Fry, G, ed. Landscape Interfaces: Cultural Heritage in Changing Landscapes. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003, pp.295-317.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Fairclough G, Dragicevic-Sesic M, Rogac-Mijatovic L, Auclair E, Soini K. The Faro Convention, a new paradigm for socially- and culturally-sustainable heritage action?. In: CCCS (Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies) conference 2013 ‘Cultural memory’. 2014, Skopje. Submitted.
  • Fairclough G, Dragicevic-Sesic M, Rogac-Mijatovic L, Auclair E, Soini K. The Faro Convention, a new paradigm for socially- and culturally-sustainable heritage action?. In: CCCS (Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies) conference 2013 ‘Cultural memory’. 2014, Skopje. Submitted.
  • Fairclough G, Pedroli B, Dabaut N. . In: 3rd International Landscape Archaeology Conference LAC2014. 2014, Rome: CLUE+, the research institute for Culture, Cognition, History and Heritage of the VU University Amsterdam.
  • Fairclough G, Sarlov-Herlin I. . In: Proceedings/Actes of 8th Meeting of the C of E workshops for the implementation of the ELC. 2010, Malmö, Sweden: Strasbourg: Council of Europe.
  • Fairclough GJ. . In: From Knowledge of Landscapes to Landscaping Action. 2004, Bordeaux, France.

• Edited Books

  • Fairclough G, Sarlöv Herlin I, Swanwick C, ed. . London: Routledge, 2018.
  • Auclair E, Fairclough G, ed. . London: Routledge Earthscan, 2015.
  • Dessein J, Soini K, Fairclough G, Horlings L, ed. . University of Jyväskylä, Finland: University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 2015.
  • Fairclough GJ, Møller PG, ed. . Berne: University of Berne, Institute of Geography, 2008.
  • Fairclough G, Schofield J, Harrison R, Jameson J, ed. . London: Routledge, 2007.
  • Hicks D, McAtackney L, Fairclough G, ed. . Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press, 2007.

• Editorial

  • Waterton E, Broto VC, Fairclough G, Jones K, Watt LA. . Landscape Research 2022, 47(1), 1-9.

• Note

  • Fairclough G. Others: A prologue. Heritage and Social Media: Understanding Heritage in a Participatory Culture 2012, xiv-xvii.

• Online Publications

  • Fairclough G. . Heritage Canada, 2013. Available at: .
  • Fairclough G, Sarlöv-Herlin I. . Cetinje, Montenegro: Council of Europe, 2013. Available at: .

• Report

  • Aldred O, Fairclough G. . Bristol, UK: Somerset County Council; English Heritage, 2003. The National HLC Review 2002.