CONFERENCE
Arild Holt-Jensen is author of a number of books and articles on history and concepts of geography, environmental, urban and regional planning as well as general textbooks for highschool geography. Rewarded in 2000 ‘Modeens Minnemedalj’ by the Finnish Geographical Society for achievements in geographical education. Department chair one period, member of University Senate (1986-87). Member of editorial board for GeoJournal from 1983. Member of the Council in the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) 1991-2000.
November 7, LU DAC. 10:30-12:00 (room: 217):
‘The Geography of Norway; historic legacies and present economic and political situation’
November 8, Riga technical University
‘Challenges in urban transition: new tasks in Nordic-Baltic housing policies’
November 10, LU DAC. 16:30-18:00 (room: 702)
‘The status of geography, reflections on shifting trends in research and teaching in the last decades’
November 11 , LU DAC. 12:30-14:00 (room: 223)
‘Transformations from state socialism to market economy; effects on rural landscapes and agricultural productions (case studies from Estonia, Latvia and Slovakia)’
Professor’s visit is financed by EEA/Norway grants programme "Research and scholarships" Nr. of project: EEZ/NFI/S/2015/009. More detailed info about the project: www.lu.lv/par/projekti/eez-norvegija/stipendijas/geografi-norvegija/.
 Geography Professor Arild Holt-Jensen lectures at the University of Latvia Academic Center of Natural Sciences (LU DAC) and RTU Architecture Urban Planning from 7 to 11 November.){kind=link}