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PD Dr. habil. Marcin Spyra

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Marcin Spyra Fellow

Privatdozent Sustainable Landscape Development

Mail: marcin.spyra@geo.uni-halle.de Tel: +49 (0)345 55 26065 Room: H4 R 2.22 Consultation hours: by arrangement(during the semester break only by appointment)

Focus Areas:

Urban planning, open spaces in cities, peri-urban governance, resilient transformations of regions and cities, brownfield redevelopment

Research

    Research projects:

    2012–2013: School Without Borders – The Polish-Czech border region from the perspective of future architects from Ostrava and Opole; co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, Objective 3 (2007–2013); coordinator on behalf of the Polish project partner.

    2013: KOPR – Development strategy for the Czech-Polish border area; co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, Objective 3 (2007–2013); project coordinator.

    2013–2015: Edu2Work –Cooperation between schools and public institutions in the education sector along the Czech-Polish border to create better labor market opportunities; European Regional Development Fund CZ-PL, Objective 3 (2007–2013); project expert.

    2015–2016: INTECRE – Innovative technologies for multidimensional integrated spatial development; Federal Ministry of Education and Research; project expert.

    2017–2019: SERVICES – Socio-ecological research and technological innovations for better integration of cultural ecosystem services into participatory planning processes; Federal Ministry of Education and Research; project expert.

    2017–2019: INTERact – Integrated landscape assessment for sustainable resource management; Federal Ministry of Education and Research; project leader.

    2019–2020: INLAND – Innovative environmental policy for sustainable peri-urban landscapes; Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF); project coordinator.

    2019–2023: RENATUR – Improving regional strategies for the better protection of natural heritage in peri-urban open spaces; INTERREG Europe; project coordinator. (2024–2027) Planning approaches for green infrastructure in modernist housing estates in the context of an aging society; NCN – National Science Centre, Poland; Scientific Lead.

    2024–2026: Global Expert, City of Ostrava / University of Ostrava, Czech Republic; Project Lead.

     
      
    Biography
     
     
    WORK EXPERIENCE
    • 04/2026 – present: Privatdozent, Department of Sustainable Landscape Development, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
    • 09/2024 – 04/2026: Senior Scientist, research group leader, Department of Human Geography and Regional Development, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
    • 03/2017 – 02/2024: Post-doc senior scientists, Department of Sustainable Landscape Development, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
    • 03/2022 – 08/2024: Associate Professor, Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Opole University of Technology, Poland
    • 10/2009 – 03/2022: Asistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Opole University of Technology, Poland
    • 10/2006 – 10/2013: Lecturer, Academy of Silesia – The University of Science, Art and Medicine, Katowice, Poland
    • 10/2010 – 03/2011: Lecturer, FH – Bielska Wyższa Szkoła im. Józefa Tyszkiewicza, Bielsko-Biala, Poland
    • 08/2007 – 12/2016: Architect, Planner and Owner, Project Studio “Marcin Spyra – Architect”, Katowice – Ustron, Poland
    • 07/2003 – 07/2004: Foreman, Przedsiębiorstwo Konserwacji Zabytków „Conres” Sp. z o.o, Katowice, Poland
    • 12/2002 – 10/2007: Research associate (PhD candidate), Faculty of Architecture, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
    • 01/2002 – 02/2003: Foreman, Przedsiębiorstwo Remontowo – Budowlane „Piaskowski i Spółka” Sp. z o.o., Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland
    • 10/2000 – 05/2004: Assistant Architect, Pracownia Architektoniczna „Czora & Czora” sp. z o.o., Katowice, Poland
    • 05/2000 – 08/2000: Assistant Architect, Dag Tvilde Sivilarkitekt MNAL, Oslo, Norway
     
    EDUCATION
    • 2024: Habilitation at the Institute for Geosciences and Geography, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Venia Legendi Social and Economical Geography
    • 2008: Doctoral degree (Dr. Ing. Arch.) in Architecture and Urbanism, Silesian University of Technology, Poland – PhD with distinction
    • 2000: Diploma in Architecture and Urbanism (Ing. Arch.), Silesian University of Technology (Poland), acknowledged by Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)
     
     
    Teaching
     
     
    • Bachelor Geography, “Nachhaltige Landschaftsentwicklung I”, lecture and seminar
    • Bachelor Geography, “Nachhaltige Landschaftsentwicklung II”, seminar
    • Bachelor Geography, Project Studies “Architectural Design”
    • Bachelor Geography, Project Studies II “Urban Planning”
    • Master IAS, Seminar: Project-based Studies
     
    Publications
     
     
    Peer-reviewed publications (Web of Science)
    • Bárta, M., Krtička, L., Dvořák, P., Hamerla, A., Spyra, M. (2026). External development potential of brownfield sites in a Czech–Polish cross-border post-industrial region: A network-based assessment. Moravian Geographical Reports.
    • Hammermeister, S., Dietze, V., Spyra, M. (2026). Climate change strategies in selected large European cities: Specific activities and the role of urban open spaces. Progress in Disaster Science, 21, 100597.
    • Shkaruba, A., Skryhan, H., Spyra, M., Rubaszek, J., Rumanová, T., Bihuňová, M., Maksymenko, N., Semančíková, E., László, J., Kireyeŭ, V., Sepp, K. (2026). Transferring and scaling innovation in urban green-blue infrastructure: Beyond one-size-fits-all solutions and preconceptions. Sustainable Futures, 11, 101619.
    • Spyra, M., Cortinovis, C., Ronchi, S. (2025). An overview of policy instruments for sustainable peri-urban landscapes: Towards governance mixes. Cities, 156, 105508.
    • Spyra, M., Calò, C.N., Pasteur, G.J.M., La Rosa, D. (2024). Ecosystem Service Trade-Offs in Peri-Urban Landscapes: Drivers, Governance Obstacles and Improvements. Land, 13(1061), 2–21.
    • Roth, A.T., Kleemann, J., Spyra, M. (2024) Policy-making for peri-urban landscapes as arenas of human-wildlife interactions. Urban Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-024-01548-8
    • Kleemann, J., Struve, B., Spyra, M. (2023) Conflicts in urban peripheries in Europe. Land Use Policy 133, 106849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106849 
    • Schäfer, L., Kleemann, J., Spyra, M. (2023) Allotment Garden Products as Contribution to Sustainable and Resilient Cities: An Analysis in Leipzig, Germany. Sustainability, 15, 5598. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15065598 
    • Spyra, M., Kleemann, J., Calò, N.C., Schürmann, A., Fürst, C. (2021) Protection of peri-urban open spaces at the level of regional  policy-making: Examples from six European regions. Land Use Policy, 107,  105480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105480
    • Spyra, M., La Rosa, D., Zasada, I., Sylla, M., Shkaruba, A. (2020) Governance of ecosystem services trade-offs in peri-urban landscapes.  Land Use Policy 95, 104617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104617
    • Spyra, M., Kleemann, J., Cetin, N. I., Navarrete, C. J. V., Albert, C., Palacios-Agundez, I., Amezaga-Arregi, I., Rozas-Vasquez, D., Esmail, B.A., Picchi, P., Geneletti, D., König, H.J.,  Koo, H., Kooperionen, L., Fürst, C. (2018) The ecosystem services  concept: a new Esperanto to facilitate participatory planning processes?  Landscape Ecology, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-0745-6
    • Spyra, M., Inostroza L. Hamerla A., Bondaruk J. (2018) Ecosystem services deficits  in cross-boundary landscapes: spatial mismatches between green and grey systems. Urban Ecosystems, 1-11. IF: 1,97
    • La Rosa D., Geneletti D., Spyra, M., Albert C., Fürst C. (2018)  Sustainable Planning for Peri-urban Landscapes. In: Perera A., Peterson U., Pastur G., Iverson L. (eds.)  Ecosystem Services from Forest Landscapes. Springer, pp. 89-126.
    • Geneletti, D., La Rosa, D., Spyra M.,  Cortinovis, C. (2017) A review of approaches and challenges for  sustainable planning in urban peripheries Landscape and Urban Planning 165: 231-243, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.01.013
    • La Rosa, D., Spyra, M., Inostroza, L. (2015) Indicators of Cultural EcosystemServices for urban planning: A review. Ecological Indicators  61(1):74-89. 5 year IF: 3.494
    • Hauck, J., Albert, C., Fürst, C., Geneletti, D., La Rosa, D., Lorz, C., Spyra, M. (2015) Developing and applying ecosystem service indicators indecision-support atvarious scales. Ecological Indicators 61(1):1-5. 5 year IF: 3.494
    • Spyra, M. (2014) The feasibility of implementing cross-border land-usemanagement strategies: a report from three Upper Silesian Euroregions. iForest 7:396-402. http://www.sisef.it/iforest/contents/?id=ifor1248-007,   doi:10.3832/ifor1248-007
     
    • Spyra M. (2004) Przemiany oraz sukces dzielnicy Grünerløkka w Oslo. Czasopismo Techniczne. 9th International Conference of Institute of Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology;
    • Spyra M. (2004) The development chances for shrinking cities. Case studies from Dąbrowa Górnicza and Cottbus. Architektura ir gyvenamosios aplinkos kokybe – International Scientific Conference “Architecture and Quality of Living Environment”, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania;
    • Spyra M. (2006) Zespoły badawczo – przemysłowe. Analiza wybranych przykładów Europejskich. Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Śląskiej, 2nd International Conference of PhD Students from faculties of architecture “Science in Everyday Live”;
    • Spyra M. (2006) Park naukowo – technologiczny jako przykład współtworzenia przestrzeni miejskiej przez kapitał międzynarodowy – 17th International Scientific Conference „Outcomes of cities rebuilding with EU structural Fonds”;
    • Spyra M. (2008) Silesian Technopolis. Urbanistyka Vol 2;
    • Spyra M. (2008) Czy możliwe jest wytworzenie policentrycznego środowiska innowacyjnego na Śląsku? SOOIP Stowarzyszenie Organizatorów Ośrodków Innowacji i Przedsiębiorczości w Polsce Annual 2008;
    • Czora G. and Spyra M. (2009) Park of Light – creation of the new image of cities [in:] Sulimowska – Ociepka A. „Attractiveness of the city. Urban Landscape Renewal” The Deapartment of Architecture at The Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice 2009;
    • Spyra M. (2009) Miasto jako optymalne środowisko parku technologicznego Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego. Ekonomiczne problemy usług, Szczecin 2009;
    • Spyra M. (2010) Water in the process of transformation of urban space. Case study: Świdnica and Sieradz [in:] Januchta – Szostak A. “Sensitive approach to water in urban environment”, Wydawnictwo Politechniki Poznańskiej, Poznań
    • Spyra M. (2010) The role of public space in city’s environment [in:] Perinkova M., Spackova E. “Architecture in Perspective”, Stavebni Fakulta Vysoka Skola Banska – Technicka Univerzita Ostrava;
    • Spyra M. (2011) Trwanie i przemijanie architektury miasta w kontekście metodologii projektowych. Czasopismo Techniczne 4-A/2011/1 volume 14 year 108;
    • Spyra M. (2012) Creation of new places in urbanized space, illustrated with the example of the city of Opole [in:] Juzwa N., Sulimowska – Ociepka A. „The Urban Landscape Renewal. City – People Friendly Places Ideas – Projects – Realisations”, Gliwice 2012;
    • Obracaj P. and Spyra M. (2012) Studenckie warsztaty projektowe jako element planowania regionalnego. Inżynieria i Budownictwo 8/2012, s.451 – 452,
    • Spyra M. (2012) Durability and fleetingness of architecture at the example of cross – border town Cieszyn [in:] Špačková E. “Transformations in twentieth-century architecture”, Ostrava;
    • Spyra M., Oglęcki J. (2013) Opportunities and threats to the development of medium-sized towns in the Upper Silesia region exemplified by Bogumin and Jastrzębie Zdrój [in:] Juzwa N., Sulimowska – Ociepka A. „Middle – sized cities of tommorow”, Gliwice, Łódź 2013;
    • Spyra M. (2014) Ecosystem Services and Border Regions. Case Study from Czech – Polish Borderland, TeMA Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, Special issue, 06/ 2014;
    • Spyra M. (2015) Small Cities as an Element of Cross-border Landscape Exemplified in the Pradziad Euroregion. Space&Form 23/2, pp. 259-264;
    • Bondaruk J., Pilch A., Kruczek M. & Spyra M. (2015) Metody planowania rozwoju przestrzennego obszaru transgranicznego na przykładzie projektu Edu2Work [in:] Ptaček P., Opravil Z., Roubinek P. Uwarunkowania zrównoważonego rozwoju polsko-czeskiego obszaru transgranicznego: studium przypadku pogranicza Euroregionu Pradziad. Geographia Moravica, Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, pp. 85 – 105;
    • Obracaj P., Spyra M., Opałka P. (2015) Czynności realizowane dla studentów uczelni w czesko-polskim pograniczu, [in:] Ptaček P., Opravil Z., Roubinek P. Uwarunkowania zrównoważonego rozwoju polsko-czeskiego obszaru transgranicznego: studium przypadku pogranicza Euroregionu Pradziad. Geographia Moravica, Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, s.105 – 115;
    • Frank S., Spyra M., Fürst C. (2017) Requirements for cross-border spatial planning technologies in the European context CASES Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems (3): p. 39–4;
    • Spyra, M., and Hamerla, A. (2021). Bicycle Accessibility to Cultural Ecosystem Services in a Cross-Boundary Landscape. In D. La Rosa & R. Privitera (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning (Vol. 1, pp. 91–99).
    • Calò, N. and Spyra, M. (2022). Implementing green infrastructures concept to protect peri-urban open spaces. Example from Gorenjska region, Slovenia. In H. Gölz (Ed.), International Expert Workshop on Economic Aspects of Nature Restoration (pp. 61–73).
    • Hamerla, A., Spyra, M. (2026). Greening the Industrial Past: A Data-Driven Approach to Urban Brownfield Transformation. In: De Lotto, R., Venco, E., Pietra, C. (eds) Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning. INPUT 2025. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 826.
    Book Chapters
    • Spyra M. (2011) Wytyczne lokalizacyjne współczesnego parku technologicznego [in:] Matusiak K.B. „Strategiczne obszary rozwoju parków technologicznych”, Polska Agencja Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości, Warszawa;
    • Spyra M. (2011) Wybrane aspekty kształtowania obiektów parków technologicznych w kontekście nowych potrzeb ich użytkowników [in:] Matusiak K.B. „Strategiczne obszary rozwoju parków technologicznych”, Polska Agencja Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości, Warszawa 2011;
    • Spyra M. (2013) Economic Development Opportunities for the Pradziad Euroregion Borderland [in:] Spyra M. “Cross-border Landscape of Euroregion Pradziad”, Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Opolskiej, Opole;
    • Spyra M. (2013) Zrównoważony rozwój Euroregionu Silesia. Synteza pracy podczas warsztatów projektowych[in:] Kiszka J. „Blue Notes” VSB-TU Ostrava
    • Spyra M. (2013) Eksperymentowanie z metodami planowania strategicznego na obszarze Euroregionu Silesia[in:] Kiszka J. „Blue Notes” VSB-TU Ostrava;
    • La Rosa D., Geneletti D., Spyra M., Albert C., Fürst C., (2018) Sustainable Planning for Peri-urban Landscapes In: Perera A., Peterson U., Pastur G., Iverson L. (eds) Ecosystem Services from Forest Landscapes. Springer, Cham, pp 89-126;
     
    Talks
     
     
    • (2004) The development chances for shrinking cities. Case studies from Dąbrowa Górnicza and Cottbus: Spyra, M., International Scientific Conference “Architecture and Quality of Living Environment”, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
    • (2005) Transformations of post-industrial landscapes of Upper Silesia, Poland: Spyra, M., International Scientific Workshop “Transformations of landscapes”, Kassel University, Germany
    • (2006) Research and Industry Complexes. Analysis of selected examples of European: Spyra, M., 2nd International Conference of PhD Students from faculties of architecture “Science in Everyday Live”, Szczyrk, Poland
    • (2006) Science and technology park as an example of co-creation of urban space by international capital: Spyra, M., 17th International Scientific Conference „Outcomes of cities rebuilding with EU structural Fonds”, Katowice, Poland
    • (2007) Spatial concept of technopark in Katowice: Spyra, M., Conference and workshop for foreign investors organized by the city of Katowice, Poland
    • (2008) Is it possible to create a polycentric innovation environment in Silesia? Spyra, M., Summer School of Innovation of the Association of Organizers of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centers in Poland (SOOIP)
    • (2009) Park of Light – creation of the new image of cities: Czora, G., Spyra, M., International Scientific Conference Urban Landscape Renewal, Ustroń, Poland
    • (2010) Water in the process of transformation of urban space: Spyra, M., International Scientific Conference “Sensitive approach to water in urban environment”, Poznań, Poland
    • (2010) The role of public space in city’s environment: Spyra, M., International Scientific Conference “Architektura v perspective”, Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
    • (2010) Transformation of neglected urban Centralny park by implementation of urban acupuncture: Czora, G., Spyra, M., Stakeholders workshop organized by the municipality of Świdnica, Poland
    • (2011) Durability and fleetingness of architecture at the example of cross – border town Cieszyn: Spyra, M., International Scientific Conference “Architektura v perspective”, Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
    • (2012) Architectural and urban planning of science and technology districts: Spyra, M., Annual Conference of Association of Organizers of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centers in Poland (SOOIP), Kielce, Poland
    • (2012) Pictogram mapping of cross-border landscape at the example of Upper Silesia: Spyra, M., RegioResources21 Regions in Transition, Dresden, Germany
    • (2013) Planning of cross – border landscapes: example from Pradziad Euroregion: Spyra, M., Conference and workshop closing of the project “KOPR: Development strategy for the Czech – Polish cross-border area”, Głuchołazy, Poland
    • (2013) Assessment of Ecosystem services in the cross-border landscape of the city of Cieszyn: Inostroza, L., Spyra, M., RegioResources 21 Regions in Transition “A cross-disciplinary dialogue on future perspectives for a sustainable development of regional resources, Catania”, Italy
    • (2014) Ecosystem Services and Border Regions. Case Study from Czech – Polish Borderland: Spyra, M., 8th international scientific Conference TeMA „Innovations in regional and urban Planning”, Naples, Italy
    • (2015) Planning in the age of technotopes and metropoles – key note: Spyra, M., RegioResources21 Regions in Transition “Restoring Environment, Landscapes and Services”
    • (2015) Indicators of Cultural Ecosystem Services for urban planning: A review: La Rosa, D., Spyra, M., Inostroza, L., Dresden Nexus Conference: Global Change – SDGs – Nexus Approach, Desden, Germany
    • (2015) Determinants of sustainable development of the Polish-Czech cross-border area: a case study of the Pradziad Euroregion borderland: Bondaruk, J., Spyra, M.,Pilch, A.,Kruczek, M.,Hamerla, A., Dresden Nexus Conference: Global Change – SDGs – Nexus Approach, Desden, Germany
    •  (2015) Provision and demand for ecosystem services in the cross-border landscape of Upper Silesia: Spyra, M., IUFRO Landscape Ecology Conference “Sustaining ecosystem services in forest landscapes”, Tartu, Estonia
    • (2015) Requirements for cross-border spatial planning technologies in the European context: Frank, S., Spyra, M., Fürst, C., IALE-D Annual Conference “Ecosystem Services to ensure Sustainable Rural Development and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, Bonn, Germany
    • (2016) Governance and planning of transformative landscapes: example from Czech-Polish Borderland: Spyra, M., Workshop of Polish Association of Town Planners (TUP), Opole, Poland
    • (2016) Ecosystem services provided by cross-border landscape: assessment and spatial explicit methodology: Inostroza, L., Spyra, M., Conference and workshop “The Ecosystem Services of Urban Rivers”, Kŕtiny, Czech Republic
    • (2016) Implementation of ecosystem services concept in participatory landscape planning: Spyra, M., Frank, S., Fürst, C., EcoSummit, Elsevier, Montpellier, France
    • (2016) Czech-Polish cross-border landscape: assessment of ecosystem services: Spyra, M., RegioResources21 Regions in Transition “A cross-disciplinary dialogue on sustainable development of regional resources”, Lugo, Spain
    • (2017) A review of approaches and challenges for sustainable planning in urban peripheries: Geneletti, D., LaRosa, D., Spyra, M., Cortinovis, C., Association of Eurpean Schools of Planning (AESOP) congress “Spaces of Dialog for Places of Dignity”, Lisbon, Portugal
    • (2017) The ecosystem services concept – a new Esperanto to facilitate participatory planning processes? – session key note: Spyra, M., Kleemann, J., International Association of Landscape Ecology IALE European Landscape Ecology Congress “From pattern and process to people and action”, Ghent, Belgium
    • (2017) Peri-urban landscapes as arenas of human-wildlife interactions: Spyra, M., Benedetti, J., Fürst, C., Grodzińska-Jurczak, M., König, H., Morelli, F., Tusznio, J., Tryjanowski, P., Stupariu M., Rechciński, M., IUFRO – Landscape Ecology Conference, Halle (Saale), Germany
    • (2018) Metropolitan agri‐food‐systems and peri‐urban agricultural landscapes: Spyra, M., Zasada, I.: “Landscape 2018 – Frontiers of Agricultural Landscape Research”, Berlin, Germany
    • (2018) Policy instruments to mitigate effects of peri-urbanization in Europe: Spyra, M., RegioResources21 Regions in Transition “Global megatrends and the Landscape”, Smolenice, Slovakia
    • (2018) Governing the trade-offs of peri-urban ecosystem services: Spyra, M., La Rosa D., Zasada I., Inostroza L., Ecosystem Services Partnership Europe Congress, San Sebastian, Spain
    • (2018) Accessibility to neglected urban open spaces: spatial analysis in Ostrava metropolitan region: Spyra, M., Aubrechtova, T., Ecosystem Services Partnership Europe Congress, San Sebastian, Spain
    • (2018) Innovative environmental governance for sustainable peri-urban landscapes: Spyra, M., POLEKO SYSTEM International Fair of the Environmental Protection, Poznań, Poland
    • (2019) Governance of natural heritage in peri-urban open spaces: Spyra, M., Kleemann, J., Inostroza, L., 4th Open Science Meeting of the Global Land Programme, Bern, Switzerland
    • (2019) Spatial planning in cross-border European contexts: Frank, S., Spyra, M., Fürst, C., 4th Open Science Meeting of the Global Land Programme, Bern, Switzerland
    • (2019) Governance approaches for ecosystem services in urban and peri-urban open spaces: Spyra, M., Ronchi, S., Ecosystem Services Partnership, World Conference, Hanover, Germany
    • (2019) Teaching the ecosystem service concept: experience from academia: Palacios-Agundez, I., Hagemann, N., Sylla, M., Spyra, M., Ecosystem Services Partnership, World Conference, Hanover, Germany
    • (2020) Protection of natural heritage of peri-urban open spaces: Spyra, M., Conference of INTERREG Europe RENATUR project (online)
    • (2021) Ecosystem services trade-offs in peri-urban landscapes: drivers, governance obstacles and improvements: Spyra, M., Calo, N., Pastur, M., G., Lencinas, M., V., La Rosa D., RegioResources21 Regions in Transition, Bucharest, Romania (online)
    • (2021) Do we need governance mixes for sustainable peri-urbanization? Spyra, M., Cortinovis, C., Ronchi, S., 3rd Ecosystem Services Partnership, Tartu, Estonia (online)
    • (2021) Planning of peri-urban landscapes: Spyra, M., Geographical Colloquium, Halle, Germany (online)
    • (2022) Governance mixes for sustainable peri-urbanization: how can landscape ecology contribute? Spyra, M., Cortinovis, Ch., Ronchi, S., International Association of Landscape Ecology IALE “Making the future, learning from the past”, Warsaw, Poland (online)
    • (2023) Governance and planning for reducing ecosystem services trade-offs in peri-urban landscapes: Spyra, M., Calo, N., Pastur, M., G., Lencinas, M., V., La Rosa D., Ecosystem Services Partnership, Europe Conference, Heraklion, Greece
    • (2023) Teaching the ecosystem service concept: experience from academia: Palacios-Agundez, I., Hagemann, N., Sylla, M., Spyra, M., Ecosystem Services Partnership, Europe Conference, Heraklion, Greece
    • (2023) Connecting green spaces: Scientific background and good practices from the RENATUR project: Spyra, M., “Rethinking local policies”, workshop organized by INTERREG Europe Policy Learning Platform, Ghent, Belgium
    • (2024) Landschaft als transformativer Sozialraum – Vielstimmigkeit, Konflikt und Materialität: Spyra, M., 29. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft „Krisen und Transformationen”, Halle, Germany
    • (2024) Sustainable rural-urban development and eco-systems services: Spyra, M., Keynote during “Enhancing the benefits of urban-rural linkages”, workshop organized by INTERREG Europe Policy Learning Platform
    • (2025) Landschaftsplanerische Beiträge zur Bewältigung multipler Krisen: Spyra, M., BOKU, The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
    • (2025) What are the future demands for sustainable governance and planning of landscapes? Spyra, M., BOKU, The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
    • (2025) Wkład planowania krajobrazu w przezwyciężanie kryzysów (The contribution of landscape planning to overcoming crises): Spyra, M., OPI TPP workshop/conference, Central Mining Institute, Katowice Poland
    • (2025) Open spaces in urban to peri-urban gradients: Spyra, M., International Association of Landscape Ecology IALE European Landscape Ecology Congress “Landscape Perspectives in a Rapidly Changing World”, Bratislava, Slovakia & Workshop “Let’s Meet in our Garden: Age-Inclusive Urban Open Spaces in Prefabricated Housing Estates”, the University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
    • (2025) Greening the industrial past: a data-driven approach to urban brownfield transformation: Hamerla, A., Spyra, M., The 13th International Conference on Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning, Pavia, Italy
    • (2025) Rethinking neglected infill urban open spaces: people’s needs and planning conflicts in Opole, Poland: Spyra, M., Cities after Transition. 11th International Urban Geographers of Post-Communist States Conference, Tirana, Albania
    • (2025) Krajobrazy około-miejskie jako wyzwanie planistyczne (Peri-urban landscapes as a planning challenge): Spyra, M., Silesian Regional Chamber of Architects Training conference “Przyszłość Miast. Nowe prawo. Nowe wyzwania. Teoria i praktyka”, Katowice, Poland
     
    Editor
     
      
    • 2013: Editor of the monography titled “Cross-border Landscape of Euroregion Pradziad”, Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Opolskiej, Opole
    • 2014 – 2015: Guest co-editor of the special issue “Developing and Applying Ecosystem Services Indicators in Decision-Support at Various Scales” in the “Ecological Indicators” journal (IF 4.958)
    • 2015 – 2016: Guest co-editor of the special issue“Sustainable Planning Approaches for New Urban Peripheries” in the “Landscape and Urban Planning” journal (IF 6.142)
    • 2017 – 2021: Member of the editorial board of the journal “CASES Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems”
    • 2020 – 2021: Guest editor of the special issue “Governance Mixes for Sustainable Peri-Urbanization” in the Sustainability journal (IF 2,592)
    • 2020 – 2023: Guest editor of the special issue “Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity of Peri-Urban Landscapes” in the LAND journal (IF 3,905)
    • From 2022: Editor of collection in LAND journal (IF 3,905) titled “Integrated Management, Planning, and Policy for Sustainable Landscape Development in Europe”
    • From 2023: Section editor of Current Landscape Ecology Reports, Springer Nature