Registration Eligibility
ASLA online learning opportunities are open to all. ASLA members may purchase this presentation at a reduced rate. This is a 2023 conference session.
Start Date
11/07/2025
End Date
11/06/2027
Description
As more design firms establish internal research groups, some have eschewed top-down research agendas, investing instead in organizational infrastructure that supports the bottom-up emergence of research priorities. Hear from three firms with well-established research infrastructure about programs that encourage staff engagement, collaboration, and leadership while supporting disciplinary transformation.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Business Practices / Contracts / HR
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.25
Learning Outcomes
Learn how staff-driven research is encouraged, supported, funded, and integrated into projects at three leading design firms.; Learn how trickle-up research programs can be flexibly adapted and scaled to firms with a range of sizes, disciplines, operating budgets, portfolios, and practice types.; Learn how formal research programs can foster collaboration and innovation in design practice, while also supporting retention and recruitment.; Understand how staff-driven research is selected and funded at a variety of firms and discover a range of practice-based research examples, methods, findings, and outcomes.
Instructors
Allyson Mendenhall, FASLA, LEED Green Associate; Anya Domlesky, ASLA; Rebecca S. Popowsky, ASLA, LEED, SITES AP
Course Codes
Provider
American Society of Landscape Architects