LAMASUS news and events
Stay informed about the project life and progress: you will find below the latest news and an overview of upcoming/past events involving the LAMASUS consortium partners.
LAMASUS participated in a clustering event organised by the European commission
LAMASUS participated in a clustering event “Models and tools supporting agricultural policies: a Horizon update” organised by the European commission in September 2025.
Policy Brief “Maximizing CAP Impact” highlighted by the European Commission
The policy brief “Maximizing CAP Impact” has been highlighted on CORDIS in an article titled “A win-win agricultural policy for climate and biodiversity”.
LAMASUS at the 35th Annual Conference of the Austrian Society of Agricultural Economics
Meet us at the 35th Annual Conference of the Austrian Society of Agricultural Economics taking place on 18th September in Graz, Austria.
Impressions of EAAE2025
Impressions from the participation of LAMASUS consortium in EAAE congress 2025 that took place on August 2026-2029 in Bonn, Germany.
LAMASUS at the EAAE congress 2025
Meet us at the EAAE congress 2025: several LAMASUS members will attend the event on August 26-29 in Bonn with talks, posters and a symposium.
New Joint Paper Highlights Role of Sustainable Agriculture in Securing Europe’s Future
Perspective paper jointly authored by LAMASUS, BrightSpace, and ACT4CAP27 projects highlights the role of sustainable agricultural in securing Europe’s future.
New policy brief from the LAMASUS project
New policy brief of the LAMASUS consortium: Maximizing CAP Impact – Advancing Climate, Biodiversity, and Farm Profitability Through Strategic Action
The 5th LAMASUS Newsletter is available!
The 5th LAMASUS newsletter released in July 2025 is now available.
Linda See from LAMASUS at ESA’s Living Planet Symposium
Linda See, senior scientist at IIASA, presented a poster at the European space Agency’s Living Planet Symposium on 27 June 2025.
Summary of the first LAMASUS & BrightSpace summer school
The first LAMASUS & BrightSpace summer school took place on 2th-6th June 2025 in Laxenburg, Austria, with 26 attendees from all around the world.
LAMASUS at the EAAE congress 2025
LAMASUS members from INRAE/Université Paris-Saclay attended the 30th annual conference EAERE on 16-19 June in Bergen, Norway.
Summary of the biannual Policy Advisory Board meeting – May 2025 edition
Summary of the LAMASUS Policy Advisory Board (PAB) meeting that took place in May 2025 to discuss updates on key achievements including the 3rd stakeholder workshop and key deliverables.
Video interviews recorded at the 2024 LAMASUS Annual Meeting in Seville
A series of video interviews of project partners and stakeholders recorded at the 2024 LAMASUS Annual Meeting in Seville.
LAMASUS at the SOILGUARD final event: From Soil Science to Policy – harnessing the Biodiversity Beneath Our Feet for a Climate-Resilient Future
LAMASUS members attended the final event of the SOILGUARD project on harnessing the biodiversity beneath our feet for a climate-resilient future.
LAMASUS at the 99th conference of the Agricultural Economics Society
Several members of the LAMASUS project attended the 99th Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society in Bordeaux, France.
Impressions of the 3rd LAMASUS Stakeholder Board workshop, Thessaloniki, Greece
Impressions of the 3rd LAMASUS Stakeholder Board workshop that took place on 5-6 March 2025 in Thessaloniki, Greece.
LAMASUS, ACT4CAP27 & BrightSpace collaborate
LAMASUS, ACT4CAP27 & BrightSpace met at a working retreat in January 2025, driving EU Agricultural Policy forward.
Summer School 2025: apply now!
Registrations for the LAMASUS / BrightSpace Summer School are now open. Apply until February 28th, 2025.
LAMASUS seminar at DG-Agri (European Commission)
LAMASUS members presented the Land-Use Management (LUM) Geodatabase and the Policy and Payment database at a seminar organized by DG-Agri in January 2025.
LAMASUS at Agri-Food Days 2024
The LAMASUS consortium was present at the Agri-Food Days 2024 held in Brussels on December 10-12, 2024.
The 4th LAMASUS Newsletter is available!
The 4th newsletter of the LAMASUS project was released in November 2024.
LAMASUS Annual Consortium Meeting
The LAMASUS consortium annual meeting takes place 7-8 November in Seville, Spain.
Tamás Krisztin presented at DG AGRI clustering event
LAMASUS scientific coordinator discussed LAMASUS tools and insights into how policies affect land management
LAMASUS researchers publish European Union Crop Map 2022
LAMASUS researchers Babak Ghassemi, Emma Izquierdo-Verdiguier and Francesco Vuolo published a 10-meter resolution map of 19 crop types.
LAMASUS at Open Earth Monitor Global Workshop
LAMASUS researchers Linda See and Ziga Malek discussed their work on mapping land use management and High Resolution Spatial information on livestock density and grassland management.
Felicity Addo wins ÖGA Best Dissertation Award!
LAMASUS researcher Felicity Addo receives Award from Austrian Association of Agricultural Economics.
LAMASUS presents at ERSA2024
A highlight of ERSA2024 was a special session on “the role of EU and regional policy in sustainable Land Use Management”.
Insights on Food Inflation
Tassos Haniotis recently contributed to an Euractiv article on food inflation.
Current Challenges in Agriculture
LAMASUS researcher Franz Sinabell writes about the current challenges for agriculture
Views from the LAMASUS Policy Board
In June, during the biannual Policy Advisory Board (PAB) meeting, LAMASUS project providers provided updates on key achievements, biodiversity modelling methods on impacts of land-use management, the consolidated AFOLU database, and the CATS and regional payments database.
Impacts of Land Use Change on Biospheric Carbon
LAMASUS researchers Thi Lan Anh Dinh and Ronny Lauerwald et al. performed a systematic evaluation of the performance of the Dynamic Global Vegetation Model ORCHIDEE in reproducing land use change impacts on biospheric carbon stocks across Europe.
Climate Change and the Rising Use of Pesticides in France
LAMASUS researcher Raja Chakir et al. wrote an article on the anticipated rising use of pesticides as a result of climate change.
Report on Food Consumption and Food Security
LAMASUS researcher Franz Sinabell was interviewed by Austrian Organisation “Land Schafft Leben” that aims to show consumers how food is produced.
Meeting of the Policy Advisory Board
An overview of the meeting topics.
Summary of second LAMASUS Stakeholder Workshop
Key takeaways and highlights.
LAMASUS collaboration with BrightSpace: Development of a common baseline
Dr. Marc Müller, Coordinator of the BrightSpace project talks about how LAMASUS and BrightSpace work together to develop a common baseline for scenarios.
LAMASUS collaboration with BrightSpace: Sharing data, methods and results
Dr. Marc Müller, Coordinator of the BrightSpace project talks about how LAMASUS and BrightSpace share data, methods and modelling results.
LAMASUS collaboration with BrightSpace: Stakeholder engagement
Dr. Marc Müller, Coordinator of the BrightSpace project talks about how LAMASUS and BrightSpace coordinate their stakeholder activities.
LAMASUS collaboration with BrightSpace: video interview
Video interview with Dr. Marc Müller, Coordinator of the BrightSpace project.
Linda See presents high-resolution spatial information on grassland management
Linda See presented her work during the EO for Agriculture under Pressure 2024 Workshop.
LAMASUS presence at EGU24
LAMASUS coordinator Petr Havlík and researcher Linda See presented their work during EGU24.
Extreme weather events leads to increased pesticide use
LAMASUS researchers investigated the relation between weather shocks and pesticide purchases.
Evelina Sandström discusses her work on organic farming during Global Food Security Conference
Evelina Sandström discussed enabling and constraining factors for organic farming in Europe.
Impressions of second LAMASUS Stakeholder Workshop
The LAMASUS Stakeholder Board Workshop was held on 7-8 March 2024.
Development of a New High-Resolution Land Use Management Geodatabase
Update on Development of High Resolution Land Use Management Geodatabase
LAMASUS researchers inform EC´s 2040 target of 90% greenhouse gas reduction
The EU has just released an impact assessment on pathways to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, to which LAMASUS researchers contributed by modelling.
Summary of annual consortium meeting
Summary of the LAMASUS General Assembly meeting on November 28-29, 2023.
Views from the LAMASUS Policy Board
The LAMASUS Policy Advisory Board met during the LAMASUS General Assembly meeting on November 28-29, 2023. The Policy Advisory Board provided guidance and feedback for key project achievements. A summary is available here.
LAMASUS organises session on EU and regional policy in sustainable land use management
LAMASUS is organising a special session during ERSA2024, which takes place from 26-30 August 2024
LAMASUS announces its second Land-Management Stakeholder Workshop on March 7-8, 2024
LAMASUS is organising its second Stakeholder Board Workshop on March 7-8, 2024 in München, Germany
LAMASUS Policy Advisory Board member Tassos Haniotis discusses the importance of setting a credible baseline for EU agriculture policy
For the assessment of commodity markets and the green transition, providing a reliable baseline of EU agriculture is essential. There is a need to incorporate food inflation, energy shifts, Ukraine and recent CAP changes in such a baseline.
LAMASUS project presented at the MIND-STEP project final event, 26. October 2023 Brussels
Dr. Tamás Krisztin, Scientific coordinator of LAMASUS project at the MIND-STEP project final event, 26. October 2023 Brussels
Brief overview of LAMASUS Annual Consortium meeting
The LAMASUS Annual consortium meeting was held on 28-29 November 2023, in The Hague, Netherlands
LAMASUS project presented at the Clustering workshop organised by DG AGRI, 25. October 2023
Dr. Tamás Krisztin, Scientific coordinator of LAMASUS project at the Clustering workshop organised by DG AGRI, European Commission
LAMASUS held joint Pre-Congress Workshop with BrightSpace project at EAAE 2023
LAMASUS successfully held the joint Pre-Congress Workshop with BrightSpace project at EAAE 2023
LAMASUS Policy Advisory Board member Tassos Haniotis was awarded the EAAE fellowship
LAMASUS Policy Advisory Board member Tassos Haniotis, awarded the EAAE fellowship at the EAAE Congress in RENNES in recognition of his relevant and continuous contribution to the advancement of agricultural economics
Key takeaways of the First LAMASUS Stakeholder Workshop held in April 2023
Roundtables and intensive discussions shaping the path for LAMASUS project
LAMASUS Policy Board Meeting June 2023
LAMASUS Policy Advisory Board meeting, June, 2023. The Policy Advisory Board provided guidance and feedback for key project achievements. A summary is available here.
LAMASUS to hold joint Pre-Congress Workshop with BrightSpace project at EAAE 2023
Join us for an exciting joint workshop on August 29th, 2023
Land-Management Stakeholder Workshop
First Stakeholder Board workshop on Land use management held in April, 2023
Better policy design for sustainable land management
Press release
Kickoff Meeting
In Laxenburg from 12th – 14th October, 2022