Deni Ruggeri is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Director of the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Maryland, College Park. His education includes a Laurea in Architettura from Politecnico di Milano, Landscape Architecture, and City and Regional Planning Master’s degrees from Cornell University, and a Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning from the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on landscape democracy, participation and co-creation, place identity, attachment, social cohesion, and urban agriculture. He employs research-by-design in Participant Action Research processes to initiate transformations and adaptation processes that benefit individuals, communities, and ecosystems. He serves as the Executive Director of the Environmental Design Research Association and has also been Chair of the Board of Directors. Deni has lectured at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Davis. He has served as an assistant professor at Cornell University, and as a tenured associate professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and the University of Oregon. Prof. Ruggeri is the author of 25 journal articles and book chapters. He has co-edited the books Defining Landscape Democracy. A Path to Spatial Justice (2019) and Urban Agriculture in Public Space: Planning and Designing for Human Flourishing in Northern European Cities and Beyond (2024).