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Join an international, scholar-led community advancing research on architecture, urbanism, and the material and social structures shaping the built world.

Ninth International Conference on The Constructed Environment, Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães, Portugal (2019)
Ninth International Conference on The Constructed Environment, Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães, Portugal (2019)

Why Become a Member?

Becoming a member of the Constructed Environment Research Network means joining a community focused on architecture, cities, landscapes, spatial justice, and the social and ecological dimensions of built environments. Membership sustains the conferences, journals, books, and digital infrastructures that support interdisciplinary research on design, planning, housing, infrastructure, resilience, environmental performance, and human experience. Members receive full access to all Network publications, discounts on Open Access options, and structured publication pathways from conference presentations into peer-reviewed journals and books—reinforcing connections between design practice, research, and scholarly discourse.

At the same time, membership gives you year-round engagement through the Member Knowledge Community on CGScholar, where profiles, projects, and conversations remain in motion between conferences. This online commons brings the Knowledge Experience into practice, supporting preparation, presentation, reflection, and publication as an ongoing cycle. Here, members share works-in-progress, participate in light community-guided review, access programs, archives, media, and calls, and help sustain a culture of reciprocity and care that keeps ideas—and relationships—alive over time.

Membership Benefits

Standard: $200 USD

Conference Discount

Receive 25% off registration for the annual conference—or any other Common Ground Research Network conference.
Access digital media archives from past conferences (beginning with 2026 events).

Publishing Pathways

Earn 30,000 CGScholar Points usable in the Rights Agreement phase of publishing.
Receive 25% off Open Access book publications.
Enjoy a one-year personal electronic subscription to all journal and book content published by your Research Network.

Online Programming

Meet the Author — conversations with scholars and writers from across the networks.
Imagining Futures — discussions on emerging ideas shaping research and society.
Learning Series (Media Lab) — online workshops on publishing, research methods, mentorship, and professional development.

Building Community

The Knowledge Experience

Online Knowledge Community: Access everything in one place—conference updates and media, calls for papers, programs, archives, and journal and book content.
Receive exclusive updates on upcoming events, new publications, and research highlights from across the Network.
Grow your professional network in person and online.