Research
We develop ecological theories in order to understand how the world works. Our research is used within wildlife management, nature conservation, forestry and agriculture.
SLU Grimsö Wildlife Research Station
All year round, researchers and field staff at the SLU Grimsö Research Station work with monitoring, research and teaching och about wild animals.
International setting
We have doctoral students and researchers from around the globe. Our employees conduct field studies in places such as Greenland, Mongolia, Brazil and Rwanda. We collaborate with researchers from the entire world.
About us
Here you will find contact information and an overview of the department's work in research, environmental analysis, teaching, and collaboration.
News & Events
News
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Chantal is making crop production more sustainable in Rwanda
“Sweden is opening my eyes from different angles,” says Chantal Uwituze, a PhD student from the University of Rwanda currently visiting SLU. Her research focuses on how Rwanda’s crop intensification program can become more sustainable – both for people and the planet. -
A global project offers new insights into biodiversity
Fieldwork for the ambitious Lifeplan project has now been completed. Over six years, teams across the world have collected vast amounts of data on life on Earth. The audio recordings alone would be enough to create a playlist lasting 172 years. The results will change how we view biodiversity. -
Whispering bee brood – a barrier against the dreaded Varroa mite
The Varroa mite is one of the greatest threats to honey bees and beekeeping worldwide. A doctoral thesis from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) suggests that the solution may lie in the chemical language of bee brood.
Research
Research projects
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Values and dependence of society on pollinators (VALOR)
VALOR aims to empower actors to better understand their relationship with pollinators and produces co-developed tools for landowners, businesses and policymakers to assess risks and undertake their own studies based on approaches developed in VALOR. -
Scenarios for protecting European avian redistributions (SPEAR)
This project is evaluating the changes in bird abundance and distributions in Europe and develop new tools to meet global biodiversity targets for 2030. -
Economics, policy and food systems transformation
The Bommarco lab explores how diversified farming affects farm economy, how it can be developed and promoted in food value chains and food systems. We explore how biodiversity and ecosystem services, especially pollinators and pollination, are discussed and integrated in policy.
Research groups
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Biodiversity and biocontrol lab
We perform research on biodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes. We study the links between biodiversity, food-web structure and service provisioning, and how farming practices and land use at different scales can be modified to support ecosystem services. -
Ninkovic lab
Plants can communicate with each other in different ways including chemical signalling. The aim of our research is to develop sustainable crop protection strategies based understanding of the interactions between plants, insects and their natural enemies. -
Bommarco lab
We study insect and plant ecology in agriculture. We explore how farming practices, land use and climate affect biodiversity and ecosystem functions. We participate in interdisciplinary research on economy policy and transformations of agriculture and food systems.