Future research programmes
Four interdisciplinary future research programmes within the fields of forests, agriculture, animal health and welfare, and also urban environment, are being formed at SLU.
Global challenges and national needs both underscore the importance of intensified research, combining the strengths of all four faculties at SLU.
In the Evaluation of Quality and Impact at SLU, KoN 09, the following was proposed:
Four research platforms, presented to the rigtht, are now on being formed. They will constitute interdisciplinary platforms for, e.g., internal and external interaction, coordination of research projects, and formulation of major grant proposals. The platforms will constitute power bases enabling SLU to adopt a strong role as coordinator of national and international research programmes.
The organisation of SLU in faculties and departments provides the necessary academic disciplinary structure, while the Four Research Areas for the Future will constitute a dynamic matrix organisation.
This model concept would provide an opportunity for all SLU research units to find a place within a larger scientific framework.