Call for applications to Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA)
The fifth call for applications to SLU's Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) (2026-2027) is now open. Here are all details about the call and important dates.
Tracking climate shocks to build future resilience
What can past climate extremes teach us about resilience? Researchers at SLU’s Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) 2025-2026 are studying long-term data on climate, farming, soils, and society to uncover patterns that could help us adapt to future challenges.
Food & Cities
Food & Cities is a collaboration between SLU Future Food and SLU Urban Futures. The project seeks to identify knowledge gaps and cross-disciplinary research questions and investigates how a long-term thematic focus on food and cities could be established at SLU.
Growing a broad set of crops does not threaten food security
Crop rotations with a broad set of crops can produce more calories and nutrients than growing only cereals year after year. This result of an international study led by SLU challenges the common argument that diverse crop rotations produce less food.
Meat: the Four Futures
Are our choices in the grocery store based on facts, values, habits, or simply a gut feeling of what feels right? Listen to a podcast that takes a holistic view of the future of meat, exploring four very different future scenarios.
Interdisciplinarity at SLU
One of the most important goals for the Future Platforms is to develop interdisciplinary working methods at SLU by initiating and enabling collaboration across scientific disciplinary boundaries.
News from SLU Future Food
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Gene editing in plant breeding – a precision tool for better potatoes
CRISPR/Cas9 is the most widely used gene-editing tool and enables highly precise modifications of DNA. In plant breeding, it is used to improve important traits such as disease resistance, drought tolerance, and nutritional value. Researcher Matías González works with new genomic techniques. -
How does the war in Ukraine affect global food security?
The war in Ukraine is having an extreme impact on the people of the country. In addition to the enormous suffering and the great need for humanitarian aid, the war has other consequences. One of them is the negative impact on the global food supply. -
Growing a broad set of crops does not threaten food security – quite the opposite
Crop rotations with a broad set of crops can produce more calories and nutrients than growing only cereals year after year. This result of an international study led by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) challenges the common argument that diverse crop rotations produce less food. -
When waste becomes a carrier of disease: Finding solutions to protect Sweden's pigs and food production
Have you ever considered that food waste disposed incorrectly later in the trash chain can attract wild animals – and contribute to the spread of deadly diseases? This is believed to have happened when African swine fever was suddenly discovered in Sweden. How can we prevent history from repeating? -
Agroecology and Sustainable Intensification: the Values Beneath the Science
What does “sustainable agriculture” actually mean, and why do scientists disagree about it?