SLU Landscape Days
SLU Landscape Days take place once a year in October, every other year in Alnarp/Ultuna. This year, the Landscape Days will be held in Ultuna. Registration is now closed.
These events provide an opportunity to meet colleagues working in the landscape field at both Alnarp and Ultuna. A rich program is offered with invited keynote speakers, seminars, employee-initiated workshops and presentations on various topics related to landscape education and research.
Preliminary program
15th October
11:45 Lunch
Location: Ulls restaurant
13:00–13:30 Welcome! Dean Christina Lunner-Kolstrup & SLU Landscape– What’s happening in our world?
Location: Loftets auditorium
13:45–14:55 Emerging digital technologies and future landscape practices (Organiser: Forum for digital urban landscapes)
Location: Loftets auditorium + Zoom
Link to streamning of keynotes 13.45-14.25.
13:45- 14:05 Geodesign, Landscape Planning and Digital Twins Paul Cureton, Lancaster University UK
14:05- 14:25 Beyond the City: Saving the world with Geodesign Elliot Hartley, Garsdale Design UK
14:30- 14:55 Panel discussion: How are emerging digital technologies shaping future landscape practice and education? Paul Cureton, Elliot Hartley, Neil Sang (SLU), John Hellman, (landscape architect, Swedish Board for housing, building and planning (Boverket)), Emilia Molin (landscape architect, Land Arkitektur). Moderator: TBC
14:55–15:30 Coffee + choosing workshops
15:30–17:30 Workshops are primarily hosted by the SLU Landscape Forums.
Locations: Ulls hus or on Campus
- Forum for children and landscapes – How can SLU Landskap work for/together with children and youth of all ages?
Location: Room Z - Forum for reflective practice and design research – Workshop on artistic practices
Location: Room X - Campus walk – the trees are moving on Ultuna Campus, hear about the process and others
Location: Campus - Urban Futures – Exploring urban waterscapes futures
Location: Ateljén, Ulls hus
17:30–18:30 Pre-dinner drink with fun activity
Location: Ateljén, Ulls hus
18:30–20:30 Dinner.
Location: SoL Lunchroom, Ulls hus
Optional pub crawl (Hosted by Bruno!)
Meeting Point: Bishop’s Arms (by the Central Station)
16th October
08:30 – 10.00 Subject cluster matchmaking
Location: Ateljén
08:30 – 09:15
What can Movium do for you?
Lina Berglund-Snodgrass, Director of SLU’s Think Tank Movium, presents opportunities and support offered by Movium.
Collaboration and funding possibilities
Märit Jansson, with a collaboration assignment and outreach role for SLU Landscape, shares possibilities for cooperation and funding avenues.
09:15 – 10:20: Collaboration Generator:
Discuss in interest groups: future challenges, ideas, potential partnerships, and funding opportunities.
Locations (on 3rd floor) & Subjects:
- Nature, planning, and society:
Room: Krusenberg - Design and artistic methodology:
Room: Lönnstorp - Management and plants:
Room: Öregrund - Urban ecology and psychology:
Room: Öjebyn
10:00 Fika
10:30–11:30 Panel discussion: ‘More than Human’ approaches to landscapes–Michael Palmgren (operations manager and responsible for marine development at the Marine Education Center Malmö) & Cecilia Åsberg (Professor/Chair of Gender, Nature, Culture. Founder and Director of The Posthumanities Hub at Linköping University). Moderator: Nina Vogel (Hosted by Urban Futures)
Location: Ulls hus, Room V
11:30–12:00 Wrap-up – What’s next for SLU Landscape?
Location: Ulls hus, Room V
12:00 Lunch
Location: Ulls restaurant
After lunch there is the opportunity to join Ultuna Landskapsdag (starting with a keynote speaker, followed by presentations from our colleagues at SOL and landscape actors from the industry, mingle with the students and join the afterwork) 13-17
Travel expences are paid by your department!
The program will be updated continuously.
Registration for SLU Landscape Days 2025 is now closed
SLU Landscape Days 2025 will be held in Ultuna on October 15-16.