About us
We need natural resources for food, materials and much more. But if we exploit nature too heavily, we risk harming the species and ecosystems on which we ourselves depend. Through research, education and environmental monitoring and assessment, we help find ways to balance these needs.
The Department of Ecology has around 150 employees. Together with the Department of Crop Production Ecology we form the SLU Ecology Centre – a Nordic and European hub for sustainable agriculture and forestry, plant protection, nature conservation and wildlife management.
We operate across the entire landscape – from protected to managed forests and from pastures to crop fields. This is why we belong to two different faculties: the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences and the Faculty of Forest Sciences.
Our staff are based in Uppsala and at SLU Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, which also houses the SLU Wildlife Damage Center. The department also includes the SLU Honey Bee Research Centre and parts of the SLU Risk Assessment of Plant Pests.
More about us
- Research
- Undergraduate studies
- Graduate studies
- Environment
- Collaboration
- Infrastructure
- Publications
Contact
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PersonAstrid Taylor, Head of department and researcherNJ, Ekosystems Ecology Unit
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PersonMattias Jonsson, Deputy head of department and researcherNJ, Agricultural Entomology Unit
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PersonFredrik Sand, Site managerDepartment of Ecology , joint staff/department office
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PersonAnna Lundmark, Kommunikatör, SciFest-ansvarigDepartment of Ecology , joint staff/department office
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PersonKristina Ekengren, Head of AdministrationDepartment of Ecology , joint staff/department office
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The facilities management, Ecology Centre
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The facilities management, Grimsö