Department of Economics

At the Department of Economics, we conduct research and teaching in business administration and economics with applications to sustainability, food, agriculture, and natural resources.

  • Business administration with focus on decision-making and entrepreneurship
  • Economics with focus on agriculture, food, natural resources and environmental policy
  • Economic analysis and evaluations of food, agriculture, fishing and rural development
About us

Education

We offer independent courses, bachelor's and master's programmes, and doctoral education in business studies and economics.
Our education

Research

In our research, we work on a range of topics that mainly have to do with agriculture and the conservation and use of natural resources.
Our research groups and projects

Contact

Do you want to contact us? Find contact information to key staff at the department on the following page.
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News & Events

News

  • 2025-09-05

    Defence - Harold Opdenbosch

    On Friday 5 September 2025, Harold Opdenbosch defended his doctoral thesis "Institutional and behavioural drivers of sustainable farming uptake", with Dr. Anders Branth Pedersen from Aarhus University as the opponent. Big congratulations!
  • 2025-08-15

    Nailing - Harold Opdenbosch

    Harold Opdenbosch, doctoral student at the Department of Economics, has nailed his thesis!
  • 2025-06-05

    Graduation lunch for our students!

    In connection with Thesis Day, the Department of Economcs arranged a graduation lunch for all graduating business and economics students in the academic year 2024/25.
  • 2025-06-03

    Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) grantees 2025-2026

    The fourth round of the Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) at SLU starts on September 1, 2025. Two groups of five researchers each will spend eight months delving into and exploring interdisciplinary working methods during 20% of their working time.
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