News & Events
News
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Challenges in restoring Sweden's urban ecosystems
From 2027, Sweden will work according to a national restoration plan for our nature, which includes urban ecosystems. -
The book Prototypa! – now available in English
The book "Prototyping! Building places together" is now available in English to download as a pdf. -
New research project on resilience among smallholder farmers in rural Africa
How do farmers and pastoralists in Africa deal with change, uncertainty and crisis situations in their daily lives? Linda Engström, a researcher in rural development, will investigate this together with colleagues from Tanzania and Canada in a project funded by Formas. -
Researching small animals in traffic: "The results can have immediate benefits"
By taking a closer look at how medium-sized mammals use culverts to move through the landscape, Rune Sørås – a new postdoctoral researcher at the SLU Swedish Centre for Biological Diversity – contributes to increased knowledge of how infrastructure can be adapted to protect biodiversity. -
Extreme heat in cities – a growing threat to public health
Rising temperatures in urban areas pose a serious threat to public health – especially for the most heat-sensitive groups in society. During the webinar “Venue: Urban Landscapes,” was discussed how climate-adapted urban planning can help mitigate the effects of extreme heat.
Calendar
Research
Research projects
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JUSTPOWER
Understand and develop new tools to support a more just and democratic energy transition, based on the central question: How can democratic values be centered in the energy transition in a way that leads to a more inclusive and equitable societal development? -
Mill capacities and mill monopolies in Early Modern Sweden, 1625–1825
The aim of this project is to study the economic and social workings of the milling industry in Sweden during the Early Modern period (ca. 1625–1825) - how local mill monopolies arose, persisted, and changed over the period, and how this resulted in lacking milling capacity.
Research groups
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Political Science
Political science is the scientific study of politics. Central to this are issues of democracy, power, politics, governance, and public administration at different levels. -
Agrarian History
Agrarian history is a broad discipline examining people in the rural society, their social and economic conditions, and their relationship with nature, the landscape and wider society, as well as agricultural production and technological development. -
Landscape Architecture - Design Theory
The design theory group is concerned with the methods, tools, and pedagogy of the landscape architecture discipline.