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, researcher in rural development, will investigate this together with colleagues from Tanzania and Canada in a project funded by Formas.
When gardening became a science – new book depicts cultivation throughout history
Now, Swedish Garden History 1500 to 1800 has been published, the final part in a three-volume work that covers Swedish garden culture from prehistoric times to the present. The new part focuses on the early modern period, a period when the idea of what a garden can be, and how it can be used, was being formed.
Ambiguous messages appear to have paved the way for rapid climate policy change
What role did political rhetoric play in the rapid shift in climate policy after the 2022 election? SLU researchers who have analyzed debates in parliament and the media believe that politicians used ambiguous messages to appeal to multiple ideological groups simultaneously.
News & Events
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When water redraws the map – challenges and opportunities for future outdoor urban spaces
Water shapes our landscapes in profound ways, especially as climate change intensifies risks and drives innovative solutions. In the latest webinar of the Mötesplats: Urban landskap series, researchers and practitioners discussed how water management is transforming urban environments. -
Designing resilient cities: Daniel Valentini on why urban waterscapes matter more than ever
Cities around the world are under increasing pressure from water-related climate risks. Daniel Valentini, researcher at SLU, and hub coordinator at SLU Urban Futures, shares his insights on how the concept of urban waterscapes can help shape resilient cities of the future. -
From individual wetlands to multifunctional wetland landscapes
Researchers from SLU are exploring how wetlands can serve multiple functions – from supporting biodiversity and storing carbon to purifying water and creating attractive environments. With knowledge from various projects, municipalities are better equipped to design the wetlands of the future. -
From child-friendly places to child-friendly cities
Research shows that children's physical, psychological, and mental health is affected by the availability and quality of outdoor environments. In Malmö, several projects are underway to create child-friendly street environments and neighborhoods – in collaboration with the children themselves. -
The children’s city – where play meets urban development and nature
How do children see the city? At the Malmö Festival, SLU Urban Futures and Botildenborg invited visitors on a playful journey into the world of urban development. By planting, creating, and interacting with a map, the children left their mark on Malmö—both literally and symbolically.
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Research projects
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Restructuring the Rural North? Tensions and prospects for sustainable development
The project investigated how initiatives for intensified resource extraction are re-structuring rural spaces in Sweden an Canada. -
Green Care' on Farms in Sweden: A gender perspective on entrepreneurship in a changed welfare state
A study of 'green care' entrepreneurship among Swedish farmers from a doing gender perspective. -
Coal Conflicts: Participatory resource governance for improved sustainability and conflict resolution in India and Mozambique
The project explored the possibilities for a sustainable use of carbon through local resource management in two poor/poverty-stricken regions with major carbon assets, in the state of Jharkhand in East India and the Tete Province in northwestern Mozambique. -
Improved Disease Control by Community Participation: The case of African swine fever in northern Uganda
The project seeks to enable more effective policies for disease control, including promotion of control interventions that are feasible to self-sustainably implement. -
Emerging Virus Infections in the Wildlife-Livestock-Human Interface
Understanding the epidemiology and socioeconomic impact of peste des petits ruminants. International research cooperation within the Swedish Research Links programme.
Research groups
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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. -
Landscape Architecture - Landscape Management
The landscape management subject focuses on how urban open space management such as vegetation, water and soil contributes to biodiversity, climate change adaptation and ecosystem services. -
Landscape Architecture - Profession and Practice
In the subject area the profession and practice, we focus on methods and theories used by landscape architects in their professional work. -
Landscape Architecture - Spatial Planning
The subject area spatial planning studies the interplay between the landscape, spatial planning and (other forms of) governance. -
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.