Research

In our research and teaching we focus on the societal aspects of natural resource management and land use. Our research and teaching are grounded in social sciences, humanities and landscape design principles, but is also characterised by interdisciplinary approaches in which natural sciences are important. At the department, we share common interests in development, planning and communication for a sustainable world. We work with issues concerning conditions in Sweden and the world.

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.

Rural Development

Rural development is an interdisciplinary field of study based in the social sciences, in which we pay special attention to how ideas about development have material consequences in both the Global North and Global South.

Landscape Architecture

Landscape architecture is the art of combining function, aesthetics and sustainability in the planning, design and management of the environment.

Environmental Communication

We consider communication as the joint construction of meaning, and conduct primarily qualitative social science research concerned with themes such as legitimacy, participation, power, resistance, conflict and learning in decision making and transformation processes.

Political Science and Natural Resource Governance

At the Division of Political Science and Natural Resource Governance, research, education, communication, and collaboration are conducted in several different fields, all united by a common interest in how society addresses and manages the challenges posed by environmental and sustainability issues.

SLU Swedish Biodiversity Centre

A centre for research on biodiversity as a critical issue for societal development. We initiate, conduct, and coordinate research, investigations, and communication activities aimed at conserving, restoring, and sustainably using biodiversity.