Become part of WIFORCE
We are recruiting 16 PhD students
Join a national initiative shaping the future of forest research.
Research for the forests of the future
About the research programme
WIFORCE is a research programme seeking answers to what influences forest growth, resilience and biodiversity. The goal: new knowledge to manage and conserve forests in a changing climate.
The story behind WIFORCE
The forest is expected to meet many needs – but its growth is more uncertain than before. WIFORCE was born out of the need for new knowledge to help us manage and preserve forests in a changing climate.
WIFORCE Research School
The research school provides doctoral students with scientific competence to contribute to sustainable forest management. It brings together around 50 PhD students, including several industrial and collaborative doctoral students.
News
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New research projects broaden forest research – strengthen WIFORCE
13 new research projects in the humanities and social sciences receive SEK 90 million from the Wallenberg Foundations. The initiative complements the research within the Wallenberg Initiatives in Forest Research (WIFORCE) programme and broadens knowledge about the role of forests in society. -
Nitrate affects wood development, not just growth
Different nitrogen fertilisers increase tree growth, but nitrate also specifically affects wood formation and wood properties. Anna Renström has shown this in her PhD thesis, offering new fundamental insights that can support more sustainable nitrogen use in forests. -
Trees repurpose flowering gene toolkit to control winter growth stop
Deciduous trees and annual plants rely on the same ancestral genes, but evolution has assigned them different tasks. Now researchers from Sweden and China show that aspen trees use flowering-related genes to stop growth as winter approaches - yet in the opposite way compared to annual plants.