Worth Knowing: The woman who swam with eels
The European eel is one of the world’s most enigmatic fish, and the answers to many of the mysteries surrounding it lie hidden in the depths of the Sargasso Sea. Josefin Sundin has been there and will share her experiences of the expedition to this unique place where sky meets sea, unbroken by land.
Date: 7 October 2026
Time: 11:45 - 13:00
Venue: Studion, level 1 of Undervisningshuset
Language: Swedish
Organiser: SLU University Library
Location: Online, Uppsala
Broadcast online: Link to broadcast
- The lecture is in Swedish
- Lunch is served from 11:45, in the Upper Foyer, level 1 of Utbildningshuset, above the Studio
- Seating is limited and will be distributed on a first come, first served basis
Josefin Sundin is a researcher at the Department of Aquatic Resources. Her research focuses on human induced environmental change and behavioural ecology, both as separate research fields, and combined. She joined SLU Aqua in May 2019 to work on management of the European eel.
Take part online, live or afterwards
If you are unable to attend in the studio, you can watch live on SLU Play and on the SLU University Library’s Facebook page. The lecture will also be available to watch afterwards on SLU Play, but it will take a couple of weeks before it is published there.
Worth knowing
Worth knowing is the SLU University Library’s popular science lunchtime lecture series. Here, exciting and recent research results from SLU are presented. We offer a light lunch, and after the lecture, listeners have the opportunity to ask questions.