SLU Global

SLU Global is a unit at the Division of Planning and Research Support that supports SLU’s work for global development to contribute to Agenda 2030.

Agri4D 2025

Join the Agri4D conference 2025, Nurturing regenerative food systems in a changing climate, on September 23-25, to discuss science that can contribute to evidence-based policy and practice to transform global food systems. Register now!

OECD call: Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems

The Co-operative Research Programme focuses on global issues such as food security, climate change, and the interconnectedness of economies through trade and scientific co-operation. Deadline 10 September.

SLU publications and Agenda 2030

SLU researchers publish scholarly works related to the Sustainable Development Goals. Here you can find publication lists and visualisations outputs for all the goals.

View over mountains in Nepal

New blog: Adaptation, Justice and Intersectionality in rural Nepal

This blog post was written by Tilde Lindbäck, student at the Master of Agriculture Programme – Rural development, at SLU.

International fieldwork scholarships

Are you an SLU student? Do you want to do field work in a low- or middle-income country for your thesis? The purpose is to spark greater interest in and provide meaningful experiences of science for sustainable global development. Apply for our stipend for international thesis work. Deadline is 30 October.

Global news

  • 2025-08-25

    SLU at the World Water Week

    World Water Week’s 2025 theme is ‘Water for Climate Action’. The week will focus on addressing the linked emergencies of climate change, environment degradation and biodiversity loss. Two researchers from SLU contribute with their expertise. Join online for free!
  • 2025-08-15

    Researchers traced butterfly color patterns back in time

    Müllerian mimicry is a mutualistic strategy where species benefit from sharing a warning signal by enhancing predator learning thus reducing the risk of attacks on all species involved. Researchers at SLU have now studied how these color patterns have evolved in a group of butterflies
  • 2025-06-27

    SLU improves global sustainability ranking among higher education institutions

    SLU is climbing in rankings, making the top 101–200 of the 2,526 higher education institutions evaluated in The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2025. This ranking focuses on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. For goal 13, Climate Action, SLU is ranked 3rd.

Global calendar - internal and external events

Examples of global development collaborations at SLU

GCUA 2030

Global Challenges University Alliance is a network of universities with a common vision of contributing to a global sustainable world.

AgriFoSe2030

The AgriFoSe2030 programme targets the UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 - "End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture" in low-income countries. We synthesise and translate existing science into policy and practice, and develop capacity to achieve this.
A farmer is herding his cattle in Kenya

SLU and Agenda 2030

Education, research and environmental monitoring and assessment produce knowledge that contributes to achieving the goals for sustainable development, both in Sweden and globally.

Global map for co-publications

The map shows joint publications by SLU and researchers based in low- and middle-income countries. Explore the interactive map to see the publications.