About us

• You can find us at Grimsö Research Station in the county of Västmanland and in Ultuna, Uppsala.
• Together with the Department of Crop Production Ecology we form the Ecology Centre.
• The Wildlife Damage Centre is part of the department. It is a national centre for information and education about management of protected wildlife, such as large carnivores and large grazing birds.
• Under the same roof you can also find parts of the Unit for Risk Assessment of Alien Plant Pests. They mainly deal with insects.
• We are responsible for six subjects: forest entomology, landscape ecology, insect ecology, conservation biology, soil ecology, wildlife ecology, agricultural entomology and system ecology. Our research units are linked to these subjects.
• The department belongs to two faculties: the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences and the Faculty of Forest Sciences.
• We collaborate with forest owners, farmers, hunters, bird watchers, authorities, NGOs, policy makers and many more. We also interact with the general public at different events and in some of our projects.
• We are responsible for courses at Bachelor’s and Master’s level that focus on ecology, biology and environmental sciences.  
• We have several environmental monitoring projects focusing on landscape, wildlife and forest damage.
• Grimsö Wildlife Research Station is part of SITES (Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science).
• We share an environmental certificate with the Department of Crop Production Ecology, the Swedish Species Information Centre and the Swedish Biodiversity Centre. We have goals to reduce our negative environmental impact from travel, purchasing and energy consumption. We also want to increase our positive environmental impact by sharing our knowledge on sustainable development and sustainable use of natural resources with society.

Post address:

Department of Ecology
Box 7044
75007 Uppsala
SWEDEN

Visiting address:

Department of Ecology
Ulls väg 16
75651 Uppsala
SWEDEN

Delivery address (heavy/large items):

Lennart Hjelms väg 5
75651 Uppsala

Tel:

 (+46) 18-671000 (vx)

Fax:

 (+46) 18-672890

Grimsö 152, 739 93 Riddarhyttan
Sweden

We arrange scientific seminars on Tuesdays in Tammsalen at Ecology Centre. You will find the Tamm Seminars in the Calendar and on the electric screen in the entrance.

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