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Department of Urban and Rural Development

We are a multi- and trans-disciplinary department. In our research and teaching we focus on the societal aspects of SLU’s areas of responsibility.

From Imagination to Practical Understandings - meaning making in climate change adaptation

New doctoral thesis in Environmental communication by Christoffer Söderlund Kanarp.

Mistra Environmental Communication 2024-2027

Phase two of the research programme up and running - with new focus areas.

Docent lecturer of the year

Docent Lecturer of the year 2023-2024 appointed by the NJ faculty, and Noémi Gonda, researcher at Division of Rural Development, was one of two awardees.

Noemi showing her diploma.

News

10 June 2025
New research project on resilience for smallholder farmers in rural Africa
How do smallholder farmers and herders in Africa cope with change, uncertainty and crisis...
05 June 2025
Futuring in practice – Rosengård's farming project takes the next step
Future work, or futuring, is about imagining and planning for potential future scenarios. But mor...
05 June 2025
The book Prototypa! – now available in English
The book "Prototyping! Building places together" is now available in English to download as a pdf.
02 June 2025
Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) grantees 2025-2026
The fourth round of the Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) at SLU starts on September 1, 2025. Two...
28 May 2025
New book explores the interface between landscape and planning
From floods in New Orleans to forest fires in Västmanland. In a new book, researchers from a rang...
28 May 2025
Extreme heat in cities – a growing threat to public health
Rising temperatures in urban areas pose a serious threat to public health – especially for the mo...
23 May 2025
Five projects granted seed funding at SLU Urban Futures
To enhance the urban discourse at SLU and support landscape-oriented urban research, SLU Urban...

Calendar

Wednesday, 11 June

Combining fishers’ knowledge and monitoring data to understand the status of the blue urban commons in Stockholm City
Waterbodies within cities are often drastically altered by humans through construction, the input...
Friday, 13 June

Governing agriculture, (re)producing gender Continuity and change of social difference amidst Rwanda’s socio-ecological transformation
Karolin Andersson defends her thesis "Governing agriculture, (re)producing gender Continuity and...
Tuesday, 16 September to Friday, 03 October

Masterclass Urban Futuring
Moving towards more sustainable and just cities requires radical change. But current visions of...

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