Resilience among smallholder farmers in rural Africa
How do farmers and pastoralists in Africa deal with change, uncertainty and crisis situations in their daily lives? Linda Engström, researcher in rural development, will investigate this together with colleagues from Tanzania and Canada in a project funded by Formas.
When gardening became a science – new book depicts cultivation throughout history
Now, Swedish Garden History 1500 to 1800 has been published, the final part in a three-volume work that covers Swedish garden culture from prehistoric times to the present. The new part focuses on the early modern period, a period when the idea of what a garden can be, and how it can be used, was being formed.
Ambiguous messages appear to have paved the way for rapid climate policy change
What role did political rhetoric play in the rapid shift in climate policy after the 2022 election? SLU researchers who have analyzed debates in parliament and the media believe that politicians used ambiguous messages to appeal to multiple ideological groups simultaneously.
News & Events
News
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Keeping pigs healthy with storytelling and mobile phones in rural Uganda
In rural Uganda, farmers learn to protect their pigs from African swine fever through short, drama-style stories delivered on mobile phones—a creative, low-cost way to share vital animal health knowledge. -
Digital twins, analog practices and posthumanism at this year's Landscape Days
About fifty employees from SLU's departments of Urban and Rural Development, People and Society and Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management gathered in October at SLU Ultuna for a 24 hour conversation and inspiration about future landscape practices. -
When water redraws the map – challenges and opportunities for future outdoor urban spaces
Water shapes our landscapes in profound ways, especially as climate change intensifies risks and drives innovative solutions. In the latest webinar of the Mötesplats: Urban landskap series, researchers and practitioners discussed how water management is transforming urban environments. -
Designing resilient cities: Daniel Valentini on why urban waterscapes matter more than ever
Cities around the world are under increasing pressure from water-related climate risks. Daniel Valentini, researcher at SLU, and hub coordinator at SLU Urban Futures, shares his insights on how the concept of urban waterscapes can help shape resilient cities of the future. -
From individual wetlands to multifunctional wetland landscapes
Researchers from SLU are exploring how wetlands can serve multiple functions – from supporting biodiversity and storing carbon to purifying water and creating attractive environments. With knowledge from various projects, municipalities are better equipped to design the wetlands of the future. -
From child-friendly places to child-friendly cities
Research shows that children's physical, psychological, and mental health is affected by the availability and quality of outdoor environments. In Malmö, several projects are underway to create child-friendly street environments and neighborhoods – in collaboration with the children themselves.
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Research
Research projects
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Making Sense of Adaptation: The adaptation practice in a governance perspective
This project investigated how and why Swedish climate adaptation is enacted in particular ways and how inherent governance struggles and choices are thereby handled. -
The Role and Responsibilities of the Municipalities in the Wording and Implementation of the Forest Policy
A study of the accountability of Swedish municipalities concering the social value of forests and how this accountability in forest policies can be improved. -
Indigenous Rights and the Global Politics of Resource Extraction: The Case of Mining in Sápmi
The project investigated the increasingly complex politics of resource extraction on traditional Indigenous lands emerging from these two contradictory trends. -
Constructivity and destructivity in NRM conflicts
An analytical framework and methodology for understanding the role of communication and institutions in transforming conflicts. -
ReaD-FIRE: Researching and Decolonizing: Forest fires and indigenous landscape relations
A project aimed at increasing the understanding of complex interactions between people and landscapes during times of abrupt change.
Research groups
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Agrarian History
Agrarian history is a broad discipline examining people in the rural society, their social and economic conditions, and their relationship with nature, the landscape and wider society, as well as agricultural production and technological development. -
Landscape Architecture - Design Theory
The design theory group is concerned with the methods, tools, and pedagogy of the landscape architecture discipline. -
Landscape Architecture - Landscape Management
The landscape management subject focuses on how urban open space management such as vegetation, water and soil contributes to biodiversity, climate change adaptation and ecosystem services. -
Landscape Architecture - Profession and Practice
In the subject area the profession and practice, we focus on methods and theories used by landscape architects in their professional work. -
Landscape Architecture - Spatial Planning
The subject area spatial planning studies the interplay between the landscape, spatial planning and (other forms of) governance. -
Political Science
Political science is the scientific study of politics. Central to this are issues of democracy, power, politics, governance, and public administration at different levels.