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Seven projects got funding in SLU Urban Futures' Open Call

Published: 12 December 2018
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The SLU Urban Futures platform were happy to see so many great proposals for the UF Open Call this autumn, from all over SLU. The fact that the proposals came from three different faculties – and all included a multi-, inter- or transdisciplinary perspective enhancing urban sustainability - shows that SLU is a lot more urban than people might think. Convinced by the promising topics the platform offered 7 instead of the intended 5 grants.

The following applications were granted:

 

Translocation of wild bees: evaluating the ecological sustainability of a wild life management practice due to urban expansion

Barbara Locke Grandér, researcher
Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences (NJ)
Department of Ecology

Vilt i Stan / Wildlife in the city

Tim Hofmeester, PhD student
Faculty of Forest Sciences (S)
Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies

The Smart City concept and future research

Johanna Deak Sjöman, researcher
Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science (LTV)
Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management

Hosting the first workshop of the Urban Transitions and Transformations Thematic Group

Caroline Dahl, researcher
Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science (LTV)
Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management

Exploring tradeoffs between on-the-ground and on-the-roof urban green infrastructure: How do optimal nature-based solutions differ as a function of density of the built environment?

Tobias Emilsson, researcher
Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science (LTV)
Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management

 

PhD Forum: Urban Research

Amalia Engström, PhD student
Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science (LTV)
Department of Urban and Rural Development (SOL)

Cirkulär energi- och livsmedelsproduktion i Ultuna för hållbar campusutveckling

Daniel Bergquist, researcher
Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science (LTV)
Department of Urban and Rural Development (SOL)