News for SLU students
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Our Hub Coordinator at Ultuna
SLU Urban Futures' regional hub at Ultuna, located at the Department of Urban and Rural Development, is coordinated by Andrew Gallagher. Andrew is also coordinator of Food & Cities, a collaborative
Ph.D. course
A PhD course in the Krycklan catchment September 19-25, 2024. ‘Watershed Ecology and Biogeochemistry’ addresses the foundational concepts and modern challenges within the broad field of watershed
Reading list 2024
Thursday, Sept 19. Fundamentals of watershed science Borman and Likens. (1967). Nutrient Cycling. Science. 155 no. 3761 pp. 424-429 Laudon, H. and Sponseller, RA (2018). How landscape organization
Doctoral award ceremony 2024
Doctoral award ceremony 2024 helena.pennlov@slu.se The doctoral award ceremony will take place on Saturday 5 October. A number of new doctors and jubilee doctors as well as 6 honorary doctors will
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Thesis Day 2024
Thesis Day 2024 was held at Ultuna and Alnarp campuses and included a poster exhibition, oral presentations, an award ceremony, as well as a much appreciated closing ceremony where the students
Living labs in forest soils
tejshree.tiwari@slu.se Join us for an insightful webinar focused on the critical role of living labs in addressing forest soil challenges and exploring innovative solutions for forest soils. The
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International symposium at Alnarp about managing public spaces
June 3–5, the subject group Landscape governance and management at SLU organizes an international symposium on management of the public spaces, which is aimed at researchers as well as practitioners.
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Student design competition in Umeå is now open
The student design competition arranged by SLU Urban Futures, in co-operation with Umeå municipality, has been launched on Canvas. Students in the field of Landscape Architecture and sustainable
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International Student Barometer
The International Student Barometer (ISB) surveys approximately 120 000 students around the world. The latest results see the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) ranking first for
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Student design competition in Umeå - opening March 2024
SLU Urban Futures, in co-operation with Umeå municipality, will launch a student design competition in March 2024. Students in the field of Landscape Architecture and sustainable urban development
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Navigating the Future of Meat
In January, SLU Future Food, in collaboration with the Student Union and TABLE, hosted an inclusive workshop to discuss and engage in the often polarised issue of the future of meat. With a diverse
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Nobalis
On December 13th the student teams from 5 Nordic and Baltic universities pitched their food and biotechnology related business ideas to an international jury at the NOBALIS Demo Day. The teams have