Rural development
Rural development is the process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in relatively isolated and sparsely populated areas.
Tania Li lecture
Development-imposed harms, differentiated citizenship, and access to redress: Towards a comparative account anni.hoffren@slu.se Division of Rural Development invites you to an public lecture with

secondary-forests
The project investigates what forest futures can be built, by whom and how, at the forest frontiers in the Peruvian Amazon, and what the role of forest conservation policies are in this. Background A
Education
The department offers undergraduate courses, at basic and advanced level, in the subjects Environmental science, Landscape architecture, Rural development and Sustainable develoopment. We are
Collaboration
At the department of Urban and Rural Development we see collaboration with actors in society as a tool for our coworkers to contribute to a sustainable development, and as a method to conduct and

Migrant relations
The project analyses how migration is changing rural Sweden and through that, preconditions for sustainability and social justice. Focusing on the changing composition of socio-environmental

JUSTNORTH
JUSTNORTH is a Horizon 2020 project that set focus on social, economic and ecological justice in the Arctic area. Case study 18 dealt with the socio-economic conditions to carry out reindeer

Contested forests
How are just and sustainable climate transitions possible in places where conflicts over forests are both complex and intractable? Putting people and local institutions at the heart of the project,

Rural development
When researchers and practitioners meet and share experiences it may result in a new type of understanding. The Unit of Rural Development is therefore continuously engaged in different types of
Rural development
Here we present our research activities - in projects and publications.
Future
Assessing the meaning of the long term in strategic and environmental research. The future has become a key concept in the social sciences in the wake of global challenges related to climate change

Land conflicts movie
Taking a political economy and epistemic justice perspective, conflicts between farmers and agro-pastoralists in Kigoma, Tanzania are explored in collaboration with the local community by making a
Publication
Here you find all scientific publications produced at the department, publications on Agrarian History, Environmental Communication, Landscape Architecture, Rural Development, Biodiversity and Nature