Department of Ecology
IDA 2024-2025
A third round of SLU Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) will run 2024-2025. Starting in November, participants will during the coming eight months spend 20% of their working time exploring
The Conversation Circle
The Conversation Circle: Facilitators Training for New Conversations futurefood@slu.se The Society for Transformative Conversations invites you to a free training for facilitators, with a focus on
Contacts
Interested in knowing more about how SLU contributes to the Baltic Sea Science Center (BSSC)? Please get in touch with any of the persons listed below. Experts in "Kunskapsrådet" for BSSC at SLU The
Krycklan Symposium 2024
tejshree.tiwari@slu.se This year, the 21st Krycklan symposium will be focused on the new generation of researchers and research. Hence we hope to highlight ongoing PhD, Post-docs and early career
Erik Öckinger
Erik Öckinger is an expert in processes that maintain biodiversity at multiple spatial scales. He studies the consequences of land use and climate change on populations and communities, as well as
Diversified cropping
The Bommarco lab analyses how diversified farming affects crop yield and ecosystem functions in crop production and cropped landscapes. We assess options for adaptation and mitigation of climate
Bommarco lab
We study insect and plant ecology in agriculture. We explore how farming practices, land use and climate affect biodiversity and ecosystem functions such as crop yield, pest regulation and
Economics, policy and food systems transformation
The Bommarco lab explores how diversified farming affects farm economy, how it can be developed and promoted in food value chains and food systems. We explore how biodiversity and ecosystem services,
Ecological functions in agroecosystems
The Bommarco lab empirically and theoretically explores ecosystem functions in insect-plant-soil food webs in agricultural ecosystems. We apply this to crop production, pest control and pollination.
Biogeomon2026
12th BIOGEOMON International Symposium on Ecosystem Biogeochemistry June 8-12 2026 Umeå, Sweden
Program
“The preliminary program will be posted early in 2025. If you have suggestions for sessions, topics or keynote speakers, please write to the conference at biogeomon2026@slu.se” tejshree.tiwari@
About
Since 1987, this conference series has provided a forum to explore place-based ecosystem science grounded on observations from the bio-, hydro-, geo- and atmo- spheres. (That explains the “MON” in