Department of Urban and Rural Development
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
Water Energy Food Webinar
anni.hoffren@sluse The Nordic-Baltic Sustainable Food Systems Network invites you to a webinar on critical water and energy issues in the green transition of Nordic-Baltic food systems. The webinar
Education
The department offers undergraduate courses, at basic and advanced level, in the subjects Environmental science, Landscape architecture and Rural development. We are responsible for the courses in
Pedagogical prize
Linus Rosén, researcher at Division of Rural Development, is one of two recipients of this year's SLU Pedagogical prize. And he did so through "creating a clear course structure, good communication
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
Pilot study and survey on interdisciplinarity
SLU researchers Jasmine Zhang and James Kurén Weldon have funding from SLU Future Food to conduct a survey and pilot study on the institutional conditions for interdisciplinary research at SLU. How
Smell from nature
The purpose of the project is to identify scents from the nature that reduce stress, and implement the results in urban environments. We humans experience our surroundings with all our senses,
dam disaster
The explosion of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine is a humanitarian, economic and ecological disaster. But out of the devastation grows what could be a world-unique natural area. Now scientists tell us
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
Crown common or peasants forest
This PhD project investigates the development ownership of forests in early modern Sweden, with a focus on the metal producing districts of Bergslagen in central Sweden. This PhD project investigates
Continuity and Change - Background and consequences of the Swedish enclosure movement c. 1749-1827
The project investigates the background of the Swedish enclosure movement, i.e. the run-up to the implementation of the enclosure movement as well as its actual implementation and consequences at
Palaeoclimate change, the evolution of monsoon dynamics, and societal impacts in Southeast Asia
This project will compile existing palaeoclimate data across Southeast Asia and produce new speleothem-based (stalagmite) records from Thailand to reconstruct the shifting extent, strength and