News for SLU staff
Here we present news items published on SLU's staff web.
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
More Fermented legumes and cereals for better Healthy Planet
The way we produce and consume food has never been more critical. The global food system, with its large carbon dioxide emissions, has livestock farming as a primary contributor due to excessive
Professorial inauguration – lectures
Professorial inauguration – lectures helena.pennlov@slu.se On Friday 19 April professors from Alnarp, Umeå and Uppsala will be inaugurated at SLU Ultuna. The ceremony on Friday evening is
Professorial inauguration
Professorial inauguration - lectures helena.pennlov@slu.se On Friday 19 April professors from Alnarp, Umeå and Uppsala will be inaugurated at SLU Ultuna. The ceremony on Friday evening is
IDA 2024-2025
The Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) is a programme where SLU researchers are offered the opportunity to collaborate across disciplinary boundaries on complex issues in the broad field of green
Vinod Kumar investigates how tissue integrity is maintained in the leaf surface
Last week, the European Commission awarded 1249 researchers with Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions postdoctoral fellowships. One of the awardees is Vinod Kumar from Stéphanie Robert’s group at Umeå
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
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
EU expertise in animal welfare
Elina Åsbjer and Galia Zamaratskaia from SLU participated in the steering committee meeting of the Erasmus+ capacity-building project "SuLAWe - Sustainable Livestock Production and Animal Welfare."
Ida call to come
The NJ Faculty Board has decided to continue to support the Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) initiative and the further development of IDA. A new call for the project period 2024-2025 will be
Workshop1 Formas call
Workshop 1 on Formas call "Contingency planning and competitiveness in the food system – a call for transdisciplinary centres" futurefood@slu.se Formas announces funds for the formation of national
Formas call livsmedelsberedskap
Formas announces funds for the formation of national centers for research on food security. Each university can send in max two applications, and SLU Future Food will lead and facilitate an internal