News for SLU staff
Here we present news items published on SLU's staff web.
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
Call for short-term monitoring projects
The SLU Forest Damage Centre announces a call with focus on monitoring of forest damage. The call is for short-term monitoring projects that focus on method development and will be carried out in
International students
Orientation week for new international students at SLU is currently underway. It's an opportunity for them to familiarise themselves with both Sweden and SLU. The excitement for the start of the
Exploring Land Restoration: My Journey with Restore4More
Caroline Bark, MSc student from the “Sociotechnical Systems Engineering” program at Uppsala University, has completed her MSc thesis in collaboration with SLU-led projects Restore4More and Drylands
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
SLU på första plats i internationell utmaning
On 2 May, the Biodiversity Challenge 2024 kicked off, a collaboration between 19 agricultural and life science universities in 16 European countries. From 2 May to 28 June, the challenge was to find
Internationalisation call SLU Breeding Network
The SLU Breeding Network is launching a call for internationalisation for researchers, postdocs and PhD students at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in animal or plant breeding.
Seed money for breeding
As part of the strategy to increase cross-faculty collaborations and to further strengthen breeding research at SLU, the SLU Breeding Network will financially support short-term innovative projects
Plant cell wall research opens up new opportunities for bioengineering
Secondary cell walls provide the plant with stability and protection against damage and pathogens. PhD student Félix Barbut from Ewa Mellerowicz’s group at UPSC and SLU has been studying the role of
The SLU Honorary Doctors 2024
This year, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences will be awarding six honorary doctorates. There are two international recipients - Professor Tom Hobbs (US) and Delia Grace Randolph (United
listen better for sustainability
Professors Åsa Berggren and Keri Facer work together to develop methods for more democratic communication. The core of their joint project is to improve our ability to truly listen to each other and
Petra Marhava receives the SPPS Early Career Prize
The Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS) awards Petra Marhava with the SPPS Early Career Prize. The prize recognises her progress and contributions to plant biology over the past few years