Environmental objective Environmental analysis
Through our environmental monitoring and analysis, society gains the knowledge needed to understand the state of nature and how it is changing. With robust data, consolidated insights and long-term perspectives, we support well-informed decisions and help create sustainable solutions for the future.
Open data
To further SLU’s contributions to society’s environmental work, one of the university’s general environmental objectives is to increase the use of data generated from SLU’s environmental monitoring and assessment amongst national decision-makers, public authorities, researchers and the general public.
By the end of 2025, at least 90% of participants* in SLU’s quality enhancement activities are expected to openly publish their data, as outlined in the environmental data management quality guide**.
Action plan:
The Unit for Data Management Guidance and Development is working actively to support groups with publishing data and description of data by:
- Identifying groups without published data files and/or descriptions on SLU’s open data pages
- Providing these groups with targeted information about the file publication methods and formats, and maintaining a dialogue with them for compiling sufficient information about publishing data descriptions as per the recommendations on the SLU “open data” page
- Following up to see whether the groups have published data on the website/project page) and that data descriptions are available on the SLU “open data” pages
- The person overseeing the activities sending the data description to the Unit for Data Management Guidance and Development for entry into the SLU open data pages.
The groups assure the quality of the data and ensure that it:
- Is available on a page accessible via SLU's website
- Comes in a machine-readable, ideally open format (CSV or other text format)
- Is accompanied by a data description as per the recommendation.
Follow-up:
Of the operations participating in the quality assurance work, 75% met the requirements as of mid-year 2025. The objective is assessed as achievable through the adopted action plan.