Programme

Data handling in R

The course aims at improving the effectiveness of the R code you write by introducing you to a range of functions that allow you to manipulate your data. In particular the course will teach you how to write more ordered code that can be easily reused and incorporated into other projects and to deal with the automation of data and code handling tasks. This will allow you to save time and handle bigger datasets.

• Course dates: 9 March, 25 March, 9 April and 24 April.

Application

Apply for the course no later than 2 March 2026 by sending an email to Alistair Auffret (alistair.auffret@slu.se).

Read more 

Data Handling with R

Introduction to cropping systems

Are you a PhD student curious about how agriculture connects to sustainability but lack a formal background in agricultural sciences? This course offers a comprehensive introduction to cropping systems, showing smallholder polycultures to intensive, high-tech systems, in tropical and temperate regions. By linking biophysical principles with social, geographical, and some economic dimensions, the course invites you to explore how cropping systems evolve, function, and impact the environment. You'll engage with debates on food, fiber and fuel production, sustainability, and system resilience—while connecting these issues to your own research.

• 4 ECTS
• Start: 20 April, End: 4 May
• Course is Online on zoom, 14:00-17:00
• Speed: full time

What you will learn:

• The diversity and evolution of cropping systems across climatic zones;
• How cropping intensity, specialization, and market orientation shape farming systems;
• Environmental and ecological dimensions of cropping systems, including externalities and resilience;
• Principles of agroecological, organic, and integrated systems;
• Ways to connect your own research with real-world challenges in crop production and sustainability.

For more information: Introduction to cropping systems.

Understanding & Implementing Ecological Models: Bayesian analyses from beginnings to hierarchical complexity

• Dates TBA.

Climate Change and the Ocean

The course is fully booked.

Plant growth analysis and nutrient use efficiency’ 

• Autumn 2026
• Online
• 3 ECTS