People, Society and Sustainability (PSS)

The Department of Economics and the Department of Urban and Rural Development are joined in the research school People, Society and Sustainability (PSS), covering social science, humanities research and design science.

PSS Research School

People, Society and Sustainability (PSS) aims to function as a platform for all PhD students at SLU working with topics related to sustainable resource management, rural development, landscape architecture, environmental communication, agrarian history, and economics. The research school aims at creating an arena based on the humanities and social science perspectives that can critically engage with interdisciplinary issues pertaining to issues that are central to society.

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Upcoming courses

  • UPPSALA | 2025-09-05 - 2025-10-10

    An introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), 4.5 ECTS

    This course is an introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Students will become familiar with the main uses GIS in general, but more specifically, students will work with vector and raster data in hands-on exercises where students learn basic GIS skills.
  • UPPSALA | 2025-10-13 - 2025-11-22

    Qualitative research methods, 5 ECTS

    The course will provide an overview of qualitative methods used in social science. The course is designed around joint reading, written submissions and joint discussions in weekly seminars, connected with the course literature and the PhD student’s own research projects.
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Coordinators
  • Jens Rommel, Associate Professor
    Decision-making and Managerial Behavior
  • Stephanie Leder, Associate Professor
    Division of Rural Development
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