Past thematic courses at SILVA

2025

Remote sensing methods to uncover vegetation structure. Course code: P000121. June 30 – July 11. Course leader: Maksym Matsala. 3 ECTS

A course on Behaviour Environmental Economics. Course code: PFS0150. August 11, 2025 – September 12. Course leader: Chandra Krishnamurthy. 7.5 ECTS

Ecophysiological concepts and applications in forests. Course code: P000132. October 27 – December 5. Course leader: Nils Henriksson. 7.5 ECTS

Scientific Writing. Course code: PFG0057. August 18 – October 6. Course leader: Michael Bertram. 7.5 ECTS

In-depth course in forest regeneration. Course code: PFS0158. September 1-30. Course leader: Mikolaj Lula. 5 ECTS

Management and consequences of forest damage. Course code:  P000130. September 1 – October 15. Course leader: Patrick Sherwood. 3.5 ECTS

Historical, technological and societal background to forestry and forest-based biorefining in Nordic countries. Course code: P000036. October 6 – October 24. Course leader: Carmen Cristescu. 4.5 ECTS.

Bio-based Adhesives: Chemistry, Performance and Applications. Course code: P000128. November 3 – 23. Course leaders: Joran Van Blokland & Raffaello Papadakis. 4.5 ECTS.

Statistics I: Basic Statistics. Course code: P000004. September 29 – October 28. Course leader: Reza Belaghi. 5 ECTS

Ecology and Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystems. Course code: P000107. May 12-2. Course leader: Maja Sundqvist. 3 ECTS

2024

Introduction to image analysis for forest sciences. Course code: P000089. November 4, – January 17 2025. Course leader: Eva Lindberg. 4.5 ECTS.

Biorefinery Pilot Research. Course code: PFG0061. September 2 – October 14. Course leader: Francesco Gentili. 7.5 ECTS

Watershed Ecology and Biogeochemistry. Course code: PFS0100. September 19 - 25. Course leader: Hjalmar Laudon. 7.5 ECTS

Forest damage - Monitoring and environmental assessment. Course code: P000106. March 25 – May 17. Course leader: Fredrik Widemo. 3.5 ECTS

Forest fire ecology and fire impacts on ecosystems and society. Course code: P000064 June 3 – July 31. Course leader: Igor Drobyshev. 8 ECTS

Thematic course in a specific silviculture topic: Climate, forest and people. Course code: PFS0153 September 20 – October 20. Course leader: Emma Holmström. 3 ECTS

Sampling. Course code: PFS0172. April 8 – May 6. 4 Course leader: Anton Grafström. 4 ECTS

Forest Change detection with remote sensing and high-performance cloud-computing. Course code: P000019. May 20 – June 11. Jonas Bohlin. 5 ECTS

Introduction to GIS for applications in forest and landscape. Course code: P000056 February 2 –March 5. Course leader: Maksym Matsala. 3 ECTS

2023

Enhancing forest resilience for an uncertain future. Course code: PFG0071. November 6-17. Course leader: Ida Wallin. 3 ECTS

Historical, technological and societal background to forestry and forest-based biorefining in Nordic countries. Course code: P000036. October 30- November17. Course leader: Carmen Cristescu. 4.5 ECTS

Ecophysiological concepts and applications in managed forests. Course code: PFS0146. April 24 - June 9. Course leader: Nils Henriksson. 9 ECTS

Forest damage – Incidence and causation. Course code: P000021. March 17 - May 26. Course leader: Åke Olsson. 3.5 ECTS

Considering Uncertainty in forest management planning. Course code: PFS0181. January 30 – March 3. Course leader: Irene De Pellegrin Llorente. 4.5 ECTS

Forestry and Sustainable Development. Course code: PFG0072. February 7 to March 3. Course leaders: David Agar and Anita Norman. 4 ECTS

Modelling of the forest landscape dynamics with help of advanced decision support system. Course code: PFG0064.:February 20 to March 3. Course leader: Karin Öhman. 3 ECTS

Advanced R programming. Course code: PFG0059: February 6 to February 21. Course leader Chandra Krishnamurthy. 3.5 ECTS

Basic R programming. Course code: PFG0060: January 16- February 2. Course leader: Chandra Krishnamurthy. 4 ECTS

Statistics I: Basic statistics. Course code: PFS0157: February 27 – March 31. Course leader: Wilmer Prentius. 4 ECTS

2022

Communicating Forests and Land-Use Research in Popular Science. Course code: PFS0184. November 7 – January 31 2023. Course leader: Purabi Bose. 4 ECTS.

Monitoring Biodiversity for Science and Conservation. Course code: PFS0182. November 14 – 25. Course leader Navinder Singh. 3 ECTS.

Advanced microscopy course in plant science. Course code: PFS0183. November 28 – December 9. Course leader: Stephane Verger. 3 ECTS

Nordic Dendrochronological Fieldweek. Course code: PFS0180. June 27 – July 2. Course leader: Igor Drobyshev. 7 ECTS

In-depth course in forest regeneration. Course code: PFS0158. June 6 – August 28. Course leader: Mikolaj Lula. 5 ECTS

Watershed ecology and biogeochemistry. Course code: PFS0100. September 15 - 21. Course leader: Hjalmar Laudon. 7.5 ECTS.

Basic R programming. Course code: PFG0060: January 17- February 3. Course leader: Chandra Krishnamurthy. 4 ECTS

Advanced R programming. Course code: PFG0059: February 7 to February 22. Course leader Chandra Krishnamurthy. 3.5 ECTS

Biorefinery Pilot Research. Course code: PFG0061. April 6 – May 20. Course leader: Francesco Gentili. 7.5 ECTS

Light microscopy and sample preparation in plant sciences. Course code: PFS0179 – September 6 – 17. Course leader: Judith Lundberg Felten. 3 ECTS.