Spira activities

Page reviewed:  09/02/2026

Here you will find an overview of planned activities such as workshops and seminars arranged by Spira. Upcoming acitivities are also announced via email to doktorand-LTV.

Upcoming acitivities

This autumn, SLU will host a seminar series entitled “Bayesian Data Analysis: From Foundations to Applications.”

The seminar series will mainly focus on applications of Bayesian data analysis in research areas at SLU, including agriculture, forestry, ecology, environmental science, and all other related disciplines. The aim is to highlight how Bayesian methods are used in practice to analyze complex data and quantify uncertainty.

The seminar series will be fully online.

Please save the following dates in your calendar:

28 August
4, 11, 18, and 25 September
2 October

More information about the program, speakers, and access details will be shared later via email and on the Statistics@SLU website.

We hope many of you will be able to join us.

Mohammad Ghorbani

Centre for Statistics

When: In March every year

This day is complementary to the Introductory course in the autumn and will mainly be about obligations and rights of PhD students. You will not get credits for participating on this day, but in case you take the Introductory course you are allowed to skip this part that will also appear on the Introductory course.

Contact Åsa Lankinen asa.lankinen@slu.se for more information.

LTV PhD Day – Tuesday 1 September 2026
Venue: Kulturen, Lund

The last day to register is 21 August.

Programme

Time Programme
09.00 Joint breakfast
09.45 Welcome and introduction
10.00  A hands-on career planning session where you will explore your strengths, motivations and long-term goals and leave with the foundations of your own career plan.
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Inspirational talk: Researcher Maria Hellström shares her experience of securing early-career funding
13.30

The BIG little picture – balancing inspiration and rigour in grant-writing, publishing and research

A workshop with Velocity Hughes, Research Officer at the LTV faculty
15.00 Break
15.30 Guided walk in Lund (approx. 90 min)
18.00 Dinner at Gamla Franska

Please fill in the form below to register for the LTV PhD Day on 1 September 2026.

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Registration Form – LTV PhD Day 2026

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Will you attend the daytime programme (09:00–17:00)?
Will you attend the dinner at Gamla Franska (from 18:00)?
If you are attending the dinner, please choose your main course
If you are attending the dinner, please choose your dessert

Contact coordinator Åsa Lankinen for more information.

Contact

  • Åsa Lankinen, Coordinator Spira
    Department of Plant Protection Biology