Doctoral education
A programme consisting of four years' full-time study and 240 credits, which leads to a doctorate. A licentiate degree consists of 120 credits and two years' full-time study. In order to be accepted for doctoral studies, you must have completed basic university education, with at least one year at second-cycle level. A doctoral student gains a deeper insight into their subject in their doctoral studies. A doctoral thesis constitutes at least 120 credits of doctoral studies (80 for a licentiate degree).
Diss Birgitta Staaf Larsson
Can more animal-based parameters improve the official animal welfare control for dairy cows? sofia.webering.ekberg@slu.se Birgitta Staaf Larsson defends her thesis: Can more animal-based parameters
Diss Ida Hansson
Prospects for including indirect genetic effects in dairy cattle breeding programs - monitoring strategies and methodology sofia.webering.ekberg@slu.se Ida Hansson defends her thesis: Prospects for
Dissertation Ellinor Ramberg
Effectiveness of prescribed burning as a conservation tool in boreal forests : the role of time, weather and site attributes charlotta.bergstrom@slu.se Ellinor Ramberg defends her thesis "
Dissertation Jacob Smeds
Peat properties and mercury methylation in drained and restored boreal peatlands charlotta.bergstrom@slu.se Jacob Smeds defends his thesis "Peat properties and mercury methylation in drained and

Small but mighty – nitrogen fertilisation affects (some) microbial communities in boreal forests
Microbes like bacteria and fungi are all around us, yet we rarely notice them. Tinkara Bizjak-Johansson studied microbial communities in boreal forests and showed that fertilisation shifts fungal
South African forestry – open seminar
South African forestry – open seminar dimitris.athanassiadis@slu.se Warmly welcome to a seminar on forests and forest operations in South Africa! Mueḓanyi Ramantswana, PhD, Lecturer and Forestry
Statistics I: Basic Statistics
Statistics I: Basic Statistics felix.ecker@slu.se The course is given in Uppsala September 29th - October 28th. The objective of the course is to give an introduction to basic probability theory
Licentiate seminar Ester Hertegård
Forest ecosystem services in Europe: policy and perceptions charlotta.bergstrom@slu.se Ester Hertegård defends her thesis "Forest ecosystem services in Europe : policy and perceptions" on June 9
Dissertation Léna Gozé
Making better use of sample data: estimation of plant abundance and associated uncertainties charlotta.bergstrom@slu.se Léna Gozé defends xer thesis "Making better use of sample data: estimation of
Bio-based Adhesives: Chemistry, Performance and Applications
PhD course: Bio-based Adhesives: Chemistry, Performance and Applications dimitris.athanassiadis@slu.se Historically, adhesives were sourced from natural materials, but by the 20th century, they
PhD course: Behavioural Environmental Economics Course 2025
PhD course: Behavioural Environmental Economics Course 2025, 7.5 ECTS dimitris.athanassiadis@slu.se The course aims to provide understanding of topics in environmental and resource economics from a
Diss Karolin Andersson
Governing agriculture, (re)producing gender Continuity and change of social difference amidst Rwanda’s socio-ecological transformation charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Karolin Andersson defends her