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 Emil Wikström Lassa
Comparative Pathology of African Swine Fever in Domestic Pigs and Wild Boar - insights from Experimental and Natural Infections sofia.webering.ekberg@slu.se Emil Wikström Lassa defends their thesis
Diss Trang Thi Huyen Le
Improving food safety in Vietnam’s traditional pork supply chain - evaluation of interventions in slaughterhouses and markets through a One Health approach sofia.webering.ekberg@slu.se Trang Thi
Diss Karin Wallin Philippot
In the eye of the reindeer - infectious eye diseases, impact on animal welfare, and herders’ perceptions sofia.webering.ekberg@slu.se Karin Wallin Philippot defends their thesis: In the eye of the
Diss Oscar Liljeström
Separation and destruction of PFAS from groundwater using an on-site treatment train charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Oscar Liljeström defends his thesis "Separation and destruction of PFAS from
Diss Erica Packard
Ectomycorrhizal decomposers– enzymes, ecology, and evolution charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Erica Packard defends her thesis "Ectomycorrhizal decomposers– enzymes, ecology, and evolution" on 29th of May
Diss Hege Sande
The ones that didn’t get away : assessing recreational fisheries and biological impacts in coastal ecosystems charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Hege Sande defends her thesis " The ones that didn’t get away
Diss Miyanda Chilipamushi
The role of oxalate-extractable aluminum and root inputs in carbon storage in Swedish agricultural soils : ‘beyond the average’ charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Miyanda Chilipamushi defends her thesis "
Diss Karin von Greyerz
Climate impacts from beef and dairy production in Sweden. Mitigation potential and multifunctionality charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Karin von Greyerz defends her thesis "Climate impacts from beef and
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Diss Stephanie Casey
DDT in aged, contaminated soils from Swedish forest nurseries - treatment with white-rot fungi charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Stephanie Casey defends her thesis " DDT in aged, contaminated soils from
Diss Linda Marie Backeman Hannius
You reap what you sow - effects of early social environments and genetic line on behaviour and welfare indicators in sow group housing sofia.webering.ekberg@slu.se Linda Marie Backeman Hannius
Diss Denise Söderroos
Physiological response to weight carrying in horses: with emphasis on conformation and training of Icelandic horses sofia.webering.ekberg@slu.se Denise Söderroos defends their thesis: Physiological