Collaboration
Collaboration with the surrounding society plays an important part at SLU. Example given, we have certain external collaboration specialist and an inovation company, SLU Holding. Here is a list of web pagesthat are related to SLU´s many collaboration projects.
Urban farming opens up for conversation about the future
What do people in Rosengård think about the future and how can you grow plants indoors in a basement in a good way? Nina Vogel, program director at SLU Urban Futures, is one of the researchers
SLU Urban Futures joins the Zoöp of Bauhaus of the Sea Sails Malmö
SLU Urban Futures is now part of a new phase for the Bauhaus of the Seas Sails project and the Sea Forum in Malmö. In this new phase, the members of the Sea Forum will start a new form of
New Hub Coordinator in Ultuna
The Future Platform SLU Urban Futures welcomes Daniel Valentini as a new hub coordinator in Ultuna. By strengthening transdisciplinary research and collaboration, in forming networks and new meetings
World Wetlands Day 2025
On the World Wetlands Day 2 February, we celebrate the vital importance of wetlands. This year's theme, Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future, acknowledges their importance for humanity and for
Soil literacy among young people – why does it matter and how can educators deal with it?
markmiljo-webb@slu.se Soil is the foundation of life, yet it is often overlooked in environmental education. As young people become increasingly disconnected from nature, soil literacy provides an
Focus on Forests II: Interdisciplinary Networking for Early Career Researchers
henrik.j.persson@slu.se Workshop for early-career researchers, focused on facilitating networking with other researchers, with a focus on forests and the forest sector. This event for early career
Kirchner
King Carl XVI Gustaf's professorship in environmental science has been awarded to James Kirchner. He is a researcher in the physics of environmental systems in Switzerland and will spend his year as
Basement cultivation for residents in Rosengård
Residents are transforming the empty basements of Sweden's "Million Program" housing into flourishing garden plots in a new initiative by SLU. The project "From Basement to Kitchen" aims to
ELLS 2024
Almost three hundred students from the ELLS universities where gathered for the 2024 ELLS Scientific Student Conference in Wageningen, the Netherlands. Six students were selected to represent SLU
Attracting & Anchoring Inter- and Transdisciplinary Collaboration
On November 5, 2024, SLU’s Future Platforms hosted a workshop at the ITD24 conference in Utrecht, Netherlands, exploring how to foster inter- and transdisciplinary (ID/TD) collaboration. The workshop
The living lab as a pedagogical approach
‘Working with living labs is highly relevant as a pedagogical approach facilitating students practice in transdisciplinary and place-based skills’, says Love Silow, lecturer at the Department of
Strengthening Transdisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Research Through Critical Conversations
On November 6, 2024, eight young researchers—four from SLU Landscape—reunited with SLU Urban Futures PhD course leaders Lisa Diedrich and Andrea Kahn to explore a vital question: How can critical