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.
Call for proposals: management plans for urban forests, parks and green spaces
Would you like to help shape the future of greener, healthier cities? The COST Action network invites municipalities across Europe to submit their management plans for urban forests, parks and green
Futuring in practice – Rosengård's farming project takes the next step
Future work, or futuring, is about imagining and planning for potential future scenarios. But more than defining the most accurate future, it is about creating a common understanding and a common
Masterclass Urban Futuring
catherine.kihlstrom@slu.se Moving towards more sustainable and just cities requires radical change. But current visions of future cities remain dominated by techno-utopias such as ‘smart cities’.
Extreme heat in cities – a growing threat to public health
Rising temperatures in urban areas pose a serious threat to public health – especially for the most heat-sensitive groups in society. During the third webinar in the series “Venue: Urban Landscapes,”
Five projects granted seed funding at SLU Urban Futures
To enhance the urban discourse at SLU and support landscape-oriented urban research, SLU Urban Futures has awarded seed funding to five projects focused on publishing inter- and transdisciplinary
Meet Researcher John Aruta: Climate Change and Mental Health Perspectives from the Global South
Guest Lecture: Climate Change and Mental Health – Perspectives from the Global South catherine.kihlstrom@slu.se Welcome to listen to Dr. John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta is an Associate Professor at De
Veterinary seminar
During a seminar at the National Institute of Veterinary Research (NIVR) in Vietnam in April, SLU researchers Sandra Nohrborg and Ulf Magnusson from the Department of Clinical Sciences, presented
Challenges in restoring Sweden's urban ecosystems
From 2027, Sweden will work according to a national restoration plan for our nature, which includes urban ecosystems. At the webinar Meeting place: Urban ecosystems, organized by SLU Urban Futures
New webinar series: Urban Waterscapes
Two lunch webinar opportunities will be available in June - one about Waterscapes in the biosphere and another about Urban fishing. Welcome to sign-up and participate! The Urban Waterscapes webinar
Combining fishers’ knowledge and monitoring data to understand the status of the blue urban commons in Stockholm City
catherine.kihlstrom@slu.se Waterbodies within cities are often drastically altered by humans through construction, the input of nutrients and hazardous substances, and the introduction of alien
Waterscapes in the biosphere: challenges, opportunities and emerging research themes
catherine.kihlstrom@slu.se Elias Regelin, Johan Hedin, Magnus Pamp from 'Biosfärområde Älvlandskapet Nedre Dalälven' will talk about the biosphere reserve and discuss different perspectives on
Experiments in design, nature, and the built environment - join the International visit with researchers from North Carolina State University
catherine.kihlstrom@slu.se On May 23, SLU Urban Futures will host Dr. James Barnes and Professor Audrey Barnes, who will present some of their shared work on novel urban greening and activation