SLU Urban Futures

Train the trainers 2

Train the trainers futurefood@slu.se Train the trainers is back! This fall we offer two sessions on how to host interdisciplinary conversations. The first session on October 10th is focused on the

Train the trainers 1

Train the trainers futurefood@slu.se Train the trainers is back! This fall we offer two sessions on how to host interdisciplinary conversations. The first session on October 10th is focused on the

From Planning to Action: Building the Future of Urban Forestry

In a recent Makeathon organized in Malmö under the COST Action European Network for the Integrative Approach of Urban Forestry (INTUF), researchers and urban forestry experts came together to design

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’.

The book Prototypa! – now available in English

The book "Prototyping! Building places together" is now available in English to download as a pdf. This book was published in Swedish in 2023 on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Gothenburg,

IDA grantees 2025-2026

The fourth round of the Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) at SLU starts on September 1, 2025. Two groups of five researchers each will spend eight months delving into and exploring interdisciplinary

New book explores the interface between landscape and planning

From floods in New Orleans to forest fires in Västmanland. In a new book, researchers from a range of disciplines come together to examine how contemporary social and environmental changes are

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