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News
Lectures by SLU´s new honorary doctors, 2024
Published: 30 September 2024
SLU warmly welcomes everyone interested to attend the lectures held by SLU´s latest honorary doctors on Friday 4 October in Uppsala. The lectures will provide exciting insights into topics ranging from African food markets to northern forests with rich biodiversity. Among the lecturers are also experts on the role of big predators in ecosystems, innovations in agriculture and feeds for dairy cows, as well as a company leader with a strong commitment to sustainability issues. The lectures are open to the public and will be webcast.
The popular science lectures are open to the public and will take place in the Studio (Teaching Building), Almas allé 10, SLU Uppsala, on Friday 4 October.
Outerwear and large bags must be left in the cloakroom. The studio has a limited number of seats, but the lectures are streamed to the adjacent hall. Between each lecture there will be a 10 min pause – the doors are kept closed during the lecture.
The lectures start at 8.50 and finish at 14.40. Two lectures are given in English, four in Swedish, as is evident from the lecture titles below.
Programme
08:50 Welcome address by Vice-Chancellor Maria Knutson Wedel
09:00 Min resa, ett försök att ligga steget före. Mats Karström, Biologist, Honorary doctor of forest sciences
09:40 Does restoring big, fierce predators to food webs restore ecosystems? N. Thompson Hobbs, Professor, Honorary doctor of forest sciences
10:10 Coffee/Tea
10:40 Safe Food, Fair Food: researching wet markets in Africa and Asia. Delia Grace Randolph, Professor, Honorary doctor of veterinary medicine
11:20 Vägen till kons hjärta går genom magarna. Hans Lindberg, Agronomist, Honorary doctor of agricultural sciences
11:50 Lunchpaus
13:30 I gränslandet mellan forskning och företagande. Kenneth Alness, Entrepreneur, Honorary doctor of agricultural sciences
14:10 Nygörande är avgörande. Antonia Ax:son Johnson, Family business owner, Honorary doctor of agricultural sciences
If you cannot attend in person in Uppsala, the lectures will also be webcast (starts on 4 October at 8:50 am). Recorded versions of the lectures will be published after the event.