New Hub Coordinator in Ultuna

Hi Daniel, could you tell us a little bit about yourself and your background?

My educational background is in environmental science, which I chose to study–besides the relevance for working towards sustainability–because of its discipline-spanning character. I’ve furthermore gained practical experience in environmental monitoring, soil and groundwater remediation. In 2024, I received my doctoral degree in landscape planning from SLU and am now fortunate to continue working as a researcher at the Department of Urban and Rural Development.

I’m also involved in coordinating and teaching courses in landscape architecture, supervising students in the landscape architecture, landscape engineering and environmental communication programs. Since 2025, I’m furthermore a member of the LTV faculty board.

Outside of work, I enjoy various forms of physical exercise, woodworking and other crafts. Work and hobbies overlap weekly in my role as coordinator for the Ultuna Bike Kitchen, a repair space, where some volunteers and I assist people to learn how to repair bikes on their own.

What are your assignments at the platform?

Most of my work as hub coordinator relates to representing SLU Urban Futures at the Ultuna campus. I see my core task in establishing and fostering connections between people and projects in and outside of academia around Urban Future’s 'Scapes themes. There is a lot of interesting and important research being conducted at SLU Ultuna that is relevant to better understand and develop urban arenas.

There are also numerous public and private actor groups in the Uppsala region that are conducting inspiring work that can be supported through collaborations with SLU Urban Futures.

Whether it is through establishing contacts, developing joint project proposals, organising workshops or seminars, there are many forms my work can take on and make it exciting.

Which topics or areas engage you the most?

In my role as hub coordinator I would particularly like to lift up a mobilities perspective among the established urban themes. Having researched urban cycling mobilities in my doctoral studies, much of my thinking is shaped by different forms of movement and their meaning in relation to urban environments; a perspective that I am convinced adds even more nuance to the platform’s current work.

I’m furthermore increasingly drawn towards questions of inclusion and exclusion in cycling forms of mobility. These questions include working together with, and for, often invisible cycling groups in policy and popular discourse, such as people with disabilities, or the elderly.

Another topic close to my heart is how experiences of practices considered sustainable, such as cycling or DIY-repair, relate to wider societal changes towards sustainability. Ideally, as a hub coordinator I can combine my current research interests with my broader ambition to better understand, work together with and support diverse societal actors.