News https://internt.slu.se/en/news/ Nominering valberedning Don't forget to make your nomination by Friday 22 March! https://internt.slu.se/en/news-originals/2024/3/nominering-valberedning/ 716410 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:42:05 +0100 Nytt om Nät 2.0 Now it's progressing in two main areas: Planning & Installation and Technical Implementation in the project Network 2.0 https://internt.slu.se/en/news-originals/2024/3/nytt-om-nat-2.0/ 714481 Fri, 08 Mar 2024 11:26:51 +0100 Orolig värld It is with sadness that we take note of a worsening conflict situation in both Ukraine and the Middle East. War is devastating, and our thoughts go out to those affected. https://internt.slu.se/en/news-originals/2024/3/orolig-varld/ 714037 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:25:48 +0100 Bridging disciplines through Urban Healthscapes Urban Healthscapes is a useful concept to facilitate interdisciplinary research on health issues in urban settings. This was one of the key messages from a recent webinar arranged in collaboration between the research platforms SLU Future One Health and SLU Urban Futures. https://internt.slu.se/en/news-originals/2024/3/bridging-disciplines-through-urban-healthscapes/ 713423 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 15:46:30 +0100 Sverige nyckelaktör i europeiskt vinprojekt Climate change, disease and price increases in plant protection are some of the challenges wine producers will face in the future. Researchers now want to equip growers for a warmer and drier climate, and the solution can be found in Sweden. Therefore, researchers from nations with a long tradition in wine, such as France, Germany and Chile are collaborating with SLU. https://internt.slu.se/en/news-originals/2024/2/sverige-nyckelaktor-i-europeiskt-vinprojekt/ 712395 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:29:15 +0100 Cow urine scent halted malaria's progress In a new scientific paper in the journal BMC Medicine, a research team from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) describes how scent from cow urine helped reduce the spread of malaria in the village of Magge in southern Ethiopia by 60 percent. The traps tested in the study were prepared with a synthetic scent of fresh cow urine that attracts different types of mosquitoes, which use the urine as a kind of energy drink. https://internt.slu.se/en/news-originals/2024/2/cow-urine-scent-halted-malarias-progress/ 711610 Tue, 27 Feb 2024 10:31:39 +0100 Student design competition in Umeå - opening March 2024 SLU Urban Futures, in co-operation with Umeå municipality, will launch a student design competition in March 2024. Students in the field of Landscape Architecture and sustainable urban development will be given the opportunity to design processes of co-producing a multivalent urban landscape – shaping a unique urban setting of Umeå’s future. https://internt.slu.se/en/news-originals/2024/2/student-design-competition-in-umea----opening-march-2024/ 711730 Wed, 06 Mar 2024 10:24:02 +0100 Unique landscape experiment for sustainable food production and biodiversity The Kamprad family's foundation finances a new project at the Swedish University of Agriculture's research facility,Lövsta outside Uppsala. The project focuses on the reintegration of crop production and grazing animals in the same agricultural landscape and is unique in its kind as it includes both animals and crop production in the same landscape experiment. The results will contribute to the development of sustainable production of crops, milk and meat in a way that promotes both biodiversity, soil fertility, an attractive environment for people and a resilient agricultural system. The project is connected to the knowledge center SustAinimal and in run in collaboration with RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden). https://internt.slu.se/en/news-originals/2024/2/unique-landscape-experiment-for-sustainable-food-production-and-biodiversity/ 711205 Sun, 18 Feb 2024 11:08:40 +0100 korta kurser Eng SLU is one of nine higher education institutions that have been part of a government initiative to develop a range of short courses in the areas of battery, technology and green transition. The courses will be aimed at professionals who want to further their education or change careers. https://internt.slu.se/en/news-originals/2024/2/korta-kurser-eng/ 710660 Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:33:51 +0100 Mark Wales disputation Doctoral thesis: Adolescent outdoor life and well-being https://internt.slu.se/en/news-originals/2024/2/mark-wales-disputation/ 709926 Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:51:19 +0100 Research projects on intermodal passenger transport systems are granted support by The Swedish Energy System The Swedish Energy System has decided to grant support in the form of grants to SLU and Lund University for implementation of the project "Connecting the dots - intermodality and resilience in future sustainable travel: Risks, trade-offs and responsibilities" https://internt.slu.se/en/news-originals/2024/2/research-projects-on-intermodal-passenger-transport-systems-are-granted-support-by-the-swedish-energy-system/ 709810 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:12:19 +0100 SLU Future One Health's open calls 2024 SLU Future One Health provides funding to stimulate and strengthen SLU's interdisciplinary expertise in the field of One Health. These two calls are open to all researchers at SLU and close on 22 March 2024. Welcome to apply! https://internt.slu.se/en/news-originals/2024/1/slu-future-one-healths-open-calls-2024/ 703334 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 13:45:50 +0100 A new group is consolidating all infrastructure projects in Alnarp. Over the coming years, several major projects will impact the physical campus environment in various ways. For better management and coordination of these projects, SLU and Akademiska hus have formed a joint working group. https://internt.slu.se/en/news-originals/2024/1/a-new-group-is-consolidating-all-infrastructure-projects-in-alnarp/ 703309 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:02:16 +0100 New European project: ARCADIA(2) ARCADIA-projektet syftar till att stimulera transformativ anpassning med hjälp av naturbaserade lösningar över europeiska regioner och ge stöd vid utformning av konsekventa regionala blågröna infrastrukturnätverk. https://internt.slu.se/en/news-originals/2024/1/new-european-project-arcadia22/ 703106 Mon, 22 Jan 2024 14:22:08 +0100 New European project: ARCADIA The UGPplus project focuses on Urban Greening Plans as a forward-looking, systemic, integrated, and inclusive planning framework capable of realising lasting impacts in bending the curve on biodiversity loss. https://internt.slu.se/en/news-originals/2024/1/new-european-project-arcadia2/ 703054 Mon, 22 Jan 2024 14:34:52 +0100 Wise Inputs on the Consultation for the Western Node Numerous comments have been received regarding the proposal for the development of the Western Node, which has been under consultation. All comments, ideas, and thoughts have now been taken into consideration and analysed, and the work is progressing to the next stage in the process. https://internt.slu.se/en/news-originals/2024/1/wise-inputs-on-the-consultation-for-the-western-node/ 702549 Thu, 18 Jan 2024 08:24:57 +0100 Advertisement Vice-Chancellor collaboration duties Eligible applicants are permanent employees at SLU with experience in collaboration with stakeholders, a good ability to communicate in Swedish and English, and who have been appointed as docent or senior environmental analysis specialist. The advertisement is only available in Swedish . https://internt.slu.se/en/news-originals/2024/1/advertisement-vice-chancellor-collaboration-duties/ 697486 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:46:43 +0100