https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/ SLU has granted Erasmus+ scholarships to two staff members from Sumy National Agrarian University, strengthening academic collaboration despite the ongoing challenges following Russia’s full-scale invasion in Ukraine. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/alla-livet-i-landetartiklar/ukrainian-researchers/ 845498 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:25:56 +0200 Many find freedom in the forest. Emanuel Erlandsson finds it in teaching; something he’s done a lot of during his time at SLU. But if it hadn’t been for military service, he might have ended up in the media business instead. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/folk-i-farten---eng/emanuel-erlandsson/ 845233 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:33:38 +0200 Julia Aldberg’s journey has been different, in terms of geography and work. From Germany out into the world, from academia to industry and back again. Now she’s found her place as a researcher and a teacher, where interacting with students is what she likes most. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/folk-i-farten---eng/julia-aldberg/ 844973 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:24:26 +0200 He’s come all the way from Pittsburgh to Alnarp. Now, programme director of studies Patrick Sherwood wants to perfect the Forest & Landscape programme – and his Swedish. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/folk-i-farten---eng/patrick-sherwood/ 844765 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:00:19 +0200 Maintaining a common thread while continuously improving. Those are the most important tasks for Torgny Lind, who was recently appointed programme director of studies for the forest science programme. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/folk-i-farten---eng/torgny-lind/ 844400 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:26:01 +0200 Why is Erika wearing her uniform at work on April 16? https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/folk-i-farten---eng/hr-and-home-guard/ 790956 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 10:18:13 +0200 London is now home to Emelie Olsson, who has worked for a few years since graduating with a Master of science in agriculture in 2021. Today, she focuses on climate issues and helps companies measure and reduce their emissions. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/folk-i-farten---eng/emelie-olsson-tar-sig-an-varldens-utslapp-med-london-som-bas/ 760118 Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:02:23 +0200 Sara Arvidson is our new director of communications. She has been on-site for just over a month and is currently getting to know SLU. It was a fast start, with her first day involving a meeting with the entire Division of Communications and shortly afterward, the management council. And Sara has plans. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/folk-i-farten---eng/med-passion-for-kommunikation-som-gor-skillnad/ 760491 Thu, 16 Jan 2025 15:29:14 +0200 Students say Matt Low is a teacher they will never forget! Now he has been awarded the Ultuna Student Union's Pedagogical Award. It made his day - and even his whole year. But the award is also important for SLU. Matt believes that teaching gets far too little attention compared to research - even though in many ways it is more important. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/folk-i-farten---eng/everyone-should-have-matt-as-a-teacher/ 760182 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:03:58 +0200 The large seabird colonies in northern Hudson Bay reveal an abundance of fish beneath the surface. However, relatively little is known about these Arctic ecosystems. In the summer of 2024, scientific surveys of the fish populations were conducted here for the first time. Researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) traveled to northeastern Canada, where they used a sailing drone to explore the depths of the sea. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/livet-i-landet---eng/swedish-researchers-set-sail-in-search-of-fish-in-hudson-bay/ 758863 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 08:02:57 +0200 The science festival SciFest in Uppsala attracted almost 7,000 visitors over three days. That’s one way to measure success. But perhaps even more important is the story of the girl who took out her old experiment kit from the closet and made a movie as soon as she got home. SLU's project manager Anna Lundmark reports from SciFest 2024. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/livet-i-landet---eng/pa-scifest-myllrar-det-av-larver-bin-och-ungdomar/ 758648 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:09:33 +0200 Our new updated website, slu.se, will welcome its first visitors in June 2025, but there’s still a lot of work to be done. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/livet-i-landet---eng/falk/ 757134 Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:52:55 +0200 What does a fish veterinarian do and how do you become a soil- and groundwater expert, professional diver or PhD student? At the Baltic Sea Science Center's first career fair, more than 370 high school students learned more about careers and study paths connected to water and oceans. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/livet-i-landet---eng/yrkesmassa-baltic-sea/ 749062 Mon, 19 Aug 2024 08:28:38 +0200 The flowers bloom, the birds return - and SLU researchers compete to guess when the spring flood reaches its peak. Since 2011, a research group in Umeå has engaged in a prestigious wager to figure out when the water masses reach their maximum force. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/livet-i-landet---eng/sign-of-spring-researchers-challenge-each-other-in-predicting-the-annual-flood/ 727723 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:13:49 +0200 Isa Wallin Kihlberg and Erik Karlsson have each been awarded a scholarship through BalticWaters to conduct studies that can contribute to a healthy Baltic Sea. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/livet-i-landet---eng/scholarships_balticsea/ 717551 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 10:49:56 +0200 We would like to say a big thank you to Barbara Bland who is now ending her assignment as expedition leader for IBTS (International Bottom Trawl Survey) on board SLU's research vessel R/V Svea and handing over the assignment to Annelie Hilvarsson. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/livet-i-landet---eng/teamwork-vaderutmaningar-och-sallsynta-fiskfynd--folj-med-pa-bottentralundersokning-i-vasterhavet/ 712346 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 13:40:16 +0200 How research can be improved using data from SLU's environmental monitoring and assessment (EMA) was the topic of a well-attended workshop in December. SLU's EMA, the twelve environmental monitoring and assessment programs and its support organisation were presented, followed by discussions about needs, opportunities and barriers for SLU to become even better at exploiting the synergies between research and EMA. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/livet-i-landet---eng/oppna-data-tillganglig-for-alla/ 701555 Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:24:26 +0200 “Humans are amazing! If you put them in a room and allow them to be who they are, allow them to bring all of themselves, not just their intellectual part, we hear wonderful stories. You never know the consequences of one conversation.” Keri Facer was one of the organizers of an interdisciplinary day at Ullbo. The aim of the day was to discover new kind of conversations about future food and how we use the landscape. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/livet-i-landet---eng/you-never-know-the-consequences-of-one-conversation/ 697151 Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:05:09 +0200 There are many ways to work with research communication towards target groups like municipalities, county administrative boards and other authorities. Colleagues at the Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science (LTV) are sharing their experiences and best tips. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/folk-i-farten---eng/sa-kommunicerar-de-forskning-till-offentlig-sektor/ 693630 Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:18:37 +0200 We talk about plant health in forestry, agriculture, and horticulture, but the different areas are often compartmentalised. To increase cooperation in the field of plant health and plant protection, researchers from all of SLU's locations were invited to a networking meeting in Southern Sweden in October. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/livet-i-landet---eng/vaxthalsa/ 693109 Tue, 17 Oct 2023 15:26:17 +0200 SLU came second in the competition between 17 European universities! https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/alla-livet-i-landetartiklar/biodiversity-challenge/ 688323 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:32:26 +0200 Through various collaborations involving nomadic cattle herders, small-cacao farmers, and young forest entrepreneurs and activists and researchers in different countries in Africa the Department of Forest Economics at SLU assists in combating climate change and infrastructural infringement facing millions of Africans. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/livet-i-landet---eng/africa-eng/ 676069 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 09:26:03 +0200 Since April, Henrik Rönnberg has served as Vice Dean responsible for doctoral education and equal opportunities at VH faculty. When it comes to research matters, Henrik is truly at home with a solid knowledge of clinical research. However, it's a bit different when it comes to equal opportunities. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/folk-i-farten---eng/henrik-ronnberg-eng/ 646359 Tue, 09 Jan 2024 10:21:45 +0200 On around 1200 sq/m of land at Alnarp campus, Alnarp Agroecology Farm grows vegetables and cultivates practical skills in farming in line with principles of agroecology. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/livet-i-landet---eng/agroekologi-eng/ 639276 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 14:21:06 +0200 Grouping SLU researchers in a common field in networks has proven to be an effective way of strengthening SLU’s profile and improving dialogue between stakeholders and researchers. At SLU, 200 to 300 researchers work with plant protection or breeding. They connect with each other and stakeholders or other researchers internationally in the SLU Plant Protection Network and the SLU Breeding Network. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/livet-i-landet---eng/network-for-one-slu/ 635304 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:03:36 +0200 Many of today's challenges require a range of solutions that can only be achieved through interdisciplinary collaborations between different fields of research. One Health Day brought together researchers, doctoral students and other stakeholders for a day in February at Ultuna. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/livet-i-landet---eng/one-health---a-concept-that-concerns-us-all/ 632830 Wed, 08 Mar 2023 08:26:57 +0200 In Sweden it will soon be time again for the tv-show The Great Moose Migration (Den stora älgvandringen). Many viewers, in addition to following the moose via their television, also watch them via the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences's interactive computer system (SLU hereafter) where all research moose with GPS collars can be followed. Today marks 20 years since the researchers started their studies using this method - a technology that has revolutionised research. Read about how it all began. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/livet-i-landet---eng/algvandringen-eng/ 632559 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 12:18:06 +0200 Since 2019, SLU has a broaden organisation for gender equality and equal opportunities (JLV). The proactive work is to a large extent guided by the provisions of the Discrimination Act on preventive work against discrimination, called active measures. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/livet-i-landet---eng/jlv-vh--eng/ 602562 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:45:33 +0200 There are currently two major projects in progress at the VH Faculty, involving some radical changes. Many changes concern the programme offering, and as of January 2019, Johanna Penell from the Department of Clinical Sciences is vice dean with responsibility for the faculty’s programmes and courses. It’s her second stint as vice dean and member of the faculty board. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/folk-i-farten---eng/johanna-penell-eng/ 578005 Mon, 10 Jul 2023 14:54:07 +0200 These days, the red house on a small hill just south of Gothenburg is the part-time home of SLU’s new Vice-Chancellor Maria Knutson Wedel. Paddocks stretch along the road leading from the bus station, and there is a lovely smell of ocean air. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/folk-i-farten---eng/rektor/ 506468 Mon, 10 Jul 2023 14:46:07 +0200 On 1 April, Johan Dicksved, researcher at the Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, became the first vice dean responsible for research infrastructure. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/folk-i-farten---eng/johan-dicksved-eng/ 530084 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:24:52 +0200 “My interest in collaboration, and my absolute conviction of its usefulness, was probably one of the reasons I was asked to take on the role of vice dean. So much of our research wouldn’t be possible without collaboration. It’s the solution to many of our challenges,” says Renée Båge, the new vice dean responsible for collaboration. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/folk-i-farten---eng/renee-bage-eng/ 522347 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:42:08 +0200 Professor Lena Lidfors is the vice dean who returned. Lena has previously had the assignment as vice dean with responsibility for doctoral education and gender equality issues and was now asked again. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/folk-i-farten---eng/lidfors-eng/ 518476 Tue, 09 Jan 2024 10:22:25 +0200 The war in Ukraine has focused on the VH faculty's areas in terms of food supply and the spread of infection, among other things. At the same time, preparations are underway for the expansion of the Veterinary and Veterinary Nursing programmes, which will have its first addition of students already this autumn. The need for recruitment is great at the faculty and the competition for the skills needed is fierce. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/folk-i-farten---eng/rauni-niskanen-eng/ 512078 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:50:10 +0200 As of 1 January, former vice-dean Dirk-Jan de Koning is the new deputy dean at the VH Faculty, with research as his area of responsibility. The role of the deputy dean is not clearly defined, and more broad-ranging than you’d expect. It will change over time and in relation to the role of the vice-deans and will be communicated in cooperation with the dean. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/folk-i-farten---eng/meet-the-new-deputy-dean/ 506363 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:03:58 +0200 In 1879, there was a sports magazine called Sporren dedicated to only all-male sports. Things have changed since then. Among other things, the magazine and 4,000 other printed publications and books at the Veterinary Museum in Skara have been cleared of mould, and the building that stores the collection – the Archive – was recently restored. https://internt.slu.se/en/organisation--styrning/vart-slu-en/articles/livet-i-landet---eng/slus-skatter---nya-tider-i-arkivet/ 502677 Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:32:59 +0200