Assumptions and values influence research on agricultural sustainability

Two major scientific fields that are researching sustainability in agriculture, agroecology and sustainable intensification, have produced extensive research bases. However, they rarely acknowledge the limitations of their approaches or engage with each other. This lack of reflection and dialogue might hamper progress in sustainable agriculture research.

This is the focus of an article published by a group of five SLU researchers in Nature Sustainability: Progress towards sustainable agriculture hampered by siloed scientific discourses. 

In this lunch webinar, Helena Röcklingsberg, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Applied Animal Science and Welfare, and Riccardo Bommarco, Professor at the Department of Ecology, will present the analysis and share their experiences of interdisciplinary work.

More about the article

A longer news items about the analysis and publication can be found here: Assumptions and values influence research on agricultural sustainability (SLU news 2 December 2024)

Linc to the articel in Nature Sustainability

An output of the Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) at SLU

The five authors of the article, Klara Fischer, Giulia Vico, Helena Röcklinsberg, Hans Liljenström and Riccardo Bommarco, together formed one of the two  groups of the Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) at SLU 2022-2023.

Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) at SLU was established in 2022 by the NJ Faculty and SLU Future Food to create a long-term structure for developing multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research at SLU. Inspired by the Pufendorf Institute at Lund University and with experiences from the Future Lab at SLU, IDA aims to enhance interest in interdisciplinary research at SLU, strengthen the ability to approach research questions from multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, and facilitate collaborations between SLU’s various departments within the scope of multi- and interdisciplinary initiatives.

Other lunch webinars about interdisciplinarity

This lunch webinar is part of an open webinar series organised by SLU Future Food, aimed at everyone who wants to increase their knowledge and insights about interdisciplinary work. 

More about the webinar series, upcoming events and recordings of previous webinars can be found here