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Present your thesis at ELLS Scientific Student Conference in Hohenheim!

Present your thesis at the annual Scientific Student Conference in Hohenheim (Stuttgart, Germany), November 11-12. As a SLU student you have the opportunity to participate - a unique chance to share...

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Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus free for SLU students

As a student at SLU you can download and install the Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus for free.

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Women’s cattle ownership in Botswana. Rebranding gender relations?

Are women able to benefit from their cattle ownership? A recent study by SLU researcher Andrea Petitt shows how they can do it.

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Application process for admission to FA:s PhD course has now opened!

Future Agriculture invites PhD students to apply for the course Interdisciplinary research in practice: exploring future agriculture and land use that will be held in autumn 2016.

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More energy-efficient equipment to reduce SLU’s climate impact

The time has come for the second round of disbursements from the SLU climate fund, and two projects have been granted funding. More energy-efficient procedures for cooling electron microscopes and...

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Paper on planning and global challenges from FUSE researchers published

The paper "Evergreen issues of planning? Learning from history for sustainable urban-rural systems landscapes", published in European Journal of Spatial Development discusses historical references in...

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Book chapter on Urban Agriculture published

A result of the COST Action Urban Agriculture is the book "Urban Agriculture Europe. Cooperation between a FUSE researcher and a colleague in Spain has resulted in the book ...

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Can I Get That With Extra GMO?

The Wall Street Journal

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The Mongolian Ambassador visits SLU

On 28 April, the Mongolian Ambassador for Sweden, H. E. Mr. Zorig Altai, visits SLU Ultuna.

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Predatory fish can reduce eutrophication effects

Management measures that favour predatory fish, for example cod, can decrease eutrophication effects in coastal areas. This is the main conclusion of a new study reviewing over 50 experimental studies...

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Finnish and Swedish researchers join forces in uneven-aged forest research

A group of researchers from Future Forests and Luke met in mid-April for a two-day workshop in Tuusula outside Helsinki in Finland. Their target: to update the state-of-the-art science in uneven-aged...

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Predatory fish can reduce eutrophication effects

Management measures that favour predatory fish, for example cod, can decrease eutrophication effects in coastal areas. This is the main conclusion of a new study reviewing over 50 experimental studies...

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Support biological control of aphids by supporting spiders and carabids in...

Ground dwelling predators, such as ground beetles and spiders, help to control aphids and other pests in agriculture. And the more species there are of such natural enemies in a field, the more stable...

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Matologi 2016 is in the making, do you want to participate?

After the great success of last years ”Matologi” in Stockholm, SLU will organize two events in 2016. We are now looking for researchers and PhD-students interested in participation in the events to...

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Support biological control of aphids by supporting spiders and carabids in...

Ground dwelling predators, such as ground beetles and spiders, help to control aphids and other pests in agriculture. And the more species there are of such natural enemies in a field, the more stable...

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Cell death can be the key to understand life

Peter Bozhkov has been installed as professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology.

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AgriFoSe2030 researcher visit home gardens in Sri Lanka

Eskil Mattson, PhD at the Centre for Environment and Sustainability (joint centre by Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg)  – travelled to central Sri Lanka in April. He...

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Stewardship towards Responsible Management of Pesticides: the case of...

Research by Tadesse Amera, PhD student at the Department of Urban and Rural Development

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Planning in the context of weak planning institutions and lack of resources...

Research by PhD student Paola Ledo from the Department of Urban and Rural Development, SLU

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Future Forest acknowledged internationally for its interdisciplinary and...

The largest forest research programme in Sweden – Future Forests – is on the home straight.

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