Department of People and Society
International symposium at Alnarp about managing public spaces
June 3–5, the subject group Landscape governance and management at SLU organizes an international symposium on management of the public spaces, which is aimed at researchers as well as practitioners.
Urban forests: Governance & Management of Urban Forests
Governance & Management of Urban Forests - introducing Nature-based Thinking urbanfutures@slu.se The concept of Nature-based Thinking embodies the perspective of nature with people, rather than
New forms of collaboration and learning are being tested in Malmö
At the Botildenborg site, situated on the outskirts of Rosengård in Malmö, the Botildenborg Foundation operates a farm and meeting place. Here, urban farming converges with a spectrum of social
Professorial inauguration – lectures
Professorial inauguration – lectures helena.pennlov@slu.se On Friday 19 April professors from Alnarp, Umeå and Uppsala will be inaugurated at SLU Ultuna. Illustrations: Fredrik Saarkoppel,
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
Larkdagen 2024
catherine.kihlstrom@slu.se Larkdagen is an industry day with the aim of strengthening cooperation between students, professionals and companies within the field of landscape architecture. Read more
Nobalis
On December 13th the student teams from 5 Nordic and Baltic universities pitched their food and biotechnology related business ideas to an international jury at the NOBALIS Demo Day. The teams have
Urban Health
Webinar: Urban Health – Diverse perspectives on health in urban settings hanna.weiber.post@slu.se How do we define, understand, and relate to health? What tendencies or changes can we observe in
The Human-land podcast
Human Land is now launching three episodes of Series 2, where we aim to explore how environmental psychology could support us in a system change towards healthy societies, with a socio-ecological
More collaboration needed to cool down our cities – heatwaves threatening global health
Climate change is already affecting our lives and our cities with increasingly common and alarming heatwaves. SLU has expertise in landscape planning that can play a vital role in ensuring thermal
Launching: the film about Campus Alnarp
In the new film, you meet some of all the creative people at SLU Campus Alnarp working to solve vital questions. Hear them tell about the significance of the research environments and the place where
Urban Forests - Green & Blue Infrastructure for Urban Health and Well-Being
Green & Blue Infrastructure for Urban Health and Well-Being hanna.weiber.post@slu.se The spring semester's third and last webinar in the series on urban forests, arranged by SLU Urban Futures and