Department of People and Society

Urban farming opens up for conversation about the future
What do people in Rosengård think about the future and how can you grow plants indoors in a basement in a good way? Nina Vogel, program director at SLU Urban Futures, is one of the researchers
Docentföreläsningar LTV
Welcome to docent lectures at the LTV faculty internkommunikation@slu.se The lecture will be given in the same language as the title. Click on the title of the lecture for a summary. The lecture
The Goods and Bads of Green Marketing in Food Systems
The Goods and Bads of Green Marketing in Food Systems futurefood@slu.se How are terms like "organic,” “local,” and “eco-friendly” communicated and understood differently? When can green marketing

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