Department of Urban and Rural Development

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
Tania Li lecture
Development-imposed harms, differentiated citizenship, and access to redress: Towards a comparative account anni.hoffren@slu.se Division of Rural Development invites you to an public lecture with
EC conference
Approaches to Environmental Communication – Storytelling as, and for, Sustainability anni.hoffren@slu.se Welcome to the Environmental Communication Conference 2025, hosted by the Mistra
Jonathan Riggs
Making the relational village -Revaluing, resituating and reviewing the Asian rural world anni.hoffren@slu.se Welcome to a public lecture with Prof. Jonathan Rigg, hosted by the Division of Rural
Phasing out fossil fuels in agriculture
Phasing out fossil fuels in agriculture futurefood@slu.se Welcome to a panel discussion that explores the possibilities of phasing out fossil fuels in agriculture. What alternatives exist for
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

Presenting the Winners of the Student Design Competition
Malin Almgren and Emma Nygren are the winners of the SLU Urban Futures’ student design competition for their contribution "Becoming Röbäcksdalen". ‘A well-executed work with many dimensions in time

Presenting the Winners of the Student Design Competition
Malin Almgren and Emma Nygren are the winners of the SLU Urban Futures’ student design competition for their contribution "Becoming Röbäcksdalen". ‘A well-executed work with many dimensions in time

Docent lecturer of the year
Docent Lecturer of the year 2023-2024 appointed by the NJ Faculty. The Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences has now named the best Docent lecturer of the year 2023-2024, and the
Film
Film Week - 10th Anniversary anni.hoffren@slu.se The Environmental Communication and Management master's programme warmly invites all students and staff of the Campus Uppsala to a screening of

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