Department of Urban and Rural Development
Student design competition in Umeå is now open
The student design competition arranged by SLU Urban Futures, in co-operation with Umeå municipality, has been launched on Canvas. Students in the field of Landscape Architecture and sustainable
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,
Urban Forests - Survey your moves
Urban Forests: Survey your moves – with focus on urban green spaces urbanfutures@slu.se How important are urban forests for physical activity and human health? What can we learn from dog owners?
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
Student design competition in Umeå - opening March 2024
SLU Urban Futures, in co-operation with Umeå municipality, will launch a student design competition in March 2024. Students in the field of Landscape Architecture and sustainable urban development
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
Art exhibition "Life and death" opens with panel discussion
The exhibition "On life and death" opens with panel discussion bib-webbredaktionen@slu.se From the beginning of February and for one month, the mobile art exhibition "On Life and Death" will be on
Managing urban green
Managing urban green - for human health and biodiversity anni.hoffren@slu.se The Division of Landscape Architecture invites you to a higher seminar with Professor Marcus Hedblom. Professor Marcus
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
Raspberry meringue
The competition about next year's flower arrangement at SLU Campus Ultuna is over. The winning entry is "a raspberry dream with hints of licorice". As the darkness of November approaches and the
Urban Forests webinar with Åsa Ode Sang
Urban Forests: Co-producing knowledge on Nature-Based Solutions with municipalities – challenges and opportunities hanna.weiber.post@slu.se Welcome to the next webinar in the Urban Forest series,
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