Food Preparedness and Total Defence – SLU’s Role in a Changing Global Landscape
From the letter from the dean:
"To say that food supply and crisis preparedness are pressing issues would be something of an understatement. We are living in a time when fuel prices are soaring and access to mineral fertilisers has become a tangible threat to Swedish agriculture. At the same time, the ongoing international crisis has underscored just how vulnerable our society becomes when energy supplies and critical transport systems are disrupted."
We are pleased to report that thirteen applications from researchers at the NJ Faculty have been awarded funding in Formas’ annual call, corresponding to a success rate of 18%. This is certainly something to celebrate!
The full list of funded projects is available on the Formas call webpage.
Link to the call page
Four NJ professors formally installed
On 24 April, the following professors from the NJ Faculty were formally installed:
Jesper Larsson, Professor of agrarian history at the Department of Urban and Rural Development
Brendan McKie, Professor of freshwater ecology at the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment
Levi Yant, Professor of plant genetics at the Department of Plant Biology
Valentin Picasso, Professor of cropping systems at the Department of Plant Production Ecology
Did you miss the inaugural lectures? They will soon be available on each professor’s webpage, where you can also find a short film about each of them.
Learn how to present your research like a star
The national heat of Researchers' Grand Prix
will be held at SciFest in Uppsala on 9 October. And you can participate!
In the Researchers' Grand Prix, you will present
your research in the most captivating, inspiring, and educational way possible
– in just four minutes! Researchers and PhD students from all over Sweden
can participate in the national heat. Accommodation and travel expenses to
Uppsala will be covered. You will receive professional coaching throughout the
process, which will undoubtedly help you to develop your skills!
In the picture you see Laura García Romañach, doctoral Student at the Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, received full marks
from the jury at last year's Researchers' Grand Prix. Photo: Anna Lundmark
Reka Saray is leading a photosynthesis workshop. Photo: Anna Lundmark
Sign up for SciFest!
Taking place from 8–10 October, SciFest is your chance
to showcase your research or environmental monitoring and assessment in an
interactive way. This popular science festival is held at Fyrishov in Uppsala
and is organised by SLU in collaboration with Uppsala University. The festival
is aimed at schools and the public.
The focus is on meeting researchers and taking part in
exciting activities. These might include experiments, competitions, or looking
at tiny things under a microscope. There is plenty of scope for creativity
here.
In the faculty's newsletter you can read about current events relevant to you who are an employee at the
Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences. Faculty director Pär Aronsson
is responsible for the content. The newsletter is produced in cooperation with Division of Communication.
The newsletters are usually issued in connection with faculty board meetings.
Now you can easily receive news articles directly to Outlook – you can receive an email as soon as a news has been published on the staff web about news regarding the faculty.
