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Department of People and Society

We research and teach environmental psychology, business management and advisory services. The focus of the department is on the human environment as a place for work, economic activities, health and well-being. The basic assumption is that health and well-being is a major force for a positive development of society, including business and management.

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IMS's Kick-Off meeting

A new academic year, new efforts, new energy! IMS's kick-off meeting 19–20 August saw almost the entire department gathered in Alnarp, including our staff members from campus Skara and campus Ultuna. Inspiring and informative!

New projects, new staff

The Business Management Group brings together more than 15 ongoing research projects and over 30 staff – all described in our recent booklet. Click to read!

SLU Multisensory outdoor laboratory - Sensola

The purpose of Sensola is to develop and conduct innovative research on the human-environment interaction, with a particular focus on portable sensors and studies in actual outdoor environments. Since 2019, the development of the laboratory is financed as a SLU research infrastructure project.

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Podcast: Humanland

A podcast supported by the Department of People and Society at SLU Alnarp, produced by the SLU environmental psychology alumni network. We explore topics related to outdoor environments for health and wellbeing with experts in the field and apply an environmental psychology perspective to understand people and planetary health.

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New employee: Samuel Bäckelin

Agricultural politics, agricultural economics research and active farmers – how are these things connected? Our new colleague, Samuel Bäckelin, is particularly interested in this from his background within economics and agricultural politics from universities ni Germany as well as Belgium. Read more (in Swedish).

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New employee: Emil Åkesson

Welcome, Emil Åkesson, project leader in Swedish Centre for Agricultural Business Management (KCF). Master of Science in Engineering Physics and PhD from Lund University, and involved in the green industries. Read more (in Swedish).

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Published: 22 August 2024 - Page editor: mats.gyllin@slu.se
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