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SLU Future Food - organisation

Page reviewed:  23/01/2026

SLU Future Food is run by a programme director appointed by the dean of the NJ Faculty. The programme director, together with the programme secretary and the communications officers make up the platform staff.

The platform staff

SLU Future Foods is led operationally by a programme manager appointed by the dean of SLU's Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences (NJ). Together with the programme secretary and two communications officers, the programme manager forms the platform's staff, based at the Ultuna campus. The platform has also several part-time associated persons, including an expert in meal science and a node manager in Alnarp.

The platform staff anc contact information

Steering group

The steering group approves the operational plan and budget proposed by the programme director. The group follows, supports and governs the direction of operations. The steering group and its chair and deputy chair are appointed by the dean of the NJ Faculty. The group’s members are from faculties selected by SLU to partake in operations and are elected for a three-year term.

Members of the steering group for SLU Future Food are:

  • Noel Holmgren, Dean of the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences (NJ) (chair of steering group)
  • Renée Båge, Prorfessor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (VH)
  • Göran Bergkvist, Professor at the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences (NJ)
  • Håkan Schroeder, Research Group Leader at the Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Sciences (LTV)
  • Vilis Brukas, Professor at the Faculty of Forest Sciences (S)

External reference group

SLU Future Food's external reference group helps SLU Future Food achieve its goals and set projects and business goals by participating in the development of the platform's activities.

  • Thomas Bertilsson, Upplandsstiftelsen
  • Linda Jäderskog, the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
  • Åsa Domeij, Axfood
  • Harald Svensson, consultant
  • Helena Brunnkvist, Swedish Food Agency
  • Richard Tellström, ethnologist and food expert at SLU Future Food
  • Ellen Anker-Kofoed, LRF – The Federation of Swedish Farmers 
  • Jan Bertoft, The Swedish Consumers' Association
  • Maria Gardfjell, The Red Cross in Uppsala
  • Elice Fällström, The Swedish Board of Agriculture
  • Lars Ericson, consultant
  • Ulf Sonesson, RISE