Karin Öhman is a professor of forest planning since 1 June 2018. Her inauguration lecture will be held in Swedish and has the title "Med blicken mot framtiden".
Karin Öhman's research area is forest planning, which deals with information leading to decisions concerning the future development of forests: when, where and how should silviculture and harvesting be applied on a forest holding or in a landscape in order to achieve the objectives of forest management?
One important aim is to develop expertise and tools that can be applied in practice by different types of forest owners to promote sustainable forest management, taking economy as well as natural values and social aspects into consideration.
