SLU Global

SLU Global is a unit at the Division of Planning and Research Support that supports SLU’s work for global development.

News

New collaboration underway between Sweden and Zambia

A prospective Sida-funded collaboration between Swedish universities and the University of Zambia (UNZA) is underway. SLU will work in a thematic research subprogramme on climate change and in a support subprogramme on supervision and mentorship.

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BLOG POST

From Afghanistan to MSU and GCUA 2030

In this reflection, GCUA 2030 student Latifa Salangi shares her powerful academic and personal journey from Afghanistan to MSU, illustrating how GCUA's Agenda 2030 course has helped her connect the SDGs to lived experience, responsibility, and the realities of inequality, conflict, and resilience.

Four persons standing round bags of edible insects

AgriFoSe2030

The AgriFoSe2030 programme targets the UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 - "End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture" in low-income contexts. We synthesise and translate existing science into policy and practice, and develop capacity to achieve this.

Global news

  • 2026-01-19

    We congratulate the prize laureates in GCUA 2030 award 2025!

    GCUA 2030 proudly presents the four prize laureates in GCUA 2030 award 2025. Below you find motivations for all four prize laureates; Said Rodriguez-Romero and Vanesa Gutiérrez-Chavéz, UAQ, Yue Zhu, BFU, and Sendibitiyosi Gandidzanwa, NMU.
  • 2026-01-16

    New collaboration underway between Sweden and Zambia

    This week, SLU staff from SLU Global, Unit for Educational Development (EPU) and Dept of Soil and Environment are in Lusaka to finalize the proposal for a prospective Sida-funded collaboration between Swedish universities and the University of Zambia (UNZA).
  • 2026-01-08

    New podcast about how control of farmland can drive the rise of authoritarian politics

    The podcast 'Fields of Power' explores how ownership of agricultural land shapes democracy and how the loss of this land can lead to authoritarian politics. While rooted in Hungary, the story speaks to broader global patterns of power, inequality, democratic erosion and the rise of the far right.
  • 2026-01-08

    New species discovered: One of the world's smallest mammals

    A new tiny shrew has been discovered in Ethiopia. The new species weighs 3 grams and is described in a study co-authored by a researcher at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). The story behind the discovery spans a decade and includes the unexpected passing of a researcher.

Global calendar - internal and external events

Pastoralist herding goats

International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists

The UN has declared 2026 the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP). Discover SLU's ongoing projects and opportunities for cooperation in support of the IYRP.

World map for co-publications

Interactive world map over SLU co-publishing for SLU and researchers based in countries all over the world. Explore and see the publications by clicking on a specific country.

SLU Global blogs

Here you will find blog posts from students, researchers and others connected to SLU. The blog has a focus on themes related to low- and middle income countries.
Some major programmes

GCUA 2030

Global Challenges University Alliance is a network of universities with a common vision of contributing to a global sustainable world.

SLU Youth Institute

The SLU Youth Institute is a unique and inspiring challenge for high school students in collaboration with the World Food Prize Foundation. The goal is to create interest in the world's global issues with an extra focus on the UN's Sustainable Development Goal number 2 - Zero Hunger.