SLU Global

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

Collaborations with Ukraine

SLU has a wide range of collaborations with Ukrainian universities and organisations, built on well-established partnerships, and is further strengthening these relations in response to the war.

SLU publications and Agenda 2030

SLU researchers publish scholarly works related to the Sustainable Development Goals. Here you can find publication lists and visualisations outputs for all the goals.

SLU's Global blog

Here you can find blog posts from students, researchers and others connected to SLU. The blog has a focus on themes related to global development.
Read all the blog posts here

Global news

Global calendar - internal and external events

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.
Learn more about the programme

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.

The United Nation's international years related to SLU
Pastoralist herding goats

International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists

Discover SLU's ongoing projects and opportunities for cooperation in support of the IYRP.
Read more here

International Year of the Woman Farmer

Discover some of SLU's research projects in support of the IYWF.
Read more here

The UN international years in 2026

The United Nations designates specific days, weeks, years and decades as occasions to mark particular events or topics to promote and raise awareness and action. The UN has declared 2026 the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) AND the International Year of the Woman Farmer (IYWF). 

Examples of collaborations

GCUA 2030

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