Subject areas
Environmental psychology
The Environmental Psychology Group works with both basic and applied research, with regard to the function of outdoor environments and their importance for well-being, quality of life and health.
Business management
Within the subject area of business management, we develop knowledge and increase awareness of economically, socially and ecologically sustainable operations and systems.
Educations
Undergraduate and postgraduate education
At the department, we teach both undergraduate and master's level programs, as well as courses, both within programs and independent ones.
Sensola
SLU Multisensory Outdoor Laboratory, Sensola, is a laboratory where we develop knowledge about human-environment interaction.
About the Departement
Our activities are focused on health, environment, entrepreneurship and work, where people in their living environment are the focus.
SLU Landscape
A cross-institutional platform for collaboration and joint profiling of the landscape subject within SLU. We are one of the largest environments for research and teaching in landscape architecture in Europe.
Research
Research projects
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Business Boost Agriculture - Beef & Lamb
Over a period of two years, a new concept for business analysis called Företagslyft Lantbruk – nöt & lamm (Business Boost Agriculture – Beef & Lamb) will be tested, evaluated, and improved in a pilot-project involving collaboration between farmers, advisors, and researchers. -
Sustainable encounters in large preschool playgrounds
The study examines what the general trend in preschools towards larger two-storey buildings implies for children's social lives, activity and encounters with nature in the preschool playground. -
Sustainable Urban Play Environments
Studies with groups of children in play environments have been carried out in three municipalities to investigate how children's play is affected when different physical and digital play materials are installed in nature-rich environments.
Research groups
News
News
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Food is a social lubricant
Most people now live in cities, and the taste preferences of city residents tend to determine which foods are in demand. This is why the city is key to ensuring a sustainable food supply, writes Håkan Jönsson, coordinator of the Food and Cities initiative at SLU. -
Sun, soil and synergy – the potential of agrivoltaics in a changing landscape
How can solar panels and agriculture coexist – and even benefit one another? That question was at the center of the webinar “Agrivoltaics: Frontiers and opportunities for new research”, part of SLU’s Climate Conversations series on future climate solutions. -
Digital twins, analog practices and posthumanism at this year's Landscape Days
About fifty employees from SLU's departments of Urban and Rural Development, People and Society and Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management gathered in October at SLU Ultuna for a 24 hour conversation and inspiration about future landscape practices. -
SLU Landscape Days explore more-than-human landscapes
During a panel discussion at this year’s SLU Landscape Days, researchers and practitioners came together to discuss what it means to think and live in “more-than-human” landscapes - places where humans, animals, plants, and other materials are deeply entangled. -
When water redraws the map – challenges and opportunities for future outdoor urban spaces
Water shapes our landscapes in profound ways, especially as climate change intensifies risks and drives innovative solutions. In the latest webinar of the Mötesplats: Urban landskap series, researchers and practitioners discussed how water management is transforming urban environments.