Our activities

Our activities at the Unit for Collaboration and Development include:

◾Initiating, developing and coordinating ideas, research and development projects in collaboration between SLU, the business sector and other actors in society.

◾Developing and implementing continuing education efforts, courses and guidance

◾Conveying research communication related to societal challenges.

◾Creating and maintaining meeting places and networks

◾Developing, compiling and publishing information, knowledge and opinions and participating in the public debate

◾Initiating and supporting degree projects and students' interaction with business and society at large

◾Promoting collaboration within SLU and other universities

◾Initiating and supporting work with external funding

◾Monitoring and analysing developments abroad related to SLU's sectors

The unit’s activities

Our activities at the Unit for Collaboration and Development include

◾ Training for professionals – offer skills development for professionals based on SLU’s research and development areas 

◾SLU Partnership Alnarp – a regional meeting place between SLU, the business sector and society with a focus on the future of the agricultural industries

◾SLU Urban Futures – is a strategic platform that develops and strengthens interdisciplinary research, education and collaboration in the field of sustainable urban development

◾SSEC – is a network working for sustainable food production and better habitats

◾The Movium Think Tank – a national centre for the city's outdoor environment for practitioners where work on urban development is based on metropolitan life

◾Partnership Horticulture – a national networking platform to stimulate growth in the horticulture industry.

The unit also heads a number of major collaborative projects.

The projects often include several of the faculty’s organisations and are carried out in collaboration with external actors.