Contact
Åsa Lankinen, Coordinator Spira
asa.lankinen@slu.se
SPIRA courses
Last changed: 28 March 2025
Here you will find courses within SPIRA. Upcoming courses are announced via the web and by email to doktorand-LTV.
Courses 2025
PLS0064 Basic Statistics (basic course)
Credits: 4
Course dates: 21 April - 7 May 2025
Course syllabus
Apply to course no later than 6 April. Contact: Adam Flöhr
P000073 Cropping Systems Diversification
Credits: 5
Course dates: 15 April - 15 June 2025
Course syllabus
Apply no later than 15 April 2025. Contact: Raj Chongtham
P000074 Introductory course Research Design in Landscape Architecture
Credits: 5
Course dates: 22 April - 4 June
Course syllabus
Apply no later than 11 April by sending an email to the course leader. Contact: Åsa Ahrland
P000097 Researching Landscape Governance and Management Architecture
Credits: 5
Course dates: 5 May - 20 June
Course syllabus
Apply no later than 1 March by sending an email to the course leader. Contact: Thomas Randrup
P000126 Global policies and legal frameworks for research education and innovation with plant genetic resources
Credits: 3
Course dates: 15 - 19 September 2025
Course syllabus
Apply no later than 15 August by sending an email to the course leader. Contact: Dennis Eriksson
P000083 Introductory course for PhD students
Credits: 1.5
Course dates: 22 - 26 September 2025
Course syllabus
Apply by sending an email no later than 8 September to the course leader. Contact: Petra Thorpert
P000127 Equitation Science
Credits: 4
Course dates: Autumn 2025
Course syllabus
Apply by sending an email to the course leader. Contact: Maria Vilain Rörvang
PLS0086 GC-MS Analysis of Volatiles
Credits: 3
Course dates: Autumn 2025, to be decided
Course syllabus
Apply to course at Lund University's website. Application period in May. Contact: Björn Bohman
PLS0085 Common Microscopy Methods in Biological Research
Credits: 3
Course dates: Autumn 2025, to be decided
Course syllabus
Apply to course at Lund University's website. Application period in May. Contact: Salla Marttila
Courses 2026
PLS0078 Advanced Landscape Theory
Credits: 15
Course dates: 19 January - 23 March 2026
Course syllabus
Apply by sending an email to the course leader no later than 15 October 2025. Contact: Patrik Olsson
P000111 Visualization of Research within Landscape Architecture and Environmental Psychology
Credits: 5
Course dates: 2 March - 31 May 2026
Course syllabus
Apply by sending an email to the course leader no later than 26 February. Contact: Anna Bengtsson
P000125 Transdisciplinary strategies for nature-based solutions: advancing sustainable farming with a focus on the Global South
Credits: 3
Course dates: June 2026
Course syllabus
Apply at the latest 31 December 2025 by sending an email to the course leader. Contact: Anna Manourova
Individual course syllabuses at the LTV faculty
Course syllabuses for individual courses at the LTV-faculty:
Introduction paper, 10 credits
Individual subject course, variable - max 15 credits
Seminar series, 3 credits (Seminar series in Horticum is currently given, course leader: Li-Hua Zhu.)
Conferences, 3 credits
SLU courses
Search for courses at PhD level at SLU in the course database.
NOVA courses
NOVA University Network offers a number of PhD courses each year.
Doctoral students can apply for travel grants and also stipends from external donors.
If you are interested in organising a NOVA PhD course, aplications can be made continously. Application guidelines SLU NOVA.
Postgraduate Courses in the Life Sciences
One-week life science courses during the autumn in collaboration with Lund University, http://www.cmps.lu.se/life-sciences/
Application is in May through their webbsite.
Courses at CEC, Lund University
Courses given at three research schools at Centre of Environmental and Climate Research at Lund University are open for PhD students at SLU.
For more information:
Pedagogical courses
POG0059 Teaching in higher education, 4.5 credits. Several times and locations per year, more information see courses & seminars.
POG0076 Information retrieval and methods for scientific communication, distance course, 3.0 credits. Twice per year; Oct-Nov and March-May, 20% pace. Contact: Camilla Söderquist with application to: bibund@slu.se
POG0077 Leading organisations, projects and processes, 3.0 credits. Sep-Nov, three meetings. Given in Uppsala, possible to follow as a distance course. Contact: Lotta Jäderlund, Apply for course
POG0079 Cross-disciplinary perspectives, 2.0 credits. Distance and in Uppsala, Oct-Nov, three meetings. Contact: Carin Martiin, Apply for course
Travel grants and stipends
Doctoral students can apply for travel grants and also stipends from external donors.