Facts
Time: 2011-03-02 17:00
City: Uppsala
Location: Uppsala
Organiser: Focus on Soils and Water
Last signup date: 12 December 2010
Additional info:
City: Uppsala
Location: Uppsala
Organiser: Focus on Soils and Water
Last signup date: 12 December 2010
Additional info:
Course content
The course consists of two parts:
1. A workshop at Ultuna (SLU, Uppsala) will be held between February 14-18, 2011 with international leading scientists in the research area.
2. Literature group meetings (half-day) will take place between January 26 and March 2, 2011. Selected research and review papers will be discussed as well as student oral or poster presentations:
1. Three meetings prior the workshop: 26/01, 2/02, 9/02
2. One after the workshop: 02/03
Short schedule for the workshop:
Monday: February 14
Short Introduction (Anke Herrmann)
Soil system sciences at various spatial scales (Sara Hallin, Naoise Nunan)
Tuesday/Wednesday: February 15-16
Soil interactions in the natural soil habitat: Technical advances (Iain Young, Claire Chenu, Anke Herrmann, Ingmar Persson)
Wednesday/Thursday: February 16-17
Importance of soil system sciences for ecosystem services (Karl Ritz, Iain Young, Nicholas Jarvis, Jon-Petter Gustafson)
Friday: February 18
The challenges and future for soil system sciences: summary and panel discussion with all lecturers
A detailed course schedule will be available later in November / December 2010.