Department of Urban and Rural Development

Department of Urban and Rural Development
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Organisation type: 
University
Country: 
Sweden
Short name: 
SOL
Description: 

The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU has a commission to perform environmental monitoring based on society’s needs, as expressed in national environmental targets, international commitments and the overall objective of long-term sustainable development.
The project is to be placed at The Division of Rural Development LAG at the School of Urban and Rural Development SOL, with PI Ildikó Asztalos Morell is stationed. LAG engages in international research, teaching and cooperation on rural development that contributes to scholarship, policy and practice, with focus on rapid transformations caused by economic policies, climate and environmental change, and globalised food systems. A partner is the Department of Rural Entrepreneurship at the Department of Economics with research on Business studies and Economics with application to food, agriculture and natural resources.

International: 
Yes