Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

SLU organised and hosted the 26th IUFRO World Congress 2024 (International Union of Forest Research Organisations) on the theme Forest and Society Towards 2050. There were 4,200 participants from 110 countries.

Mission
SLU conducts education, research and environmental monitoring and assessment for Sustainable Life in collaboration with society at large. Through focus on the interaction between humans, animals and ecosystems and the responsible use of natural resources, SLU contributes to sustainable societal development and good living conditions on our planet. Sound basic research is combined with more practical studies to solve concrete problems, not least global issues.

Environmental monitoring
Environmental analysts at SLU use multi-year series with data from environmental monitoring and surveys, e.g. the Swedish National Forest Inventory, which has been ongoing since the early 1920s. SLU’s environmental monitoring and assessment is a world leader in terms of the design of environmental monitoring programmes and in forest inventory methods.

Future platforms
SLU has interdisciplinary platforms addressing future needs and opportunities, e.g. Future Forests, where researchers can collaborate across scientific boundaries and with society’s stakeholders.
Publications

In 2024, around 2,370 articles/reviews were published by SLU. The proportion of scientific articles that are among the 10 per cent most cited in their respective subject areas was slightly over 15 per cent.

Education
SLU offers a wide range of Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral programmes as well as a variety of freestanding courses based on SLUs strengths and profile areas of a bio-based economy and environment, health and quality of life.