Despite how we are educated in school, with a formal class structure and assessment criteria, most learning happens casually. Just-in-time learning is a concept in adult education that explains how our motivation to understand something derives from its relevance to us. A good way to think about this concretely is Read more…
Systems thinking is an unconventional approach to learning in higher education, but it is CRUCIAL to agroecology. Conventionally, knowledge is broken down into disciplines with theoretical approaches that distinguish one component of a situation from another. Although we live in and work in, on and with a world of systems, Read more…
In the face of rapidly unfolding social and environmental crises, the problems of our time are messier and more complex than ever before. Therefore, as agroecologists we must be prepared to cope with our rapidly changing future. Today’s “wicked problems” (i.e. threats to biodiversity, loss of indigenous knowledge systems, soil Read more…
Here is an overview of the research projects the Agroecology program is contributing in. You can reach more details from the project website or from the professors. It is possible that you conduct your thesis research within any of these projects! NEXTFOOD This EU-project is co-creating the education systems for Read more…
Chuck Francis [Visiting Professor of Agroecology, NMBU, and Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL] Chuck Francis first came to agroecology from an experience during his Master’s in the Philippines, where a tropical cloudburst wiped out his conventionally-planted experiment, while nearby traditional fields survived the storm. He researched maize/bean intercropping in Read more…
Stories from us This section is for sharing your personal stories about anything related to the agroecology program through your early career. Please share things you think will help others navigate the environment as you have experienced it. Experiences with the core course / first semester(s) Experiences with thesis Experiences Read more…
SLU Alnarp – Masters level agroecology courses Course Period Prerequisites Agroecology Basics, 15 credits Sept – Oct 120 credits, incl. 90 credits in Social Science, Natural Science or Technology, and English 6 Agroecology and Sustainability of Production Systems, 15 credits Nov – Mid Jan 120 credits, incl. 90 credits in Read more…
BsC Agroecology courses Course Period Prerequisites Agricultural and Food Production, 10 credits, in Danish Late Aug – Jan None Eurocaryotes: Zoology, 10 credits, in Danish Late Aug – Jan – Eucaryotes: Fungi, Algae and Land Plants, 10 credits, in Danish Late Aug – Jan – Philosophy and Ethics of Science: Read more…
Course Period Prerequisites AGEC Principles of Ecology, 3 credits Jan-Apr Elements of Biochemistry 1, 3 credits AGEC Agroecology, 3 credits Jan-Apr AGEC Project in Agroecology, 6 credits Jan-Apr Genetics, 3 credits Animal Production, 3 credits Crop Production, 3 credits Community Ecology, 3 credit Introduction to Environmental Economics, 3 credits Soils Read more…
The transition to Ecosocialism – Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro (Part 3): Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro makes the case for natural scientists and political philosophers to study each other’s work. He explains that studies of physical environments have ideological implications for society, and social ideas about nature can be dangerous without an ecological Read more…