Sunrise over Alnarp. Photo: Teresia Borgman

News in brief

• Researcher and entrepreneur at the same time – an important balancing act (in Swedish only): More researchers could work on bringing knowledge to society as entrepreneurs, says innovation advisor Mats Wictorsson, who is interviewed in the podcast Feeding your mind. 
  
  
• With a passion for communication that makes a difference: Meet Sara Arvidson, SLU's new communications director in an interview.
  
  
• New book analyzes the theme of knowledge development in collaboration (in Swedish only): The book "Collaboration for Sustainable Agriculture" aims to provide an overview of the theme of knowledge development in collaboration.
  
  
• Communicating research results with integrity: Research communication is the theme of a paper from the university network LERU (League of European Research Universities (LERU). Openness in research communication, communicating uncertainty and online communication are some areas that receive attention. 
  
  
• Media exposure the most important contact surface for SLU's reputation (in Swedish only): News in the media is SLU's most important contact surface with the public, which has increased in importance during the year. 
  
  
• How is Swedish science journalism doing? (in Swedish only): What role does science journalism play alongside research results on, for example, medicine and climate change? Are alarm reports needed to arouse interest in the news? Listen to a Swedish Radio breakfast seminar.

Coworkers in the media

A selection of media reports where employees and activities at the LTV faculty have been highlighted recently.

Erik Andreasson, Department of Plant Protection Biology, participates in the articles Nyupptäckt hjälpande gen visar vägen in Jordbruksaktuellt (in Swedish only) and New Gene Discovery Offers Method to Boost Potato Plant Resilience to Fungi, Drought and Climate Stress at PotatoPro.com

Anna Bengtsson, Department of People and Society, participates in the article Luften mot huden, dofterna och minnena: Gröna inslag lyfter välmåendet på boendet in Tidningen Spaning from Malmö municipality (in Swedish only).

Christina Lunner-Kolstrup, LTV faculty, Anders Carlsson and Kimmo Rumpunen, Department of Plant Breeding, and Eva Johansson, SLU Grogrund, wrote Replik: Alnarp förädlar fortfarande in Smålandsposten (in Swedish only)

Karl Lövrie and Caroline Dahl, Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, were interviewed in the article Kvinnorna flest på alla utbildningar igen - störst dominans på SLU in the magazine Arkitekten (in Swedish only).

Anna María Pálsdottír, Department of People and Society, was interviewed in Forskning: Natur på recept funkar - ger "djup avslappning" in Swedish Radio P4 Malmöhus (in Swedish only)

Horticultural and Landscape programmes at SLU were highlighted in Så ska framtidens grönska skydda mot skyfall och hetta (in Swedish only) Swedish Radio P1's Studio Ett. 

Carola Wingren, Department of Urban and Rural Development, was interviewed in the article Tusentals gravar hotas när klimatet ändras (in Swedish only) by TT that was published in several media such as Svenska Dagbladet. She was also interviewed in Kyrkogården hotas av översvämning: "Inga nya gravsättningar" (in Swedish only) in P4 Göteborg, Swedish Radio.

You can reach media behind a paywall via the Retriever Business database available through the SLU University Library. The database Artikelsök contains articles from Swedish newspapers and magazines. You can find more features in SLU i media. 

About Science Communication@LTV

The newsletter is published by Science Communication @LTV a supporting unit for research staff at the LTV Faculty (Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Sciences). 

Our team:

Johanna Grundström, interim operations manager
Karin Montgomery, science communicator and writer
Teresia Borgman, newsletter editor