Program Overview

Spira Research School

The Spira Research School is a faculty at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) that focuses on Landscape Architecture, Horticulture, and Crop Production Sciences.

About Spira

The Spira Research School welcomes students and researchers to explore the fields of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture, and Crop Production Sciences.

Upcoming Doctoral and Licentiate Defences at SLU

The following doctoral and licentiate defences are scheduled to take place at SLU:

• 2/12/2026 1:00:00 PM: Microbial food safety and sustainable resource management in cassava-based processing systems: From food crop utilisation to residue valorisation in Mozambique
• 2/13/2026 9:15:00 AM: Dairy cow welfare monitoring 3D computer vision
• 2/20/2026 9:00:00 AM: Breeding, performance, and health of the Swedish Warmblood horse trait associations and population-level insights
• 2/27/2026 9:00:00 AM: Food safety in informal markets - Hazard assessment for food in East African Communities
• 3/6/2026 9:00:00 AM: Towards Holistic, Multifunctional and Sustainable Stormwater Management: making Sense of Criteria, Indicators, and Evidence for Stormwater Decisions in Existing Urban Areas

Research Areas

The research areas at SLU include:

• Microbial food safety and sustainable resource management
• Dairy cow welfare monitoring
• Breeding, performance, and health of the Swedish Warmblood horse
• Food safety in informal markets
• Stormwater management

Locations

SLU has its main locations in:

• Alnarp
• Uppsala
• Umeň