Category: Student post

Survival of indigenous communities and forests amidst the pandemic

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This blog post is written by Anudini Wijayarathna, Master’s student in Rural Development & Natural Resource Management at SLU. ‘Impacts of the pandemic on forest communities and forest resource use – what do we know, what do we need to know and how to find out?’ have been one of the most enlightening discussions that… Continue reading Survival of indigenous communities and forests amidst the pandemic

Navigation towards food security and nutrition through a rice-based agri-food system

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This blog post is written by Anudini Wijayarathna, intern at SLU Global & Master’s student in Rural Development & Natural Resource Management at SLU. The content is based on her experience in participating a GOBESHONA (7th) Global Conference Session. I would not argue with the fact that life is not the same amidst this global… Continue reading Navigation towards food security and nutrition through a rice-based agri-food system

“Planting trees is always good”

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– A Master’s thesis about Swedish carbon offsetting initiatives through tree planting projects in the Global South. This blog post is written by Emil Planting Mollaoglu, Research Assistant at the Department of Urban and Rural Development, MSc in Rural Development at SLU Over the past two years, I have studied the Rural Development and Natural… Continue reading “Planting trees is always good”

What the pandemic taught us about the future of academic exchange

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This blogpost is written by SLU students Emma Bergeling, Hanna Smidvik, Emil Planting Mollaoglu and Felicia Olsson. It was first published by SIANI. As a result of the corona pandemic, the embedded practices of international travel in academia drastically changed. It suddenly became customary to replace business trips with digital alternatives whenever possible. Four students at… Continue reading What the pandemic taught us about the future of academic exchange