Presentation for PhD Students, Autumn 2016 Updated 3 Aug. 2016 NOVA Presentation for PhD Students, Autumn 2016 Updated 3 Aug. 2016

The Nordic Forestry, Veterinary and Agricultural University Network (NOVA) is a university cooperation aimed at supporting the understanding of major global challenges in a Nordic context. Our main task is to initiate, administer, promote and financially support cooperation between the Nordic universities in postgraduate education. NOVA provides a platform for networking betweeen Nordic postgraduate students through facilitating high quality, international level education for postgraduate students. The courses are planned, run and taught by a group of leading Nordic teachers and researchers. What is nova?

NOVA member institutions University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science , KU-SCIENCE Aarhus University, Science and Technology, AU-ST University of Helsinki, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, HU-AF University of Helsinki, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, HU-V University of Eastern Finland, School of Forest Sciences, UEF-F The Agricultural University of Iceland, LBHI The Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NMBU The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU NOVA member institutions

NOVA PhD Courses Autumn 2016 Dates Course Responsible NOVA PhD Courses Autumn 2016 Dates Pekka Uimari, HU-AF Quantitative Genetics in Animal Breeding 8-13 Aug. Arne Pommerening, SLU Introduction to Scientific Programming & Simulation 17-21 Oct. Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, KU-SCIENCE An Introduction to Ecosystem Service Theory and Practices 31 Oct. – 4 Nov. Anna Valros, HU-V Animal Welfare - from Fork to Farm 21-24 Nov. Olav Fjeld Kraugerud, NMBU Novel Ingredients - Processed for Novel Nutrition 12-16 Dec. Course Responsible NOVA PhD Courses 2017 Dates Rodomiro Ortiz, SLU Nordic PhD Course Plant Breeding: Adaptation and Resilience in Plant Breeding 11-16 Jun. Mattias Borg Rasmussen, KU-SCIENCE Environmental Justice 12-16 Jun. The pages will be updated with application information as soon as the course responsibles have informed NOVA on that.

Heikki Hokkanen, HU‐AF (main responsible for series) Course Responsible PhD Course Series Dates Heikki Hokkanen, HU‐AF (main responsible for series) Biodiversity and Integrated Pest Management 2015-2018 Velemir Ninkovic, SLU 1. Biodiversity Based IPM in Field Crops 31 Aug. - 4 Sept. 2015 Gudmundur Halldorsson, LBHI 2. Modern IPM in Greenhouses 4-9 Sept. 2016 Lars P. Kiær, KU‐SCIENCE 3. Stacking Biodiversity Benefits for Sustainable IPM 2017 Heikki Hokkanen, HU‐AF 4. Pollinators within IPM Strategies for Agriculture 2018 Irmeli Mustalahti, UEF-F (main responsible for series) Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution 2016-2019 Irmeli Mustalahti, UEF-F 1. Tools for Analysis and Intervention: Case Mexico 15-19 Aug. 2016 Jens Emborg, KU-SCIENCE 2. Framework for analysis and intervention: Cases in Kenya and Denmark Hans Peter Hansen, SLU 3. Inveigling Factor of Stakeholders: Cases in Sweden and Finland John McNeish, NMBU 4. Explorations of Collaborative Closures in Environmental Conflicts: Cases in Norway and Bolivia 2019 Course information webpages for the last course sheduled for 2016 will be available during May.

More courses for 2017 may be approved later in 2016 or during spring 2017. Information on NOVA: www.nova-university.org Subscribe to our newsletter to keep updated on NOVA courses. There is a local NOVA coordinator at your institution who can help you with questions on NOVA.