Presentation for PhD Students, Spring 2016 Updated 14 Apr. 2016 NOVA Presentation for PhD Students, Spring 2016 Updated 14 Apr. 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

Course Responsible NOVA PhD Courses 2016 Dates Søren K. Rasmussen, KU-SCIENCE Genomic Selection in Plant Breeding 25-29 Jan. Thomas Nord-Larsen, KU-SCIENCE Applied Statistical Modelling in Forest and Natural Resource Assessment and Planning 1-5 Feb. Leena Maunula, HU-V Molecular Methods for Detection of Food- and Waterborne Pathogens 7-10 Mar. Elise Norberg, AU-ST Feed Efficiency in Dairy Cattle 7-11 Mar. Henrik Hjavard de Fine Licht, KU-SCIENCE Chemical and Genomic Insight to Host-Microbe Symbiotic Interactions 23-27 May Terje Gobakken, NMBU Decision Oriented Data Acquisition Strategies for Analysis of Sustainable Forestry Jari Valkonen, HU-AF Plant-Associated Bacteria: Pathogens and Mutualists Dirk Jan de Koning, SLU Genetic Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases in Livestock 7-11 Jun. Jim Rasmussen, AU-ST Sustainable Intensification of the Agricultural Production … 20-25 Jun. Eystein Skjerve, NMBU Diagnostic Test Evaluation (Veterinary Epidemiology) 27 Jun. – 1 Jul. 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 information webpages for all courses will be available during May 2016. The pages will be updated with application information as soon as the course responsibles has 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. Introduction to Scientific Programming & Simulation 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.

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