1. Presentation for PhD Students, Spring 2017 Updated 20 Jan. 2017
NOVA
Presentation for PhD Students, Spring 2017
Updated 20 Jan. 2017

2. 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?

3. NOVA member institutions
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
University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science (KU-SCIENCE) ceased to be a NOVA member from 1 Jan However, they will organise three NOVA PhD courses in 2017.
NOVA member institutions

4. Course Responsible NOVA PhD Courses 2017 Dates Thomas Spillmann, HU-V
Advanced Imaging Procedures in Canine Clinical Veterinary Science
29 May – 2 Jun.
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.
Helena Röcklinsberg, SLU
Vethics - Ethical Challenges for Veterinarians in One World
Elise Norberg, AU-ST
Design of Genetic Improvement Programs
End of Jun. OR beg. of Jul.
Biological Consequences of Selection
21-25 Aug.
Anne Toppinen, HU-AF
Innovation Systems in the Bioeconomy
28 Aug. – 1 Sept.
Timo Tokola, UEF-F
GIS Based Analysis of Ecosystem Services
4-8 Sept.
Päivi Rajala-Schultz, HU-V
Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
Göran Bostedt, SLU
State of the Art in International Forest Policy
Oct.
Ewa Mellerowicz, SLU
Wood Biology and Biotechnology
30 Oct. – 3 Nov.
Each course will have a course information webpage when the Secretariat has received a confirmation from the course responsible. The pages will be updated with application information as soon as the course responsibles have provided information to NOVA on that.

5. Course Responsible
PhD Course Series
Dates
Heikki Hokkanen, HU‐AF (main responsible for series)
Biodiversity and Integrated Pest Management
Velemir Ninkovic, SLU
1. Biodiversity Based IPM in Field Crops
2015
Gudmundur Halldorsson, LBHI
2. Modern IPM in Greenhouses
2016
Lars P. Kiær, KU‐SCIENCE
3. Stacking Biodiversity Benefits for Sustainable IPM
1-6 Oct. 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
Irmeli Mustalahti, UEF-F
1. Tools for Analysis and Intervention: Case Mexico
Jens Emborg, KU-SCIENCE
2. Framework for analysis and intervention: Cases in Kenya and Denmark
Aug. 2017
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
Dan Funck Jensen, SLU (main responsible for series)
Plant Pathology with a Nordic Dimension
Dan Funck Jensen, SLU
1. Biological Control: Microbial Interactions for Improved Plant Health
29 May – 3 Jun. 2017
Mogens Hovmøller, AU-ST
2. Biotrophy in Plant Pathogens - from Recognition to Ecology
Arne Stensvand, NMBU
3. Epidemiology and Populations Genetics
Jari Valkonen, HU-AF
4. Secondary Metabolites in Plant Resistance and Pathogen Virulence
2020

6. More courses for 2017 may be approved during spring 2017.
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