1. NOVA Presentation for PhD students, Autumn 2015 Updated 12 Aug. 2015

2. WHAT IS NOVA? 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.

3. NOVA MEMBER INSTITUTIONS  University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, KU-HEALTH  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

4. Course ResponsibleNOVA PhD Courses Autumn 2015Dates Birgitta Åhman, SLUConnecting Science and Local Communities in Rangifer Research 10-15 Aug. Elise Norberg, AU‐STBiological Consequences of Selection17-21 Aug. Jun Zhou, SLUEmpirical Industrial Organization with Application to the Agri-Food Sector 17-21 Aug. Maibritt Hjorth, AU‐STEnvironmental Technology for Treatment and Management of the Bio-Waste Manure 24-29 Aug. Mogens L. Andersen, KU-SCIENCEFood Stability24-28 Aug. Igor Drobyshev, SLUNordic Vegetation under Changing ClimateSept. Göran Bostedt, SLUState of the Art in Payments for Environmental Services and Market-Based Instruments 5-9 Oct. Jukka Malinen, UEF-FDesign, Implementation and Analysis of Simulation Studies 19-23 Oct.

5. Course ResponsibleNOVA PhD Courses 2016Dates Søren K. Rasmussen, KU-SCIENCEGenomic Selection in Plant Breeding25-29 Jan. Pall Leifsson, KU-HEALTHPathology of Large Animal Disease Models25-29 Jan. Thomas Nord-Larsen, KU-SCIENCEApplied Statistical Modelling in Forest and Natural Resource Assessment and Planning 1-5 Feb. Leena Maunula, HU-VMolecular Methods for Detection of Food- and Waterborne Pathogens Mar. Elise Norberg, AU-STFeed Efficiency in Dairy Cattle2-8 Mar. Olav Fjeld Kraugerud, NMBUNovel Ingredients - Processed for Novel Nutrition4-8 Apr. Henrik Hjavard de Fine Licht, KU-SCIENCEChemical and Genomic Insight to Host-Microbe Symbiotic Interactions 16-20 May Terje Gobakken, NMBUDecision Oriented Data Acquisition Strategies for Analysis of Sustainable Forestry 23-27 May Jari Valkonen, HU-AFPlant-Associated Bacteria: Pathogens and Mutualists23-27 May Dirk Jan de Koning, SLUGenetic Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases in Livestock7-11 Jun. Jim Rasmussen, AU-STSustainable Intensification of the Agricultural Production …20-25 Jun. Pekka Uimari, HU-AFQuantitative Genetics in Animal BreedingAug.

6. Course ResponsiblePhD Course Series: Biodiversity and Integrated Pest Management Dates Velemir Ninkovic, SLU2015: Biodiversity Based IPM in Field CropsBiodiversity Based IPM in Field Crops31 Aug. - 4 Sept. 2015 Heikki Hokkanen, HU‐AF2016: Pollinators within IPM Strategies for Agriculture 2016 Lars P. Kiær, KU‐SCIENCE2017: Stacking Biodiversity Benefits for Sustainable IPM 2017

7. More NOVA PhD courses can be scheduled for 2016. Information will be published on the NOVA website in November 2015 and spring 2016. Information on NOVA:  www.nova-university.org www.nova-university.org  There is a local NOVA coordinator at your institution who can help you with questions on NOVA.