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NOVA Network Soils and SocietySoilSoc
Soil chemistry
Soil biology Soil physicsand hydrology
Pedology
SoilSocmultidisciplinary Nordic
collaboration on graduatelevel education
The SoilSoc network was established spring2006 between the Nordic agricultural universitiesto strengthen the collaboration on graduateeducation of soil sciences.
The of the network is:purpose• To increase and improve Nordic interactionamong students, teachers and researchers inthe field of soil science.• To improve the diversity and quality of graduateeducation in the field of soil science in theNordic countries.• To create a motivating environment for Nordicstudents in the field of soil science.
SoilSoc :Oláfur Arnalds (LbhI), Ole Borggaard (KVL), Trond Børresen(UMB), Linda Bergaust (student, UMB), Anu Mikkonen (student,HU), Sara Hallin (SLU), Karin Enwall (student, SLU) and KristinaLindström (HU)Missing from the picture: Rannveig Guicharnaud (student, LbhI)and Julie K. Jensen (student, KVL)
Board
Members of the SoilSoc Network areteachers, researchers and students at:* KVL - The Royal Agricultural andVeterinary University, Copenhagen,Denmark* HU-AF - The Faculty of Agricultureand Forestry, University of Helsinki,Finland* LbhI - The Agricultural University ofIceland* UMB - The Norwegian University ofLife Sciences, Ås, Norway* SLU - The Swedish University ofAgricultural Sciences, Uppsala,Sweden
Researchersand teachersfrom partnerinstitutes areinvited in theSoilSoc network as linked nodes.
Establish and benchmark a website that will serve as a forum forsharing all the relevant information on graduate courses and overallstudent mobility in the field of soil sciences in the Nordic countries.• Provide an annual graduate level summer course in soil science,preferably interdisciplinary and problem based.
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• Provide information on current research programs in the Nordiccountries in the field of soil sciences to facilitate student mobilitywith regards to thesis work and practical training for graduate students.• Create opportunities for sharing and exchange of teaching expertise.
Activities of the network:
Achievementsyear 2006
andactivities :• Planning meeting inHelsinki in March• NOVA/MECBIOgraduate course“Bioremediation ofboreal soil” June 5th till
15th hosted by Kristina Lindström in Helsinki• Network meeting in Iceland November 16-19 tofinalise the plans on the
, hostedby Oláfur Arnalds• Graduate course “Molecular techniques inenvironmental microbiology”, funded by graduateschool Focus on Soils will be hosted in UppsalaDecember 5th till 9th by Sara Hallin
(summer schools) willbe organised in the future:
“Soil degradation, erosion and restoration” hostedat LbhI, Iceland by Oláfur Arnalds
“Global change and biogeochemistry of soils - fromfield to laboratory” hosted at UMB, Norway by ÅsaFrostegård, Jan Mulderand Lars Bakken
Possibility to host ajoint course in China,focus on soil problemsof an industrialisingcountry
Joint Nordic Master'sProgramme Soils and Society “SoilSoc”
Annual graduate courses
2008
2009
2010
For on the SoilSoc network don’t hesitate to contact your own country node (the respective member of the board) or the network leaderKristina Lindström ([email protected]).The comprehensive website of the SoilSoc network and the Joint Nordic Master's Programme Soils and Society “SoilSoc” will be launched summer/autumn2007, till that information about courses and other things can be found at address http://www.mm.helsinki.fi/users/lindstro/NOVASOIL/index.htm).
more information.