Department of Environmental Sciences
The Department of Environmental Sciences offers interdisciplinary studies at the bachelor- and master levels, along with semester programs for international students. The department employs a staff of 12 nationalities, and cooperates with numerous national and international universities and research institutes.
Our research and education encompasses themes such as:
- Energy systems and production technology
- Impact assessment and license application processes
- Environmental- and energy politics
- Energy economics and investment under uncertainty
- Transport, the environment and land-use
- Sustainable development
- Climate change, glacial-dynamics and hydrology
- Landslides and floods; processes, surveying and early warning
- Bedrock- and structural geology
- Ecology, climate change and biological diversity
- Land-use and landscape ecology
- Risk- and vulnerability assessment
- Climate adaptation and land-use planning