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
Research Areas
Geology:
- Climatology, glaciology and avalanches
- Quaternary- and marine geology
- Bedrock geology and mountain-side and loose mass landslides
- Hydrology and hydro-geology
Landscape Planning:
- Vegetation- and restauration ecology
- Land-use and landscape ecology
- Ecology and climate change
- Management and protection of landscapes
- Population ecology
Renewable Energy:
- Sustainable development
- Transport, the environment and land-use
- Environmental- and societal consequences of renewable energy
- Life cycle assessment
- Energy economics and investing under uncertainty