Photo: Birgitta DahlinPeter Sylwan, science journalist and author of several (popular scientific) books, will join the UPSC Days 2016. His interest is to make science popular and he is writing a lot about the relationship between science and human society. During the UPSC Days 2016 he will talk about “Life at stake – On science, bioscience and society”.
Peter Sylwan has worked among others for radio, TV and newspapers, for the Institute of Futures Studies and as adjunct professor for communication at the University of Lund. Originally, he has studied to become an agronomist but worked throughout his entire career as journalist and writer.
The UPSC Days 2016 will take place at the 30th and 31st of May 2016 at Skogshögskolan (SLU, Umeå).
Preliminary program and registration
Deadline for registration: 23rd of May.
Location: P.O. Bäckström salen and Åteln, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (SLU) in Umeå
How to find the place (map)