Uppsala University
Uppsala University, founded in 1477, was the first university in Scandinavia. In the 1950s, the University’s activities were concentrated in University Hall and its environs, centrally located by the Cathedral; today the University is spread out over large areas, with a number of campuses of inter- and multi-disciplinary character. This expansion has been paralleled by extensive decentralization and reorganization, making Uppsala a modern university on the interface between scholarly tradition and cultural heritage and internationally anchored research and innovation.
The Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University has over 250 employees and teaches more than 2200 students every year. Our focus is on research which means that 75% of what we do is research and 25% is education. At least 30 nationalities are represented at the department. The Department is based on five previous departments which have gradually been integrated. In 1992 the Institute of Geology, the Department of Physical Geography and the Department of Historical Geology and Paleontology merged into the Institute of Earth Sciences. Six years later the Department of Meteorology and the Department of Geophysics joined the others and in 1998 the current Department of Earth Sciences was formed. A few programs and a research centre have been incorporated into the department after the formation. The Department is one of the most complete such academic departments in Europe.
Our research focuses on subjects that range from the Earth’s core to the atmosphere, on scales from sub-microscopic structures in minerals to the formation of mountains and oceans. The Department is divided into six research programs: Air, Water and Landscape Science; Geophysics; Mineralogy, Petrology and Tectonics; Natural Resources and Sustainable Development; Paleobiologic; Wind Energy Campus Gotland. Uppsala University, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Campus Gotland’s Wind Power division conducts research in a range of topics including wind resource assessment, multi-criteria decision analysis for renewable energy and energy transitions management.
Role within RURACTIVE
The Department of Earth Sciences of Uppsala University brings to RURACTIVE expertise related to Energy Planning, Environmental Policy and Management and Energy Transition Management. The university team is a technical partner related to energy transition and closely collaborates with the RURACTIVE Dynamo 11 - Gotland Island, Sweden
