This spring, the Master's course Cultural Evolution is being offered through a collaboration between the Centre for Cultural Evolution, the Department of Psychology, and the Department of Biology Education.
On Monday 31 August, the BIG office will have extended opening hours. We will open at 10 to give new and current students extra opportunities to get support.
The office is closed between 15 June and 7 August. During this period, we have limited staffing, which means it may take longer than usual to receive a reply to emails. In the meantime, you can find all the information you need on our website. We wish all our students a wonderful summer!
This autumn, BIG’s highly regarded colleague Kenneth Ekvall will retire. After decades in zoology, research, teaching and the world of zoos, he is stepping away from BIG, though certainly not from animals or nature. On the contrary, he is looking forward to spending even more time with his lakes, bird boxes and travels.
On 20 May, the programme committee for the Bachelor’s Programme in Cell and Molecular Biology met to review the academic year and discuss the programme’s continued development.
On 8 May, BIG invited this year’s Bachelor’s students, together with alumni who began their studies ten years ago, to a joint dinner at the Faculty Club to celebrate the completion of the students’ undergraduate studies. The evening was marked by a warm and welcoming atmosphere, with many conversations about student life and future plans.
BIG has welcomed a new colleague! Carl Olsson has recently joined the department as a Study Administrator and will be working with course administration, results reporting and scheduling, among other things. With experience from both the service sector and sustainability work, he looks forward to contributing with good service and a calm, approachable manner in everyday work.
On 21 April, the Future Biologists network gathered for another meeting, this time focusing on doctoral studies and the path towards a PhD position. For BIG’s master’s students, the event provided an opportunity to meet three alumni with experience from the world of research: "Karro" Karoline Westlund, Karolina Bucaro Stenman and Veronika Johansson.
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Ecology is about understanding complex relationships in nature. But how do you teach that in practice? In this instalment of BIG’s interview series on research underpinning teaching, we meet Peter Hambäck, Professor at the Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences.
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BIG’s Head of Department, Niklas Janz, has recently published the book Understanding Science: The Web of Trust together with his colleague Sören Nylin, Professor of Animal Ecology at Stockholm University.
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In December, the programme councils for the Bachelor’s Programme in Cell and Molecular Biology and the Bachelor’s Programmes in Biology and Marine Biology met to review the autumn semester and look ahead.
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On 11 February, Aula Magna was filled with students, alumni and employers as the annual Career fair for Natural Scientists took place. Over the course of an intensive afternoon, students had the opportunity to network with companies, public authorities and organisations in need of scientific expertise. The overall picture was clear: the labour market for biologists is both strong and diverse.
