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title: "Niklas Jan Wickander ved NMBU forsvarer sin ph.d.-avhandling fredag 15. mai 2026 12.15 i Festsalen, Clock building"
sdDatePublished: "2026-04-29T14:08:00Z"
source: "https://www.nmbu.no/forskning/disputaser/15-mai-niklas-jan-wickander"
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  - "Ås"
  - "Spain"
  - "Germany"
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Niklas Jan Wickander ved NMBU forsvarer sin ph.d.-avhandling fredag 15. mai 2026 12.15 i Festsalen, Clock building

15. mai - Niklas Jan Wickander | NMBU

15. mai - Niklas Jan Wickander

Niklas Jan Wickander forsvarer sin ph.d.-avhandling "Økologi av plante-jord-interaksjoner i subtropiske eng: effekten av flerartseng på jordfunksjoner" fredag den 15. mai, 2026.

PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence

“Ecology of plant-soil interactions in subtropical grasslands: effect of multi-species perennial leys on soil functions”

"Økologi av plante-jord-interaksjoner i subtropiske eng: effekten av flerartseng på jordfunksjoner"

Prescribed subject of trial lecture

"Challenges and Opportunities for Enhancing Soil Health in Managed Grasslands on Low-Fertility Soils in Sub-Saharan Africa"

Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence

Friday 15 May 2026, at 12.15 at Festsalen, Clock building

First opponent: Associate Professor Eduardo Vázquez García (Department of Agricultural Production, Technical University of Madrid, Spain)

Second opponent: Dr. Birthe K. Paul (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Germany)

Committee coordinator: Associate Professor George Neil Furey (MINA, NMBU)

Main supervisor: Professor Peter Dörsch (MINA, NMBU)

Co-supervisor: Dr. Marit Jørgensen (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Norway)

The doctoral thesis is available for public review. For those of you who want access to the thesis in pdf-form, please send an email to Brage Monsen –brage.monsen@nmbu.no.