Niklas Jan Wickander will defend his PhD thesis “Ecology of plant-soil interactions in subtropical grasslands: effect of multi-species perennial leys on soil functions” Friday 15 May, 2026.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
English title of thesis
“Ecology of plant-soil interactions in subtropical grasslands: effect of multi-species perennial leys on soil functions”
Norwegian title of thesis
"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
Evaluation committee
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)
Supervisors
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.