Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Welcome to BioEnv!

At BioEnv we give courses and programs and conduct research within areas dealing with the world around us. Biology is the the study of life, that is all living organisms and the processes that control them, whereas environmental sciences focus on the interplay between humans and nature.
You find us in the Botanical building (close to the Botanical garden) and the Zoology building (at Medicinareberget) in Gothenburg as well as at Kristineberg Marine Research Station in Fiskebäckskil.

News and events

Here you find news from the department and upcoming seminars, dissertations and other events

News

Science and Information Technology
Celebrate Easter with a little more knowledge about
eggs
Sustainability and environment
Scientists Call for a Global Science Panel on Chemicals
Sustainability and environment
The abundance of the invasive round goby is examined by
e-DNA
Sustainability and environment
Ten golden rules for restoring forests
Science and Information Technology
Flightless bird species at risk of
extinction

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News – 18 February 2021

Scientists Call for a Global Science Panel on Chemicals

An international group of scientists is proposing a global intergovernmental science-policy body for informing…

News – 26 January 2021

The abundance of the invasive round goby is examined by e-DNA

An invasive fish called round goby is rapidly spreading along the Swedish west coast. Can this species' distribution be…

Events

Start date 21 May 2021

Science and Information Technology
Magnus Lovén Wallerius: "Interspecific Interactions between Native Brown Trout and Invasive Brook Trout: Insights into Behaviour and
Morphology"
Start date 28 May 2021

Science and Information Technology
Badreddine Bererhi: ”Evolutionary genetics and consequences of inbreeding in sand lizards (Lacerta
agilis)”
Start date 5 Oct 2021 To End date 8 Oct 2021

Science and Information Technology
15th Nordic Photosynthesis Congress
(NPC15)

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Dissertation

Magnus Lovén Wallerius: "Interspecific Interactions between Native Brown Trout…

Doctoral thesis defence in Natural Science, Specialising in Biology.

21 May

Dissertation

Badreddine Bererhi: ”Evolutionary genetics and consequences of inbreeding in…

Doctoral thesis defence in Natural Science, Specialising in Biology.

28 May

About our educations

We offer courses and programs at both graduate and undergraduate level, in mainly biology and environmental science

Study here

At the department we teach students in mainly biology and environmental sciences. Most are enrolled to one of our Bachelor…

Our courses and programs

About our research

At the department we study diverse organisms in many different habitats and from many different perspectives

Our research

The research the department covers topics spanning from cellular level to population and ecosystems. We study plants and…

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Research groups at BioEnv

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Rwandan tropical forests in a warming world

Herbarium GB

Herbarium GB is a common research infrastructure at the University of Gothenburg, located at the Department of Biological…

Herbarium

Herbarium GB dates back to the 18th century and is a university-wide research infrastructure at the University of Gothenburg, with placement at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences. Here, dried plants, fungi, algae, etc. are stored for comparative and evolutionary studies.