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Ute Seeling becomes director of the HAFL

27.01.2020 The University Board of the Bern University of Applied Sciences has chosen Ute Seeling to be the new director of the School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL. She has been the director of the...

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The new BFH-HAFL director

01.09.2020 Ute Seeling became the new director of BFH-HAFL on 1 September 2020, a role she undertook with pride and pleasure: ‘The school enjoys a very good reputation in Switzerland and far beyond’.

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Portraits of BFH-HAFL graduates 2021

22.09.2021 Six BSc and four MSc students from BFH-HAFL introduce themselves and present their final theses. We hope you enjoy browsing the portraits of graduates!

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New master’s programme at BFH trains experts in sustainability

28.10.2021 Starting in September 2022, Bern University of Applied Sciences will begin offering a master’s degree programme in ‘Circular Innovation and Sustainability’. This new programme prepares students to lead...

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‘We need to think about food and agriculture in a more interconnected way’

23.06.2022 The current crises we are experiencing are putting food security at risk for many worldwide. What is the situation in Switzerland? And what new challenges is the global community facing as a result? Sonja...

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Burundi coffee and agroecology at HAFL

28.06.2023 Dreamy buzzword or practical solution? At the annual event of the HAFL Hugo P. Cecchini Institute, experts discussed sustainability in low- and middle-income countries and the potential of agroecology. They...

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48 years full of ideas

30.06.2023 Retiring professors Dominique Guenat and Christoph Studer have worked at BFH-HAFL for so long you could say they’re “part of the furniture”. Here they discuss their career highlights, achievements and future...

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“Important insights for the Bernese Jura landscape”

27.08.2024 Chasseral Regional Park will take centre stage at the Swiss Landscape Congress at the beginning of September. BFH’s Professor Evelyn Coleman Brantschen is co-chair of the organising committee.