The objective of the course is to enhance Ph.D. student's understanding of the philosophy and methods of research within the scientific disciplines of forest ecology, silviculture and forestry economics in the context of multi-functional forestry in northern Europe.

After the course students should be able to:
* summarize how multifunctional forestry is implemented in northern Europe
and analyse variations in implementation within the region.
* suggest suitable research and modelling methods for different topics within multifunctional forestry and outline how relevant research could be conducted
* ludge how ongoing long term field experiment could be used in their own research or for validation.

Furthermore, after the course students will
* be part of a research network. including peers and teachers, have improved their skills in documenting, presenting and communicationg scientific work.