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Digital Forestry Lab

Digital Forestry Lab studies how digitalization and advanced technologies are reshaping forestry and its role in a sustainable society. The focus is on technologies such as artificial intelligence, sensors, digital twins, and autonomous systems, and how these can contribute to more efficient, safe, and knowledge-driven ways of working.

The research covers both operational aspects—such as work environment, risk management, and human–technology interaction—as well as broader perspectives on decision-making, planning, and governance. Particular attention is given to how digital tools influence transparency, participation, and fairness among different stakeholders in the forest landscape.

By combining technological development with social science perspectives, the lab contributes to knowledge on how a more data-driven forestry sector can be developed in a way that is both innovative and socially sustainable.

Head of research

Daniel Nylen
Associate professor
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Overview

Participating departments and units at Umeå University

Department of Informatics, Faculty of Social Sciences

Research area

Informatics

External funding

Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, Mistra, Afa Försäkring, The Kempe Foundation

External funding

Porträtt på Daniel Nylén, forskare vid Institutionen för informatik
Funding awarded to new 3-year research project on AI-based automation

A new research project is investigating how AI-based automation affects safety in forestry.

Vinter på campus Umeå
Six researchers receive Wallenberg grants for forestry-related social research

Six researchers receive SEK 38 million in Wallenberg grants for forestry-related research.

Porträtt på Daniel Nylén, forskare vid Institutionen för informatik
Funding awarded to new 3-year research project on AI-based automation

A new research project is investigating how AI-based automation affects safety in forestry.

Latest update: 2026-06-07