By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 6 November 2023 The title above was the theme of the first LU Land breakfast seminar of the autumn. The seminar series aims to underpin current societal challenges related to sustainable land use and highlight these challenges from different perspectives, and make room for further discussions on possible ways forward. Keep rea

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/how-can-forest-biodiversity-be-mapped-make-it-easier-landowners-take-responsibility - 2025-04-27

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 20 November 2023 On 15-17 May 2024, SMHI, the strategic research areas MERGE and BECC, and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research invite you to the second Swedish Climate Symposium in Norrköping. A symposium for increased scientific understanding of climate change and its environmental and societal consequences. Climate change

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/now-you-can-submit-your-contribution-swedish-climate-symposium - 2025-04-27

Published 1 December 2023 A new study from Lund confirms that pesticides commonly used in farmland significantly harm bumblebees. Data from 106 sites across 8 European countries show that despite tightened pesticide regulations, more needs to be done. Despite claims of the world's most rigorous risk assessment process, the use of approved pesticides in European agricultural landscapes still negati

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/commonly-used-pesticides-are-still-harming-bees - 2025-04-27

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 5 December 2023 What methods can we use to reduce emissions and increase removals of greenhouse gases in agricultural soils? What opportunities and obstacles are there? These questions were discussed at a LU Land breakfast seminar earlier this autumn. The seminar was attended by Katarina Hedlund from Lund University who presen

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/opportunities-and-barriers-carbon-storage-agricultural-soils - 2025-04-27

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 7 December 2023 A big congratulations to our coordinator Henrik Smith on receiving the Rosén Linnaeus Prize in Zoology from The Royal Physiographic Society of Lund. The Rosén Linnaeus Prize in Botany and Zoology has been awarded every three years since 1935 to Swedish researchers whom the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund co

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/professor-henrik-smith-receives-rosen-linnaeus-prize-zoology - 2025-04-27

Published 25 August 2014 Photo: UN CC images Flickr, photographer: Eskinder Debebe The 2014 annual meeting of the Swedish Political Science Association (SWEPSA) will be hosted by the Department of Political Science at Lund University October 8-10. One of the theme workshops will be on Environmental politics and is coordinated by Mikael Kylsäter and Annica Kronsell. The theme of the conference is D

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/swepsa-annual-meeting-2014-lund - 2025-04-27

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 29 January 2024 On 15-17 May, the second edition of the Swedish Climate Symposium will take place in Norrköping. The symposium offers is a unique opportunity for scholars and societal actors to seek greater scientific understanding of climate change and its consequences for the environment and society. David Wårlind is part of

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/three-questions-david-warlind-about-swedish-climate-symposium - 2025-04-27

Published 7 February 2024 Monocultures and the simplification of the agricultural landscape in the last century may have resulted in the disadvantage of specialized pollinators. Photo: Anna Persson An evolutionary perspective should be taken into account to ensure long-term crop pollination. This is the conclusion of an article published by BECC and CEC-affiliated researchers at Lund University. T

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/effects-landscape-change-evolution-pollinators - 2025-04-27

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 8 February 2024 Solar energy production can potentially be subject to future geopolitical maneuvering: if a country builds a lot of solar farms (e.g. in a subtropical desert), it can potentially harm solar power production in other countries. Photo: Xin Jin In just two weeks, Zhengyao Lu, Researcher in Physical Geography at Lu

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/60000-views-conversation-two-weeks-whats-secret - 2025-04-27

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 28 March 2024 Clearcutting is often considered negative for biodiversity, which is why continuous cover forestry is seen as a more favourable alternative. But could it be that clearcutting - with proper management from a landscape perspective - could favour certain species? Recently, it has become increasingly common to find b

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/managing-clearcuts-favour-certain-species - 2025-04-27

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 3 April 2024 BECC regularly welcomes guest researchers to work in areas within its scientific framework, with the aim to further strengthen the research and research groups. Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein is head of the Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology at the University of Freiburg in Germany, who recently f

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/alexandra-klein-work-inspiration-and-tips-her-time-guest-researcher-becc - 2025-04-27

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 17 April 2024 Lundaforskarna Thomas Pugh och Raimund Muscheler från den naturvetenskapliga fakulteten får ERC Advanced Grant. Foto: Privat/Kenneth Ruona Quaternary geologist Raimund Muscheler and physical geographer Thomas Pugh have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant by the European Research Council. They will rec

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/two-lund-researchers-and-becc-pis-receive-prestigious-eu-grant - 2025-04-27

Published 23 April 2024 The team during field work in northern Sweden (Photo: Geerte Fälthammar-de Jong) During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team led from Lund University, and partly financed by BECC, has investigated how climate change affects recently burnt boreal forests and their ability to absorb carbon dioxide. The boreal forests form a

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/unique-field-study-shows-how-climate-change-affects-fire-impacted-forests - 2025-04-27

Av maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - publicerad 1 november 2022 Håkan Jönson. Årets Sandblomdag den 27 oktober hade temat "Att åldras". Evenemanget drog stora skaror åhörare och sändes även online. Kända namn som Ingmar Skoog, Sölve Elmståhl, Merete Mazzarella och Barbro Westerholm pratade utifrån olika perspektiv på temat. Här kan du se och lyssna på hela programm

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/samhallet-och-alderismen-case-forskaren-hakan-jonson-medverkade-pa-sandblomdagen - 2025-04-27

Av maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - publicerad 8 november 2022 Susanne Iwarsson med Taina Rantanen, Jyväskylä University, som var med online. Forskaren Johannes Ehinger syns till vänster i bilden. Profilområdet ”Proaktivt åldrande: Hjärna och rörelse - från molekylära förändringar till engagemang i livet och samhället” har nu startat med en workshop med cirka 30 f

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/forsta-workshopen-i-profilomradesarbetet - 2025-04-27

Publicerad 17 november 2022 I samband med fotoutställningen Åldras hemma? (med bilder av fotografen Ann-Christine Påhlson och doktoranden Christina Heller) som fanns på plats på Stadsbiblioteket i Lund vecka 42 till 43 föreläste doktoranderna Christina Heller och Afsaneh Taei från CASE och SWEAH om sina forskningsprojekt. Afsaneh Taei berättade om sitt projekt som handlar om att vara äldre och lev

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/fotoutstallning-och-forelasning-pa-stadsbiblioteket-i-lund-aldras-hemma - 2025-04-27

Av maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - publicerad 5 december 2022 Att gå är mer kognitivt krävande än man tidigare har trott. Och personer med lätt kognitiv funktionsnedsättning har svårare att gå än förväntat. Det är några av resultaten i Magnus Lindh-Rengifos avhandling om gång hos personer med neurodegenerativa sjukdomar. Han försvarar sin avhandling den 16 decemb

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/att-forska-om-gang-kandes-nodvandigt-att-jag-skulle-kunna-erbjuda-mina-patienter-battre-stod - 2025-04-27

Av maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - publicerad 6 december 2022 Priset delas ut "för framstående vetenskapliga insatser inom samhällsvetenskap och juridik". Pristagaren ska i bästa mening motsvara kravet om att vara en "allsidig akademiker". Prissumman är på 50 000 kronor.  Tove Harnett kommenterar priset så här: - Jag är tacksam att Kungliga Humanistiska Vetenskap

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/kungliga-humanistiska-vetenskapssamfundets-jubileumspris-tilldelas-case-forskaren-tove-harnett - 2025-04-27

Av maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - publicerad 21 december 2022 Tove Harnett medverkar (tillsammans med Jeanne Højgaard-Bøytler) kapitlet  ”Är det något särskilt med äldres missbruksproblem?” Marianne Granbom medverkar (tillsammans med Afsaneh Taei) med kapitlet ”Att vara äldre i socialt utsatta bostadsområden” Håkan Jönson är redaktör och har skrivit introduktion

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/case-forskare-i-ny-bok-perspektiv-pa-utsatthet-och-problem-under-aldrandet - 2025-04-27

Av maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - publicerad 9 januari 2023 Under det digitala boksläppet introducerar de olika författarna sina kapitel. För många är åldrandet relativt problemfritt, även om sjukdomar och funktionsnedsättningar blir vanligare ju längre vi lever. Vid sidan av problemfriheten finns det olika typer av utsatthet, utmaningar och bekymmer som kan dra

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/digitalt-bokslapp-torsdag-12-januari-1500-1600-perspektiv-pa-utsatthet-och-problem-under-aldrandet - 2025-04-27