Published 31 January 2018 Research in collaboration with vulnerable groups, and scientist and citizen involvement are some of the ways forward to address the environmental risks that experts believe will have the most impact in the next ten years. Emily Boyd, Director at LUCSUS, comments on the recently released Global Risks Report 2018.According to the report, extreme weather events, natural disa

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/collaboration-and-scientist-involvement-emily-boyd-comments-global-risks-report-2018 - 2025-04-21

By cecilia-von_arnold [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 12 February 2018 Lennart Olsson Lennart Olsson has been appointed by the Government to Sida’s Scientific Board, who reviews Sida's proposals for projects and cooperation within the research area. Professor Lennart Olsson has been appointed by the Government to Sida’s Scientific Board (SSB).The research council rev

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By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 14 February 2018 To avoid the harmful impacts of unconscious bias in research and research grant funding it is becoming increasingly clear how important unconscious bias in training of academics is in order to help us understand our own biases. Karin Steen, head of the the Gender, Diversity and Equality comm

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/karin-steen-about-unconscious-bias - 2025-04-21

Published 22 February 2018 - We discussed questions of how people are geographically affected, who is affected, and therefore who might support or resist a particular political arrangement, and what this means for forests as ecosystems, Emily Boyd, Director at LUCSUS, says. She recently took part in a BECC (Biodiversity and ecosystem services in a changing climate) workshop on environmental govern

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/governance-climate-change-and-biodiversity-loss-global-forestry-sector-emily-boyd-comments-workshop - 2025-04-21

Published 22 February 2018 – The most efficient way to address increasing climate impacts in cities is to mainstream climate adaptation into planning policies and tools. Successful mainstreaming means that climate adaptation will be considered by ‘default’, because it is built into the system, says Christine Wamsler, Professor at LUCSUS, and author of a recent article on the topic. But how can we

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/climate-adaptation-needs-be-better-mainstreamed-urban-governance-and-planning-says-christine-wamsler - 2025-04-21

Published 28 February 2018 Flagler Beach. Florida, USA. US cities facing sea level rise need to look beyond traditional strategies for managing issues such as critical erosion and coastal squeeze, according to new research from LUCSUS. Civil society initiatives must now play a crucial role in adapting society to climate change, researcher Chad Boda argues in his dissertation. Watch: Sea level rise

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/sea-level-rise-urgently-requires-new-forms-decision-making-dissertation-chad-boda - 2025-04-21

Published 5 March 2018 In her research, Maryam Nastar will look into cities representing the Asia regional climate change trend (in the East, Central and West), where both observed and predicted daytime temperature extremes are likely to increase. Maryam Nastar, researcher at LUCSUS, is interested in resource mobilisation at the neighborhood-level since she believes that the solutions to sustainab

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-maryam-nastar-resource-mobilisation-neighborhood-level - 2025-04-21

Published 5 March 2018 What causes social entrepreneurship to thrive in some places while not in others? What are some of the important factors in place to foster social entrepreneurship in rural areas? These are this a few of the questions explored by a group of international students in Gojome and Kazuno towns in the wintery, mountainous paradise of Akita, Japan, a region faced with a declining

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-blog-explorations-social-entrepreneurship-japan-barry-ness - 2025-04-21

Published 12 March 2018 Collaborations between the public sector and academia are increasingly common, and are often highlighted as the way forward for strategic climate planning. But how are practitioners and academics to work together to achieve results? Researchers at LUCSUS are investigating how a model can benefit transdisciplinary sustainability projects.  – Nowadays, many universities and m

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/structuring-collaboration-between-municipalities-and-academics-testing-model-transdisciplinary - 2025-04-21

Published 8 March 2018 International Women’s Day: Director Emily Boyd reflects that discussions of gender equality are of special importance to a centre such as LUCSUS which conducts research on sustainability issues worldwide. Research is conducted in sectors where women predominantly work such as agriculture, or in places where vulnerable groups are exposed to various environmental challenges– A

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/international-womens-day-gender-equality-special-importance-research-centre-such-lucsus-says-emily - 2025-04-21

Published 20 March 2018 Wim Carton and Lennart Olsson in discussion with researcher colleagues in Uganda. Research on land and sustainable agriculture is at the core of LUCSUS’ work as a centre. In this interview, Wim Carton highlights work on perennial agriculture as a means to meet some of the challenges facing small-holder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, and gives advice to researchers going in

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-wim-carton-perennial-agriculture-means-meet-sustainability-challenges-and - 2025-04-21

Publicerad 25 oktober 2016 Måndagen den 19 december invigs Lunds universitets 350-årsjubileet under högtidliga och festliga former! Alla är såklart välkomna att fira, men glöm inte att anmäla er. Ceremonin och invigningsfesten kommer att hållas på svenska. PROGRAM10.00–14.00 Jubileumsyra i Universitetshuset (ej anmälan)17.00 Invigningsceremoni, Universitetshusets aula18.30 Invigningsfest med midda

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Publicerad 25 oktober 2016 Alexander Pietras, forskare vid institutionen för laboratoriemedicin, har utsetts Ragnar Söderbergforskare i medicin (Ragnar Söderberg Fellowship in medicine) 2016 och får ett forskningsanslag på 8 miljoner kronor under fem års tid. Anslaget från Ragnar Söderbergs stiftelse delas ut till  unga lovande  forskare med nyskapande idéer och dokumenterad vetenskaplig kompetens

https://www.lu.se/artikel/alexander-pietras-ragnar-soderbergforskare-i-medicin-2016-0 - 2025-04-21

Publicerad 27 oktober 2016 Har du en idé som skulle kunna bli en ny vara, en ny tjänst eller ett nytt arbetssätt i framtiden? Eller en idé som kan göra att något som redan finns blir så mycket bättre? Tillsammans med Sparbanksstiftelsen Finn delar LU Innovation ut sammanlagt 200 000 kronor till framtidens innovationer. Idéer och projekt inom alla discipliner är välkomna. Vi har två kategorier, for

https://www.lu.se/artikel/200-000-kronor-till-framtidens-innovationer - 2025-04-21

Publicerad 3 november 2016 Nu utlyses Lund University London Scholarship 2016. Därmed har en lundastudent för fjärde gången möjlighet att praktisera på Svenska Handelskammaren i London tack vare stipendiet. Den ettåriga praktiken startar i juni 2017. Ansökningstiden sträcker sig mellan 3-25 november 2016. Lund University London Scholarship har möjliggjorts tack vare en donation från Håkan Winberg,

https://www.lu.se/artikel/utlysning-lund-university-london-scholarship-2016 - 2025-04-21

Publicerad 7 november 2016 Strokedagen i Lund hölls fredagen den 28 oktober och lockade 400 åhörare till aulan på Skånes universitetssjukhus. Syftet med Strokedagen är att återkommande sprida kunskap om en av vår tids folksjukdomar, stroke, som varje år drabbar 30.000 människor bara i Sverige, gamla som unga. Förmiddagen innebar ett antal vetenskapliga seminarier och på eftermiddagen arrangerades

https://www.lu.se/artikel/forskare-hyllades-pa-strokedagen-i-lund - 2025-04-21

Publicerad 9 november 2016 PostNord kommer att ta fram två frimärken för att uppmärksamma att Lunds universitet fyller 350 år. Motiven är ännu hemliga, men den 18 november är det dags för lansering! Alla är välkomna att se avtäckningen (ingen föranmälan krävs), lyssna på presentationer och mingla i vårt vackra universitetshus. På plats kommer det att finnas representanter från både universitetet o

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lanseringen-av-universitetsfrimarkena-narmar-sig - 2025-04-21

Publicerad 16 november 2016 Cancerfonden delar nu ut rekordsumman 396 miljoner kronor till svensk cancerforskning. Av dem får Lunds universitet drygt 70 miljoner kronor nästa år. En av forskarna som tar del av forskningsstödet är Kristian Riesbeck, överläkare och professor vid Lunds universitet. – Med hjälp av anslaget från Cancerfonden kan vi arbeta fokuserat med att förstå hur magsårsbakterien H

https://www.lu.se/artikel/cancerfonden-delar-ut-70-miljoner-kronor-till-lunds-universitet - 2025-04-21

Publicerad 16 november 2016 Ett av de största priserna inom hållbar utveckling i Sverige delades ut i samband med en ceremoni i Gamla Biskopshuset i Lund i tisdags. Drygt en miljon kronor donerades till personer som på något sätt bidragit till utvecklingen inom energieffektivt byggande. I kategorin Årets Talang belönades nio talangfulla studenter vid Lunds universitet för att de har visat framståe

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lundastudenter-blev-arets-framtidsbyggare - 2025-04-21

Publicerad 17 november 2016 Den sista helgen i januari öppnar Skissernas Museum på nytt efter en omfattande utbyggnad. Grand OpeningJanuari 28 2017 / 16.00-23.00Januari 29 2017 / 12.00-17.00Museet erbjuder gratis inträde för alla under denna helg!Mer information kommer inom kort på: www.skissernasmuseum.seText: Oscar HeimburgPublicerad: 2016-11-17 För en bättre värld Se hur du kan stödja vår forsk

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