By natascha [dot] kljun [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Natascha Kljun and Julia Kelly) - published 6 August 2024 A Swedish forest after a fire. Photo: Natascha Kljun Even in Earth’s high northern-latitude forest, climate change is predicted to make wildfires more frequent and severe.Earth’s far north hosts the boreal forest, a vast green belt that stretches from North America to Siberia. The boreal f

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/forests-destroyed-wildfires-emit-carbon-long-after-flames-die - 2025-03-27

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 22 August 2024 Children in areas with lower socioeconomic levels gain the most from targeted nature projects, especially if they have no direct access to nature close to where they live. Photo: Anna Avdeeva/iStockphoto The income and education levels of a child’s environment determine their relationship to nature

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/socioeconomic-circumstances-shape-childrens-connection-nature-more-where-they-live - 2025-03-27

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 2 October 2024 António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, speaking at COP15 in Montreal, Canada. Photo: Maria Blasi In 2022, the world's nations achieved a "Paris Agreement for nature" — the Kunming-Montreal Framework, negotiated during COP15 in Canada. Now, the follow-up meeting, COP16, is set to take place in Cali

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/policy-insights-ahead-cop16-colombia - 2025-03-27

Published 17 October 2024 Stricter environmental requirements and alternative sources of income for the population are needed to stop deforestation in the Amazon, Jesica López's thesis shows. Photo: Sara Håkansson In the Colombian rainforest, cattle ranching is spreading and leading to forest fires and deforestation. This threatens the environment, climate and indigenous people in the Amazon. More

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/new-thesis-highlights-sustainable-solutions-protect-amazon-rainforest - 2025-03-27

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 15 October 2024 The Ecology building, Lund University. Photo: Sara Håkansson. CEC is responsible for the interdisciplinary PhD programme in Environmental Science. CEC now announces funding to partly finance up to three (3) doctoral student projects, where the doctoral students are admitted to the PhD programme in

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/funding-doctoral-student-projects-environmental-science-0 - 2025-03-27

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 24 October 2024 Long-term effective methods are needed to curb the negative effects of coastal erosion. Within the LIFE Coast Adapt project, researchers from Lund University, together with officials from Region Skåne and several coastal municipalities in Skåne, have tested various nature-based methods to contribute to a practi

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/collaboration-led-methods-can-protect-our-coastal-environments-erosion - 2025-03-27

By jesica [dot] lopez [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Jesica López) - published 25 October 2024 Photo: Dylan Shaw/Unsplash The city of Cali, in Colombia, is hosting the UN’s 16th biodiversity summit, known as Cop16. The summit, which runs until Friday, November 1, is focused on how countries will fulfil previous pledges to protect at least 30% of the world’s land and water and restore 30% of degraded

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/colombia-hosts-un-biodiversity-summit-its-own-amazonian-rainforest-crisis - 2025-03-27

Published 28 November 2024 What were the main outcomes of the UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 and what happened behind the scenes? Here are key takeaways from our webinar with negotiators, researchers, NGOs and other experts. On 21 November, some 150 people tuned into the webinar Post COP16 analysis: From biodiversity commitments to action. The event was co-organized by SIANI, Focali, Stockholm E

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/post-match-analysis-cop16-learn-what-happened-and-why-it-matters - 2025-03-27

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 10 December 2024 Grass fodder production in southern Sweden. Photo: Josefin Winberg. Bioenergy plays a vital role in the transition to a fossil-free society. However, the "unused" agricultural land, so-called marginal land, deemed suitable for bioenergy cultivation in southern Sweden is practically nonexistent, a

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/land-identified-crucial-swedish-bioenergy-already-occupied-new-study-shows - 2025-03-27

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 10 December 2024 Lund University. Photo: Kennet Ruona. Lund University has achieved third place globally in the QS Sustainability Rankings, according to a press release issued by the university on Tuesday. The QS World University Rankings: Sustainability evaluates approximately 1,750 institutions worldwide on the

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/henrik-smith-systematic-efforts-behind-lund-universitys-top-sustainability-ranking - 2025-03-27

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 4 March 2025 Henrik Smith has not only built successful research environments such as BECC, he has also inspired a whole generation of students to work on environmental and climate issues. Photo: Göran Smith With his cycling helmet perched on his head, he rushes in like a whirlwind, fires off monosyllabic replies to em

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/henrik-smith-visionary-who-never-slows-down - 2025-03-27

Published 8 June 2017 The University of Sydney invites applications from qualified individuals for appointment to two Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in nineteenth and/or twentieth century international history, as part of Professor Glenda Sluga’s ARC Laureate Research Program in International History. Applications should be submitted before 21 June 2017. The Postdoctoral Fellows will be working

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-post-doctoral-fellow-university-sydney - 2025-03-27

Published 13 June 2017 An article on SASNET's researcher Admir Skodo, written by Elina Vidarsson, has been published in the Swedish online magazine Sydasien (South Asia). Read the article (in Swedish). The article is on Admir’s research, which draws on conceptual history, critical theory of race, historical sociology, and global history in order to examine how the concept of the Afghan refugee/imm

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/article-concept-afghan-refugee - 2025-03-27

Published 20 June 2017 The Himalayan Studies Conference V will be held 1-4 September 2017 at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA. The conference is organized by the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS) and hosted by the Tibet Himalaya Intiative at CU Boulder. Participation is restricted to members of the ANHS. Keynote speakers for HSC V will be the author Manjushree Thapa, whose

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/himalayan-studies-conference-colorado - 2025-03-27

Published 20 June 2017 Kathmandu University, Centre for Buddhist Studies at Rangjung Yeshe Institute invites applications for a part-time, nine-month, teaching position in Sanskrit starting on August 15, 2017 at its campus in Boudhanath, Nepal. The instructor will teach two undergraduate courses in Sanskrit each semester: Sanskrit I and III in Fall, and Sanskrit II and IV in Spring. Total teaching

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-sanskrit-instructor-kathmandu-university - 2025-03-27

Published 20 June 2017 The Faculty of Humanities, Leiden Institute for Area Studies at University of Leiden is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Buddhist Studies. Applications must be received no later than 30 June 2017. The researcher will carry out research on Buddhist scriptures, which is part of the ERC-funded project, “The Composition of Buddhist Scriptures: Open Philology” headed by p

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-postdoctoral-researcher-buddhist-studies - 2025-03-27

Published 20 June 2017 The Faculty of Humanities, Leiden Institute for Area Studies at University of Leiden is looking for a PhD candidate in Buddhist Studies. Applications must be received no later than 30 June 2017 The candidate will carry out research on Buddhist scriptures, which is part of the ERC-funded project, “The Composition of Buddhist Scriptures: Open Philology” headed by prof. Jonatha

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-phd-candidate-buddhist-studies - 2025-03-27

Published 21 June 2017 In order to consolidate its presence in Afghanistan and to maintain, expand and ensure better impact of its current output, AAN is seeking to recruit one Researcher. The deadline for applications for this recruitment is 15 July 2017. The position is expected to be Kabul-based and full time. The Researcher will report to AAN’s Co-Directors or a person designated by them, and

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-researcher-afghanistan-analysts-network-aan - 2025-03-27

Published 21 June 2017 In order to consolidate its presence in Afghanistan and to maintain, expand and ensure better impact of its current output, AAN is seeking to recruit one or two new research staff members. Depending on skills, training and experience they will be hired for the position of Junior or Senior Analyst. The deadline for applications for this recruitment is 15 July 2017. The positi

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-juniorsenior-analyst-afghanistan-analysts-network - 2025-03-27

Published 22 June 2017 Dalia Abdelhady talking about research methodology On Thursday 15 June, 2017 a workshop entitled: "Studying Refugees in Northern Europe" was held at The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University. SASNET researcher Admir Skodo participated and presented a paper. The workshop was organized by Dalia Abdelhady, Nina Gren and Martin Joormann. The participants formed an i

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/workshop-lund-refugees-northern-europe - 2025-03-27