Published 11 November 2019 A forest management method different to those practised today would contribute to greater welfare and wellbeing for society in general, compared with current methods that mainly benefit the forestry industry. This has been shown in a new study by two researchers from Lund University in Sweden. There is an intensive debate at the moment about the best way to use the fores

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/another-type-forest-management-would-provide-greater-values-society - 2025-04-19

Published 20 November 2019 The BECC annual meeting was held October 22nd-23rd in Halmstad. At the meeting keynote speakers with expertise in interdisciplinary and and transdisciplinary research presented their research, followed by participant presentations of interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary research. The two days were filled with presentation and discussions to give inspiration and disseminat

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-annual-meeting-2019-interdisciplinarity-research-biodiversity-and-ecosystem-services-changing - 2025-04-19

Published 10 December 2019 Den 25 november anordnades en heldag på temat Grön infrastruktur (GI) för biologisk mångfald. Det var ett välfyllt symposium med personer från myndigheter, kommuner, privata företag, organisationer, ideella föreningar och forskare. Syftet med dagen var att utbyta information och erfarenhet mellan forskning och olika samhällsaktörer inom arbetet med implementering av GI.

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/report-symposium-gron-infrastruktur-och-biologisk-mangfald - 2025-04-19

Published 9 January 2020 Please spread the word! Ecological-Economic Framework to Investigate and Promote the Effectiveness of Biodiversity OffsetsTowards better assessments of nutrient constraints on soil carbon sequestration: including soil microbial and mineral mechanisms into terrestrial biosphere modelsExploring synergies between wild pollinators and climate-smart protein production – a mixed

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/6-becc-postdoc-positions-lund-university-0 - 2025-04-19

Published 14 January 2020 On the 5th of December 2019, BECC organized a full day of science-to-policy discussions in cooperation with the thematic collaboration initiative LU Land, on the topic of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which is currently undergoing a reform. The CAP is a strong shaping force of European land use practices, and therefore also strongly influences biodiversity and

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/report-symposium-working-together-environmentally-ambitious-evidence-based-agricultural-policy - 2025-04-19

Published 15 January 2020 BECC (Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate) welcomes proposals for research funding within the vision and aims of BECC for the years 2020-21. BECC (Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate) welcomes proposals for research funding within the vision and aims of BECC for the years 2020-21. This is a joint call between Lund university (LU

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/call-proposals-research-funding-becc - 2025-04-19

Published 20 March 2020 Different aspects of forest governance were presented as well as landscape approaches to achieve multiple goals were discussed and exemplified. Different aspects of forest governance were presented in the morning by three invited speakers, Erik Sollander from the Swedish Forest Agency, Carina Keskitalo from Umeå University and Marie Appelstrand from Lund University. In the

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/forest-governance-meet-global-challenges - 2025-04-19

Published 27 April 2020 During a one-day symposium in Gothenburg peatland was the theme, now you may follow the work organized and carried out by BECC researchers in several Swedish media. Peatland is a major questionmark in the combat of climate change. Skogaryd is an infrastructure of BECC and at the research station researcher within the BECC community have research going on that has been highl

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/focus-peatland - 2025-04-19

Published 6 May 2020 We appreciate your participation in the online conference, which was a very successful joining of about 100 participants. April 23 and 24 were two very rewarding days, filled with interesting sessions, poster presentations, office yoga, group discussions, as well as fruitful conversations and sharing of expertise. The event allowed for interesting discussions among researchers

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/thank-you-participating-becc-merge-spring-meeting-online-science-says-conference - 2025-04-19

Published 25 May 2020 “Rwanda, the land of a thousand hills, depends on its forests and trees that protect soil fertility, preserve biodiversity, help to cope with climate change and provide fuel for cooking. But the forests used to be much vaster.” Eric Mirindi Dusenge, BECC researcher at University of Gothenburg, is part of a project to find out how native tree species can contribute to tackling

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/tropical-montane-forests-warming-world - 2025-04-19

Published 14 September 2020 ClimBEco summermeeting in Lund. Photo: Ylva van Meeningen ClimBEco’s annual summer meeting was held this August over two consecutive days, with both online and in-person meetings in Lund, Malmö and Gothenburg. The summer meeting is one of the highlights of our graduate school, where current PhD students can meet, network and learn more about an interdisciplinary topic.

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/summary-climbeco-summer-meeting - 2025-04-19

Published 24 February 2020 Om filosofers liv och tankar · #28 om AI och etik med Christian Balkenius

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/om-filosofers-liv-och-tankar-om-ai-och-etik-med-christian-balkenius - 2025-04-19

By johan [dot] nyman [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Nyman) - published 20 April 2020 Under coronakrisen har digitaliseringen på vissa områden forcerats fram. Vi har intervjuat Stefan Larsson, docent i teknik och social förändring om digitaliseringens och plattformarnas roll, pandemiappar och hur vi kan förstå datainsamling och integritetsskyddsfrågor i relation till krisen. Läs mer på

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/hyperdigitalisering-overvakning-och-pandemiappar-i-coronakrisens-spar - 2025-04-19

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 8 October 2020 Oktober månad är den internationella bröstcancermånaden. Detta vill vi uppmärksamma genom att lyfta fram Sophia Zackrisson, årets cancerforskare, och hennes forskningsgrupp som arbetar med att utveckla nya metoder för en bättre och mer precis bröstcancerscreening. Läs mer på lu.se.

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/anvander-ai-att-hitta-fler-med-okad-brostcancerrisk - 2025-04-19

By evelina [dot] linden [at] luhm [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 12 November 2020 How come bees always find their way home, not to mention in a straight line? What is it about the insect brain that allows them to navigate so easily? Could we copy that function? A step in this direction has now been taken by a group of scientists in a project combining the fields of biology, physics

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/mimicking-navigation-insect-brain - 2025-04-19

By jonas [dot] andersson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jonas Andersson) - published 27 December 2020 Forskare från Imperial College tog fram en modell för att bedöma effekter av olika åtgärder för att minska spridningen av corona. Men modellen har stora brister och kunde inte användas för att dra de publicerade slutsatserna, skriver svenska forskare från bland annat Lund universitet i tids

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/forskare-kritiska-till-hur-modeller-anvants-att-berakna-effekt-av-atgarder-mot-corona - 2025-04-19

Published 26 December 2020 In a recent study, researchers from Imperial College London developed a model to assess the effect of different measures used to curb the spread of the coronavirus. However, the model had fundamental shortcomings and cannot be used to draw the published conclusions, claim Swedish researchers from Lund University, and other institutions, in the journal Nature. Read more o

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/model-used-evaluate-lockdowns-was-flawed-0 - 2025-04-19

Published 12 May 2020 Lunds kommun vill ta hjälp av AI-teknik för att övervaka om invånarna håller distansen som de ska. Satellitbilder och sensorer på krogborden kan bli verktyg för att se om trängseln är för stor. Intervju med Åsa Melvanius är digitaliseringschef på Lunds kommun.

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/sr-p1-morgon-social-distans-kan-kollas-fran-rymden - 2025-04-19

Published 19 August 2020 Netflix fortsätter satsa på filmer och tv-serier där tittaren själv får bestämma hur berättelsen ska sluta. – Man går från "lean back" till "lean in", säger Robert Willim, forskare inom digitala kulturer.

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/sr-kulturradion-fler-filmer-later-tittaren-styra-handlingen - 2025-04-19

Published 6 March 2020 Among others, Christian Balkenius from Lund University discusses the concept of attention. The audio is in Swedish.

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/p1-filosofiska-rummet-uppmarksamhet - 2025-04-19