By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 18 February 2021 Just as important as dialogue and consultation is to recognize that social inequality is often at the heart of ongoing resistance says Mine Islar. Photo: Unsplash. The yellow vest movement in France brings to the fore growing tensions between implementing global climate policy and social, economic and regional

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/recognizing-resistance-crucial-sustainable-and-just-transition - 2025-01-15

By Cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 2 March 2021 Young man spraying pesticides, barefoot and without protective clothing Pesticide use in is an urgent concern for human health and the environment. New studies on pesticide practices in Ugandan smallholder agriculture highlight the need to focus on drivers and impacts of unsafe pesticide use ins

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/it-not-farmers-who-drive-pesticide-use-it-lack-alternatives - 2025-01-15

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 31 March 2021 XR demonstration in Malmö on February 29, 2020, photo credit: @knastergast Meet LUCSUS new postdoctoral researcher Salvatore Paolo De Rosa. Salvatore's research focuses on connecting social and climate movements, civil society organisations and NGOs in Sweden and Europe to better understand the

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/salvatore-paolo-de-rosa-explores-interactions-climate-movements-science-and-law - 2025-01-15

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] LUCSUS [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 31 March 2021 Fieldwork in the Transist project will take place in Maputo, Mozambique. Photo: Unsplash LUCSUS new postdoctoral researcher, Eric Hoddy, aims to develop a better understanding of the governance of climate change adaptation in informal urban settlements. In this short interview, he highlights wh

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/eric-hoddy-studies-everyday-resistance-and-transformational-climate-change-adaptation-urban-poor - 2025-01-15

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 19 April 2021 The theme for the first online Transformations Conference (17 – 18th June 2021), co-organised by LUCSUS, is about enabling positive tipping points for sustainability transformations. In this interview, conveners J. David Tàbara (GCF) and Diego Galafassi (LUCSUS), speak on key aims and hopes for the upcoming confe

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/transformations-conference-2021-enabling-positive-tipping-points-sustainability - 2025-01-15

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 19 April 2021 Marine coastal ecosystems such as seagrass beds, mangroves and coral reefs provide services of vital importance for coastal communities in the Caribbean. Photo: Pixabay. As a PhD student in the MaCoBios project, Fabiola Espinoza Córdova aims to explore how we can reframe adaptation to climate change in coastal co

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/fabiola-espinoza-cordova-studies-climate-change-adaptation-coastal-communities - 2025-01-15

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 19 April 2021 Sustainability science has a lot to bring to society by connecting science and society to analyse and develop sustainable pathways. Therefore, sustainability science invites us to look beyond our area of expertise, says Alicia N'Guetta. Photo: Pixabay. Alicia N'Guetta is a PhD student working across two LUCSUS pr

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/alicia-nguetta-uses-gender-lens-study-impacts-climate-change-marine-coastal-ecosystems - 2025-01-15

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 25 May 2021 Do you want to do something great? Come and work with us at LUCSUS as a Event and Communication Intern. Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) is a world class sustainability centre for research, teaching and impact. During 2021, we welcome an intern with focus on social media

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/event-and-communications-intern-lucsus - 2025-01-15

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von Arnold) - published 25 May 2021 Researchers and/or local government can use the knowledge gaps identified in the study to develop data collection protocols that can help better monitor and assess the HAP impacts and improve them, says Maryam Nastar. Photo: Unsplash. In a new study, LUCSUS researcher Maryam Nastar, identifies ke

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/heat-action-plans-urban-cities-risks-excluding-most-vulnerable - 2025-01-15

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 24 May 2021 If the climate continues to be purely an environmental issue, Emily Boyd believes we will see more opposition to political decisions to limit emissions. Photo: Unsplash and Peter Frodin. A warmer world affects health, jobs, migration and welfare. We can no longer talk about the climate as a separate issue, says sus

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/time-stop-talking-about-climate - 2025-01-15

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 28 May 2021 Using menstrual cups can have significant benefits on women’s health and well-being in Tanzania. A unique pilot study from Tanzania, exploring the link between health – economy – well-being for women using menstrual cups, shows that extended menstrual cup use has multiple direct and indirect heal

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-study-shows-multiple-health-outcomes-women-using-menstrual-cups-tanzania - 2025-01-15

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 8 June 2021 Recording from an online dialogue between Nancy Fraser and Andras Malm at LUCSUS on May 18th 2021 Listen to a dialogue between Nancy Fraser and Andreas Malm on the current ecological crisis as well as on new forms of solidarity and struggle. This dialogue offers thought provoking interventions on

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/dialogue-between-nancy-fraser-and-andreas-malm - 2025-01-15

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 3 June 2021 The project can contribute towards making the respective value chains more transparent, in terms of actors and governance structures, as well as documenting justice aspects say Torsten Krause and Barbara Schröter. Photo: Torsten Krause. A new collaborative research project led by researchers Torsten Krause and Barb

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/global-value-chains-meat-gold-tin-and-palm-oil-spotlight-new-research-project - 2025-01-15

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 9 June 2021 Makher Char, Pirojpur, Bangladesh. Photo by Istiakh Ahmed. A new policy brief offers suggestions of what is needed to report and eventually address loss and damage from climate change in Bangladesh. It is produced within the project, Recasting the Disproportionate Impacts of Climate Change Extremes (DICE) - which f

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/policy-recommendations-report-and-address-loss-and-damage-climate-change-bangladesh - 2025-01-15

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 5 July 2021 The biggest problems with cities' heat action plans are that vulnerable groups find it difficult to access support, and that there is not enough budget to implement equal measures says Maryam Nastar. Photo: iStock. Dealing with heat is about more than implementing technical solutions such as cold rooms, access to w

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/reduced-inequality-and-better-social-networks-crucial-dealing-heatwaves - 2025-01-15

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von Arnold) - published 16 August 2021 PhD candidate Alicia N'guetta featured in ECOMAGZINE special issue on Rising Seas. Read the article “Climate Change and Ecosystem Services – Implications for Present and Future Loss and Damage to People and Society” in ecomagazine.com Introduction Alicia N’Guetta is a PhD candidate in Sustaina

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/climate-change-and-ecosystem-services-implications-present-and-future-loss-and-damage-people-and - 2025-01-15

By Cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von Arnold) - published 16 August 2021 PhD candidate Fabiola Espinoza Córdova featured in ECOMAGAZINE special issue on Rising Seas. Read the article “More than Fixed Solutions: Power and Different Worldviews in Framing Coastal Adaptation Actions” on ecomagazine.com     Introduction Fabiola is a doctoral student at Lund University C

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/more-fixed-solutions-power-and-different-worldviews-framing-coastal-adaptation-actions - 2025-01-15

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 12 August 2021 Interview with climate scientists, Kimberly Nicholas, who has acted as an observer at two global climate summits, and Markku Rummukainen, Sweden’s IPCC representative, about what comes next following the recent IPCC report. Read the interview on lunduniversity.lu.se 

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/what-comes-next-after-ipcc-climate-change-report - 2025-01-15

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 17 August 2021 The photo depicts Indigenous members of the Bedamuni People of Western Province, Papua New Guinea. The researchers argue that there is a need to broaden both the focus and the geographical scope of research on loss. Photo: Guy Jackson. – We have a moral responsibility to document loss of cultural heritage, indig

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-literature-review-documents-non-economic-loss-and-damage-due-climate-change - 2025-01-15

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 1 September 2021 Apply for doctoral positions in social resilience for the Agenda 2030 Graduate School at Lund University. Applicants can choose Sustainability sciences as their subject area - and come work at LUCSUS! The Faculty of Social Sciences is offering two doctoral student positions in social resilience. Social resilie

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/doctoral-positions-now-open-agenda-2030-graduate-school-lund-university - 2025-01-15