Published 4 April 2018 Bigert & Bergström, Reverse Osmosis Plant, 2013. Foto: Jean-Baptiste Beranger © Bigert & Bergström. LUCSUS, in collaboration with Skissernas Museum, is organising the event Arts Meet Science, 27th April, during Lund University Sustainability Week.  Director Emily Boyd says that one of the reasons LUCSUS initiated this event is that there is a lot of focus on the negative eff

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/art-can-evoke-interplay-between-analytic-thinking-facts-about-what-we-know-and-toward-where-we - 2025-01-29

Published 10 April 2018 Kimberly Nicholas and former LUMES student Seth Wynes' article on the four most effective personal lifestyle choices to reduce your carbon footprint has received the prestigous prize 'Best Article of 2017' from the journal Environmental Research Letters. Their paper, 'The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual act

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Published 24 April 2018 A village in the East of Sri Lanka that was spared the worst of the Asian Tsunami through protection by coastal forest. Such 'green infrastructure' is increasingly being recognised as a more sustainable alternative. © Stephen Woroniecki, 2017. "Empowerment of vulnerable groups is unlikely to arise through interventions from climate adaptation projects only. Yet, often these

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/nature-based-solutions-climate-change-what-scope-empowerment-vulnerable-groups - 2025-01-29

Published 4 May 2018 Agroecology is a better alternative than large-scale agriculture - both for the climate and for small farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to LUCSUS researcher Ellinor Isgren. This agricultural model preserves biodiversity and safeguards food supply while avoiding soil depletion.  – We must consider other, alternative models for developing agriculture, particularly in coun

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/agroecology-better-alternative-sub-saharan-africa - 2025-01-29

Published 15 May 2018 Bigert & Bergström, “Reverse Osmosis Plant”, 2013 © Bigert & Bergström. Photo: Jean-Baptiste Beranger Student journalist Lina Lockean join Director Emily Boyd in a reflection on the recent event Arts Meet Science - a day full of powerful conversations about the relationship between arts and science. Art Meets Science was an event organised by LUCSUS in collaboration with Skis

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/festive-reflections-arts-meet-science - 2025-01-29

Published 17 May 2018 LUCSUS researchers Emily Boyd and Christine Wamsler, along with six other experts, recently co-authored an opinion piece on water in Dagens Nyheter. This sparked a number of reactions, not least from the Swedish Minister of Environment, Karolina Skog. It has also lead to a panel debate being organised at Water Forum during Almedalen, the democratic and political week taking p

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/impact-opinion-piece-dagens-nyheter-leads-panel-debate-almedalen-2018 - 2025-01-29

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von arnold) - published 24 May 2018 What makes for a successful transition to a low-carbon energy system? Local involvement, perceived fairness and information sharing, according to new research from LUCSUS and IIIEE. The researchers studied two cases, one in Samsø (Denmark) and one in Feldheim (Germany) of successful implementatio

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-local-communities-can-transition-sustainable-energy-systems - 2025-01-29

Published 25 May 2018 In Tanzania, girls on their period avoid going to school, something that affects their opportunities for education. A new study from LUCSUS shows that the menstrual cup could be a step towards better school attendance, and a life with more freedom. It could also play a part in reducing waste in the country. As a young woman in Tanzania, having your period is associated with g

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/menstrual-cups-could-help-girls-attend-school-tanzania - 2025-01-29

Published 4 June 2018 Wine connoisseur with a taste for Pinot noir? You probably need to rethink your position. Wines made from the most popular grapes could disappear because of climate change, according to LUCSUS researcher Kimberly Nicholas. “As a society, we must drastically reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in order to ensure the future of our vineyards. Winegrowers must also adapt their c

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/climate-change-uncertain-future-favourite-wines - 2025-01-29

Published 7 June 2018 Photo: Genesis Tambang Yengoh. “On a smaller scale, biofuels can be a good alternative for public transport, but we cannot solve the climate issue by simply replacing fossil fuels with biofuels. Instead, we must reduce our energy consumption, as the total energy consumption within road transports is not decreasing”, explains David Harnesk, researcher at the LUCSUS. In his the

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/eu-biofuel-regulation-not-sustainable-long-term - 2025-01-29

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 15 August 2024 Prize for technical staff that have substantially contributed to research at Lund University. Deadline: 2 september. Examples of staff cathegories are research engineers, biomedical analytics, research nurses, but also other cathegories can be nominated. The nominations should be sent to the Royal Ph

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/nominate-royal-physiografic-society-lund-prize-technical-staff - 2025-01-29

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 27 August 2024 Deadline: October 7, at noon. Read more and apply on The Tegger Foundation web page (in Swedish).

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/call-application-tegger-foundation-postdocs-young-researchers - 2025-01-29

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 27 August 2024 All employees are welcome to join our digital Faculty Morning Meeting. At the meeting Deputy Head of Finance, Jörgen Malmsten, will give us an update about our overhead (OH) costs. What is included in them and why the overhead costs can differ between different faculties and departments.NOTE: This me

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-morning-meeting-298-all-about-overhead-costs - 2025-01-29

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 21 August 2024 Workshop with information and discussions on how to use CMU Flex at the Faculty. Register no later than August 26. Invitation to a workshop with information and discussions on how to use CMU Flex at the Faculty. The workshop is arranged in relation to the investigation of the animal houses of the Fac

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/invitation-workshop-discuss-cmu-flex - 2025-01-29

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 23 August 2024 Research group leader Alex Evilevitch & he Cookies (not a band). Photo: Agata Garpenlind. Today, Intramed visits the Department Office at Experimental Medical Science, that has invited its researchers. EMV has held an open house to showcase its new premises and its activities. Sofie Magnusson, Admini

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/close-encounters-faculty-thursday-emv-holds-open-house - 2025-01-29

By sofia_b [dot] liljedahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sofia B Liljedahl) - published 4 September 2024 Adelé Månsson and Thomas Hellmark in an active learning classroom (ALC) in house E. The room is furnished with round tables for group collaboration. Each table has its own screen on the wall behind it. Before the start of each semester, a staggering 7,500 booking requests are made for teaching pr

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/undergraduate-teaching-premises-booking-system-well-oiled-machine - 2025-01-29

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 27 August 2024 On Wednesdays from 4/9, Gerdahallen will run a tabata circle at the LTH park, at 12 noon. During this autumn, the popular outdoor exercise continues in the LTH park. It is Akademiska Hus and Gerdahallen that offer free training in September and October. Every Wednesday between 12:00 – 12:45 at the LT

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/lunch-training-outdoors-september-october-free-no-pre-registration - 2025-01-29

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 29 August 2024 Lund University is hosting a Horizon Europe workshop to stimulate collaborations that strengthen our international impact in research and innovation. Deadline for application is 20/9. As part of the work with Global Dynamic Engagement (GDE), Lund University is hosting a Horizon Europe workshop to sti

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/international-impact-actions-new-call-lund-hosts-workshop - 2025-01-29

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 30 August 2024 Welcome to the Faculty of Medicine! The academic year's introductory days were held for students of the nursing programme, the radiology nursing programme, the occupational therapy programme and the physiotherapy programme. Around 300 students were present in Forum Medicum on 29–30 August. Other degr

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-students-four-programmes-filled-forum-medicum - 2025-01-29

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 3 September 2024 Walk the talk while taking a walk-and-talk and the discussion will be like a walk in the park. Does your manager know what you do at work, what challenges you have and how well you performed your tasks? If not, you have a chance to tell it in the upcoming follow-up discussion, deadline October 4. "But it

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/follow-discussion-prepare-good-conversation - 2025-01-29