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Key research area Negative emission technologies, or large scale carbon dioxide removal, are by many assessments, policy makers, industries and companies, seen as key to slow or halt climate change. Researchers at LUCSUS studies the narratives, implementation and impacts of these technologies from political, economical and justice perspectives. The research takes a critical perspective, and studie
Key research area The effects of climate change are causing great suffering, losses and damages, especially for the most vulnerable. LUCSUS research aims to identify where loss and damage from climate change is happening, whom it affects, why, and at what scale. In focus are questions relating to just adaptation, intersectionality and responsibility. Our work contribute towards addressing inevitab
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research/research-themes/climate-change-and-resilience/loss-and-damage-and-just-adaptation - 2025-12-09
Key research area at LUCSUS There is an urgent need for agriculture to drastically reduce its negative environmental impacts, while at the same time responding to increasing demand and adapting to a changing climate. For this to be possible, radical change in how we grow our major staple crops is essential. At LUCSUS researchers are studying both ecological, social and economic aspects of what a
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research/research-themes/land-use-governance-and-development/perennial-agriculture - 2025-12-09
Key research area The current climate and biodiversity crises are deeply intertwined with complex social, cultural and economic processes that also cause injustices around the world. Protecting ecosystems and the diversity of species that live in them cannot be separated from an understanding of the underlying factors driving climate change, biodiversity loss and the social injustices people exper
Go to our staff page and click on each person’s profile for contact details, publications and biographical information.See all Staff at LUCSUS Barry Ness Director Email: barry [dot] ness [at] LUCSUS [dot] lu [dot] se Telephone: +46 46 222 48 09 Mobile: +46 70 259 02 57 Personal webpage Torsten Krause Deputy Director Email: torsten [dot] krause [at] LUCSUS [dot] lu [dot] se Bregje van Veelen Direc
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/contact - 2025-12-09
Development Research Conference, Lund University, 21-23 October 2024 DevRes is a bi-annual conference gathering Swedish development and sustainability researchers from different academic disciplines to exchange ideas and network as well as promote collaboration with practitioners, organizations and policy makers. DevRes 2024 was hosted by Lund University and the conference theme was “Reaching the
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/devres2024 - 2025-12-09
Key research area at LUCSUS Around the world, glaciers are retreating at unprecedented rates due to climate change. Billions of people are dependent on glaciers for their survival, and glaciers and mountain ecosystems support societies in many ways: providing water for drinking and agriculture, generating hydroelectric energy, driving tourism and other types of livelihoods, and as places of spirit
Key research area at LUCSUS Rural landscapes and communities across the world are impacted by significant changes and shifts related to broader trends, including urbanisation, agricultural intensification and climate change. Such transformations shape, and are shaped by, different actors and processes across scales and often involve contestations related to land use, resource allocation and decisi
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research/research-themes/land-use-governance-and-development/rural-transformations - 2025-12-09
key research area at LUCSUS Agriculture provides most of the food we eat and the fibers we wear while at the same time contributing up to 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions and consuming around 70% of global freshwater withdrawals. Navigating this tension between the societal necessity of agriculture and its environmental impacts is therefore at the heart of sustainable development. Within the
LUCSUS, together with the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, and the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, is a partner in the European project Naturvation, which stands for nature-based urban innovation. The project has three main objectives: advance assessment approaches, enable innovations, and realise the potential of nature-based solutions. We ask LUCSUS
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/what-about-nature-based-urban-innovation - 2025-12-09
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https://www.lucsus.lu.se/climate-change - 2025-12-09
The event will take place both onsite in Lund at Edens hörsal with limited number of participants AND online (live streamed)If you wish to attend the event at Eden, please register here. Registration will close when we have reached the limited number of particpants, but you are of course free to join the event online. About the event in the LU calendar Name (required) Email Leave this field blank
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/form/registration-event-social-movements-force-change - 2025-12-09
Climate change, soil pollution, land use changes, and biodiversity loss are causing major challenges to agriculture, with negative impacts on food production, land and water resources, livelihoods and communities’ quality of life. LUCSUS research contributes towards strategies for sustainable agriculture, food security and sustainable development. We study the societal and environmental dimensions
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research/research-themes/land-use-governance-and-development - 2025-12-09
At LUCSUS we create theoretically innovative and empirically rigorous knowledge to understand and explain pressing sustainability challenges. We take an inter- and transdisciplinary approach to tackle complex sustainability challenges. We combine critical perspectives with problem-solving approaches - in collaboration with society, to make a difference for sustainable development.How we do itWe ar
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research/research-framework - 2025-12-09
Discover highlights of how LUCSUS researchers work to make an impact from the global to the local in our impact stories. We work closely with partners from civil society and the private and public sectors to make an impact beyond academia. We work with three main pathways to achieve long-lasting impact beyond academia: Societal dialogue Policy work Capacity building Learn more about how our resear
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/impact/impact-stories - 2025-12-09
LUCSUS has an extensive and active network with over 60 global research collaborations. We also work closely with partners and stakeholders outside academia - ranging from small-scale farmers, social movements and high schools to non-governmental organisations, municipalities and high-level policy organisations. Research environments and collaborations Academic collaborations across the Globe As
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research/collaborations - 2025-12-09
We equip change agents with tools to address and tackle complex sustainability challenges. Educating agents for sustainable change LUCSUS offers education at masters level as well as doctoral studies, commissioned education and freestanding courses. Our international master's programmes focuses on sustainability challenges from a local to global level through combining both social and natural scie
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/education - 2025-12-09
Courses open for exchange students Sustainability studies: concepts, challenges and approaches (Level: introductory/first cycle)PhD coursesCourses for PhD students can be found under PhD programme MOOC: Working for a sustainable future: concepts and approaches Contact Amanda Elgh Student Coordinator LUCSUSamanda [dot] elgh [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (amanda[dot]elgh[at]lucsus[dot]lu[dot]se) +46
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/education/courses - 2025-12-09
SASI03. Open to exchange students only. Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science: Concepts, Challenges and Approaches in Sustainability Studies (SASI03) is an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of sustainability studies. This course gives you an introduction to some of the approaches, theoretical concepts and tools used in sustainability studies. The course uses problem solving an
A guest PhD is someone who is enrolled in a PhD program at another institution, but wishes to spend time (generally 1-6 months) physically based at LUCSUS. Guest PhDs can contribute to and benefit from the intellectual environment at LUCSUS, and LUCSUS can offer to host Guest PhDs under the following guidelines. Guest PhDs A PhD who wishes to visit LUCSUS for a guest position should directly cont
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research/phd-programme/phd-admission-and-funding/phd-guest-researchers-lucsus - 2025-12-09
