Published 31 January 2018 Research in collaboration with vulnerable groups, and scientist and citizen involvement are some of the ways forward to address the environmental risks that experts believe will have the most impact in the next ten years. Emily Boyd, Director at LUCSUS, comments on the recently released Global Risks Report 2018.According to the report, extreme weather events, natural disa

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/collaboration-and-scientist-involvement-emily-boyd-comments-global-risks-report-2018 - 2025-06-05

By cecilia-von_arnold [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 12 February 2018 Lennart Olsson Lennart Olsson has been appointed by the Government to Sida’s Scientific Board, who reviews Sida's proposals for projects and cooperation within the research area. Professor Lennart Olsson has been appointed by the Government to Sida’s Scientific Board (SSB).The research council rev

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By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 14 February 2018 To avoid the harmful impacts of unconscious bias in research and research grant funding it is becoming increasingly clear how important unconscious bias in training of academics is in order to help us understand our own biases. Karin Steen, head of the the Gender, Diversity and Equality comm

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Published 22 February 2018 - We discussed questions of how people are geographically affected, who is affected, and therefore who might support or resist a particular political arrangement, and what this means for forests as ecosystems, Emily Boyd, Director at LUCSUS, says. She recently took part in a BECC (Biodiversity and ecosystem services in a changing climate) workshop on environmental govern

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/governance-climate-change-and-biodiversity-loss-global-forestry-sector-emily-boyd-comments-workshop - 2025-06-05

Published 22 February 2018 – The most efficient way to address increasing climate impacts in cities is to mainstream climate adaptation into planning policies and tools. Successful mainstreaming means that climate adaptation will be considered by ‘default’, because it is built into the system, says Christine Wamsler, Professor at LUCSUS, and author of a recent article on the topic. But how can we

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/climate-adaptation-needs-be-better-mainstreamed-urban-governance-and-planning-says-christine-wamsler - 2025-06-05

Published 28 February 2018 Flagler Beach. Florida, USA. US cities facing sea level rise need to look beyond traditional strategies for managing issues such as critical erosion and coastal squeeze, according to new research from LUCSUS. Civil society initiatives must now play a crucial role in adapting society to climate change, researcher Chad Boda argues in his dissertation. Watch: Sea level rise

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/sea-level-rise-urgently-requires-new-forms-decision-making-dissertation-chad-boda - 2025-06-05

Published 5 March 2018 In her research, Maryam Nastar will look into cities representing the Asia regional climate change trend (in the East, Central and West), where both observed and predicted daytime temperature extremes are likely to increase. Maryam Nastar, researcher at LUCSUS, is interested in resource mobilisation at the neighborhood-level since she believes that the solutions to sustainab

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-maryam-nastar-resource-mobilisation-neighborhood-level - 2025-06-05

Published 5 March 2018 What causes social entrepreneurship to thrive in some places while not in others? What are some of the important factors in place to foster social entrepreneurship in rural areas? These are this a few of the questions explored by a group of international students in Gojome and Kazuno towns in the wintery, mountainous paradise of Akita, Japan, a region faced with a declining

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-blog-explorations-social-entrepreneurship-japan-barry-ness - 2025-06-05

Published 12 March 2018 Collaborations between the public sector and academia are increasingly common, and are often highlighted as the way forward for strategic climate planning. But how are practitioners and academics to work together to achieve results? Researchers at LUCSUS are investigating how a model can benefit transdisciplinary sustainability projects.  – Nowadays, many universities and m

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/structuring-collaboration-between-municipalities-and-academics-testing-model-transdisciplinary - 2025-06-05

Published 8 March 2018 International Women’s Day: Director Emily Boyd reflects that discussions of gender equality are of special importance to a centre such as LUCSUS which conducts research on sustainability issues worldwide. Research is conducted in sectors where women predominantly work such as agriculture, or in places where vulnerable groups are exposed to various environmental challenges– A

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/international-womens-day-gender-equality-special-importance-research-centre-such-lucsus-says-emily - 2025-06-05

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 10 October 2024 Stem Cell Centre, Mental Health Day, 2024, by Agata Garpenlind This year's theme for WHO Day is "Mental health at work". At the Stem Cell Centre, they took a joint mental break for coffee and mingle with colleagues in order to promote a supportive and inclusive work environment. This year's theme fo

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/world-mental-health-day-10-october-mental-health-work-celebrated-coffee-stem-cell-centre - 2025-06-05

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 15 October 2024 Register no later than 24 October. Limited number of spots. This tutorial is aimed at researchers working within life sciences who work with machine learning models but do not have the skills to build applications for web. It is becoming increasingly popular to share machine learning models with the

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By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 17 October 2024 The Pufendorf Institute promotes interdisciplinary research. Photo: Johan Persspn. Apply for an Advanced Study Group no later than November 10 and for a Theme no later than December 9. The Pufendorf IAS stimulates interdisciplinary research within Lund University. The Institute supports researchers

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/calls-interdisciplinary-applications-pufendorf-institute-advanced-studies - 2025-06-05

By johanna [dot] erlandson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Erlandson) - published 16 October 2024 The Board of the Faculty of Medicine (MFS) has held a meeting. The meeting began with information about the fire at BMC, after which Vice Dean David Gisselsson Nord spoke about crisis preparedness and total defense within academia and our continuity plans. Vice Dean Thomas Hellmark presented manag

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Publicerad 29 oktober 2018 Bild: Doug Olson/Mostphotos I den hittills största kliniska studien av mikrobiomets, dvs tarmflorans, utveckling hos spädbarn har forskare vid Baylor College of Medicine funnit att utvecklingen sker i olika stadier som kan associeras med förändringar i livsstilen under den första tiden i livet. Fynden baseras på prover från TEDDY-studien och publiceras i två artiklar i d

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Av hanna [dot] holm [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Holm) - publicerad 25 oktober 2018 26-27 oktober arrangeras Climathon i Lund, en global 24-timmars klimatförändrings-hackathon som sker samtidigt i över 100 städer runt om i världen. Lösningarna som arbetas fram fokuserar på att minska plastens klimatpåverkan. Studenter, forskare, entreprenörer och andra intresserade kommer att ägna ett helt dy

https://www.lu.se/artikel/climathon-ska-minska-plastproblem - 2025-06-05

Publicerad 29 oktober 2018 Gänget som jagar mörk materia. William Kalderon, Eric Corrigan, Eva Hansen (på distans), Caterina Doglioni, Alexander Ekman. Foto: Lena Björk Blixt. Forskare från bland annat Lunds universitet har utvecklat en mer effektiv teknik för att leta efter ledtrådar kring universums mörka materia. I en aktuell studie ringar partikelfysikerna in möjligheten att lättare hitta spår

https://www.lu.se/artikel/fysiker-forfinar-sokandet-efter-mork-materia - 2025-06-05

Av gisela [dot] lindberg [at] kansliht [dot] lu [dot] se (Gisela Lindberg) - publicerad 14 februari 2019 Marinarkeologen Brendan ­Foley har grävt fram såväl stridsflygplan från andra världs­kriget som 2000-åriga romerska handelsskepp. Foto: Brett Seymour Det var den 17 december 1944. Det amerikanska bombflygplanet B-24, mer känt som Tulsamerican, kretsade runt ön Vis utanför Kroatiens kust. Planet

https://www.lu.se/artikel/djupdykning-i-historien - 2025-06-05

Av maria [dot] lindh [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Lindh) - publicerad 31 oktober 2018 Omvärldsbevakningen kring vad som sker mellan de kommersiella tidskriftsförlagen och Europas universitet är intensiv. Från vänster Eva Nylander, Jörgen Eriksson, Åsa Sellgren och Kristoffer Holmqvist. Foto: Maria Lindh ­Miljonerna från Lunds universitet till tidskriftsförlaget Elsevier har slutat a

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Av kristina [dot] lindgarde [at] kansli [dot] lth [dot] se (Kristina Lindgärde) - publicerad 5 november 2018 Lunds universitet satsar 64 miljoner kronor på en forskarskola med fokus på samhällsutmaningar och Agenda 2030. Kristina Jönsson, docent i statsvetenskap, blir koordinator. – Det här är en unik möjlighet att göra något riktigt nytt och spännande, säger hon. Forskarskolan är finansierad från

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lu-satsar-64-miljoner-pa-forskarskola-om-de-globala-malen - 2025-06-05