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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The loss of animals, often due to unregulated or illegal hunting, has consequences for the carbon storage capacity of forests, yet this link is rarely mentioned in high-level climate policy discussions, according to a new study from Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies and the University of Copenhagen. Ma

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/hunting-jeopardizes-forest-carbon-storage-yet-overlooked-climate-mitigation-efforts - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "We are seeing an increase in the intensity of extreme climate events, as well as growing inequality.  There is an urgency to look at the intersections between climate change and parameters such as class, gender, ethnicity and soco-economic background", says Director Emily Boyd. She is leading the four yearlong projec

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/project-dice-linking-climate-change-and-extreme-events-inequality - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On May 15, LUCSUS successfully kicked off our new mentorship programme for researchers. The purpose of the program is to offer leadership development to selected researchers of the strategic research area Sustainable Development, and to boost career development within academia. Gender, diversity and intersectionality

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-launches-new-mentorship-programme-researchers - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. From despair to transformation: evidence-backed ways to think and act on the nature crisis. Looking at the bigger pictureThe UN Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has just published a global assessment of the state of nature, ecosystems and nature's contributions to people. Compi

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-research-biodiversity-comment-ipbes-global-assessment-report - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Improved and sustainable Menstrual Health Management has great impact on several of the Sustainable Development Goals, including: Good health and well-being, Gender equality, Quality education, Sustainable cities and communities, and Clean water and sanitation. On the 28th of May we join the commemoration of the Menst

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/menstrual-hygiene-day-2019-itstimeforaction - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS researchers are developing an Urban Living Lab approach to adress sustainability in the food, water, energy nexus through the case of craft beer sector in Sweden (Scania). The LUCSUS researchers, Barry Ness, Darin Wahl and Christine Wamsler are working in a large transdisciplinary research project called GLOCUL

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/promoting-sustainability-swedish-craft-beer-sector-through-urban-living-labs - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At this year's Almedalen, LUCSUS researchers will discuss climate variability and its impact on water, sustainable land use, flying, and the Greta effect on today's youth. Here is the full list of LUCSUS related events taking place in Visby, Gotland. Almedalen is a week long democratic meeting place for seminars and d

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-almedalen - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In June, LUCSUS researchers Genesis Yengoh, Sara Gabrielsson and Ann Åkerman kicked off the capacity building programme Land is Life. During two intense weeks, 13 future leaders from Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda participated in i lecturers, field trips, group work and discussions in Kisumu, Kenya.  The capacity

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-kicked-new-capacity-building-programme-ecosystem-and-biodiversity-kenya - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A complex web of legislation, a lack of awareness about the benefits of seagrass meadows, and powerful interests all combine to make the governance, protection and maintainance of seagrass meadows difficult according to new research from LUCSUS. Meanwhile segrasses have a hugely important ecological and economic role

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/segrasses-have-hugely-important-ecological-and-economic-role-new-research-publication - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Instead of betting big on bioenergy, governments need to focus on the hard medicine of cutting fossil fuel use. There is no shortcut to climate change mitigation, says Lennart Olsson, professor at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies and lead author of the IPCC special report on Climate Change and Land, i

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/bioenergy-plantations-could-fight-climate-change-threaten-food-crops-un-panel-warns - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS researchers present new guidelines and principles on how to improve climate change adaptation collaboration between, and for, citizens and municipalities. Municipalities and their residents are facing increasing challenges as a result of a changing climate. Floods, heat waves and storms are expected to increase

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/guidelines-and-principles-improved-city-citizen-cooperation-climate-change-adaptation - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Better communication between different waste actors is paramount”. LUCSUS researchers present policy brief on how to address challenges linked to urban solid waste management in Kisumu, Kenya. The collection and handling of municipal solid waste pose a significant challenge in urban Kisumu. The demand for more sustai

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/four-ways-address-challenges-urban-solid-waste-new-policy-brief-developed-city-kisumu-kenya - 2026-05-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Today, on August 21, LUCSUS kicked off its new mentorship programme for researchers with a first meeting between the programme leader Katarina Billing and the mentors.  During the day the mentors got a crash course in mentoring and opportunity to network with some of the other mentors. They also met program staff and

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/kick-lucsus-new-mentorship-programme - 2026-05-25

Lunds universitet har via rektor anslutit sig till ett Klimatramverk för universitet och högskolor. Klimatramverket är ett ramverk för lärosätesspecifika klimatstrategier där universitetet åtar sig att fortsätta bidra till att samhället kan nå uppsatta mål genom utbildning, forskning och samverkan. Och också att minska den egna klimatpåverkan med långtgående mål och att kommunicera detta. Klimatra

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitet-har-anslutit-sig-till-klimatramverket - 2026-05-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Konkurrensverket har granskat universitetets inköp och otillåtna direktupphandlingar för 2016 och 2017. De valde ut fyra ärenden som de anmälde hos Förvaltningsdomstolen i Malmö för prövning om upphandlingsskadeavgift. Nu har beslutet i de fyra parallella ärendena kommit. Lunds universitet ska betala en upphandlings

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/universitetet-tvingas-betala-400-000-kr-felaktiga-upphandlingar - 2026-05-25

Före sommaren skickades en enkät ut om förvaltningens internkommunikation till alla inom förvaltningen. 357 personer svarade, vilket motsvarar 41 %. Syftet med projektet var att öka kunskapen om kommunikationens betydelse för verksamhetens måluppfyllelse och framgång. Det var många som valde att kommentera med frisvar, vilket vi tolkar som att internkommunikation är ett ämne som engagerar. Av svar

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/resultat-fran-forvaltningens-enkat-om-internkommunikation - 2026-05-25

Vad blir det till lunch? Vi är drygt 800 medarbetare inom förvaltningen. Men vad äter vi för mat? Var tillbringar vi lunchen? Och vad snackar vi om? Lunchdax tar pulsen på våra kollegors lunch. Idag träffar vi Robert Howe, arbetsmiljöingenjör på Företagshälsovården. Robert Howes matlåda består av mapo-tofu, den koppärriga gummans gryta som består av bland annat tofu och fläskfärs. En kinesisk matr

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/lunchdax-med-robert-howe - 2026-05-25

Varje dag lunchar drygt 800 medarbetare inom förvaltningen. Men vad äter de för mat? Var äter de den? Och vad snackar de om? Lunchdax tar pulsen på våra kollegors lunch. Denna lunchlåda tillhör Olof Jernryd, ekonom på stiftelseförvaltningen, sektionen Ekonomi. Olofs lunchlåda består av en nordafrikansk kycklinggryta med lime och mynta från Linas matkasse. Det var gott, konstaterar Olof. Han försök

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/lunchdax-med-olof-jernryd - 2026-05-25

Varje dag lunchar drygt 800 medarbetare inom förvaltningen. Men vad äter de för mat? Var äter de den? Och vad snackar de om? Lunchdax tar pulsen på våra kollegors lunch. Denna lunchlåda tillhör Sophie Hydén Picasso, forskningshandläggare på Forskningsservice, sektionen FSI. Det blir vegetarisk moussaka från Linas matkasse, bestående av aubergine, bakpotatis, tomatsås och äggstanning. Tyvärr är det

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/lunchdax-med-sophie-hyden-picasso - 2026-05-25

Varje dag lunchar drygt 800 medarbetare inom förvaltningen. Men vad äter de för mat? Var äter de den? Och vad snackar de om? Lunchdax tar pulsen på våra kollegors lunch. Denna lunchlåda tillhör Åsa Thormählen, internationell koordinator på sektionen HR. Det blir en sallad på LUX’ restaurang, där hon är stammis. Åsa har ett speciellt förhållande till LUX eftersom hon var med från början när LUX pro

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/lunchdax-med-asa-thormahlen - 2026-05-25