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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-blog-explorations-social-entrepreneurship-japan-barry-ness - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 sust

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/structuring-collaboration-between-municipalities-and-academics-testing-model-transdisciplinary - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/international-womens-day-gender-equality-special-importance-research-centre-such-lucsus-says-emily - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Research on land and sustainable agriculture is at the core of LUCSUS’ work as a centre. In this interview, Wim Carton highlights work on perennial agriculture as a means to meet some of the challenges facing small-holder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, and gives advice to researchers going in to the field.  What is th

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-wim-carton-perennial-agriculture-means-meet-sustainability-challenges-and - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS' Director Emily Boyd and Professor Christine Wamsler, along with six other experts, argue in an opinion piece in Dagens Nyheter that climate change is not the only reason for floods in Sweden. The opinion piece highlights the need to reform current water management and governance in Sweden since the current app

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-researchers-write-opinion-piece-about-water-dagens-nyheter - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 effects of climate change, which is now impos

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/art-can-evoke-interplay-between-analytic-thinking-facts-about-what-we-know-and-toward-where-we - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 governme

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-and-lumes-research-wins-environmental-research-letters-best-article-2017 - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "Empowerment of vulnerable groups is unlikely to arise through interventions from climate adaptation projects only. Yet, often these projects are seen as drivers for social change", says Stephen Woroniecki, PHD-candidate at LUCSUS.  He says that, in a warming and increasingly unequal world, more and more people are on

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/nature-based-solutions-climate-change-what-scope-empowerment-vulnerable-groups - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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, alterna

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/agroecology-better-alternative-sub-saharan-africa - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 Skissernas Museum; inviting artists and scienti

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/festive-reflections-arts-meet-science - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 d

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/impact-opinion-piece-dagens-nyheter-leads-panel-debate-almedalen-2018 - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 implementation of low-carbon energy

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-local-communities-can-transition-sustainable-energy-systems - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/menstrual-cups-could-help-girls-attend-school-tanzania - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 f

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/climate-change-uncertain-future-favourite-wines - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “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, research

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/eu-biofuel-regulation-not-sustainable-long-term - 2026-06-05

Socialhögskolans rapportserie Research Reports in Social Work har under årets första halvår förstärkts med hela fyra nya publikationer. Spana in dem här! De fyra nya rapporterna behandlar så vitt skilda ämnen inom socialt arbete som översyn av hälso- och sjukvårdskuratorsprogrammet, barns delaktighet och trygghet i kontakt med sociala myndigheter, hur död och döende hanteras inom olika människobeh

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/fyra-nya-titlar-i-socialhogskolans-rapportserie - 2026-06-05

Under två års tid kommer forskare från Socialhögskolan och anställda på Socialtjänsten i Lund att arbeta i ett projekt för att stärka samverkan, undersöka fält där parterna ännu inte samverkar samt skapa kunskapscirkulation, där båda parter är kontinuerligt delaktiga. Socialhögskolans Anders Jönsson och Teres Hjärpe har tillsammans med Harald Liebenstein Gegner och Maria Svensson från Socialtjänst

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/nytt-projekt-okad-samverkan-mellan-socialtjansten-i-lund-och-socialhogskolan - 2026-06-05

I höst ger Socialhögskolan en högaktuell kurs som fokuserar på samhällskatastrofer. Kursen Socialt arbete under katastroftider tar också upp frågor kring infrastruktur och samhällsberedskap samt tidigare erfarenheter av katastrofer. – Vi ger denna kurs för att samhällskatastrofer drabbar ofta de mest utsatta värst, det ser vi i pågående krig och samhällskonflikter och i natur- och miljökatastrofer

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/sok-kursen-socialt-arbete-under-katastroftider - 2026-06-05

Marianne Larsson Lindahl från Socialhögskolan är i Sydafrika för att delta i SASUF-projektet “Social change through child agency and participation”, ett projekt för att stärka arbetet med barns deltagande i processer och beslut. Forskare och praktiker från Sverige och Sydafrika har i projektet gemensamt analyserat lagstiftning och policy för barn som omhändertagits och genomfört digitala workshops

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/projekt-med-universitet-i-sydafrika-social-change-through-child-agency-and-participation - 2026-06-05

Kortfilmen "Vem ropar för Alvar" hade premiär den 7 mars i Göteborg. Filmen är resultatet av tre års forskning i projektet "Moralisk stress och moraliskt aktörskap i svensk äldreomsorg" i samarbete med en masterstudent på Hdk-Valands filmprogram. Filmen skildrar hur undersköterskan Minna på väg till jobbet räddar sin äldre granne Alvar från att brinna inne och det som följer på den händelsen. Den

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/filmpremiar - 2026-06-05