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Renewable and affordable energy is key for societal and economic growth, and for achieving national and global climate goals. Research from LUCSUS is mapping the energy transition in Nepal and has identified how increasing energy access is closely linked to a new political awakening in the country.  "Nepal is a very interesting case study since it has been held up as a case for how a country can t

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/double-transition-energy-nepal - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This week, Kim Nicholas and Ann Åkerman of LUCSUS, led a workshop on how start-up businesses in Somalia can meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a roadmap agreed by nearly 200 countries for achieving a world of zero poverty, zero hunger, and zero greenhouse gas emissions.– We wanted to encoura

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/rebuilding-somalia-lucsus-leads-workshop - 2026-05-15

Researcher and Associate Professor Torsten Krause has spent the last 16 years doing research with a focus on the Colombian and Ecuadorian Amazon region: investigating forest governance, the use of tropical wildlife, traditional ecological knowledges and human and environmental rights. The longer he his active in this region, the more convinced he is of the need for radical and systemic changes to

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/ahead-cop30-amazon-should-be-out-question-extractivism-it-too-valuable-terms-its-biocultural - 2026-05-15

LUCSUS researchers are participating in this year’s United Nations Climate Change conference, COP30, in Belém, Brazil. Three ongoing research areas at LUCSUS will be highlighted at side events at the COP: immobility in climate adaptation, environmental human right defenders in the Amazon and inner-outer transformation for climate action. The associated projects: ITACHA (Immobility in a Changing Cl

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-cop30-belem-brazil - 2026-05-15

Professor Emily Boyd will present immobility as a climate adaptation strategy at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP30, in Belém, Brazil. “The majority of people want to stay in place. We need to acknowledge and explore that as we adapt societies to climate change.” She explains that she was motivated to start researching the findings she is now presenting at COP30 with international

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/presenting-immobility-climate-adaptation-strategy-cop30 - 2026-05-15

Carbon Capture and Storage, CCS, technologies have been identified as key to reduce harmful emissions and to mitigate the effects of climate change. A new study, focusing on leading CCS countries, Norway and Brazil, identifies how these technologies should be implemented equitably, applied to hard-to -abate industrial sectors, and not used to justify continued fossil fuel dependency. Download the

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/what-next-ccs-technologies-comparative-study-norway-and-brazils-climate-mitigation-strategies - 2026-05-15

Director Barry Ness and Deputy Director Torsten Krause are deeply honoured and proud of Lund University’s remarkable achievement of securing the top position in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026. The ranking includes around 2,000 higher education institutions from about 100 countries and measures how universities contribute to a sustainable future – through research, education,

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-director-and-deputy-director-reflect-lund-universitys-top-ranking-sustainability - 2026-05-15

Migrant farm workers are some of the most vulnerable people within the global agricultural system. Now climate change is increasingly affecting their health and wellbeing, as well as agricultural production, exacerbating poverty and inequality for people making their living on farm labour. Ongoing research at LUCSUS is studying how climate change, both extreme events such as droughts, floods and f

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-climate-change-affecting-lives-farm-workers-case-turkey-and-colombia - 2026-05-15

Professor Christine Wamsler is passionate about integrating inner development into academic curricula and institutional structures in order to support students cultivate the inner capacities and practical tools they need to foster resilience, navigate complexity, and contribute to sustainable solutions. Now, she is leading a new project, ALIGN – Embedding Inner Student-Centered Exploration and Dev

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/align-embedding-inner-student-centered-exploration-and-development-higher-education - 2026-05-15

Women make up 70 per cent of Zimbabwe's agricultural labour but have little influence over farmlands and resources. Recent research shows that women farmers are uniting to challenge traditional norms and are gaining influence and respect while promoting sustainable agriculture. When men leave Zimbabwe's rural areas for work in cities and abroad, women farmers establish agricultural leadership comm

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/zimbabwes-women-farmers-fighting-patriarchal-land-laws-and-reshaping-sustainable-agriculture - 2026-05-15

A novel research report maps how workers are experiencing efforts to decarbonise the steel industry in Sweden. It identifies how people’s expectation of change is marked by previous transitions, that blue- and white-collar workers view transitions differently, and how work is a source of great pride to people. "Our aim was to explore the societal impacts of change in different places. Through inte

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-workers-are-experiencing-efforts-decarbonise-steel-industry-sweden - 2026-05-15

A new study on agricultural development in Uganda suggests that it is possible to influence policy without alienating the country's notoriously volatile authorities. The findings challenge assumptions about mobilisation under repression and offer lessons for groups seeking social change in politically restrictive environments. Sustainability researcher Ronald Byaruhanga examined how farmers and ci

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/what-ugandan-farmers-teach-us-about-politics-under-repression - 2026-05-15

A new PhD thesis by Bernard Ekumah examines why agricultural development in Ghana continues to generate uneven and contradictory outcomes, especially for smallholder farmers. It argues that these outcomes are not primarily the result of isolated failures of policy design or implementation. Rather, they arise from structural contradictions embedded in the internal logic of Ghana’s neo-liberal agrar

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/small-holder-farmers-reap-few-and-uneven-gains-ghanas-agricultural-development-policies - 2026-05-15

LUCSUS is for the tenth time taking part in Lund Sustainability Week! For us as a centre, the week serves as an important platform to engage with the public and communicate our research. This year's Sustainability Week features more than 70 events, and all of them are free of charge. The week runs from 13 – 18 April in Lund and is organised as a joint venture by Lund University and Lund municipali

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-sustainability-week-2026 - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Last week LUCSUS’ researcher (Assistant Prof.) Mine Islar presented her research about citizen movements in Barcelona at the ‘ecological democracy’ workshop at the University of Sydney, Australia. The aim of the workshop was to critically explore the tensions and synergies between democracy and sustainability on local

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/can-activist-politicians-be-agents-change - 2026-05-15

Lia Lonnert försvarar sin avhandling i musikpedagogik vid Musikhögskolan i Malmö. När:20 februari, 2015, 10.00.Opponent: Professor Stephen Cottrell. City University LondonTitel:Surrounded by Sound. Experienced Orchestral Harpists’ Professional Knowledge and LearningAbstract:Orchestral playing is a central practice within Western European classical music. Previous research in the field of orchestra

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/lia-lonnert-disputerar-i-musikpedagogik - 2026-05-15

IAC är glada över att kunna bidra till utvecklingen av den kommande MOOC-kursen "Light, Lighting and Humans", som planeras att lanseras hösten 2026!Kursen utvecklas i samarbete mellan flera fakulteter och institutioner vid Lunds universitet, däribland LTH, Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten och Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten.IAC:s bidrag fokuserar på belysning inom scenkonst och bildkonst. Det behand

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/iac-stoder-utvecklingen-av-lunds-universitets-nya-mooc-om-ljus-och-belysning - 2026-05-15

Lunds universitet har sett ett rekordstort antal ansökningar till den internationella rekryteringssatsningen Global Excellence. Till Konstnärliga fakulteten välkomnas nu Eleni‑Ira Panourgia, som biträdande universitetslektor med inriktning mot artificiell intelligens (AI).Global Excellence är universitetets hittills största internationella rekryteringsinitiativ och syftar till att stärka världsled

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/rekordsiffror-internationell-rekrytering-konstnarlig-forskare-inom-ai-till-fakulteten - 2026-05-15

Den österrikiske konsertmästaren Rainer Honeck utses som Hedersdoktor på Konstnärliga fakulteten vid Lunds unviersitet 2026. Rainer Honeck har verkat som konsertmästare i Wienerfilharmonikerna sedan 1992. Som konsertmästare i Wienerfilharmonikerna har Rainer Honeck fört Stehgeiger-traditionen till en enastående konstnärlig nivå. Rainer Honecks framstående karriär omfattar solistframträdanden med l

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/rainer-honeck-ny-hedersdoktor-pa-konstnarliga-fakulteten - 2026-05-15

Vad händer med den samiska musiken och kulturen när delar av den går på export till Asien? Och hur ser kulturöverföring mellan generationer av samer ut?Det är frågor som Ylva Hofvander Trulsson ska ägna sig åt de tre kommande åren inom ramen för ett projekt i utbildningsvetenskap som fått fyra och en halv miljon kronor av Vetenskapsrådet.Läs mer i Lunds Universitets Magasin nr 3 

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/las-om-ylva-hofvander-trulssons-forskning-i-lum - 2026-05-15