Rikard Warlenius will defend his thesis named "Asymmetries. Conceptualizing Environmental Inequalities as Ecological Debt and Ecologically Unequal Exchange" on the 10th of February at 1 pm in Världen, Geocentrum 1. Opponent will be Joan Martínez Alier of UAB, Barcelona. In this compilation thesis, consisting of six papers and an introductory chapter, the concepts of ecological debt, climate debt,

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On Monday June 12, at 14:15-16, Chia-Sui Hsu will have her final seminar. On Wednesday June 28, 13-15, Joakim Wernberg (CIRCLE) will have his final seminar.  Chia-Sui Hsu, Monday June 12, 14:15-16, final seminarFarmland of Dreams: Gentrifying the Countryside with Alternative Food Networks in TaiwanDiscussant: Senior Lecturer Dr Nicholas Loubere, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund U

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/doctoral-seminars-spring-2017 - 2025-08-29

350-ÅRSJUBILEUM. Welcome to this symposium on Wednesday March 8th, where we look at poverty development in Sweden during the last 100 years & trends in men & women's incomes in Africa. Life expectancy in the Western world, like in Sweden, has expanded linearly by about 25 years during the 20th century, a bit more for women than men. At the same time, living standards have improved tremendously. In

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Two new books, two grants and a price!  New booksErik Jönsson och Elina Andersson (red): Politisk Ekologi, with contributions from several of the institution's employee (Link to Studentlitteratur) Anders Burman: Indigeneity and Decolonization in the Bolivian Andes (Link to Bokus)  GrantsAnders Lund Hansen – grant from STINT Seed Funding for Development of the International Collaboration for the Cr

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If you have not yet applied, you can now submit a late application to the Master’s Programme in Human Geography at the Department of Human Geography, Lund University. The Master’s Programme in Human Geography prepares you for a wide range of professions. Human Geography is about the ways in which spaces, places and environments are both the condition for and the consequence of human activities. Th

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The stipend from Torsten Hägerstrands Stiftelse for 2017 has been awarded to...  For Physical Geography Abdulhakim AbdiPhysical Geography and Ecosystem Science, University of Lund. Abdi is applying for grants to present the results of his PhD-thesis (2017) at The Japan Geoscience Union/American Geophysical Union Joint Meeting on May 20th, 2017 in Chiba, Japan.  The stipend will be given to Abdi at

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A warm welcome to PhD thesis nailing ceremonies on Monday May 15 (Hayford Ayerakwa) and on Tuesday May 16 (Noura Alkhalili)! You are hereby invited to the PhD thesis nailing ceremony for  Hayford AyerakwaMonday 15th May  at 15:15 (3:15 pm) Venue: the third floor, Geocentrum 1 Noura AlkhaliliTuesday 16th Mayat 15:00 (3 pm)Venue: the third floor, Geocentrum 1   There will be some snacks and drinks,

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/nailing-ceremony-phd-thesis - 2025-08-29

On Wednesday 17 May 2017, Lund University will fly the rainbow-flags again to draw attention to the violence and discrimination that LGBTQI people are exposed to in all countries. The programme for IDAHOT at Lund University is open to anyone who wants to learn more about LGBTIQ. All activities are free of charge.PROGRAM8.00 Flag hoisting ceremonyWe meet in front of the main university building (wh

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On Thursday May 18, Ståle Holgersen will be at Lund University for a panel discussion about his new book "Staden och kapitalet - Malmö i krisernas tid". With Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren (Political Science), Johan Pries (Department of History) and Andreas Malm (Department of Human Geography).Date: Thursday May 18Venue: "Världen", Geocentrum I, Sölvegatan 10.Time: 13:00-15:00 (1pm-3pm) Welcome!

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Three doctor’s theses will be defended during the same week: Hayford Ayerakwa (June 7), Niclas Lavesson (June 8) and Noura Alkhalili (June 9). Wed 7 June 1-3 pm.Hayford AyerakwaPlanting to feed the city? Agricultural production, food security and multi-spatial livelihoods among urban households in GhanaOpponent: Dr Pay Drechsel, International Water Management Institute, Sri LankaVenue: “Världen”,

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/three-phd-defenses-june-2017 - 2025-08-29

Deadline for application is 2017-09-01.  Read more here:https://lu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:145085/type:job/where:4/apply:1  

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/1-3-phd-positions-open-department-human-geography - 2025-08-29

Accepted paper, book chapter, key note address and a scholarship! Accepted paper"Quality of charcoal produced using micro gasification and how the new cook stove works in rural Kenya"by Njenga, Mary; Mahmoud, Yahia; Mendum, Ruth; Iiyama, Miyuki; Jamnadass, Ramni; Roing de Nowina, Kristina; Sundberg, Cecilia.Article, in Environmental Research Letters Book chapterEric Clark, "Making rent gap theory

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/may-highlights - 2025-08-29

Deadline for application is 2017-10-01. Read more here:https://lu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:158428/type:job/where:4/apply:1

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/open-position-senior-lecturer-human-ecology - 2025-08-29

These are the dates for the seminars in August for the courses SGEK03 (module 3) and SGEL36: Register to the seminar no later than August 14 by 09:00 to linda.stihl@keg.lu.se Submission of papers on the August 16 at 11:15 in the venue Malmö, 409. The seminars will be held on the 21st of August between 08:00-18:00 in the venues Johannesburg (431) and Malmö (409).  Best of luck!

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/essay-seminar-human-geography-bachelor-level - 2025-08-29

Lund University is currently unable to send emails to a number of external email services, e.g. Yahoo, Comhem, Live and Hotmail. As a consequence, some of the University’s newly admitted students might not have received welcome letters from their faculties/departments with information about the start of the semester. At present, there is no information about when the problem will be solved. In the

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The application period is between 1 September and 25 September. Through Sida’s Minor Field Studies (MFS) scholarship you can spend 8–10 weeks in a developing country conducting a minor field study for your Bachelor’s or Master’s degree project. The scholarship is a financial contribution that partly covers the expenses incurred during a field study. The scholarship amounts to SEK 27 000.You can re

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Postdoc in Human Geography specialised in energy transitions We are pleased to announce the following postdoc position at Lund University:Postdoc in Human Geography specialised in energy transitionsThe position (100 %) involves research (minimum 80%) and teaching at all levels (max 20%). This position is primarily connected to the research project Co2mmunity: Co-producing and co-financing renewabl

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We hereby announce that Joakim Wernberg for the degree of doctor of Philosophy in Economic Geography will defend his thesis on the 30th of October at the Department of Human Geography. Joakim Wernberg has written a thesis  for the degree of doctor of Philosophy in Economic Geography, which is entitled:The Inherent Complexity of Agglomeration: Essays on the self-organization of urban economiesThe p

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On Tuesday October 17th, 3-5 pm, Andreas Roos will hold his first year's (research proposal) seminar in the venue Johannesburg. Title: "The Return of a Sun God and the Social-Ecological Conditions for Energy Technology"Chair: Vasna RamasarRoom: Johannesburg (431), Geocentrum I, Sölvegatan 10 (Lund), 4th floor. Welcome! 

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We would like to announce some good news about our staff's special achievements this month - publiched papers, articles and funds! Tomas Germundsson has published a paper ”Flerkärnighet – det bästa av två världar?” in the journal PLAN – Planering av stad & land, nr 3, 2017.Markus Grillitsch (and Björn Asheim and Michael Trippl) have had an editorial and special issue: "Combinatorial Knowledge Base

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/good-news-october-2017 - 2025-08-29