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LUCSUS is incredibly proud to announce that several of the centre's researchers are recognised in the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientist ranking 2024! Professor Christine Wamsler was rated the number 1 scientist in Sweden for her contribution to environmental science, ecology, and earth and environmental science – and number 8 in the world. Professors Lennart Olsson and Emily Boyd are also among t

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-researchers-included-stanfordelsevier-top-2-scientist-2024-ranking - 2025-11-21

COP16 in Cali, Colombia, is the first Conference of the Parties since the adoption of the landmark Biodiversity Plan in 2022 in which countries pledged to save 30 percent of Earth’s land and sea for nature by 2030. PhD student Valentina Lomanto is attending COP, which takes place 21 October – 1 November 2024, as a representative for the LUCSUS project Environmental Human Rights Defenders. In this

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/what-are-ideal-outcomes-cop16 - 2025-11-21

COP29, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, has just started in Baku, Azerbaijan. Running from 11th to 22nd November, a key priority for this year's climate conference is to secure a new goal on climate finance, ensuring every country has the means to take much stronger climate action, slashing greenhouse gas emissions and building resilient communities. Professor Emily Boyd at Lund Unive

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/professor-emily-boyds-expectations-cop29 - 2025-11-21

COP29, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, has just started in Baku, Azerbaijan. Running from 11th to 22nd November, a key priority for this year's climate conference is to secure a new goal on climate finance, ensuring every country has the means to take much stronger climate action, slashing greenhouse gas emissions and building resilient communities. LUCSUS researchers and LUMES alumn

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-cop29-baku-azerbaijan - 2025-11-21

Out of 283 districts in Europe, only two collective regions perform well in both social and environmental sustainability. This is concerning as it suggests that the EU farm subsidy scheme, the Common Agricultural Policy, is failing to deliver on its aim to protect rural livelihoods, landscapes and the environment. – Currently, public money in the EU is paying for bad performance. Instead of using

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/mapping-hotspots-sustainable-and-unsustainable-agriculture-europe - 2025-11-21

A billion hectares – or an area a bit larger than the US – that is how much land that would be required globally to meet countries’ net-zero climate targets. For the first time researchers can show the rate and extent of projected land use changes, geographically and over time. The findings demonstrate a gap between governments’ expected reliance on land and the role that land can realistically pl

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/countries-unrealistic-land-demands-reach-net-zero-area-bit-larger-us - 2025-11-21

LUCSUS Director Barry Ness and Professor Lennart Olsson are proud that Lund University is ranked third in the world in Sustainability in the QS World University Rankings. It is a ranking well deserved they say. – Over the past 25 years, researchers at Lund University have been pioneers in the interdisciplinary field of sustainability studies. In 2008, when the Faculty of Social Sciences establishe

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-third-world-qs-sustainability-ranking-well-deserved - 2025-11-21

How should societies adapt to rising seas, floods, and other climate threats? These questions are explored in a new study by LUCSUS researchers. It reveals that the answer is broader than just improved policies – it's about rethinking the very role of law itself. Researchers Ebba Brink, Ana Maria Vargas Falla and Emily Boyd examine how socio-legal processes shape climate vulnerability and resistan

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/rethinking-laws-climate-adaptation-exploring-resistance-flooded-cartagena - 2025-11-21

Have the flight-free movement’s calls to avoid flying because of climate change had an impact on travel behaviors? What can be attributed to economic factors, changed social norms or a combination of both is unclear - but air travel in Sweden has decreased by 20 percent compared to before the pandemic. – The movement seeks to achieve change by making visible other ways of traveling, and in a large

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-dissertation-explores-how-swedens-flight-free-movement-challenges-social-norms-around-flying - 2025-11-21

Around the world, glaciers are retreating at unprecedented rates due to climate change. On January 21, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (IYGP). Mine Islar, who leads the ongoing glacier research at LUCSUS, presented at the launch event in Geneva. Why is 2025 designated as a glacier preservation year?– 2025 is seen as a tipping point

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/2025-international-year-glaciers-preservation-research-lucsus-studies-impacts-glacial-melt - 2025-11-21

A new research project, led by LUCSUS research fellow Felix Schulz, aims to explore how work identities shape attitudes toward climate action and policies, highlighting both challenges and opportunities in the transition to a decarbonized future. Felix Schulz, who recently moved from Leeds to Lund to begin his new role at LUCSUS, is studying how workers in diverse sectors and occupational groups p

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/understanding-identity-climate-transition - 2025-11-21

Inspiring, diverse, and multidisciplinary! DevRes2024, hosted by Lund University, brought together 200 researchers and practitioners from 16 different countries, for a two-day conference in October. DevRes 2024 was hosted by Lund University on 21 - 23 October, and the conference theme was “Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals in a polarized world”. DevRes is a bi-annual conference gathering

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/devres2024-inspiring-diverse-and-multidisciplinary - 2025-11-21

Kimberly Nicholas was appointed professor in Sustainability Science in June 2024. After more than 15 years at Lund University, her commitment to stopping climate change is stronger than ever. “We need to keep our eyes on the prize and focus on where the problem is to address it.” What has been the most important moment in your career? I got to witness the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015. T

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/professor-kimberly-nicholas-mission-combat-climate-change - 2025-11-21

Journalisten Samir Abu Eid och professor Michel Agier har utsetts till 2024 års hedersdoktorer vid Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Lunds universitet. Samir Abu Eid är bland annat journalist och utrikeskorrespondent. Han har varit knuten till Sveriges Television och TV4 sedan början av 2000-talet och har bland annat synts i programmen Korrespondenterna och USA-valet 2016. För närvarande är han

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/samhallsvetarnas-hedersdoktorer-svts-mellanosternkorrespondent-och-fransk-antropolog - 2025-11-21

Ny forskning bekräftar att förändrad användning av sociala medier främjar psykisk hälsa. Försökspersoner som minskade sin sociala mediekonsumtion till en halvtimme om dagen upplevde ökat välmående och självkänsla. Men även de som gick från att vara aktiva användare till mer passiva "scrollare" kunde rapportera hälsoeffekter som förbättrat fokus och koncentration i vardagen. Forskarna vid Instituti

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/ny-studie-ma-battre-med-mindre-sociala-medier - 2025-11-21

Trots stor och bestående viktnedgång minskar inte den psykiska ohälsan bland unga som gjort kirurgiska ingrepp mot övervikt. Däremot ökar fetmaoperationer risken för tidiga alkoholproblem. Det visar världens största långtidsstudie som gjorts bland unga som genomgått viktkirurgi. Studien är gjord vid bland annat Lunds universitet och Karolinska Institutet. Forskarna har studerat psykisk ohälsa – fö

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/stor-studie-unga-mar-fortsatt-psykiskt-daligt-efter-fetmaoperation - 2025-11-21

Vid Lunds universitets storslagna årshögtid delades Studenternas pris för utmärkta lärarinssatser inom undervisningen ut till Oriana Quaglietta Bernal, Sociologiska institutionen. Oriana Quaglietta Bernal disputerade förra året och blev förvånad över att hon redan gjort ett sådant intryck att hon får priset. Under prisceremonin som hölls på universitetets årshögtid den 26 januari fick hon sällskap

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/fint-lararpris-till-oriana-quaglietta-bernal - 2025-11-21

Att bestämma över sin kropp och sitt liv är en stor del av att vara människa i Sverige idag. En del av det är att ta hand om sin sexuella hälsa och att välja om och när man skaffar barn. I heterosexuella förhållanden är det ett arbete som ofta hamnar på den som kan bli gravid. Idealet enligt ny forskning är ett annat och handlar om en jämlik fördelning av preventivmedelsanvändningen och arbetet ru

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/att-dela-det-odelbara-starkt-jamlikhetsideal-i-ungas-preventivmedelsarbete - 2025-11-21

Att lyssna på sina medarbetare är inte bara något man gör för att visa på gott uppförande. Det är också ett klokt beslut för arbetsplatsen eftersom känslan att bli lyssnad på kan leda till ökad trivsel, bättre kvalitet och ökad effektivitet i vad som görs. Det menar två forskare som skrivit bok om strategiskt lyssnande. Några olika omständigheter fick forskarna Anette Svingstedt och Mats Heide att

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/gamla-chefsideal-ligger-i-vagen-lyssnandet - 2025-11-21

Många förknippar kunskapsresistens med dumhet. Det är helt fel. Vår hjärna är nämligen programmerad att lyssna på och lära av den vi gillar, och vice versa. Det har forskare i neuropsykologi nu lyckats bevisa genom ett experiment. Tack vare vårt minne kan vi lära oss nya saker. Vi lär oss dels från egna upplevelser, dels genom att knyta samman dessa för att dra nya slutsatser om vår omvärld. På så

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/hjarnan-ar-programmerad-till-kunskapsresistens - 2025-11-21