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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. EASAC has issued a new report on the multifunctional role of forests. Among other things, the report debunks the idea about the climate neutrality of bioenergy. EASAC - European Academies 'Science Advisory Council - has published a new report dealing with the multifunctional role of forests, focusing on biodiversity a
https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/new-report-easac - 2026-05-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS is launching a new blog initiative to highlight various aspects of sustainability research and teaching. Over the course of 12 months, individual researchers will write on themes such as research methods, field work, pedagogy, impact and outreach, research papers and conferences.- We want to create a dialogue o
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-lucsus-blog-initiative-forward-discussion-sustainability - 2026-05-25
Scholars acknowledge the existence of intra-party divisions and the potentially negative electoral effects of disunity. Some assume that intra-party divides are between professional politicians and grassroots members, others highlight the importance of ideological blocs. Yet, precisely mapping factional structures, especially ideological factions, is difficult because of the “black box of intra- p
Today was the day for Stuart Reid to traditionally "nail" his doctoral dissertation and celebrate together with colleagues at the Department of Service Management and Service Studies. The dissertation, which takes place on April 8, is now awaited. Stuart Reid's thesis has the title: Touring Tourism Enterprising - Mundane Practices of Tourism Development and studies how tourism enterprises practica
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/stuart-reid-nailed-his-dissertation - 2026-05-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In August 2019, the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Institute in the Middle East (FIME) will be hosting the conference in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The conference is open for participants beyond the Nordic countries. Several researchers from CMES will be presenting their work at the conference. In Augus
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/break-ing-and-creating-boundaries-middle-east-nsmes2019helsinki - 2026-05-25
Sustainability Week has established itself as a key meeting place and this year brings together over 60 different events. For the seventh year, Lund University and the City of Lund are working together to highlight everything from biodiversity and climate issues to the role of business in the transition, consumption and cultural expression. In mid-April, it is time to discuss the transition to a s
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-week-17-22-april - 2026-05-26
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "The professionals in the middle as drivers for sustainable transformation in the building sector" Postdoctoral fellow Katharina Reindl and Professor Jenny Palm have published their article entitled "The professionals in the middle as drivers for sustainable transformation in the building sector" in Journal of Sustain
In times of new geopolitical challenges, the concept of total defense has been revived, in which all citizens contribute to national defense efforts. How authorities communicate this new strategy, and when such crisis communication leads to increased defense willingness, is an important issue that Hanna Bäck and Roxanna Sjöstedt, together with Amanda Remsö and Emma Renström from Kristianstad Unive
In a recent article published in International Studies Review, Roxanna Sjöstedt theorizes and analyzes the role of so-called functional actors in securitization processes. This is an understudied category of actors who, while external to formal decision-making, nonetheless affect threat construction and security agenda setting by requesting, preempting, endorsing, or vetoing securitization moves.
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/sjostedt-pandemics-securitization-and-importance-functional-actors - 2026-05-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Message from the director Starting off the new year with an exciting seminar program for the spring! CMES continues to be closed until 31 March due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, we start off the new year with an exciting seminar program for the spring 2021. CMES program covers a broad range of topics ranging from
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-17-january-2021 - 2026-05-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Johanna Alkan Olsson from CEC, Lund University was awarded 5,000 Euros for her project on algorithmic potato farming at Climate-KIC Nordic Ideation Day 27 January. The project will create a method for farmers to better handle outbreaks of late blight on crops, a disease expected to become more problematic in a changin
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/potato-project-awarded-grant - 2026-05-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In conjunction with the IPCC authors’ meeting in Malmö in October Sustainability Forum and Climate-KIC, both operating from the CEC, are co-organizers of three arrangements concerning climate change, climate policy and innovation as a solution. Climate change – from knowledge to politicsMonday, October 23 at 11, at Ma
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-change-state-knowledge-politics-and-innovations-solution - 2026-05-25
The Board of the Faculty of Medicine (MFS) has held a meeting. The meeting began with the chair of the Future Faculty Alina Blusch presenting her organisation, which was followed by information from Vice Dean Thomas Hellmark about the audiology programme which is proposed to be paused from autumn 2027. Deputy Dean Jonas Larsson then informed about the calls for visiting professors and the status o
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/report-faculty-board-meeting-3-december-2025 - 2026-05-25
Following several years of project work, the university's unified education website has now been published at lu.se and lunduniversity.lu.se. Students looking for summer courses and autumn programmes will find new and redesigned education pages where programmes and courses are presented step by step based on the prospective student’s decision-making process. The unified education website focuses e
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/lund-university-unified-education-website-now-live - 2026-05-25
More than 34,000 people have applied for the University's programmes for the spring semester of 2026. Law tops the list of the most attractive programmes, followed by medicine and economics. A total of 34,869 people have applied for the University's programmes and courses for the spring semester of 2026, or 39,011 if courses within programmes are included. The number of first-choice applicants is
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/law-medicine-and-economics-remain-most-popular-subjects-lund-university - 2026-05-26
