By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von Arnold) - published 14 March 2019 LUCSUS are recruiting three PhD candidates in Sustainability Science linked to three new research projects. Current vacanciesPhD in Sustainability scienceThe Takeoff of Staying on the GroundLast application date 8 April 2019Read the full announcement and apply here Negative emissionsLast applic

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/vacant-phd-positions-sustainability-science - 2025-04-03

Published 15 March 2019 School students are right to demand more ambitious climate policies on 15 March. The scientific facts are entirely on their side. As researchers working on climate change we support the student movement and share our insights and research-based advice for local and global policymakers. For the past months, school students around the world have taken to the streets to call f

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-supports-ongoing-climate-strikes - 2025-04-03

Published 29 March 2019 LUCSUS is part of the annual Sustainability Week in Lund, 8-13 April. This year's theme "Transforming our world" focuses on the global goals and agenda 2030. LUCSUS will participate in, and host, several events about sustainable transformations at different levels. 8 AprilOpening  and guided tour of the exhibition Carbon Ruins. ‘Carbon Ruins’ aims to transport the visitor i

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-sustainability-week - 2025-04-03

Published 12 April 2019 In this short interview, LUCSUS researcher Diego Galafassi talks on sustainability challenges, his previous research, and his recent article about climate art. What do you do at LUCSUS?I’m a post-doctoral researcher, co-PI of the project Arts4SDGs, which explores the role that arts and arts-based approaches to knowledge co-creation might play in realizing the SDGs.What sust

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-diego-galafassi-works-art-sdgs - 2025-04-03

By Noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 12 April 2019 Potato farmer, Okhaldhunga, Eastern Nepal. At least a third of the glaciers in the Himalayan range could melt due to climate change. This will have severe consequences for almost 2 billion people, including the village communities in Nepal, since the glaciers are an important water and energy source. Researcher M

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-are-communities-nepal-managing-locally-produced-renewable-energy-age-climate-change - 2025-04-03

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 26 April 2019 This year’s Association of American Geographers’ conference got me thinking about maps. I’ve been to a fair few geography conferences but, funny enough, have never really come across very many maps. Or, rather, have given them very little thought. This year, wherever I turned there they were. A

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/blog-post-reflections-years-association-american-geographers-conference-maja-essebo - 2025-04-03

Published 4 June 2019 George Neville works as a post-doctoral researcher within the Misty project, with a special focus on migration and the SDGs. In this interview, he tells us about what sustainability challenge he finds most interesting, what drives him as a researcher, and about what he did before he came to LUCSUS. What do you do at LUCSUS?I have just begun my postdoctoral research here at LU

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-george-neville-researches-migration-transformation-and-sustainability - 2025-04-03

Published 7 May 2019 In October, LUCSUS will host a conference on Loss and Damage (L&D) from climate change. Discussions to advance research on L&D are urgently needed, says LUCSUS Director Emily Boyd, since many challenges remain for the scientific and policy community on how L&D should be conceptualised, how best to measure, quantify and predict future L&D, and what governance arrangements are m

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/dates-set-conference-loss-and-damage-ld-will-be-explored-through-five-interrelated-lenses - 2025-04-03

Published 30 April 2019 2018 was a time of change, for sustainability sciences, wider society, as well as within LUCSUS itself. In our annual report, we share insights into our developments and contributions to sustainability science. The report highlights our research, education and capacity building work during 2018.Within LUCSUS, we focused on advancing research within four interrelated themes,

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-annual-report-2018 - 2025-04-03

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von Arnold) - published 3 May 2019 Amongst the most promising perennial cereals are a wheat-like grass called intermediate wheatgrass named Kernza. Kernza can be used for anything wheat is used for. There is an urgent need for agriculture to drastically reduce its negative environmental impacts, while at the same time responding to

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/future-agriculture-perennial - 2025-04-03

Published 6 May 2019 The UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) global assessment on nature highlights that 1 million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. Dr. Mine Islar, one of the lead athors of the report, and senior lecturer and researcher at LUCSUS, explains the significance of the report’s findings, which was releas

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/mine-islar-comments-ipbes-global-assessment-loss-biodiversity-crucial-climate-change - 2025-04-03

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 9 May 2019 Photo: Johan Persson The loss of animals, often due to unregulated or illegal hunting, has consequences for the carbon storage capacity of forests, yet this link is rarely mentioned in high-level climate policy discussions, according to a new study from Lund University Centre for Sustainability St

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/hunting-jeopardizes-forest-carbon-storage-yet-overlooked-climate-mitigation-efforts - 2025-04-03

Published 16 May 2019 "We are seeing an increase in the intensity of extreme climate events, as well as growing inequality.  There is an urgency to look at the intersections between climate change and parameters such as class, gender, ethnicity and soco-economic background", says Director Emily Boyd. She is leading the four yearlong project, Recasting the disproportionate impacts of climate change

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/project-dice-linking-climate-change-and-extreme-events-inequality - 2025-04-03

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von arnold) - published 16 May 2019 On May 15, LUCSUS successfully kicked off our new mentorship programme for researchers. The purpose of the program is to offer leadership development to selected researchers of the strategic research area Sustainable Development, and to boost career development within academia. Gender, diversity

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-launches-new-mentorship-programme-researchers - 2025-04-03

Published 17 May 2019 From despair to transformation: evidence-backed ways to think and act on the nature crisis. Looking at the bigger pictureThe UN Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has just published a global assessment of the state of nature, ecosystems and nature's contributions to people. Compiled by 145 expert authors from 50 countries over the past t

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-research-biodiversity-comment-ipbes-global-assessment-report - 2025-04-03

Published 28 May 2019 Improved and sustainable Menstrual Health Management has great impact on several of the Sustainable Development Goals, including: Good health and well-being, Gender equality, Quality education, Sustainable cities and communities, and Clean water and sanitation. On the 28th of May we join the commemoration of the Menstrual Hygiene day to highlight the importance of improved an

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/menstrual-hygiene-day-2019-itstimeforaction - 2025-04-03

Publicerad 13 januari 2025 Kan en klädnad, kostym eller dräkt förändra en berättelse? Den frågan har Charlotte Østergaard försökt besvara. Nu disputerar hon – och blir Teaterhögskolans första doktor inom forskningsfältet kostym. I många teatersammanhang uppfattas kostymer ofta som visuella element som stöder en dramaturgisk berättelse eller koreografisk struktur. Charlotte Østergaards har i sin av

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/hon-blir-teaterhogskolans-forsta-doktor-inom-kostym - 2025-04-03

Av amelie [dot] malmgren [at] mhm [dot] lu [dot] se (Amelie Malmgren) - publicerad 16 januari 2025 Bent Sørensen (foto: Christian Christensen) Bent Sørensen, en av Danmarks mest framstående samtida tonsättare och tillika professor i komposition vid Musikhögskolan i Malmö, har fått uppdraget att tonsätta Asle och Alida – Nobelpristagaren Jon Fosses kommande opera. Asle och Alida har världspremiär p

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/bent-sorensen-tonsatter-jon-fosse - 2025-04-03

Publicerad 17 januari 2025 Pernilla August blev fakultetens hedersdoktor 2024, och kommer från och med 2025 att undervisa studenter på Skådespelarprogrammet. Pernilla är redan igång med arbetet, och har än så länge hunnit träffa avgångsstudenterna på skådespelarprogrammet tillsammans med skådespelaren Einar Bredefeldt. Pernilla kommer att vara på plats på Teaterhögskolan vid några tillfällen per t

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/pernilla-august-adjungerad-professor - 2025-04-03

Av amanda [dot] pettersson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Amanda Pettersson) - publicerad 10 februari 2025 ArtCollab är en plattform vid Lunds universitet som främjar samarbete mellan konst, vetenskap och samhälle. Syftet är att skapa en miljö där interdisciplinära metoder används för att förstå och hantera komplexa samhällsutmaningar. Plattformen ska fungera som ett gränssnitt mellan konstnärer och

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/nu-startar-artcollab-en-plattform-samarbete-mellan-konst-vetenskap-och-samhalle - 2025-04-03