Published 31 January 2018 Research in collaboration with vulnerable groups, and scientist and citizen involvement are some of the ways forward to address the environmental risks that experts believe will have the most impact in the next ten years. Emily Boyd, Director at LUCSUS, comments on the recently released Global Risks Report 2018.According to the report, extreme weather events, natural disa

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/collaboration-and-scientist-involvement-emily-boyd-comments-global-risks-report-2018 - 2025-01-29

By cecilia-von_arnold [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 12 February 2018 Lennart Olsson Lennart Olsson has been appointed by the Government to Sida’s Scientific Board, who reviews Sida's proposals for projects and cooperation within the research area. Professor Lennart Olsson has been appointed by the Government to Sida’s Scientific Board (SSB).The research council rev

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lennart-olsson-new-member-sidas-scientific-board - 2025-01-29

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 14 February 2018 To avoid the harmful impacts of unconscious bias in research and research grant funding it is becoming increasingly clear how important unconscious bias in training of academics is in order to help us understand our own biases. Karin Steen, head of the the Gender, Diversity and Equality comm

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/karin-steen-about-unconscious-bias - 2025-01-29

Published 22 February 2018 - We discussed questions of how people are geographically affected, who is affected, and therefore who might support or resist a particular political arrangement, and what this means for forests as ecosystems, Emily Boyd, Director at LUCSUS, says. She recently took part in a BECC (Biodiversity and ecosystem services in a changing climate) workshop on environmental govern

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/governance-climate-change-and-biodiversity-loss-global-forestry-sector-emily-boyd-comments-workshop - 2025-01-29

Published 22 February 2018 – The most efficient way to address increasing climate impacts in cities is to mainstream climate adaptation into planning policies and tools. Successful mainstreaming means that climate adaptation will be considered by ‘default’, because it is built into the system, says Christine Wamsler, Professor at LUCSUS, and author of a recent article on the topic. But how can we

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/climate-adaptation-needs-be-better-mainstreamed-urban-governance-and-planning-says-christine-wamsler - 2025-01-29

Published 28 February 2018 Flagler Beach. Florida, USA. US cities facing sea level rise need to look beyond traditional strategies for managing issues such as critical erosion and coastal squeeze, according to new research from LUCSUS. Civil society initiatives must now play a crucial role in adapting society to climate change, researcher Chad Boda argues in his dissertation. Watch: Sea level rise

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/sea-level-rise-urgently-requires-new-forms-decision-making-dissertation-chad-boda - 2025-01-29

Published 5 March 2018 In her research, Maryam Nastar will look into cities representing the Asia regional climate change trend (in the East, Central and West), where both observed and predicted daytime temperature extremes are likely to increase. Maryam Nastar, researcher at LUCSUS, is interested in resource mobilisation at the neighborhood-level since she believes that the solutions to sustainab

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-maryam-nastar-resource-mobilisation-neighborhood-level - 2025-01-29

Published 5 March 2018 What causes social entrepreneurship to thrive in some places while not in others? What are some of the important factors in place to foster social entrepreneurship in rural areas? These are this a few of the questions explored by a group of international students in Gojome and Kazuno towns in the wintery, mountainous paradise of Akita, Japan, a region faced with a declining

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-blog-explorations-social-entrepreneurship-japan-barry-ness - 2025-01-29

Published 12 March 2018 Collaborations between the public sector and academia are increasingly common, and are often highlighted as the way forward for strategic climate planning. But how are practitioners and academics to work together to achieve results? Researchers at LUCSUS are investigating how a model can benefit transdisciplinary sustainability projects.  – Nowadays, many universities and m

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/structuring-collaboration-between-municipalities-and-academics-testing-model-transdisciplinary - 2025-01-29

Published 8 March 2018 International Women’s Day: Director Emily Boyd reflects that discussions of gender equality are of special importance to a centre such as LUCSUS which conducts research on sustainability issues worldwide. Research is conducted in sectors where women predominantly work such as agriculture, or in places where vulnerable groups are exposed to various environmental challenges– A

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/international-womens-day-gender-equality-special-importance-research-centre-such-lucsus-says-emily - 2025-01-29

Published 20 March 2018 Wim Carton and Lennart Olsson in discussion with researcher colleagues in Uganda. Research on land and sustainable agriculture is at the core of LUCSUS’ work as a centre. In this interview, Wim Carton highlights work on perennial agriculture as a means to meet some of the challenges facing small-holder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, and gives advice to researchers going in

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-wim-carton-perennial-agriculture-means-meet-sustainability-challenges-and - 2025-01-29

Published 4 April 2018 LUCSUS' Director Emily Boyd and Professor Christine Wamsler, along with six other experts, argue in an opinion piece in Dagens Nyheter that climate change is not the only reason for floods in Sweden. The opinion piece highlights the need to reform current water management and governance in Sweden since the current approach is contributing to increasing risk of flood and drou

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-researchers-write-opinion-piece-about-water-dagens-nyheter - 2025-01-29

Published 4 April 2018 Bigert & Bergström, Reverse Osmosis Plant, 2013. Foto: Jean-Baptiste Beranger © Bigert & Bergström. LUCSUS, in collaboration with Skissernas Museum, is organising the event Arts Meet Science, 27th April, during Lund University Sustainability Week.  Director Emily Boyd says that one of the reasons LUCSUS initiated this event is that there is a lot of focus on the negative eff

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/art-can-evoke-interplay-between-analytic-thinking-facts-about-what-we-know-and-toward-where-we - 2025-01-29

Published 10 April 2018 Kimberly Nicholas and former LUMES student Seth Wynes' article on the four most effective personal lifestyle choices to reduce your carbon footprint has received the prestigous prize 'Best Article of 2017' from the journal Environmental Research Letters. Their paper, 'The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual act

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-and-lumes-research-wins-environmental-research-letters-best-article-2017 - 2025-01-29

Published 24 April 2018 A village in the East of Sri Lanka that was spared the worst of the Asian Tsunami through protection by coastal forest. Such 'green infrastructure' is increasingly being recognised as a more sustainable alternative. © Stephen Woroniecki, 2017. "Empowerment of vulnerable groups is unlikely to arise through interventions from climate adaptation projects only. Yet, often these

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/nature-based-solutions-climate-change-what-scope-empowerment-vulnerable-groups - 2025-01-29

Published 4 May 2018 Agroecology is a better alternative than large-scale agriculture - both for the climate and for small farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to LUCSUS researcher Ellinor Isgren. This agricultural model preserves biodiversity and safeguards food supply while avoiding soil depletion.  – We must consider other, alternative models for developing agriculture, particularly in coun

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/agroecology-better-alternative-sub-saharan-africa - 2025-01-29

Published 15 May 2018 Bigert & Bergström, “Reverse Osmosis Plant”, 2013 © Bigert & Bergström. Photo: Jean-Baptiste Beranger Student journalist Lina Lockean join Director Emily Boyd in a reflection on the recent event Arts Meet Science - a day full of powerful conversations about the relationship between arts and science. Art Meets Science was an event organised by LUCSUS in collaboration with Skis

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/festive-reflections-arts-meet-science - 2025-01-29

Published 17 May 2018 LUCSUS researchers Emily Boyd and Christine Wamsler, along with six other experts, recently co-authored an opinion piece on water in Dagens Nyheter. This sparked a number of reactions, not least from the Swedish Minister of Environment, Karolina Skog. It has also lead to a panel debate being organised at Water Forum during Almedalen, the democratic and political week taking p

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/impact-opinion-piece-dagens-nyheter-leads-panel-debate-almedalen-2018 - 2025-01-29

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von arnold) - published 24 May 2018 What makes for a successful transition to a low-carbon energy system? Local involvement, perceived fairness and information sharing, according to new research from LUCSUS and IIIEE. The researchers studied two cases, one in Samsø (Denmark) and one in Feldheim (Germany) of successful implementatio

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-local-communities-can-transition-sustainable-energy-systems - 2025-01-29

Published 25 May 2018 In Tanzania, girls on their period avoid going to school, something that affects their opportunities for education. A new study from LUCSUS shows that the menstrual cup could be a step towards better school attendance, and a life with more freedom. It could also play a part in reducing waste in the country. As a young woman in Tanzania, having your period is associated with g

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/menstrual-cups-could-help-girls-attend-school-tanzania - 2025-01-29