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Instead of betting big on bioenergy, governments need to focus on the hard medicine of cutting fossil fuel use. There is no shortcut to climate change mitigation, says Lennart Olsson, professor at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies and lead author of the IPCC special report on Climate Change and Land, in a news article in Science regarding the "negative emissions strategy" BECCS . I

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/bioenergy-plantations-could-fight-climate-change-threaten-food-crops-un-panel-warns - 2026-01-08

https://www.law.lu.se/article/ragnar-soderberg-foundation-awards-grants - 2026-01-08

In a new article published in Cooperation and Conflict Roxanna Sjöstedt, together with Erik Noreen (Uppsala University), examines the dynamics of so-called pluralistic security communities in relation to the management of external threats. Focusing on the Nordic states in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic and the geopolitical tensions caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the articles finds that

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/securitization-security-community-cooperation-and-conflict-nordic - 2026-01-08

With a rainy and blustery Lund as backdrop outside the windows of the Elite Hotel Ideon, the ClimBEco winter meeting 2023 offered a warm and welcoming atmosphere for one and a half days this January. The main focus of this meeting was to learn more about the ongoing research of current PhD students through flash talks. As always with ClimBEco, talks covered a wide spectrum of research that falls w

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/climbeco-winter-meeting-2023-summary - 2026-01-07

SWEAH 2.0 is the working name of the new venture on the National Graduate School on Aging and Health. Management representatives for all higher education institutions met recently to consolidate their participation in the initiative. There will be twelve higher education institutions joining forces to finance the national graduate school on aging and health, SWEAH, after the funding from the Swedi

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/twelve-higher-education-institutions-are-investing-graduate-school-aging-and-health - 2026-01-07

She has worked as a pedagogical developer at Mälardalen University (2011–2012), the University of Skövde (2013) and the University of Gothenburg (2013–2019). Since 2019, she has been a higher education educational developer with a focus on digital competence at Dalarna University.   Lena Dafgård has teaching qualifications for primary and secondary schools as well as Komvux and teaching credential

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/lena-dafgard-new-expert-sweahs-pedagogical-group - 2026-01-07

Associate professor Steven Schmidt is SWEAH's new study coordinator. Steven Schmidt, also CASE coordinator and research team manager in Applied Gerontology, replaced Cecilia Petterson the 1 January 2024. The assignment is 40 percent of full-time until 31 December 2026. Why did you say yes?– I think it is a great opportunity to support the development of the next generation of researchers in ageing

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/steven-schmidt-new-study-coordinator - 2026-01-07

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/it-looks-promising-continuation - 2026-01-07

Right after participating in SWEAH’s workshops on impact and collaboration, PhD student Jerry Norlin, Dalarna University, put the theories into practical use. Norlin presented his research on ‘Older adults’ loneliness: Relationships, everyday strategies and design of support’ at Region Gävleborg’s collaboration conference ”Forskare och praktiker möts” (Researchers and practitioners meet) in Söderh

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/research-and-practice-met-lot-cross-fertilization-ideas - 2026-01-07

Edith Hammer at CEC and the Department of Biology has been named as a Future Research Leader of the Foundation for Strategic Research. She is one of twenty researchers who receive 12 million SEK from the foundation for five years to work on a research project. Edith Hammer's project is about developing an earth chip, a microchip, to understand how carbon dioxide is absorbed and stored in the soil.

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/edith-future-research-leader - 2026-01-07

Actic expeditions - very expensive as well as time consuming and sometimes dangerous. Researchers Hakim Abdi and Daniel Metcalfe about unevenly distributed research. The Arctic is a remote and hard to reach area, which affects where research expeditions go and where climate scientists set up their field experiments. "The result is an extremely uneven concentration of research effort", states Hakim

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/what-we-do-not-know-about-arctic - 2026-01-07

With a rainy and blustery Lund as backdrop outside the windows of the Elite Hotel Ideon, the ClimBEco winter meeting 2023 offered a warm and welcoming atmosphere for one and a half days this January. The main focus of this meeting was to learn more about the ongoing research of current PhD students through flash talks. As always with ClimBEco, talks covered a wide spectrum of research that falls w

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/climbeco-winter-meeting-2023-summary - 2026-01-07

According to the Vice-Chancellor decision, every 15th employee must be given training in CPR and First Aid. Before each course round, the Occupational Health Service announces the current course dates. Now the spring date is here. The basic course  in three hours, "Adult CPR with defibrillator (AED) and First aid", includes both practical and theoretical elements.The spring course opportunities ar

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/attend-spring-training-cpr-and-first-aid - 2026-01-07

Better radiation therapy using AI Lars E Olsson: Lecture · 8 min Recorded at Sjukhusaulan in Lund on November 10, 2021.  Moderator: Lisa Kirsebom. Organizer: Lund University. A large proportion of those who suffer from cancer receive radiation treatment.  It is then important that the radiation is concentrated to the right area and does  not damage surrounding organs and tissues. Lars E Olsson, pr

https://www.msf-malmo.lu.se/article/ai-seminarium-forskningens-dag-research-day-lund-university - 2026-01-07

Jana Wrange is a Researcher at the Psychological Defence Research Institute, where she contributes to the “NORDEM (Nordic-Baltic Democracy Under Pressure - Civil Defence Strategies for Democratic Resilience in Turbulent Times) project with a comparative examination of historical and contemporary aspects of civil and psychological defence strategies across the Nordic-Baltic region. Jana holds a PhD

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/resarcher-profile-jana-wrange - 2026-01-07

ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability and the City of Malmö partnered with the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics and the City Futures Academy to support capacity building and lifelong learning of participants at the ICLEI World Congress 2021 – 2022. At the event, Kes McCormick in collaboration with the Coffee Break film team organised interviews with a variety o

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-iclei-world-congress-filming-and-podcasting-capacity-building-and-lifelong-learning - 2026-01-07

How can we assess the impacts of social norms on low-carbon mobility options? We contribute to this field by experimenting with and assessing the impacts of social norms on low-carbon mobility options. Policymakers and scientists are paying increasing attention to how social norms can promote pro-environmental behaviour and sustainable energy use. We contribute to this field by experimenting with

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/social-norms-pro-environmental-behaviour-and-sustainable-energy-use - 2026-01-07

How can we assess the impacts of social norms on low-carbon mobility options? One recent study experimenting and assessing the impacts on social norms on low-carbon mobility options indicates that for social norms to be effective, other policy instruments are critically needed too. Policymakers and scientists are paying increasing attention to how social norms can promote pro-environmental behavio

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/social-norms-pro-environmental-behaviour-and-sustainable-energy-use-0 - 2026-01-07

"Agency and capacity in the planning and design phase of building renovations" Postdoctoral fellow Katharina Reindl has published a new article in Energy Efficiency.Abstract:The building sector is a large energy consumer and is responsible for high CO2 emissions; hence, improving the energy performance of buildings is vital. Building renovations open opportunities to improve their energy performan

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-publication-katharina-reindl - 2026-01-07

Frans Libertson, doctoral student at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, has published a new report on user perspectives on smart charging. Electric vehicles will play a significant role in decarbonizing the transport sector. However, if not coordinated, the increase in electricity use threatens to overload the energy system. The charging of the vehicles must theref

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/flexibility-and-control-what-do-users-think-smart-charging - 2026-01-07