Av lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - publicerad 11 april 2025 Stig Ålund och Ulf Selin (i mitten) delade med sig av sina erfarenheter inom CASE på forskningskonferens i Litauen. Foto: Privat Stig Ålund, ordförande i CASE:s intressentråd, har internationellt tillsammans med Ulf Selin, grundare av mötesplatsen Aktiv Senior, delat med sig av sin kunskap om brukarmedverk

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/sprider-cases-brukarinvolvering-internationellt - 2025-04-25

Av lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - publicerad 23 april 2025 Nu finns en uppdaterad begreppsanalys inom samspelet mellan människa och omgivande miljö. Efter drygt 20 år publiceras nu uppföljaren till en flitigt citerad artikel om begreppen tillgänglighet, användbarhet och universell utformning. För mer än 20 år sedan publicerade Susanne Iwarsson och Agneta Ståhl, pr

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/ny-modell-som-kan-skapa-delaktighet-alla - 2025-04-25

Published 1 July 2016 Photo: Pixabay Although not yet decided, we have good reasons to believe that the funding of the 43 Strategic Research Areas (SRAs) including BECC will continue. As a result, we are now preparing for the long-term future, including a new internal structure where Challenged Themes replace the former Clusters with the aim to increase the integration between disciplines. At the

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-research-organisation-becc-clusters-grand-challenge-themes - 2025-04-25

Published 9 August 2016 Global environmental changes caused by a warmer climate can be combatted on a local level. The quality of our drinking water can be improved before it reaches water purification facilities and consumers through local efforts that minimise the growth of toxic algae and cyanobacteria in lakes. BECC researchers Pablo Urrutia Cordero and Lars-Anders Hansson, Lund University, ha

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/local-measures-could-save-our-water-climate-heats - 2025-04-25

Published 22 August 2016 Photo: LU/Johan Persson Henrik Smith, Coordinator of BECC, has been interviewed by BBC News on a new article that shows large-scale and long-term decline in wild bees has been linked to the use of neonicotinoid intesticides. The large-scale, long-term decline in wild bees across England has been linked to the use of neonicotinoid insecticides by a new study conducted by Ce

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/neonic-pesticide-link-long-term-wild-bee-decline - 2025-04-25

Published 8 September 2016 Photo: Pixabay Welcome to this year's annual meeting for BECC, focusing on BECC research and the new research organisation, Grand Challenge Themes. When and whereWhen: 18-19 October 2016Venue: Varberg Stadshotel & Asia SpaAbout the meetingThe focus of this year's meeting is on BECC research, highlighting some of our many successful and topical research areas, and the BEC

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-annual-meeting-2016-18-19-october - 2025-04-25

Published 6 May 2014 Thomas Sterner, professor of environmental economics at the University of Gothenburg and BECC researcher was one of the authors of the last IPCC report, AR5, working group III. Read his report from the meeting in Berlin here. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change presented the third working group report of AR5 on April 13 2013. The Working Group III assesses all releva

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/thomas-sterner-reports-uns-ipcc-meeting - 2025-04-25

Published 31 October 2016 Photo: Yann Clough An extensive study has mapped the effects of small farmers on the rain forests of Southeast Asia for the first time. The findings are discouraging, with regard to environmental impact, biodiversity and the economy, over the long term. Yann Clough, researcher at Centre for Environmental and Climate Research & deputy theme coordinator for BECC has led the

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/small-scale-agriculture-threatens-rainforest - 2025-04-25

Published 3 November 2016 Deliang Chen, photo: University of Gothenburg Deliang Chen, BECC researcher and August Röhss Professor at the University of Gothenburg, has been recently appointed chairman of the nomination committee for the Stockholm Water Prize by the Board of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The Stockholm Water Prize is the world’s most prestigious water award. A prize ceremony

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/deliang-chen-appointed-chairman-stockholm-water-prize - 2025-04-25

Published 9 November 2016 Welcome to kickoff meetings for the three BECC Themes during December! At the meetings we will follow up the discussions that were initiated at the BECC annual meeting in October, initiate collaborative work, and make short- and long term plans for theme activities, such as seminars, workshops, actions groups and conferences. The discussions will be a basis for strategic

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/theme-meetings-december-2016 - 2025-04-25

Published 15 November 2016 Photo: Arne Sjöström Seven years ago divers discovered the oldest known stationary fish traps in northern Europe off the coast of southern Sweden. Since then, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have uncovered an exceptionally well-preserved Stone Age site. They now believe the location was a lagoon environment where Mesolithic humans lived during parts of the year.

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/underwater-stone-age-settlement-mapped-out - 2025-04-25

Published 2 December 2016 The BECC board has decided to strengthen the ongoing interdisciplinary development of BECC research by announcing a call for funding salary of up to 6 two-year postdoctoral researcher positions. The aim is to promote the development of BECC research by creating and strengthening interdisciplinary interactions. Application deadline is January 27st 2017, 12.00. This is an a

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/announcement-call-salary-funds-6-becc-postdoctoral-positions-lund - 2025-04-25

Published 21 December 2016 Thomas Sterner and Johan Rockström. Photo: Johan Wingborg What policies are needed to cope with the global environmental challenges? What can scientists learn from economists and vice versa? This was the theme of the workshop held on 7-8 December, organised by Thomas Sterner, BECC researcher and professor of environmental economics at the University of Gothenburg. On 7-8

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/bringing-economists-and-scientists-together-planetary-solutions - 2025-04-25

Published 5 January 2017 Professor Alexandre Antonelli, who is also Deputy Theme Coordinator of the BECC biodiversity theme is heading the new center. The first day of the new year is also the first day of opening of the Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre. The aim of the center is for researchers and students in the field of biodiversity to collaborate more and also to explain better to the pub

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-center-biological-diversity-opens-gothenburg - 2025-04-25

Published 9 January 2017 Foto: Randa Kachef Ullrika Sahlin, Researcher at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, CEC, has been awarded Richard J. Burk Outstanding Service Award for her work in the field of risk analyses. Ullrika Sahlin, Researcher at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, CEC, has been awarded Richard J. Burk Outstanding Service Award for her work in the fi

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/researcher-awarded-price-society-risk-analysis - 2025-04-25

Published 10 January 2017 The action group ”Nutrient weathering from rocks” is convening a session (09K) at the conference: ‘Goldschmidt’ Paris 2017, August 13 to 18 under the Theme: Weathering, erosion and climate (past, present and future) The feedbacks among tectonics, weathering, erosion, rainfall, temperature and terrestrial life play an important role in stabilizing climate and thus ensuring

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/action-group-nutrient-weathering-rocks-session-goldschmidt-2017 - 2025-04-25

Published 18 January 2017 The purpose of Dr. Pejchar's visit is to advance science at the intersection of biodiversity, ecosystem services and agriculture in collaboration with BECC researchers. Dr. Liba Pejchar brings expertise in several emerging topics in BECC at the intersection of biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being. Her lively research program explores innovative strategies

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/welcome-becc-guest-researcher-liba-pejchar-associate-professor-department-fish-wildlife-and - 2025-04-25

Published 23 January 2017 DataGURU the in-house project data repository of BECC and MERGE has been accredited as a "Nature" data repository. The first dataset of Nature Scientific Data permanently stored on DataGURU is the population projection of African population over the rest of the century generated by Niklas Olén and Veiko Lehsten. The dataset is the first population projection available whi

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/dataguru-accredited-nature-data-repository - 2025-04-25

Published 6 February 2017 BECC researcher Johanna Alkan Olsson from Lund University was awarded 5 000 Euro for her project on algorithmic potato farming at Climate-KIC Nordic Ideation Day 27/1. 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 changing climate. This was the second ever Climate-KIC Nor

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/potato-project-awarded-grant - 2025-04-25

Published 15 February 2017 BECC researcher Mats Lindeskog from INESis co-author of an article in the latest issue of Nature Geoscience aboiut influences of historic land use on the carbon cycle.Mats have contriobuted with simulations of the "managed land" version he has deveveloped from LPJ-GUESS. From the abstract:The terrestrial biosphere absorbs about 20% of fossil-fuel CO2 emissions. The overa

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/mats-lindeskog-co-author-article-nature-geoscience - 2025-04-25