By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 4 May 2022 The sympsoium will focus on climate change in a Swedish context. What is happening to the climate and what role does climate research play in society? The strategic research areas MERGE and BECC, the Bolin Centre for Climate Research and SMHI are together arranging a climate symposium in Norrköping on

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/national-symposium-norrkoping-focuses-climate-research - 2025-04-03

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 5 July 2022 In a new report IPBES consider what values that can be put on nature, and what methods exist to calculate such a values. Photo: Istock. Is it possible to put a value on nature and the vital ecosystem services it provides for us? What are the pros and cons of different valuation models? These are the k

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/how-nature-be-valued-new-report-way-ipbes - 2025-04-03

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 6 July 2022 A Vice-Chancellor’s decision has been taken on the profile area ClimBioSis, which involves several CEC researchers. Photo: Kenneth Ruona. A Vice-Chancellor’s decision has been taken on five profile areas for Lund University. One of the areas is ClimBioSis, which involves several CEC researchers. Thirt

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/vice-chancellor-says-yes-climbiosis-profile-area - 2025-04-03

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 29 September 2022 Photo: Hans Ott/Unsplash. New data by the research infrastructure ICOS confirms that natural carbon sinks such as the ocean and forests are not stable. Climate change makes these sinks more vulnerable, in some cases even turning them into carbon emitters. This compromises current climate targets

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-change-makes-carbon-sinks-more-vulnerable - 2025-04-03

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 29 September 2022 Urban forests have less bird diversity compared to forests in the countryside – even if the forest areas are of the same quality. Photo: Tariq Sulemani/Istockphoto. A new study led by Lund University in Sweden shows that cities negatively affect the diversity of birds. There are significantly fe

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/less-bird-diversity-city-forests - 2025-04-03

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 3 October 2022 Adrian Gustafson doing fieldwork in the Arctic. Photo: Private. Effects of a warmer Arctic are not only negative for the climate, according to a new thesis from the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science at Lund University, Sweden. Modelling showed that moving the tree line upwards could incr

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/complex-consequences-warmer-arctic - 2025-04-03

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 7 November 2022 The clear-cutting shown from above. Please observe that the clar-cut is shown at a higher speed in the video than in reality. Video: ICOS Norunda. The machines have started rolling in at Norunda and are cutting down trees, one by one. Norunda is Sweden’s oldest measuring station for greenhouse gases and

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/clear-cut-forest-provides-essential-information-climate-research - 2025-04-03

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 3 November 2022 Markku Rummukainen. Photo: Kennet Ruona The UN’s annual climate change conference takes place this year in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. Over the course of two weeks, representatives of the world’s nations will gather to discuss how to achieve the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement and contribute to th

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/uns-climate-change-conference-cop27-topics-agenda - 2025-04-03

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 10 November 2022 Coastal engineer Caroline Hallin teaches doctoral students from the interdisciplinary ClimBEco Graduate Research School at Knäbäckshusen in Skåne, Sweden. Photo: Sara Håkansson The coast is changing. The sea is encroaching further inland, and the shoreline of childhood memory no longer looks th

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/interdisciplinary-research-school-skanes-beaches - 2025-04-03

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 30 November 2022 Just over two weeks after the climate summit in Egypt, the leaders of the world’s countries are meeting again, this time to address another acute crisis facing humanity – the loss of biodiversity. The issue is less well-known than the climate crisis and no framework corresponding to the Paris agr

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/it-time-put-biodiversity-agenda-five-lund-researchers-challenges-cop15 - 2025-04-03

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 14 December 2022 Newly hatched baby birds - the study investigated how they were affected by various effects of the urban environment. Photo: Caroline Isaksson, Lund University. Life in the city is tough – if you are a baby bird you are markedly affected by a certain type of air pollution and by which trees are c

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/nestling-birds-city-clearly-affected-air-pollution-and-which-trees-surround-them - 2025-04-03

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 21 December 2022 António Guterres, Secretary-General of United Nations, at COP15 in Montréal, Canada. Photo: Maria Blasi The COP15 summit is over, and the world has received a sister deal to the "Paris Agreement", a global framework to protect biodiversity on the planet.  – It is a great moment for biodiversity. We nee

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cop15-key-outcomes-biological-diversity - 2025-04-03

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 31 January 2023 Adding "mini-meadows", is one way of helping pollinators. Photo: Therese EK Have you made adjustments to your garden to make it more welcoming for pollinators? If so, you have probably made a valuable contribution, according to a new study from Lund University. The researchers evaluated the nation

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/what-you-do-your-garden-help-pollinators-works - 2025-04-03

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 31 January 2023 The forest's environmental goals are not being met today. Klas Lucander has investigated what effects increased nitrogen fertilization could have on the forest. Photo: Shutterstock Forests are important for climate change mitigation, both as raw material for biofuels and for carbon storage. At the same

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/risk-eutrophication-and-acidification-if-forest-fertilization-introduced-southern-sweden - 2025-04-03

Publicerad 11 december 2018 F.v. Boel Berner, Anna Lena Lindberg, Bente Rosenbeck, Christina Calrsson Wetterberg, Inger Lövkrona, Karin Widerberg 1978 besatts 94 procent av de högre posterna inom universitetet av män. 40 år senare tog vi tillfället i akt att prata minnen med några från den grupp som satsade på att förändra forskarstrukturen, och startade ett forum som kom att lägga grunden till Ge

https://www.genus.lu.se/artikel/initiativtagare-blickar-tillbaka-under-jubileumsaret - 2025-04-03

Publicerad 14 mars 2019 Till hösten ger vi en ny kurs som riktar sig specifitk till dig som är verksam inom hälsa och sjukvård. Kursen löper över hela terminen och föreläsningar och seminarier sker på kvällstid. Det finns möjlighet att genomföra delar av kursen via internet. Du möter erfarna lärare som forskat om hälsa, vård och samhälle och som brinner för frågor om en god sjukvård för alla – och

https://www.genus.lu.se/artikel/det-jamlika-vardmotet-en-ny-kurs-hos-genusvetenskapliga-institutionen - 2025-04-03

Publicerad 28 mars 2019 "-Det känns mycket hedrande, inte minst i dessa tider" Forum for Gender Studies Award eller Det svenska genusforskningspriset som det även kallas, delas ut var tredje år till en person som har eller har haft stor betydelse för svensk genusforskning och som gjort ett stort bidrag till det genusvetenskapliga fältet. Vi är mycket glada att meddela att priset i år gick till Dia

https://www.genus.lu.se/artikel/forum-gender-studies-award-till-professor-diana-mulinari - 2025-04-03

Publicerad 2 april 2019 Forskare vid Genusvetenskapliga institutionen svarar på en ledartext i Västerbottens-kuriren om ungdomars möjlighet till transvård Stödet som unga transpersoner kan få från vården är otillräckligt. Tvärtemot vad som påstås är det inte lätt för personer under 18 år att få en könsbekräftande underlivsoperation. Barn och ungdomar används som slagträn i oinsatta vuxnas diskussi

https://www.genus.lu.se/artikel/debattartikel-transungdomar-behover-stod-inte-misstankliggoras - 2025-04-03

Publicerad 8 april 2019 I kampanjer på digitala plattformar som kretsar kring sexuellt våld står det personliga vittnesmålet i centrum. I sin forskning studerar genusforskaren Lena Karlsson den självbiografiska berättelsens roll och vad som krävs för att en kampanj ska lyckas nå en bred publik. Projektet Tellus vid Lunds Universitet har lanserat en artikelserie som lyfter fram olika aktörer som ar

https://www.genus.lu.se/artikel/intervju-berattelsen-som-grund-mobilisering - 2025-04-03

Publicerad 17 april 2019 Rut-avdrag och rätt till personlig assistans har lett till en snabb ökning av jobb där arbetsplatsen är andras hem. Terese Anving har forskat på nannies och au pairers situation i Sverige och berättar mer om arbetsvillkoren för tidningen Du och Jobbet. Efter flera decennier när det blev allt ovanligare att städa andras hem och passa andras barn har utvecklingen vänt. Redan

https://www.genus.lu.se/artikel/hembitrade-nygammalt-yrke-som-kommer-ater - 2025-04-03