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El Niño, a climate troublemaker, has long been one of the largest drivers of variability in the global climate. Every few years, the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean seesaws between warm (El Niño) and cold (La Niña) phases. This reshuffles rainfall patterns, unleashing floods, droughts and storms thousands of miles from the Pacific origin. The 1997-98 and 2015-16 El Niño events, for instance, brough
On 15 May 2025, scientists, engineers, and environmental stakeholders will gather to celebrate a milestone for Swedish climate research: the 10-year anniversary of ICOS Sweden’s national greenhouse gas observation network; a decade of operation for ICOS Sweden’s station Hyltemossa and 30 years of data collection at the Norunda site. This year sees a decade of operation for ICOS Sweden’s station Hy
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/celebrating-decade-data-icos-sweden-marks-milestone-climate-science - 2025-12-05
As Europe moves toward climate neutrality by 2050, forests are at the center of the transition. The ForestPaths project brings together researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders across the continent to co-design forest-based policy pathways that balance climate goals, biodiversity, and economic needs. A recent study*, supported by ForestPaths. analyzed over 182,000 forest plots across 11 countri
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/charting-smarter-forest-futures-how-forestpaths-rethinking-forest-policy-europe - 2025-12-05
Read the MERGE 2014 self-evaluation here. Some of the headlines of the report are: Research output, Strategic value for the society and the business sector and Collaboration. The MERGE self-evaluation is one step of the total evaluation of the strategic research environments. Before summer the final MERGE self-evaluation was sent in, answering 20 questions about the performance during the first fo
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/merge-self-evaluation-2014 - 2025-12-05
Earlier this spring, MERGE researchers gathered in Stockholm with their European colleagues to plan the final developments of the EC-Earth4 climate model that will underpin the next report of the IPCC, expected in 2028. The EC-Earth consortium, started in 2006, is a European consortium of national meteorological services and research institutes. From its original model it has been developed in thr
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/merge-researchers-met-develop-ec-earth4-climate-model-ahead-2028-ipcc-report - 2025-12-05
The first encyclopedia that presents a thorough overview of the fields of quality and services for students, researchers, and professionals in the social sciences and business is now ready after many years of work by Professor Su Mi Dahlgaard-Park from our department as General Editor. The " SAGE Encyclopedia of Quality and the Service Economy" ISBN: 9781452256726 presents state-of-the-art researc
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/first-encyclopedia-service-economy-out-now - 2025-12-05
Professor C. Michael Hall from the University of Canterbury, New Zeeland has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University. He has made significant contributions in research and education at the Department of Service Management and Service Studies. “We are very pleased and happy that the Faculty of Social Sciences has given C. Michael Hall this kind of r
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/c-michael-hall-receives-honorary-doctorate - 2025-12-05
The project “Nordic-Baltic Tourism Research Studies/ NORBATOUR” connects the competences of four universities - in Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Denmark - to share the information and knowledge on tourism research methods, trends and studies. The importance of tourism industry in the regional economy is growing and the need for research and study activities is increasing. In order to evaluate the i
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/norbatour-nordic-baltic-tourism-research-studies - 2025-12-05
On Wednesday June 8, our master students, together with all graduate Master students at the Faculty of Social Sciences, had their Graduation Ceremony in the old University building in Lund. This year the audience had the pleasure of listening to some great speeches. The commencement speech by Professor Ian Manners from University of Copenhagen gave a reflecting speech on life and work, but most im
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/graduation-ceremony - 2025-12-05
On Monday the 22d of August, the newly arrived master students got a chance to visit the Helsingborg Town Hall. The master students that will start their studies this term have a two week welcoming program where they get to know the swedish culture and quirks. This Monday they started with a tour of the city by foot and walked from Campus Helsingborg to the Town Hall of Helsingborg. They were then
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/master-students-visit-town-hall - 2025-12-05
Kenan Madi, a former student at our Master's programme with the specialisation Logistics, spent the summer at the Jordanian- Syrian border as an Emergency specialist for UNICEF. Kenan was working with UNICEF to support coordination of critical lifesaving services and supplies for Syrian children and families at Jordan’s North Eastern border. UNICEF was supporting vaccination of children and women;
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/master-student-helped-syrian-refugees-during-summer - 2025-12-05
Lund University is celebrating 350 years of education and research with €350,000 in scholarships! Everyone who applies for a Master’s programme can enter to win a scholarship by showing that you share Lund University's vision to understand, explain and improve the world and the human condition. The scholarship can be applied to over 100 different Master’s programmes, beginning in autumn 2017, in a
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/lund-universitys-350th-jubilee-scholarship - 2025-12-05
Master students and people from the tourism industry was in place when the conference "Tourism 2.0: Innovation & Experience" was held at Campus Helsingborg. During the conference, participants could, among other things hear about exchange students as tourists, about queuing in amusement parks as well as about free guided walking tours of Helsingborg. The conference is organised by the master stude
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-ideas-tourism-industry - 2025-12-05
The project "NORBATOUR - Nordic-Baltic Tourism Research Studies” connects four universities in a joint master course to share information and knowledge on tourism research methods, trends and studies. There is a need for new research methodsNORBATOUR connects universities in Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Denmark to develop the research within the field of tourism. The importance of the tourism indu
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/nordic-baltic-collaboration-tourism-research-master-students - 2025-12-05
A few questions to Pavla Kruzela who held a "Career Development Workshop" for master students on Friday the 24th of March. Around 40 students participated. What is the workshop about?– I have held this workshop for the past two years at the Faculty of Social Sciences. It is aimed at students fromTthe Department of Service Management and Service Studies, The Department of Strategic Communication an
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/important-knowlege-future-career - 2025-12-05
Lund University just released a new film about studying and working here. You can check it out above. Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. The university has 42 000 students and 7 400 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö.
This is the third year that tourism researchers from CLCS (Center for Leisure and Culture Services) and Lund University collaborate to develop a two day workshop on social media for students at their respective Service Management programmes. Collaboration between Helsingborg and CopenhagenThe workshop, which takes place in Helsingborg and Copenhagen campuses, combines research on pop-culture, tour
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/app-development-during-social-media-workshop - 2025-12-05
One of the essays written last spring by our master student Anna Spitzkat, just received an award from The Swedish Retail and Wholesale Council. The winners of the The Swedish Retail and Wholesale Council award as well as the Hakon Swenson Foundation are now appointed. There were over 40 nominated essays but the jury has awarded only two. The winning essay of The Swedish Retail and Wholesale Counc
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/master-student-essay-received-award - 2025-12-05
On Monday June 5, our master students, together with all graduate Master students at the Faculty of Social Sciences, had their Graduation Ceremony in the old University building in Lund. This year the audience had the pleasure of listening to Lars Danielsson, Sweden's Ambassador to the EU. At the ceremony, Sparbanksstiftelsen, also handed out a scholarship of 25 000 sek, which this year was awarde
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/graduation-ceremony-2017 - 2025-12-05
Sparbanksstiftelsen handed out a scholarship of 25 000 sek during the Graduation Ceremony 2017, which this year was awarded to My Lindersson. My Lindersson wrote the thesis: Applying a lens of practice theory to understand the role of sustainability-labels in sustainable fashion shopping.The motivation for the award: The thesis of My Lindersson examines how consumer-labeled clothing products are u
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/scholarship-service-management - 2025-12-05
