Improving Rural Livelihoods through the Diffusion of Sustainable Innovations Can market-oriented approaches be a pathway to improve rural livelihoods? Despite market-oriented approaches being promoted in numerous sectors and settings in the global South, much is still unknown about their effectiveness for both larger scale and longer-term poverty alleviation and sustainable development efforts. Th

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/diffusion-sustainable-innovations - 2025-03-13

NATure-based Urban innoVATION The European commission has recently granted funding for the Horizon2020 project “NATURVATION: NATure-based URban innoVATION”.  Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme.NATURVATION was co-developed by researchers at Lund University (IIIEE, CEC and LUCSUS). At LUCSUS, this joint effort is coordinated by Professor Christine Wamsler.Project partne

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Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) is a world class sustainability centre for research, teaching and impact where we work to understand, explain, and catalyse social change and transformations in relation to material limits in the biosphere. LUCSUS was established as an independent centre at Lund University in 2005, and belongs to the Faculty of Social Sciences since 2019.

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Conference venue Address: Inspira, Medicon Village, Scheelevägen 4, 223 63 Lund  Abstracts Devres 2024 The complete list of abstracts presented at Devres 2024 (Pdf, 779 kb, opens i new window) Print friendly version of the programme Print friendly version of the programme (Pdf, 1,7 MB, opens in new window) Conference Day 1 – 21 October Conference venue: Inspira, Medicon Village, Scheelevägen 4 13.

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/devres2024/programme-devres-2024 - 2025-03-13

Susan Chomba Dr Susan Chomba is the Director of Vital Landscapes at the World Resources Institute (WRI). She leads WRI Africa’s work on forest protection and landscape restoration, food systems transformation and water. She is a scientist with extensive research and development experience on the continent for more than 15 years. Susan is a member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainabl

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/devres2024/keynote-speakers-devres-2024 - 2025-03-13

At LUCSUS we have two international Master of Science programmes, in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science (LUMES), and Climate Change and Society (LUCAS). Master's of Science in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science (LUMES)Master's of Science in Climate Change and Society (LUCAS)Both programmes are on campus, two-year long (120 credits), conducted in English and open for stu

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/education/master-science-programmes - 2025-03-13

Master of Science Programme in Climate Change and Society Do you want to work with climate change transitions and sustainability? Then the masters programme in Climate Change and Society (LUCAS) is for you! It offers tools and strategies to address climate change in collaboration with society. Climate change is one of the most complex issues facing humanity today. It involves many dimensions – sci

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/education/master-science-programmes/lucas-climate-change-and-society - 2025-03-13

On this webpage we have gathered information about entry requirements, selection criteria, the application process and the necessary documents needed for a complete application. Entry requirements and Selection criteriaTo be admitted to the programme, the student must hold a Bachelor’s degree corresponding to at least 180 ECTS.Proficiency in spoken and written English, equivalent to English 6/B in

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/education/master-science-programmes/lucas-climate-change-and-society/entry-requirement-selection-criteria-and-application - 2025-03-13

Do you want to be part of solving key sustainability challenges of today and tomorrow and become an agent for change? Then our Master of Science programme in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science (LUMES) might be the programme for you. LUMES is a 2-years interdisciplinary masters programme focusing on sustainability challenges from a local to a global level through combining both social

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/education/master-science-programmes/lumes-environmental-studies-and-sustainability-science - 2025-03-13

Sustainable Urban Transformation for Climate Change Adaptation Full project titleIncreasing Societies´ Adaptive Capacities to Climate Change: Distributed Urban Risk Governance for Achieving Sustainable Transformation and Resilience of CitiesMain funding organisationThe Swedish Research Council FormasProject timelineNovember 2012 – December 2019Project leaderChristine Wamsler, Professor at LUCSUSPr

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/urban-transformation - 2025-03-13

Learn about the courses in the LUCAS programme. In each video, a LUCSUS researcher is explaining what the course is about, and what you can expect to learn as a student. They also highlight why they are excited about teaching the course!

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/education/master-science-programmes/lucas-climate-change-and-society/our-courses-and-teachers - 2025-03-13

The LUCAS programme has a total duration of 2 years, divided into 4 semesters. LUCAS focuses on the most pressing societal challenges related to climate change. The programme builds on the knowledge and skills students acquired in first cycle programmes and aims to give them the expertise needed to better understand and act on societal climate challenges and thereby enable them to contribute to lo

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/education/master-science-programmes/lucas-climate-change-and-society/programme-structure - 2025-03-13

Practical InformationLund University is based in the city of Lund, close to Malmö (Sweden’s third largest city) in the south of Sweden. This part of Sweden is very close to Copenhagen in Denmark.  Here you will find all the practical information you need to make your stay in Lund and at DevRes 2024 as pleasant as possible. Getting to Lund Lund is located on the main railway line from Malmö to seve

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Are you involved in research focusing on a topic with links to the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development in a low or medium income country? Then we invite you to present your work at DevRes 2024. We are particularly interested in research abstracts where contributions:a) problematize the challenges related to reaching the SDGs and the overarching 2030 Agenda due to tensions in development priorit

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research-papers - 2025-03-13

Research can have significant societal impact, but identifying such societal impact and communicating it to relevant stakeholders takes practice. To develop such skills we therefore invite current PhD students to submit abstracts linked to their ongoing PhD research projects with a particular focus on impact and present these during an interactive World Café session at DevRes 2024 in Lund. What to

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To highlight the significance of research to contribute societal impact DevRes 2024 gives participating researchers and PhD students the opportunity to present their research and research collaboration in the form of impact cases/stories. Please observe that the impact case/story does not have to relate to a research project that is already finished but can also relate to an ongoing research proje

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Full project titleThe full project title is ‘Ecosystem services as a tool for climate change adaptations in coastal municipalities’ which is Working Package 2 (WP2) of a broader project titled ‘Implementing the Ecosystem Services Approach at the municipal level’ (ECOSIMP).Main funding organisationSwedish Environmental Protection AgencyProject timelineDecember 2013–March 2017Project leader (of WP2)

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/urban-ecosystem-based-adaptation-climate-change - 2025-03-13

If you are from a low-income country and have affiliation(s) with a Swedish institution then you are eligible to apply for a stipend to fund your participation at DevRes 2024 in Lund. The stipend will cover your conference fee, travels to and from Lund from your home country and your food and accommodation at a hotel while you are here. Please note that the stipend will not cover your VISA costs a

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/devres2024/stipends-available-participants-global-south - 2025-03-13

Here you will find answers to the most frequently asked questions about the DevRes conference. Can I get an invoice to pay for my conference fee? No, you can only pay your conference fee with a debit or credit card.  Link to the payment page I come from a country outside of the EU, can I get a conference invitation letter for my VISA application? Yes, we will assist you with an invitation letter t

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/devres2024/qa-devres-2024 - 2025-03-13

5 May 2025 08:00 to 10 May 2025 17:00 | Other Save the date! 5-10 of May, 2025 the Sustainability Week will be back. Sustainability Week is an annual event where Lund University and Lund Municipality organise a week full with activities focusing on sustainability. During the week, both current societal challenges and hopeful visions of the future are explored in the form of lectures, workshops, de

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/calendar/sustainability-week-2025 - 2025-03-13