By hanna [dot] holm [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Holm) - published 20 March 2019 CEC has been granted funding for a so-called collaborative initiative to find solutions for sustainable land use in Sweden, with emphasis on Skåne. The collaborative initiative called LU Land is to be a platform where different sectors, interests and research topics jointly address the challenges that an increasi

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/land-use-sustainable-future - 2025-04-21

By hanna [dot] holm [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Holm) - published 25 March 2019 Johan Ekroos, Sara Sällström and Lina Herbertsson. The national Swedish radio visited Lund to talk about pollinating insects and study their wintering sites. Pollinating insects are threatened by food shortages, by toxins, by climate change and because environments where insects can seek protection are disappeari

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/lack-settlements-threatens-biodiversity - 2025-04-21

Published 24 April 2019 The seminar on urban nature attracted a lot of people An exhibition, a seminar on urban nature and a climate crash course – that's how CEC contributed to the Sustainability week 2019. Markku Rummukainen and Maria von Post gave a crash course in climate change and biological diversity together with colleagues at Lund University. A summary is published (in Swedish) on Faceboo

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-during-sustainability-week - 2025-04-21

By stina [dot] johannesson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Stina Johannesson) - published 8 May 2019 The CEC PhD students and some of the supervisors at the spring meeting. How do micro-plastics affect our soil? What's the impact of urbanization on biodiversity? And how can drones be used for measuring carbon fluxes from Swedish peatlands? These were a few of the questions raised at the initial PhD st

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/new-knowledge-makers-focus-environmental-and-climate-effects - 2025-04-21

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 29 May 2019 Photo: Anna Maria Erling The greatest threat to biodiversity today is different species losing their habitats. To reverse this trend will require action on many societal levels, and there are simple things you can do in your own garden to help, according to Lund University researchers Anna Persson and

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/gardening-tips-five-easy-ways-contribute-biodiversity - 2025-04-21

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 2 July 2019 The researchers in Lund are investigating the interaction between a vegetation in change and the climate. For example, what will happen to tundra when it gets warmer? In the picture: volcano Korjakskaja Sopka in northeastern Russia. Researchers at Lund University have contributed to creating a new, up

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/unique-climate-modeling-vegetation-focus - 2025-04-21

By stina [dot] johannesson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Stina Johannesson) - published 26 June 2019 Summer days bring relaxing breaks in parks for many city dwellers. But how often do you look up from your picnic blanket and reflect on the surrounding wildlife and on how it would affect you if the birds went silent for good? Johan K. Jensen’s doctoral studies compares the wellbeing of some of our m

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/how-life-urban-birds - 2025-04-21

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 15 August 2019 When it comes to meeting sustainability goals, the current reform proposal of the EU Commission on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) falls well short at the mark, accordning to a group of international researchers writing in the journal Science. The proposed amendments to the CAP will not improv

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/researchers-reject-eu-reform-plans-cap-not-viable-future - 2025-04-21

Published 17 April 2018 Roberto Scaramuzzino spoke at a seminar organized by the Centre for Municipality Studies at Linköping University and gave an interview about the role of civil society in the establishment of new immigrants, focusing on social integration and interaction between public and non-profit organisations. Voluntary forces should be used, especially when the municipalities are under

https://www.civilsocietyelites.lu.se/article/roberto-scaramuzzino-civil-society-and-integration - 2025-04-21

Published 31 October 2017 Professor Håkan Johansson, School of Social Work, has received more than SEK 35 million from Riksbankens jubileumsfond to lead a research programme about elites in civil society. The progammer is titled "Civil Society Elites" A comparative study of the composition, reproduction, integration and questioning of elites in European Civil Society." Read an interview with Håkan

https://www.civilsocietyelites.lu.se/article/35-million-research-civil-society-elites - 2025-04-21

By patrik [dot] hekkala [at] soch [dot] lu [dot] se (Patrik Hekkala) - published 6 May 2019 During a whole day in April the researchers discussed the relevance of central theoretical and empirical knowledge about elite research for studying civil society elites. The research seminar was filled with discussions about ”shadow elites” in America influencing important geopolitical decisions without vi

https://www.civilsocietyelites.lu.se/article/seminar-brings-together-several-international-researchers - 2025-04-21

By jayeon [dot] lindellee [at] soch [dot] lu [dot] se (Jayeon Lindellee) - published 25 October 2019 Roberto Scaramuzzino and Håkan Johansson participated in the yearly conference on civil society arranged by the Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society (MUCF). The main theme this year was on elitism in civil society. On the 22nd of October, civil society researchers, politicians, civil servants

https://www.civilsocietyelites.lu.se/article/elitism-swedish-civil-society - 2025-04-21

By jayeon [dot] lindellee [at] soch [dot] lu [dot] se (Jayeon Lindellee) - published 25 October 2019 Professor Carlo Ruzza, University of Trento. The growing populist movements in many European countries affect not only the EU's institutional actors but also EU-based civil society organizations. Professor Carlo Ruzza, a prominent scholar in political sociology based at the University of Trento, ha

https://www.civilsocietyelites.lu.se/article/guest-professor-carlo-ruzza-populist-turn-and-its-impact-eu-and-civil-society - 2025-04-21

By jayeon [dot] lindellee [at] soch [dot] lu [dot] se (Jayeon Lindellee) - published 4 September 2020 A new thematic issue on Civil Society Elites is published in Politics and Governance. A new thematic issue on Civil Society Elites, edited by Håkan Johansson and Anders Uhlin and published by an open access journal Politics & Governance is now available. Several researchers in the project as well

https://www.civilsocietyelites.lu.se/article/new-thematic-issue-civil-society-elites - 2025-04-21

By jayeon [dot] lindellee [at] soch [dot] lu [dot] se (Jayeon Lindellee) - published 12 November 2020 The inter-disciplinary research program Civil Society Elites? Comparing elite composition, reproduction, interaction and contestation in European civil societies cordially invites researchers working on civil society studies to Lund University, Sweden, for a mini conference 15-16th of April 2020.

https://www.civilsocietyelites.lu.se/article/conference-civil-society-studies-2020-postponed-january-2021 - 2025-04-21

Published 27 March 2018 Håkan Johansson spoke to a full venue with members of the public, civil society organsiaitons and academics at a breakfast seminar hosted by Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan, a local adult education association in Lund. The filmed lecture is avalaible here (in Swedish.)

https://www.civilsocietyelites.lu.se/article/hakan-johansson-spoke-breakfast-seminar - 2025-04-21

By anders [dot] ortegren [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Örtegren) - published 27 September 2024 The larvae of the invasive box tree moth are wreaking havoc in private gardens and public spaces. The box tree moth was first found in Sweden in 2016 – the invasive species is increasing very rapidly and could become a major problem in the near future. Box tree moth has so far hit the continent ver

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/scientists-reveal-invasive-box-tree-moth-rise-sweden - 2025-04-21

Published 8 November 2024 A team of researchers have succeeded in creating a kind of GPS for microorganisms. Illustration: Inger Ekström/Pixabay. A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has developed an AI tool that traces back the most recent places you have been to. The tool acts like a satellite navigation system, but instead of guiding you to your hotel, it identifies the geographical

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/new-gps-system-microorganisms-could-revolutionise-police-work - 2025-04-21

Published 20 March 2025 Comparing two unpublished datasets - one on the relationship between the number of siblings and the growth of blue tits - revealed different results. Photo: Johan Nilsson. How credible are research results? A new biology study shows that the same data can give different answers depending on the method of analysis used – raising questions about the stability of scientific co

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/reliability-scientific-methods-under-scrutiny - 2025-04-21

Published 4 April 2025 They eye of a roach with a large pupil. Photo: Kaj Hulthén. Roach that migrate between different lakes and water courses have larger pupils and better eyesight than roach that stay in one place. The adaptation makes it easier for the red-eyed freshwater migrants to find food in murky waters. This is shown in a large study from Lund University in Sweden. Animals’ eyes, just l

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/migrating-roach-have-sharper-eyesight - 2025-04-21