Published 12 March 2018 Collaborations between the public sector and academia are increasingly common, and are often highlighted as the way forward for strategic climate planning. But how are practitioners and academics to work together to achieve results? Researchers at LUCSUS are investigating how a model can benefit transdisciplinary sustainability projects.  – Nowadays, many universities and m

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/structuring-collaboration-between-municipalities-and-academics-testing-model-transdisciplinary - 2025-02-21

Published 8 March 2018 International Women’s Day: Director Emily Boyd reflects that discussions of gender equality are of special importance to a centre such as LUCSUS which conducts research on sustainability issues worldwide. Research is conducted in sectors where women predominantly work such as agriculture, or in places where vulnerable groups are exposed to various environmental challenges– A

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/international-womens-day-gender-equality-special-importance-research-centre-such-lucsus-says-emily - 2025-02-21

Published 20 March 2018 Wim Carton and Lennart Olsson in discussion with researcher colleagues in Uganda. Research on land and sustainable agriculture is at the core of LUCSUS’ work as a centre. In this interview, Wim Carton highlights work on perennial agriculture as a means to meet some of the challenges facing small-holder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, and gives advice to researchers going in

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-wim-carton-perennial-agriculture-means-meet-sustainability-challenges-and - 2025-02-21

Published 4 April 2018 LUCSUS' Director Emily Boyd and Professor Christine Wamsler, along with six other experts, argue in an opinion piece in Dagens Nyheter that climate change is not the only reason for floods in Sweden. The opinion piece highlights the need to reform current water management and governance in Sweden since the current approach is contributing to increasing risk of flood and drou

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-researchers-write-opinion-piece-about-water-dagens-nyheter - 2025-02-21

Published 4 April 2018 Bigert & Bergström, Reverse Osmosis Plant, 2013. Foto: Jean-Baptiste Beranger © Bigert & Bergström. LUCSUS, in collaboration with Skissernas Museum, is organising the event Arts Meet Science, 27th April, during Lund University Sustainability Week.  Director Emily Boyd says that one of the reasons LUCSUS initiated this event is that there is a lot of focus on the negative eff

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/art-can-evoke-interplay-between-analytic-thinking-facts-about-what-we-know-and-toward-where-we - 2025-02-21

Published 10 April 2018 Kimberly Nicholas and former LUMES student Seth Wynes' article on the four most effective personal lifestyle choices to reduce your carbon footprint has received the prestigous prize 'Best Article of 2017' from the journal Environmental Research Letters. Their paper, 'The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual act

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-and-lumes-research-wins-environmental-research-letters-best-article-2017 - 2025-02-21

Published 24 April 2018 A village in the East of Sri Lanka that was spared the worst of the Asian Tsunami through protection by coastal forest. Such 'green infrastructure' is increasingly being recognised as a more sustainable alternative. © Stephen Woroniecki, 2017. "Empowerment of vulnerable groups is unlikely to arise through interventions from climate adaptation projects only. Yet, often these

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/nature-based-solutions-climate-change-what-scope-empowerment-vulnerable-groups - 2025-02-21

Published 4 May 2018 Agroecology is a better alternative than large-scale agriculture - both for the climate and for small farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to LUCSUS researcher Ellinor Isgren. This agricultural model preserves biodiversity and safeguards food supply while avoiding soil depletion.  – We must consider other, alternative models for developing agriculture, particularly in coun

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/agroecology-better-alternative-sub-saharan-africa - 2025-02-21

Published 15 May 2018 Bigert & Bergström, “Reverse Osmosis Plant”, 2013 © Bigert & Bergström. Photo: Jean-Baptiste Beranger Student journalist Lina Lockean join Director Emily Boyd in a reflection on the recent event Arts Meet Science - a day full of powerful conversations about the relationship between arts and science. Art Meets Science was an event organised by LUCSUS in collaboration with Skis

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/festive-reflections-arts-meet-science - 2025-02-21

Published 17 May 2018 LUCSUS researchers Emily Boyd and Christine Wamsler, along with six other experts, recently co-authored an opinion piece on water in Dagens Nyheter. This sparked a number of reactions, not least from the Swedish Minister of Environment, Karolina Skog. It has also lead to a panel debate being organised at Water Forum during Almedalen, the democratic and political week taking p

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/impact-opinion-piece-dagens-nyheter-leads-panel-debate-almedalen-2018 - 2025-02-21

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von arnold) - published 24 May 2018 What makes for a successful transition to a low-carbon energy system? Local involvement, perceived fairness and information sharing, according to new research from LUCSUS and IIIEE. The researchers studied two cases, one in Samsø (Denmark) and one in Feldheim (Germany) of successful implementatio

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-local-communities-can-transition-sustainable-energy-systems - 2025-02-21

Published 25 May 2018 In Tanzania, girls on their period avoid going to school, something that affects their opportunities for education. A new study from LUCSUS shows that the menstrual cup could be a step towards better school attendance, and a life with more freedom. It could also play a part in reducing waste in the country. As a young woman in Tanzania, having your period is associated with g

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/menstrual-cups-could-help-girls-attend-school-tanzania - 2025-02-21

Published 4 June 2018 Wine connoisseur with a taste for Pinot noir? You probably need to rethink your position. Wines made from the most popular grapes could disappear because of climate change, according to LUCSUS researcher Kimberly Nicholas. “As a society, we must drastically reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in order to ensure the future of our vineyards. Winegrowers must also adapt their c

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/climate-change-uncertain-future-favourite-wines - 2025-02-21

Published 7 June 2018 Photo: Genesis Tambang Yengoh. “On a smaller scale, biofuels can be a good alternative for public transport, but we cannot solve the climate issue by simply replacing fossil fuels with biofuels. Instead, we must reduce our energy consumption, as the total energy consumption within road transports is not decreasing”, explains David Harnesk, researcher at the LUCSUS. In his the

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/eu-biofuel-regulation-not-sustainable-long-term - 2025-02-21

Av lars [dot] uhlin [at] kanslik [dot] lu [dot] se (Lars Uhlin) - publicerad 30 maj 2024 Doktorspromotion. Foto Kennet Rouna Fredagen den 31 maj är det dags för Lunds universitets årliga doktorspromotion i Domkyrkan i Lund. Från konstnärliga fakulteten uppmärksammar vi särskilt de båda nyblivna doktorerna Annika Nyman från Teaterhögskolan respektive Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir från Musikhögskolan

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/dags-promotion - 2025-02-21

Av sylvia [dot] lysko [at] iac [dot] lu [dot] se (Sylvia Lysko) - publicerad 20 juni 2024 New project funded by Swedish National Data Service (SND). The project IAC Art Files has been granted funding as a so-called flagship of the Swedish National Data Service (SND) 2025–2027. With IAC Art Files, Inter Arts Center (IAC) aims to create a sustainable archive and accessible database for artistic rese

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/iac-art-files - 2025-02-21

Av Filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - publicerad 24 juni 2024 Edstrandska stiftelsen är en av de största stipendiefonderna för bildkonst i Sverige och har tidigare mottagits av några av Nordens mest framstående konstnärer. Nu har stipendiaterna för 2024 annonserats.Edstrandska stipendiestiftelsen har i år tilldelat ett stipendium om 500 000 kr vardera till konstnä

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/edstrandska-stiftelsens-stipendiater-2024 - 2025-02-21

Av Filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - publicerad 24 juni 2024 Pernilla August på Bryggeriteaterns scen. Foto: Filippa Jonsson. I egenskap av sin roll som ny hedersdoktor för Lunds universitets Konstnärliga fakultet, träffade Pernilla August Teaterhögskolans studenter i ett samtal vid Bryggeriteatern i Malmö och redan nu framgår det tydligt – August är en stor insp

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/pernilla-august-i-intimt-samtal-med-teaterhogskolans-studenter - 2025-02-21

Av lars [dot] uhlin [at] kanslik [dot] lu [dot] se (Lars Uhlin) - publicerad 9 augusti 2024 Nairy Baghramian promoveras av vicedekan Karin Johansson. Foto: Anders Andersson Vid Lunds universitets årliga doktorspromotion i Domkyrkan i Lund den 31 maj promoverades de båda nyblivna doktorerna Annika Nyman från Teaterhögskolan och Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir från Musikhögskolan. Dessutom promoverades

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/hedersdoktorerna-bilder-fran-promotionen - 2025-02-21

Av filippahjonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - publicerad 15 augusti 2024 Nyligen publicerades antologin Konstuniversitetet - Högskolepedagogiska betraktelser (2024), utgiven av Lunds Universitet som erbjuder olika perspektiv på konstnärlig pedagogik. I boken har Teaterhögskolans Jörgen Dahlqvist och Kajsa Ingemansson, Konsthögskolans Gertrud Sandqvist och Musikhögskolans Magnus

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/nyutgiven-bok-om-konstnarlig-pedagogik-med-bidrag-fran-fakulteten - 2025-02-21