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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS researcher Barry Ness has become the new Director of the Skåne Local Interaction Platform (SKLIP) for the Mistra Urban Futures Project. The platform brings together a consortium of the three universities located in the region: Lund University, Malmö University, and the Swedish University for Agricultural Scienc

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/barry-ness-director-skane-local-interaction-platform-mistra-urban-futures-project - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS Professor Christine Wamsler recently visited Australia to give the prestigious Dean’s lecture at the Melbourne School of Design (MSD). She was also invited to meet with researchers, practitioners and policy-makers in order to stimulate their work and open up a wider debate on urban adaptation and resilience. -

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/christine-wamsler-giving-deans-lecture-australia-and-creating-wider-debate-urban-adaptation-and - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Recently, the EU parliament’s environmental committee proposed that crop-based biofuels should not be considered renewable, which would affect Sweden’s strategy for achieving a fossil-free transport fleet, among other things. According to two researchers from LUCSUS, it is a good thing that the EU is reviewing the leg

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-new-proposed-eu-legislation-consequences-biofuels-land-use-must-be-considered-greater - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 20 years ago, the LUMES programme opened up its door to its first batch of students.  A booklet detailing the history of LUMES and interviews with alumni and teachers has now been launched to mark this very special anniversary. – With this booklet, we wanted to capture both the historical development of LUMES, and the

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lumes-booklet-marks-20-years-education-environment-and-sustainability - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Are there ways in which local communities can benefit from hosting large-scale land investments? This question forms the basis for a project on land in Africa, in which LUCSUS researcher Genesis T. Yengoh is involved.Genesis says that over the last few years, there has been a large increase in the amount of land that

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/mutually-beneficial-engagement-between-local-communities-and-large-scale-investors - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Timos Karpouzoglou visited LUMES and LUCSUS on 24th November to hold a round table discussion on the ‘elephant in the room – power’. Here is his guest blog on reflecting on the round table discussion:Bringing the Elephants to the table: What is the role of power in sustainability research? We live in a warming and inc

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/elephants-room-guest-blog-timos-karpouzoglou - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Mine Islar and Torsten Krause, both assistant professors at LUCSUS represented Lund University during an Alumni event organised by the five biggest Swedish Universities (Lund, Uppsala, Gothenburg, Umeå and Stockholm) at Sweden’s embassy in Washington D.C. – the house of Sweden earlier this autumn. The event was well a

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/blog-post-there-great-interest-sustainability-and-labour-market-integration-age-migrations-us-blog - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Karin Steen, researcher at LUCSUS, was recently in Zimbabwe researching land and land use issues, with particular focus on women. You research women’s rights to soil and land; do you believe the regime change could affect their rights?It is too early to say how much of a change the transfer of power will bring. But ev

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/will-regime-change-zimbabwe-affect-situation-women-karin-steen-womens-rights-soil - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It is heartening that people want to talk to scientists about climate change, but very worrying that women’s trust in researchers is declining, says Emily Boyd, Director of LUCSUS, commenting on the results from the yearly VA Barometer, that was released yesterday.She notes that the fact that climate change is a topic

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/va-barometern-201718-vetenskap-and-allmanhet-lets-talk-about-climate-change-comments-emily-boyd - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Research in collaboration with vulnerable groups, and scientist and citizen involvement are some of the ways forward to address the environmental risks that experts believe will have the most impact in the next ten years. Emily Boyd, Director at LUCSUS, comments on the recently released Global Risks Report 2018.Accord

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/collaboration-and-scientist-involvement-emily-boyd-comments-global-risks-report-2018 - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lennart Olsson has been appointed by the Government to Sida’s Scientific Board, who reviews Sida's proposals for projects and cooperation within the research area. Professor Lennart Olsson has been appointed by the Government to Sida’s Scientific Board (SSB).The research council reviews Sida's proposals for projects a

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lennart-olsson-new-member-sidas-scientific-board - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. To avoid the harmful impacts of unconscious bias in research and research grant funding it is becoming increasingly clear how important unconscious bias in training of academics is in order to help us understand our own biases. Karin Steen, head of the the Gender, Diversity and Equality committee at LUCSUS and one of

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/karin-steen-about-unconscious-bias - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. - We discussed questions of how people are geographically affected, who is affected, and therefore who might support or resist a particular political arrangement, and what this means for forests as ecosystems, Emily Boyd, Director at LUCSUS, says. She recently took part in a BECC (Biodiversity and ecosystem services i

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/governance-climate-change-and-biodiversity-loss-global-forestry-sector-emily-boyd-comments-workshop - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. – The most efficient way to address increasing climate impacts in cities is to mainstream climate adaptation into planning policies and tools. Successful mainstreaming means that climate adaptation will be considered by ‘default’, because it is built into the system, says Christine Wamsler, Professor at LUCSUS, and au

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/climate-adaptation-needs-be-better-mainstreamed-urban-governance-and-planning-says-christine-wamsler - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. US cities facing sea level rise need to look beyond traditional strategies for managing issues such as critical erosion and coastal squeeze, according to new research from LUCSUS. Civil society initiatives must now play a crucial role in adapting society to climate change, researcher Chad Boda argues in his dissertati

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/sea-level-rise-urgently-requires-new-forms-decision-making-dissertation-chad-boda - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Maryam Nastar, researcher at LUCSUS, is interested in resource mobilisation at the neighborhood-level since she believes that the solutions to sustainabillity challenges should be locally rooted. She focuses specifically on the impacts of heat waves on marginalised communities. Can you explain the concept of resource

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-maryam-nastar-resource-mobilisation-neighborhood-level - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What causes social entrepreneurship to thrive in some places while not in others? What are some of the important factors in place to foster social entrepreneurship in rural areas? These are this a few of the questions explored by a group of international students in Gojome and Kazuno towns in the wintery, mountainous

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-blog-explorations-social-entrepreneurship-japan-barry-ness - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 sust

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/structuring-collaboration-between-municipalities-and-academics-testing-model-transdisciplinary - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/international-womens-day-gender-equality-special-importance-research-centre-such-lucsus-says-emily - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 to the field.  What is th

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-wim-carton-perennial-agriculture-means-meet-sustainability-challenges-and - 2026-05-17