Publicerad 28 november 2018 Juridiken kan främja hållbarheten bättre än idag, enligt Staffan Michelsson. Bild: Lena Michelsson. Han inledde sin karriär med att stämma BT Kemi 1976. På fredag disputerar miljörättsadvokaten Staffan Michelson i rättssociologi. I sin avhandling har han tagit reda på hur miljöengagerade personer och företag kan ta hjälp av juridiken för att främja arbetet för en hållba

https://www.lu.se/artikel/miljorattsadvokatens-tre-hallbarhetstips - 2025-07-07

Publicerad 29 november 2018 Professorerna Yann Clough och Marie Dacke. Foto: Kennet Ruona respektive Erik Thor. Lunds universitet får drygt 41 miljoner prestigefyllda kronor från Europeiska forskningsrådet. Pengarna går till två nya forskningsprojekt inom biologi respektive miljöforskning. Den ena satsningen handlar om att tränga in i en av djurvärldens allra känsligaste biologiska kompasser. Det

https://www.lu.se/artikel/mangmiljonsatsning-pa-biologisk-kompass-och-pollinerande-insekter - 2025-07-07

Av jan [dot] olsson [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - publicerad 30 november 2018 Här, i Nederländerna, har forskarna simulerat 18 års sommartorka genom att förhindra att nederbörd når marken. Foto: Evy de Nijs Forskare vid Lunds universitet har i samarbete med kollegor från Amsterdams universitet undersökt hur 18 års torka påverkar de miljarder livsviktiga bakterier som lever i marken un

https://www.lu.se/artikel/historiskt-klimat-viktigt-markens-svar-pa-framtida-klimatforandringar - 2025-07-07

Publicerad 30 november 2018 Universitetshuset. Fotograf: Cecilia Schubert Vinnova satsar nu på nio pilotprojekt där universitet och högskolor ska ta fram korta kurser för yrkesverksamma specialister. Två av dessa förläggs till Lunds universitet. I dagarna står det klart att universitetet får medel för att utveckla uppdragsutbildningar inom områdena AI och krishantering. – Det är två områden där nä

https://www.lu.se/artikel/nya-satsningar-pa-ai-och-krishantering-yrkesverksamma - 2025-07-07

Publicerad 3 december 2018 Bruce Karstadt, föreståndare för American Swedish Institute i Minneapolis, och Helle Vandkilde, professor i arkeologi vid Aarhus universitet, utses till hedersdoktorer vid Humanistiska fakulteten vid Lunds universitet. Bruce Karstadt utses till hedersdoktor för sina mångåriga insatser för svensk kultur och svensk-amerikanska relationer i USA. Karstadt är sedan 1990 verks

https://www.lu.se/artikel/forestandare-svenskt-amerikanskt-institut-och-framstaende-dansk-arkeolog-blir-hedersdoktorer - 2025-07-07

Publicerad 4 december 2018 Olika sorters fibroblaster - infärgade med olika färger - i brösttumörvävnad: Bild av Chris Madsen, Lunds universitet Vid vissa cancerformer bildas bindväv runt och inom tumören. En hypotes som fram till nu inte har bevisats, är att det finns flera olika sorters bindvävsceller som har olika funktion och som därmed kan påverka tumörens utveckling på olika sätt. Men nu har

https://www.lu.se/artikel/fel-sorts-bindvavsceller-ger-samre-prognos-brostcancer - 2025-07-07

Av hanna [dot] holm [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Holm) - publicerad 4 december 2018 Mätutrustning i Norunda Foto Anders Båth Regionala mätningar av växthusgaser är avgörande för att förstå hur klimatförändringen utvecklas. Lunds universitets mätstation i Norunda har tillsammans med ytterligare 14 europeiska stationer som mäter växthusgaser nu certifierats för standardiserad dataproduktion. Mä

https://www.lu.se/artikel/standardiserad-matning-av-vaxthusgaser-bidrar-till-att-forutsaga-och-motverka-klimatforandringen - 2025-07-07

Published 7 May 2019 In October, LUCSUS will host a conference on Loss and Damage (L&D) from climate change. Discussions to advance research on L&D are urgently needed, says LUCSUS Director Emily Boyd, since many challenges remain for the scientific and policy community on how L&D should be conceptualised, how best to measure, quantify and predict future L&D, and what governance arrangements are m

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/dates-set-conference-loss-and-damage-ld-will-be-explored-through-five-interrelated-lenses - 2025-07-07

Published 30 April 2019 2018 was a time of change, for sustainability sciences, wider society, as well as within LUCSUS itself. In our annual report, we share insights into our developments and contributions to sustainability science. The report highlights our research, education and capacity building work during 2018.Within LUCSUS, we focused on advancing research within four interrelated themes,

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-annual-report-2018 - 2025-07-07

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von Arnold) - published 3 May 2019 Amongst the most promising perennial cereals are a wheat-like grass called intermediate wheatgrass named Kernza. Kernza can be used for anything wheat is used for. There is an urgent need for agriculture to drastically reduce its negative environmental impacts, while at the same time responding to

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/future-agriculture-perennial - 2025-07-07

Published 6 May 2019 The UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) global assessment on nature highlights that 1 million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. Dr. Mine Islar, one of the lead athors of the report, and senior lecturer and researcher at LUCSUS, explains the significance of the report’s findings, which was releas

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/mine-islar-comments-ipbes-global-assessment-loss-biodiversity-crucial-climate-change - 2025-07-07

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 9 May 2019 Photo: Johan Persson The loss of animals, often due to unregulated or illegal hunting, has consequences for the carbon storage capacity of forests, yet this link is rarely mentioned in high-level climate policy discussions, according to a new study from Lund University Centre for Sustainability St

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/hunting-jeopardizes-forest-carbon-storage-yet-overlooked-climate-mitigation-efforts - 2025-07-07

Published 16 May 2019 "We are seeing an increase in the intensity of extreme climate events, as well as growing inequality.  There is an urgency to look at the intersections between climate change and parameters such as class, gender, ethnicity and soco-economic background", says Director Emily Boyd. She is leading the four yearlong project, Recasting the disproportionate impacts of climate change

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/project-dice-linking-climate-change-and-extreme-events-inequality - 2025-07-07

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von arnold) - published 16 May 2019 On May 15, LUCSUS successfully kicked off our new mentorship programme for researchers. The purpose of the program is to offer leadership development to selected researchers of the strategic research area Sustainable Development, and to boost career development within academia. Gender, diversity

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-launches-new-mentorship-programme-researchers - 2025-07-07

Published 17 May 2019 From despair to transformation: evidence-backed ways to think and act on the nature crisis. Looking at the bigger pictureThe UN Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has just published a global assessment of the state of nature, ecosystems and nature's contributions to people. Compiled by 145 expert authors from 50 countries over the past t

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-research-biodiversity-comment-ipbes-global-assessment-report - 2025-07-07

Published 28 May 2019 Improved and sustainable Menstrual Health Management has great impact on several of the Sustainable Development Goals, including: Good health and well-being, Gender equality, Quality education, Sustainable cities and communities, and Clean water and sanitation. On the 28th of May we join the commemoration of the Menstrual Hygiene day to highlight the importance of improved an

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/menstrual-hygiene-day-2019-itstimeforaction - 2025-07-07

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von Arnold) - published 17 June 2019 A selection of craft beer from breweries in Skåne, Sweden LUCSUS researchers are developing an Urban Living Lab approach to adress sustainability in the food, water, energy nexus through the case of craft beer sector in Sweden (Scania). The LUCSUS researchers, Barry Ness, Darin Wahl and Christin

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/promoting-sustainability-swedish-craft-beer-sector-through-urban-living-labs - 2025-07-07

Published 20 June 2019 At this year's Almedalen, LUCSUS researchers will discuss climate variability and its impact on water, sustainable land use, flying, and the Greta effect on today's youth. Here is the full list of LUCSUS related events taking place in Visby, Gotland. Almedalen is a week long democratic meeting place for seminars and dialogue. Monday, 1st JulySka man skaffa färre barn – för k

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-almedalen - 2025-07-07

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von Arnold) - published 27 June 2019 Participants from the training in Kisumu, Kenya. In June, LUCSUS researchers Genesis Yengoh, Sara Gabrielsson and Ann Åkerman kicked off the capacity building programme Land is Life. During two intense weeks, 13 future leaders from Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda participated in i lecturers,

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-kicked-new-capacity-building-programme-ecosystem-and-biodiversity-kenya - 2025-07-07

By Noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 3 July 2019 Photo: A Lorente. A complex web of legislation, a lack of awareness about the benefits of seagrass meadows, and powerful interests all combine to make the governance, protection and maintainance of seagrass meadows difficult according to new research from LUCSUS. Meanwhile segrasses have a hugely important ecologic

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/segrasses-have-hugely-important-ecological-and-economic-role-new-research-publication - 2025-07-07