Published 2 May 2024 Ullrika Sahlin. Photo: Kenneth Ruona Ullrika Sahlin, a CEC researcher specialising in Computational Science for Health and Environment (COSHE) research, recently completed a mission for the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). EFSA's scientific experts learned how to express uncertainty in a clear way. EFSA was set up in 2002 in the wake of crises of confidence in food safet

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/improving-food-safety-risk-assessment-eu - 2025-08-01

Published 2 May 2024 COSHE stands for Computational Science for Health and Environment. The hub is based at Geocentrum II in Lund. Photo: Kenneth Ruona/CEC. A computational science hub, COSHE, has been established at Lund University. The aim is to become a creative hub for computational science with a focus on interdisciplinary research in the fields of health, climate and the environment. COSHE w

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/computational-science-hub-sharpen-research-environment-and-health - 2025-08-01

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 21 May 2024 By choosing natural materials, putting away plastic items and avoiding chemicals, we can favour biodiversity in our gardens, says researcher Maria Hansson. Photo: Johan Persson Toxins and chemicals are a major threat to our environment. The "third crisis" - the chemical crisis - is often forgotten when we t

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/five-ways-create-toxin-free-garden - 2025-08-01

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 23 May 2024 Opening session of Swedish Climate Symposium 2024 After a year of intensive work by many involved, the Swedish Climate Symposium with its close to 400 participants, has come to an end. Now an evaluation of the conference awaits, but the feeling is that most people experienced it as a successful event. To take the p

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/voices-swedish-climate-symposium - 2025-08-01

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 18 June 2024 Sweden is also increasingly affected by unusually intense storms. Here, a flooded playground in the city of Landskrona after the storm "Hans" in August 2023. Have you noticed that when scientists are asked whether or not a particular extreme weather event is due to climate change, they usually respond with somethi

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/weather-attribution-climate-scientist-wilhelm-may-helps-us-get-grips-concept - 2025-08-01

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 5 July 2024 The common reed is considered a weed, but in the farmed landscape it can benefit biodiversity as its seeds become food for insects and its pollen is a mummy for some pollinators. Here it grows beautifully in a spring barley field. One of the world's greatest challenges is to feed the world's population in a sustain

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/organic-farms-potential-higher-yields - 2025-08-01

By natascha [dot] kljun [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Natascha Kljun and Julia Kelly) - published 6 August 2024 A Swedish forest after a fire. Photo: Natascha Kljun Even in Earth’s high northern-latitude forest, climate change is predicted to make wildfires more frequent and severe.Earth’s far north hosts the boreal forest, a vast green belt that stretches from North America to Siberia. The boreal f

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/forests-destroyed-wildfires-emit-carbon-long-after-flames-die - 2025-08-01

Published 13 June 2017 An article on SASNET's researcher Admir Skodo, written by Elina Vidarsson, has been published in the Swedish online magazine Sydasien (South Asia). Read the article (in Swedish). The article is on Admir’s research, which draws on conceptual history, critical theory of race, historical sociology, and global history in order to examine how the concept of the Afghan refugee/imm

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/article-concept-afghan-refugee - 2025-08-01

Published 20 June 2017 The Himalayan Studies Conference V will be held 1-4 September 2017 at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA. The conference is organized by the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS) and hosted by the Tibet Himalaya Intiative at CU Boulder. Participation is restricted to members of the ANHS. Keynote speakers for HSC V will be the author Manjushree Thapa, whose

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/himalayan-studies-conference-colorado - 2025-08-01

Published 20 June 2017 Kathmandu University, Centre for Buddhist Studies at Rangjung Yeshe Institute invites applications for a part-time, nine-month, teaching position in Sanskrit starting on August 15, 2017 at its campus in Boudhanath, Nepal. The instructor will teach two undergraduate courses in Sanskrit each semester: Sanskrit I and III in Fall, and Sanskrit II and IV in Spring. Total teaching

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-sanskrit-instructor-kathmandu-university - 2025-08-01

Published 20 June 2017 The Faculty of Humanities, Leiden Institute for Area Studies at University of Leiden is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Buddhist Studies. Applications must be received no later than 30 June 2017. The researcher will carry out research on Buddhist scriptures, which is part of the ERC-funded project, “The Composition of Buddhist Scriptures: Open Philology” headed by p

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-postdoctoral-researcher-buddhist-studies - 2025-08-01

Published 20 June 2017 The Faculty of Humanities, Leiden Institute for Area Studies at University of Leiden is looking for a PhD candidate in Buddhist Studies. Applications must be received no later than 30 June 2017 The candidate will carry out research on Buddhist scriptures, which is part of the ERC-funded project, “The Composition of Buddhist Scriptures: Open Philology” headed by prof. Jonatha

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-phd-candidate-buddhist-studies - 2025-08-01

Published 21 June 2017 In order to consolidate its presence in Afghanistan and to maintain, expand and ensure better impact of its current output, AAN is seeking to recruit one Researcher. The deadline for applications for this recruitment is 15 July 2017. The position is expected to be Kabul-based and full time. The Researcher will report to AAN’s Co-Directors or a person designated by them, and

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-researcher-afghanistan-analysts-network-aan - 2025-08-01

Published 21 June 2017 In order to consolidate its presence in Afghanistan and to maintain, expand and ensure better impact of its current output, AAN is seeking to recruit one or two new research staff members. Depending on skills, training and experience they will be hired for the position of Junior or Senior Analyst. The deadline for applications for this recruitment is 15 July 2017. The positi

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-juniorsenior-analyst-afghanistan-analysts-network - 2025-08-01

Published 22 June 2017 Dalia Abdelhady talking about research methodology On Thursday 15 June, 2017 a workshop entitled: "Studying Refugees in Northern Europe" was held at The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University. SASNET researcher Admir Skodo participated and presented a paper. The workshop was organized by Dalia Abdelhady, Nina Gren and Martin Joormann. The participants formed an i

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/workshop-lund-refugees-northern-europe - 2025-08-01

Published 30 June 2017 SASNET researcher Admir Skodo has received a stipend from Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, that will allow him to study archival material in the Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Admir hopes that this rich collection will help him discover new knowledge about Afghans in the United States since the Cold War.

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-researcher-admir-skodo-has-received-stipend - 2025-08-01

Published 3 August 2017 Göteborg Book Fair 2013 as seen from the second floor. In this year's Göteborg Book Fair there will be two seminars with a South Asian theme. One is a dialogue on contemporary literature in Bangladesh and the other is a talk with Arundhati Roy on her new book, which deals with modern Indian history. SASNET director Andreas Johansson will also be at the fair talking about th

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/south-asia-goteborg-book-fair-2017 - 2025-08-01

Published 8 August 2017 In May the director of SASNET, Andreas Johansson, visited Emory University for discussions for future collaborations between the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies (MESAS) and SASNET/CMES. The reason for visiting MESAS was because of its similar experience in merging South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies into one department. Recently SASNET became a part

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/andreas-johansson-visited-emory - 2025-08-01

Published 8 August 2017 Call for Papers for Conference on Muslim Cultures in the Indian Ocean. The Conference will be hold 12-14 September 2018 at Aga Khan University in London, UK. The Call for Papers is open until 30 September 2017. This conference aims to explore the diversity of Muslim cultures prevalent in the Indian Ocean region where, historically, Muslims have interacted for centuries with

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-conference-muslim-cultures-indian-ocean - 2025-08-01

Published 8 August 2017 A doctoral training seminar will be organized on the 10th of November at the University of Helsinki. Submit abstract by August 18. Full papers are due October 27. The doctoral training seminar is open to all PhD candidates in Finnish Universities who write their thesis about Asia (society, politics, economy, business, culture, history, law). PhD candidates are encouraged to

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/asianet-doctoral-training-seminar-helsinki - 2025-08-01