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Mats Bigert och Lars Bergström är konstnärerna som inspireras av vetenskapen. Särskilt av meteorologin. Deras verk är ofta klimatrelaterade och i utställningen ”Weather War” på Skissernas Museum visar de bland annat hur de med ett stort täcke har försökt skydda Kebnekaises sydtopp från att smälta. – Snö och is är utrotningshotade väderfenomen, säger Mats Bigert.     ”Reverse Osmosis Plant” ser vid

https://www.lu.se/artikel/konstnarer-inspireras-av-vetenskapen - 2025-12-27

En knäskada innebär ofta en längre tids rehabilitering. Under rehabiliteringen gång guidas man av en fysioterapeut - och tillsammans arbetar man mot en gemensam målbild: återfå knäets fysiska förmåga och den skadades tillit till knäet. Längs rehabiliteringen är det viktigt att kunna mäta hur det går, vad som förändras och varför. Vala Flosadottir, fysioterapeut, har utvärderat frågeformulär som mä

https://www.lu.se/artikel/knaskador-utvardering-av-matinstrument-och-muskelfunktion - 2025-12-27

Nio av tio är positiva till säkerhetskameror på gator och torg. Det visar en ny opinionsundersökning, som därmed stärker resultatet från förra årets undersökning. – Inte nog med att allmänheten är fortsatt starkt positiv till kameraövervakning. De uttrycker även en tydlig önskan om fler kameror, säger Markus Lahtinen, forskare och lärare i informatik på Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet.En va

https://www.lu.se/artikel/fortsatt-starkt-stod-kamerabevakning-pa-allman-plats - 2025-12-27

Enligt tradition firar studenterna i Lund siste april och 1 maj i Lund med mösspåtagning och rektorsuppvaktning. 30 april: Siste april är både studenternas och stadens högtid med uppsluppen stämning och en känsla av den annalkande våren. Kom till Lundagård för mösspåtagning och för att höra det klassiska talet till våren framfört av vice ordförande för Lunds universitets studentkårer. Tiden är 17:

https://www.lu.se/artikel/mot-varen-i-lundagard-0 - 2025-12-27

EU:s besked om att förbjuda världens mest använda insektsbekämpningsmedel för att rädda pollinerarna är ett steg i rätt riktning, enligt professor Yann Clough. Men mycket återstår. Förbudet mot neonikotinoider, som godkändes av medlemsstaterna i slutet av april, förväntas träda i kraft mot slutet av året och innebär att de aktuella bekämpningsmedlen bara kan användas i tillslutna växthus.– Det här

https://www.lu.se/artikel/eus-forbud-betydelsefull-mojlighet-jordbrukare - 2025-12-27

Welcome to the BECC Annual Meeting 2015 on November 2-3 in Falkenberg. Sign up to join the discussions about the future and the achievements 2010-2015. BECC Annual Meeting: Realizing the VisionWhen: 2-3 November 2015Where: Falkenberg StrandbadenProgrammeMonday 2 November10:00 Welcome and presentation of the annual meeting10:15-11:00 Achievements from BECC 2010-2015 and result from the SRA evaluati

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-annual-meeting-2015 - 2025-12-27

Monday the 16th of November was the starting date of the first risk conference within a new Nordic network. Researchers from different areas have met to discuss and coordinate the science of risk at the conference in Lund. Sydsvenskan has interviewed BECC researchers Ullrika Sahlin and Åsa Knaggård who are organizing the conference. "There is a lack of a joint forum in Sweden for risk researchers"

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/first-national-conference-within-new-nordic-network-risk - 2025-12-27

Bees are usually considered to be the most efficient pollinators for crops, but a new international study shows that other insects are just as important. A variety of different insects are needed for our food supply. Several BECC researchers have provided data to the study. "We already know that honeybees and wild bees are of great importance to our food production. This study shows that other pol

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/not-only-bees-are-important-pollination - 2025-12-27

Several BECC researchers and PhD students are in Paris for COP21 right now. And they're sharing their impressions on social media. From 30 November to 11 December 2015 all eyes are on Paris and COP21, the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21/CMP11). The conference is crucial because the expected outcome is a new international agreement

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/news-cop21-paris - 2025-12-27

Professor Deliang Chen has been elected Fellow of TWAS, the world academy of sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries. Professor Deliang Chen, University of Gothenburg and PI in BECC, has been elected Fellow of TWAS, the world academy of sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries. He was one of 44 new Fellows elected on the Academy's 26th General Meeting

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/deliang-chen-elected-fellow-world-academy-sciences-twas - 2025-12-27

Dams and irrigation systems mean that human consumption of water is increasing at a far greater rate than was originally thought, according to a study carried out as part of a research thesis by the researcher Fernando Jaramillo, who is employed at the University of Gothenburg and is also part of BECC. The results are published in Science. The study carried out by the researcher Fernando Jaramillo

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/human-freshwater-footprint-larger-expected-shows-new-study-science - 2025-12-27

BECC's annual meeting was held on 2-3 of November in Falkenberg. Find a report from the meeting here as well as presentations from the different parts of the meeting. MONDAY 2 NOVEMBER10:00 Welcome and presentation of the annual meetingBECCs coordinator Henrik welcomed everyone to BECCs 5th annual meeting with the agenda:Celebrating that we (BECC) have existed 2132 days!Discussing what BECC have a

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-annual-meeting-2015-reports-and-presentations - 2025-12-27

Alexandre Antonelli is a BECC researcher at the University of Gothenburg, where he won theFaculty of Science’s research award earlier this year. He has built up a successful research team within the area of biogeography within the University of Gothenburg. Read an interview with Alexandre from The Science Faculty Magazine, University of Gothenburg. Alexandre Antonelli falls silent for a couple of

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/passion-diversity-species - 2025-12-27

BECC researcher and Associate senior lecturer Daniel Metcalfe, the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of €1.75 million over five years. ERC funding is sought in international competition with scientific excellence as the sole criterion for selection. Daniel Metcalfe is awarded €1.75 million over five years. Metcalfe's

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/daniel-metcalfe-receives-erc-consolidator-grant - 2025-12-27

On February 25 the new UN-initiated network SDSN (Sustainable Development Solutions Network Northern Europe) is launched. BECC researcher Thomas Sterner is one of the speakers. The University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology are hosting the network through GMV Centre for Environment and Sustainability. Welcome to the seminar "Science-based transformations 2030", February, 25th.

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/launch-network-sdsn-northern-europe-gothenburg - 2025-12-27

Hear the Functional Ecology podcast, interviewing Thomas Hasper and Johan Uddling, BECC researchers from University of Gothenburg. Hear Thomas Hasper and Johan Uddling, University of Gothenburg, talk to Functional Ecology Editor Alan Knapp about their recent paper "Water use by Swedish boreal forests in a changing climate". Authors: Hasper, T. B., Wallin, G., Lamba, S., Hall, M., Jaramillo, F., La

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/water-use-swedish-boreal-forests-changing-climate-podcast-thomas-hasper-and-johan-uddling - 2025-12-27

Read an interview with Kimberly Nicholas, BECC researcher, dealing with food, ecosystems and land-use. Kimberly talks about Paris and COP21, taking personal responsability and social media. After five years in Lund, Kimberly Nicholas has grown roots here. She comes from a family of turkey ranchers and wine-growers in California, and food has been with her for her whole life. Her research at LUCSUS

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/aiming-good-life-thoughts-about-paris-good-food-and-wine - 2025-12-27

William Sidemo Holm, PhD student within Environmental Science and BECC, has received a scholarship from the Swedish trade association, Foder och Spannmål for his thesis "Improving agricultural pollution abatement through result-oriented Remuneration schemes". On February 3, 2016, the trade association Foder och Spannmål, announced its’ annual scholarship for the best thesis in economics at the gra

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-phd-student-wins-scholarship-best-thesis - 2025-12-27

The Tibetan Plateau has long been seen as a “hotspot” for international environmental research, and there have been fears that water supplies in the major Asian rivers would drastically decline in the near future. However, new research now shows that water supplies will be stable and may even increase in the coming decades. Read more about the work of Deliang Chen, University of Gothenburg and BEC

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/water-supplies-tibet-set-increase-future - 2025-12-27

FORMAS will give five information meetings during February and talk about their open call. For more information about a specific meeting and regional activities, see contact information under each meeting below. The call will be published on Formas webb page on March 3: www.formas.se/ February 11, 13.00 -15.00, SLU Alnarp Location: Crafoordsalen, Alnarp, see building nb. 6 on this mapPreliminary p

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/five-information-meetings-about-formas-open-call-2016 - 2025-12-27