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Emily Boyd,New director at LUCSUS In August, the former director and founder of LUCSUS, Lennart Olsson, handed over the directorship to Emily Boyd.We welcome our new director by asking some quick questions on her thoughts about and visions for LUCSUS.Read also the interview with Emily in LUM, Lund University Magazine 5/16: “Sweden is at the forefront on sustainability!” What is your background in
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/peoplelist/meet-our-researchers - 2026-07-19
Key research area Negative emission technologies, or large scale carbon dioxide removal, are by many assessments, policy makers, industries and companies, seen as key to slow or halt climate change. Researchers at LUCSUS studies the narratives, implementation and impacts of these technologies from political, economical and justice perspectives. The research takes a critical perspective, and studie
Key research area The effects of climate change are causing great suffering, losses and damages, especially for the most vulnerable. LUCSUS research aims to identify where loss and damage from climate change is happening, whom it affects, why, and at what scale. In focus are questions relating to just adaptation, intersectionality and responsibility. Our work contribute towards addressing inevitab
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research/research-themes/climate-change-and-resilience/loss-and-damage-and-just-adaptation - 2026-07-19
Key research area at LUCSUS There is an urgent need for agriculture to drastically reduce its negative environmental impacts, while at the same time responding to increasing demand and adapting to a changing climate. For this to be possible, radical change in how we grow our major staple crops is essential. At LUCSUS researchers are studying both ecological, social and economic aspects of what a
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research/research-themes/land-use-governance-and-development/perennial-agriculture - 2026-07-19
Key research area The current climate and biodiversity crises are deeply intertwined with complex social, cultural and economic processes that also cause injustices around the world. Protecting ecosystems and the diversity of species that live in them cannot be separated from an understanding of the underlying factors driving climate change, biodiversity loss and the social injustices people exper
Go to our staff page and click on each person’s profile for contact details, publications and biographical information.See all Staff at LUCSUS Barry Ness Director Email: barry [dot] ness [at] LUCSUS [dot] lu [dot] se Telephone: +46 46 222 48 09 Mobile: +46 70 259 02 57 Personal webpage Torsten Krause Deputy Director Email: torsten [dot] krause [at] LUCSUS [dot] lu [dot] se Bregje van Veelen Direc
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/contact - 2026-07-19
Development Research Conference, Lund University, 21-23 October 2024 DevRes is a bi-annual conference gathering Swedish development and sustainability researchers from different academic disciplines to exchange ideas and network as well as promote collaboration with practitioners, organizations and policy makers. DevRes 2024 was hosted by Lund University and the conference theme was “Reaching the
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/devres2024 - 2026-07-19
Key research area at LUCSUS Around the world, glaciers are retreating at unprecedented rates due to climate change. Billions of people are dependent on glaciers for their survival, and glaciers and mountain ecosystems support societies in many ways: providing water for drinking and agriculture, generating hydroelectric energy, driving tourism and other types of livelihoods, and as places of spirit
Key research area at LUCSUS Rural landscapes and communities across the world are impacted by significant changes and shifts related to broader trends, including urbanisation, agricultural intensification and climate change. Such transformations shape, and are shaped by, different actors and processes across scales and often involve contestations related to land use, resource allocation and decisi
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research/research-themes/land-use-governance-and-development/rural-transformations - 2026-07-19
key research area at LUCSUS Agriculture provides most of the food we eat and the fibers we wear while at the same time contributing up to 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions and consuming around 70% of global freshwater withdrawals. Navigating this tension between the societal necessity of agriculture and its environmental impacts is therefore at the heart of sustainable development. Within the
LUCSUS, together with the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, and the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, is a partner in the European project Naturvation, which stands for nature-based urban innovation. The project has three main objectives: advance assessment approaches, enable innovations, and realise the potential of nature-based solutions. We ask LUCSUS
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/what-about-nature-based-urban-innovation - 2026-07-19
25 to 31 October 2022 Cellist Éric-Maria Couturier will be sharing his experience in a diverse panorama of activities in Malmö from the 25 October 2022 to the 1 November 2022, organised by PhD candidate Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete.Soloist at Ensemble Intercontemporain – Member of Trio Talweg – Professor at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse de Paris and Conservatoire National Supé
https://www.iac.lu.se/research/visiting-researchers/eric-maria-couturier-artist-residency - 2026-07-19
2 to 5 April 2024 The project “The Possible Impossible” will explore an eminently human phenomenon: our capacity to engage with the possible, to go beyond what is present, visible, or given in our existence. Possibility studies is an emerging field or research including topics as diverse as creativity, imagination, innovation, anticipation, counterfactual thinking, wondering, the future, social ch
https://www.iac.lu.se/possible-impossible-music-education-malmo-academy-music - 2026-07-19
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https://www.iac.lu.se/newsletter - 2026-07-19
15 to 27 May 2023 Avskärmad (Screened Off) is an experimental music drama project exploring topics such as isolation, ambivalence and power hierarchies in human interactions, and how our perception of reality is influenced by digital communication.The performance is built around two central characters, a mother and a daughter, whose relationship will be portrayed on stage through music, poetry, an
https://www.iac.lu.se/avskarmad-screened-martina-tomner-ida-hoog-agnes-wastfelt - 2026-07-19
IAC is located on the fourth floor of the old Mazetti chocolate factory in Malmö. During the restoration of the building careful considerations were made to preserve parts of the factory without compromising the requirements imposed on modern and functional environments for artistic research and public events.The IAC venue of approx. 1100 m2 in total, provides a variety of spaces for artistic work
https://www.iac.lu.se/facilities - 2026-07-19
25 May to 2 June 2023 Stains of time beyond the Past and PresentOpening: Thursday, 25 May 2023, 16:00-20:00Exhibition, opening hours: 26 May to 2 June 2023, 12:00-17:00 (weekdays only)Location: Black Room, Inter Arts Center (IAC), 4th floor, Bergsgatan 29, MalmöIAC is pleased to announce the exam exhibition by Oleg Matrokhin, graduating student from the Master of Fine Arts in Artistic Research (MF
https://www.iac.lu.se/master-fine-arts-artistic-research-exam-exhibition-2023-oleg-matrokhin - 2026-07-19
27 to 31 March 2023 The project “The Possible” will explore an eminently human phenomenon: our capacity to engage with the possible, to go beyond what is present, visible, or given in our existence. Possibility studies is an emerging field or research including topics as diverse as creativity, imagination, innovation, anticipation, counterfactual thinking, wondering, the future, social change, hop
https://www.iac.lu.se/possible-music-education-malmo-academy-music-0 - 2026-07-19
6 to 19 March 2023 Family life, and children in general are commonly associated with chaos and unsolicited noise. Something sound artists themselves mostly try to avoid, as the worst place for them to work. The 16-loudspeaker installation, in opposition, aims at celebrating the musicality in everyday life, where intimacy and brutality, tensions and resolutions, power and abandonment are all intrin
https://www.iac.lu.se/family-life-recomposed-yann-coppier - 2026-07-19
20 to 26 February 2023 For his work at IAC Axel Burendahl wants to further develop and deepen his understanding of the connections between moving images, text and sculpture. He is going to build and expand upon a work that takes it’s starting point in a solo presentation that he did in 2022 at Bladr, an artist-run space dedicated to artists’ books in Copenhagen. The project examined questions of f
https://www.iac.lu.se/get-organized-axel-burendahl - 2026-07-19
