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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Natural solutions to combat climate change are perceived as beneficial to both nature and people simultaneously. But claims that natural solutions also bring about empowerment, gender equality and inclusion are problematic, especially when issues of power, agency and marginalisation are ignored. This is according to n

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/natural-solutions-combat-climate-change-may-ignore-power-marginalisation-and-local-agency - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In our Annual Report for 2019 we share highlights in research, education and impact from the previous year. Read about some of the highlights here and download or read the full report online. Word from Director Emily Boyd 2019 was an unusually busy year for LUCSUS. In January we transitioned into the Faculty of Social

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-annual-report-highlights-2019 - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, LUCSUS and researchers from Political Science at Lund University, in collaboration with Sussex University, Stockholm Resilience Centre and Helsinki University have a new paper accepted with Global Sustainability entitled "Unearthing the myths of global sustainable forest governance". D

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/earth-day-2020-time-covid-19-crisis-we-need-be-challenging-entrenched-myths-about-our-forests - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUMES student, Hanna Geschewski, has just come back to Sweden after she was temporarily stranded in Nepal during fieldwork for her thesis. In this interview, she reflects on the impact of the corona outbreak on her own studies, and on the society in Nepal, where the socio-economic consequences of global and national m

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/interview-lumes-student-hanna-geschewski-about-impact-corona-pandemic-nepal - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. After observing the decrease in economic activities, air pollution and carbon emissions as a result of the lockdown measures during the COVID-19, some academics argue that such down-scaling can be considered as degrowth. Although the sudden, unplanned and chaotic downscaling of social and economic activities due to Co

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/blog-post-degrowth-and-transformative-potential-covid-19 - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Properly managed, the agricultural sector in Europe can contribute to many of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by improving food security, reducing poverty and enhancing biodiversity. But new research shows that indicators to measure key SDGs such as health and equality are entirely missing fro

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-research-points-out-key-gaps-eus-largest-funding-scheme-common-agricultural-policy - 2026-07-19

Colombia is emerging from an internal conflict that lasted more than 50 years. In this process rural land-use is being transformed, generating new conflicts over land use and control with detrimental effects on Colombia's forests. In this article published in the Journal of Political Ecology, Torsten Krause analyze the ways in which peace-building and post-conflict transition have led to increased

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/reducing-deforestation-colombia-while-building-peace-and-pursuing-business-usual-extractivism - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the health care system was strained already before the coronavirus crisis. Lack of intensive care units and respirators and the difficult economic situation in most African countries limit the resources to combat the pandemic. LUCSUS researcher Karin Steen, who returned from a

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/perspectives-corona-pandemic-africa - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New blog post from the Nature of Peace project on Colombia’s environment in the post-conflict transition, and the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the Colombian peace transition and for the natural environment. While it might seem from an outsider’s perspective that the Colombian armed conflict has come to an end, t

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/blog-post-colombias-environment-post-conflict-transition-new-set-backs-global-pandemic - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The consolidation report from the Skåne Local Interaction Platform (SKLIP) of the Mistra Urban Futures project has now been released. The report describes four years of transdisciplinary urban sustainability research by the platform partners Lund University, Malmö University, SLU Alnarp and the Municipality of Malmö a

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-report-skane-local-interaction-platform-mistra-urban-futures-project - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Are financial instruments really the solution to deforestation and degradation? Do states truly manage forests for societal benefit? And to what extent are so-called sustainable forest governance initiatives really including local people in decision-making? These are some of the questionable myths that currently obscu

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/five-forest-myths-obscure-path-transformational-and-sustainable-forest-governance - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New postdoc positions on climate change justice, social movements, social resilience and adaptation to climate change at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, LUCSUS. Two of the projects are funded by LUCSUS and three are funded by the Faculty of Social Sciences. Postdoctoral researcher in social movement

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-postdoc-positions - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A research initiative at LUCSUS examines how inner dimensions and transformation can support people to live more sustainably and drive change. Addressing (the causes and effects of) climate change is one of the most important societal challenges of our time. The demands for political action are becoming stronger from

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/inner-dimensions-and-transformation-can-support-people-live-more-sustainably-and-drive-change - 2026-07-19

På mötet 12 december kommer ekonomichef Marie Creutzer, att berätta om innehållet i resursfördelningen (budgeten) för 2025. OBS: Mötet hålls på svenska. Vi hälsar alla anställda välkomna till vårt digitala Fakultetens morgonmöte. Detta är återkommande månadsvisa informationsmöten där du kan lära dig mer om olika aktuella ämnen. Mötena hålls på engelska eller svenska beroende på ämne och för att gö

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/fakultetens-morgonmote-1212-om-var-budget-2025 - 2026-07-19

Orsaken till förändringarna är minskat behov av djurverksamhet vid fakulteten och besparingskrav. Praktisk information för dig som bedriver djurförsök, bakgrund och fakta om beslutet finns nu samlat på Intramed. I december tog Medicinska fakultetens styrelse beslut om strukturella förändringar i djurverksamheten inom ramen för Centre for Comparative Medicine (CCM). Förändringarna kommer att ha pra

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/strukturforandringar-inom-centre-comparative-medicine-ccm - 2026-07-19

Anmäl dig till detta seminarium, som hålls på engelska, senast den 16/12. Under detta seminarium, som leds av Philip Bacchus, ansvarig för biosäkerhetsskydd från WHO, diskuterar vi hur samhället kan förbereda sig för upptäckt och försvar mot kemiska och biologiska agens, inklusive direkta attacker med vapenbestyckade ämnen och indirekta attacker genom fysisk skada på storskalig infrastruktur. Vi k

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/seminarium-1712-att-upptacka-avsiktliga-kemiska-och-biologiska-hot-i-ukraina - 2026-07-19

Tomten håller ställningarna på fakulteten och vinterdrömmer om att surfa på vågen.

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/intramed-tomten-onskar-en-fridfull-jul - 2026-07-19

Fakultetens julavslutning, under ledning av dekan Maria Björkqvist, fyllde Trappan i Forum Medicum. Film: Julia Lund Rafstedt, foton: Julia Lund Rafstedt, Björn Martinsson.Först kom det ett ljuståg till Forum Medicum.Sedan prisades våra lärare, en vinnarpresentation presenterades, två av fakultetens nya professor, Filipe Pereira och Petru Liuba, presenterade sin forskning  och gav åhörarna smått a

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/luciatag-utmarkelser-nya-professorer-fakultetens-ar-glogg - 2026-07-19

Andreas Vilhelmsson är en av Lunds universitets kontaktpersoner i nätverket, vars mål är att utbilda nästa generations läkare om klimatförändringarnas hälsoeffekter och om en hållbar sjukvård. Enligt Andreas Vilhelmsson finns det idag ett ökande intresse från studenter och universitet med medicinska fakulteter för att hållbarhet ska ingå i läkarexamens kursplaner.– Men trots att det finns en betyd

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/fakulteten-med-och-grundar-miljonatverk-som-verkar-hallbar-sjukvard - 2026-07-19

Vetenskapstådets (VR) bidrag ger stöd till kliniska behandlingsstudier motiverade av hälso- och sjukvårdens behov och som förväntas leda till snar patient- och samhällsnytta. Ansökningsperioden för denna kommande utlysning är 15 januari - 18 februari 2025. Syftet med bidraget är att ge stöd till kliniska behandlingsstudier som är motiverade av hälso- och sjukvårdens behov och som förväntas leda ti

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/hej-forskare-borja-preppa-151-oppnar-vr-ansokan-kliniska-studier - 2026-07-19