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LUCSUS Director professor Emily Boyd, has recently been appointed Editor-In-Chief for the journal Global Sustainability. Emily Boyd took over the editorship from the previous Editor-in -Chief, professor Johan Rockström. As the new editor-in-chief, Emily Boyd would like to see a new dynamic phase in Global Sustainability. She thinks that Global Sustainability has the potential to be at the forefron

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/emily-boyd-new-editor-chief-global-sustainability - 2026-08-15

Net zero emission pledges by countries and companies are everywhere at the moment. Most of these pledges rely on massive amounts of carbon removal, yet details on how this will transpire remain largely absent. The COP26 agreement suggests that markets will play a central role, but there are significant problems with this approach. Carbon removal, also known as “negative emissions”, is the process

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/we-cant-let-markets-decide-future-removing-carbon-atmosphere - 2026-08-15

The “Staying on the ground” movement initiated in Sweden has gained rising influence internationally, indicating the start of an important shift in not just attitudes but also culture regarding travel behaviors and visions of living well under climate change. A recently published paper by LUCSUS PhD  candidate Sara Ullström, LUCSUS researcher Kimberly Nicholas and political scientist Johannes Stri

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-did-flying-go-luxury-aspiration-contested-norm-sweden - 2026-08-15

Offshore wind power is presented as one of the solutions to solve the energy crisis in southern Sweden. But the issue has been met with a "not in my backyard” attitude, as many municipalities say no to the government's decision. LUCSUS researcher Henner Busch, shares his thoughts on how to involve local communities and create a more just energy transition. Earlier this autumn, the Swedish governme

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/conflicts-between-national-climate-targets-and-local-communities-jeopardize-renewable-energy - 2026-08-15

The Research Council at LU has now appointed three research infrastructures – the Humanities Laboratory, the Lund Nano Lab and the Lund Protein Production Platform – as university platforms, which will receive university-wide funding totaling 37.5 million SEK for five years.In addition to supporting the university platforms, the Research Council at LU is providing 20 million SEK in joint funding f

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/financial-support-iac-local-research-infrastructure - 2026-08-15

19 December 2024 at 14:00 Join us for fika from 14:00 to 15:00 and pick up your copy of the publication, featuring collected reports and reflections from the 1, 2, 3 Playtime project. The workshop and lecture series, initiated by IAC and Region Skåne, culminated in the Malmö Gallery Weekend 2024 exhibition at IAC. We are happy to share insights into the processes, ideas, and possibilities that eme

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/release-1-2-3-playtime-lab-report-film-screening-zonen - 2026-08-15

The newly established Centre for Aesthetics and Business Creativity (ABC), at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM), and led by Professor Daniel Hjorth, is thrilled to announce its collaboration with the Malmö Academy of Music (MHM), the Inter Arts Center (IAC) and the research cluster on “Creativity, AI, and the Human” at the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI), University of E

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/bridging-performing-art-ai-creativity-and-entrepreneurship-abc-mhm-iac-and-efi-research-cluster - 2026-08-15

The board of the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies has decided to accept a new Advanced Study Group (ASG) coordinated by the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts. An ASG gathers researchers from different disciplines around a shared research issue, and provides an opportunity to exchange ideas and perspectives on a research issue at a very early stage of development. The new ASG is called Cr

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/creative-data-lab-new-advanced-study-group-pufendorf-institute-advanced-studies - 2026-08-15

The 1, 2, 3 Playtime publication with the collected reports and reflections from the 1, 2, 3 Playtime project is now available online!The workshop and lecture series, initiated by IAC and Region Skåne, culminated in the Malmö Gallery Weekend 2024 exhibition at IAC. We are happy to share insights into the processes, ideas, and possibilities that emerged during 1, 2, 3 Playtime (2023–24).1, 2, 3 Pla

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/1-2-3-playtime-lab-report-available-online - 2026-08-15

In recent years, Lund University has invested much to emphasize the role of culture and the arts in education, research and innovation. To support teaching practitioners in this work, money for seed funding was announced last autumn.One of the four funded projects is “The Physics of Opera – About tones in light and colours in sound”, in which the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts is collaboratin

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/seed-funding-project-physics-opera - 2026-08-15

As a flagship of the Swedish National Data Service (SND) at LU 2025–26, the IAC Art Files project has started in January 2025. The purpose of IAC Art Files is to set up a platform and a portal that enables management and display of individual, thematic and interdisciplinary knowledge production in the arts, as well as sharing functions for artistic research data – to reinforce contact and exchange

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/iac-art-files-project-started - 2026-08-15

Today, 25 March, marks the launch of Researchdata.se, a new national web portal designed to make it easier for researchers to find, share, and reuse research data across various disciplines.Through a searchable platform, users gain access to thousands of datasets and resources for sustainable data management throughout the research process. The portal facilitates collaboration between universities

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/researchdatase-swedens-new-portal-research-data - 2026-08-15

Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete has been a doctoral student at the Malmö Academy of Music since September 2020 and will soon be defending his dissertation project “Plastic Extension of Music” (22 May 2025). Part of his doctoral defence is a large exhibition that will take place at IAC (16–23 May 2025). What is your dissertation project about?My research is called “Plastic Extension of Music” and it's q

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/bertrand-chavarria-aldrete - 2026-08-15

Fernando Garnero has been a doctoral student at the Malmö Academy of Music since September 2020 and will defend his dissertation project "Mutations in the Composable – Compositional Practice as a Space of Experimentation, Tension, and Uncertainty” on 12 May 2025. Part of his doctoral defence is a concert that will take place at IAC (11 May 2025). What is your dissertation project about?I approache

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/meet-fernando-garnero - 2026-08-15

VILBJØRG BROCH The More Sound jury received many interesting applications for a residency at IAC by the closing date on 1 May 2025, and one project has now been selected: congratulations to Danish composer Vilbjørg Broch!Vilbjørg Broch (* 1967) has a background in postmodern dance, improvisation and vocal performance. Her studies include School for New Dance Development, Amsterdam and more than a

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/more-sound-artist-selected-vilbjorg-broch - 2026-08-15

As a researcher in need of storage for your research data you can now order and manage research data folders in Lucat. The new storage solution is free of charge and gives:improved backupa smoother ordering and administration processan overview of your projects and studiesincreased control and authorization management possibilitiespossibility to increase storage volume free of charge when needed.F

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/new-storage-solution-research-data-free-charge - 2026-08-15

This week, the Advanced Study Group (ASG) Creative Data Lab gathered at the Pufendorf IAS to kick off the fall term. The ASG, dedicated to exploring the challenges and possibilities of data management in artistic research, discussed strategies for open access, presentation formats, and upcoming publications – all leading toward the launch of IAC Art Files.A prototype of the Art Files platform was

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/news-iac-art-files-asg-creative-data-lab-fall-2025-kickoff - 2026-08-15

In an absolutely new exciting project, the University is now calling for applications for an artist residency based at MAX IV, where artists in artistic forms will interpret and provide perspective on what is happening in the world-leading synchrotron light facility at Brunnshög. The Gyllenstiernska Krapperup Foundation has generously donated funds to create an artists in residence programme. In t

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/artistic-interpretation-max-iv - 2026-08-15

Deadline: 14 November 2025, 12:00 CET For the first time, Lund University and the MAX IV Laboratory are launching a joint artist-in-residence programme. This residency programme invites Nordic artists from all disciplines to explore the interface between art and cutting-edge research. What’s offered: 4-week residency (Jan–May 2026)200,000 SEK in funding (artist fee, travel, accommodation, producti

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/call-artist-residence-max-iv-lund-university - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An examination of the travel policy in Malmö municipality, flood management solutions in local neighborhoods, lobbying and regulation in Denmark, and biodiversity policies for universities. These were some of 2018 Knowledge to Action Projects – the course where LUMES students get to apply their knowledge to real world

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/knowledge-action-projects-2018-travel-policies-overfishing-flood-management-and-biodiversity-loss - 2026-08-15