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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. BECC welcomes proposals for research funding within the vision and aims of BECC for the years 2018-20. Deadline for sending in proposals is 29 September at 2 pm. This is a joint call, up to 20 million SEK, between LU and UGOT and aims at a continued consolidation of the collaboration between research groups and major

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/application-becc-research-funding - 2026-04-25

Welcome to BECC annual meeting at Radisson Blu Metropol, Helsingborg. Day 1:             The Ecosystem Service Concept in Science10.00                Registration and coffee10.45                Introduction and the aim of the meeting11.00                Plenary lecture 1: Professor Janne Bengtsson, SLU Uppsala12.00                Lunch13:15                How does the ES concept relate to your res

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-annual-meeting-november-7-8 - 2026-04-25

We are looking for a science doctorate in a research area relevant to BECC or equivalent knowledge acquired in other ways, preferably with a focus on biodiversity, ecosystem services or climate. The research program BECC is looking for a research coordinator. As a research coordinator you will develop, plan and follow up on BECC's activities. The research coordinator will be part of the administra

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-looking-research-coordinator - 2026-04-25

The position is associated with the research program BECC, placed at the Department of Political Science and connected with the Center for Environmental and Climate research (CEC) at the Faculty of Natural Science. We are looking for an ambitious political scientist in the beginning of his/her career who aims for a future career as university lecturer and researcher. The term for this position in

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-recruiting-assistant-professor-political-science - 2026-04-25

Watch a video from the workshop Mainstreaming ecosystem services in agricultural production, organized by BECC and the CEC November 21-22. How to interact with farmers to develop tools for assessment of ecosystem services - Johanna Alkan Olsson, CEC Lund UniversityFive hammers, one nail. Evaluating effects of CAP greening alternatives on ecosystem services - Yann Clough, CEC Lund UniversityEcosyst

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/video-workshop-about-ecosystem-services-agricultural-production - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. BECC is one of 12 strategic research areas at Lund University now highlighted in a new research magazine. ‘Mission is possible’ is a digital research magazine that provides thematically organised information about the impact research has on the world outside academia. Read article with the BECC theme leaders here.

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/mission-possible - 2026-04-25

Professor Alexandra-Maria Klein, from the University of Freiburg, will be the holder of a Hedda Andersson visiting professorship during 2019 and 2020. The Centre of Environmental and Climate research, CEC, and the strategic research area Biodiversity and Ecosystem in a Changing Climate, BECC, will act as professor Klein´s hosts during her stay at Lund University. Alexandra-Maria Klein is working o

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/hedda-andersson-visiting-professorship-becc-and-cec - 2026-04-25

Research and society in close cooperation: that is the basis for Farm2Forest, a project aiming to produce evidence guiding Swedish and European agricultural and forestry policymaking. The idea is to combine economic and ecological data and models to evaluate different future scenarios for marginal agriculture in forest-dominated landscapes which, in terms of surface area, accounts for a significan

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/farm2forest-sustainable-agriculture-biobased-future - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Formas highlights BECC PI Björn Klatt’s research on how insectoids effect beesRead more here

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/formas-highlights-becc-research - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We are recruiting a Senior Lecturer in plant ecology with a focus on conservation biology in terrestrial habitats. The subject area includes different aspects of plant ecology (vascular plants/lichens/mosses), such as ecosystem functions and evolutionary processes, as well as anthropogenic effects on these systems by,

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-hiring-senior-lecturer-plant-ecology - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We are looking for an ambitious political scientist in the beginning of her/his career who aims for a future career as university lecturer and researcher. The successful candidate will conduct independent research and enjoys the freedom to choose his or her own research questions, develop his or her own theoretical id

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-hiring-associate-senior-lecturer-focus-environmental-politics - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Where did all the carbon on earth really come from? How do you discuss climate change and mass extinctions without scaring children? and What positive examples do we have of mitigating human impact on the climate? These are some of the questions we have had to deal with in the process of collaborating with Vattenhalle

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/communicating-climate-science-global-scale-young-and-interactive-audience - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The first position is within how biogeochemical cycles are influenced by climate and their potential feedback mechanisms, while the second position is connected to the project MYR, climate smart management practices Two PhD positions are available within BECCFirst one is within how biogeochemical cycles are influenced

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-announces-two-phd-positions-gothenburg - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Arctic climate change research relies on field measurements and samples that are too scarce, and patchy at best. The researchers in the BECC action group looked at thousands of scientific studies, and found that around 30% of cited studies were clustered around only two research stations in the vast Arctic region. A p

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/agpatchy-field-sampling-biases-understanding-climate-change-impacts-across-arctic - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The project Coastal adaptation to climate change by multiple ecosystem-based measures is multidisciplinary and involves partnership between natural science, social science, geotechnology, engineers, the citizens and public administration on all levels. Congratulations Johan Hollander and Pål Axel Olsson at the Departm

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-researchers-secured-funding-life-project - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This year’s summer meeting in Höllviken used the theme ‘Land use and ecosystem-based climate adaptation’ as starting point for presentations and discussions. Inspiring talks by Terese Thoni (CEC, LU), Åsa Kasimir (Earth Sciences, GU) and Paul Miller (INES, LU) set the scene for eye-opening and fun discussions in an in

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/climbeco-summer-meeting - 2026-04-25

The international workshop "Citizen Science" was held on the 24th of April with BECC as one of the organizers. You can watch the workshop on video, if you didn't have the chance to be there. Many academic biologists are unaware of the rapidly expanding field of citizen science and the aim of the workshop was to both inform and inspire. The workshop covered a range of different areas of citizen sci

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/did-you-miss-out-citizen-science-workshop-watch-it-youtube - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An exciting, interesting and well-visited BECC annual meeting went off October 17-18 at Falkenberg Grand Hotel. The program was filled with lessons from the past and implications for the future regarding biodiversity conservation and policy. The meeting ended with perspectives from a climate journalist and his great t

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-yearly-meeting - 2026-04-25

The region is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth and its polar bears and melting glaciers have become key symbols of climate change. But the Arctic, it seems, is not as well researched as we think it is. Since the Arctic covers some 14.5 million square kilometers, and conducting research in remote locations is very expensive, time consuming and often dangerous, the result is an extremely u

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/environmental-change-arctic - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A well visited full day with engaged and broad audience and speakers were the results of the first official BECC grand seminar jointly organized with MERGE. A grand seminar is defined as a full day filled with speakers and possibilities for discussions. November 26, BECC and MERGE jointly presented The Science and Pol

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/report-science-and-politics-15c-seminar - 2026-04-25