Providing tools, knowledge and contacts to practitioners The new buzzword, nature-based solutions (NBS), is a study area focusing on how to work with rather than against nature when imagining, designing, and rebuilding cities. The IIIEE belongs to a joint academic venture that offers commissioned courses on innovation and sustainable governance for practitioners from economies in transition with t

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/communication/impact-stories/connecting-cities-nature-and-innovation - 2025-08-23

Disseminating skills and tools for a circular economy A sustainable development goal that engages the hearts and minds of the IIIEE team is Responsible Consumption and Production. It’s all about managing the flow of important materials which can be found in the products around us – using them more efficiently, longer, and in closed loops. When Dr. Jessika Richter, course coordinator, went to Berli

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/communication/impact-stories/closing-loops - 2025-08-23

CEC provides assistance to researchers applying for external grants which contribute to integrated environmental and climate research. The support can be in kind and/or financial. Below you also find information and links to support from the central organization of Lund University, during the application process as well as with agreements, data storager etc during the project lifetime. In-kind sup

https://www.cec.lu.se/staff-pages/applying-funding/support-research-applications-and-projects - 2025-08-23

Information about the most common staff issues and routines at CEC. The Human Resources Administrator can assist you with staff matters such as: Employment issues Salary, account information and tax for non-Swedish residents Sickness, vacation and leave Coordination number and personal identity number Resident permit The staff administration system Primula Administrator Lena Söderberg can assist y

https://www.cec.lu.se/staff-pages/employment - 2025-08-23

Information for coworkers at CEC Contacts in the summer of 2025 Work on the coordination of a joint department – environment and climate, geology and physical geography Read more on the reflections of the faculty management and the investigations — link to the Faculty of Science website. New action plan for crisis management Lear about the Faculty's action plans for crisis management on science.lu

https://www.cec.lu.se/staff-pages - 2025-08-23

Lund University's staff management system is Primula. You will find everything you need to know about sick leave, vacation and parental leave on Lund University's staff pages. About annual, parental and sick leave on staff.lu.se Reporting sick leave In case of illness, you should report your first day of sickness in Primula. When you return after your illness period, you report that in Primula. As

https://www.cec.lu.se/staff-pages/employment/leave-sick-leave-time-reporting - 2025-08-23

This instruction applies if you are to submit a time report for time worked at CEC. If you are intermittently employed, hourly paid, you will report your time worked digitally in SSC Primula. You need a Lucat login. If you do not have one already, please contact the person who is responsible for your employment or Madelene Johnn, Human resources administrator. If you are also time reporting at oth

https://www.cec.lu.se/time-reporting - 2025-08-23

https://www.cec.lu.se/environmental-science-graduate-studies-new - 2025-08-23

Here is a list of our most recent annual meetings. ClimBEco winter meeting 2025PhD presentations and workshop on "Why and how do we ask questions?"Date: 15-16 January 2025Venue: Grand Hotel, LundClimBEco winter meeting 2025 programme (PDF 328 kb, new tab)ClimBEco autumn meeting 2024The nature of the urban: sustainability challenges in the cityDate: 25-27 September 2024Venue: Clarion Grand Hotel an

https://www.cec.lu.se/education/postgraduate-studies/climbeco/annual-meetings/past-meetings - 2025-08-23

The CEC has a number of research groups working on different approaches to address environmental and climate challenges. Our research teams: Agent-based administration growth modelsAlgorithms for spectroscopic dataApplied Systems Science for SustainabilityAquatic and soil geochemistryArtificial intelligence with medical applicationsBiodiversity and conservation scienceBiodiversity in urban ecosyst

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/research-groups - 2025-08-23

This research group focuses on green space management covering both urban and rural areas. The research includes research about for instance, spatial planning, nature-based solutions, and different types of policy analysis. We also deal with tools and processes and seek to use this knowledge to develop sustainable urban and rural areas.  The research group Green Space Governance are located at the

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/research-groups/green-space-governance - 2025-08-23

Production potential of agricultural biomass and policy instruments to promote a fossil-free society while meeting food production and environmental objectives We focus on the challenges and opportunities linked to deriving biomass from agricultural land in Sweden for bioenergy purposes and mitigating climate change. We aim to address conflicts and synergies between fulfilling societal demands for

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/ongoing-research-projects/land4biomass - 2025-08-23

The Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, CEC, invites scientists working at Lund university and active in the center’s fields of research to be part of the CEC Fellows. We are a meeting place for collective expertise and a forum for exchange of ideas, with the aim of promoting new interdisciplinary research endeavors and encouraging bottom-up influence and leadership. The Centre for Envir

https://www.cec.lu.se/collaboration/cec-fellows - 2025-08-23

Constraints on the expansion of organic farming in Sweden Organic farming has grown to encompass 15% of Sweden’s agricultural land, but in the past five years the increase in conversion to organic farming has stagnated. Within the CONSTRAINT project, researchers will use empirical and modelling approaches to investigate the factors that limit current uptake of organic farming in Sweden. The focus

https://www.cec.lu.se/constraint - 2025-08-23

Investigating factors determining constraints on the expansion of organic farming in Sweden Organic farming has grown to encompass 15% of Sweden’s agricultural land, but in the past five years the increase in conversion to organic farming has stagnated. Within this Formas project, researchers will use empirical and modelling approaches to investigate the factors that limit current uptake of organi

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/ongoing-research-projects/constraints-organic-farming - 2025-08-23

ClimBEco stands for Climate, Biodiversity and Ecosystem services for a sustainable world. It is a two-year graduate research school that promotes interdisciplinary research by supporting PhD students in networking and learning across different fields of study. Is ClimBEco something for me?The graduate research school is open to currently enrolled PhD students. Please see the Application page to ch

https://www.cec.lu.se/climbeco/about - 2025-08-23

Welcome to the CEC guide for funding applications to external and internal funders. Here you find information about the CEC's internal process - who you need to contact, when and why - along with information on open calls and opportunities, and links to funders and support pages. When you apply for research funding or other funding that is to be placed in full or in part at the CEC, in most cases

https://www.cec.lu.se/staff-pages/applying-funding - 2025-08-23

Booking a desk in the flex officeIf you need at temporary desk you can book one in the flex office, which is located on the 3rd floor at CEC in the Ecology building. Four out of seven desks will be bookable.You make your booking through Time Edit:https://cloud.timeedit.net/lu/web/lugem1/ri1Q5.html (Time Edit online booking system)You will find the desks in Time Edit by searching for "Ekologihuset"

https://www.cec.lu.se/staff-pages/practical-information-cec - 2025-08-23

The ClimBEco graduate research school offers PhD courses every year. Some are in-depth disciplinary while others cross disciplinary borders. Generally, ClimBEco PhD courses consist of one intensive study week with pre-reading before and an assignment after. Some exceptions apply. The courses are free of charge and open to all PhD students that meet the admission requirements; priority will be give

https://www.cec.lu.se/climbeco/phd-courses - 2025-08-23

Word/letter templates with logoCEC has Word-templates with the CEC-logo in Swedish and English. The templates are accessible in accordance with the accessibility law.CEC-Word-templates (CEC Sharepoint - requires login)You can also find the templates in the CEC Teams Channel, or ask a communications officer for help.The CEC sub-logoIn the LU Image and Media bank you can find CEC:s sub-logo. Sign in

https://www.cec.lu.se/staff-pages/communications-support-cec/communications-material - 2025-08-23