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How can artificial intelligence help us better predict the future of our planet? That was the central question when researchers from across Europe gathered at Lund University earlier this summer for the second full consortium meeting of AI4PEX—a four-year Horizon Europe research project focused on improving Earth System Models (ESMs) using the latest AI methods. Organised by the Max Planck Institu

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/lund-hosts-international-ai4pex-meeting-advance-earth-system-modelling-artificial-intelligence - 2026-05-31

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere vary naturally between ice ages and interglacial periods. A new study by researchers and BECC and MERGE-members at the University of Gothenburg and Lund University, among others, shows that an unexpectedly large proportion of carbon dioxide emissions after the ice age may have come from thawing permafrost. Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere vary natural

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/thawing-permafrost-raised-carbon-dioxide-atmosphere - 2026-05-31

By combining satellite data, mathematical and statistical ecosystem modeling, and artificial intelligence, it is now possible to generate earlier and more reliable crop yield forecasts—an essential step toward ensuring future food security in a changing climate. This is demonstrated in a new doctoral thesis by Xueying Li, PhD at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, and membe

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/more-reliable-crop-forecasts-ai-and-satellite-data - 2026-05-31

By analysing over 100,000 field measurements as well as environmental data, an international research team has created maps that show how and when naturally regrowing forests bind most carbon. To fulfil climate goals and avoid the most serious consequences of global heating, we need to both reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and remove carbon dioxide that is already in the atmosphere. Naturally

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/secondary-forests-could-be-key-factor-climate-management-if-we-protect-them-time - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We have launched a new website! Have a look around, and please let us know what you think. The School of Social Work has launched a new website, in both a Swedish and English version. Please complete our mini survey and let us know what you think! If you have any  other questions or comments, please contact the depart

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-website - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.  Håkan Jönson and Tove Harnett, researchers at The School of Social Work, and Annika Taghizadeh Larsson (Linköping University) and Stina Johansson (Umeå University) have received 3.1 million from the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte) for the project "Would a disability model mean be

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/sek-3-million-research-ageing - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University's Vice-Chancellor Per Eriksson will be stepping down at the end of the year. There will be a farewell reception today, 12 December.As leaving gifts, Per Eriksson has asked for donations to help eradicate homelessness in Sweden, including to the School of Social Work's Housing First project.Read more ab

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/vice-chancellor-asks-donations-eradicate-homelessness - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Senior lecturer Anna Angelin has recently published an article on service participation in social work education in Norway and Sweden. In the article Angelin compares two participatory projects that have developed and implemented practices that integrate service users into academic social work education: the Norwegian

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/article-service-user-integration-looks-lunds-unique-course - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Innovation in Social Welfare and Human Services, by Marcus Knutagård, lecturer at the School of Social Work, and Rolf Rønning, Professor at the University of Lillehammer, has just been published by Routledge. The new book explores the popular concept of innovation and what it actually means in a health and social welf

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-book-innovation-social-and-human-services - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Marcus Knutagård, senior lecturer at the School of Social Work, is one of the authors of the indepth publication "The Finnish Homelessness Strategy – An International Review", which was recently completed. The report looks at work on homelessness done in the United Kingdom, Sweden and the USA, focusing particularly on

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/researcher-contributes-report-finnish-homelessness-strategy - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The School of Social Work recently hosted an online seminar on grounded theory, which drew participants from New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, Canada, the UK, Italy and Lithuania. The virtual meeting was the first gathering of a group that has emerged on Facebook, around a common interest in the research methodology. T

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/grounded-theory-contentment-and-norwegian-fjord - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Earlier this spring, Jan Magnusson, senior lecturer at the School of Social Work, travelled to Nepal to make new contacts and explore possibilities of sending students on Minor Field Studies scholarships there. He also met with officials and teachers at Tribhuvan University, as he is helping the university develop the

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/contacts-nepal-open-future-student-visits - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A film production is under way about service user participation in education and research in Europe. The resulting film will be screened at the opening of the conference "Social Work Education in Europe: towards 2025", which will be held in Milan, this summer. The School of Social Work at Lund University is involved i

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/film-covers-integration-service-users-education - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The new volume EU Civil Society. Patterns of Cooperation, Competion and Conflict, has just been published by Palgrave Macmillan. Editors of the book are Håkan Johansson, professor at the School of Social Work, and Sara Kalm, senior lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Lund. Other contributors from the Scho

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-book-eu-and-civil-society - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.  Due to an anonymous threat to the university and its students via the app Jodel and which the police regards very seriously, the university will be closed on Monday for all students and staff at all campuses. More information will be posted at the university home page www.lu.se during the day. If you have any questio

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/lund-university-closed-monday-october-12 - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University reopens on TuesdayA decision to reopen Lund University was taken in the afternoon of Monday 12 October following the closure that has been in force since Sunday night. Activities are expected to be running as usual from Tuesday morning.  The decision is based on new information from the Region Syd poli

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/lund-university-opens-again - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Swedish Crime Victim Compensation and Support Authority's (Brottsoffermyndigheten) praises Nora Germundsson, a student at the School of Social Work, for her bachelor thesis about the expectations of the country's women's shelters. Nora Germundsson was awarded second prize for her thesis "We need the voices - stron

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/student-wins-prize-bachelors-thesis - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the spring of 2015 Lisa Hindström and Aleksandra Goreczna wrote their bachelor thesis about sex education in Grenada, after receiving an MFS scholarship for field studies. This is the report from their travels. When we decided to apply for a Minor Field Studies scholarship from The Swedish International Development

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/report-minor-field-study - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Carina Gallo, senior lecturer at the School of Social Work, and assistant professor of criminology at Holy Names University (HNU), has been awarded the Burmeister Award by the Division of Distance Learning of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). Gallo shares the award with Julaine Fowl

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/carina-gallo-receives-award-innovative-teaching - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Some forty Swedish top researchers and university delegations visited Singapore with the aim of developing research partnerships. Kristina Göransson, Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Work, represented Lund University's Faculty of Social Sciences at the Swedish Academic Collaboration Forum (SACF) in Singapore on

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/seminar-develop-contacts-singapore - 2026-05-31