The Applied Systems Science for Sustainability research group employs systems thinking, systems analysis and system dynamics modeling to investigate the major environmental and techno-socio-economic challenges the world is facing. The group analyzes, interprets, models and communicates complex dynamic problems using the methods and tools provided by applied systems science.Through extensive intern

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/research-groups/applied-systems-science-sustainability - 2025-05-05

8 May 2025 18:00 to 20:15 | Other Planet Soil is a documentary that takes the audience on a journey to the underground to explore the vibrant world of billions of organisms that sustain life on earth. Welcome to this movie screening and a following panel discussion with soil-experts. Did you know that that one teaspoon of healthy soil contains more living creatures than the entire human population

https://www.cec.lu.se/calendar/planet-soil-movie-night-and-panel-discussion - 2025-05-05

8 May 2025 09:45 to 11:30 | Lecture/talk Your food choice matters! Learn more about the major environmental and socioeconomic challenges of today’s food systems. Explore the innovations and solutions that can address these challenges and fix our broken food systems. Come and join us to be a part of the food systems transformations! This event is organised to explore the urgent need to transform ou

https://www.cec.lu.se/calendar/food-systems-transformations-sustainable-and-resilient-future - 2025-05-05

8 May 2025 14:30 to 16:30 | Image from Freepik, AI generated by Midjourney AI. Curious about what microplastics and nanoplastic look like? Come and explore, count, and talk with us about this tiny, fascinating—yet alarming—world. We will look through microscopes, produce and manipulate art. Plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time, and tiny plastic particles—mic

https://www.cec.lu.se/calendar/explore-hidden-world-microplastics-and-nanoplastics - 2025-05-05

5 May 2025 08:00 to 10 May 2025 17:00 | Exhibition The libraries at Lund University are jointly focusing on the Global Goals. Libraries in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö participate in different ways during The Sustainability Week. Check out one, several or take a full day and visit them all. A warm welcome! The following libraries are participating during The Sustainability Week by highlighting the

https://www.cec.lu.se/calendar/stroll-through-libraries-ai-and-sdgs - 2025-05-05

7 May 2025 14:45 to 16:15 | Other Lund University Agenda 2030 Award Ceremony with presentations, refreshments and a Death Café on 7 May 2025. Illustration: Catrin Jakobsson Welcome to Lund University's Agenda 2030 Award Ceremony and be part of innovative sustainability research in an inspiring setting! Award winner Jesica López will share her insights on how to protect the Amazon rainforest from d

https://www.cec.lu.se/calendar/agenda-2030-award-celebrating-research-rainforests-death-cafes-and-seafloor-carbon-storage - 2025-05-05

1 October 2025 10:00 to 2 October 2025 15:00 | Conference Forests are – maybe more than ever – subject to multiple pressing interests. In the interest of a development that is beneficial for society, forest policy seeks to find and implement optimal compromises between these interests. We are inviting you to a conference gathering scientists, policy makers and stakeholders to exchange what we alre

https://www.cec.lu.se/calendar/conference-nordic-forest-policies - 2025-05-05

15 May 2025 10:00 to 19:00 | Conference A one-day event to unite the ICOS Sweden network of engineers, scientists, users of the measurements, BECC PIs and researchers, MERGE scientists, with the larger group of stakeholders interested in the science of changes in ecosystems, the oceans and atmosphere due to climate change.The program is divided in two sessions, with talks and lunch in the first se

https://www.cec.lu.se/calendar/decade-icos-sweden-measurements-impact-carbon-cycle-and-greenhouse-gas-science - 2025-05-05

10 May 2025 11:00 to 14:00 | Event for children and young people Welcome on a journey of discovery into the exciting world of soil when we welcome you to an activity day at Naturum Skrylle on the theme ‘soil’. Take the chance to explore the mysteries of the soil together with knowledgeable soil scientists. This event is held in Swedish. More information on the Swedish webpage of the event:Upptäck

https://www.cec.lu.se/calendar/discover-soil-world-underneath-your-feet - 2025-05-05

6 May 2025 09:00 to 12:00 | Lecture/talk How can we finance a climate-resilient landscape? In this session, we will explore forward-looking financing strategies for enabling the transition to more resilient landscapes – including, carbon and biodiversity credits, and new business models grounded in ecosystem values. In 2018, Skåne was struck by an extreme drought that slashed harvests, dried up st

https://www.cec.lu.se/calendar/morning-seminar-how-can-we-finance-climate-resilient-landscape - 2025-05-05

This annual meeting is being held for the first time internationally, and will be partially funded by Erasmus+ funding, which requires a bit more preparations by participants than usual. We have collected relevant information on this page to support your preparations, adding content continually. The Erasmus+ Staff training applicationThe processes for applying for Erasmus+ funding from Lund Univer

https://www.cec.lu.se/climbeco-autumn-meeting-2025 - 2025-05-05

Read more about our annual meetings at the ClimBEco annual meetings page Name (required) First Last Email (required) Enter your university email address Mobile number (required) Travelling abroad means we need additional means of contact than email. International numbers should include country code, otherwise submit as one long number, eg 0761129670. I will attend the ClimBEco autumn meeting: (req

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16 June 2025 11:30 to 13:30 | Are you an academic, researcher or PhD candidate who would like to build a media profile and take your research to a global public audience by writing for The Conversation? Take this opportunity to a one-2-one workshop with one of The Conversation's editors with a focus on environment and/or energy. You will meet with the editor for 20 minutes and you can choose from

https://www.cec.lu.se/calendar/20-minute-training-session-conversation-focus-environment-energy - 2025-05-05

7 May 2025 10:00 to 16:00 | We invite all interested researcher to a mini-workshop to discuss and debate how to better integrate knowledge and methods across disciplines in climate change research. Our hope is to gather input from a diverse range of disciplines, from those working directly on climate change science and complex climate models, to those focused on the social sciences, economics, fin

https://www.cec.lu.se/calendar/designing-climate-research-better-support-society-1 - 2025-05-05

21 May 2025 09:00 to 12:30 | Last year's winner was Luís Oliveira from Lund University at Researcher's Grand Prix. Want to present your research in a clearer and more engaging way? Participate in this workshop and receive expert advice on presentation technique from LU's successful coaches! You will get practical techniques to help you communicate your message effectively, whether in academic sett

https://www.cec.lu.se/calendar/sharpen-your-presentation-skills - 2025-05-05

We offer undergraduate courses, two Bachelor programmes and four Master programmes within the field of environment and climate. The courses and programmes are given in Swedish. We also offer computational science studies in English. Undergraduate and advanced studies in environmental science More about our courses and programmes on the Swedish page. Read more about our programmes withing the field

https://www.cec.lu.se/education/undergraduate-advanced-studies - 2025-05-05

Enhancing biodiversity-based ecosystem services to crops through optimized densities of green infrastructure in agricultural landscapes   Biodiversity can replace external inputs to agricultural crops by delivering ecosystem services such as pollination and pest control, even in intensively farmed landscapes. The organisms driving these services depend on the presence of non-crop habitats, or “gre

https://www.cec.lu.se/research/finished-research-projects/ecodeal - 2025-05-05

Environmental Science Our PhD students conduct research in different research areas in Environmental Science Computational Science Our PhD students conduct research in different research areas in Computational Science Agenda 2030 Graduate School i A cutting-edge research school and collaborative platform on societal challenges and the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development ClimBEco Graduate Resea

https://www.cec.lu.se/education/postgraduate-studies - 2025-05-05

The application window for the 2025-2027 ClimBEco programme is now closed. Applications are accepted annually from mid-December and early March for the programme beginning the following autumn. Who can apply?Up to 20 PhD students can be admitted to the graduate research school every year. ClimBEco is open to currently enrolled PhD students and according to the following eligibility criteria (one f

https://www.cec.lu.se/climbeco/application - 2025-05-05

Welcome to apply for our open positions! We are currently recruiting a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science specialising in environmental and sustainability policy. Reference number PA2025/284. The deadline for applications is 8 April 2025. Read more and apply via the link below.Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science with specialisation in Strategic Environmental and Sustainability Work - va

https://www.cec.lu.se/about-cec/open-positions - 2025-05-05