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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In this short interview, LUCSUS researcher Diego Galafassi talks on sustainability challenges, his previous research, and his recent article about climate art. What do you do at LUCSUS?I’m a post-doctoral researcher, co-PI of the project Arts4SDGs, which explores the role that arts and arts-based approaches to knowled

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-diego-galafassi-works-art-sdgs - 2026-07-09

At least a third of the glaciers in the Himalayan range could melt due to climate change. This will have severe consequences for almost 2 billion people, including the village communities in Nepal, since the glaciers are an important water and energy source. Researcher Mine Islar is examining the future of renewable energy through micro-hydro power in Nepal by looking at collective action to find

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-are-communities-nepal-managing-locally-produced-renewable-energy-age-climate-change - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This year’s Association of American Geographers’ conference got me thinking about maps. I’ve been to a fair few geography conferences but, funny enough, have never really come across very many maps. Or, rather, have given them very little thought. This year, wherever I turned there they were. And they were truly, deep

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/blog-post-reflections-years-association-american-geographers-conference-maja-essebo - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. George Neville works as a post-doctoral researcher within the Misty project, with a special focus on migration and the SDGs. In this interview, he tells us about what sustainability challenge he finds most interesting, what drives him as a researcher, and about what he did before he came to LUCSUS. What do you do at L

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-george-neville-researches-migration-transformation-and-sustainability - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In October, LUCSUS will host a conference on Loss and Damage (L&D) from climate change. Discussions to advance research on L&D are urgently needed, says LUCSUS Director Emily Boyd, since many challenges remain for the scientific and policy community on how L&D should be conceptualised, how best to measure, quantify an

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/dates-set-conference-loss-and-damage-ld-will-be-explored-through-five-interrelated-lenses - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 2018 was a time of change, for sustainability sciences, wider society, as well as within LUCSUS itself. In our annual report, we share insights into our developments and contributions to sustainability science. The report highlights our research, education and capacity building work during 2018.Within LUCSUS, we focus

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-annual-report-2018 - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There is an urgent need for agriculture to drastically reduce its negative environmental impacts, while at the same time responding to increasing demand and adapting to a changing climate. For this to be possible, radical change in how we grow our major staple crops is essential. From the 6th through the 10th of May,

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/future-agriculture-perennial - 2026-07-09

The UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) global assessment on nature highlights that 1 million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. Dr. Mine Islar, one of the lead athors of the report, and senior lecturer and researcher at LUCSUS, explains the significance of the report’s findings, which was released today, 6th May 201

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/mine-islar-comments-ipbes-global-assessment-loss-biodiversity-crucial-climate-change - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The loss of animals, often due to unregulated or illegal hunting, has consequences for the carbon storage capacity of forests, yet this link is rarely mentioned in high-level climate policy discussions, according to a new study from Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies and the University of Copenhagen. Ma

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/hunting-jeopardizes-forest-carbon-storage-yet-overlooked-climate-mitigation-efforts - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "We are seeing an increase in the intensity of extreme climate events, as well as growing inequality.  There is an urgency to look at the intersections between climate change and parameters such as class, gender, ethnicity and soco-economic background", says Director Emily Boyd. She is leading the four yearlong projec

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/project-dice-linking-climate-change-and-extreme-events-inequality - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On May 15, LUCSUS successfully kicked off our new mentorship programme for researchers. The purpose of the program is to offer leadership development to selected researchers of the strategic research area Sustainable Development, and to boost career development within academia. Gender, diversity and intersectionality

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-launches-new-mentorship-programme-researchers - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. From despair to transformation: evidence-backed ways to think and act on the nature crisis. Looking at the bigger pictureThe UN Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has just published a global assessment of the state of nature, ecosystems and nature's contributions to people. Compi

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-research-biodiversity-comment-ipbes-global-assessment-report - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Improved and sustainable Menstrual Health Management has great impact on several of the Sustainable Development Goals, including: Good health and well-being, Gender equality, Quality education, Sustainable cities and communities, and Clean water and sanitation. On the 28th of May we join the commemoration of the Menst

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/menstrual-hygiene-day-2019-itstimeforaction - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS researchers are developing an Urban Living Lab approach to adress sustainability in the food, water, energy nexus through the case of craft beer sector in Sweden (Scania). The LUCSUS researchers, Barry Ness, Darin Wahl and Christine Wamsler are working in a large transdisciplinary research project called GLOCUL

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/promoting-sustainability-swedish-craft-beer-sector-through-urban-living-labs - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At this year's Almedalen, LUCSUS researchers will discuss climate variability and its impact on water, sustainable land use, flying, and the Greta effect on today's youth. Here is the full list of LUCSUS related events taking place in Visby, Gotland. Almedalen is a week long democratic meeting place for seminars and d

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-almedalen - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In June, LUCSUS researchers Genesis Yengoh, Sara Gabrielsson and Ann Åkerman kicked off the capacity building programme Land is Life. During two intense weeks, 13 future leaders from Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda participated in i lecturers, field trips, group work and discussions in Kisumu, Kenya.  The capacity

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-kicked-new-capacity-building-programme-ecosystem-and-biodiversity-kenya - 2026-07-09

Under sommaren har Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet fått två prestigefyllda ackrediteringsbesked. Fakulteten är nu ackrediterad i fem år av både EQUIS och AMBA, och tillhör de 1 procent av ekonomihögskolor globalt som har båda ackrediteringarna. John Abrahamson, ordförande för Ekonomihögskolans fakultetsstyrelse, och Lars Ljungälv, ordförande för fakultetens rådgivande kommitté, är samstämmi

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/ekonomihogskolan-tar-hem-dubbla-ackrediteringar-haller-hog-internationell-klass - 2026-07-09

I detta avsnitt av Ekonomihögskolans podd ”Minds over Matters” diskuterar organisationsforskarna Anna Jonsson och Olof Hallonsten handledning i samband med kandidat- och masteruppsatser, med både kollegor och studenter i åtanke. Tillsammans med forskarkollegorna Jens Rennstam och Nadja Sörgärde är de redaktörer för den nya boken: ”Metaphors we supervise by”. Mer information Podden på Acast.comTidi

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/podd-handledning-student-och-handledare - 2026-07-09

Sparbanken Skånes Center for Sustainable Enterprising (SSCEN) vid Lunds universitet och Sparbanksstiftelsen Finn delar ut ett årligt uppsatspris, SSCEN Sustainability Prize for Master’s Theses, för att uppmuntra ekonomi- och ingenjörsstudenter att bidra med värdefull kunskap om hur vi kan skapa en hållbar omställning. Studenter inom företagsekonomi och ingenjörsvetenskap som har skrivit en masteru

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/utlysning-hallbarhetspris-examensarbeten-2024 - 2026-07-09

Burak Tunca är universitetslektor i digital marknadsföring och djupt intresserad av AI-utvecklingen inom sitt ämne. Från och med höstterminen 2024 är han ansvarig för just integrationen av artificiell intelligens inom utbildningen på Företagsekonomiska institutionen vid Ekonomihögskolan. Vi passade på att fråga Burak Tunca vad hans nya uppdrag innebär och hur han ser på AI inom marknadsföring och

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/han-blir-forsta-ansvarig-ai-integration-vid-foretagsekonomiska-institutionen - 2026-07-09