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Karen Runde is the Senior Director of Academics and the Entrepreneur Network at the Miller Center for Global Impact at Santa Clara University in California, USA. She is passionate about advancing sustainable development – particularly water access in Sub-Saharan Africa, and recently designed and piloted CoShun, an innovative water filter tested in two schools in Kenya. She graduated from LUMES in
Marie-Helene Westholm-Knebel worked for many years in international sustainability before becoming the Global Head of Sustainability for ABB Energy Industries. Throughout her career, she has been driven by the belief that we can all play a role in driving positive impact, individually and at work. She graduated from LUMES in 2008, as part of batch 10. What are you working on right now?I am current
Brooke Savoy's work for the climate organisation, Solutions For Our Climate, in Seoul, focuses on policy research and activism aimed at improving South Korea's energy policies. She is motivated by the knowledge that her and other people's work is making the world even a little bit better: "In the long run, everything we do adds up to make an impact". She graduated from LUMES in 2024, as part of ba
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This week, Kim Nicholas and Ann Åkerman of LUCSUS, led a workshop on how start-up businesses in Somalia can meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a roadmap agreed by nearly 200 countries for achieving a world of zero poverty, zero hunger, and zero greenhouse gas emissions.– We wanted to encoura
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/rebuilding-somalia-lucsus-leads-workshop - 2026-05-13
Researcher and Associate Professor Torsten Krause has spent the last 16 years doing research with a focus on the Colombian and Ecuadorian Amazon region: investigating forest governance, the use of tropical wildlife, traditional ecological knowledges and human and environmental rights. The longer he his active in this region, the more convinced he is of the need for radical and systemic changes to
LUCSUS researchers are participating in this year’s United Nations Climate Change conference, COP30, in Belém, Brazil. Three ongoing research areas at LUCSUS will be highlighted at side events at the COP: immobility in climate adaptation, environmental human right defenders in the Amazon and inner-outer transformation for climate action. The associated projects: ITACHA (Immobility in a Changing Cl
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-cop30-belem-brazil - 2026-05-13
Professor Emily Boyd will present immobility as a climate adaptation strategy at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP30, in Belém, Brazil. “The majority of people want to stay in place. We need to acknowledge and explore that as we adapt societies to climate change.” She explains that she was motivated to start researching the findings she is now presenting at COP30 with international
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/presenting-immobility-climate-adaptation-strategy-cop30 - 2026-05-13
Carbon Capture and Storage, CCS, technologies have been identified as key to reduce harmful emissions and to mitigate the effects of climate change. A new study, focusing on leading CCS countries, Norway and Brazil, identifies how these technologies should be implemented equitably, applied to hard-to -abate industrial sectors, and not used to justify continued fossil fuel dependency. Download the
Director Barry Ness and Deputy Director Torsten Krause are deeply honoured and proud of Lund University’s remarkable achievement of securing the top position in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026. The ranking includes around 2,000 higher education institutions from about 100 countries and measures how universities contribute to a sustainable future – through research, education,
Cecilia Jaques works as the Engagement Manager at Accelerating Community Energy Transformation, an interdisciplinary research program led by the University of Victoria, Canada. "I am motivated by the belief that climate action becomes real through relationships. Communities, governments, researchers and residents all shape the transition, and strong relationships help ensure solutions take root."
Full project titleFlood Resilience in Slums: Community-Responsive Adaptation in Kibera, Nairobi. Funding organisationThe research is funded under the research programme “Sustainability and resilience – Tackling climate and environmental changes”, which is is jointly funded by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), Sida and Formas. Project timeline2016–2019. Project leaderAt LUCSUS, the pr
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/inclusive-resilience-building-floods-informal-settlements - 2026-05-13
Migrant farm workers are some of the most vulnerable people within the global agricultural system. Now climate change is increasingly affecting their health and wellbeing, as well as agricultural production, exacerbating poverty and inequality for people making their living on farm labour. Ongoing research at LUCSUS is studying how climate change, both extreme events such as droughts, floods and f
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-climate-change-affecting-lives-farm-workers-case-turkey-and-colombia - 2026-05-13
Professor Christine Wamsler is passionate about integrating inner development into academic curricula and institutional structures in order to support students cultivate the inner capacities and practical tools they need to foster resilience, navigate complexity, and contribute to sustainable solutions. Now, she is leading a new project, ALIGN – Embedding Inner Student-Centered Exploration and Dev
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/align-embedding-inner-student-centered-exploration-and-development-higher-education - 2026-05-13
Women make up 70 per cent of Zimbabwe's agricultural labour but have little influence over farmlands and resources. Recent research shows that women farmers are uniting to challenge traditional norms and are gaining influence and respect while promoting sustainable agriculture. When men leave Zimbabwe's rural areas for work in cities and abroad, women farmers establish agricultural leadership comm
A novel research report maps how workers are experiencing efforts to decarbonise the steel industry in Sweden. It identifies how people’s expectation of change is marked by previous transitions, that blue- and white-collar workers view transitions differently, and how work is a source of great pride to people. "Our aim was to explore the societal impacts of change in different places. Through inte
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-workers-are-experiencing-efforts-decarbonise-steel-industry-sweden - 2026-05-13
A new study on agricultural development in Uganda suggests that it is possible to influence policy without alienating the country's notoriously volatile authorities. The findings challenge assumptions about mobilisation under repression and offer lessons for groups seeking social change in politically restrictive environments. Sustainability researcher Ronald Byaruhanga examined how farmers and ci
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/what-ugandan-farmers-teach-us-about-politics-under-repression - 2026-05-13
LUCAS student from Croatia What is your background?My background is in Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Even though my bachelor’s degree isn’t directly in social sciences or climate change, I started to see a lot of connections between workplace safety, environmental protection, and climate issues. Over time, I became more interested in how climate change affects not just the environ
Marin Slijepčević Chloé Pierre Kerstin Saathoff Johan Ståhlberg
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/education/master-science-programmes/lucas-climate-change-and-society/lucas-student-portraits - 2026-05-13
LUCAS student from France What is your background?For the past seven years, I have been involved in an environmental association that advocates for comprehensive education on global issues for young people, particularly in secondary schools. This is where I developed my awareness of environmental issues. I also pursued a BA in Political Science with a specialisation in international relations in F
Maja Essebo Murray Scown Bregje van Veelen
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/education/master-science-programmes/lucsus-teacher-portraits - 2026-05-13
