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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS Director Emily Boyd is lead author for a chapter on poverty, livelihoods and sustainable development in the Sixth Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She recently attended the first meeting of lead authors from Working Group II in Durban, South Africa. Working Group II ass

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/emily-boyd-lead-author-ipccs-sixth-assessment-report - 2026-05-19

Understanding, measuring and governing Loss and Damage for social and ecological systems LUCSUS organised a conference advancing and exploring L&D from multiple perspectives 30th October - 1st November 2019. While the proliferation of new papers and initiatives relating to L&D is promising, many challenges remain for the scientific and policy communities. These include how L&D from climate change

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research/research-themes/climate-change-resilience/dice/conference-loss-and-damage-2019 - 2026-05-19

Recasting the disproportionate impacts of climate change extremes. "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 vulnerabillity", Director Emily Boyd. DICE applies different methods to evaluate the importance of Loss & Damage, and identify sites, groups and sectors af

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research/research-themes/climate-change-and-resilience/dice - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researcher Karin Steen is leading a new Formas project on love, gender and agriculture in Zimbabwe. – I wanted to pursue research that took a different approach to sustainability, gender, power and agriculture. Usually, you look at things like ownership and access to land. By focusing on immaterial values such as love

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/whats-love-got-do-it-place-gender-and-agriculture-zimbabwe - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Take the opportunity and apply for the capacity building programme Land is Life. The programme aims to train future leaders and decision-makers from across Africa to build knowledge, understand measurement and develop leadership on SDG15 – Ecosystem and biodiversity.  Land is at the heart of what makes agriculture fun

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/open-application-capacity-building-programme-agenda-2030-land-life - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Agriculture is critical to achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals. New research from Lund University shows that researchers, policymakers, and farmers in Europe currently have different, often conflicting priorities for sustainable agriculture. The researchers propose a way forward built on shared priorit

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/identifying-common-ground-sustainable-agriculture-europe - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Last summer's extreme drought hit farmers and horse stables in county Skåne hard. Yields were smaller than normal and the price of fodder has increased.  Now, researchers from LUCSUS and Lund University want to gather farmers’ experiences of the drought to find out more about the major challenges to adapt the Swedish

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-researcher-will-gather-farmers-experiences-extreme-summer-drought - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. While deforestation and forest degradation have gained attention in recent years not least at the UN climate negotiations, defaunation, has to a great extent been overlooked. Human-induced faunal loss does not only reduce tree species diversity, but also significantly erodes key ecosystem services and functions and fu

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/what-future-primates-conservation-struggles-forests-cross-river-state-nigeria - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS are recruiting three PhD candidates in Sustainability Science linked to three new research projects. Current vacanciesPhD in Sustainability scienceThe Takeoff of Staying on the GroundLast application date 8 April 2019Read the full announcement and apply here Negative emissionsLast application date 9 April 2019R

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/vacant-phd-positions-sustainability-science - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. School students are right to demand more ambitious climate policies on 15 March. The scientific facts are entirely on their side. As researchers working on climate change we support the student movement and share our insights and research-based advice for local and global policymakers. For the past months, school stud

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-supports-ongoing-climate-strikes - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS is part of the annual Sustainability Week in Lund, 8-13 April. This year's theme "Transforming our world" focuses on the global goals and agenda 2030. LUCSUS will participate in, and host, several events about sustainable transformations at different levels. 8 AprilOpening  and guided tour of the exhibition Car

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-sustainability-week - 2026-05-19

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 - 2026-05-19

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 - 2026-05-19

The LUCSUS PhD programme educates PhD students from different disciplinary backgrounds within the field of sustainability. Our goal is to train rigorous, creative, and empowered future researchers. We have been educating PhD students since 2008, and our programme in Sustainability Science was the first in Europe. Meet our PhD students A PhD in Sustainability Science at LUCSUS means developing expe

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research/phd-programme - 2026-05-19

Thanks for your interest in pursuing a PhD in Sustainability Science at LUCSUS. Here we answer some commonly asked questions. How do I find current PhD vacancies at LUCSUS? Find current vacancies at LUCSUS on our website All PhD positions are also announced through the Lund University website: Vacancies at Lund University How does funding a PhD at LUCSUS work? Pursuing a PhD at LUCSUS requires fun

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research/phd-programme/phd-admission-and-funding - 2026-05-19

INFORMATION OCH VERKTYG FÖR KOMMUNER OCH MEDBORGARE Kommuner och deras medborgare möter nya utmaningar till följd av ett förändrat klimat. Översvämningar, värmeböljor och stormar förväntas öka i antal och styrka, medan havshöjning och erosion hotar att förändra lokala samhällen och landskap, ibland radikalt.  Städernas medborgare berörs av detta på olika sätt, till exempel när de drabbas av extrem

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/samverkan-hallbar-klimatanpassning - 2026-05-19

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 - 2026-05-19

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 - 2026-05-19

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 - 2026-05-19

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 - 2026-05-19