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There is no evidence of any skewness that could be cowering up contradicting findings in scientific publications. BECC researcher Johan Hollander has published an article in Climatic Change where he, together with colleagues, examine 120 published articles in climate science from the period 1973 to 2013. In the study they find no evidence of skewness in the way the results are published.Read the p

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/climate-researchers-can-be-trusted - 2025-10-03

Deputy Theme Coordinator of the Biodiversity theme in BECC Alexandre Antonellis has been awarded a prize of 12 MSEK from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research. The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research has appointed the sixth generation Future Research Leaders (FFL). The program is targeted at Swedish and foreign young researchers, who conducts research at the highest international lev

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/deputy-theme-coordinator-biodiversity-theme-becc-alexandre-antonelli-aawarded-prize-leaders-future - 2025-10-03

Anna Persson, researcher at the CEC is one of the authors of a new publication from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency "Arguments for more ecosystem services". From the report; Ecosystem services are the foundation of human welfare, yet the services are often invisible in many of society’s decision-making processes. This report contains statistics, studies and research that shows how ecos

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/arguments-more-ecosystem-services - 2025-10-03

The research project Valuation of ecosystem services in agriculture - a path towards effective decision making (VESA) led by Katarina Hedlund will present their results at the Environmental Protection Agency's final conference March 21 in Stockholm. One of the results of VESA is C-bank, which is a web-based tool that can be used by farmers and advisers to value ecosystem services as part of the na

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/final-conference-value-ecosystem-services - 2025-10-03

There is currently an open possition at the University of Gothenburg as a PhD student in Natural Science, specialising in Biology. More specifically the focus will be on Tropical montane trees in a warming World. Apply before 31/3.Read the entire add and apply here.

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/phd-student-position-natural-science-specialising-biology - 2025-10-03

In many research projects, stakeholder interaction is ad hoc rather than strategic and systematic. This guide provides advice on good practice, strategies and tools for researchers and research groups interested in finding effective ways to involve stakeholders in their research and have an impact on society. There is an urgent need for scientifically grounded solutions to the challenges posed by

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-guide-stakeholder-interactions - 2025-10-03

Åsa have been selected as a Lead Author for the writing of the Methodology Report entitled “2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories”. Åsa Kasimir have been selected by the Bureau of IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI) as a Lead Author for the writing of the Methodology Report entitled “2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/asa-kasimir-selected-be-ipcc-lead-author - 2025-10-03

Henrik Smith, coordinator of BECC, has written the policy brief "Klimatförändring, ekosystem och arter". Read about how the ongoing climate change affects both ecosystems and species. The ongoing climate change is already affecting the earth's species and ecosystems on land, in lakes, coastal areas and oceans. It affects the distribution and behavior of individual species, which in turn leads to c

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-brief-about-climate-change-ecosystems-and-species - 2025-10-03

Up-coming deadline for applying to become one of the next generation PhD students in ClimBEco Graduate Research School (2017-2019) will be May 5th. Read more about ClimBEco here. Read the flyer about ClimBEco here.

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/climbeco-graduate-research-school-2017-2019 - 2025-10-03

During winter 2016-17 there was an open BECC call for salary funds for up to 6 BECC postdoctoral positions in Lund. Aim was to strengthen the ongoing interdisciplinary development of BECC research by creating and strengthening interdisciplinary interactions. This call particularly aimed to support early-career researchers with high potential to become future research leaders by providing the oppor

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/decision-call-salary-funding-postdoctoral-positions-lund - 2025-10-03

During last autumn and winter a team of researchers, PhD students and master students from Lund University and Leuphana University, Lüneburg, joined forces to undertake a student-driven quantitative review on temporal changes in ecosystem services. While the primary outcome of this collaboration will be a review to be published in an international scientific journal, the true added value of the st

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/student-driven-quantitative-review-temporal-changes-ecosystem-services - 2025-10-03

The first ever Nordic ICOS Symposium will be held in Copenhagen 29-31 August 2017. The first Nordic ICOS Symposium will be held in Copenhagen 29-31 August 2017. Deadline for abstracts is June 15th and for registration is August 1st 2017. Please find more information and registration here.

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/first-nordic-icos-symposium - 2025-10-03

Guess your time in Lundaloppet 2017 and express your uncertainty in your running time in which way you want! After the race on May 13th and the actual running times are known, we will evaluate the performances of all predictions. The results will be presented in June, where we will hand out several awards. Guess your time in Lundaloppet 2017 and express your uncertainty in your running time in whi

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/lundaloppet-predictive-challenge-2017 - 2025-10-03

Georgina Mace will hold a seminar in Lund in October. VIII Lund Biology Seminar at 12/10 will be with  Georgina MaceReadRead more about Georgina here.

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/georgina-mace-seminar-lund - 2025-10-03

There is now an open position for a Doctoral Studentship in Political Science with a special focus special focus (BECC) Find the add and application details here.

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/open-position-doctoral-studentship-political-science - 2025-10-03

Martin Green and Jens Rydell at the biology department, Lund University, have been awarded Skånes vindkraftspris 2017. Read the full article here (in Swedish)

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/biologist-wins-skane-wind-academy-prize - 2025-10-03

BECC is a strategic research area which brings together over 200 researchers at Lund University and the University of Gothenburg. BECC brings together scientists from the natural and social sciences to perform research essential in understanding the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services on local, regional, national and global scales, to provide a scientific basis for the

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/5-becc-postdoctoral-positions-climate-impacts-ecosystem-and-biodiversity - 2025-10-03

BECC welcomes proposals for research funding within the vision and aims of BECC for the years 2018-20. This is a joint call, up to 20 million SEK, between LU and UGOT and aims at a continued consolidation of the collaboration between research groups and major projects within and between Lund and Gothenburg universities.BECC strives to assess the impacts of climate change on terrestrial biodiversit

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-call-research-funding-2018-2020 - 2025-10-03

3 opportunities to discuss proposals for BECCs open call for research funding 2018-2020.Theme meeting Carbon and ClimateLocation: LundTime: 12 September preliminary 10.15-16Contact: Edith Hammer edith [dot] hammer [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] seRegistration at the latest September 8thTheme webbTheme meeting Ecosystem ServicesLocation: HalmstadTime: 13 September preliminary 10-15Contact: Cecilia Aksels

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-theme-meetings-august-september - 2025-10-03

During summer BECC are announcing 7 new research positions. 1 BECC postdoc “Risk assessment of N and P leaching from forest ecosystems” in GothenburgThe Postdoctor position ‘Risk assessment of N and P leaching from forest ecosystems’ at the  Dept. of Biological and Environment Sciences, University of Gothenburg under supervision of Associate Prof. Annemieke Gärdenäs, We are looking for a candidate

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/7-open-becc-research-positions-summer-2017 - 2025-10-03