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Coronapandemin har gjort att de äldres utmaningar har hamnat i blixtbelysning. En som länge har studerat villkoren för äldre är Steven Schmidt, vetenskaplig samordnare för forskningscentrumet CASE. Nu tilldelas han LMK-stiftelsens medicinpris på 600 000 kronor. – Det är fantastiskt roligt förstås. Jag blev väldigt överraskad och kunde inte ana att jag var aktuell för det här priset. Forskning om å

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/lmk-stiftelsens-medicinpris-till-aldreforskare - 2025-12-19

Många äldre vill bo kvar i sin bostad när de åldras. Gäller det även för äldre personer med låg pension? Det är en fråga som forskare vid Lunds universitet sökt svaret på i samarbete med amerikanska kollegor. Nu pågår en liknande studie med äldre personer i Sverige. Tidigare forskning har visat att många äldre vill bo kvar i sin bostad när de åldras. Få studier har undersökt hur äldre låginkomstta

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/aldre-med-lag-pension-vacklar-kring-sin-bostadssituation - 2025-12-19

Forskare vid Lunds universitet vill få ökad kunskap om hur möjligheten till ett aktivt och hälsosamt åldrande ser ut i bostaden hos 55-plussare, oavsett om de väljer att bo kvar eller flytta till en ny bostad. Riksbyggen och Karlshamnsbostäder hjälper till med rekryteringen av deltagare. Enkät- och intervjustudien som startar i mars ingår i projektet Reloc-age och genomförs av forskare vid forskni

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/ny-studie-tar-reda-pa-vad-55-plussare-behover-ett-halsosamt-aldrande-i-bostaden - 2025-12-19

I ett skyndsamt sjösatt forskningsprojekt undersöks betydelsen av boendets inom- och utomhusmiljöer under rådande covid-pandemi. Det ettåriga projektet har nu beviljats drygt 900 000 kronor i anslag av forskningsrådet Formas. Forskningsresultaten kan vara till direkt hjälp vid framtida pandemier eller andra kriser, men även bidra med viktig ny kunskap om boendemiljöns betydelse för hälsa och välbe

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/boendemiljons-betydelse-vid-covid-19-kartlaggs - 2025-12-19

One of the world's greatest challenges is to feed the world's population in a sustainable way. Organic farming is one option, but the downside is that it produces lower yields than conventional farming. Studies led by Lund University now show that the yield difference between organic and conventional farming is smaller than previously thought, but the yields are still significantly smaller than fo

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/organic-farms-potential-higher-yields - 2025-12-19

A new article in Ecology Letters has shown for the first time that grassland plants dependent on insect pollination are particularly susceptible to increasing land-use intensity in the landscape. Authors are BECC researchers Yann Clough, Johan Ekroos, BECC coordinator Henrik Smith et al. The researchers investigated the effects of land-use intensity in the surrounding landscape on the distribution

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-article-about-grassland-plants-and-surrounding-land-use - 2025-12-19

The income and education levels of a child’s environment determine their relationship to nature, not whether they live in a city or the countryside. This is the finding of a new study conducted by researchers and BECC-members at Lund University, Sweden. The results run counter to the assumption that growing up in the countryside automatically increases our connection to nature, and yet the study a

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/socioeconomic-circumstances-shape-childrens-connection-nature-more-where-they-live - 2025-12-19

CEC director Henrik Smith, is one of the researchers behind a debate article in Dagens Nyheter on September 8. The researchers are arguing that there is a unique possibility to use the areas that was damaged in the fire to create a new protected forest area. "The forest fire in Västmanland had disastrous consequences in human terms. But the fire opens at the same time up the possibility to create

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-coordinator-henrik-smith-about-forest-fire-area-dn-debatt - 2025-12-19

Øystein Opedal was one of 494 European researchers to receive an ERC Starting Grant for his project “POLLCLIM: Plant adaptation in a changing pollination climate“. As Øystein is a member of BECC, we were curious to know a little bit more about his grant. The ERC Starting Grant is intended for early-career researchers and the only selection criterion is scientific excellence. After undergoing peer

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/oystein-opedal-receiving-erc-grant - 2025-12-19

Hydrogen is expected to play an important role in the transition to a climate-neutral society. Although hydrogen is not a greenhouse gas with a direct climate impact, there are large knowledge gaps about its indirect impacts on the climate and environment. The Horizon Europe-funded research project HYway aims to fill these gaps. We spoke to David Wårlind from Lund University who is leading one of

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-project-fills-knowledge-gaps-climate-impact-hydrogen-emissions - 2025-12-19

Long-term effective methods are needed to curb the negative effects of coastal erosion. Within the LIFE Coast Adapt project, researchers from Lund University, together with officials from Region Skåne and several coastal municipalities in Skåne, have tested various nature-based methods to contribute to a practice in the field. The project has now come to an end with promising results. In the LIFE

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/collaboration-led-methods-can-protect-our-coastal-environments-erosion - 2025-12-19

Read the 2014 self evaluation of BECC. Some of the headlines of the report are: research output, strategic value for the society and the business sector and research and education integration. The BECC Self Evaluation is one step of the total evaluation of the strategic research environments. Before summer the final BECC self-evaluation was sent in, answering 20 questions about our performance dur

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/curious-about-how-becc-doing - 2025-12-19

To create a functional urban environment for people, the environment and biodiversity, cities need to make careful considerations. Urban densification can be positive, for example in terms of reducing car traffic and providing better services to more people. At the same time, it can be at the expense of green spaces and human health. Johanna Alkan Olsson is a senior lecturer at CEC and has been re

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/five-challenges-and-tips-creating-functional-urban-environment-when-densifying-cities - 2025-12-19

Summer may be extending longer into the season, but we still have changed the name of our annual meetings in September to Autumn meetings. And this year autumn showed itself in full effect when ClimBEco students arrived by train from the north and the south into Helsingborg on 25-27 September and getting ready for this autumn meeting entitled “The Nature of the Urban: Sustainability challenges in

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/reflections-climbeco-autumn-meeting-2024 - 2025-12-19

In the Colombian rainforest, cattle ranching is spreading and leading to forest fires and deforestation. This threatens the environment, climate and indigenous people in the Amazon. More efficient use of existing pastures and alternative livelihoods are some of the factors needed to protect the rainforest, according to a new thesis by Jesica López. Colombia's rainforest is part of the Amazon and i

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-thesis-highlights-sustainable-solutions-protect-amazon-rainforest - 2025-12-19

The government has appointed Olof Johansson Stenman, professor of economics at the University of Gothenburg and a BECC PI, as a new member of the Climate Policy Council. "It is an honor, but above all, it is an important task that the council has," he says. The Climate Policy Council is an independent and interdisciplinary expert body that evaluates and reviews the government's climate policy. The

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/olof-johansson-stenman-new-member-climate-policy-council - 2025-12-19

Exhaust fumes and burning reduce the ability of rainforests to capture carbon by 0.29 billion tonnes each year. A new study by researchers from the University of Gothenburg, with professor Johan Uddling as a member of BECC, shows how ozone at the ground-level formed by human combustion harms plant photosynthesis. Rainforests are the most effective counterforce to the greenhouse effect. Tropical fo

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/burning-reduce-rainforest-carbon-sequestration - 2025-12-19

What were the main outcomes of the UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 and what happened behind the scenes? Here are key takeaways from our webinar with negotiators, researchers, NGOs and other experts. On 21 November, some 150 people tuned into the webinar Post COP16 analysis: From biodiversity commitments to action. The event was co-organized by SIANI, Focali, Stockholm Environment Institute, WWT,

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/post-match-analysis-cop16-learn-what-happened-and-why-it-matters - 2025-12-19

Andreas Nord, a researcher at the Department of Biology and Mikkel Brydegaard, senior lecturer at the Physics department - both members of BECC, have been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant Mikkel Brydegaard draws on his experiences from electrical engineering and atomic physics to develop laser diagnostic tools for new insights into the ecology and diversity of insects.By combining biophotonics (i

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/congratulations-andreas-nord-and-mikkel-brydegaard-recieving-erc-consolidator-grant - 2025-12-19

Bioenergy plays a vital role in the transition to a fossil-free society. However, the "unused" agricultural land, so-called marginal land, deemed suitable for bioenergy cultivation in southern Sweden is practically nonexistent, according to a new study from Lund University. Much of the land is already in use, for example, for horse grazing. "Our study shows that the potential for bioenergy product

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/land-identified-crucial-swedish-bioenergy-already-occupied-new-study-shows - 2025-12-19