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Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Lunds universitets prorektor Sylvia Schwaag Serger är ny ledamot i statsminister Stefan Löfvens Nationella innovationsråd. - Jag är mycket glad över det förtroende som jag har fått att tillsammans med övriga ledamöter i rådet bidra med tankar och erfarenheter i frågor som är mycket viktiga för Sveriges framtid, säge

https://www.lu.se/artikel/prorektor-sylvia-schwaag-serger-i-lofvens-innovationsrad - 2026-06-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Lunds universitet är ett av sex svenska lärosäten som beviljats finansiering i det europeiska samarbetet ”European Universities”. Samarbetsformen är ett pilotprojekt med syfte att stärka studenter och anställdas rörlighet inom Europa. Lunds universitet har valt att samarbeta med fyra europeiska universitet: Ludwig-M

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitet-utvalt-i-europeiskt-samarbetsprojekt - 2026-06-25

Den växande e-handeln ställer höga krav på logistiken i städerna, inte minst när det gäller den sista milen i leveranskedjan. Gemensam infrastruktur, paketautomater, digitala lås, cykelbud och delningsekonomi kan bidra till att lösa samhällets logistikutmaningar, tror Klas Hjort och Daniel Hellström. Den sista biten av transporten är en utmaning för distributörerna. Många fordon slåss om utrymmet

https://www.lu.se/artikel/paketen-moter-dig-dar-du-ar - 2026-06-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Företagsledare har vassa armbågar och deras tävlingsinstinkt leder dem till framgång. Eller? Ny forskning från Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet visar att vd:ar tenderar att söka samarbeten – något som de dessutom tjänar på rent ekonomiskt i strategiska spel. Forskningsresultaten publicerades tidigare i år i ti

https://www.lu.se/artikel/chefer-valjer-samarbete-och-tjanar-pa-det - 2026-06-25

Forskare vid Lunds universitet har bidragit till att skapa en ny, uppdaterad version av en global klimatmodell som ska öka förståelsen för den globala uppvärmningen. Genom den nya modellen kan man nu titta på hur markanvändning och en förändrad växtlighet påverkar, och påverkas av, klimatförändringarna. Det är första gången som vegetation och markanvändning, och i synnerhet på den här detaljerade

https://www.lu.se/artikel/unik-klimatmodellering-i-lund-med-vegetation-i-fokus-0 - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “On a smaller scale, biofuels can be a good alternative for public transport, but we cannot solve the climate issue by simply replacing fossil fuels with biofuels. Instead, we must reduce our energy consumption, as the total energy consumption within road transports is not decreasing”, explains David Harnesk, research

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/eu-biofuel-regulation-not-sustainable-long-term - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Christine Wamsler, Professor at LUCSUS, has been commissioned by The Swedish Civil Contingency Agency (MSB) to conduct a research project on the potential of developing a Swedish national strategy for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience. – The research project is very timely. Wide-spread impacts and losses fr

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/developing-swedish-national-strategy-disaster-risk-reduction-new-lucsus-research-project - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS researcher Vasna Ramasar has been appointed as fellow to the SIGHT Fellow Programme in Global Health Leadership.  The programme aims to promote an emerging generation of global health leaders, based at research institutions in Sweden, by focusing on the gaps in relation to leadership skills and international ne

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/tackling-agenda-2030-through-sight-fellows-programme-global-health-leadership - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. – The SDG:s can help us as a sustainability centre to reflect around impact and how we are contributing to the goals. Where does our research sit in this context, and how can we make it more relevant to stakeholders and communities?, says Emily Boyd. This is important she notes, because today the SDG.s are becoming in

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/emily-boyd-lucsus-and-sustainable-development-goals - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A changing climate means that citizens will have to take more action to safeguard their lives and property from extreme weather events. At the same time, there are great differences in people’s capacities and resources to do so. In a new PhD dissertation from LUCSUS, researcher Ebba Brink asserts that it is about time

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/swedish-citizens-need-more-support-handle-effects-climate-change - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUMES alumni Benedikt John (Batch 20) received The Global Goal Prize (hållbarhetspriset) 2018 from Miljöpartiet Skåne for his master thesis “Time to walk the talk: investigating the incorporation ofsustainability at Lund University School of Economics and Management”. The prize was handed out by Karolina Skog, Swedish

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lumes-alumni-received-global-goal-prize - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By adopting methods used by activist citizen movements, municipal level politics can become more inclusive and even pave the way for sustainable transformations. Mine Islar, from LUCSUS, has studied the politics of Barcelona en Comú, an activist citizen platform that came to power in the municipality of Barcelona in 2

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/citizen-activist-movements-can-invigorate-local-politics - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS' researchers Lennart Olsson, Anne Jerneck, and Mine Islar will lead a work package in the new research project, Migration Governance and Crises, MAGYC. The project will explore how European policies are influenced by political crises triggered by migration. It gathers 13 partners from different European countri

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-part-new-international-research-project-migration - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. – Sanitation is a major challenge in India. It is partly to do with the high population density, there are more people sharing the same space, and a historically higher cultural and religious acceptance of poor sanitation, says Sara Gabrielsson from Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, LUCSUS. Her resear

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/sanitation-more-toilets-informal-settlements-india-need-community-based-ownership-and-state-action - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS Director Emily Boyd has received a grant from Formas to organise an international conference on loss and damage in spring/summer 2019. The planned 2,5 conference will be hosted at LUCSUS and bring together leading scientists from across sustainability, ecology and climate science under a framework of loss and d

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/conference-loss-and-damage-receives-formas-grant - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Climate networks aim to strengthen municipalities’ efforts to combat climate change. But membership benefits need to be much clearer communicated in order to utilise the networks’ full potential; and should highlight the importance of network membership to drive local climate politics forward, argues researcher Henner

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-municipal-climate-networks-can-improve-their-impact-new-research-article - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In order to avoid water conflicts and to stimulate food production in sub-Saharan Africa, large-scale land acquisition must be regulated and focus on food production. These are the conclusions of a new doctoral thesis from PhD Emma Johansson. Emma Johansson’s thesis investigates how land use is affected by large-scale

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/large-scale-land-acquisition-affects-farmers-ability-produce-their-own-food-africa - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Chad Boda recently attended the highly competitive 9th Summer School in Economic Geography. This is a brief reflection on his experience. What is the Summer Institute in Economic Geography?The Summer Institute in Economic Geography (SIEG) represents a unique approach to advanced training, mentoring, and professional d

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/chad-boda-9th-summer-institute-economic-geography-reflections-self-critical-disciplinary-development - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS researcher Emma Johansson is currently in Cambodia to study linkages between land, water and food. The field trip marks the start of a new post doctoral research project aiming to investigate changes in water use and food production linked to land grabbing. The post doctoral studies are funded by the Crafoord F

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-challenges-surrounding-land-are-facing-population-emma-johansson-sets-out-field-trip-cambodia - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In this interview, Ebba Brink reflects on the specific set of sustainability challenges facing informal settlements in India, and how they can be addressed. She is part of the project BInUCom which focuses on how Indian planning and architecture schools can develop their curricula to better address the complex challen

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/urban-dynamics-such-shortage-affordable-land-and-housing-force-urban-poor-settle-hazardous-marginal - 2026-06-25