"We need to acknowledge how valuable a tree in the city can be – it's not just for decoration. It affects insects, birds, and human well-being", Johan Kjellberg Jensen says. Photo: Sara Håkansson The city is the perfect place to study nature and how humans affect it, says Johan Kjellberg Jensen. In a new dissertation from the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC) at Lund University, h

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/city-our-most-important-ecosystem - 2025-08-23

The 'Natural Nations' project brings biodiversity into schools so that children learn about pollinating insects and birds at an early age. Photo: iStockphoto Preschool and primary school children will now be able to learn more about insects, birds, flowers and plants, how valuable they are and how people can protect nature. The Natural Nations co-operation project is introducing biodiversity into

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/children-and-biologists-research-biodiversity-together - 2025-08-23

On 15-17 May 2024, SMHI, the strategic research areas MERGE and BECC, and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research invite you to the second Swedish Climate Symposium in Norrköping. A symposium for increased scientific understanding of climate change and its environmental and societal consequences. Climate change strongly affects natural systems and humanity. In Sweden, the effects of climate change a

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/time-submit-your-contribution-swedish-climate-symposium - 2025-08-23

"Given the urgency of climate action, every meeting matters," says Markku Rummukainen. Photo: Johan Persson The UN's annual climate summit, COP28, is just around the corner. Starting on 30 November, the world's countries will meet for two weeks to discuss global climate cooperation and how to achieve the climate goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement. This time the meeting will be held in Dubai, United

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/five-questions-markku-rummukainen-ahead-cop28-climate-summit - 2025-08-23

CEC is responsible for the interdisciplinary PhD programme in Environmental Science. CEC now announces funding to partly finance up to five (5) doctoral student projects, where the doctoral students are admitted to the PhD programme in Environmental Science. Note: It is the researcher who apply for this funding, not the student.The doctoral student will be employed at and have their main workplace

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/funding-doctoral-student-projects-environmental-science - 2025-08-23

Emil Andersson uses computational models to investigate cell reprogramming and how tumour cells can be better recognised using machine learning. Photo: Sara Håkansson What if ordinary skin cells could be effectively reprogrammed to become brain cells and help with diseases like Alzheimer's? And what if machine learning allowed surgeons to precisely remove tumour cells on the operating table? These

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/one-step-closer-towards-improving-cancer-surgery-and-reprogramming-cells - 2025-08-23

Bumblebees are a key wild and commercial pollinator. Yet commonly used farmland pesticides continue to harm bumblebees. Photo: Theresia Krausl A new study from Lund confirms that pesticides commonly used in farmland significantly harm bumblebees. Data from 106 sites across eight European countries show that despite tightened pesticide regulations, more needs to be done. Despite claims of the world

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/commonly-used-pesticides-are-still-harming-pollinators - 2025-08-23

Congratulations on the funding for the research infrastructure ICOS, Natascha Kljun, Scientific Principle Investigator of the Lund University ICOS stations! ICOS Sweden has been awarded a grant of 43.8 million SEK from VR to operate 10 stations for a period of three years. “Thank you! Yes, these are fantastic news. The grant from the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, VR) will allow us to

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/congratulations-icos - 2025-08-23

Micaela Mafla-Endara and one of her 'hotels' for soil organisms. Photo: Anna Maria Erling Remnants of plastic left by humans can now be found practically everywhere in nature – in waterways, within animals, and even amidst the clouds. In her thesis, Micaela Mafla-Endara examined how nanoplastics that end up in the soil affect the microorganisms living there. The answer is clear: there is an effect

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/nanoplastics-influence-microbial-activity-soil - 2025-08-23

A big congratulations to professor Henrik Smith on receiving the Rosén Linnaeus Prize in Zoology from The Royal Physiographic Society of Lund. The Rosén Linnaeus Prize in Botany and Zoology has been awarded every three years since 1935 to Swedish researchers whom the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund considers to be well deserving. In 2023, the prize is awarded to Henrik Smith for his research e

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/professor-henrik-smith-receives-rosen-linnaeus-prize-zoology - 2025-08-23

COP 28 participants in Dubai. Photo: COP28/Christophe Viseux A comprehensive decision has been negotiated during the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. The agreement, which calls for a tripling of renewable energy, energy efficiency and the transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, was finalised last week. Markku Rummukainen, Professor of Climatology at CEC and Sweden's contact person fo

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/global-climate-deal-renewables-and-net-zero-energy-systems - 2025-08-23

Katarina Hedlund (right) is the new Director of CEC after Per Persson (left). Katarina Hedlund is the new Director of CEC after Per Persson, who left at the turn of the year. Per Persson has moved on to the role of Dean of the Faculty of Science at Lund University. Katarina Hedlund, professor at the Department of Biology, has been the Deputy Director of CEC for many years. She has also been Direct

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/katarina-hedlund-new-director-cec - 2025-08-23

On 15-17 May, the second edition of the Swedish Climate Symposium will take place in Norrköping. The symposium offers is a unique opportunity for scholars and societal actors to seek greater scientific understanding of climate change and its consequences for the environment and society. David Wårlind is part of the steering group for the symposium, and we asked him three questions about why you do

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/three-questions-david-warlind-about-swedish-climate-symposium - 2025-08-23

Researcher Hakim Abdi. Photo: Private. With the aid of two satellites and machine learning, researcher Hakim Abdi is mapping the composition of tree species in Swedish forests down to the individual stands. Through the creation of a method capable of generating annual maps of tree diversity, his aim is to assist in forest management and decision-making regarding both climate and biodiversity strat

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/forest-analysis-through-satellite-data-and-machine-learning - 2025-08-23

Ges vid två tillfällen, den 13 mars resp 17 april Workshopen tar upp begreppsdefinitioner, reder ut arbetsgivarens och medarbetarens rättigheter och skyldigheter samt ger ett par exempel på hur vi som arbetsgivare kan arbeta med förebyggande insatser. Workshopen ger också kunskap om det skriftliga chefsstöd som finns för hantering av kränkande särbehandling, trakasserier och sexuella trakasserier.

https://www.hr-webben.lu.se/artikel/workshop-chefer-krankande-sarbehandling-och-trakasserier - 2025-08-23

Innefattar tre grundläggande roller Rektor fattade den 14 februari beslut om riktlinjer för chefsuppdrag. Dessa riktlinjer tydliggör att ett chefsuppdrag på universitetet innefattar tre grundläggande roller som är lika oavsett typ av chefsuppdrag, organisatorisk nivå eller organisatorisk tillhörighet:ArbetsgivarrollenLedarrollenRollen som verksamhetsansvarigHur stor andel av tid som en chef lägger

https://www.hr-webben.lu.se/artikel/riktlinjer-chefsuppdrag-beslutade - 2025-08-23

Post skickas som vanligt till hämtställe 31. Sektionen HR och övriga verksamheter som är evakuerade till Kemicentrum, KC4, har nu fått evakueras igen på grund av ett antal incidenter i byggnaden.Under tiden tills vi blir anvisade ersättningslokaler så kommer många att arbeta hemifrån eller i tillfälliga lokaler. Vi kommer finnas tillgängliga via mail och telefon som vanligt, men räkna med att det

https://www.hr-webben.lu.se/artikel/sektionen-hrs-tillganglighet-paverkas-av-evakuering - 2025-08-23

Äger rum den 6 november. Anmäl dig i Kompetensportalen Introduktionsdagen behandlar det övergripande perspektivet och inleds av rektor Torbjörn von Schantz. Vidare kommer Tim Ekberg, planeringschef, att berätta om hur LU styrs. Vi pratar också om chefsuppdragets tre roller samt bjuder in chefer från verksamheten som kan berätta om sitt chefsuppdrag och vilka möjligheter och utmaningar som finns. C

https://www.hr-webben.lu.se/artikel/halvdagsintroduktion-nya-chefer - 2025-08-23

Platser kvar - anmäl dig i Kompetensportalen Sektionen HR anordnar en föreläsning om skadligt bruk av alkohol, droger och spel mm i samarbete med ALNA. Föreläsningen är öppen för alla medarbetare vid LU och ges vid två tillfällen under hösten:9 oktober kl 13-15 (sista anmälningsdag 4 oktober)14 november kl 9-11Målgrupp: alla medarbetare vid LU. Anmäl dig i Kompetensportalen 

https://www.hr-webben.lu.se/artikel/forelasning-om-skadligt-bruk - 2025-08-23

Nya kompetensutvecklingsinsatser ska tas fram Lunds universitet har tagit fram riktlinjer för chefsuppdrag som omfattar alla med chefsuppdrag inom Lunds universitet, oavsett om man verkar inom akademin eller inom administrationen. Dessa riktlinjer, samt det faktum att leverantörsavtalet med vår externa leverantör av ledarprogram gått ut under 2019, gör att sektionen HR nu gör en översyn av utbudet

https://www.hr-webben.lu.se/artikel/forandringar-chefs-och-ledarutveckling-vid-lunds-universitet - 2025-08-23