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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ebba Brink, postdoctoral researcher at LUCSUS, is doing research about climate change risk and adaptation in the favelas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The current coronavirus pandemic has forced her to come back to Sweden, and move her research online. She reflects on how the outbreak has made the right-wing Bolsonaro go

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/reflections-what-coronavirus-pandemic-could-mean-favelas-brazil-ebba-brink - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Natural solutions to combat climate change are perceived as beneficial to both nature and people simultaneously. But claims that natural solutions also bring about empowerment, gender equality and inclusion are problematic, especially when issues of power, agency and marginalisation are ignored. This is according to n

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/natural-solutions-combat-climate-change-may-ignore-power-marginalisation-and-local-agency - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In our Annual Report for 2019 we share highlights in research, education and impact from the previous year. Read about some of the highlights here and download or read the full report online. Word from Director Emily Boyd 2019 was an unusually busy year for LUCSUS. In January we transitioned into the Faculty of Social

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-annual-report-highlights-2019 - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, LUCSUS and researchers from Political Science at Lund University, in collaboration with Sussex University, Stockholm Resilience Centre and Helsinki University have a new paper accepted with Global Sustainability entitled "Unearthing the myths of global sustainable forest governance". D

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/earth-day-2020-time-covid-19-crisis-we-need-be-challenging-entrenched-myths-about-our-forests - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUMES student, Hanna Geschewski, has just come back to Sweden after she was temporarily stranded in Nepal during fieldwork for her thesis. In this interview, she reflects on the impact of the corona outbreak on her own studies, and on the society in Nepal, where the socio-economic consequences of global and national m

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/interview-lumes-student-hanna-geschewski-about-impact-corona-pandemic-nepal - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. After observing the decrease in economic activities, air pollution and carbon emissions as a result of the lockdown measures during the COVID-19, some academics argue that such down-scaling can be considered as degrowth. Although the sudden, unplanned and chaotic downscaling of social and economic activities due to Co

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/blog-post-degrowth-and-transformative-potential-covid-19 - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Properly managed, the agricultural sector in Europe can contribute to many of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by improving food security, reducing poverty and enhancing biodiversity. But new research shows that indicators to measure key SDGs such as health and equality are entirely missing fro

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-research-points-out-key-gaps-eus-largest-funding-scheme-common-agricultural-policy - 2026-06-21

Colombia is emerging from an internal conflict that lasted more than 50 years. In this process rural land-use is being transformed, generating new conflicts over land use and control with detrimental effects on Colombia's forests. In this article published in the Journal of Political Ecology, Torsten Krause analyze the ways in which peace-building and post-conflict transition have led to increased

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/reducing-deforestation-colombia-while-building-peace-and-pursuing-business-usual-extractivism - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the health care system was strained already before the coronavirus crisis. Lack of intensive care units and respirators and the difficult economic situation in most African countries limit the resources to combat the pandemic. LUCSUS researcher Karin Steen, who returned from a

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/perspectives-corona-pandemic-africa - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New blog post from the Nature of Peace project on Colombia’s environment in the post-conflict transition, and the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the Colombian peace transition and for the natural environment. While it might seem from an outsider’s perspective that the Colombian armed conflict has come to an end, t

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/blog-post-colombias-environment-post-conflict-transition-new-set-backs-global-pandemic - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The consolidation report from the Skåne Local Interaction Platform (SKLIP) of the Mistra Urban Futures project has now been released. The report describes four years of transdisciplinary urban sustainability research by the platform partners Lund University, Malmö University, SLU Alnarp and the Municipality of Malmö a

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-report-skane-local-interaction-platform-mistra-urban-futures-project - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Are financial instruments really the solution to deforestation and degradation? Do states truly manage forests for societal benefit? And to what extent are so-called sustainable forest governance initiatives really including local people in decision-making? These are some of the questionable myths that currently obscu

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/five-forest-myths-obscure-path-transformational-and-sustainable-forest-governance - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New postdoc positions on climate change justice, social movements, social resilience and adaptation to climate change at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, LUCSUS. Two of the projects are funded by LUCSUS and three are funded by the Faculty of Social Sciences. Postdoctoral researcher in social movement

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-postdoc-positions - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A research initiative at LUCSUS examines how inner dimensions and transformation can support people to live more sustainably and drive change. Addressing (the causes and effects of) climate change is one of the most important societal challenges of our time. The demands for political action are becoming stronger from

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/inner-dimensions-and-transformation-can-support-people-live-more-sustainably-and-drive-change - 2026-06-21

Ett stort arbete har utförts ute på institutioner och fakulteter för att anpassa sig till en ny termin med fler studenter och i vissa fall även mer medarbetare på plats mitt under rådande pandemi. Här kommer ett nedslag på Medicinska fakulteten med exempel på hur man har anpassat sig till Folkhälsomyndighetens rekommendationer och universitetets praktiska råd och tips. Hantering av grundutbildning

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/sma-fasta-studentgrupper-och-tydliga-lokalregler-pa-medicinska-fakulteten - 2026-06-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Rektor har fastställt en ny universitetsövergripande strategi för Lunds universitets strategiska forskningsområden (17 september). Strategin innehåller vision och strategiska mål för Lunds universitets strategiska forskningsområden för perioden 2020-2030. Roll- och ansvarsfördelning anges för arbetet framöver. Strat

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/ny-strategi-de-strategiska-forskningsomradena-2020-2030 - 2026-06-21

Den 22 september fick Lunds universitet det glädjande beskedet från EU-kommissionen att vi har fått certifieringen HR Excellence in Research Award. Lunds universitet strävar efter vara en attraktiv arbetsgivare för forskare i alla skeden av karriären, och omfattas sedan september 2020 av EU:s certifiering HR Excellence in Research.Certifieringen HR Excellence in Research betyder att ett lärosäte d

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitet-certifierad-med-hr-excellence-research-award - 2026-06-21

Vid ett webbinarium den 28 september presenterades resultaten från undersökningen om förekomsten av sexuella trakasserier, trakasserier och kränkande särbehandling vid Lunds universitet och hur universitetet ska arbeta med denna fråga framöver. Nu finns rapporten att ladda ner. Tellus är ett forskningsbaserat projekt som startade 2018. Projektet har syftat till att ta reda på förekomsten av sexuel

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/tellus-rapporten-om-sexuella-trakasserier-vid-lu-ar-nu-publicerad - 2026-06-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Rektor har beslutat att ge Hållbarhetsforum ett utökat uppdrag med ökade resurser med fyra miljoner kronor om året från två miljoner kronor om året från och med 2021. Rektor har beslutat att ge Hållbarhetsforum ett utökat uppdrag med ökade resurser med fyra miljoner kronor om året från två miljoner kronor om året fr

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/hallbarhetsforum-far-utokat-uppdrag-med-studenter-och-inom-utbildning - 2026-06-21

Microsofts kommer att stänga ner tjänsten Skype for Business Online till sommaren. Efter omläggningen hänvisas alla till Teams för fortsatt arbete. Alla anställda och studenter har möjlighet att kommunicera via Teams. All chatt, samtal och möten kommer att hanteras av Teams. Finns klientprogrammet Skype for Business installerat på datorn kommer det inte att plockas bort. Programmet kommer att hänv

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/skype-business-slutar-fungera-i-april-2021 - 2026-06-21