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On the 13th of January 2015 the workshop "Science of Decision Making in Research" was held. You can now find both presentations and videos from the workshop. The workshop hosted 19 participants from different departments and universities. An ambition was to create contact points between BECC projects working with multi-criteria decision making and stimulate methodological discussions. The presenta

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/science-decision-making-research - 2026-05-13

A recent review article in Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems proposed a new conceptual model on nitrogen (N) cycle responses to elevated CO2: gross N mineralization is stimulated in N-limited ecosystems only, but not in phosphorus limited ones. Authors are BECC researchers Tobias Rütting and Louise C. Andresen. The researchers have conducted a meta-analysis on gross N transformations in free air

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-article-about-climate-change-effects-soil-nitrogen-dynamics - 2026-05-13

A new research study has shed light on the underground interaction between tree roots and fungi. In order to understand how this important symbiosis came about, an international team of researchers have sequenced the genomes of different fungi that live underground. The study shows that in the course of evolution, the symbiotic fungi have lost many genes present in their free-living ancestors, and

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/lost-genes-make-fungi-dependent-trees - 2026-05-13

A new report shows that restored wetlands can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. BECC researchers Åsa Kasimir and Leif Klemedtsson at the University of Gothenburg are two of the authors. Drained peatland is a major source of greenhouse gases. The Board of Agriculture (Jordbruksverket), The Swedish Forest Agency (Skogsstyrelsen) and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket) has b

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/hidden-greenhouse-gas-emissions-made-visible-new-report - 2026-05-13

The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES) invites interested researchers to nominate experts to be involved in the work of IPBES. Currently there is a call out for nominations of experts to 3 of the IPBES deliverables:1) A set of regional and sub-regional assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem services implementing work programme deliverable 2b, including for:A

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/nomination-open-ipbes - 2026-05-13

30 years of study of several hundred plots (obsytor) in Swedish forests have followed the developments of forest damage. The result is a unique material about the effects of air pollution on the forest and its ecosystems up to 2013. BECC researcher Cecilia Akselsson, Lund University, has led the evaluation and Per Erik Karlsson, IVL, is one of the other co-authors of the report. Skogsstyrelsen sta

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/30-years-environmental-monitoring-shows-air-pollution-effects-forests - 2026-05-13

ClimBEco is a two-year graduate research school that promotes young scientists to engage in interdisciplinary research on climate, earth system and society in a changing world. Application to ClimBEco is open right now until the 14th of April. The Research School is open to students who are already enrolled as PhD students. Priority will be given to PhD students enrolled at Nordic Universities eng

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/apply-climbeco-graduate-research-school-2015-2017 - 2026-05-13

On March 4, the BECC cluster “Climate, land use and biogeochemical cycles” visited the synchrotron source MAX IV. MAX IV Laboratory is a national laboratory hosted by Lund University. It operates accelerators producing x-rays of very high intensity and quality which are used for scientific research making the invisible visible. The new MAX IV will opens in 2016 and it will be the brightest x-ray s

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/cluster-meeting-max-iv - 2026-05-13

DataGURU is a tool for researchers to disseminate and find climate, land use, biodiversity and related data. The tool can also be of value as open data strategy in future applications for research funding. This work has been commissioned by the strategic research areas BECC and MERGE. The team, led by researcher Veiko Lehsten, developed a tool for the dissemination of the research data that can be

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/dataguru-new-tool-disseminating-and-finding-spatial-temporal-data - 2026-05-13

Read about new BECC related reports and articles, the webtool DataGURU and the many events that BECC is organising this spring. Some examples from the content:Hidden greenhouse gas emissions made visible in new reportNew article about climate change effects on soil nitrogen dynamics Lost genes make fungi dependent on trees30 years of environmental monitoring shows air pollution effects on forestsD

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-becc-newsletter - 2026-05-13

BECC researchers are co-authors of a paper in Nature Climate Change: Optimal stomatal behavior around the world. Plants trade water for carbon. Every litre of water they extract from the soil allows them to take up a few more grams of carbon from the atmosphere in order to grow. A new global study published 2 March in Nature Climate Change shows that plants use their water wisely. They are adapted

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/nature-climate-change-paper-optimal-stomatal-behavior-around-world - 2026-05-13

A research project has, for the first time, investigated how a neonicotinoid pesticide, clothianidin, affects both honeybees and wild bees under field conditions in agricultural landscapes. The study shows that honeybees can cope with exposure to the pesticide, but that it has a strong negative impact on wild bees. Maj Rundlöf, coordinator and principal investigator for the field study, and severa

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/wild-bees-are-harmed-pesticide-becc-researchers-involved-unique-field-study - 2026-05-13

2010-2014 43 Swedish strategic research areas (SRA’s) was funded by the Swedish government, BECC is one of the SRA’s. During 2014 the SRA’s was evaluated. Today the evaluation, together with recommendations for the future, was announced and the BECC environment can be proud to achieve a positive and successful evaluation statement. BECC is also one of four highlighted SRAs out of the 9 situated at

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/successful-evaluation-becc - 2026-05-13

CASE-forskaren Marianne Granbom har varit på studieresa i USA under hösten – där har hon också bott och verkat som forskare. Läs hennes reseberättelse! I november var jag på en studieresa i USA. Jag hade fått accepterat en presentation på GSA:s årliga konferens som i år var i Boston. För att motivera en sådan lång resa passade jag också på att besöka amerikanska kollegor. Jag flög först till Balti

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/efter-fem-ars-distanskontakt-kunde-vi-traffas - 2026-05-13

Wenqian Xu, CASE-forskare vid Lunds universitet, ska tillsammans med kollegor från Estland, Finland, Norge och Sverige undersöka införandet av artificiell intelligens (AI) inom hemtjänsten och de risker som är förknippade med dess implementering. Projektet, som heter AMICA, har beviljats 15,3 miljoner kronor från NordForsk. Läs hela nyheten på Medicinska fakultens hemsida.

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/ai-driven-vard-i-hemmet - 2026-05-13

Sydkoreas ambassadör i Sverige och en delegation från landets nationalförsamling besökte CASE-forskare och Socialhögskolan vid Lunds universitet för att diskutera hur äldreomsorg och boende för äldre fungerar i Sverige. Läs hela nyheten på Samfaks hemsida.

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/koreanska-ambassadoren-lar-av-case-forskare - 2026-05-13

Forskningen inom CASE uppmärksammas ofta i media och inslag som är relevanta för den breda allmänheten brukar vi informera om i CASE:s sociala medier. För dig som inte hänger där, finns ett enkelt sätt att följa våra forskningsnyheter inom åldrande och hälsa. Här på vår hemsida länkas till ett urval av CASE-forskarnas medverkan i media (bloggar, radio, tv, tidskrifter och tidningar).Vi informerar

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/las-mer-om-var-senaste-forskning-i-media-0 - 2026-05-13

I förra veckan klarade CASE-doktoranden Monica Gustafsson av sin halvtidskontroll. Hennes avhandlingsprojekt handlar om möjligt samarbete mellan primärvård och socialtjänst i svenska kommuner. Gustafsson utforskar förutsättningar för evidensbaserad praktik. Hon vill ta reda på hur forskningsbaserat arbete och olika samarbetsmodeller faktiskt fungerar i praktiken när vård och socialtjänst möts. En

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/nu-undersoks-samarbetet-mellan-primarvard-och-socialtjanst - 2026-05-13

Nu är det klart vilka som ingår i CASE:s intressentråd från och med 2026 – en inbiten PRO:are, en lika passionerad SPF:are, en tillgänglighetsexpert, en LTH-professor, en verkställande direktör och personer som arbetat som sjuksköterska, mediekonsult, psykolog och ekonom. Intressentrådet leds av tidigare ambassadören och läkaren Helena Nilsson Lannergren. CASE har i många år haft ett intressentråd

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/har-ar-nya-intressentradet - 2026-05-13

Nu finns en nytryckt och uppdaterad version av "Snabbguide för att undvika ålderism i din kommunikation", som tagits fram av CASE:s forskare. Sommaren 2025 fick uppslagsverket Nationalencyklopedin ett nytt ord: ålderism. Det kommer från engelska ”ageism” och handlar om stereotypa föreställningar, fördomar och diskriminering utifrån ålder."Begreppet ålderism är bredare än åldersdiskriminering (jämf

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/sa-undviker-du-alderism - 2026-05-13