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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. RESEARCHER OUTREACH: Tobias Nielsen talks about Ecuador’s Socio Bosque and Peru’s Programa Bosque as Role Models? at a UN climate conference side-event (Dec. 4).  REDD and Beyond: International and Indigenous Strategies in Forest ProtectionREDD is one a series of incentive-based mechanisms for reducing greenhouse gas

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/nielsen-talks-about-south-american-role-models - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Carlo Knotz and Johannes Lindvall have co-authored the article Coalitions and Compensation. The Case of Unemployment Benefit Duration which has recently been published in Comparative Political Studies. Learn more...

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/knotz-and-lindvall-comparative-political-studies - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Varieties of Democracy Institute (University of Gothenburg) announces a call for postdocs and research fellows. Apply by January 23. Learn more...

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/announced-position-gothenburg - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: International Politics of Recognition, a book co-edited by Erik Ringmar, is the subject of a book symposium in the latest issue of the Global Discourse journal Learn more...

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ringmars-book-discussed-global-discourse-journal - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Dear students and other visitors: be advised that the department building Eden closes at 5 PM on Thursday, 11 December. Learn more about Eden's opening hours over the holiday and New Year.  

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/eden-closes-early-11-december - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On December 18, the department’s new site will launch. The incoming webmaster welcomes you back then! New web – new webmasterOn December 18, the department’s new web site will be launched. On that date, Emma Lord will succeed Mikael Sundström as webmaster (Mikael returns to his full time duties as Senior Lecturer afte

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-website - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On December 18, the department’s new site will launch. The outgoing webmaster wishes his successor the best of luck! On December 18, the department’s new web site will be launched. On that date, Emma Lord will succeed Mikael Sundström as webmaster (Mikael returns to his full time duties as Senior Lecturer after a stin

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/goodbye-outgoing-webmaster - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Karin Aggestam has been promoted to full professor at the department! We extend our congratulations to her (and us)! Karin Aggestam.

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-new-professor - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Magdalena Bexell has edited the recently published book Global Governance, Legitimacy and Legitimation (Routledge), and herself contributes a chapter entitled Global Governance, Legitimacy and Legitimation Learn more.

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bexell-edits-global-governance-legitimacy-and-legitimation - 2026-06-23

Researchers have investigated the possibilities of independent, global monitoring of fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions globally based on satellite observations. This would improve the quality of the monitoring compared to today, which is built on individual reporting by countries. Three researchers from our department contributed to this study. In the updated Paris Agreement from COP26 Climate

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/improved-model-monitoring-co2-emissions - 2026-06-23

Dr. Oskar Löfgren, who works interdisciplinary between remote sensing and botany to understand plant communities and their ecology, has been awarded for his thesis. "Plants can provide an overall picture of the habitat's characteristics that physically measured environmental variables cannot. Analyzing many species at the same time is important: each species contributes its own explanatory model f

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/award-winning-thesis-combines-remote-sensing-and-botany - 2026-06-23

Associate Professor Frans-Jan Parmentier has been awarded in Norway for his article about climate and permafrost. Our researchers continue to recieve awards (see previously awarded dr Oskar Löfgren). This time it is Frans-Jan Parmentier who is acknowledged, who has received the Fægri award in Norway. The Fægri award goes to the best popular science articles published in 'Naturen', Norway's oldest

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/awarded-popular-science-article - 2026-06-23

...who has been nominated by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) to be the Swedish representative in the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Cryosphere working group. The scientific core elements of IASC are its five Working Groups. The main function of the working groups is to encourage and support science-led international programs by offering opportunities for planning and

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/congratulations-margareta-johansson - 2026-06-23

High-yield food production is concentrated today in certain geographical areas, so-called "breadbaskets". But what will happen to these areas in a warmer climate? To secure food production during climate change, adapted strategies may be needed. If global warming continues, food producers may need to adapt to changing conditions. Researchers try to predict different scenarios with important crops

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/agricultural-hotspots-may-move-future-climate - 2026-06-23

Many of us have digital maps at our fingertips in our smartphones, but these maps are not adapted to guide us when walking or finding our way in new environments, for example, as tourists in an unfamiliar big city. Creating such maps requires in-depth knowledge about map design which can be further improved by using new technology that can process large amounts of data. “We are collaborating with

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/digital-maps-tomorrow-improve-how-we-find-our-way - 2026-06-23

Margareta Johansson, researcher at our department, was interviewed about climate projects that have been put on hold after collaborations with state institutions in Russia ceased due to the war. Margareta Johansson, research coordinator at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, was interviewed about climate projects that have been put on hold following the Government’s call to

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/war-has-put-stop-climate-projects-arctic - 2026-06-23

Despite cooling, net autumn release of carbon dioxide from ecosystems have increased, according to research from an international research group. The results come from a large study of ecosystems in North America and Eurasia, which since 2004 have had a decreasing temperature trend in the autumn, despite the fact that average temperatures are rising globally. Hans Chen, climate researcher from the

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/increased-carbon-dioxide-release-ecosystems-despite-negative-temperature-trends - 2026-06-23

Are weather events such as drought and agricultural productions shocks the main reason for violent conflicts, or are there other mechanisms that should be more considered? A recent study highlights the importance of including land-use dynamics and climate change for understanding linkages between meteorological droughts, agricultural impacts, migration and conflict. In the recent article "Societal

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/investigating-drought-and-other-mechanisms-behind-migration-and-conflict-syria - 2026-06-23

A research team has created a picture of historical temperatures in the Arctic, spanning over a thousand years. A new technique and a recently published database of proxy data have been used in the research, and the results are an important contribution to understanding temperature changes now and in the future. The Arctic is the area in the world that is heating up the fastest, through so-called

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/arctic-temperature-analysis-over-thousand-years - 2026-06-23

Thimas Holst, researcher and teacher at out department, have been awarded the pedagogical prize 2022 by the science student union LUNA. The pedagogical prize is awarded to an outstanding teacher. On the LUNA website one can read the nominating students' motivation: "From the students who nominated Thomas, it has been made very clear that he is enthusiastic about his subject, and teaching it to stu

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/thomas-holst-awarded-lunas-pedagogical-prize - 2026-06-23