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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Zhengyao Lu, researcher at the department, has published a popular science article on The Conversation website. It's entitled “Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate – here’s why”. Zhengyao Lu, a researcher at the department, has published a popular science article in The Con

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/solar-panels-sahara-could-boost-renewable-energy-damage-global-climate-heres-why - 2026-07-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Hakim Abdi is amongst other things physical geographer, researcher, and keen bird watcher, currently featured in the new issue of the Swedish astonomy magazine Populär Astronomi. So what has physical geography to do with space? Hello Hakim... ...why is a Physical geographer featured in an astronomy magazine? This inte

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/we-live-golden-age-satellite-research - 2026-07-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anders Lindroth, professor emeritus, has been published in DN Debatt together with Lars Tranvik, professor of limnology at Uppsala University. Lindroth and Tranvik argue that Sweden's net emissions of greenhouse gases are much higher than society expects. In the method that the UN uses to calculate the amount of carbo

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/emissions-greenhouse-gases-sweden-are-greatly-underestimated - 2026-07-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new study by 33 researchers questions the EU report on european forestry, which had a significant impact last year. In the study, data was misinterpreted which made volume of clearcutting to appear greater than it was, the researchers argue. Thomas Pugh, senior lecturer at our department, was interviewed by the maga

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/clearcutting-increasing-europe-not-previously-reported-rate - 2026-07-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new project is launched, called Arctic PASSION, with focus on climate change in the Arctic. The European Union will provide 15 million euros from the Horizon 2020 Programme to fund the project from 2021 to 2025. The department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science is represented by two teams. There are two Swe

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/arctic-passion - 2026-07-27

Lars Harrie, professor at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science (INES) and GIS Center, has been appointed a member of the National Geodata Council, representing universities and colleges. The Council aims to develop strategies and activities to ensure that geographical data can be used in, for example, climate change adaption, the creation of sustainable cities and disaster ma

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/government-appoints-member-geodata-council-gis-center - 2026-07-27

Copernicus has published a dataset that shows growing seasons and vegetation productivity in great detail. Researchers from the department - Lars Eklundh, Zhanzhang Cai and Hongxiao Jin - have developed the algorithms that form the basis of the databases. Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS), a service that provides geographic data from satellites, has recently published a large dataset cover

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/copernicus-publishes-dataset-researchers-our-department-contribute - 2026-07-27

Forest management in the climate debate is splitting the forest community of researchers, forest owners, organisations and companies. Which way is the right way to go to make forestry work to help to counteract climate change? Several of our researchers appear in this, and professor emeritus Anders Lindroth explains his view on today´s forest management. Swedish National television program Vetensk

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/our-researchers-battle-forest - 2026-07-27

Weiming Huang is awarded in EuroSDR Award winner 2021 for the best PhD thesis related to geoinformation science for his thesis about knowledge-based geospatial data integration and visualisation with Semantic Web technologies. The thesis was presented during the 139th EuroSDR Board of Delegates meeting on October 22, 2021. Dr. Weiming Huang has been awarded by the European Spatial Data Research fo

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/dr-weiming-huang-awarded-best-phd-thesis - 2026-07-27

The increasing amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are causing our climate to warm at an alarming rate. The consequent changes are unprecedented, and difficult to predict due to the complexity of the Earth system.  While we know that half of the carbon emissions released to the atmosphere by fossil fuel usage are re-captured by the ocean and land ecosystems, we still lack knowledge when i

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/icos-supports-science-and-policy-making-first-comprehensive-article-describing-icos-published - 2026-07-27

Meet Rugare Tambo from Zimbabwe, studying Master's in Strategic Communication at Campus Helsingborg, and discover her experiences and best tips. Why did you choose Lund University and your programme?  Lund is not just a university, it is an experience, and the best decision of my life! Ranked in the top 100 world-class research universities, choosing Lund University has allowed me to be an archite

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/lund-not-just-university-it-experience-and-best-decision-my-life - 2026-07-27

Meet Ioana-Gabriela Deneș from Romania, currently studying the Master's program i Service Managament, Tourism. Why did you choose Lund University and your programme? I was interested in Tourism programmes, so I did some research online and found this one which seemed quite interesting. I also got accepted to an Austrian university, but I decided to come to Lund, mainly because of its reputation, a

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/agora-and-stampus-make-sure-your-student-experience-constantly-its-peak - 2026-07-27

During December, HIC is organising several events for international master's students at Campus Helsingborg, designed to help in the job-seeking process. City Walk Saturday 2 December, 13:30-15:30 We take some time out to explore Helsingborg! Learn about the city’s history, culture, personalities, and places, while networking with other students. We’ll end with a coffee in the city! Meet at Söderr

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/career-programme-international-masters-students - 2026-07-27

International students at Lund University, Campus Helsingborg is invited to join a new and interactive "crash course" in Swedish, starting this spring. A new concept with a  6-week language café for international students will be launched this spring in a joint initiative by Helsingborg International Connection, the housing company Helsingborgshem and the community centres Söderscen and SöderHbg. 

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/kick-start-your-swedish-language-learning-spring - 2026-07-27

More than 1 tonne of world-class research equipment is rolling into Campus Helsingborg as part of a new hub focusing on safety research and education. By combining various cutting-edge technologies and methods, such as Virtual reality, driving simulation and geographical information systems, research can be put into practice to address today's safety challenges. The research group, which is now mo

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/helsingborg-safety-hub - 2026-07-27

Lund University is strengthening its work in retail and logistics at Campus Helsingborg under the name REAL - Centre for Retail and Logistics. The centre will focus on sustainability, digitalisation and changes in working life - the major challenges facing retail and logistics. Lund University and the City of Helsingborg are each contributing SEK 4 million to the centre's start-up Retailing and lo

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/investing-future-retail-and-logistics - 2026-07-27

Video games are easy to exploit, and are being used by actors ranging from IS and Hizbollah for recruitment, to Russia, who use it to spread propaganda during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. This states a report from the Psychological Defence Research Institute at Lund University in Sweden. Since the 2016 US Presidential election, many democratic governments have paid close attention to how forei

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/how-video-games-are-being-used-malign-foreign-actors-and-extremists - 2026-07-27

You are invited to the Grand Opening of Helsingborg Innovation District – a focal point of creativity and cross-sectoral collaboration, taking shape in one of the most innovative and sustainable regions in Europe. Throughout the afternoon of May 29th from 13:30 to 16:00 the district Hubs will host parallel programs, at our different locations in Oceanhamnen for you to explore future innovations, t

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/grand-opening-helsingborg-innovation-district - 2026-07-27

On May 29th, the Helsingborg Innovation District, a collaboration platform and catalyst for innovation, research, and development, will be inaugurated. The innovation district is initiated by the City of Helsingborg, Lund University, Region Skåne, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Southern Sweden in collaboration with the business community. The district stretches from Helsingborg Centra

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/new-innovation-district-increase-regions-innovative-capacity - 2026-07-27

In an ideal world, perhaps the Psychological Defence Research Institute in Helsingborg would not even exist. But the global situation has brought attention, increased research funding and significant interest in collaboration from wider society. “The entire research institute is built around the idea that the world is troubled. We could be ten times the size we are, there is such an enormous amoun

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/psychological-defence-research-institute-we-could-be-ten-times-size-we-are - 2026-07-27