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Professor Emily Boyd will present immobility as a climate adaptation strategy at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP30, in Belém, Brazil. “The majority of people want to stay in place. We need to acknowledge and explore that as we adapt societies to climate change.” She explains that she was motivated to start researching the findings she is now presenting at COP30 with international

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/presenting-immobility-climate-adaptation-strategy-cop30 - 2026-07-29

Carbon Capture and Storage, CCS, technologies have been identified as key to reduce harmful emissions and to mitigate the effects of climate change. A new study, focusing on leading CCS countries, Norway and Brazil, identifies how these technologies should be implemented equitably, applied to hard-to -abate industrial sectors, and not used to justify continued fossil fuel dependency. Download the

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/what-next-ccs-technologies-comparative-study-norway-and-brazils-climate-mitigation-strategies - 2026-07-29

Director Barry Ness and Deputy Director Torsten Krause are deeply honoured and proud of Lund University’s remarkable achievement of securing the top position in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026. The ranking includes around 2,000 higher education institutions from about 100 countries and measures how universities contribute to a sustainable future – through research, education,

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-director-and-deputy-director-reflect-lund-universitys-top-ranking-sustainability - 2026-07-29

Migrant farm workers are some of the most vulnerable people within the global agricultural system. Now climate change is increasingly affecting their health and wellbeing, as well as agricultural production, exacerbating poverty and inequality for people making their living on farm labour. Ongoing research at LUCSUS is studying how climate change, both extreme events such as droughts, floods and f

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-climate-change-affecting-lives-farm-workers-case-turkey-and-colombia - 2026-07-29

Professor Christine Wamsler is passionate about integrating inner development into academic curricula and institutional structures in order to support students cultivate the inner capacities and practical tools they need to foster resilience, navigate complexity, and contribute to sustainable solutions. Now, she is leading a new project, ALIGN – Embedding Inner Student-Centered Exploration and Dev

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/align-embedding-inner-student-centered-exploration-and-development-higher-education - 2026-07-29

Women make up 70 per cent of Zimbabwe's agricultural labour but have little influence over farmlands and resources. Recent research shows that women farmers are uniting to challenge traditional norms and are gaining influence and respect while promoting sustainable agriculture. When men leave Zimbabwe's rural areas for work in cities and abroad, women farmers establish agricultural leadership comm

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/zimbabwes-women-farmers-fighting-patriarchal-land-laws-and-reshaping-sustainable-agriculture - 2026-07-29

A novel research report maps how workers are experiencing efforts to decarbonise the steel industry in Sweden. It identifies how people’s expectation of change is marked by previous transitions, that blue- and white-collar workers view transitions differently, and how work is a source of great pride to people. "Our aim was to explore the societal impacts of change in different places. Through inte

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-workers-are-experiencing-efforts-decarbonise-steel-industry-sweden - 2026-07-29

A new study on agricultural development in Uganda suggests that it is possible to influence policy without alienating the country's notoriously volatile authorities. The findings challenge assumptions about mobilisation under repression and offer lessons for groups seeking social change in politically restrictive environments. Sustainability researcher Ronald Byaruhanga examined how farmers and ci

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/what-ugandan-farmers-teach-us-about-politics-under-repression - 2026-07-29

A new PhD thesis by Bernard Ekumah examines why agricultural development in Ghana continues to generate uneven and contradictory outcomes, especially for smallholder farmers. It argues that these outcomes are not primarily the result of isolated failures of policy design or implementation. Rather, they arise from structural contradictions embedded in the internal logic of Ghana’s neo-liberal agrar

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/small-holder-farmers-reap-few-and-uneven-gains-ghanas-agricultural-development-policies - 2026-07-29

LUCSUS is for the tenth time taking part in Lund Sustainability Week! For us as a centre, the week serves as an important platform to engage with the public and communicate our research. This year's Sustainability Week features more than 70 events, and all of them are free of charge. The week runs from 13 – 18 April in Lund and is organised as a joint venture by Lund University and Lund municipali

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-sustainability-week-2026 - 2026-07-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Last week LUCSUS’ researcher (Assistant Prof.) Mine Islar presented her research about citizen movements in Barcelona at the ‘ecological democracy’ workshop at the University of Sydney, Australia. The aim of the workshop was to critically explore the tensions and synergies between democracy and sustainability on local

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/can-activist-politicians-be-agents-change - 2026-07-29

Learning about climate change and other sustainability challenges can make students feel anxious and stressed, often leaving them overwhelmed and unsure of how to respond or take action. A new toolbox, developed by researchers at Lund University in collaboration with experts in climate change, pedagogy, arts, and child psychology, aims to strengthen students’ resilience and help them transform fee

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/toolbox-and-teachers-guide-helping-students-move-anxiety-resilience-creativity-and-transformative - 2026-07-29

Två lärare vid Musikhögskolan i Malmö, Ann-Sofi Härstedt och Elin Waileth Wikström, har beviljats stimulansmedel från Konstnärliga fakulteten för att återuppliva och vidareutveckla en nästan bortglömd teknik – en andnings- och rörelseträning som en gång var central inom de konstnärliga utbildningarna i Sverige. Tillsammans har de tagit fram en ny fristående kurs som lyfter fram det som i dagligt t

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/andning-rorelse-och-konstnarlig-forankring-ett-aterupplivat-arv-pa-musikhogskolan-i-malmo - 2026-07-29

Berättelsen om Ukrainas musikscen sedan den ryska invasionen är en historia om motståndskraft. Även om musicerandet har inneburit att spela i tunnelbanan eller i kalla bombskydd har musiker hittat nya vägar för att kunna fortsätta spela. Nu står fem klassiska musiker från Ukraina på scenen i Malmö.Det har gått över tre år sedan Rysslands invasion av Ukraina 2022. Staden Charkiv, hemstad för Ukrain

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/musik-som-trotsar-krig-och-bomber-musiker-fran-krigsharjade-charkiv-nu-i-malmo - 2026-07-29

Den 24 oktober har det blivit dags för installation av universitetets nya professorer. I år kommer 28 nya professorer delta och från den Konstnärliga fakulteten är det Sven Bjerstedt och Mats Edén som installeras.Installationen sker under en högtidlig ceremoni i Universitetshusets aula med efterföljande mingel i Atriet och Pelarsalen. Tillställningen är öppen för vem som helst att delta, ingen för

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/sven-bjerstedt-och-mats-eden-installeras-som-professorer-24-oktober - 2026-07-29

Musikhögskolans universitetslektor i sång, Elisabeth Melander, och Karin Bengmark är aktuella med boken ”Se sångaren: inte bara ett struphuvud” som riktar sig till sångare och pedagoger.     – Sång är mer än teknik – det är ett möte mellan röst, kropp och själ, beskriver Elisabeth Melander.    I den nya boken, ”Se sångaren: inte bara ett struphuvud”, delar Elisabeth Melander och Karin Bengmark med

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/sang-ar-ett-mote-mellan-rost-kropp-och-sjal - 2026-07-29

Uppfinn demokratin tillsammans med teaterregissören Jörgen Dahlqvist – interaktiv teater med samtal, idéer och omröstningar under Malmö möts, en satsning på demokrati som arrangerad av Malmö stad.Föreställningen utgår från en enkel fråga: vad är grunden för en demokrati? Genom samtal, förslag och omröstningar formas gemensamt en ny demokratisk sammanslutning. Under resans gång uppstår nya frågor:

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/delta-i-en-interaktiv-teater-om-demokrati-under-malmo-mots - 2026-07-29

Maj Hasager, rektor för Konsthögskolan i Malmö vid Lunds universitet, får Allhemsstiftelsens pris till Einar Hansens minne för sitt banbrytande arbete med att stärka konstnärliga och pedagogiska samarbeten i Öresundsregionen.– Att få det här priset känns mycket hedrande. Att mitt intresse för pedagogiska verktyg i en konstnärlig miljö uppmärksammas betyder särskilt mycket, säger Maj Hasager.  Allh

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/maj-hasager-tilldelas-allhemsstiftelsens-pris-till-einar-hansens-minne-2025 - 2026-07-29

Deadline for application: 14 November 2025 For the first time, Lund University and the MAX IV Laboratory are launching a joint artist-in-residence programme. This residency programme invites Nordic artists from all disciplines to explore the interface between art and cutting-edge research. What’s offered: 4-week residency (Jan–May 2026)200,000 SEK in funding (artist fee, travel, accommodation, pro

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/call-artist-residence-max-iv-lund-university - 2026-07-29

Stiftelsen Den Nordiska Första S:t Johannislogens Jubelfond grundades 1867 med det uttryckliga syftet att stödja unga lovande människor i deras utbildning inom vetenskap, konst eller slöjd.2025 års stipendiater från den Konstnärliga fakulteten är: Konsthögskolans Anna Pezzoli, Ylva Kublik Borg och Vigga Heisselberg Wæhrens. Musikhögskolans Tilde Berrio Garcia, Diogo Alvarez-Leite Duarte och Clara

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/jubelfondens-stipendiater-2025 - 2026-07-29