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Climate researchers often emphasise the fact that reducing carbon emissions is in everyone’s best interest, and should involve all of us. But how good are they at minimising their own carbon footprint? A new study carried out jointly by Lund University and the University of Lausanne in Switzerland shows that some of them use up half their annual carbon allowance in a single week. There are ways to

https://www.science.lu.se/article/conferences-make-scientists-climate-transgressors - 2026-07-21

“We are dependent on one another globally – this became evident not least through the Ebola epidemic. For cooperation to work and develop, Africa cannot be left out of the loop”, says Benedict Oppong Asamoah, researcher and lecturer in public health. He hopes that the University’s focus on Africa will lead to more and better contacts Benedict Oppong Asamoah. Photo: Gunnar Menander Lund University

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/africa-strategy-shows-great-potential - 2026-07-21

Scholars from Sweden and abroad attended the 2023 SASNET Symposium in Lund. The participants shared ongoing research on South Asia, on topics such as sustainability, civil society, and community-making. On 29 September, SASNET hosted the annual SASNET Symposium in Lund at the venue Gamla Biskopshuset.  The day included four main sessions, each highlighting a key topic of relevance to developments

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/annual-sasnet-symposium-held-lund - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Elsa Hedling has recently published the article ”Storytelling in EU public diplomacy: reputation management and recognition of success” in the journal Place Branding and Public Diplomacy. The study conceptualizes storytelling in public diplomacy and explores how storytelling is used in the communication of EU foreign

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hedling-storytelling-communication-eu-foreign-policy - 2026-07-21

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-book-political-tolerance-sten-widmalm - 2026-07-21

In a new Critical Asian Studies article, Kimhean Hok uncovers reform patterns that have significantly strengthened Cambodia’s administrative state while reinforcing authoritarian rule. In the article, Kimhean Hok argues that Cambodia should no longer be understood simply as a system with a strong ruling party and a weak state. Instead, he shows that the country has undergone what he calls a “techn

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-open-access-article-technocracy-cambodian-politics - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ever since the birth of hip-hop in the South Bronx in New York, Islam has been a key feature of the music. Islamologist Anders Ackfeldt at Lund University analyzes several examples of this in his thesis Islamic Semiotic Resources in US Hip-Hop Culture. The hip-hop has, and still is, giving voice to weak and vulnerable

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/islam-resource-struggle-american-hip-hop - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Manpreet K. Janeja, Parama Sinha Palit and Rishi Jha join SASNET as affiliated researchers. Manpreet K. Janeja holds a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from Queens’ College, University of Cambridge (U.K.), and an M.A. in Sociology from the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University (India). Her work so far has focused on

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/three-scholars-join-sasnet-affiliated-researchers - 2026-07-21

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/strombom-and-bramsen-agonistic-peace-third-world-quarterly - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Saturday, a TEDx conference will be held in Malmö. One of the speakers is Hannah Stanton, a former student at the Department of Strategic Communication, who has the opportunity, in her professional life, to combine what she learned during her studies with experiences from her voluntary work. Here is a very recent i

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/hannah-stanton-never-compromise-things-you-know-you-are-good - 2026-07-21

A new research project led by LUCSUS is exploring how power and politics intersects with climate risk and adaptation at different scales. The aim is to contribute to more resilient, inclusive and just futures by studying adaptation to climate change through a lens of vulnerability, cross-scale risk, and power structures in Skåne, Sweden, and in East Anglia, England. – We know that climate change i

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-lucsus-research-project-seeks-shed-light-power-dynamics-climate-change-adaptation - 2026-07-21

In just two weeks, Zhengyao Lu, Researcher in Physical Geography at Lund University and a member of MERGE and BECC, gained 60.000 reads of his article “Gigantic solar farms of the future might impact how much solar power can be generated on the other side of the world”. How could this be? We asked Zhengyao Lu himself to share his experience. Following the publication of a new piece of research wit

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/60000-views-conversation-two-weeks-whats-secret - 2026-07-21

The increasing demand of minerals, oil, and agricultural goods have severe negative social and environmental impacts. The extraction of resources leads to land dispossession of small-scale farmers and indigenous communities. It also generates social and political conflicts at the local level. For decades large scale agri-food production and mineral extraction have caused severe social and environm

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/achieving-more-sustainable-value-chains-are-crucial-preventing-deforestation-and-biodiversity-loss - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Deputy Vice-Chancellor Eva Wiberg represents Lund University all over the world – from Europe to Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. She argues that global challenges and dwindling EU funding call for more intense collaborations with a few carefully selected international partners. Eva Wiberg together with the students Jens W

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/deputy-vice-chancellor-eva-wiberg-international-collaboration-strengthens-economy - 2026-07-21

Kes McCormick from the IIIEE moderated a grand seminar at Lund University on the IPCC report “Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability“ and, in the light of the recent report from the Swedish National Expert Council for Climate Adaptation. Presentations and discussions focused on the implications in the context of Sweden. “In others words what does it all mean for Sweden and in Sweden, but also what

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/grand-seminar-ipcc-report-climate-change-focus-impacts-adaptation-and-vulnerability - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Social anthropologist Tova Höjdestrand writes about the so-called Parents' Movement is a Russia in the chapter “Nationalism and Civicness in Contemporary Russia: Grassroots Mobilization in Defense of Traditional Family Values” published in the book Rebellious Parents: Parental Movements in Central-Eastern Europe and R

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/rebellious-russian-parents-defense-traditional-family-values - 2026-07-21

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Linking Hydro-Physical Variables and Landscape Metrics using Advanced Data Mining for Stream-Flow Prediction" together with Vahid Moosavi (Tarbiat Modares University), Ayoob Karami (Pooyeshgaran Forogh Fardad Consulting Eng., Science and Technology Park), Negin Behnia (Yazd University) and Christian Massari (Research Institute for

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/modelling-and-predicting-streamflow-iran - 2026-07-21

Climate change is damaging public health and is also leading to premature deaths. At the same time, the healthcare sector itself is responsible for significant emissions. Studies of intensive care and surgical care in Sweden show that over 60 per cent of the climate impact in intensive care is driven by the growing volume of single-use products, according to research by Linn Hemberg at Lund Univer

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/climate-change-threatens-public-health-and-healthcare-sector-contributes-emissions - 2026-07-21

Climate change is damaging public health and is also leading to premature deaths. At the same time, the healthcare sector itself is responsible for significant emissions. Studies of intensive care and surgical care in Sweden show that over 60 per cent of the climate impact in intensive care is driven by the growing volume of single-use products, according to research by Linn Hemberg at Lund Univer

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/climate-change-threatens-public-health-and-healthcare-sector-contributes-emissions - 2026-07-21

LUSEM is proud to announce that our Master’s programme in International Strategic Management has once again been recognized among the top 50 programmes globally in the Financial Times' prestigious annual global ranking of 100 Master’s programmes. This recognition reflects our unwavering dedication to academic excellence, leadership development, and providing an outstanding learning experience.The

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/once-again-lusem-earns-spot-among-worlds-leading-management-programmes - 2026-07-21