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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 - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.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 - 2026-08-03

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 - 2026-08-03

“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 - 2026-08-03

Soo-hyun Lee har studerat på tre kontinenter, arbetat för en handfull FN-organisationer, varit konsult åt megakoncerner och drivit eget företag. Nu är han den första av Forskarskolan Agenda 2030:s doktorander att disputera. Allt startade i Sydkorea där hans mamma var leksaksuppfinnare, men fick sin framgångsrika idé stulen av en mäktig amerikansk leksakstillverkare. – Jag tillbringade många timmar

https://www.lu.se/artikel/soo-hyun-lee-forst-ut-att-disputera-fran-forskarskolan-agenda-2030 - 2026-08-02

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An NEH Summer Institute "Islam in Asia: Traditions and Transformation" will be held on June 12 to July 7, 2017 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Summer Institute, hosted by the Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP), is now calling for papers. This multidisciplinary NEH-supported summer institute will offer four weeks of con

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/neh-summer-institute-honolulu - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An international study led by researchers from Lund University in Sweden has found that a collision in the asteroid belt 470 million years ago created drastic changes to life on Earth. The breakup of a major asteroid filled the entire inner solar system with enormous amounts of dust leading to a unique ice age and, su

https://www.science.lu.se/article/gigantic-asteroid-collision-boosted-biodiversity-earth - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Wednesday 15 February 2017, 13.15-14.45 Robert Phillipson and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas held a lecture entitled: "Is ‘global’ English compatible with local language ecologies and principles of language rights, or a neoimperialist project?" at the Centre for Languages and Literature (SOL, room H339). The lecture was join

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/watch-lecture-tove-skutnabb-kangas-and-robert-philipson - 2026-08-03

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 - 2026-08-03

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 - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The 5th International Conference of the Spanish Association of Indian Interdisciplinary Studies AEEII will be held 29 November - 1 December 2017, at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Deadline to submit paper is 20 June 2017. Acts of injustice in or with the Indian subcontinent have been committed by previous generat

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-aeeii-conference-barcelona - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ina Möller has defended her doctoral thesis "The Emergent Politics of Geoengineering" today at 10:00 in Eden auditorium. Discussant was Associate Professor Robert Falkner, The London School of Economics and Political Science. Her thesis studies the appearance of ‘geoengineering’ in the political discussion on climate

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ina-moller-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-08-03

Jesica López wins the Agenda 2030 Award for her research on the endangered Amazon rainforest. Carbon capture, end-of-life care and death cafés are also recognised in this year's edition. When the Agenda 2030 Graduate School at Lund University had to choose this year's winner of the Agenda 2030 Award, the steering board was faced with a difficult choice between many qualified entries. This year's a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-rainforests-death-cafes-and-seafloor-carbon-storage-wins-sustainability-award - 2026-08-02

A new research project aims to enhance educators' skills for nurturing inner resilience and reducing climate anxiety of learners through trauma-informed and creative approaches that link inner and outer dimensions of transformation. It is led by Lund University in collaboration with many partners. The motivation for the project is based on the fact that much sustainability and climate education te

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-lucsus-research-project-aims-address-climate-anxiety-youth-and-enhance-skills-educators-and - 2026-08-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) and the Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) at Lund University are launching a collaboration focusing on India and South Asia. The long-term collaboration will include both research and analysis and aims at building a strong research environment of internati

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/india-and-south-asia-focus-new-collaboration-between-swedish-institute-international-affairs-and - 2026-08-03

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 - 2026-08-03

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 - 2026-08-03

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 - 2026-08-03

On the second day of COP26, more than 100 global leaders, representing 85% of the world's forests, pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade. The Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forest and Land Use will cover forests totaling more than 13 million square miles. Sustainability researcher and deforestation expert, Torsten Krause, at Lund University for Su

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/researcher-torsten-krause-comments-world-leaders-pledge-end-deforestation-2030 - 2026-08-03

Professor Emily Boyd has been researching loss and damage from climate change for more than 10 years. To her, the news that Venezuela’s last glacier, the Humboldt glacier, is being reclassified as an ice field, is extremely worrying. The speed of change is crazy. When something so visible is lost, it also brings home the scale of global climate change, says Emily Boyd, professor at Lund University

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/loss-venezuelas-last-glacier-points-future-where-loss-opposed-damage-new-reality - 2026-08-03