By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 2 March 2020 Kelly Dorkenoo, PhD student at Lund University Centre for Sustainablity Studies. Kelly Dorkenoo is a PhD student in the project DICE, Recasting the Disproportionate Impacts of Climate Change Extremes. In this interview, she talk about her interest in the field of loss and damage, and her views on sustainability re

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-my-work-focuses-issues-disproportionality-and-inequalities-relation-loss-and - 2025-06-07

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 13 March 2020 The forest represents deep and intimate values for children such as freedom, comfort, a sense of discovery and wellbeing New research from Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies shows that children’s relationships with nature are not only important for their wellbeing but also for fu

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/childrens-relationship-nature-key-future-sustainable-forest-management - 2025-06-07

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 16 March 2020 Photo by Camila Cordeiro on Unsplash. We need new ways of understanding and accounting for how people depend on nature to protect and preserve our environment. Research from Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) strives to diversify ways of measuring and evaluating ecosystem services to take

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/current-frameworks-assess-human-nature-relationships-are-too-simplified-and-risk-compromise-human - 2025-06-07

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 19 March 2020 Climate change has become one of the defining social and environmental challenges of our time. In light of the public and political attention that the issue has gained, the need for informed and critical perspectives on this important topic is more urgent than ever. At LUCSUS, we believe that c

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-course-climate-change-and-society - 2025-06-07

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 20 March 2020 Water is essential to all human life on earth. Today, over two billion people live in countries experiencing high water stress – risking both health and food security. As populations and the demand for water grow, this situation is likely to worsen.  Emma Johansson’s research focuses on water, agriculture and par

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/world-water-day-2020-perspectives-water-agriculture-consumption-and-climate-change - 2025-06-07

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 14 April 2020 Torsten Krause together with a hunter in the Amazon. Photo: Malin Palm. LUCSUS researcher Torsten Krause have been researching hunting, forest fauna and wild meat consumption, particularly in the Amazon, for the past three years. He is currently in Colombia, where his fieldwork was cut short due to the current co

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/reflections-impacts-coronavirus-indigenous-communities-amazon-torsten-krause - 2025-06-07

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 14 April 2020 Crowded houses and poorly ventilated streets in the favela of Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo: Ebba Brink. Ebba Brink, postdoctoral researcher at LUCSUS, is doing research about climate change risk and adaptation in the favelas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The current coronavirus pandemic has forced her to c

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/reflections-what-coronavirus-pandemic-could-mean-favelas-brazil-ebba-brink - 2025-06-07

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 15 April 2020 Research assistant Prabath Kaushalya in conversation with farmers, who are resting and eating together during the harvest period in Serupitiya village, Sri Lanka. Natural solutions to combat climate change are perceived as beneficial to both nature and people simultaneously. But claims that natural solutions also

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/natural-solutions-combat-climate-change-may-ignore-power-marginalisation-and-local-agency - 2025-06-07

By cecilia [dot] von_Arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 1 June 2020 In our Annual Report for 2019 we share highlights in research, education and impact from the previous year. Read about some of the highlights here and download or read the full report online. Word from Director Emily Boyd 2019 was an unusually busy year for LUCSUS. In January we transitioned into

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-annual-report-highlights-2019 - 2025-06-07

By ann [dot] akerman [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Ann Åkerman) - published 22 April 2020 Kagamega forest, Kenya On Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, LUCSUS and researchers from Political Science at Lund University, in collaboration with Sussex University, Stockholm Resilience Centre and Helsinki University have a new paper accepted with Global Sustainability entitled "Unearthing the myths of global

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/earth-day-2020-time-covid-19-crisis-we-need-be-challenging-entrenched-myths-about-our-forests - 2025-06-07

By Noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 4 May 2020 Poster for awareness about the coronavirus outside of a closed school in Kathmandu. Photo: Hanna Geschewski. LUMES student, Hanna Geschewski, has just come back to Sweden after she was temporarily stranded in Nepal during fieldwork for her thesis. In this interview, she reflects on the impact of the corona outbreak

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/interview-lumes-student-hanna-geschewski-about-impact-corona-pandemic-nepal - 2025-06-07

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von Arnold) - published 6 May 2020 Pandemic shows the unsustainability and fragility of our current systems and lifestyles. After observing the decrease in economic activities, air pollution and carbon emissions as a result of the lockdown measures during the COVID-19, some academics argue that such down-scaling can be considered a

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/blog-post-degrowth-and-transformative-potential-covid-19 - 2025-06-07

Av sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - publicerad 20 september 2021 Till vardags arbetar Anna Hwasser som it-samordnare på Medicinska fakulteten. Under psuedonymen Anna Alemo har hon gett ut fem böcker – och i januari är den sjätte på väg…! Foto: Hans Jonsson Anna Hwasser är it-samordnaren som blev feelgood-författare. Hon har skrivit fem böcker och fyra noveller och ä

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/bokmassan-fran-it-till-feelgood - 2025-06-07

Av bjorn [dot] martinsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Björn Martinsson) - publicerad 20 september 2021 Den 21 september infaller internationella Alzheimerdagen. I Sverige beräknas ungefär 100 000 personer lida av sjukdomen som också i hög grad påverkar familj och anhöriga. Samtidigt väcker ny forskning hopp och flera av de internationellt ledande upptäckterna görs vid Lunds universitet. Det strate

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/nya-bitar-pa-plats-i-alzheimerpusslet - 2025-06-07

Av tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - publicerad 21 september 2021 Andreas Edsfeldt. Foto: Kennet Ruona Grattis Andreas Edsfeldt, forskare och docent vid Lunds universitet och läkare vid sektion hjärtsjukvård på Skånes universitetssjukhus i Malmö! Du får Svenska Läkaresällskapets (SLS) translationella pris 2021 för studier som vill hitta förklaringar till förhöjd hjärt-kä

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/andreas-edsfeldt-far-translationellt-pris-studier-om-diabetes-och-risk-hjart-karlsjukdomar - 2025-06-07

Av anna [dot] hellgren [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Hellgren) - publicerad 29 september 2021 Foto: Jonas Ahlstedt, LBIC. Exempel på visualisering. Screenshot från spelmotorn Unreal Engine 4. Det går att gå omkring inne i blodcellerna med tangentbord, mus eller spelkontroll. Miljön är interaktiv och blodcellerna går att plocka upp och flytta på. InfraVis har tilldelats finansiering av Vetenskap

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/infravis-ska-hjalpa-forskare-att-visualisera-vetenskaplig-data - 2025-06-07

Av petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - publicerad 28 september 2021 De familjer som tackar ja till att delta i studien får ett test hemskickat. Foto: Petra Olsson Ett stick i fingret är allt som krävs för att delta i studien Triad, som screenar skånska barn för tre besläktade sjukdomar. En tidig upptäckt av typ 1-diabetes, celiaki och tyreoidit är viktigt för att undvika

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-studie-10-000-skanska-barn-erbjuds-test-tre-autoimmuna-sjukdomar - 2025-06-07

Av tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - publicerad 27 september 2021 – Det är väldigt hedrande och uppmuntrande att andra tycker att min forskning är betydelsefull, säger Alexandru Schiopu, årets pristagare av Eric K. Fernströms pris till yngre framgångsrik forskare vid Lunds universitet 2021. Foto: Tove Smeds. Årets Eric K. Fernströms pris till yngre, särskilt lovande och fr

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/lunds-fernstromspris-forskning-som-forbattrar-behandling-av-hjartsjukdom - 2025-06-07

Av erik [dot] skogh [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Erik Skogh) - publicerad 29 september 2021 Vicerektor och unversiteslektor Jimmie Kristensson, Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper. Foto: Kennet Ruona. Jan Hains stiftelse för vetenskaplig klinisk medicinsk forskning tilldelar Jimmie Kristensson, universitetslektor vid medicinska fakulteten och vicerektor med ansvar för kommunikation, kurage och karak

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/jan-hains-stipendium-till-jimmie-kristensson - 2025-06-07

Av tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - publicerad 29 september 2021 Bildkälla: Pexels. Tillsammans med Kockska stiftelsen och Region Skåne anordnar Artrosportalen vid Lunds universitet ett kostnadsfritt webbseminarium med föreläsningar av några av Sveriges främsta forskare inom artros och demens. Webbseminariet äger rum den 6 oktober och kommer att följas av en modererad pan

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/popularvetenskapligt-webbseminarium-om-artros-och-demens - 2025-06-07