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The year 2021 was characterised by COVID-19 with online meetings and hybrid education, but also by the many innovative solutions to keep a collaborate, engaging and vibrant environment for both students and staff when working from home. Looking back, we managed amazingly well with keeping a creative and joyful working environment. 2021 resulted in fantastic performance including collaborative proc
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-annual-report-2021 - 2026-06-17
The Russian invasion of Ukraine raised concerns about Europe’s dependence on Russian natural gas. In a recent interview to Extrakt magazine Professor Aleh Cherp argues that this will increase the interest of European countries to construct new or prolong the operation of existing nuclear power plants. Aleh Cherp notes that such plans exist in the UK, the Netherlands, Poland and France. He also poi
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/will-war-ukraine-provide-boost-nuclear-power - 2026-06-17
Meet our new colleague Samson Mukanjari who recently joined the IIIEE. Originally from Zimbabwe, with a master’s degree from the University of Cape Town and a PhD from the University of Gothenburg, he has now moved to Lund with his family. Samson has a background in economics and will be working as Associate Senior Lecturer, with focus on climate policy and natural resource management. What did yo
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-samson-mukanjari - 2026-06-17
In a new article published in Frontiers in Sustainable Cities (Urban Greening section), IIIEE researchers Björn Wickenberg, Bernadett Kiss, Kes McCormick and Yuliya Voytenko Palgan unpack enabling and constraining factors for transformative learning through interpretative case study analysis of two NBS projects in Malmö, Sweden: BiodiverCity and EcoCity Augustenborg. To map instances of learning a
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Nudging: A tool for sustainable behaviourSometimes, a gentle nudge is all it takes for us to do the right thing. With a report written by three IIIEE researchers, nudging as a behavioural tool has gained interest among a broad Swedish audience.Most of us wish to make sustainable choices and do well for ourselves as we
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-oksana-mont - 2026-06-17
There is a clear and urgent need to accelerate the implementation of sustainability solutions. We must move beyond simple conceptual understanding of solutions, instead experimenting with collaborators in contexts in order to improve effectiveness, share learnings with others, and avoid future mistakes that waste time. In this episode, we discuss nature-based solutions as a holistic approach addre
How credible are research results? A new biology study shows that the same data can give different answers depending on the method of analysis used – raising questions about the stability of scientific conclusions. To strengthen credibility, researchers need to be better at accounting for their methods. Ever since the 17th century, when modern scientific research was born, methods have been refine
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/reliability-scientific-methods-under-scrutiny - 2026-06-17
Roach that migrate between different lakes and water courses have larger pupils and better eyesight than roach that stay in one place. The adaptation makes it easier for the red-eyed freshwater migrants to find food in murky waters. This is shown in a large study from Lund University in Sweden. Animals’ eyes, just like those of humans, are a kind of window to the world. Eyesight controls important
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/migrating-roach-have-sharper-eyesight - 2026-06-17
Humans and animals are not the only ones affected by viruses. Unicellular organisms can also be attacked. In a new study, scientists establish that green algae can carry latent giant virus DNA in their genome. Biology researchers at Lund University in Sweden have spent several years studying microorganisms isolated from Lake Krageholm in Skåne and Lake Örsjön in Småland. During the most recent ele
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/unicellular-green-algae-may-carry-giant-virus-dna-their-genome - 2026-06-17
Øystein Opedal, associate senior lecturer at the Department of Biology, has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant. Congratulations, Øystein! Can you tell us a little about your project?“The project aims to better understand how plants adapt to new pollination environments, such as declining pollinator populations or local changes in the diversity of pollinator species. We know quite a lot about how p
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/biologist-receives-erc-starting-grant - 2026-06-17
Dung beetles are among the strongest animals in the world. They also possess an exceptional ability to cooperate. Research shows that female and male spider dung beetles together are able to move large dung balls across difficult obstacles. However, same-sex attempts to do the same always ended in aggressive fights. Dung beetles live in and on animal droppings. By breaking down organic substances,
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/beetles-cooperate-tricky-dung-moves - 2026-06-17
Andreas Nord, a researcher at the Department of Biology, will receive EUR 2 million to study how warm-blooded animals are affected as the climate becomes warmer and more unpredictable. As part of the project, he will study different species of birds to determine how quickly heat tolerance could evolve and what will happen to our bird populations if tolerance fails to adapt. In the final part, Nord
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/researcher-receive-erc-consolidator-grant - 2026-06-17
Bumblebees have a great capacity to navigate despite their small brain size. This is borne out of new research conducted at Lund University in Sweden, among others. The research results can potentially benefit the development of navigation robots in crisis situations where GPS does not work, for example. According to the study, bumblebees appear capable of navigating as well as vertebrates can, an
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/bumblebees-sense-direction-rivals-humans - 2026-06-17
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have studied how nanoplastic affects aquatic organisms in lakes and rivers. The results are surprising, and the researchers are the first to show that some species are being wiped out, while others – such as cyanobacteria that contribute to algal blooms – are completely unaffected. Every year, the amount of plastic in the world’s oceans increases by between
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/grazing-zooplankton-severely-impacted-nanoplastic-particles - 2026-06-17
Staffan Bensch, professor at the Department of Biology, receives an ERC Advanced Grant for his project “Genetics of long-distance migration”. Congratulations Staffan, how does it feel?”It still feels quite surreal. I worked for a very long time on the application, which I submitted a year ago. The decision that came in June was initially a rejection, then changed to reserve, and after three months
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/staffan-bensch-receives-erc-advanced-grant-research-songbird-migration-behaviour - 2026-06-17
High above us, the atmosphere is teeming with life. Birds, bats and insects share the airspace, but divide it into different lanes of traffic. New research from Lund University in Sweden reveals how the atmosphere is an ecosystem, with complex ecological processes that affect how animals move between different altitude levels. We often consider the air as simply a void – but it is in fact alive an
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/hidden-highways-sky-mapped - 2026-06-17
A unique long-term study, in which samples were collected from the same population of blue tits over a 30-year period, shows that rising spring temperatures have doubled the incidence of avian malaria in southern Sweden. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have collected samples every year from hundreds of blue tits in a single population at a local breeding area outside Lund. This has prov
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/warmer-nordic-springs-double-incidence-avian-malaria - 2026-06-17
Through the DNA analysis of old air samples collected by the Swedish Armed Forces, researchers at Lund University in Sweden can show that spore dispersal of northern mosses has shifted over the past 35 years. It now starts several weeks earlier, revealing how quickly nature’s calendar can reset in line with a warmer climate. “The samples have proved to be an unexpected, unique and very exciting ar
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/old-air-samples-military-reveal-climate-change - 2026-06-17
How should scientists handle deep disagreements? A new paper by researcher Juan Gefaell and Professor Tobias Uller at Lund University introduces a more constructive way to deal with disputes in ecology and evolutionary biology – by turning opponents into collaborators. “Despite some apparent challenges, it is feasible to apply adversarial collaboration to ecology and evolutionary biology disputes.
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/turning-scientific-rivals-partners - 2026-06-17
When the late summer sun falls over Ireland’s Wicklow Mountains, the slopes turn purple with blooming heather. Honeybees are moved to the heathlands for the sought-after heather honey, but their presence affects wild bumblebees. An Irish-Swedish research team has shown in a new study that wild bumblebees change their behaviour and are smaller in size when the number of beehives increases. The rese
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/honeybees-crowd-out-bumblebees-even-flower-rich-heathlands - 2026-06-17
