LUCSUS Annual Report 2024

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LUND UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES | ANNUAL REPORT 2024

The DevRes conference brought together 200 researchers and practitioners from 16 countries

From Norway to India: Fieldwork Aross the Globe

Three New Doctorates in Sustainability Science

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Cover: LUCSUS researchers during fieldwork in Igoo village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India.

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Barry Ness reflects on his first year as Director

Reflecting on my first year as LUCSUS Director, we must first acknowledge the urgent societal and environmental challenges and conflicts confronting us.

Academia faces increasing political pressure to be more societally relevant and impactful, while societal trust in higher education institutions continues to decline. Additionally, LUCSUS is facing organisational rationalisation as part of a larger reorganisaton at the Social Science faculty. All of these pressures have implications for the unique organisation and culture we have worked so hard to build over the past 25 years.

Learning the ropes of directorship has been both exciting and challenging during the first year. Reflecting on the year, several lessons have been learned in leading an academic organisation.

First, being physically present for staff is essential for effective leadership. Being available for staff to discuss and solve the myriad matters that come up during an average day is key to keeping operations running smoothly. In addition, devoting the necessary time to my role as director is important in managing the everincreasing responsibilities that are involved in efficiently managing the organisation.

Finally, and not one of my strong character traits, I have learned to have patience with the process of organisational development.

This has meant needing to devote much more time to certain issues. However, this has meant we are a much stronger and hopefully better organisation because of it.

”If there is an area that I can say I am most proud of, it is the recreation of a positive, energetic and collaborative research and educational working environment at LUCSUS.”

If there is an area that I can say I am most proud of, it is the recreation of a positive, energetic and collaborative research and educational working environment at LUCSUS. This achievement is a testament to the dedication, hard work and devotion of our staff members, not only in performing their daily research, teaching, impact and administration activities, but also taking the time in manifesting a caring and supportive academic workplace for each other.

As we look ahead to the coming year, I am excited about continuing to foster a vibrant and growing academic workplace at LUCSUS. Especially as LUCSUS celebrates its 25 years of existence throughout 2025.

Thank you for your continued support and commitment to LUCSUS. Together, we will navigate the challenges and continue to thrive as a leading academic institution

About us

35+ researchers and teachers

100 international master’s students

50+ partner organisations and universities across the globe

1500+ alumni from more than 100 countries

60 ongoing research projects, with 10 new projects starting in 2024

60 publication in 2024

64+ MSEK in economic turnover in 2024 25 years of research and education

Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) is an interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to understanding and explaining pressing sustainability challenges, while contributing to policy and practice to drive social change.

Since 2000, LUCSUS has been at the forefront of research and education, generating theoretically innovative and empirically rigorous sustainability research while advancing international interdisciplinary sustainability education.

The centre was created 25 years ago as an organisation to harness interdisciplinary environment and sustainability research across Lund University departments, faculties and with other academic institutions. Since then, LUCSUS has grown into a vibrant international centre for sustainability science research and education with a staff of approximately 60.

Major achievements include coordination and participation in many international sustainability research projects and the development of new research fields, coordination of the decade-long interdisciplinary PhD programme (LUCID), and the establishment of our current PhD research school in Sustainability Science, now with 28 graduates. We are also pioneers in sustainability education with our LUMES Master’s Programme, which started in 1997, and the creation of the new international Master’s education programme in Climate Change and Society (LUCAS) which will be launched in autumn 2025.

At LUCSUS we also work continuously to make an impact beyond academia, locally and globally, and in close collaboration with partners and stakeholders outside academia.

LUCSUS CORE VALUES

• Our environment is Open, Collaborative, and Caring

• Our perspectives are Bold, Creative, and Critical

• We strive to Bridge Boundaries, Illuminate Possibilities, and Catalyse Change

• We act with Care, Integrity, and Hope

LUCSUS

The Development Research Conference (DevRes) took place in Lund in

LUCSUS Director of Studies, Maja Essebo, reflects on the year 24 | PhD Programme in Sustainability Science

Director of PhD Studies, Torsten Krause, share highlights from LUCSUS PhD programme 26 | Thesis Defences and

28 | New Professor in Sustainability Studies

Meet our newly appointed Professor Kimberly Nicholas 30 | Publications in 2024

| Staff in 2024

Research that matters

LUCUS strive to generate theoretically innovative and empirically rigorous sustainability research to guide policy and practice to create meaningful social change.

LUCSUS research integrates natural and social science perspectives to address complex sustainability issues with both critical and solutions-based approaches. We strive to generate theoretically innovative and empirically rigorous sustainability research to guide policy and practice to create meaningful social change.

Our researchers collaborate with research institutions and researchers from different disciplines across the globe, as well as with actors outside academia, both locally and internationally.

LUCSUS scholarship tackles social and environmental challenges through five research themes.

LUCSUS RESEARCH THEMES

• Climate Change & Resilience

• Land Use, Governance and Development

• Urban Governance and Transformation

• Energy Justice and Sustainability of Energy Systems

• Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management

In 2024, we finalised LUCSUS strategy for 2025- 2027. The strategy sets out four key goals for our research environment with focus on generating high quality research with actionable findings for social change; training independent rigorous and critical researchers through our PhD school; and integrating research and education more closely. We also developed a new mission statement for our research, and sustainability center: Research that matters: dare to care.

–Our new mission statement encapsulates the very essence of what LUCSUS is all about. The idea of care is relevant for so much of what we do: we care about people, our planet, and also about creating an inclusive and encouraging research environment, says Barry Ness, LUCSUS Director.

”We care about people, our planet, and also about creating an inclusive and encouraging research environment.”

LUCSUS RESEARCHERS INCLUDED IN THE STANFORD/ELSEVIER TOP 2% SCIENTIST 2024 RANKING

Several of LUCSUS researchers were included in the prestigious Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientist ranking 2024, which identifies the top 2% of scientists globally.

The database includes around 100,000 leading scientists from around the world. Professor Christine Wamsler was rated the number 1 scientist in Sweden for her contribution to environmental science, ecology, and earth and environmental science – and number 8 in the world. Professors Lennart Olsson and Emily Boyd were also included, as well as associate senior lecturers Melissa García-Lamarca and Bregje van Veelen.

LUND UNIVERSITY RANKED THIRD IN THE WORLD IN QS SUSTAINABILITY RANKING

During 2024, Lund University was ranked third in the world in Sustainability in the QS World University Rankings. Over the past 25 years, researchers at Lund University have been pioneers in the interdisciplinary field of sustainability studies. In 2008, when the Faculty of Social Sciences established Sustainability Science as a PhD degree subject, LUCSUS were among only a few in the world to offer this degree.

One high point of university collaboration around driving sustainability research and education was LUCSUS hosting the decade-long Linnaeus center LUCID (Lund University Center of Excellence for the Integration of Social and Natural Dimensions of Sustainability). The programme consisted of six academic subjects from three Lund University faculties.

–LUCID is proof that sustainability studies can be distinctly interdisciplinary. The over 30 international doctoral candidates who defended their PhD dissertations as a part of the LUCID research school, is another strong indicator that world class research and education can successfully go hand in hand, says Professor Lennart Olsson.

PhD candidate Valentina Lomanto at COP16

PhD candidate Valentina Lomanto attended COP16 in Colombia, the first conference of the parties since the adoption of the landmark Biodiversity Plan in 2022 in which countries pledged to save 30 percent of Earth’s land and sea for nature by 2030.

In her research, Valentina Lomanto studies the role of women environmental defenders in mobilising transformations towards more just and sustainable futures. At COP, she observed the dialogue between different stakeholders, including environmental defenders, policy makers and NGO´s regarding the implementation of different policies.

–The fact that indigenous advocates and leaders managed to include the recognition of indigenous and traditional territories as so called ’effective area-based conservation measures’ within the 30/30 goal (Target 3), implies that ethnic communities are finally beginning to be recognised as key actors in the global struggle against biodiversity loss. I hope to see this target and goal implemented by the state parties, says Valentina Lomanto.

Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management

Biodiversity is essential for healthy ecosystems and human wellbeing. However, it is increasingly threatened by deforestation, land conversion, pollution, climate change, and invasive species. LUCSUS focuses on sustainable conservation through research on forest management, ecosystem services, indigenous knowledge, genetic resources, nature conservation, and human-nature relationships.

Our research explore both societal and natural dimensions of biodiversity loss, examining its drivers and impacts. We emphasise nature’s contributions to people and the value people place on nature, addressing issues of power, marginalisation, and politics.

In 2024, LUCSUS researchers continued their work and conducted fieldwork in Colombia within one of our key research area on Biocultural Diversity and Environmental Justice, focusing on investigating the role of people in protecting ecosystems and biocultural diversity, linking local environmental threats to broader social and economic processes, such as commodity production and trade.

Work also continued within the project NatureICE (Changing social and cultural values of nature: Exploring plural values of humannature relationships in glacierized environments) with fieldwork in Nepal and India. The project focuses on mapping the social, economic, and ecological impacts of glacial change, with the aim to understand how societies engage with nature and glaciers in the context of climate change, combining ecosystem services valuation, political ecology, and glaciology studies with climate change adaptation.

THEME

THEME

Climate Change & Resilience

The effects of climate change are being felt across every region of the world, with severe consequences for people, nature, and livelihoods. LUCSUS research aims to tackle these changes by identifying strategies for mitigation, adaptation, and resilience, exploring multiple drivers and impacts of climate change. Our research also focuses on individual, collective, and political action to address climate change.

We concentrate on the societal dimension of climate change and investigate the political and individual actions needed to reduce emissions and determine responsibility. Our studies cover topics such as mitigation, adaptation, negative emissions, loss and damage, social movements, and collective action, addressing these issues from the perspectives of governance, vulnerability, intersectionality, and justice/equity.

In 2024, our researchers working on negative emission technologies, or large-scale carbon dioxide removal, presented a number of new publications and reports, including a doctorate thesis by LUCSUS PhD student Natalia Rubiano, which identifies how the IPCC pathways run the risk of reproducing historical injustices.

We also published several articles on our key research area, loss and damage and just adaptation, which aims to identify how, where and at what scale losses and damages from climate change occurs. As part of this research PhD Student Kelly Dorkenoo defended her thesis, Seeing loss through land: On the emergence of disproportionate climate-related loss and damage in agrarian Cambodia, focusing on deepening our understanding of – and find ways to mitigate – loss arising from climate change impacts.

News and publications

NEW SWEDISH CENTRE FOR IMPACTS OF CLIMATE EXTREMES

In 2024, LUCSUS Professor Emily Boyd became co-Director of CLIMES, a new established Swedish Centre for Impacts of Climate Extremes. Led by Uppsala University in collaboration with LUCSUS and RISE, the centre aims to be an interdisciplinary platform for research and training to promote scientific progress in the study of climate extremes and support societal resilience.

–CLIMES represents an opportunity to explore collaborations and novel connections with colleagues working on data, AI, and health dimensions of climate impacts, says Emily Boyd.

NEW RESEARCH PROJECT ADDRESSES CLIMATE ANXIETY IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH

The new research project ”Transformative climate resilience education for children and youth: From ClimateAnxiety to Resilience, creativity, connection, and regeneration” aims to enhance educators’ skills for nurturing inner resilience and reducing climate anxiety of learners through traumainformed and creative approaches that link inner and outer dimensions of transformation.

–Sustainability and climate education tend to focus on environmental facts, whilst little room is given to inner dimensions of sustainability and climate change. The CLARITY project aims to address these challenges, says LUCSUS professor Christine Wamsler.

News and publications

MAPPING HOTSPOTS FOR SUSTAINABLE AND UNSUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN EUROPE

Out of 283 districts in Europe, only two collective regions perform well in both social and environmental sustainability. This is concerning as it suggests that the EU farm subsidy scheme, the Common Agricultural Policy, is failing to deliver on its aim to protect rural livelihoods, landscapes and the environment.

Article: Rural land systems both support and hinder the Sustainable Development Goals across Europe

STUDY IDENTIFIES SEVEN WAYS FARMERS CAN HELP INCREASE CARBON STORAGE IN SOIL

Farming practices have the potential to slow climate change by pulling carbon from the air and store it in the soil. A new study has identified seven ways in which farmers can increase carbon sequestration.

Article: Quantifying soil carbon sequestration from regenerative agricultural practices in crops and vineyards

COUNTRIES’ UNREALISTIC LAND DEMANDS TO REACH NET-ZERO

A billion hectares – or an area a bit larger than the US – that is how much land that would be required globally to meet countries’ net-zero climate targets. For the first time researchers can show the rate and extent of projected land use changes, geographically and over time. The findings demonstrate a gap between governments’ expected reliance on land and the role that land can realistically play in climate mitigation.

Article: Over-reliance on land for carbon dioxide removal in net-zero climate pledges

Land

Use, Governance and Development

Climate change, soil pollution, land use changes, and biodiversity loss pose significant challenges to agriculture, impacting food production, land and water resources, livelihoods, and community quality of life. LUCSUS research addresses these issues by developing strategies for sustainable agriculture, food security, and sustainable development.

We explore the societal and environmental dimensions of land use, examining impacts on livelihoods, ecosystems, agricultural practices, gender, and culture. Our interdisciplinary approach helps us understand the complex relationships between land and society.

In 2024, LUCSUS researchers continued studying the potential of perennial grains to replace conventional one-year crops as part of a major ERC project. The project welcomed a new PhD student, Stefan Schüller, whose research focuses on understanding the reliance of our global food system on annual grain crops and exploring strategies for transitioning to a perennial future in agriculture.

Another important research area within this theme is our research on soil carbon sequestration and other carbon dioxide removal techniques as climate mitigation strategies, with several studies published during the year.

Our research on land use issues and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa continued, with one study focusing on agroecology as a sustainable alternative for agriculture, and another one on emerging peasant farmers organisations in Ghana. Researchers also conducted fieldwork on pest management use in Uganda, examining its effects on health and agricultural sustainability.

Urban Governance and Transformation

The world is experiencing an unprecedented wave of urban growth, with over half of the global population now residing in towns and cities. This rapid urbanisation brings significant social, economic, and environmental transformations. LUCSUS is dedicated to developing constructive actions and policies to foster more sustainable and equitable urban futures.

Our research delves into the challenges and opportunities presented by increasing urbanisation across various geographical regions and cities. We focus on urban governance, climate governance, water governance, adaptation, extreme weather, risk reduction, and transformative politics. By studying these areas, we aim to understand and address the complexities of urban planning and sustainable urban development. Collaboration and knowledge sharing with stakeholders and policymakers at different levels are crucial for developing effective strategies for sustainable urban development.

In 2024, several key findings for urban settlements were identified by LUCSUS researchers within the research project RESIST, Everyday forms of resistance to state adaptation regulation: An ethnographic study of responses in informal settlements. Through interviews and fieldworks with focus on marginalized communities in Cartagena, Colombia, they identify the urgent need to rethink how climate adaptation laws impact marginalized communities, particularly in the Global South. Their research highlights the interplay between material climate impacts, formal laws and grassroots resistance, demonstrating how climate adaptation interventions can unintentionally perpetuate injustice.

Meet our new Associate Senior Lecturer Melissa García-Lamarca

Melissa García-Lamarca started as an Associate Senior Lecturer at LUCSUS in January 2024. Melissa was trained as a human geographer at the University of Manchester, and before coming to LUCSUS she held postdocs in Barcelona and Turin supported by Spanish and European research bodies. Her research largely focuses on issues related to housing justice, more broadly how to understand and address urban green and housing inequalities to ensure more just and sustainable cities for all.

In terms of teaching, Melissa coordinates the Social Science of Sustainability course in the LUMES programme and lectures in other LUMES courses. She is also the course coordinator for the Methods for Climate Action course in the new LUCAS programme.

–I’m happy to be here at LUCSUS with great colleagues and engaged students, says Melissa García-Lamarca.

News and publications

MORAL RESISTANCE TO GREEN TRANSITIONS FOCUSES ON UNFAIRNESS, INEFFICIENCY AND INEFFECTIVENESS

Unfair, ineffective, and inefficient. These are some of the moral objections to increasing fuel prices in Sweden. In a study LUCSUS researcher identify how social movements are resisting green transition policies through moral reasoning and argues that their concerns must be both recognised and responded to, in order to achieve a low-carbon future.

Article: Fuel for revolt – moral arguments as delegitimation practices in Swedish fuel protests

ENSURING FAIRNESS IN WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT

How can we make energy decisions fairer for everyone? In a study LUCSUS researcher introduces a new method to justify principles of energy justice, focusing on wind power development. The study identifies three key themes as particularly important for just wind power development: (1) establishing trust among the stakeholders; (2) questioning energy demand; and (3) identifying the right site and scale for energy decisions. The study highlights the importance of fair procedures in energy decision-making

Article: Winds of change: An engaged ethics approach to energy justice

Energy Justice and Sustainability of Energy Systems

Shifting to a sustainable, fossil-free energy system is crucial to mitigate climate change impacts, promote sustainability, and meet growing energy demands. LUCSUS research aims to identify pathways to more sustainable and just energy systems, mapping societal and environmental impacts for different communities in both rural and urban areas.

Our focus is on the societal and environmental impacts of various socio-technical systems for energy production, distribution, and consumption. We study the distribution of power, risks, and benefits associated with different energy systems, and explore justice claims, conflicts, synergies, and trade-offs related to the energy transition. Our research recognises the political dynamics driving historical and current energy systems and the need for change to support sustainable, fair, and accessible energy.

LUCSUS researchers continued their focus on how communities are adapting to new energy realities, with several studies published in 2024.

During the year, work within the new EU Interreg North Sea Region project, WaterWarmth, also progressed. The project focuses on how aquathermal energy systems can support a sustainable energy transition in the European Union. The aim is to develop aquathermal system pilot projects while simultaneously studying the development processes surrounding them.

image is the cover of a case, representing a ban of fossil fuel powered cars. It is one of three fictional cases of resistance against climate policies in Sweden. Each case consist of a cover and six or seven 1-page comics.

Illustration from the Just Energy Transition Project. Artwork by Saskia Gullstrand in collaboration with Eric Brandstedt, Vasna Ramasar, Henner Busch, Ellen Lycke, Tara Nair van Ryneveld. The

LUCSUS researchers Elina Andersson, Lennart Olsson and Stefan Schüller at the Land Institute (Kansas, USA), investigate opportunities and obstacles for a future transition to an agriculture with completely new perennial crops.

Fieldwork across the globe

LUCSUS research is global in scope and covers many topics and countries. In 2024, researchers conducted field work in places such as India, Nepal, Ghana, Colombia, USA and Kenya. u

VISTING THE HOME OF PERENNIAL RESEARCH IN USA

In June 2024, LUCSUS researchers Elina Andersson, Lennart Olsson and Stefan Schuller working in the PERENNIAL project, participated in the project’s annual meeting, this time in The Land Institute in Kansas, USA – the place where the very vision of replacing the world’s agriculture from annual monocultures to perennial polycultures, was born almost 50 years ago. In addition to discussing science and planning research, they also visited many of the ongoing perennial experiments at The Land Institute, including Kernza fields and trials of perennializing wheat.

ADDRESSING TABOO WASTE STREAMS IN KENYA

Sara Gabrielsson traveled to Kenya for her project, Complicated Plastics: addressing taboo waste streams to promote user dignity and sustainable consumption. She interviewed manual pit emptiers to identify how they manage menstrual waste and the health impacts they face doing this work. She says that their jobs are becoming more precarious and stigmatized than before, since now they also have to manage menstrual blood. Women are left with no other option than to put used disposable pads in latrines because of the lack of city infrastructures for solid waste management systems in urban areas.

–Without these emptiers, the city landscape would be inundated with plastic waste such as menstrual pads. Focusing on their needs and how they are impacted is really important for creating better structures for disposing menstrual waste, but also for breaking the taboos that still exist around menstrual management, says Sara Gabrielsson.

HEAT ADAPTATION IN GHANA

Maryam Nastar conducted field work in Accra in Ghana for her project entitled, (Mal) Adaptation to extreme urban heat: At what cost, to whom? Her goal is to understand the rationale behind certain adaptive strategies and if, and how, concerns around maladaptation are approached. During her trip, she conducted interviews with actors based on their respective organisations’ involvement in urban climate adaptation strategies. The aim was to find out how concerns related to maladaptation are recognized and considered in heat-related policies and initiatives.

–During our interviews, it became evident that the issue of extreme urban heat has not been given priority on policy agendas, where concerns over floods and droughts have dominated the focus. One of the main reasons for this, emerging from the interviews, is that people, including policymakers, tend to normalise extreme heat, says Maryam Nastar.

MEETING WITH FARMERS AND WORKERS AT THE COFFEE PLANTATIONS IN COLOMBIA

In December, LUCSUS researchers Sinem Kavak and Mine Islar carried out a field visit to Colombia for the Formas-funded project, Unravelling climate change impacts on migrant farmworkers in agri-food production’. They visited coffee farms in Antioquia and interviewed coffee farmers and workers on their experiences with the climate change.

LUCSUS researchers Elina Andersson, Lennart Olsson and Stefan Schüller participated in the PERENNIAL annual project meeting at the Land Institute in Kansas, USA.

PEST MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN UGANDA

Elina Andersson and Ellinor Isgren traveled to Uganda for their project, Pest management and environmental justice in a changing climate – the case of Uganda. The aim of the field trip was to initiate a study on a program led by the agrochemical industry association CropLife International. The program aims at promoting the “safe use” of pesticides in Ugandan smallholder farming, and trains selected farmers to become “Spray Service Providers” (SSPs), professional pesticide applicators who offer their services to fellow farmers. The idea is that by using trained professionals, pesticide use will be more responsible, reducing the risks to farmers’ health and the environment.

During their visit, they interviewed program managers, conducted a focus group discussion with trained SSPs, and planned for a survey study involving over 100 SSPs across Uganda. The trip was invaluable in laying the groundwork for the final stage of their research on pesticide use and governance in Uganda. It provided critical insights into both the potential opportunities and major limitations of this “safe use” approach. A key takeaway from their visit is the significant challenge of achieving the “safe use” of pesticides in practice, particularly in places where regulations are weak or poorly enforced. This highlights the urgent need to develop and promote alternative pest control methods that reduce the reliance on synthetic pesticides, ultimately making farming safer for both people and the environment.

PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH COLOMBIA

PhD student Carlos Alberto Hernández-Vélez visited the Vaupes department in the Colombian Amazon, where he worked with Emilio Hernandez, a Brasano Elder, from the Eastern Tukano Speaken tribe, in an intercultural dialogue. The purpose was to understand processes for knowledge transmission related to forestfauna-human management, and how this knowledge and practices are eroded.

STUDYING GLACIAL MELT IN NEPAL AND INDIA

The NATURICE project studies communities directly affected by climate change in various glacierized environments; ranging from Norway to Nepal and India.

In autumn 2024, researchers conducted fieldwork in the mountain desert Ladakh and in an agricultural region in Uttarakhand in the Indian Himalayas. Based on their field trip, they identified several adverse effects from glacial melt. These include water scarcity, negative impacts on grazing and farming, as well as changes related to non-material aspects such as spiritual and recreational values. Project leader Mine Islar notes that it is important to treat every region and community as a unique case study.

”While climate change is a global phenomenon, its effects will always be dealt with on the local level. That is why it is crucial to identify and highlight local knowledges and ways to address change.”

Carlos Alberto Hernández-Vélez develops participatory research with local indigenous researchers in the Colombian Amazon.

LUCSUS researchers from the NATURICE project during fieldwork in Igoo village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India.

The Development Research Conference (DevRes) is a bi-annual conference gathering Swedish development researchers from different academic disciplines. This year’s conference was hosted by Lund University and the conference was opened and closed by Soraida Chindoy Buesaquillo, a representative of the Resguardo Indígena, Condagua, Putumayo, Colombia.

The Development Research Conference: DevRes24

Inspiring, diverse, and multidisciplinary! DevRes2024, hosted by Lund University, brought together 200 researchers and practitioners from 16 different countries, for a twoday conference in October.

DevRes 2024 was hosted by Lund University on 21 - 23 October, and the conference theme was “Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals in a polarized world”. During the two days, 110 presenters, who represented 35 universities, and came from 16 different countries, gave 87 different presentations.

The organising group put a lot of effort into creating a programme that would highlight different aspects of development research and practice, as well as facilitating networking and knowledge interchange. Through the conference theme they aimed to connect more traditional development research to broader sustainability approaches and initiatives. Apart from research-based sessions, the conference also featured a World Café and a session with impact stories.

The keynote presentations reflected the broad and diverse conference approach, including talks from researchers such as Swati Parashar (Gothenburg) and Agnes Andersson (Lund) as well as from the African Union Development Agency, and organisations like Mother Nature Cambodia.

LUCSUS researcher Sara Gabrielsson is happy with the outcome of the conference.

–We succeeded in creating an inclusive, eclectic, and harmonious space to discuss research and network. The fact that people had time to informally connect and meet across sectors and backgrounds was greatly appreciated, says Sara Gabrielsson.

Fifth International Conference on Political Ecology: POLLEN24

The POLLEN2024 conference in June gathered more than 600 researchers in three geographical locations: Dodoma (Tanzania), Lima (Peru) and Lund (Sweden) to discuss political ecology for just and plural futures in 200 special sessions.

The conference in Lund, 10-12 June, was organised by LUCSUS in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen.

The organisers explain that the hybrid and multilocation conference format were key factors in making the event more accessible, reduce its climate footprint, and create a platform for more institutions to create an international imprint and build networks. Ahead of the conference, they had secured funding to give researchers outside of Europe and North Africa, who are often unable to get travel expenses covered, support to attend the event in Lund.

–Through the collaborations across Peru, Tanzania, Sweden and Denmark, we facilitated a conference where the academic content and format were an ex-

pression of a more international outlook, says LUCSUS researcher Mine Islar.

The organising group was pleased with the conference and its diverse programme on political ecology issues, although the conference itself reflected inequalities between the Global North and Global South. For example, the number of participants was much larger in Lund than in Lima and Dodoma. Several people had to cancel their visit to Lund since their visa application did not go through. And in Dodoma (Tanzania) the internet connection went down in the final session.

–Nevertheless, afterwards, there were big smiles in all three locations. It was far from a perfect event, but it was an attempt to create a slightly fairer conference in an unfair world, says LUCSUS researcher Torsten Krause.

Sustainability Week

LUCSUS participated and organised several events at the annual Sustainability Week in Lund. The Sustainability week is an annual event organised as a joint venture by Lund University and Lund municipality. The week serves as a platform for bringing together ideas, cross-disciplinary collaborations, raising public awareness and for inspiring sustainable change.

The annual Sustainability Week is an important occasion for LUCSUS as a centre to engage with our local community in Lund, and share research findings with the public. It is also a good opportunity for our researchers and students to test ideas and develop new cross-disciplinary collborations.

Throughout the week, LUCSUS hosted a series of interactive workshops and presentations, including a breakfast seminar on carbon removal technologies with PhD student Lina Lefstad, a conversation on climate economics with senior lecturer Wim Carton, and a workshop focusing on how art and site development can be used to create a sustainable society, with senior lecturer Sara Brogaard.

Sara Brogaard also took part in an art workshop, entitled Share your care for nature and a concert with students from the Malmö Academy of Music, where she hosted a panel talk on nature-based solutions.

”For me as a researcher, Sustainability Week is a chance to see how my research is received by others, and to work with organisations and colleagues I might not have collaborated with otherwise.”

/Sara Brogaard

1 & 3. Lina Lefstad and Léa Lévy presenting their research on carbon removal technologies. 2. Lena Neij and Wim Carton in a conversation on climate economics. 4. Kimberly Nicholas in the panel Climates of the Mind during Sustainability week.

Educating agents for sustainable change

LUCSUS provides world-class education in sustainability science, and equip students with tools to address and tackle complex sustainability challenges. In 2024, LUCSUS new Master of Science programme, Climate Change and Society opened for applications, and received more than 500 applications. Director of Studies Maja Essebo reflects that the high interest shows that there is a growing need for programmes that actively engage with solutions to climate change.

–With Climate Change and Society being a new master’s programme, we had no idea how many applicants to expect. But the number exceeded all our expectations. This shows not only that Lund University and LUCSUS is very much on the map of international higher education, but that there are so many people out there eager to dedicate their future to the betterment of this world.

Along with the work to develop courses, syllabus and teaching material for the new master, the teachers also worked to improve the structure of the LUMES programme. One important change is the closer communication between teacher responsibles for LUMES core courses which are taught during the first year. The aim is to create better a progression with focus on strengthening connections between courses, avoid overlaps, and ensure a deepened learning experience for students.

The ethos underlying all education at LUCSUS is the belief that learning is encouraged by also engaging students beyond the classroom. Offering students opportunities to form close relationships with not just fellow students but also with teachers can benefit their academic careers. One such initiative is the annual trip to Breanäs in the country side in Scania for new students.

–A great inspiration and drive for me has been to actively expand the learning experience for students. This has been a key focus during my four years as Director of Studies.

–The effort of developing the new master programme in Climate Change and Society has created a strong and motivated teaching team at LUCSUS. Having two master’s programmes in 2025 will be challenging but also exciting.

Maja Essebo, Director of Studies

LUMES students from batch 28 on the annual trip to Breanäs.

PhD Programme in Sustainability Science

LUCSUS PhD program in Sustainability Science continues to deliver high-quality education and excellent research. With our PhD students coming from diverse disciplinary and cultural backgrounds, we work continuously to create an inclusive, interdisciplinary, and collegial international environment.

The LUCSUS PhD group is thriving, with 14 full-time enrolled and active PhD students, coming from more than 10 different nationalities. All PhD students, except for one funded by Lund university’s Agenda 2030 research school, are funded by external research projects led by senior researchers at LUCSUS. In 2024, three PhD students successfully defended their theses.

PHD RETREATS

One of the outstanding features of the PhD cohort at LUCSUS is the regular retreats organised and supported by both LUCSUS and the PhD students

In September, the PhD group went to Breanäs, a cabin in the north of Scania, to learn from each other, build stronger personal connections, and provide input and feedback on ongoing research.

In April, the PhD students also organised a one-day writing retreat at Yalla Trappan, Malmö. The retreat provided the PhD students with uninterrupted time for focused writing in a relaxed environment, allowing them to step away from daily distractions and engage deeply with their writing projects.

Torsten Krause, Director of PhD Studies

PhD students at the PhD retreat in Breanäs in September.

”The PhD Retreat in Breanäs in September was lovely - we all got to share where we were at with our work and we got valuable feedback. We also had some social activities like playing werewolves and having s’mores by the fire, and we swam in the lake nearby.”

/Carmen Margiotta, PhD student

1.LUCSUS staff celebrating Natalia Rubiano’s and Kelly Dorkenoo’s ”spikning” (nailing of the thesis) in May. 2. Celebrating Sara Ullström’s thesis defence. 3.Natalia Rubiano’s thesis defence in June.

Sweden’s flight-free movement challenges social norms around flying

Sara Ullström studied the role of narratives and individual lifestyle changes in sustainability transitions. In her thesis, she examined the emergence of the flight free movement in Sweden, and how views about holiday air travel have changed over time, from the 1950’s to now. She found that the flight free movement has succeeded in challenging social norms around flying, and paved way for cultural change in high carbon practices. Today, it is not obvious to the same extent as it was a decade ago to fly for holiday, and there are discussions about what a good life without flying might look like.

NEW THESIS

Advancing the understanding of disproportionate climate-related loss

What is climate-related loss and when can it be considered disproportionate? This question was at the heart of Kelly Dorkenoo’s thesis which explored loss associated with land in smallholder farming communities in Cambodia.

A key finding is that climate-related loss should be understood as occurring when people lose the ability to derive benefits from things that they value, due to climatic and socio-economic drivers. Another result is that disproportionality should be viewed as relational – between the loss that is experienced and the ability to influence the conditions that lead to that loss.

Sara Ullström defended her thesis ” Toward low-carbon ways of life: The cultural politics of contesting aeromobility” in December 2024.

Kelly Dorkenoo defended her thesis ”Seeing loss through land: On the emergence of disproportionate climate-related loss and damage in agrarian Cambodia” in June 2024.

IPCC pathways run the risk of reproducing historical injustices

Natalia Rubiano’s thesis explored how justice is considered in the global mitigation pathways assessed by the IPCC for staying within climate policy targets. She found that value-laden assumptions inform many of the pathways, for example carbon dioxide removal methods, representing a tangible risk to reproduce historical injustices. The biggest impact will be felt by vulnerable groups and Indigenous Peoples who have already seen their land decrease or experienced violent land grabs. Another result is that the assessment models used by the IPCC to quantify mitigation scenarios are very unrealistic, with some scenarios suggesting using 40 percent of the world’s landmass for afforestation.

NEW PHD STUDENT

Stefan Schüller explores the prospects of a perennial revolution in agriculture

Stefan Schüller started as a PhD student at LUCSUS in 2024. He is working within the PERENNIAL project funded by the European Research Council.

The project investigates whether a shift from annual to perennial grain crops as the basis for food production is possible, and what the major opportunities and obstacles for such a ‘perennial revolution’ in agriculture are. As part of the project, he will focus on exposing and better understanding the current political economy of agriculture and its

(deliberate) dependence on annual grain crops, while subsequently exploring what potential strategies for change could look like.

–My PhD research will aim to better understand why our global food system has gotten so reliant on annual grain crops, which political and socio-economic factors maintain the status quo, and what strategies for transformation towards a perennial future of agriculture could look like, says Stefan Schüller.

Natalia Rubiano defended her thesis ”Missing Paths to Justice: The Knowledge Politics of Carbon Dioxide Removal” in June 2024.

Stefan Schüller, new PhD student at LUCSUS

Professor Kimberly Nicholas is

on a

mission to combat climate change

Kimberly Nicholas was appointed professor in Sustainability Science in June 2024. After more than 15 years at Lund University, her commitment to stopping climate change is stronger than ever. “We need to keep our eyes on the prize and focus on where the problem is to address it.”

WHAT HAS BEEN THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENT IN YOUR CAREER?

I got to witness the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015. That was a real inflection point that made me shift from documenting the impacts of climate change to really focusing on climate solutions: what do we as a society need to do, and how can I as a scientist help light that pathway, and make an impact?

WHAT ARE YOU PARTICULARLY PROUD OF IN YOUR RESEARCH CAREER?

I’m proud of my book Under the Sky We Make. It wasn’t just my first book, but the first text I’ve written as a solo author. I usually work collaboratively with co-authors and students, so to be responsible for a big project like this all by myself was both challenging and rewarding.

”I wanted to write about research in a way that would make someone choose to read this book instead of watching Netflix.”

WHAT DO YOU APPRECIATE THE MOST/LEAST ABOUT WORKING IN ACADEMIA?

I really appreciate the freedom and flexibility in academia, to be able to set my own agenda of what I work on, who I work with and how I structure my time. Being appointed professor gives me more freedom and flexibility to pursue the things that I think are meaningful and fun, which I’m grateful for. What can be frustrating is how slow things move in academia. We face a lot of urgent crises that require both wise and fast action, and that is a dilemma.

”It can take three or five years from when you have an idea to when you publish the first paper. And oops! There goes half of our remaining carbon budget in that time.”

There have been times when I wondered if I should do something else that might have more impact. But at the moment I feel very happy to be in academia and I think that there is a real need to think critically and carefully, and even slowly about things in order to get the right answers and to solve problems in a way that will actually work.

I think academia has a valuable role to play in stabilizing the climate, but we also need to collaborate with people outside academia and complement each other.

WHAT’S YOUR ADVICE TO STUDENT OR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WHO WANT TO GO INTO ACADEMIA?

It’s a really competitive field, and there’s also a lot of job uncertainty for a long time. In order to make it work, I think you have to really enjoy the process of doing research: asking and answering questions, collecting and analyzing data, discussing ideas, reading and writing. So, you better like those things because you’re going to spend four years of your life doing them to get a PhD.

I would also say that it’s not good to pursue a PhD solely as a means to an end, such as becoming a professor. That’s how I approached it, and I spent a lot of my time in grad school stressing over my future career. Instead, it’s important to focus on and find meaning and joy in the research process itself, not just the outcome. This is especially crucial for those working in climate research because the outcomes are uncertain, and depend so much on how people act now.

WHAT GIVES YOU INSPIRATION AND ENERGY TO DO RESEARCH?

I like engaging my curiosity and learning new things, and discussing ideas with students or collaborators. I learn the most when engaging with people from different academic backgrounds, or with people outside ofacademia.

Spending time in nature also gives me good positive energy and it is a motivation for the work I do – trying to ensure that there is nature left to hand over to the next generation.

WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON RIGHT NOW?

I’m writing a new book on what needs to happen in the world to meet radical sustainability goals. I think the world is asking the wrong questions right now. In the book, I’m exploring what questions we should be asking instead, and what the answers to these questions could be. It feels a little bit naive to be writing a book on how to fix not only the climate but other sustainability issues as well, as it is a very dark time politically right now, but I think that’s the most valuable contribution I can make as an academic.

Publications

ARTICLES

Anguelovski, I., Oscilowicz, E., Connolly, J. J. T., García-Lamarca, M., Perez-del-Pulgar, C., Cole, H. V. S., Immergluck, D., Triguero-Mas, M., Baró, F., Martin, N., Conesa, D., Shokry, G., Ramos, L. A., Matheney, A., Gallez, E., Máñez, J. L., Sarzo, B., Beltrán, M. A., & Martínez-Minaya, J. (2024). Does greening generate exclusive residential real estate development? Contrasting experiences from North America and Europe. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 101, Article 128376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128376

Boda, C., Ekumah, B., Isgren, E., Akorsu, A. D., Ato Armah, F., & Tetteh Hombey, C. (2024). Every farmer is a farmer? A critical analysis of the emergence and development of Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana. Geoforum, 150, Article 103995. https://doi. org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2024.103995

Boda, C., Akorsu, A. D., Armah, F. A., Atwiine, A., Byaruhanga, R., Chambati, W., Ekumah, B., Faran, T., Tetteh Hombey, C., Isgren, E., Jerneck, A., Mazwi, F., Mpofu, E., Ndhlovu, D., Laury Ocen, L., & Sibanda, M.(2024). Visions of sustainable development and the future of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (and beyond). Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 8, Article 1357574. https://doi.org/10.3389/ fsufs.2024.1357574

Böhme, J., Spreitzer, E. M., & Wamsler, C. (2024). Conducting sustainability research in the anthropocene: toward a relational approach. Sustainability Science, 19(4), 1169-1185. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625024-01510-9

Brandstedt, E., Busch, H., Lycke, E., & Ramasar, V. (2024). Winds of change: An engaged ethics approach to energy justice. Energy Research & Social Science, 110, Article 103427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. erss.2024.103427

Buck, H. J., Markusson, N., & Carton, W. (2024). Racial capitalism's role in mitigation deterrence from carbon removal. Environmental Science and Policy, 160, Article 103865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103865

Chastain, L., & Islar, M. (2024). Firescape politics of wildfires in the Mediterranean: Example from rural

Tuscany, Italy. Geoforum, 154, Article 104068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2024.104068

Choquez-Millan, M. F., Lechtape, C. L., Löhr, K., Schröter, B., & Graef, F. (2024). Uncovering power asymmetries in North-South research collaborations –An example from sustainability research in Tanzania. Futures, 156, Article 103316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. futures.2023.103316

Christley, E., & Ullström, S. (2024). Desired or contested futures? Competing discourse-coalitions for sustainable aviation in Sweden. Critical Policy Studies, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2024.2402785

Dooley, K., Lund Christiansen, K., Lund, J. F., Carton, W., & Self, A. (2024). Over-reliance on land for carbon dioxide removal in net-zero climate pledges. Nature Communications, 15, Article 9118. https://doi. org/10.1038/s41467-024-53466-0

Dorkenoo, K., Nong, M., Persson, J., Chea, N., & Scown, M. (2024). Climate-related loss and damage in contexts of agrarian change: differentiated sense of loss from extreme weather events in northeast Cambodia. Regional Environmental Change, 24(4), Article 161.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-024-02314-4

Ekumah, B. (2024). Productive forces and the contradictions of capitalist agriculture: agroecology as a sustainable alternative in Sub-Saharan Africa. Discover Sustainability, 5(1), Article 446. https://doi. org/10.1007/s43621-024-00684-7

Fry, C., Boyd, E., Connaughton, M., Adger, W. N., Gavonel, M. F., Zickgraf, C., Fransen, S., Jolivet, D., Fábos, A.H., & Carr, E. (2024). Migrants as sustainability actors: Contrasting nation, city and migrant discourses and actions. Global Environmental Change, 87, Article 102860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2024.102860

Guillen-Royo, M., Nicholas, K., Ellingsen, T., Koch, M., & Julsrud, T. E. (2024). Flight-intensive practices and wellbeing: current evidence and future research. Consumption and Society, 3(3), 374-394. https://doi.org/10.1332/27528499Y2024D000000030

Halliday, S., Hoddy, E., Ensor, J., Wamsler, C., Boyd, E., & Macome, A. (2024). How Does Legal Culture Matter for Climate Mobilities? A Case Study in an Unplanned Coastal Settlement in Urban Mozambique. Social and Legal Studies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/09646639241288822

Harnesk, D., & O'byrne, D. (2024). Reforms and coalition building around the reindeer pastoralism of the Indigenous Sámi people in Sweden, 2012–2022. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 7(4), 1779-1801. https://doi. org/10.1177/25148486241239815

Islar, M., Koch, M., Raphael, R., & Paulsson, A. (2024). Degrowth: A Path to Transformative Solutions for Socio-Ecological Sustainability. Global Sustainability, 7, Article e20. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2024.13

Jackson, G. (2024). The influence of climate resilience governmentality on vulnerability in regional Australia. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 7(3), 1098-1121. https://doi. org/10.1177/25148486241226919

Jackson, G., & Sakshi (2024). Political and legal implications of defining ‘particularly vulnerable’ for the loss and damage fund. Climate and Development. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529. 2024.2361121

Johansson, E., Martin, R., & Mapunda, K. (2024). Climate vulnerability of agroecological and conventional smallholders in Mvomero district, Tanzania: using mixed-methods to uncover local experiences and motivations of farming for the future. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 8, Article 1423861. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1423861

Kavak, S. (2024). Cross-class alliances and urban middle classes with peasant characteristics: a historicalspatial approach to agency in territory-based rural mobilisations in Turkey. Journal of Peasant Studies, 51(3), 695-716. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.20 23.2259809

Lefstad, L., & Paavola, J. (2024). The evolution of climate justice claims in global climate change negotiations under the UNFCCC. Critical Policy Studies, 18(3), 363-388. https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2023.22 35405

Lefstad, L., Allesson, J., Busch, H., & Carton, W. (2024). Burying problems? Imaginaries of carbon capture and storage in Scandinavia. Energy Research & Social Science, 113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103564

Morel, A. C., Demissie, S., Gonfa, T., Mehrabi, Z., Rifai, S., Hirons, M. A., Gole, T. W., Mason, J., McDermott, C.L., Boyd, E., Robinson, E. J. Z., Malhi, Y., & Norris, K.(2024). Landscape and management influences on smallholder agroforestry yields show shifts during a climate shock. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 366, Article 108930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. agee.2024.108930

Naghibi, S. A., Hashemi, H., Zhao, P., Brogaard, S., Eklund, L., Hassan, H. H., & Mansourian, A. (2024). Spatiotemporal variability of dust storm source susceptibility during wet and dry periods: The TigrisEuphrates River Basin. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 15(1), Article 101953. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. apr.2023.101953

Nardi, M. A., Krause, T., & Zelli, F. (2024). Diverse understandings and values of nature at the peace–environment nexus: a critical analysis and policy implications towards decolonial peace. Ecology & Society, 29(4), Article 41. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-15198290441

Nicholas, K. A., & Scown, M. (2024). Rural land systems both support and hinder the Sustainable Development Goals across Europe. Communications Earth and Environment, 5(1), Article 692. https://doi.org/10.1038/ s43247-024-01736-6

Olsson, L., Andersson, E., Ardö, J., Crews, T., David, C., DeHaan, L. R., Hilling, A., Streit Krug, A., Palmgren, M.G., Rey, S., Tagesson, T., Westerbergh, A., & Vestin, P.(2024). What is the prospect of a perennial grain revolution of agriculture? Global Sustainability, 7, 1-17. Article e35. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2024.27

Osberg, G., Islar, M., & Wamsler, C. (2024). Toward a post-carbon society: Supporting agency for collaborative climate action. Ecology and Society, 29(1), Article 16.https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-14619-290116

Portinson Hylander, J., Brandstedt, E., Lycke, E., Ramasar, V., & Busch, H. (2024). Fuel for revolt – moral arguments as delegitimation practices in Swedish fuel protests. Environmental Politics, 33(6), 1109-1129. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2024.2330294

Pugh, R., Veelen, B. V., Lundmark, M., & Marques, P. (2024). At the intersection of economic history and contemporary regional development: insights from a Swedish ‘bruksort’. European Planning Studies, 32(11), 2422-2439. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2024. 2347932

Raphael, R., Hinton, J. B., Paulsson, A., Koch, M., Islar, M., & Grolimund , N. (2024). Postgrowth welfare systems: a view from the Nordic context. Consumption and Society, 3(3), 395-407. https://doi.org/10.1332/27 528499Y2024D000000026

Samper, J. A., & Krause, T. (2024). "We fight to the end": On the violence against social leaders and territorial defenders during the post-peace agreement period and its political ecological implications in the Putumayo, Colombia. World Development, 177(May 2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106559

Samper, J. A., Krause, T., & López, J. (2024). “Everyone decided to declare war on the forest”: between territorial peace and pacification in the Colombian AndeanAmazon. Ecology and Society, 29(4), Article 46. https:// doi.org/10.5751/ES-15589-290446

Scaini, A., Mulligan, J., Berg, H., Brangarí, A., Bukachi, V., Carenzo, S., Chau Thi, D., Courtney-Mustaphi, C., Ekblom, A., Fjelde, H., Fridahl, M., Hansson, A., Hicks, L., Höjer, M., Juma, B., Kain, J. H., Kariuki, R. W., Kim, S., Lane, P., ... Tompsett, A. (2024). Pathways from research to sustainable development: Insights from ten research projects in sustainability and resilience. Ambio, 53(4), 517–533. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-02301968-4

Scarano, F. R., Brink, E., Carneiro, B. L. R., Coutinho, L., Fernandes, C., Holz, V. L., Salgado, M., Aguiar, A. C. P., Latawiec, A. E., Pardini, R., Sampaio, M. C., Aguiar, A.C. F., Branco, P. D., Freire, L., Padgurschi, M. C. G., Pires, A. P. F., Soares, I. M. M., & Solórzano, A. (2024). Sustainability dialogues in Brazil: implications for boundary-spanning science and education. Global Sustainability, 7, e30. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2024.25

Schroeder, H., Beyers, F., Schäpke, N. A., Mar, K. A., Wamsler, C., Stasiak, D., Lueschen, T., Fraude, C., Bruhn, T., & Lawrence, M. (2024). The role of trust in the international climate negotiations. Environmental Policy and Governance. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.2144

Ullström, S. (2024). Contesting aeromobility, constructing alternatives: the prefigurative politics of staying on the ground. Environmental Politics, 33(6), 1087-1108. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2024.2328502

van Veelen, B., & Knuth, S. (2024). An urban ‘age of timber’? Tensions and contradictions in the low-carbon imaginary of the bioeconomic city. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 7(2), 904-927. https:// doi.org/10.1177/25148486231179815

van Veelen, B., & Hague, A. (2024). The Role of Translation in Enacting Multiscalar Climate Action: Insights from European Christian Faith-Based Actors. Global Environmental Politics, 24(2), 46-68. https://doi. org/10.1162/glep_a_00740

Vargas, A. M. F., Brink, E., & Boyd, E. (2024). Quiet resistance speaks: A global literature review of the politics of popular resistance to climate adaptation interventions. World Development, 177, Article 106530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106530

Wamsler, C., Osberg, G., Janss, J., & Stephan, L. (2024). Revolutionising sustainability leadership and education: addressing the human dimension to support flourishing, culture and system transformation. Climatic Change, 177(1), Article 4. https://doi. org/10.1007/s10584-023-03636-8

Wang, Y., Liao, J., Ye, Y., O’Byrne, D., & Scown, M. W.(2024). Implications of policy changes for coastal landscape patterns and sustainability in Eastern China. Landscape Ecology, 39(1), Article 4. https://doi. org/10.1007/s10980-024-01801-7

Wang, Y., He, Y., Fan, J., Olsson, L., & Scown, M. (2024). Balancing urbanization, agricultural production and ecological integrity: A cross-scale landscape functional and structural approach in China. Land Use Policy, 141, Article 107156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. landusepol.2024.107156

Zickgraf, C., Jolivet, D., Fry, C., Boyd, E., & Fábos, A.(2024). Bridging and breaking silos: Transformational governance of the migration-sustainability nexus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(3), Article e2206184120. https://doi.org/10.1073/ pnas.2206184120

CHAPTER IN BOOK/REPORT

Harnesk, D., Olsson, L., & Pascual, D. (2024). Pastureland restoration is urgent for Sámi reindeer pastoralism to coexist with the forest industry and adapt to climate change in Northern Sweden. In N. Baron, N. Blom Andersen, & R. Kongsager (Eds.), Climate Change Resilience in Small Communities: Policy recommendation from Nordic research project

Krause, T. (2024). Social sustainability. In J. Nowag (Ed.), Research Handbook on Sustainability and Competition Law (pp. 32-48). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802204667.00009

Krause, T. (2024). Environmental Sustainability. In J. Nowag (Ed.), Research Handbook on Sustainability and Competition Law (pp. 12-31). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802204667.00008

BOOK

Malm, A., & Carton, W. (2024). Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown. Verso.

REPORT

Bristow , J., Bell, R., Wamsler, C., Björkman, T., Tickell, P., Kim, J., & Scharmer, O. (2024). The System Within: Addressing the inner dimensions of sustainability and systems change. (Deep-dive paper; No. 17). The Club of Rome: Earth4All. https://www.clubofrome.org/publication/earth4all-bristow-bell/

Hoppe, T., Mohlakoana, N., Ness, B., & Brogaard, S.(2024). Governance of collective energy systems; Framework and typology to analyse governance of current AE (Aquathermal Energy) and other relevant heating systems. (Work Package 6; No. 1). Interreg North Sea. https://www.interregnorthsea.eu/sites/ default/files/2024-04/WP6%20report.1_0.pdf

Lewis, A. L., Providoli, I., Sunderman, A., Frank, A., Fischer, D., Frank , P., Studer, M., Tomey, R., Julia Trechsel, L., & Wamsler, C. (2024). Addressing Inner Dimensions for Sustainability in Higher Education: A Facilitator Guide. University of Bern. https://doi. org/10.48620/76349

Wamsler, C., Simon, L., Ducros, G., & Osberg, G. (2024). Transformative Climate Resilience Education for Children and Youth: From Climate Anxiety to Resilience, Creativity and Regeneration, Literature review conducted for the ERASMUS+ Project 2023-1-SE01KA220-SCH-000158705. Lund University.

REVIEW ARTICLES

Espinoza Córdova, F., Krause, T., Furlan, E., Allegri, E., O'Leary, B. C., Degia, A. K., Trégarot, E., Cornet, C. C., de Juan, S., Fonseca, C., Simide, R., & Perez, G. (2024). Framing adaptive capacity of coastal communities: A review of the role of scientific framing in indicatorbased adaptive capacity assessments in coastal social-ecological systems. Ocean and Coastal Management, 259, Article 107455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. ocecoaman.2024.107455, https://doi.org/10.1016/j. ocecoaman.2024.107455

Kavak, S., Hamza, M., Gammeltoft Hansen, T., & Stone, R. (2024). Refugee agency in secondary mobility decision-making: A systematic literature review. Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 6, Article 1376968. https:// doi.org/10.3389/fhumd.2024.1376968

Mertens, J., Breyer, C., Belmans, R., Gendron, C., Geoffron, P., Fischer, C., Du Fornel, E., Lester, R., Nicholas, K. A., de Miranda, P. E. V., Palhol, S., Verwee, P., Sala, O., Webber, M., & Debackere, K. (2024). Evaluating carbon removal: Integrating technical potential with environmental, social, governance criteria, and sequestration permanence. iScience, 27(12), Article 111418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.111418

Ran, Y., Cederberg, C., Jonell, M., Bergman, K., De Boer, I. J. M., Einarsson, R., Karlsson, J., Potter, H. K., Martin, M., Metson, G. S., Nemecek, T., Nicholas, K. A., Strand, Å., Tidåker, P., Van der Werf, H., Vanham, D., Van Zanten, H. H. E., Verones, F., & Röös, E. (2024). Environmental assessment of diets: overview and guidance on indicator choice. The Lancet Planetary Health, 8(3), e172-e187. https://doi.org/10.1016/ S2542-5196(24)00006-8

Venner, K., García-Lamarca, M., & Olazabal, M. (2024). The Multi-Scalar Inequities of Climate Adaptation Finance: A Critical Review. Current Climate Change Reports, 10(3), 46–59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40641024-00195-7

Staff in 2024

PROFESSORS

Anne Jerneck

Christine Wamsler

Emily Boyd

Kimberly Nicholas

Lennart Olsson

SENIOR LECTURERS

Barry Ness

Karin Steen

Mine Islar

Sara Brogaard

Sara Gabrielsson

Torsten Krause

Wim Carton

ASSOCIATE SENIOR LECTURERS

Bregje van Veelen

Melissa García

Murray Scown

RESEARCHERS

David Harnesk

David O’Byrne

Ebba Brink

Elina Andersson

Ellinor Isgren

Emma Johansson

Henner Busch

Maja Essebo

Maryam Nastar

Sinem Kavak

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

Altaaf Mechine Alami

Amanda Odoi

Jens Christiansen

Joshua Garland

Mayank Shah

Rebecca Laycock Pedersen

PHOTOS

PHD STUDENTS

Alicia N’guetta

Bernard Ekumah

Carlos Vélez

Carmen Margiotta

Emilia Ganslandt

Fabiola Espinoza Cordova

Jonas Allesson

Juan Antonio Samper

Kelly Dorkenoo

Lina Lefstad

Michaelin Sibanda

Natalia Rubiano Rivadeneira

Ronald Byaruhanga

Sahana Subramanian

Sara Ullström

Stefan Schüller

Valentina Lomanto

PROJECT ASSISTANTS

Elisabeth Schill

Emilie Greve Pobiega

Ingrid Svedhem

Lisa Dalklint

Magdalena Wiedermann

Michael Reck

Sanne Malmberg

Tilly Maria Nygren Laestander

Ulrika Winter

ADMINISTRATION

Amanda Elgh, Student Coordinator

Ann Åkerman, Coordinator

Cecilia Kardum Smith, HR, Project Coordinator

Cecilia von Arnold, Communications officer

Charlotta Kjöllerström, Project Coordinator

Joyce Soo, Project Coordinator

Julia Hansson, Financial Officer

Natalie Nyman, HR

Noomi Egan, Communications officer

Ulrike Krantz, Project Coordinator

1.PhD candidate Natalia Rubiano with her supervisors and opponents after her PhD defence

2.LUMES students batch 28 on a fieldtrip in Breanäs

3.Decorating ginger bread cookies at the weekly ”staff fika”

4-5. LUCSUS staff at the annual summer party

6.Summer barbecue for LUCSUS staff and LUMES student

7.LUCSUS PhD candidate Carlos Alberto Hernández-Vélez and former PhD