Published 17 May 2016 Welcome to a seminar about the dimensions of land-use change on Tuesday 31 May, 13.00-15.30. When: Tuesday 31 May 13.00-15.30Where: Blå Hallen, Ecology Building, Lund University, Sölvegatan 37, 22362 LundFind the programme here as pdf Registration required by 26 MayCoffee and refreshments will be provided for participants who register by 26 May here (open webform).Programme13

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Published 26 May 2016 Katarina Hedlund. Photo: Inger Ekström Katarina Hedlund, BECC PI and Professor at the Department of Biology at Lund University, is one of the authors of the first Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas mapping the soil biodiversity of the entire planet. This unique Atlas provides a detailed analysis of soil organisms and the threats to soil biodiversity at global scale.  The Atlas wa

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Published 27 May 2016 Rwanda With local researchers in the hill country of Rwanda, researchers Göran Wallin and Johan Uddling study how Africa’s largest remaining tropical montane rainforest is reacting to climate changes. Göran Wallin and Johan Uddling are BECC researchers from the Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg. “It’s extremely exciting to carry on an

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Published 25 May 2016 Photo: André Bessa In many parts of the world, grass and forest fires pose a threat to animals and humans. According to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, while climate change is likely to cause more and larger fires, in the future, more and more people will become directly affected as a result of demographic changes. Wolfgang Knorr at Lund University, together with

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Published 22 June 2016 Skogaryd research site spruce forest on drained peat soil and drainage ditch. Photo: Åsa Kasimir Forests have long been seen as a sink for greenhouse gases. Research conducted by scientists from University of Gothenburg has shown that over a forest rotation of 80 years, forest production on drained peat soil is a large source of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. BECC/MERGE

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Published 23 June 2016 Photo: University of Gothenburg The Department of Economics at the School of Business, Economics and Law at University of Gothenburg has been selected to host the 6th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, WCERE, in June 2018. BECC researcher Thomas Sterner is head of the local organization committee for the conference. “We feel happy and proud to once agai

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Published 27 June 2016 Open PhD student positions in Environmental Science, at Lund University. Doctoral student position in Environmental Science, at the Department of Physical Geograhy and Ecosystem ScienceWork descriptionThe successful applicant for this position will setup and run the forest ecosystem model ForSAFE in different climate regions in Sweden. The effects on processes and indicators

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Published 1 July 2016 Photo: Pixabay Lund University has an open internal call for 7 million SEK aiming at Strategic Research Areas (SRAs) as for example BECC. All 7 million comes from SRA-funding. Send in your suggestion before August 19! In shortA call for 5 millions for research infrastructure (Forskningsinfrastruktur) and 2 millions for joint SRA projects (Gemensamma projekt).Funding needs to

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Published 1 July 2016 Photo: Pixabay Although not yet decided, we have good reasons to believe that the funding of the 43 Strategic Research Areas (SRAs) including BECC will continue. As a result, we are now preparing for the long-term future, including a new internal structure where Challenged Themes replace the former Clusters with the aim to increase the integration between disciplines. At the

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Published 9 August 2016 Global environmental changes caused by a warmer climate can be combatted on a local level. The quality of our drinking water can be improved before it reaches water purification facilities and consumers through local efforts that minimise the growth of toxic algae and cyanobacteria in lakes. BECC researchers Pablo Urrutia Cordero and Lars-Anders Hansson, Lund University, ha

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Publicerad 10 juli 2017 Jonas Johansson visiting researcher vid JRC Ispra, Italien, under 2 veckor. Under två veckor, 10 juli till 28 juli, är Jonas Johansson vid CenCIP visiting researcher vid EU:s Joint Research Centre (JRC) i Ispra, Italien. JRC är Europeiska kommissionens vetenskaps- och kunskapsservice för att genomföra forskning och ge oberoende vetenskapliga råd och stöd EUs policyarbete. V

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Av jonas [dot] johansson [at] risk [dot] lth [dot] se (Jonas Johansson) - publicerad 16 oktober 2017 CenCIP anordnar ett seminarium i Stockholm den 22 november med fokus på aktuella frågor och utmaningar inom området skydd av samhällsviktig verksamhet. Skydd av Samhällsviktig verksamhet – Aktuella frågor och utmaningarVälkomna till ett heldagsseminarium med fokus på det viktiga arbetet med skydd a

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Av bjorn [dot] arvidson [at] risk [dot] lth [dot] se (Björn Arvidsson) - publicerad 19 januari 2018 Congratulations to CENCIP researchers Alexander Cedergren, Jonas Johansson and Henrik Hassel Congratulations to CENCIP researchers Alexander Cedergren, Jonas Johansson and Henrik Hassel who have published an article in Safety Science on "Challenges to critical infrastructure resilience in an institu

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Publicerad 8 februari 2018 CenCIP forskare har fått med uppsatsen "Using microworlds to study critical infrastructure protection – The effect of incentives on risk management" på konferensen ESREL2018 i Trondheim i sommar. Uppsatsen handlar om hur olika typer av incitament kan påverka hanteringen av risk i en samhällsviktig verksamhet och hur man genom att använda riskbedömningar kan motverka skad

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Publicerad 13 mars 2018 CenCIP-forskare presenterar en artikel vid konferensen ESREL2018 i juni i Trondheim, Norge. I artikeln jämför vi några av Sveriges kritiska infrastrukturers resiliens utifrån avbrottsdata och drar slutsatsen att relativt stora skillnader existerar. Ett vidare arbete blir att undersöka orsakerna till dessa skillnader, beror de på skillnader i regleringar, riskkultur eller he

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Publicerad 13 mars 2018 CenCIP-forskare medverkar i en uppföljare till en lyckad sommarkurs i Venedig med fokus på kritiska infrastrukturers resiliens. Anmälan till kursen är öppen till den 29 mars. För mer information och anmälan till kursen, se nedan.VIU Summer School on Critical Infrastructure Resilience (CIR) In this second edition, we bring together academics and professional experts to discu

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Publicerad 4 maj 2018 Den 18/5 klockan 10.15 försvarar Lexin Lin sin avhandling "Risk Communication in Multi-stakeholder Disaster Risk Management Systems: Insights and recommendations from the Swedish system” i sal V:D, V-huset, Lund. Länk till avhandlingenAbstractThe overall purpose of this thesis is to improve our understanding of how disaster risk management (DRM) systems function. Specifically

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Publicerad 9 maj 2018 Nu har den fjärde skriften inom Professional paper-serien inom CenCIP publicerats. Här kan ni läsa om smygande sårbarheter och hot. 

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Publicerad 21 juni 2018 Tre bidrag från CenCIP forskare har publicerats i samband med konferensen ESREL 2018 - Safe Societies in a Changing World. Samtliga bidrag finns att ladda ner som open access, följ länkarna från publikationssidan. 

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Publicerad 6 september 2018 Den 21 september försvarar Peter Månsson sin avhandling i sal V:B, V-huset, John Ericssons väg 1, i Lund. Abstract (Swedish)Orkanen Katrina, tsunamin i Indiska oceanen, Lehmankraschen och 11-september attackerna är bara några exempel på sentida händelser som väckt frågor kring vår förmåga att förutse och förstå katastrofrisker. I efterhand är det dock lätt att glömma at

https://www.cencip.lu.se/artikel/ny-avhandling-indivisible-wholes-fragmented-realities-aggregation-disaster-risk-information - 2025-04-23