A world class sustainability centre for research, teaching and impact

LUCSUS is a world class sustainability centre for research, teaching and impact where we work to understand, explain, and catalyse social change and transformations in relation to material limits in the biosphere. We have a unique way of addressing complex sustainability issues from a critical and an integrated natural and social science perspective, and with a solutions-based approach.

Researcher Torsten Krause with a local hunter in the Amazon rainforest. Photo

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News

16 Feb 2021 | News

Historical perspectives and mobilization important for the future of reindeer winter pastures.

A growing movement is fighting to protect the winter pasturelands of indigenous Sámi reindeer herders. At the same time there is an intense debate on trade-offs within forestry. Sustainability scientist David Harnesk is studying social and political movements surrounding reindeer husbandry and how t...

2 Mar 2021 | News

It is not the farmers who drive pesticide use – it is the lack of alternatives

Pesticide use in is an urgent concern for human health and the environment. New studies on pesticide practices in Ugandan smallholder agriculture highlight the need to focus on drivers and impacts of unsafe pesticide use instead of putting blame on farmers.

People protesting on the street in France. Photo: Unsplash.

18 Feb 2021 | News

Recognizing resistance is crucial to a sustainable and just transition

Research article on social resistance and the yellow vest movement in France.

29 Jan 2021 | News

LUCSUS welcomes four new PhDs and postdocs

LUCSUS welcomes four new PhDs and post-docs to our centre.

A cow in a field in Vaupes, Colombia. Photo: Torsten Krause.

22 Jan 2021 | News

Torsten Krause comments on the WWF-report on deforestation fronts

A recent report by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) identifies 24 places across the world that are hotspots for deforestation - and where forests are under threat. A staggering over 43 million of hectares were lost in these areas between 2004 and 2017 - an area roughly the size of Morocco. Torsten K...

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Calendar

Mar

11 March 2021 11:00 to 12:00 | Seminar

LUCSUS Seminar: Drowning Deltas, Empty Bowls: Assessing the disproportionate impacts of global food system shocks driven by relative sea level rise in the Mekong Delta

Mar

18 March 2021 11:00 to 12:00 | Seminar

LUCSUS Seminar: When corporation preempt environmental policies via market-based activities: The case of take-back systems at Swedish apparel retailers

Mar

25 March 2021 11:00 to 12:00 | Seminar

LUCSUS Seminar: Novel food consumption – the consumer seaweed experience

Apr

8 April 2021 11:00 to 12:00 | Seminar

LUCSUS Seminar: postcolonial/decolonial perspectives on human rights, structural racial discrimination and reparatory justice

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