Expert List for Media

The researchers can conduct interviews in both Swedish and English.

Climate change, extreme weather events and vulnerable groups in Sweden and internationally

Emily Boyd, Director at LUCSUS and Professor in Sustainability Science. Expert in: climate change and resilience, adaptation, politics of loss and damage, climate change impacts on vulnerable groups.

+46 46-222 03 69, emily [dot] boyd [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se

Emily Boyd's personal page.

CIimate change and lifestye choices

Kimberly Nicholas, researcher at LUCSUS. Expert in: climate change and individual life style choices related to climate change such as transport, food and consumption.

+45 31 58 51 41, kimberly [dot] nicholas [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se

Kimberly Nicholas' personal page.

Ecoystems, agriculture, land use changes 

Lennart Olsson, Professor at LUCSUS. Expert in: perennial agriculture, land degradation and desertification, food and land use change, the effects of climate change in Africa.

+46 46 222 05 11, lennart [dot] olsson [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se

Lennart Olsson's personal page.

Biodiversity, Forestry and forest management

Torsten Krause, Senior Lecturer in Sustainbility Science at LUCSUS. Expert in: Biodiversity Conservation & Ecology; Environmental Policy; Ecological and Environmental Economics; Forestry and forest management (with strong focus on deforestation in the Amazon rainforest).

+46734239415, torsten [dot] krause [at] LUCSUS [dot] lu [dot] se

Torsten Krause's personal page

Nature resource use, renewable energy, and environmental justice

Mine Islar, Senior Lecturer in Sustainbility Science at LUCSUS. Expert in: renewable energy, social environmental justice, and collective action and communities. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) expert.

+46 222 41 31, mine [dot] islar [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se

Mine Islar's personal page.

Urban sustainable development 

Christine Wamsler, Professor in Sustainability Science at LUCSUS. Expert in: sustainable urban development, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.

+46 46 222 80 80 christine [dot] wamsler [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (only in English)

Christine Wamsler's personal page

Sustainable transformations 

Emily Boyd, Director at LUCSUS and Professor in Sustainability Science. Expert in: sustainable transformations linked to climate change and extreme weather events.

+46 46 222 03 69, emily [dot] boyd [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se

Emily Boyd's personal page.

Wine and climate change

Kimberly Nicholas, researcher at LUCSUS. Expert in: wine growing and climate change 

+45 31 58 51 41, kimberly [dot] nicholas [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se

Kimberly Nicholas' personal page

IPCC experts

Emily Boyd is coordinating lead author for a chapter on poverty, livelihoods and sustainable development in the Sixth Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

+46 46 222 03 69, emily [dot] boyd [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se

Emily Boyd's personal page.

Lennart Olsson is coordinating lead author for the chapter on land degradation in a special IPCC report  about Climate Change and Land.

+46 46 222 05 11, lennart [dot] olsson [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se

Lennart Olsson's personal page.

Kimberly Nicholas has acted as an observer at two global climate summits

+45 31 58 51 41, kimberly [dot] nicholas [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se

Kimberly Nicholas' personal page.

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) expert

Mine Islar is lead Author (2017-2020) for the Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, chapter on policy tools and instruments with a special focus on the tradeoffs in SDGs and their potential implications on biodiversity.