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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Mark Brady, Cecilia Larsson and Ida Nordin from CEC and AgriFood have, at the invitation of the European Commission, participated in a Civil Dialogue Group meeting in Brussels. On the agenda was the European Commission's first draft for reforming the Common Agricultural Policy, The Future of Food and Farming, which wa

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-participated-dialogue-brussels - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University and the Simrishamn Municipality have received funding from Region Skåne to start a new research and innovation environment at the Marine Centre in Simrishamn. The aim is to study and solve environmental problems and societal challenges linked to the sea, water and coastal areas of Skåne and southern Sw

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/new-research-initiative-will-address-environmental-problems-baltic-sea-region-hano-bay - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The report "Collective implementation of ecological focus areas" evaluating effects on ecosystem services, agriculture and administration is now available in English. Ecosystem services are fundamental to the welfare of mankind, yet these services are often invisible in many social decisions. The report  "Collective i

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/report-about-ecological-focus-areas - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Many pollinating insects benefit from a small-scale agricultural landscape with pastures, meadows and other unploughed environments. In landscapes dominated by arable land, they lack both food and nesting places. Sown flower strips can increase the availability of food for pollinating insects, and are therefore assume

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/sowing-strips-flowering-plants-has-limited-effect-pollination - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Research and society in close cooperation: that is the basis for Farm2Forest, a project aiming to produce evidence guiding Swedish and European agricultural and forestry policymaking. The idea is to combine economic and ecological data and models to evaluate different future scenarios for marginal agriculture in fores

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/farm2forest-sustainable-agriculture-biobased-future - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The European Union will ban the world’s most widely used insecticides from all fields due to the serious danger they pose to bees. The ban on neonicotinoids, approved by member nations today, is expected to come into force by the end of 2018 and will mean these insecticides can only be used in closed greenhouses.This

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/eu-agrees-ban-use-neonicotinoids - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CEC's Hampus Nilsson describes his journey towards doing research on nature-based solutions and multiple ecosystem services in cities. Hampus Nilsson was honored by the Swedish Hydrological Council with the award of best master thesis within hydrology. In a blog post at the Swedish Water House, SIWI, he describes his

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/how-become-researcher - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers from the CEC comments climate change and risk management on Swedish national radio. Johanna Alkan Olsson answers questions regarding if there is a connection between climate change and the nice spring weather in Sweden this year.Listen to the interview with Johanna on sverigesradio.se.Ullrika Sahlin answer

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-swedish-national-radio - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The CEC and Lund University is part of the core team for Climate-KIC's latest Flagship programme, eCircular, aiming to crack down on plastic waste and radically reduce the use of plastic materials. The project eCircular aims to explore and use innovative digital tools to improve plastics waste prevention. This can, fo

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/catalysing-switch-circular-economy-through-plastic-waste-prevention - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. While attending the 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology organized by the Society for Conservation Biology last week in Jyväskylä, Finland, CEC's Lovisa Nilsson was awarded First Place for her outstanding student poster. Lovisa has studied annual flower strips used to compensate for biodiversity losses in agr

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/lovisa-nilsson-awarded-outstanding-student-poster - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The COST project has been studying if there is any difference in biodiversity found at organic and conventional farms. Some of our colleagues at the CEC have spent summer doing fieldwork studying bumblebees. Romain Carrié and others from the COST project have collected pollen from bumblebees and surveyed flower resour

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/field-study-biodiversity - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The CEC has produced a new report evaluating analyses and data collection of winter loss in honeybees in Sweden. Swedish beekeeping rely on the health of the honey bee Apis mellifera. Loss of colonies during winter is an indicator of poor honey bee health.This report evaluates current data collection of winter loss in

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/winter-loss-honey-bees-sweden - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ClimBEco is a two-year graduate research school that promotes young scientists to engage in interdisciplinary research on climate, earth system and society in a changing world. The annual summer meeting was held August 29–30 in Höllviken, with the theme ‘Land use and ecosystem-based climate adaptation’. Inspiring talk

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/eye-opening-discussions-phd-students - 2026-04-19

Igår den 11 november deployade vi de nya typsnitten i våra webbfonter, som planerat, för bättre läsbarhet och tillgänglighet på alla skärmstorlekar. Brödtext: Georgia → Lora (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Lora)Rubriker och gränssnitt: Hind → Inter (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Inter) Typsnitten är noggrant valda för att spegla vår identitet, stödja alla språk vi använder och fungera långs

https://www.webbpublicering.lu.se/artikel/typsnittsuppdatering-battre-lasbarhet-och-tillganglighet-i-drupalmiljon - 2026-04-20

Lund University Press är Lunds universitets eget bokförlag som syftar till att föra ut högklassig forskning till en global publik. Från att tidigare främst vara inriktade på humaniora och teologi öppnar förlaget nu upp för bokförslag från samtliga ämnesområden vid universitetet. Lund University Press ger ut vetenskapliga böcker med målet att göra forskning från Lunds universitet tillgänglig för en

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/lund-university-press-soker-bokprojekt-fran-hela-universitetet - 2026-04-20

Forskningen har upptäckt ett spännande förhållande mellan autoimmun (typ 1) diabetes och Celiaki.Läs den svenska översättningen "Finns det ärftliga varianter som ökar risken för autoimmun (typ 1) diabetes samtidigt som risken för celiaki minskar?" Alla TEDDY-studiens resultat samlas på sidan ”Resultat från TEDDY"

https://www.teddy.lu.se/artikel/ny-upptackt-mellan-autoimmun-typ-1-diabetes-och-celiaki - 2026-04-20

Professor Karin Rengefors ser fortsatt stora möjligheter att utveckla rollen som prodekan. Under de kommande åren vill hon fördjupa arbetet med att stärka forskarutbildningen och vidareutveckla fakultetens arbete med lärarrekrytering. Varför kandiderar du till prodekan för naturvetenskapliga fakulteten?– Jag ser den här typen av arbete som långsiktigt, och arbetet är helt enkelt inte färdigt än. M

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/internt/artikel/nuvarande-prodekan-vill-fullfolja-arbetet-som-paborjats - 2026-04-20

One of the annual events that NextG2Com organizes is a partner workshop. The third partner workshop gathered over 60 NextG2Com members at LTH. On April 16, 2026, it was time for NextG2Com's recurring event "Partner Workshop". The workshop is organized in the spring semester and welcomes center members, whereas the fall semester's "Program Day" is an open event, for all interested parties. The two

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/over-60-participated-nextg2com-partner-workshop - 2026-04-20

Ett av de årligen återkommande evenemangen som NextG2Com organiserar är en partner workshop. Den tredje i ledet samlade över 60 NextG2Com medlemmar på LTH. Den 16 april 2026 var det återigen dags för NextG2Com återkommande evenemang "Partner Workshop". Workshopen anordnas  under vårterminen och välkomnar centrummedlemmar. Höstterminens "Program Day" är ett öppet evenemang, för alla intresserade. P

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/artikel/over-60-deltagare-pa-nextg2com-partner-workshop - 2026-04-20

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming an everyday tool in biomedical research, helping scientists analyse data, understand diseases and develop new treatments. However, as AI models become larger and more complex, they also require increasing amounts of energy, data storage and computing power. Researchers using the technology rarely see the environmental impact of this. As part of this year’s

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/what-does-ai-really-cost-biomedical-research - 2026-04-20