CEC Fellows newsletter December 2018

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Newsletter from CEC Fellows | December 2018

CEC Fellows December 2018 newsletter

Dear colleagues,

Hope you had a productive and inspiring research year 2018! Climate, environment and sustainability research is more important when ever, and together we can make a difference.

Although we are not even past christmas, CEC Fellows is already gearing up for 2019. In January and throughout the year, Cerina Wittbom will take over the coordination of CEC Fellows from Marianne who will go on parental leave. Cerina has previously worked as a project manager at the Skåne Energy Agency and has a PhD in physics with specialization on aerosol technology.

During 2019, CEC Fellows welcomes all members to a new series of seminars, starting out February 14th with Åsa Knaggård and colleagues from political science straightening out the concept of Governance as a research perspective for us. We are planning three more seminars around pivotal concepts from different disciplines, so if you have suggestions for concepts to discuss, please let us know! Also, don’t miss out on the Sustainability Week – Transforming our world, April 8-13.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year of 2019!

Marianne, Cerina, Yann and Lina

Upcoming events

Yann Clough and Marie Dacke gives a double lunch seminar about their planned studies due to recently approved ERC Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council. December 18 at 12:15 - 13:00 in Lundmarksalen at the Astronomy building, Sölvegatan 27. More information on their respective research here.
Nailing of "Fate of riverine iron over estuarine salinity gradients" by Simon Herzog, January 7 at the CEC birch, welcome
Thesis defence of Simon Herzog, title: Fate of riverine iron over estuarine salinity gradients. January 11, 09:00.
Climate-KIC Ideation Day: Take the opportunity to together with the other participants develop and refine new, innovative and climate relevant ideas. At the end of the day, the best ideas are awarded seed finance of SEK 10 – 15 000. January 16 -19, 2019. More information and registration (before Dec 20, 2018)
The new series of CEC Fellows seminars will be introduced during 2019, starting with the governance concept by Åsa Knaggård and colleagues from political science. February 14th.
Spring start of 'Reading Climate Fiction' seminar series, starting with 'Blue' by Maja Lunde February 21.

And even more things going on – check the CEC calendar

Information – Opportunities, conferences, news from our community

Opportunities

Apply to become a Member of The Young Academy (Sweden) deadline January 9. Applicants that are independent researchers whose dissertations was presented not more than 10 years ago are welcome. Highly recommended by CEC fellows members.
Early-career traineeship, IPBES: Two calls for nominations of fellows. (1) Call for nomination of fellows for the development of scenarios on nature and its contributions to people, by 15 January 2019. (2) Call for nominations of fellows for the assessment of invasive alien species, by 15 February 2019.

Conferences and popular science event

Conference - NORDIWA 2019 - the Nordic Waste water Conference invites all water professionals with an interest in wastewater, sewerage and climate change adaptation. Helsinki 23 – 25 September, 2019. Call for abstract – submission deadline Jan 10, 2019
Conference - ICEM2019 - the 6th International Conference Energy & Meteorology. The core theme of this year’s conference is ‘Exploiting the latest weather and climate technology to tackle the energy transition’. Copenhagen 24 - 27 June. Call for abstract submission deadline Jan 25, 2019. (sorry no link due to BizWizard security settings)
Conference - SANORD Conference 2019 The theme is "Role of Higher Education in Forging Sustainable Livelihoods”. Botwsana Sept 11-13 2019. Call for abstract - submission deadline Jan 31, 2019. (sorry no link due to BizWizard security settings)

Open positions at the CEC
please spread the word, https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/om-cec/jobba-hos-oss

Postdoc on the development of the IPCC, last day of application Dec 23
Research administrator of research schools, last day of application Dec 23
Communications officer at the Sustainability Forum, last day of application Dec 27

News from stakeholders and funders

Registration for the Government and Expert Review of the IPCC Special Reports – open until Jan 4th, 2019. Markku Rummukainen (professor at INES/CEC) is the IPCC national contact point at SMHI, more information on the process here (in swedish). Register here for the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate and here for the Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL).
The County Administration of Skåne has summarized different kinds of support and funding available for applications to the County Administration, the Forest Agency, the Energy Agency, the Building Administration, SIDA, the Swedish Transport Administration etc. "Var finns pengarna?" is in Swedish and focus on environmental improvement measures (not research grants).
Nordic collaboration program on the environment and climate, 2019 – 2024. The new and ambitious program includes goals on hindering the loss of biodiversity, reduce emissions of plastics in the sea, a common Nordic submission for the climate negotiations and sustainable use of the natural resources. More information here (in swedish).
EU commission call for applications for the selection of members of the expert group on land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCFEG), with emphasis on forestry. Deadline Jan 4, 2019. For more information, see the last call on page 2 in this link or here.

Presentations
describe your latest article in one sentice, and why are you a CEC fellow?

Daniel Molins Delgado - post-doc
Keywords: Environment; emerging pollutants; trace analysis; analytical chemistry

1.Personal care products reconnaisance in Evrotas river (Greece): water-sediment partition and bioaccumulation in fish. You can find the article here

2. I am a member to be part of a network concerned with furthering the knowledge in environmental sciences.

Know more? -click here

Maj Rundlöf - researcher
Keywords: Agroecology, bumblebees, landscape ecotoxicology, pollination

1. We found that early blooming flower strips could enhance bumblebee species richness in later blooming clover fields, but that there was limited or no influence on pollinator visits, pest control or seed yield. You find the article here

2. I very much enjoy the environmental science aspects of CEC fellows and find that the interactions with colleagues from different disciplines within environmental science give me new perspectives and opportunity for collaborations.

Know more? – click here

1134 mission is possible Paul o Birgitta

Birgitta Svenningsson – senior lecturer
Keywords: aerosol, cloud, climate, soot

1. Effect of solubility limitation on hygroscopic growth and cloud drop activation of SOA particles produced from traffic exhaust. You will find the article here.

2. I am a CEC fellow because of the very useful network created and for the opportunity to participate in interesting workshops.

Know more? –click here

Per Persson - professor
Keywords: Biogeochemical processes; water-mineral interfaces; spectroscopy; synchrotron techniques

1. Dissolved organic matter induce aggregation of ferrihydrite nanoparticles, you find the article here

2. CEC fellows is an excellent LU network for all researchers interested in environmental science

Know more? –click here

Upcoming calls

Under this heading we are collecting calls with short deadlines, larger/collaboration calls, and nominations for prizes etc. Please check Plandisc below for a collection of all calls we have found for the upcoming year.

Pufendorf: Themes and Advanced Study Groups (ASG) deadline Jan 10th.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA) – King Carl XVI Gustaf 50-year foundation: Call for fellows, in Swedish. Deadline Jan 11th.
Harvard Forest: Charles Bullard Fellowship in Forest Research. Deadline Jan 15th.
The Swedish Energy Agency: Ecologically sustainable harvest of forest fuel, in Swedish. Deadline Jan 30th.
In the name of Hedda Andersson: Stimulus funding – co-financing of visiting char of the underrepresented gender. Deadline Jan 31st.

Calls – A common calender

Some hints:

• Just click in the wheel on a call, and there is a box coming up with more information.
• The plan is continuously updated, and you can instantly see the updates.
• If you find a good call that you would like to add, just send me the link.

Calls 2018-Sweden/Nordic: https://create.plandisc.com/zjHh42l

Calls 2018 -travel and workshop: https://create.plandisc.com/rVsXXdZ

Calls EU Horizon, incl. ERC, ERA-NET, JPI etc:
https://create.plandisc.com/afPuqph

Calls post-doc and young research grants:
https://create.plandisc.com/mZ1Bzwf

Calls Awards
https://create.plandisc.com/mHtz2VT

About CEC Fellows

Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, CEC, invites all scientists, working at Lund University and active in the centre’s fields of research, to be part of the CEC Fellows. With the aim of promoting new interdisciplinary research endeavors and encouraging bottom-up influence and leadership, the network is created as a meeting place for collective expertise and as a forum for exchange of ideas amongst researchers. If you are not already a member and would like to join, if you have suggestions for the development of the fellowship, or any news to add to the Newsletter, please contact Marianne Hall or Cerina Wittbom.