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CEC Newsletter | 23 March 2023

Information from Management We are happy to welcome Natalja Mai to CEC – Natalja is visiting from the Humboldt University of Berlin as she works on her Master's thesis with Henrik Smith. She will be here until the end of August and has her workspace in the flex office on the 3rd floor. New bank for salary payments In May, Lund University will change its bank for salary payments from Nordea to Swedbank. You need to make sure that your desired bank account is registered in Swedbank’s account register no later than 6 April 2023. New bank for salary payments - staff.lu.se Booking train travel abroad LU purchasing is currently searching for a different provider for booking train travel abroad. In the meantime, please book through the current provider, BCD travel or book yourself and claim the money back by submitting a travel expense report in Primula. Please note that this only applies to train travel abroad, other travel must always be booked through BCD travel. Expense claims for travel or purchases must always be accompanied by written approval from the line manager before submitting the claim in Primula. If you are booking train travel abroad this spring, sign up to trial a new travel agent as part of the change of provider. Contact Jenny Hansson jenny.hansson@cec.lu.se for how to participate.  Fieldwork this spring or summer? Will you do any fieldwork this spring or summer? Fieldwork is a great way to get the media interested in our research, so we like to tell regional newspapers, the radio and television stations about it. Please send a brief email to Anna Maria anna_maria.erling@cec.lu.se with information about: When are you doing it? (Approximately) Where is it taking place? What are you going to investigate/which research project is your fieldwork related to? Thank you in advance! What's up? Climate, biodiversity and Lund University in the media in the second half of 2022 - the new survey from Kantar-Sifo has arrived.   Summary: - Record impact for LU in the second half of 2022: a significant increase. - Climate policy, climate change and COP15 are among the major issues where LU is visible. Climate and environmental reporting accounts for about 20 per cent of LU's impact - as big as the Ukraine war. Lund has the clearest national position among universities when it comes to climate-related news. SU is also visible but not with the same breadth. “LU is the leader in issues related to climate and sustainability”. - Individual researchers rather than universities/institutions are in focus. - Climate and sustainability is a common LU thread - communicated by all faculties - The Faculty of Science is increasing its editorial impact. LU impact COP15: The biodiversity conference was one of the ten biggest news items for all of LU, mentioned 18 times in national media in the last six months. That is more than the climate change conference (COP27) and Lund University has, through these articles and features, been able to reach a media audience of ten million. Faculties: - Faculty of Science: climate and environmental issues are important (much of the faculty's press) and the faculty's researchers are frequently heard in connection with the UN conferences on climate and biodiversity. A large proportion of expert commentary accounts for the total impact in the first six months of 2023. Opportunities Lund University Sustainability Forum is hiring Lund University Sustainability Forum is now hiring a coordinator to join our team! We are looking for a researcher with a solid understanding of sustainability issues and a strong commitment to exert influence in a sustainable direction. The assignment is 40% of full-time and should be combined with research/teaching at Lund University. Professional working proficiency in Swedish and English is required. Read more about the tasks and conditions for the assignment (in Swedish) Hållbarhetsforum söker verksamhetsledare | Hållbarhetsforum (lu.se) Open positions at CEC Postdoctoral Fellow in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function, PA PA2023/656 - lu.varbi.com Last application date: 31 March, 2023 Dates CEC management information and Friday fika on Friday, 24 March Breakfast starts at 9:45 for those in the office. Management information and Teams broadcast start at 10:15. CEC management information and Friday fika on Friday, 31 March. Stina Lundqvist from LU Sustainability Forum will share what's on during Sustainability Week in Lund from 17-22 April. Breakfast starts at 9:45 for those in the office. Management information and Teams broadcast start at 10:15 The Sustainability week 2023 programme is here! Between 17 and 22 April, over 60 sustainability-themed activities are arranged in Lund and online during this year’s Sustainability week. Listen to lectures and panel discussions about the latest sustainability research, join a workshop to improve your sustainable change-making skills or get inspired by the arts reflecting on societal challenges. Everything is open for everyone and free of charge, some events require pre-registration. For questions, please contact Stina Lundkvist at Sustainability Forum stina.lundkvist@cec.lu.se Sustainability week in Lund 17 to 22 April 2023 - lu.se Joint PhD seminar: From niche to norm – enablers and barriers to circularity in the building and construction sector 25 April at the Pufendorf Institute at 14:30 This is part of the joint PhD seminar series on environmental challenges at Lund University and is open to all current PhD and advanced master-level students. Joint PhD seminars on environmental challenges BECC/LU Land Grand Seminar: Incentivizing Forest Carbon Sinks? This Grand Seminar explores to which degree the buildup of forest carbon sinks may be incentivized. The seminar will open with a presentation, followed by an academic and a policy panel each. Participants are expected to actively contribute to the discussions in this relatively nascent area of climate policy. 17 April 2023 10:00 to 15:30 Grand Seminar: Incentivizing forest carbon sinks? | BECC (lu.se) BECC terms of membership BECC has updated its terms of membership, for example opening for researchers at other departments at LU and UGOT, within the delimitation of BECC research. An extra possibility for nomination of PIs is open until 31 March. BECC Membership | BECC (lu.se) Nomination template for BECC PIs_2023.docx (live.com) Future Science Seminar  Siv Andersson, Professor of Molecular Evolution at Uppsala University, will talk about the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation´s initiatives in Life Science - both in the field of data-driven Life Science and in the field in general. Please note the change that the event will be held digitally. The presentation will be held in English. Date and time: Tuesday 28 March 11:30 – 12:30 on Zoom.  Please register via this link by 27 March Media and Publications Markku Rummukainen interviewed on IPCC climate report On Monday, the IPCC published its synthesis report and Markku Rummukainen, who is also Sweden's contact person for the IPCC, was interviewed in many media. Some examples: Markku Rummukainen om nya IPCC-rapporten: ”Åtgärder i närtid är avgörande” – lu.se Press på regeringen efter kraftfulla IPCC-rapporten – dn.se FN:s klimatpanel: Ohållbar livsstil värmer planeten – svt.se Klimatlarmet: Agera nu för att undvika katastrof (TT News agency) – svd.se FN:s nya klimatrapport – utsläppen behöver halveras till 2030 – sr.se ”Klimatarbete behöver inte vara dyrt” – fof.se Garden plants affect biodiversity and carbon storage How you manage your garden can have significant environmental effects, says Katarina Hedlund in the newspaper Skaraborgsbygden. The article is about how carbon storage and biodiversity are affected by how homeowners choose to design their gardens. Mycket växter helt rätt i tiden – skaraborgsbygden.se Lack of data from the Arctic Markku Rummukainen comments on the lack of data from the Arctic affecting IPCC climate models, which has been brought to the attention of researchers at the University of Gothenburg. Brist på data från Arktis försvagar klimatmodellerna – fof.se CEC subscribes to these newspapers: Dagens Nyheter - www.dn.se Sydsvenskan - www.sydsvenskan.se ATL - www.atl.nu  Aktuell Hållbarhet - www.aktuellhallbarhet.se All CEC staff can use the online versions. Contact Lena Söderberg lena.soderberg@cec.lu.se or any other admin to get the log in information. GDPR  If you do not wish to appear in photos, videos etc. please notify Communications Manager Anna Maria Erling anna_maria.erling@cec.lu.se Information about data protection at Lund University – lu.se The CEC newsletter is sent to employees and those that are associated with CEC. The newsletter is sent on Thursdays every second week. If you have anything you would like to add to the newsletter, please send your information to Camilla King camilla.king@cec.lu.se no later than Monday of the same week.