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CEC Newsletter |17 May 2023

Information from Management CIG Update The development of a vision and a practical plan for the co-localisation and merger of CEC, INES and Geology (inofficially “CIG”) in Geocentrum I and II has been officially launched (Decision STYR2023/939 and the associated project plan). The project is steered by the faculty board and the dean, with help of a steering group which includes the director/prefects of CEC, INES and Geology (and is chaired by Per Persson), and a project group led by Karin Hall, which includes Yann Clough and his counterparts at INES and Geology. Student representatives from both PhD and basic education sit in both groups.  The next step is the development of an action plan which will include risk analysis and moments for broad participation of all at CEC in different forms (working groups, workshops etc.)… and of course, the faculty’s information meeting on 7 June (Registration link below, deadline 1 June). Updates can be found on the faculty homepage for the project (link below). The contact person for the project is the project coordinator Carina Jarl, and you are always welcome to reach out to Yann for input or questions. Registration: Information on the coordination of a joint department – environment and climate, geology and physical geography | Internal Faculty of Science (lu.se) Work on the coordination of a joint department – environment and climate, geology and physical geography | Internal Faculty of Science (lu.se) Friday fika and seminars The last Friday Fika for the semester will be on 16 June.  We will resume again on 18 August following the summer break. During the autumn, we will only have talks every other Friday (odd weeks) to have more time to discuss the ongoing processes regarding the future of CEC. Please send suggestions for internal and external speakers to Anna Maria anna_maria.erling@cec.lu.se Good to know: The purpose of the Friday Fikas and seminars is (according to a decision in the management group), to strengthen the community and cohesion within CEC and increase knowledge about ongoing research within CEC (including CEC's close networks) to ease collaborations. The purpose is as well to strengthen expertise about collaboration and policy processes/other relevant processes going on in society, to facilitate external collaborations (see objectives in the CEC Plan of Operations). Public Holiday Thursday, 18 May (tomorrow) is a public holiday and Friday is bridge day which means that at least the administration will be out of office and no Friday fika is scheduled. Have a nice long weekend! Deadlines before and during the summer break. Please bear in mind that administrative support will be reduced during the summer months. Therefore, please make sure to plan ahead and note that the following deadlines have been put in place: Recruitment: All necessary information regarding recruitment, including financing should be given to Felix before 1 June. This deadline is crucial in order to get management’s approval before summer. Please contact Felix if you have any questions. felix.olofsson@cec.lu.se Invoices: Make sure you process your invoices before you take leave to avoid late payment fees. Credit card payments: This alternative for payments will not be available during the summer months, please make other arrangements. What's up? Successful alumni event Fifteen years ago, the first PhD students started their studies at CEC. Since then, 240 PhD students have graduated from CEC and ClimBEco. On 11-12 May, about 60 of them gathered at AF-Borgen in Lund for a joint alumni celebration with networking, workshops, lectures and a joint dinner. The event was a great success, and a round of applause is due to the main organisers, Ylva van Meeningen, Cheryl Sjöström and Natascha Kljun. CEC and ClimBEco alumni come together for celebration and networking – cec.lu.se Nailing nine theses to the CEC birch tree Last Thursday a beautiful new set of theses was nailed to the CEC birch tree, followed by a round of applause and cheers. The theses are written by former CEC PhD students, but at that time we did not have the birch tree for this tradition. After the nailing, the alumni went to the alumni event at AF-Borgen. The authors of the theses were Georg Andersson, Helena Hanson, Anna Zimmerman, Johan Genberg Safont, Magnus Ellström, Therese Irminger Street, Petra Bragée, Estelle Larsson and Ana Soares. CEC BBQ Party 2023 Did you also hear the buzz from the bumblebees? They say it's time for the yearly CEC BBQ! Sign up here - lu.se Opportunities Funding opportunities Open calls and funding opportunities, together with links to LU internal funding and grants and other useful links are posted on the CEC webpage: Funding opportunities - cec.lu.se marianne.hall@cec.lu.se Open positions at CEC Universitetsadjunkt i miljövetenskap, PA2023/1112 lu.varbi.com Sista ansökningsdag: 2023-06-08 Ubildningsadministratör, PA2023/1620 - lu.varbi.com Sista ansökningsdag: 2023-06-01 PhD student in environmental science, PA2023/1007 lu.varbi.com Last application date: 22 May 2023 Dates CEC management information and Friday fika on Friday, 26 May - Markku Rummakainen and Anna Maria Erling will present how CEC work with policy briefs and synthesis reports. Save this event to your calendar. CEC management information and Friday fika on Friday, 2 June - Patrik Edén from CEC (CBBP) will present. Save this event to your calendar. How can evolution biology contribute solving real world issues 30 May 9:00-16:30 Full day with conference in the Blue Hall, Ecology building, no registration required. How can evolution biology contribute to solving real-world issues? | BECC Excursion: Fulltofta on 2 June 2023 09:00 to 13:00 The Ecosystem service theme invites you to join this excursion to Fulltofta to talk and experience multifunctional forestry. Register before 17 May, places are limited.  Registration link and more information - becc.lu.se Joint PhD seminar on environmental challenges - 7 June 14:30-15:30 “From niche to norm – enablers and barriers to circularity in the building and construction sector” where CEC PhD candidate Jessica Jennerheim will present. 14:30-15:30, hybrid (link sent to registered participants, venue on campus The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies, Biskopsgatan 3) Joint PhD seminars on environmental challenges | Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC) (lu.se) Focali event on tropical forests on 12 June 11:30 to 16:30  Jesica Lopez, in collaboration with Torsten Krause and the Agenda2030 graduate school, is organising the Focali network event "Operationalizing a sustainability transition in tropical forests" on 12 June at CEC. The event aims to provide new insights into deforestation and highlight the role of international regulations in developing deforestation-free supply chains. The event is open to anyone interested in promoting a transition to sustainability in tropical forests. Operationalizing a sustainability transition in tropical forests – ui.ungpd.com The 31st Annual Conference for the Society for Risk Analysis Europe - Risk and Assessment in a Changing World on 18 to 21 June The world is changing; we have experienced societal disruption due to global hazards such as pandemics and climate change. Environments or institutions that were taken for granted are suddenly at risk, forcing us to consider new risks that require careful development of concepts and theories, as well as novel approaches to assessment. This is the theme of the upcoming international conference SRA Europe 2023 in June, hosted by CEC, with Ullrika Sahlin as the chair, and the Department of Philosophy. Time: 18-21 June 2023 SRA Europe 2023 – invajo.com IUFRO is organising its world congress in Stockholm on 23- 29 June 2024, Forests and society towards 2050. The abstract deadline is on 2 June. The IUFRO World Congress is one of the largest global forest events, held every five years since 1893. The congress gives a unique opportunity to gather worldwide leading scientists and top leaders to contribute and co-create for a sustainable future within Forestry, Climate and Society – aligned with the UN´s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the future ahead. The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the City of Stockholm in close collaboration with the Nordic and Baltic partners, welcome delegates from all over the world to Stockholm 2024 under the theme Forests and Society Towards 2050. IUFRO Stockholm 2024 (iufro2024.com) Save the dates! 21-22 November  The ICOS Nordic 2023 conference - the changing carbon cycle and how we manage it The University of Bergen, 21-22 November 2023 ICOS Nordic 2023 – Conference in Bergen 21-22 November (uib.no) Media and Publications Norunda ICOS station provides vital measurements of clear-cut impacts Norunda is Sweden's oldest greenhouse gas monitoring station. In the autumn of 2022, an area of 300 metres around the main tower was completely cleared. In April 2023, the ICOS instrumentation was adjusted. These interesting new conditions have now been highlighted in the European ICOS network newsletter.  A clear-cut forest provides essential information for climate research – cec.lu.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. 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