- Seminar, Brown bag lunch: Ben Rosamond - The Multiple Crises of Brexit, 16 Aug.
- Seminar: CAST - Pre EAC seminars, 21 Aug.
- Narrative Climate Futures Seminar series: Floodland. A seminar on the book by Marcus Sedgwick, 22 Aug.
- Seminar, Brown bag lunch: Fredrik N G Andersson - Financial Crisis and Economic Development, 23 Aug.
- Symposium: BECC - Does the biodiversity multifunctionality-relationship depend on the number of considered functions? 4 Sept.
- Seminar: Christian Hulteberg - LUBIRC breakfast seminar, 6 Sept.
- Workshop: Microbial and biogeochemical processes controlling soil carbon storage, 9-10 Sept, Örenäs slott. Register before 15 Aug.
- Exhibition: Carbon Ruins. An Exhibition of the Fossil Age, 2-29 Sept.
- Workshop: ERC Consolidator Grants workshop and individual consultations, 9 Sept. Register before 20 Aug.
- Symposium: Hemslöjd och klimatförändringar: en första träff, 12 Sept.
- Workshop: Marie Sklodowska Curie ITN workshop, 17 Sept. Register before 23 Aug.
- Narrative Climate Futures Seminar series: Green Earth. A seminar on the book by Kim Stanley Robinson, 19 Sept.
- Seminar: ForskarFredag, 27-28 Sept.
And even more things going on – check the CEC calendar
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Successful application:
Opportunities
- European Commission: Online consultation on a Strategic Plan for Horizon Europe (HEU). Feedback received will be used to shape the work programs and calls for HEUs first four years (2021-2024). Read more about the purpose of the consultation and the Orientations document. All individuals and organizations are welcome to answer the consultation questionnaire. Deadline 8 Sept 2019.
- IPBES:
- Formas: Referral: Strategic agenda for the national food research program, no. 2019-02159, final date for response and comments 22 Aug, 2019. (Swedish only)
- LU: Professional and careers development. Academic staff can register for career-developing activities, which are given in English and in most cases free of charge.
- WINGS (Women IN Great Sciences) is a broad network aimed at women at the Science faculty, Medical faculty, LTH, USV and related industries. The network focus on research, career and networking. To find out more, sign up for the email list.
- SpringerMaterials: LU employees now have access to SpringerMaterials, which is a large database of material properties. Read more and login with your LUCAT-identity.
- Vinnova & SKL: Innovation Week - Share your innovations for tomorrow´s welfare. The week is a national power collection to showcase all the involvement that exists in the public sector regarding innovation and the ability to think new to meet the welfare challenges. 30 Sept- 4 Oct 2019. Register your activity here. (Swedish only)
- Stockholm University: Assistant Professor in Atmospheric Science specializing in Air Quality and Human Health, deadline 30 Sept 2019.
- The Royal Swedish Academy of Science: Post-Doctoral Fellowship to link financial investments to sources of aerosols in South Asia, deadline 30 Aug.
- The Natural Resources Institute Finland: Research Professorship in Food Sustainability, deadline 30 Aug.
- Formas: Employment within biodiversity, deadline 22 Aug.
Conferences and popular science event
- Webinars: Bolin Centre for Climate Research – Filmed seminars from the center.
- Skånes Vindkraftsakademi 10 years, 22 Aug 2019, Jordberga Gård. Register before 15 Aug(Swedish only)
- Symposium: VR - How can basic research in plant biology contribute to solving future food supply? 27 Aug, Stockholm. Register before 19 Aug. (Swedish only)
- Conference: World Water Week, 25-30 Aug 2019, Stockholm.
- Information meeting: The Swedish Energy Agency - invitation to an information meeting about Sweden's national energy and climate plan and a discussion on Sweden's contribution on the total share of renewable energy up to 2030, 29 Aug, Stockholm. Register before 22 Aug. (Swedish only)
- Seminar: KSLA - Climate Change and Land. A seminar about the new IPCC special report. 2 Sept 2019, Stockholm.
- Conference: Solar-electricity 2019, 10-11 Sept, Stockholm. (Swedish only)
- Conference: International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2019 – Joining Forces for Change, 10-13 Sept, Centre for Sea and Society, Gothenburg.
- Seminars: MAT2019, 13-14 Sept, Växjö. (Swedish only)
- Conference: Marine products for health – Marine Biotechnology Conference 2019, 19 Sept, Gothenburg.
- Conference: KNEG and NTM - Climate neutral freight, 30 Sept 2019, Stockholm. (Swedish only)
- PlantLink Day: Robust plants for future climates – research, application and policy, 3 Oct 2019, Alnarp.
- LINXS Symposium: Integrative Structural Biology 2nd Symposium, 9-11 October 2019, Lund.
- Conference: Sharing Cities Summit - Exploring the Role of Sharing Cities in Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, 10-11 Oct 2019.
- Conference: Biodiversity in the world - knowledge for action, 17 Oct, Stockholm. (Swedish only)
- Seminar: EU information on current issues in several different chemical legislation, including the REACH, CLP and biocide regulations, 24 Oct 2019, Stockholm.
- Nordic ICOS Symposium: Sources and sinks of greenhouse gases in the Nordic countries, 24-25 October 2019, Gothenburg. Registration deadline 25 Aug 2019.
- Conference: LUCSUS - Loss & Damage 2019, 30 Oct – 1 Nov, Lund. Register here.
Open positions at the CEC
please spread the word, https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/om-cec/jobba-hos-oss
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- IPCC: Special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems. Report
- The Swedish Research Council (VR):
- European University Association: The European elections: What is new for universities?
- U-multirank – university ranking: Lund University is one of 43 universities included in U-Multirank for Sweden. Its overall profile shows top performance across various indicators, with 10 'A' (very good) scores overall.
- Universitetsläraren: Plan S is postponed one year, to 2021, and revised after criticism. (Swedish only)
- OECD Reviews Sweden´s ODA Performance for Sustainable Development.
- IIASA: Designing effective multiple-objective energy, climate and development policies. Policy Brief #22
- Formas: How Agenda 2030 affects research and innovation. Report (Swedish only)
- The Sustainable Development Solution Network and the Brabant Center for Sustainable Development: SDG Index and Dashboards Report for European Cities
- SEI: SDG Synergies - An approach for coherent 2030 Agenda implementation
- The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Releases First Annual Statistical Analysis of Selected SDGs
- RISE: Perspective on Swedish Renewable Fuels. Report (Swedish only)
- Energy Agency: Panorama visualizes Sweden's climate change. The collaborative tool can be used by anyone who is involved in the climate change and is aimed at everything from companies and organizations to journalists, authorities and the general public. Panorama (Swedish only)
- International Energy Agency: The Future of Hydrogen. Report
- Citi GPS: Technology at Work v4.0 - Navigating the Future of Work. The report is designed to help provide a clearer vision of what could be an uncertain employment future on a sector and economy basis.
- European Commission:
- 100 Radical Innovation Breakthroughs for the future. Report
- Understanding our Political Nature: How to put knowledge and reason at the heart of political decision-making. Report
- LU: New software gives the municipalities a clear view of coastal erosion. (Swedish only)
- SLU: Cows and Climate. Can the climate impact caused by ruminant animals be compensated by carbon storage in pastures and arable land? (Swedish only)
- KSLA: Ecosystem services - About apples and pears in the forest. Report (Swedish only)
- HaV & Swedish EPA: Sweden's aquatic environment from source to sea – A new website replacing the previously printed reports of Freshwater and the Sea. (Swedish only)
- GMV: The Podcast Målmedvetenskap is a talk relay where researchers from Chalmers and Gothenburg University talk about research, collaboration and the UN Global goals for sustainable development.
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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.- Nominate for the Baltic University Programme Annual Award - PhD Thesis 2019: Supervisors can nominate a candidate defending the thesis in 2018, within the research area groups: (1) Natural Sciences, Technology and Engineering, and (2) Social Sciences and Humanities. Deadline 30 Aug 2019.
- The Kamprad Family Foundation for Entrepreneurship, Research & Charity: Complex environmental problems that require new solutions. The yearly call focuses on environmental benefit, system innovation, co-production and entrepreneurship. First step opens 12 Aug, deadline 12 Sept 2019.
- Region Skåne: The environmental protection fund. Opens 15 Aug, deadline 15 Sept 2019. (Swedish only)
- KAW: Call for Research projects with high scientific potential, opens 7 Jan and close 1 Feb 2020. Internal handling at LU with Letter of Intent deadline 27 Sept 2019.
- FORMAS pre-announcement:
- Realizing the global sustainable development goals
Research projects with high relevance for the UN Global Sustainability Objectives in Agenda 2030. The call consists of two parts: (1) Synergies and Conflicts, and (2) Humanistic and social science perspectives. Maximum four years and SEK 20 million per project.To be announced 11 Oct 2019, deadline 6 Feb 2020. - Community planning for transition (step 1, planning grant)
Call for projects that contribute to knowledge development and sustainable solutions that can be used in community planning to transform into a sustainable society. Match-making workshop in Oct 2019, Webbinar in Nov 2019. To be announced 7 Nov 2019, deadline 14 Jan 2020. (Swedish only)
- KSLA: Tandem Forest Values, second call: Forest resources, wood-based value chains and wood construction. Deadline 9 Sept 2019.
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