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Karen Runde, batch 13 Senior Director of Academics and the Entrepreneur Network at Santa Clara University, USA Brooke Savoy, batch 26 Working to accelerate South Korea's energy transition Cecilia Jaques, batch 20 Engagement Manager at Accelerating Community Energy Transformation, University of Victoria, Canada Kent Buchanan, batch 13 Climate mitigation analyst with the South African Government Mar
Kent Buchanan works as a technical advisory for the South African government to develop targets to reduce national greenhouse gas emissions. He is also pursuing a PhD on climate smart agriculture: "My main motivation is to work with purpose and to be proud of my contribution". Kent Buchanan graduated from LUMES in 2011, as part of batch 13. What are you working on right now?Currently I work part t
Karen Runde is the Senior Director of Academics and the Entrepreneur Network at the Miller Center for Global Impact at Santa Clara University in California, USA. She is passionate about advancing sustainable development – particularly water access in Sub-Saharan Africa, and recently designed and piloted CoShun, an innovative water filter tested in two schools in Kenya. She graduated from LUMES in
Marie-Helene Westholm-Knebel worked for many years in international sustainability before becoming the Global Head of Sustainability for ABB Energy Industries. Throughout her career, she has been driven by the belief that we can all play a role in driving positive impact, individually and at work. She graduated from LUMES in 2008, as part of batch 10. What are you working on right now?I am current
Brooke Savoy's work for the climate organisation, Solutions For Our Climate, in Seoul, focuses on policy research and activism aimed at improving South Korea's energy policies. She is motivated by the knowledge that her and other people's work is making the world even a little bit better: "In the long run, everything we do adds up to make an impact". She graduated from LUMES in 2024, as part of ba
Cecilia Jaques works as the Engagement Manager at Accelerating Community Energy Transformation, an interdisciplinary research program led by the University of Victoria, Canada. "I am motivated by the belief that climate action becomes real through relationships. Communities, governments, researchers and residents all shape the transition, and strong relationships help ensure solutions take root."
Full project titleFlood Resilience in Slums: Community-Responsive Adaptation in Kibera, Nairobi. Funding organisationThe research is funded under the research programme “Sustainability and resilience – Tackling climate and environmental changes”, which is is jointly funded by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), Sida and Formas. Project timeline2016–2019. Project leaderAt LUCSUS, the pr
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/inclusive-resilience-building-floods-informal-settlements - 2026-07-13
LUCAS student from Croatia What is your background?My background is in Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Even though my bachelor’s degree isn’t directly in social sciences or climate change, I started to see a lot of connections between workplace safety, environmental protection, and climate issues. Over time, I became more interested in how climate change affects not just the environ
Marin Slijepčević Chloé Pierre Kerstin Saathoff Johan Ståhlberg
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/education/master-science-programmes/lucas-climate-change-and-society/lucas-student-portraits - 2026-07-13
LUCAS student from France What is your background?For the past seven years, I have been involved in an environmental association that advocates for comprehensive education on global issues for young people, particularly in secondary schools. This is where I developed my awareness of environmental issues. I also pursued a BA in Political Science with a specialisation in international relations in F
Maja Essebo Murray Scown Bregje van Veelen
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/education/master-science-programmes/lucsus-teacher-portraits - 2026-07-13
Associate senior lecturer What is your academic background? My PhD is in Human Geography. Before that I studied Environmental Sustainability (Master) and Geography & International Relations (Undergraduate). My main topic of research is low-carbon transitions, and although most of my education has been in geography, I also often borrow ideas from sociology and political science for studying how tra
Researcher and Director of Studies for LUMES and LUCAS What is your academic background?Political science (master) and human geography (PhD).What courses are you teaching and what is your research about?In LUMES I teach the course Politics of sustainability and in LUCAS the course Transformational approaches to climate change. I usually also supervise master thesis students and give lectures in va
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/education/master-science-programmes/lucsus-teacher-portraits/maja-essebo - 2026-07-13
LUCAS student from Germany/Sweden What is your background?I have been in the corporate world for 16 years; the majority of this time I spent working at Google in different locations, most recently as a Senior Program Manager in the EMEA News Partnerships team managing innovation projects. Before that I spent some time in technical account management for ad serving, as well as online PR.My educatio
LUCAS student from Sweden What is your background?I have a long background in outdoor (skiing, mountains) photography and journalism. Add to this a detour into communication and advertising. But that is also the reason I am in LUCAS. I saw the changes in the mountains and ski resorts. Warmer winters, less snow and, how the melting affected so much more than just adrenaline junkies on skiis.Why did
Associate senior lecturer What is your academic background?I have a PhD and Honours degree in Geography and a Bachelor of Environmental Science.What courses are you teaching and what is your research about?In LUCAS, I coordinate the first course - Drivers and Dynamics of Climate Change. In LUMES, I coordinate the Geographies of Sustainability course, and also do some teaching in the Earth Systems
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/education/master-science-programmes/lucsus-teacher-portraits/murray-scown - 2026-07-13
Climate Adaptation, Risk Reduction and Empowerment Funding organisationsLund University Centre of Excellence for Integration of Social and Natural Dimensions of Sustainability (LUCID)The Swedish Research Council FormasSwedish Environmental Protection AgencyTimelineSince 2015ParticipantsChad BodaChristine WamslerDavid O’Byrne,Ebba BrinkStephen WoronieckiDescriptionCoastal cities are increasingly e
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/sustainable-coastal-planning-and-management - 2026-07-13
Climate Adaptation and Human Rights (JXCA01) – Distance Course in English Climate change affects societies, ecosystems, and people’s living conditions across the globe. Addressing growing risks such as floods, heatwaves, droughts, and other climate-related disasters requires not only technical solutions, but also socially just and inclusive strategies. This online course in Climate Adaptation and
https://www.law.lu.se/study/x-courses/climate-adaptation-and-human-rights-5-credits - 2026-07-13
Intensive course taught by leading experts in the field The Faculty of Law and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights at the University of Lund are delighted to announce a Summer School in Digital Human Rights, which will take place in Lund, Sweden from 22-26 June 2026. This will be a residential, advanced, and intensive course on the application of international human rights law in the d
https://www.law.lu.se/study/summer-school-digital-human-rights-closed-application - 2026-07-13
At the Faculty of Law, you as a researcher have access to two transcription services: one local service and one that you can use remotely. The Faculty of Law’s Transcription ServiceThe Faculty of Law’s IT department offers a free transcription service. It consists of a local installation of Whisper AI, which allows you to easily transcribe audio files into a text document that is saved directly to
https://www.law.lu.se/transcription - 2026-07-13
