The International Project Office is hosted by Lund University.
Lund University Centre of Excellence for Integration of Social and Natural Dimensions of Sustainability
LUCID is a new research programme in Sustainability Science. LUCID is gathering seven disciplines from four faculties for together developing the scientific field “Sustainability Science” and it is coordinated by LUCSUS. LUCID aims at creating completely new and unique synergies across natural and social sciences in order to develop new integrated theories and methods for addressing complex sustainability issues. The research will offer theoretical, methodological and practical contributions to the broad and emerging field of sustainability science. The LUCID Research School aims to build a research platform that advances and problematises the role of science in the transition toward sustainability. Building upon the conceptual distinction between problem-solving and critical research strategies as starting point, The Research School aims to find new ways of integrating knowledge across the divides between social and natural sciences as well as between critical and problem-solving research. This will be done in the context of major sustainability challenges such as climate change, global health, loss of biodiversity, the global water crisis, and land use change.
Research on complex issues is usually best pursued in groups where researchers with different but related expertise investigate different aspects of a joint problem. LUCID Research School will offer scientific training and a fruitful learning environment where the exchange of knowledge between younger and more experienced researchers is emphasised and developed. PhD candidates from different disciplinary backgrounds and Post-docs work closely together under professional scientific leadership and where research students are supervised in interdisciplinary groups.
Coordinator: Professor Lennart Olsson
contact
Email: Lennart.olsson [at] lucsus.lu.se
Phone: +46(0)46 222 0511
Postal Address:
P O Box 170
SE221-00, Lund, Sweden
Visiting address:
Geocentrum 1, 4th Floor
Sölvegatan 10 Lund, Sweden