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Research Centre Lund

About the Research Centre

Research Centre Lund includes the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) and The Department of Political Science at Lund University. LUCSUS is a platform for education, research and cooperation inside and outside academia on questions related to sustainable development. LUCSUS is a faculty-independent centre at Lund University. LUCSUS will take lead in research on the analytical problem of allocation and access under the Earth System Governance Project. Political Science has been studied at Lund University since 1877. Today, Lund University’s Department of Political Science combines old traditions with modern research and education.

The research centre coordinators are Emily Boyd and Fariborz Zelli.

Recent publications

Transition Imaginaries: Contested Temporalities, Affective Politics, and Decolonial Technology

'Transition Imaginaries', by Benoit Dillet and Sophia Hatzisavvidou, offers a nuanced exploration of the ways transition politics unfolds, and a novel…

Earth System Governance – Volume 27

The twenty-seventh volume of Earth System Governance is out now.  The Earth System Governance is an open-access journal for all…

Special Issue: Knowledge Cumulation in Environmental Governance Research

Environmental governance research has expanded rapidly in recent years in response to mounting sustainability challenges. At the same time, concerns…

Special Issue: Is Goal-setting an Effective Strategy for Global Sustainability Governance?

In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with 17 Sustainable Development Goals…