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Open for all BECC-associated researchers Applications for Action Groups can be sent to the Board two times per year: by 1 May or 1 December. Application template (DOCX, 27 kB) An Action Group (AG) addresses a particular issue, problem,…

https://www.becc.lu.se/funding-instruments/action-group- 2021-04-26

Open for all BECC-associated researchers BECC welcomes guest researchers to work in areas that fall within the scientific framework and interests of its research area, with the aim to further strengthen the research and research groups…

https://www.becc.lu.se/becc-researchers/funding-instruments/guest-researchers- 2021-03-04

Open for all BECC-associated researchers Please consider gender aspects, interdisciplinary aspects, synthesis, stakeholder and the connection between Gothenburg and Lund when submitting proposals for different activities. BECC welcomes…

https://www.becc.lu.se/funding-instruments/workshops- 2021-03-23

This seminar series has the ambition to connect scholars across disciplines to discuss and learn more broadly about what the BECCs research themes imply across the disciplines, perspectives, methodologies and research practices within the…

https://www.becc.lu.se/funding-instruments/becc-grand-seminars- 2021-03-11

BECC welcomes initiatives to interact with stakeholders. Resources allocated to themes can be used for such activities but there are more resources for stakeholder interactions. In addition CEC can support the organization of such…

https://www.becc.lu.se/becc-researchers/funding-instruments/stakeholder-interactions- 2021-03-03

BECC initiated and runs the graduate research school ClimBEco together with the strategic research environment MERGE. merge.lu.se About ClimBEco “ClimBEco’s goal is to offer a PhD research education environment that promotes young…

https://www.becc.lu.se/becc-researchers/funding-instruments/graduate-courses-climbeco- 2021-03-03

For BECC-PIs BECC funds post doc projects, PhD projects, research grants and also, from time to time, part-funds faculty positions. Each year the Board decides how much of the budget is to be allocated to research funding. Decisions on how…

https://www.becc.lu.se/funding-instruments/project-funding- 2022-06-23

Acknowledging BECC If you are funded by BECC please acknowledge BECC in your papers and presentations. BECC PIs are always expected to highlight their BECC affiliation e.g. in BECC-relevant talks and publications. Examples:  “X is…

https://www.becc.lu.se/becc-researchers/communications-material- 2021-03-11

Published 22 August 2014 Sun over earth, photo: NASA A new study from Lund University has, for the first time, reconstructed solar activity during the last ice age. The study shows that the regional climate is influenced by the sun and…

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/suns-activity-influences-natural-climate-change- 2021-01-12

Published 25 August 2014 Photo: UN CC images Flickr, photographer: Eskinder Debebe The 2014 annual meeting of the Swedish Political Science Association (SWEPSA) will be hosted by the Department of Political Science at Lund University…

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/swepsa-annual-meeting-2014-lund- 2021-01-12

Published 5 September 2014 Welcome to a BECC seminar on October 6th with invited speaker Professor Detlef Sprinz, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and University of Potsdam. The European Union has perceived itself as a…

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/effectiveness-eu-policies-comply-kyoto-protocol- 2021-01-12

Published 9 September 2014 A new article in Ecology Letters has shown for the first time that grassland plants dependent on insect pollination are particularly susceptible to increasing land-use intensity in the landscape. Authors are BECC…

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-article-about-grassland-plants-and-surrounding-land-use- 2021-01-12

Published 12 September 2014 CEC director Henrik Smith, is one of the researchers behind a debate article in Dagens Nyheter on September 8. The researchers are arguing that there is a unique possibility to use the areas that was damaged in…

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-coordinator-henrik-smith-about-forest-fire-area-dn-debatt- 2021-01-12

Published 16 September 2014 Read the 2014 self evaluation of BECC. Some of the headlines of the report are: research output, strategic value for the society and the business sector and research and education integration. The BECC Self…

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/curious-about-how-becc-doing- 2021-01-12

Predicting climate-driven changes in phenology and their effects on populations using evolutionary game theoryWe develop eco-evolutionary models and life-history optimisation models to study adaptive phenology and their effects on…

https://www.becc.lu.se/research/conservation-biodiversity-and-maintenance-ecosystem-services/climate-driven-phenological-change- 2021-01-12

We aim to describe the genetic signature at expanding range margins and to understand to what extent populations and species can adapt to new environmental conditions triggered by recent climate change, as well as understand the role of…

https://www.becc.lu.se/research/conservation-biodiversity-and-maintenance-ecosystem-services/evolutionary-change- 2021-01-12

Agent-based land use modelling for management of biodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultureThe overriding aim of the project is to develop ecological-economic models for evaluating the implications of climate change for agriculture…

https://www.becc.lu.se/research/combined-effects-land-use-and-climate-change-agriculture/modelling-effects-climate-change-agriculture- 2021-01-12

Both ecologists and economists use models to study environmental problems. These need to be combined if the models are to be helpful for finding solutions. Pure ecological models ignore the human dimension of landscape management and pure…

https://www.becc.lu.se/research/integrated-ecological-modelling/ecological-economic-modelling-anthropogenic-landscape-change- 2021-01-12

Linking microbial activity and biogeochemical processes – how to measure function?In order to advance our understanding on how microorganism control and affect biogeochemical cycles of elements there is a need to better link studies on…

https://www.becc.lu.se/research/biogeochemical-cycles-and-processes/linking-microbial-activity-and-biogeochemical-processes- 2021-01-12

Since the 1980s, global governance arrangements have been set up to reduce the rate of deforestation and forest degradation. These arrangements incorporate of a complex hybrid mix of international law, soft law, and non-government…

https://www.becc.lu.se/research/support-regional-national-and-international-policymakers/forestry-governance- 2021-01-12