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7 Jul 2025
A model for inclusive growth – or a warning? Lessons from the garment industry in Mauritius
Production for the textile and fashion industry can, for many countries, represent a first step out of poverty. But what does this mean for those who work in the sector, and what h...
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27 Jun 2025
Research shows: Sustainable development requires locally rooted aid
For hundreds of years, people have made a living from livestock herding in rural Kenya. Today, their traditional way of life is increasingly burdened by the effects of climate cha...
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12 May 2025
From sustainable diets to the global stage – three questions to Anna Stubbendorff
Johan Rockström, Gunhild Stordalen and Christer Fuglesang are among the headline speakers – and so is Anna Stubbendorff, an Agenda 2030 PhD student specialising in sustainable diet...
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8 May 2025
Congratulations to our new PhDs
We are proud to have two newly awarded PhDs within the Agenda 2030 Graduate School! Congratulations to Linn Ternsjö at Lund University School of Economics and Management and Billy ...
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9 Apr 2025
Jesica López honoured for her fight for the future of the Amazon
Wildfires and deforestation are spreading in the wake of an expanding cattle industry in the Amazon rainforest. Now, Jesica López is being recognised for her research, which has br...
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9 Apr 2025
Can the oil industry's know-how help solve the climate crisis?
She grew up in oil-rich Norway, with a father who travelled the world working in the oil sector. Little did Lina Lefstad know that just two decades later she would be a researcher ...
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9 Apr 2025
When care becomes a luxury - Jamie Woodworth on end-of-life care in the Swedish welfare state
What are your thoughts on death? How would you like to spend your last days? These kinds of existential questions are explored at so-called death cafés - gatherings that Jamie Wood...
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21 Mar 2025
Nearly four in ten female students suffer from iron deficiency
Nearly four in ten female upper secondary school students suffer from iron deficiency. Among vegetarians and vegans, seven in ten have low iron levels, according to a new study led...
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7 Feb 2025
Thirteen new PhD students join the Agenda 2030 Graduate School
At the start of the new year, the Agenda 2030 Graduate School at Lund University welcomed thirteen new PhD candidates from seven faculties. This exciting addition to the Graduate S...
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19 Dec 2024
Juan Ocampo researched the organizing of money in places where money is assumed to be scarce
What does it take to implement a complementary currency in a community, and how does it reshape social, technical, and economic dynamics? Juan Ocampo, a PhD graduate from Lund Univ...