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BACHELOR’S AND MASTER’S PROGRAMME DIRECTORY | ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY
ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY
Disaster Management 52
Environmental Management and Policy 52
Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management 52
Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science 54
Related programmes
Atmospheric Sciences and Biogeochemical Cycles 85
Energy-Efficient and Environmental Building Design 46
Geographical Information Systems 90
Human Ecology – Culture, Power and Sustainability 72
Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis 93
Public Health 79
Sustainable Business Leadership 43
Sustainable Urban Design 35
Water Resources 49
Lund University has long had the ambition to be a driving
force for sustainable development. Lund University
not only carries out extensive and diversified research and
education connected to sustainability issues, we are also
actively involved in promoting sustainable development
in collaboration with local, national and international
networks and organisations.
A great number of educational programmes at various
levels relate directly to central sustainability challenges
and the programmes we offer are all characterised by both
a global focus and world-wide recruitment of students.
In many other programmes in fields such as engineering,
law, economics and social sciences, it is also possible to
specialise in issues connected to sustainable development.
Sustainability research at Lund University is characterised
by great diversity and involves numerous disciplines across
all faculties. Research stretches from ecosystems, health
and management of natural resources to sustainable design
and business, as well as issues of social sustainability
and governance challenges in different parts of the world.
Many departments are active in this research, along with
several interdisciplinary departments or centres such as
Environmental and Energy Systems Studies at the Faculty
of Engineering, the Centre for Climate and Environment
at the Faculty of Science or the faculty-independent IIIEE
(International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics)
and LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability
Studies).
Many recent major research initiatives in Lund take
an interdisciplinary approach involving researchers from
different parts of the university. Among these are longterm
programmes on sustainability-related issues such as
climate modelling, transitions to low-carbon energy and
transport systems, land use, biodiversity and ecosystem
services and sustainability science.
Sustainability research is often connected to international
programmes, increasingly funded by the EU and
other international organisations, and education is characterised
by international involvement via well-developed
academic networks. Transdisciplinary collaboration with
society outside academia is also important. Stakeholders
such as planners, farmers, NGOs or business representatives
are often involved in both research projects and teaching.
Lund University collaborates closely with the cities
of Lund and Malmö on sustainable urban development,
and is a partner of the RCE Skåne, the Regional Centre
of Expertise for Education for Sustainable Development.
“During my time here I have developed a large international
network. This is useful to me both socially and professionally.”
Jonas Sonnenschein (Germany), Master’s in Environmental Management and Policy.
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