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48 Bachelor’s and Master’s programme directory | Environment & SustainabilityEnvironment & SustainabilityEnvironmental Management and Policy | Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management | Environmental Studies andSustainability ScienceLund University has long had the ambi-ciplines across all faculties. Researchclimate modelling, transitions to low-tion to be a driving force for sustainablestretches from ecosystems, health andcarbon energy and transport systems,development. Lund University not onlymanagement of natural resources toland use, biodiversity and ecosystemcarries out extensive and diversifiedsustainable design and business, asservices and sustainability science.research and education connected towell as issues of social sustainabilitySustainability research is oftensustainability issues, we are also ac-and governance challenges in differentconnected to international pro-tively involved in promoting sustainableparts of the world. Many departmentsgrammes, increasingly funded by thedevelopment in collaboration withare active in this research, along withEU and other international organisa-local, national and international net-several interdisciplinary departmentstions, and education is characterisedworks and organisations.or centres such as Environmental andby international involvement via well-Environment & SustainabilityA great number of educational programmesat various levels relate directlyto central sustainability challenges andthe programmes we offer are all characterisedby both a global focus andworld-wide recruitment of students.In many other programmes in fieldssuch as engineering, law, economicsand social sciences, it is also possibleto specialise in issues connected tosustainable development.Sustainability research at LundUniversity is characterised by greatdiversity and involves numerous dis-Energy Systems Studies at the Facultyof Engineering, the Centre for Climateand Environment at the Faculty of Scienceor the faculty-independent IIIEE(International Institute for IndustrialEnvironmental Economics) and LUCSUS(Lund University Centre for SustainabilityStudies).Many recent major research initiativesin Lund take an interdisciplinaryapproach involving researchers fromdifferent parts of the University. Amongthese are long-term programmes onsustainability-related issues such asdeveloped academic networks.Transdisciplinary collaborationwith society outside academia is alsoimportant. Stakeholders such as planners,farmers, NGOs or business representativesare often involved in bothresearch projects and teaching. LundUniversity collaborates closely withthe cities of Lund and Malmö on sustainableurban development, and is apartner of the RCE Skåne, the RegionalCentre of Expertise for Education forSustainable Development.