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Water-use strategies determining growth and survival of tropical trees under heat and drought
Tropical trees play a key role in climate change adaptation and mitigation.The ability of both intact tropical forests and newly planted trees to take up and store carbon in the lo...
Historical urban tree cover change and the potential implications for sustainable urban planning
Urban tree cover is an integral part of urban landscape that provides numerous ecosystem services for the well-being of residents.Swedish local governments are aware of the importa...
New approaches using Drosophila suzukii as a model to discover effective semiochemicals and biopesticide mixtures for managing insect pests
Climate change has caused an alarming expansion of invasive insect species into new territories. Controlling these pests can be a daunting and costly task.We aim to establish a hig...
Genetic rescue or outbreeding depression? How to manage endangered populations.
The project aims to investigate whether genetic rescue, translocations of individuals between different populations lead to improved genetic health and larger local populations of...
Strength and fracture analysis of laminated wood-based structural elements
Cross laminated timber (CLT) from softwoods has been an important enabler of the increased use of bio-based structural materials.However, a general disadvantage of CLT is that the...
Indoor thermal resilience in a changing climate
The observed increase in the global average temperature, the likelihood of more frequent and longer heat wave events and urban heat island effects have raised concerns about increa...
Effects of mycorrhiza on co-localisation of roots and plant available resources in heterogeneous soil environments
The availability of water and plant nutrients such as phosphorus in soil differ within centimetres.Co-localisation of roots and resources in soil is therefore crucial for crop grow...
Holding on to the Dead. Investigating Mummification in European Prehistory
Mummification is a worldwide phenomenon that goes beyond the well-known practices in Ancient Egypt.It is the simplest and the most effective way to preserve a corpse offering the s...
The politics of women’s rights in authoritarian conflict-affected states: backlash, gender-washing, or window of opportunity?
This project explores how and why authoritarian governments in conflict-affected states adopt women’s rights policies, despite their generally low regard for liberal human rights n...
Optimizing circularity for copper slags by facilitating utilization as supplementary cementitious materials
The proposed project aims to study the effect of processing parameters in the slag cleaning process enabling the use of copper slag as a supplementary cementitious material (SCM).I...
Free Will Foundations: Metaethical and methodological underpinnings of free will theories
This project examines how the plausibility of free will theories depends on implicit methodological and metaethical assumptions.In the philosophical free will literature, incompati...
Trials in transition: A study of video links in courts
Videolinks are rapidly becoming an ingrained practice of courts in Sweden and internationally, enabling legal professionals and lay participants to join proceedings from other cour...
Does the circular economy conserve resources?
The purpose of the project is to investigate how circular practices affect the linear production and consumption systems.The environmental legitimacy of the circular economy is bas...
Recycled, renewable and reprocessable insulating foams (3ReFoam)
In households, energy consumption is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and approximately 60% of the energy used is for heating. Effective insulation materials are...
Boundary-making, resource governance and conflict: Exploring the capacity of land reform to promote sustainable pastoralism in East Africa
Pastoralism is the main livelihood in the drylands of East Africa; it is well adapted to conditions dictated by climate variability, making pastoralists well-positioned to adapt to...
Civil society and populism: How the rise to power of populist parties affects State-civil society relations
With the wave of right-wing populist parties coming to power and gaining influence in recent years, civil society has been hit by increased ideological resistance from outside.The...
Academic climate activism - Navigating values, knowledge production and credibility on the science-society boundary
This project aims to explore academic climate activism and its influence on research.Academic activism, understood as researchers engaged in social movements, has raised concerns i...
Unravelling the dynamics of deprived urban areas in the Majority World using AI and Earth Observation to foster evidence-based sustainable planning (DEPRIMAP)
Rapid urbanization in the Majority World (MW) is leading to the proliferation of deprived urban areas (DUAs). By 2030, the number of people living in DUAs will reach 2 billion.Thes...
Urban exposome and asthma incidence from childhood to young adulthood
Research problem and specific questions Identifying the urban environment exposures related to asthma is the key to mitigate the disease burden of asthma in urban areas.Previous st...
Modern digital technologies and strategic change: New insights on digital transformation and business model innovation
With the accelerating use of digital technologies, such as big data and artificial intelligence, in organizations, there are now an increasing number of reports suggesting that mos...