News | LTH Profile Area: The Energy Transition

Preparing for a warmer climate
A heat wave has spread across Europe in the recent weeks. The extremely high temperatures have put both people and communities to the test. “The heat in the south is a wake-up call for us in the north – we aren’t prepared for extreme heat of this kind,” says Lund University researcher Chuansi Gao, who offers advice on how best to cope with the heat [...]

Sustainability Week 2026 – LTH’s Program
For the 10th time, Lund University is organising Sustainability Week together with Lund Municipality. With over 70 events over six days, sustainability topics will be highlighted in different ways within social, ecological and economic sustainability. It is a week of discussion and action, serious issues and hopeful visions of the future.

Second term for EU's Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change – LTH-professor continues
The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change is entering a new phase as its first four-year term ends in March 2026. The Council's new members have now been announced, and Lars J Nilsson, Professor of Environmental and Energy Systems at LTH, will continue to be one of the representatives.

From ticks to fossil-free: Researchers awarded for their work – Himani Garg at LTH one of them
There is a solemn atmosphere among the researchers who are about to take the stage and talk about their research. They are all scholarship recipients from one of Hain's four foundations that distribute funds to Lund University research. This year, 17 researchers will share SEK 13.5 million.

Research conference: Breaking barriers to climate solutions
Welcome to this interdisciplinary research conference on the theme "Breaking barriers to climate solutions". The conference aims to encourage knowledge sharing and dialogue between Lund University and the University of Cambridge.

Network grant for planning future excellence clusters
The Swedish Research Council has decided on the applications to be awarded network grant for planning future excellence clusters for groundbreaking technologies. Of the 40 networks approved, four are at The Faculty of Engineering, Lund University.

More efficient use of electricity grids can ease electricity shortages
The crucial role played by electricity grids has been overshadowed by the heated debate on the best sources of power to safeguard electricity supply. This is the view of Hannes Sonnsjö, researcher at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering (LTH), who in a new report suggests how to make the electricity grid more efficient.

Compel in Almedalen 2024
During Almedalen Week, Compel participated in a discussion on the future of research and education: “Alone is strong? The need for a collaborative Swedish innovation and skills supply strategy”.

NOSA Aerosologist of the year: Adam Kristensson
Adam Kristensson, senior lecturer at Combustion Physics and member of the profile areas Aerosols and Energy Transition, has been awarded the 2024 NOSA Aerosologist Award. The award is given for his excellent contribution to aerosol research and as an active promotor for aerosol science as both a previous NOSA board member, but also within ACTRIS.

‘How many of you are afraid of batteries?’
LTH researcher Elna Heimdal Nilsson started her lecture at Framtidsdagarna with just that question – ‘How many of you are afraid of batteries?’ – and it turned out that the audience was not particularly afraid. In her presentation ‘Batterisation - the safety of future Li-ion batteries’, she shared the latest research on battery technology and gave [...]