About Sustainability Forum
Since 2013, the Sustainability Forum has been working to ensure that sustainability is a natural and integral part of the whole of Lund University, in research, education, collaboration and within the organisation itself. We are Lund University’s umbrella organisation for strategic support and coordination for sustainability issues.
What does the Sustainability Forum do?
We organise events, develop courses for staff and students, produce policy documents and support the faculties’ sustainability work. We welcome proposals for sustainability initiatives and external partnerships. We communicate with staff, students, the general public and the media.
Examples of our projects include the Sustainability Fund, which finances sustainability projects at the university and is run in collaboration with LU Innovation. We also provide accreditation for UN climate change conferences, host visits from international universities and other organisations, and publish a newsletter that brings together the university’s sustainability research, and much more.
Our work is based on Lund University’s strategy for sustainable development and the mandate we have received from the Vice-Chancellor.
Lund University Strategy for sustainable development 2019-2026
- To constitute a strategic support function to the core activities and all parts of Lund University to contribute to the realisation of the intentions in the Lund University Strategy for sustainable development 2019-2026.
- In collaboration with the Research Board, stimulate and encourage the development of challange-driven research on sustainability, which includes both interdisciplinary research that explicitly focuses on solving sustainability challenges as well as curiosity-driven research that strengthens the knowledge base needed in order to tackle sustainability-related challenges.
- In collaboration with the Education Board and the Research Programmes Board, stimulate and encourage the integration of sustainability aspects into education at all levels. In order to achieve this aim, the Sustainability Forum will support staff competence development in sustainability.
- To support the faculties in their quality assurance and quality development work so that subject-relevant perspectives in sustainable development are promoted in education at all levels.
- Together with the greater society, promote mutual learning and development-driving innovation locally, nationally and internationally.
- In collaboration with Corporate Communications, communicate and make visual Lund University research and education for sustainable development internationally, nationally and internally, as well as contribute to coordinating sustainability-related communication within the university.
- Contribute to creating interactions between students and between students and the university through organisational and practical support for sustainability-related student initiatives, networks and activities.
- Serve as a reference group for the Environmental manager regarding matters of strategic importance for internal environmental and sustainability work.
Current mission updated 1 January 2025.
Sustainability Forum in numbers
- 8,000 followers on LinkedIn: Sustainability at Lund University | linkedin.com
- 4,000 visitors at Sustainability Week 2026
- 1,600 people subscribe to the Sustainability News newsletter
- 158 public lectures at Lund City Library
- 61 researchers and students have been accredited to attend UN climate change conferences since 2021
- 6 – the number of times we have organised the Knowledge for Sustainable Development research conference
- 1 – Lund University’s ranking in the QS 2025 international sustainability rankings
Who are the Sustainability Forum?
The Sustainability Forum consists of a secretariat with five permanent staff members: a head of operations, a project manager, an educational coordinator, a research coordinator and a communications officer. One or two student employees are employed each semester. The secretariat is based in Geocentrum II, at the Department of Environmental and Earth Sciences (MGeo), but works on behalf of the entire university. The work of the Sustainability Forum is led by a steering group that meets four to six times a year. The steering group includes a Pro Vice-Chancellor, the Environmental Manager and representatives from all of the university’s faculties.
Contact Sustainability Forum
contact [at] sustainability [dot] lu [dot] se (contact[at]sustainability[dot]lu[dot]se)
Visit us!
Geocentrum II
Sölvegatan 12
223 62 LUND
Room 285