Published 10 September 2024 Explore this topic in a recently published article (a systematic Scoping Review) by researchers Vasna Ramasar, Martina Angela Caretta and Muriel Côte from the department. This systematic review, which was partially funded by FORMAS grant to Ramasar and Caretta and a internal small grant at the The Department of Human Geography, Lund University, showcases their research

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/resistance-extractivism-induced-water-insecurity-does-gender-have-role-it - 2025-05-15

Published 12 September 2024 Photo: Pexels, Jason Hu Johan Miörner, a researcher at the department, has co-authored a report on behalf of the research institute EAWAG. The report looks at how sustainable cities should develop strategies and practices to reduce water consumption and manage wastewater more sustainably to meet the challenges of climate change. The authors have reviewed six global citi

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/less-water-consumption-and-sustainable-wastewater-management-new-report-shows-how-cities-should - 2025-05-15

Published 26 September 2024 Per Lindström, Bild och Media The Storsjöodjuret, a mythical cryptid* with its roots in Jämtland, was mentioned for the first time as early as the year 1643 and is now being brought up to date again in a new doctoral thesis in human ecology. In the thesis, the author Sanna Händén-Svensson examines how perspectives such as social, cultural, historical and the local affec

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/new-human-ecology-thesis-storsjoodjur-cryptid-borderland-between-reality-and-imagined - 2025-05-15

Published 6 November 2024 Welcome to Lund University. Which university did you recently come from?– I came from Loughborough University in the UK, where I had been since 2010. Prior to that I was based at the University of Copenhagen for 17 years, hence speak fluent Danish. What is (or has been) the main focus of your research? – My research focuses primarily on low-income housing and livelihoods

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/meet-katherine-gough - 2025-05-15

Published 18 December 2024 Over Christmas and New Year, we look forward to a much-needed rest, both for students and department staff. From December 21, 2024 - January 6, 2025, our premises are therefore completely closed. Regular opening hours are valid from January 7, 2025. The Student office opens January 7, as well. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/opening-hours-during-holidays - 2025-05-15

Published 23 January 2025 Congratulations to Hanna Bach who defended her thesis "Navigating Sustainable Shipping - Multi-scalar Transition Dynamics in the Maritime Shipping Sector." We took the opportunity to ask Hanna some questions about her research. Why did you choose to focus on the maritime shipping sector? What was it about the subject that interested you from the start?- The sea, boats and

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/hanna-bach-defended-thesis-sustainable-transition-maritime-shipping-sector - 2025-05-15

Published 7 February 2025 Thomas shares his knowledge about exotic plats to students at the Botanic Garden in Lund. Photo: Christer Lindberg Thomas Malm, Professor of Human Ecology, has published the anthology On Interdisciplinary Paths - Thoughts and Memories. This collection of essays focuses mainly on Oceania, the part of the world where Thomas has traveled and researched the most. The book tak

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/thomas-malm-publishes-anthology-his-life-researcher - 2025-05-15

Published 26 February 2025 The Department is hiring a PhD student in economic geography. The position is connected to research projects that focus on innovation and socio-technical transitions in the urban water management sector – globally and in select high- and middle-income cities. The doctoral candidate program amounts to 240 credits (equivalent to four years of full-time study). It formally

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/new-phd-position-economic-geography - 2025-05-15

Published 5 March 2025 Vasna Ramasar and Muriel Côte participated in a panel discussion on ecofeminism Four researchers from the department participated in the “Feminist Festival” in Malmö this weekend. Martina Angela Caretta held a keynote speech titled What do gender and intersectionality have to do with the environment? A feminist talk on climate justice. In her talk, she provided examples from

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/researchers-shed-light-feminist-geography-festival - 2025-05-15

Published 1 December 2016 Using the CRISPR/Cas9 “gene scissors” researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden have managed to “turn off” an enzyme that proved to play a key role in the regulation of the diabetes-associated TXNIP gene. The results are decreased cell death and increased insulin production in the genetically modified pancreatic beta cells. In a recent study, researchers ha

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/decreased-cell-death-and-increased-insulin-production-pancreatic-beta-cells-genome-edit-crisprcas9 - 2025-05-15

Published 14 December 2016 Charlotte Ling, professor of epigenetics at the Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Sweden, has been awarded the European Research Council’s Consolidator Grant. The funding of EUR 2 million over five years will be used to develop new methods to improve prediction, prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes. Charlotte Ling is a pion

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/investments-epigenetics-combat-diabetes - 2025-05-15

Published 6 February 2017 BEAt-DKD (“Biomarker Enterprise to Attack Diabetic Kidney Disease”), a unique public private partnership funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), member companies from the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and the state of Switzerland has announced the launch of a 5-year

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/beat-dkd-innovative-medicines-initiative-project-precision-medicine-dkd - 2025-05-15

Published 5 March 2019 In his research in zebrafish, Olov Andersson of Karolinska Institutet strives to generate insulin-producing cells and new treatment methods for diabetes. This has led to his selection as a recipient of the Leif C. Groop award for outstanding research, awarded by the Lund University Diabetes Centre and sponsored by Novo Nordisk Sweden. "It is a quick process to generate genet

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/prize-awarded-research-zebrafish-could-lead-new-treatments-diabetes - 2025-05-15

Published 4 April 2019 A two-days seminar gathered some 70 researchers from the University of Bergen, the Institute for Molecular Medicine in Finland (FIMM) and Lund University Diabetes Centre. - We wanted to strengthen the bonds that already exist and in the future create a Nordic network of metabolic researchers, says Ola Hansson who organized the meeting. Kay Prüfer from Max-Planck Institute in

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/nordic-network-metabolic-researchers - 2025-05-15

Published 5 April 2019 In Skåne, newborn babies can be screened for type 1 diabetes and celiac disease (gluten intolerance). To raise awareness about the screening we will be running an information campain on all commuter trains and busses in Skåne during week 15 and 19. Screening för typ 1-diabetes och celiaki Children found to be at risk are eligable to participate in our prevention studies POIn

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/screening-t1d-and-celiac-disease - 2025-05-15

Published 15 April 2019 The 3rd Joint EASD Islet Study Group and Beta-Cell Workshop gathered experts in islet cell biology - mainly beta cells - ranging from development to function and with a focus on both type 1- and type 2-diabetes. Top from left: Jonathan Esguerra, Lena Eliasson, Elaine Cowan, Clair Lyons, Amaya Lopez and Hindrik Mulder. In the front: Alexander Hamilton and Malin Fex. This yea

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/3rd-joint-easd-islet-study-group-and-beta-cell-workshop - 2025-05-15

Published 17 April 2019 In Skåne, newborn babies can be screened for type 1 diabetes and celiac disease (gluten intolerance). More than expected have been found to have an increased risk of developing these diseases, and about thirty children have already been recruited for research studies aimed at lowering this risk. The oral insulin is mixed with the food. Photo: Johan Bävman Large-scale screen

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/screening-finds-children-high-risk-type-1-diabetes-and-celiac-disease - 2025-05-15

Published 18 April 2019 David Nicholls, professor emeritus of Mitochondrial Physiology at the Buck Institute in Novato, California and mentor at the Lund University Diabetes Centre, has become a member of the British Royal Society. The society’s fellows include many of the world’s most eminent scientists. “I feel immensely honoured!” says David Nicholls. David Nicholls knew from a very early age t

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/diabetes-researcher-elected-british-royal-society - 2025-05-15

Published 23 April 2019 In the past decade, knowledge of how lifestyle affects our genes, a research field called epigenetics, has grown exponentially. Researchers at the Lund University Diabetes Centre have summarised the state of scientific knowledge within epigenetics linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes in a review article published in the scientific journal Cell Metabolism. The epigenome is

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/how-lifestyle-affects-our-genes - 2025-05-15

Published 26 April 2019 Indian women are younger and leaner than Swedish women when they develop gestational diabetes, a new study from Lund University Diabetes Centre shows. The researchers also found a gene that increases the risk of gestational diabetes in Swedish women, but which, on the contrary, turned out to have a protective effect in Indian women. " The study show that personalized treatm

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/gestational-diabetes-india-and-sweden - 2025-05-15