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Lund, Sweden – 7 July 2026A new open-access book, Public Law in a Hybrid State: Legal Reform and Global Sociology in Uzbekistan, by Chris Thornhill (University of Birmingham), Rustamjon Urinboyev (Lund University), and Tolibjon Mustafoev (Lund University), has been published by University of California Press. Drawing on extensive empirical research and comparative legal sociology, the book examine

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/public-law-hybrid-state-published-university-california-press - 2026-09-29

Lund, Sweden – August 2026 The Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Staff Exchanges (MSCA) project MARS: Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective is pleased to announce the publication of the open-access edited volume Rethinking the Political Economy of Non-Western Migration Governance: Assemblages of Migration, published by Palgrave Macmillan in its prestigious International Politic

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/mars-project-publishes-groundbreaking-open-access-volume-non-western-migration-governance - 2026-09-29

Lund, Sweden – May–June 2026The MOCCA (Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia) and POLCA (The Political Economy of Legal and Governance Reform in Non-Western Societies: Insights from Central Asia) projects, hosted at the Department of Sociology of Law, Lund University, convened a series of three research seminars in May and June 2026. Bringing together visiting researchers and project par

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/polca-and-mocca-research-seminar-series-governance-corruption-and-institutional-reform - 2026-09-29

Almaty, Kazakhstan – 22 August 2026A podcast interview with Professor Chris Thornhill (University of Birmingham) was published on 22 August 2026 as part of his POLCA secondment for constitutional reform in Kazakhstan. The interview contributes to the dissemination activities of POLCA (The Political Economy of Legal and Governance Reform in Non-Western Societies: Insights from Central Asia) by brin

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/professor-chris-thornhill-discusses-constitutional-reform-and-legal-adaptation-podcast - 2026-09-29

Lund, Sweden – 28 August 2026The MOCCA (Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia) and POLCA (The Political Economy of Legal and Governance Reform in Non-Western Societies: Insights from Central Asia) projects convened a research seminar at Lund University on 28 August 2026 to examine academic freedom, anti-corruption reform, and citizen self-government in Central Asia. The event explored a

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/mocca-and-polca-seminar-academic-corruption-and-public-administration-central-asia - 2026-09-29

Rome, Italy – 26 August 2026The EU-funded POLCA project presented research on public administration trajectories in Central Asia at the 2026 Annual Conference of the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) in Rome. Professor Rustamjon Urinboyev of Lund University, Principal Investigator of POLCA (The Political Economy of Legal and Governance Reform in Non-Western Societies: Insights from C

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/polca-research-presented-egpa-2026-conference - 2026-09-29

Lund, Sweden – 2 September 2026 The MARS (Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective) project hosted a guest seminar by Dr. Michelle von Dach, postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in social and cultural anthropology at the University of Zurich, on 2 September 2026. Her presentation, “Stuckedness in the Lives of Migrants in Rome. An Ethnography of Everyday Navigation of an Existential Co

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/mars-guest-seminar-migrant-stuckedness-rome - 2026-09-29

Lund, Sweden – 14 September 2026 The NORCA – Nordic Central Asian Studies Research Environment convened the conference “Expanding the NORCA Environment: Research Capacities and Interdisciplinary Perspectives” at Lund University on 14 September 2026. Organised by NORCA at the Department of Sociology of Law, the one-day event brought together diplomats, researchers, university representatives, and c

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/norca-conference-expands-research-capacities-and-interdisciplinary-collaboration - 2026-09-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Systemic inflammation impairs perivascular CSF distribution, according to our latest discoveries published in the Journal of Neuroinflammation. The exchange of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) seems to be crucial for the clearance of waste products from the brain. Previous research shows that impaired CSF clearance is associ

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/systemic-inflammation-impairs-perivascular-csf-distribution - 2026-09-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ECT, or electroconvulsive therapy, is an effective treatment for severely depressed patients. However, many patients are worried about side effects, especially long-term memory difficulties. Researchers at Lund University have investigated whether ECT affects the levels of the Alzheimer's-related protein beta-amyloid

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/new-study-mice-ect-and-alzheimers-protein - 2026-09-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During her Ph.D. studies, Yiyi Yang has been investigating the role of microglia in the pathological development of Alzheimer’s disease. On the 3rd of June, it is time to defend her work supervised by Prof. Tomas Deierborg. Now, Yiyi tells us about her research in the Experimental Neuroinflammation Laboratory as being

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-yiyi-yang - 2026-09-29

Having a physically active lifestyle may significantly reduce your risk to develop anxiety disorders. This is the conclusion from our new study following almost 400 000 Swedes, whereof half of them were skiers. And the physical performance level also seems to matter. Mental health issues increase in society and in an effort to mitigate this problem, the Swedish government aims to facilitate physic

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/physically-active-lifestyle-may-prevent-anxiety - 2026-09-29

Oscar Manouchehrian has explored the roles of exercise and inflammation in neurological disorders. On May 13, he defends his Ph.D. thesis. Here, he shares his insights into academic research and experiences as a Ph.D. student in the Experimental Neuroinflammation Laboratory at MultiPark. Tell us about your research! My research engagement has been broad during my research education. For example, I

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/phd-interview-oscar-manouchehrian - 2026-09-29

Since 24 February, nothing has been the same for Ukrainian researchers. In this urgent situation, we have been able to offer one of them a Ph.D. position. We welcome our new colleague, Nadia Kravchenko, who is eager to share her thoughts about how we may all contribute to this period to be as constructive as possible, despite the threatening circumstances. It is impossible not to be touched by the

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/welcome-our-new-phd-student-ukraine - 2026-09-29

Inflammatory responses in the brain have long been suspected of playing a role in Alzheimer’s disease, but are challenging to monitor in the living human brain. An international collaboration including researchers at MultiPark, Lund University has made it possible to detect elevated levels of Galectin-3, a protein expressed in the immune cells inside the brain. The results were published in Acta N

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/biomarker-reveals-inflammatory-changes-brain-alzheimers-disease - 2026-09-29

The aggregation of the protein Amyloid-beta (Abeta) into plaques outside the nerve cells has been recognized in patients with Alzheimer’s disease since 1905. But eliminating the plaques has not helped patients so far. Still, Tomas Roos was recently recruited as a postdoc in our lab. He thinks that Abeta matters, but we may need to focus on the aggregates elsewhere. Earlier this spring, he defended

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/does-alzheimers-disease-start-inside-neurons-interview-tomas-roos-recently-recruited-our-lab - 2026-09-29

Communication is key in research. Recently, our lab had a team-building day at the beach. And a simple Lego game can tell very much about the reasons behind the reproducibility crisis in science. Getting together to communicate new ideas and build relationships is critical for maintaining a vital research group. That is why our lab arranges a team-building once a year, together with the experiment

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/why-research-replication-fails - 2026-09-29

Collaboration is the most efficient way of moving science forward. That is why our research group initiated a network inviting all researchers interested in physical activity investigations at Lund University. Since 2022, we coordinate CoPARLU, a new center of physical activity research at Lund University. Having a physically active lifestyle has been associated with a broad range of health benefi

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/coparlu-centre-physical-activity-research-lund-university - 2026-09-29

Megg Garcia-Ryde’s thesis sheds light on the early pathological processes in Alzheimer’s disease and the interplay between neurons and microglia as the disease evolves. October 10, she defends her thesis. Now, she gives her perspectives from a close collaboration between the experimental neuroinflammation laboratory and the experimental dementia research group and how she brings together the exper

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/neuroimmune-crosstalk-early-alzheimers-disease-phd-interview-megg-garcia-ryde - 2026-09-29

Nailing one's doctoral thesis by simply nailing it up for viewing is an old tradition that possibly dates back to Martin Luther. The tradition has lost its former glory but is still a reason to invite people to a party. Here, Megg Garcia Ryde talks about her nailing. How was the actual nailing? It took some time but went fairly smoothly! I’m the handy person in my household, so I brought my awl to

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/nailed-it-why-do-swedes-nail-their-thesis - 2026-09-29