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https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/inauguration-lund-university-cancer-centre-4-february-2020 - 2026-10-09

LUCSUS is part of organising next year's Political Ecology Network conference (POLLEN24) in Lund. The unfolding and entwined social-ecological crises make the challenge of how to move towards more plural and just futures more pressing than ever. Political ecology provides an important toolbox to explore the unjust and colonial power relations that condition global flows of material resources, mone

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/next-pollen-conference-lund - 2026-10-09

On Saturday 4 May, Lund’s city centre was taken over by Lundaloppet. This year, there was a record number of participants, 8,179, who ran or walked in the races. Among those competing were 784 staff members from Lund University. Lund University was one of the largest employers represented in the race. Many fleet-footed LU staff members took part and we had several runners among the top finishers.A

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-did-your-colleagues-fare-years-lundaloppet - 2026-10-10

Barbara Magalhães Teixeira has published a paper in Geopolitics: “Room to grow and the right to say no: theorizing the liberatory power of peace in the Global South”. How do we make space for peace in the Global South, in a context of rising economic and political inequalities as well as environmental and climate change impacts?AbstractThis article builds on feminist and decolonial perspectives an

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/magalhaes-teixeira-rethinking-way-peace-and-violence-are-understood-global-south - 2026-10-09

Lisa Strömbom, together with Gustav Agneman (LU and Trondheim University) and Angelica Rettberg (Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá), has published the article “Do Apologies Promote the Reintegration of former combatants? Lessons from a Video Experiment in Colombia” in Journal of Peace Research. The article tests the common proposition inherent in transitional justice theory and practice which holds

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/strombom-agneman-och-rettberg-journal-peace-research-apologies-and-reintegration-former-combatants - 2026-10-09

The SURCO project looks at the effects of droughts, poverty and migration in two rural regions of northern Colombia, and is directed by Andrés Palacio, Associate Professor in Economic History at LUSEM. Using expertise from disciplines such as economic history, biology, economics, ecology, geography, law and political science, the project aims to enhance the sustainable development of rural and dis

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/water-scarcity-rural-colombia - 2026-10-09

The Board of the Faculty of Medicine (MFS) has held a meeting. The meeting began with the dean informing about what is happening with grants from NIH and how we follow the developments in this area. She also talked about new initiatives based on the research bill, such as new Strong Research Areas, clusters of excellence, centres of excellence, the Swedish Research Council’s initiative for associa

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/report-faculty-board-meeting-4-june-2025 - 2026-10-09

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-opening-phd-student-political-science-nuclear-politics-middle-east - 2026-10-09

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-opening-phd-student-islamic-studies-islamic-ethics-and-moral-economy-middle-east - 2026-10-09

IIIEE researchers Thomas Lindhqvist and Naoko Tojo together with Reid Lifset from Yale University School of the Environment have presented their insights in relation to the development of EPR over the past decades. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has been increasingly discussed as a concept to solve the current waste problems for specific products. Thomas Lindhqvist first described it in 19

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researchers-virtual-public-event-history-epr - 2026-10-09

IIIEE researcher Jenny Palm together with Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg and Eivind Hjort Matthiasen (both at Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway) have published a new article “Flexible electricity consumption policies in Norway and Sweden: Implications for energy justice”. In the article the consultation processes around electricity grid tariff models in Norway and Sweden are compared. Policies for sh

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/fresh-new-article-flexible-electricity-consumption-policies-norway-and-sweden-implications-energy - 2026-10-09

The Faculty of Social Sciences and the School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) offer a course for those who are planning to apply for docent (associate professor/reader) in the near future. The course is seminar-based and designed to be inspirational, but also to provide useful knowledge about the research process and academia in general. Participants are also provided with an intensive version

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/becoming-docent-joint-course-faculty-social-sciences-and-lusem-0 - 2026-10-09

The renovation project for Gamla kirurgen is entering the fourth stage of the construction process as architects produce a more detailed design. If all goes according to plan, the fifth renovation in the building's history will begin in 2026. Two years ago, the project to establish a social science centre paused, awaiting the Land and Environment Courts' consideration of an appeal against Lund Mun

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/renewal-gamla-kirurgen-enters-new-phase - 2026-10-09

Times Higher Education (THE) published their latest ranking on 28 September. Lund University made 106th place, an improvement of 13 places compared with last year. The ranking is based on thirteen indicators within five areas. Factors that weigh heavily are the evaluation surveys sent to teaching staff and researchers from other higher education institutions who list the fifteen most important uni

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-106th-place-times-higher-educations-ranking - 2026-10-10

I december förra året (2023) presenterade projektgruppen för Lunds universitets Science Village-etablering (Etapp 2) ett sammanhängande lokalprogram för Scenario 5, utvecklat i samarbete med White arkitekter. Detta program är en detaljerad beskrivning av de lokaler och funktioner som behövs för att säkerställa en effektiv verksamhet i framtiden. Det markerar det första, men väldigt viktiga, steget

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/internt/artikel/lokalprogram-och-nasta-steg-science-village-etableringen-etapp-2 - 2026-10-09

Sociologiska institutionen, med avdelningarna genusvetenskap, socialantropologi och sociologi, har valt en ny prefekt. Sandra Jönsson tillträdde den 15 november. Vi bad Sandra svara på några frågor för att presentera sig. Kan du berätta kort om din bakgrund?Jag disputerade i arbets- och organisationspsykologi vid Lunds universitet 2005. Sedan följde många lärorika år på Malmö universitet, där jag

https://www.sam.lu.se/internt/artikel/mot-sociologiska-institutionens-nya-prefekt - 2026-10-09

För chefer, medarbetare och politiska beslutsfattare i offentliga organisationer ställs ständigt krav för att hantera nya utmaningar i sitt arbete. Det kan handla om nya ledningsideér, styrformer eller innovativa lösningar på komplexa problem. För fyra år sedan beslutade en grupp forskare på Lunds universitet att samla sin kompetens, erfarenhet och nätverk under namnet CLOO – centrum för ledning i

https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/samlar-kunskap-om-ledning-och-styrning-i-offentliga-organisationer - 2026-10-09

På måndagen den 23 februari kom beslutet från Tandvårds- och läkemedelsförmånsverket (TLV). De säger nej till att subventionera Wegovy, som på kort tid blivit ett av de mest omtalade läkemedlen mot obesitas. Wegovy, som innehåller det numera välkända ämnet semaglutid, används för att hjälpa personer med obesitas att gå ner i vikt. Novo Nordisk, företaget bakom läkemedlet, hade ansökt om att få det

https://www.artrosportalen.lu.se/artikel/lakemedlet-wegovy-mot-obesitas-far-ingen-subvention - 2026-10-09

Aquaporiner är ett protein som reglerar vattenflödet in och ut ur celler. Dessa proteiner har visat sig spela roll vid både cancer och diabetes typ 2. Nu har en forskargrupp vid Lunds universitet lyckats hitta en läkemedelskandidat som binder till proteinet, något som visat sig påverka leukemicellers tillväxtförmåga. Studien publiceras i PNAS. Aquaporiner är vattenkanaler som finns i cellernas mem

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/blockerar-aquaporiner-och-darmed-cancertillvaxt - 2026-10-10

För patienter med spridd hudcancer, malignt melanom, har immunterapi med så kallade checkpointhämmare blivit en allt vanligare behandling. Behandlingen har god effekt på lång sikt för cirka hälften av patienterna. En studie från Lunds universitet visar att molekylära mekanismer i tumörvävnad kan förklara varför andra får återfall. Checkpointhämmare är en typ av immunterapi som aktiverar kroppens e

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/malignt-melanom-aterfall-efter-immunterapi - 2026-10-10