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To create a functional urban environment for people, the environment and biodiversity, cities need to make careful considerations. Urban densification can be positive, for example in terms of reducing car traffic and providing better services to more people. At the same time, it can be at the expense of green spaces and human health. Johanna Alkan Olsson is a senior lecturer at CEC and has been re

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/five-challenges-and-tips-creating-functional-urban-environment-when-densifying-cities - 2025-10-13

Onsdag 9 december kan alla intresserade besöka Historiska museet och möta grundaren av Lunds universitet, biskop Peder Winstrup (1605-1679). Peder Winstrups mumie och flera spännande föremål från kistan kommer att visas upp på museet klockan 10:00-20:00. Det är fri entré hela dagen.– Det här unika tillfället ska man inte missa. Winstrup var en äkta renässansmänniska med stor bredd och han har haft

https://www.lu.se/artikel/oppet-hus-unik-chans-att-se-peder-winstrups-mumie - 2025-10-14

The first edition of Lund University Magazine – LUM – was published 1968. Now the university management proposes to close the newspaper, in both physical and digital form. In January, the University director will make a decision on adopting a new remit and organisation for Corporate Communication within the Central Administration. Corporate Communication must be able to meet new needs at no extra

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/university-management-proposes-closing-down-lum - 2025-10-13

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/viruses-difficult-control-swedish - 2025-10-13

Almedalen Week is Sweden’s biggest political meeting place with a week full of seminars, speeches, meetings and get togethers. Some of our MERGE researchers are seen at different events in Almedalen, Gotland this year. Hur anpassar vi Sverige till en varmare värld?When: Tuesday 1 July, 9.00-12.00Patrick Samuelsson, SMHI, is one of the speakersRead more about the event hereKlimatfrågor och stålprod

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/merge-almedalen-week - 2025-10-13

The IIIEE graduate Hedda Roberts has been awarded first prize in an annual competition with her thesis on the topic "Take-Make-Destroy - Exploring Unsustainable Production-Consumption Systems and Policies to Address Product Destruction". IIIEE master thesis wins SYSAV scholarship Hedda Roberts won the first prize in SYSAV’s annual thesis competition. SYSAV, the South Scania Waste Company, is owned

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-master-thesis-wins-sysav-scholarship - 2025-10-13

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/teaching-about-israel-palestine - 2025-10-13

Markus Lahtinen, researcher and lecturer at the Department of Informatics, Lund University, has been interviewed by both Dagens Nyheter (DN) and Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) for expert insights on the use of AI for crime-fighting purposes. The articles in DN and SvD report on the potential integration of AI into camera surveillance, including facial recognition and automatic reading of licence plates.

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/markus-lahtinen-speaks-ai-and-camera-surveillance - 2025-10-14

LUCSUS organises two events at the Future week at Lund University, discussing the future of social movements and the future of traveling, in the light of both the climate crisis and the coronavirus pandemic. The events will take place both onsite and online. 14 October 15.00-16.00:  The future of traveling, mobility and flyingFlying, or rather flying less, has been in the public debate for the las

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lund-university-future-week-12-18-october - 2025-10-13

During this year’s graduation ceremonies, both Bachelor’s students at Helsingborg’s Arena and the department’s Master’s students at the University Auditorium in Lund were awarded scholarships and honourable mentions for best degree projects. The degree projects focus on different aspects of strategic communication within the department programmes.Scholarship holders 2015 Marknadsföreningen in Hels

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/seven-degree-projects-receive-special-recognition-during-years-graduation-ceremonies - 2025-10-13

Thomas Sterner, professor of environmental economics at School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg,and BECC PI, has been ranked as no 9 of the most 101 influential opinion leaders in Sweden for sustainable development. The ranking is made by the sustainability magazine Aktuell Hållbarhet. Motivation: The professor's engagement is most noticeable internationally; As a visiting

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/thomas-sterner-no-9-swedens-most-influential-opinion-leaders - 2025-10-13

Macchiarinis luftstrupar är en av de största skandalerna inom universitetsvärlden på senare tid. Ärendet visar brist på etik och moral ur flera perspektiv. – Detta hände förvisso vid Karolinska institutet, men vid varje lärosäte görs dagligen bedömningar som kan få stora konsekvenser, säger vicerektor Bo Ahrén, ordförande i universitetets nyinrättade Etikrådet. Universitetet har många verksamheter

https://www.lu.se/artikel/etikrad-haller-ragangen-mot-tvivelaktigt-handlande - 2025-10-13

In order to be able to prescribe the appropriate dose of physical activity to patients, healthcare professionals need to consider a range of individual factors. There is a need to facilitate the assessment of aerobic capacity i. e. maximal oxygen uptake capacity (VO2max), as well as to calculate the intensity of training according to the WHO recommendations for physical activity. Now, researchers

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/my-aerobic-capacity-rpc - 2025-10-13

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/new-book-thoughts-swedish-rural-development-programme-and-rural-development-co-authors-cec - 2025-10-13

Our latest study on COVID-19 transmission risk among healthcare professionals, a collaboration between Prof Magnus Rasmussen (Dep. of Infection Medicine) and Associate Professor Yang De Marinis (Dep. of Clinical Sciences).  The study was conducted on ~500 healthcare professionals and staff members from 9 units at the Skåne University Hospital in Malmö and Lund, as well as non-medicine related depa

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/study-covid-19-among-healthcare-professionals - 2025-10-13

De humanistiska, teologiska, juridiska och medicinska fakulteterna har utsett följande hedersdoktorer som kommer att promoveras vid jubelpromotionen den 25 maj. Humaniora Timothy Snyder, professor i historia vid Yale University i USA blir hedersdoktor för sina enastående insatser inom forskningsfältet europeisk historia samt för sitt stora engagemang i den internationella forsknings- och samhällsd

https://www.lu.se/artikel/nya-hedersdoktorer-2018-utsedda - 2025-10-13

The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University, is hereby announcing three tenure track positions; Associated Senior Lecturer in the Study of Modern China (application now closed) Associated Senior Lecturer in the Study of Modern Japan (application now closed) Associated Senior Lecturer in the Study of Modern South-East Asia (application now closed) Please follow these instructi

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/tenure-track-positions - 2025-10-13

Sustainability week is an annual event in Lund organised as a joint venture by Lund University and Lund municipality. As usual, researchers from the Faculty of Social Sciences participate in several interesting events. Come and listen to your colleagues! The week serves as a platform for bringing together ideas, for cross-disciplinary collaborations, for raising public awareness and for inspiring

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/social-scientists-sustainability-week-8-13-april - 2025-10-13

Priscilla Solano has received a three-year grant from the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet VR) for a research project that will study ”a second side to the refugee crisis” - how civil society organisations filled the gaps left by EU national policies and fulfilled refugees’ and migrants’ basic needs: food, a place to stay and legal assistance. Priscilla Solano’s International postdoc-proj

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/funding-project-second-side-refugee-crisis - 2025-10-13

The next-door neighbour whose home you’ve never been inside. That was how Jason Diakité, also known as hip hop artist Timbuktu, felt about the University while growing up in Lund. Today, he feels differently – having been awarded an honorary doctorate and now taking his seat as one of LU’s external Cultural Council members. Inside the historic Old Bishop’s House, final preparations are underway fo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/timbuktu-universitys-cultural-council-glimpse-under-bonnet - 2025-10-14