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Forskarna: Sluta spå valutakurser – fokusera på företagets strategiska valutaexponering istället
Av louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - publicerad 22 september 2020 Foto: Istock Den som kan förutspå utfallet av olika valutakurser kan tjäna stora pengar. Problemet är bara att forskningen visar att det inte finns något sådant som tillförlitliga valutaprognoser. Det säger två ledande Lundaforskare inom valutariskhantering. – Det är som att titta in en spåkula och m
Fear of being "left over" turning into moral panic
Published 15 February 2018 MARRIAGE AS A NORM AMONG YOUNG ADULTS IN CHINA: Lisa Eklund has published the chapter "The sex ratio question and the unfolding of a moral panic? Notions of power, choice and self in mate selection among women and men in higher education in China" in the book Scarce women and surplus men in China and India. The study investigates how sex ratio imbalance influences mate s
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/fear-being-left-over-turning-moral-panic - 2025-06-11
SASNET receives 100 000 SEK from Crafoordska Foundation
Published 1 June 2016 SASNET has been rewarded 100 000 SEK from the Crafoord Foundation with which to expand the Sweden–South Asia Media Project that began in 2015. The grant will be used to arrange conferences and workshops dealing with online harassment in India and Sweden. Threats and harassment over the internet are increasing worldwide. Social media accounts are being hijacked, private pictur
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-receives-100-000-sek-crafoordska-foundation - 2025-06-11
Book launch: "A Research Agenda for Sustainable Cities and Communities"
By charlotte [dot] leire [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Leire) - published 14 August 2023 A new book with editors including IIIEE researchers reviews current research approaches in the field of sustainable cities. The book reveals the need for greater engagement with a diversity of perspectives and interrogates foundational assumptions in the field and offers reframed perspectives on sust
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/book-launch-research-agenda-sustainable-cities-and-communities - 2025-06-11
Sara Kalm and Anna Meeuwisse explore transnational anti-gender networking promoting “the natural family”
Published 24 March 2023 This article explores conservative Christian transnational advocacy, which defends what its leaders and supporters understand as the “natural family” against the perceived dangers of “gender ideology,” with a view to save Western civilization from imminent demise. Sara Kalm, associate professor in political science. We focus on the World Congress of Families (WCF) and inves
Job opportunity: Doctoral student in Medical Science - Environmental risk factors for IBD
Published 13 October 2021 Project title: Early-life environmental risk factors for inflammatory bowel disease: A Nordic birth cohort study Project: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic, debilitating immune-mediated disease with a typical onset in childhood and young adulthood. After a rising incidence over the past decades, it now affects 0.5% of Western populations, and is an emerging di
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/job-opportunity-doctoral-student-medical-science-environmental-risk-factors-ibd - 2025-06-11
Reductions in anthropogenic methane emissions outweigh the most likely scenarios for Arctic methane release
Published 5 February 2019 NASA/JPL/Eric Kort, Alan Buis; NSF, NCAR, NOAA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Climate change causes an amplified warming of the Arctic, which may lead to the release of methane from previously frozen soils. Since it’s a strong greenhouse gas, arctic methane release can act as a positive feedback on climate change. However, anthropogenic efforts to reduce methane e
Where does the University stand in the world?
Published 29 March 2021 The competitive intelligence report for 2021 has now been completed. It is divided into different sections. Outlook covers special challenges and opportunities that the Risk Advisory Committee and University management have deemed relevant to the University’s future. The focus areas section covers trends and processes that may affect the University. The aim of competitive i
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/where-does-university-stand-world - 2025-06-11
Iron-based solar cells on track to becoming more efficient
Published 22 November 2019 Jens Uhlig. Photo: Johan Joelsson. An international study led from Lund University in Sweden shows that 30 per cent of the energy in a certain type of light-absorbing iron molecule disappears in a previously unknown manner. By closing this loophole, the researchers hope to contribute to the development of more efficient solar cells using this iron-based solar cell. The s
https://www.science.lu.se/article/iron-based-solar-cells-track-becoming-more-efficient - 2025-06-11
Half time review about age-tech
By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 24 October 2023 Sofi Fristedt, William Son Galanza, Steven Schmidt and Nebojsa Malesevic just after the halftime review. Photo: Lill Eriksson Today it was time for PhD-student William Son Galanza's half time review. He presented his work "AGE-TECH: Technologies supporting engagement in meaningful activities in and out of
https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/half-time-review-about-age-tech - 2025-06-11
Emily Boyd on LUCSUS and the Sustainable Development Goals
Published 29 June 2018 LUCSUS and Lund University Staff Holding up the SDG:s – The SDG:s can help us as a sustainability centre to reflect around impact and how we are contributing to the goals. Where does our research sit in this context, and how can we make it more relevant to stakeholders and communities?, says Emily Boyd. This is important she notes, because today the SDG.s are becoming increa
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/emily-boyd-lucsus-and-sustainable-development-goals - 2025-06-11
Leading particle physicist and pioneering chemist named as new honorary doctors of science
Published 13 January 2021 Clifford Woodward and Melissa Franklin. A particle physicist involved in popular education and who made a number of global discoveries in her research portfolio and a professor of theoretical physical chemistry who has developed theoretical models in the area straddling chemistry and physics. Melissa Franklin and Clifford Woodward have been appointed honorary doctors at t
Lund University Future Week 12-18 October
By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 6 October 2020 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
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lund-university-future-week-12-18-october - 2025-06-11
Impact story: Sustainable climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction at local, national and international level
By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 3 February 2020 Illustrator: Catrin Jakobsson. Adapting cities is key for increasing the resilience of citizens, communities, organisations and wider systems to deal with the effects of climate change. For more than 20 years Professor Christine Wamsler has collaborated with national authorities, municipalities and citizens to
The first Encyclopedia of the Service Economy is out now!
Published 24 August 2015 The first encyclopedia that presents a thorough overview of the fields of quality and services for students, researchers, and professionals in the social sciences and business is now ready after many years of work by Professor Su Mi Dahlgaard-Park from our department as General Editor. The " SAGE Encyclopedia of Quality and the Service Economy" ISBN: 9781452256726 presents
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/first-encyclopedia-service-economy-out-now - 2025-06-11
Dianne Kok Granted the Best South Asia Thesis Award 2023/2024
Published 8 October 2024 The annual SASNET Best South Asia Thesis Award is granted Dianne Kok for her Master thesis on household energy transition in metropolitan and rural Nepal. Since 2022, SASNET annualy grants a Lund University student the Best South Asia Thesis Award for an excellent Bachelor or Master thesis in the humanities or social sciences. The thesis must have been submitted and defend
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/dianne-kok-granted-best-south-asia-thesis-award-20232024 - 2025-06-11
Professor Ian Manners presents on ‘The External Dimensions of the European Union’s Autocracy Crisis’ to the Swedish EU Presidency Conference
Published 14 April 2023 Professor Ian Manners presents on ‘The External Dimensions of the European Union’s Autocracy Crisis’ to the Swedish EU Presidency Conference on 'The Rule of Law in the EU: Crisis and Solutions', Stockholm, 17 April. The conference is co-organized by the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies; the Swedish Network for European Legal Studies; the Centre for European Res
Call for abstracts for an edited volume "Liberal West"
Published 16 March 2017 Three scholars from the West Network welcome abstracts for their edited volume called “Liberal West” and Asianists are welcome to approach the topic from the Asian point of view. Deadline for abstracts is May 23 2017. Ever after the idea of “the Western civilization” was conceived, some intellectuals, politicians, and religious leaders have spelled doom for it. The “Western
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-abstracts-edited-volume-liberal-west - 2025-06-11
CMES Public Panel on the Protests in Iran
Published 7 October 2022 Illustration: Linda Eitrem Holmgren This panel of Middle East experts will discuss: What is the status of women’s rights in Iran? How can we understand recent political acts of resistance and civil protests expressed by young people in Iran? What is the role of the Iranian diaspora, and what is the impact of these protests beyond Iran regionally and globally? The Centre fo
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-public-panel-protests-iran - 2025-06-11