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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. RESEARCHER OUTREACH: Maysam Behravesh and Moira Nelson participated in the event Gender Studies Looking Forwards at the Lund Department of Gender Studies on Wednesday (4/11). The Gender Studies Symposium Gender Studies Looking Forwards – A new light on approaches to gender and feminist research invited over 20 researc

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/behravesh-and-nelson-gender-studies-looking-forwards - 2026-09-15

During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team led from Lund University, and partly financed by BECC, has investigated how climate change affects recently burnt boreal forests and their ability to absorb carbon dioxide. The boreal forests form a single biome that spans the entire Northern Hemisphere. These forests play a key role in the global clima

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/unique-field-study-shows-how-climate-change-affects-fire-impacted-forests - 2026-09-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Climate-KIC summer school and ICOS Sweden's research station in Hyltemossa have been featured in the media this summer. Climate-KIC Summer School "The Journey" attracted students from all corners of the world. Among other locations, the students visited the ICOS research station in Hyltemossa, where they learned more

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/studies-and-research-hyltemossa - 2026-09-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Chakra: A Nordic Journal of South Asian Studies is an open access, online, peer-reviewed Nordic yearbook devoted to South Asian Studies published by the Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) at Lund University. Chakra invites submissions of manuscript articles and reviews to be published in late 2018 (Volume V)

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/chakra-nordic-journal-south-asian-studies-call-articles-and-reviews - 2026-09-15

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/graduate-school-asian-studies - 2026-09-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Johan Sandberg has, together with Moira Nelson, published a chapter on 'Social Investment in Latin America', in the edited volume The Uses of Social Investment. The chapter aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of the social investment approach in Latin America by analysing their conditional student grants, so

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/benefits-study-grants-latin-america-held-back-insufficient-political-support - 2026-09-15

At the Pufendorf Institute, researchers come together to work beyond the boundaries of their usual disciplines. It is a space where ideas can be tested before they take the shape of formal projects, where colleagues meet across faculties, and where questions that require more than one perspective can be explored in depth. On 1 February, three brand new Advanced Study Groups will begin their work.

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/welcome-our-three-new-advanced-study-groups - 2026-09-15

Lund University works actively to ensure that students and staff feel secure, regardless of ethnicity or religious belief. A review shows that the University works systematically on risk assessments, educational initiatives and core value-related activities to prevent threats and harassment. Global conflicts can affect both staff and students in different ways. The conflict between Israel and Pale

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-strengthens-its-efforts-ensure-secure-work-and-study-environment - 2026-09-16

With a focus on justice and transformative change, PhD candidate Natalia Rubiano wants to contribute to fill some of the knowledge gaps in the space of Carbon Removal and Negative Emissions. Read more about her research, which sustainability challenges she finds most interesting and how she as a researcher addresses those challenges. What do you explore in your research? My PhD project seeks to ex

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/phd-student-natalia-rubiano-studies-social-and-ecological-implications-negative-emissions - 2026-09-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Two new research projects will shortly begin at Lund University in Sweden to investigate how particle emissions from spruce forests affect the climate. The trees’ emissions of reactive hydrocarbons are thought to have a cooling effect on the climate. Almost 70 per cent of land in Sweden is covered with forest, mainly

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/researchers-set-study-particle-emissions-coniferous-trees - 2026-09-15

Lund University works actively to ensure that students and staff feel secure, regardless of ethnicity or religious belief. A review shows that the University works systematically on risk assessments, educational initiatives and core value-related activities to prevent threats and harassment. This news item was first published on the Lund University staff pages on 3 March 2026.Global conflicts can

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/university-strengthens-its-efforts-ensure-secure-work-and-study-environment - 2026-09-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Growing amounts of hateful messages sent to journalists are threatening to undermine central democratic concepts. The extent of problem is being investigated at the Sociology of Law Department at Lund University. In the last ten years, more journalists have received hateful and threatening messages online. The trend h

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-research-project-studies-effects-hateful-messages-journalism - 2026-09-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Karin Steen, researcher at LUCSUS, has been appointed as the new Director of Studies for LUMES (International Master Programme in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science). What will your role as Director of Studies for LUMES entail?I am responsible for leading the work with the master programme both in everyd

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/meet-new-director-studies-lumes-karin-steen - 2026-09-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Should patients with separate variants of type 2 diabetes be treated with different types of drugs? Researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Skåne University Hospital will attempt to answer that question in a new study. Type 2 diabetes is one of the fastest growing diseases in the world. It is estimated that over

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-personalized-type-2-diabetes-treatment-launched - 2026-09-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Charlotta Kjöllerström, is the network coordinator for the Earth System Governance (ESG) Project. Next week, a group of eight ESG Research Fellows will make a stop at LUCSUS and Lund University as part of a study trip for early career researchers. In this short interview, she explains the aim of the study trip, and wh

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/why-esg-project-study-trip-charlotta-kjollerstrom-explains - 2026-09-15

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-study-personalized-type-2-diabetes-treatment-launched - 2026-09-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An international research team has discovered a treatment that dramatically reduces swelling after brain and spinal cord damage. By using an already approved drug on rats, the brain’s water channels could be manipulated with positive results. The new study offers hope to the millions of people who are affected by brai

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-study-brains-water-channels-offers-hope-those-brain-and-spinal-cord-damage - 2026-09-15

2024 was the year when Pufendorf IAS' calls for applications reached further and beyond. We received many applications both to start Advanced Study Groups and Themes at the Pufendorf Institute. Decisions on which Theme applications will go all the way will be made in April. Right now, we are pleased to welcome four new Advanced Study Groups starting in February, 2025. Advanced Study Groups 2025Sto

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/four-new-advanced-study-groups-start-1-february-2025 - 2026-09-15

The Boards of the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) and the Faculty of Science have decided to aim for a more modest establishment in Science Village, i.e. the area between Max IV and ESS. They justify the decision by the fact that the Departments of Physics and Chemistry would incur high rental costs if both research and education were to move, says Annika Mårtensson, assistant dean for research progr

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/establishment-operations-underway-it-will-be-smaller-scale-and-first-and-second-cycle-studies-will - 2026-09-15

The Boards of the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) and the Faculty of Science have decided to aim for a more modest establishment in Science Village, i.e. the area between Max IV and ESS. The decision is justified, among other things, by the fact that the Departments of Physics and Chemistry would incur high rental costs if both research and education were to move. So says Annika Mårtensson, assistant

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/establishment-operations-underway-it-will-be-smaller-scale-and-first-and-second-cycle-studies-will - 2026-09-15