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This year's recipient of the Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research maps out mechanisms in the adipose tissue, which has increased the understanding of why some people with obesity develop type 2 diabetes. Ingrid Wernstedt Asterholm at University of Gothenburg is spurred to find new answers when observations in the lab do not agree with the general view. Justification for awarding"I

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/ingrid-wernstedt-asterholm-receives-leif-c-groop-award-research-adipose-tissue - 2026-06-21

Ingrid Wernstedt Asterholm received the Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research at the annual LUDC Diabetes Research Day. "This award allows me to rest in the feeling that all the work I have done is good enough, at least for a short while,” said the recipient. Ingrid Wernstedt Asterholm at Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg is this year’s recipient of the Leif C. Groop

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/diabetes-event-highlighted-findings-may-lead-new-treatments - 2026-06-21

New research at Lund University shows that the biological parents’ genes affect the child's insulin function and capacity to regulate blood sugar levels and blood lipids in different ways. Such knowledge may be used to develop preventive treatments that reduce the child's risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Previous research by diabetes researcher Rashmi Prasad has shown

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-study-parents-metabolic-traits-can-affect-childs-health-over-time - 2026-06-21

The results of an observational study from Lund University in Sweden are clear: up to the age of two, a more fibre-rich diet seems to reduce the risk of coeliac disease. A particularly clear link was seen when children had eaten fibre-rich foods before the age of one. “This is the first time the risk of coeliac disease has been studied based on fibre in children’s diets. But a clinical trial is al

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-research-track-higher-amounts-dietary-fibre-age-two-can-reduce-later-risk-coeliac-disease - 2026-06-21

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease that usually requires lifelong treatment. A central goal for many diabetes researchers is to develop new cell therapies that can cure the disease. The Bo and Kerstin Hjelt Diabetes Foundation provides support to two diabetes researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre who contribute with new knowledge to this research field. Type 1 diabetes is a condition wh

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/hjelt-diabetes-foundation-supports-research-can-pave-way-new-cell-therapies - 2026-06-21

International researchers who study islets of Langerhans met for a conference in Malmö in June. Studies of insulin-producing cells help us understand disease mechanisms in diabetes. Lund University Diabetes Centre and the strategic research area EXODIAB hosted the event. Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) and the strategic research are EXODIAB (Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden) hosted

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/international-islet-cell-researchers-met-conference-malmo - 2026-06-21

Congratulations to Charlotte Ling who, together with Katarina Fagher and Alice Maguolo, has been awarded a grant of five million Danish kroner by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The funding will support clinical research in precision medicine, focusing on epigenetic analysis of blood samples from 13,000 individuals. Charlotte Ling, a professor in diabetes research with a particular focus on epigeneti

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/charlotte-ling-receives-major-grant-clinical-diabetes-research - 2026-06-21

An international research team led from Lund University, has identified epigenetic biomarkers that can predict which people with type 2 diabetes are at risk of cardiovascular disease. The study is now published in Cell Reports Medicine. People with type 2 diabetes are up to four times more likely to have heart attacks, strokes, anginas and other coronary heart diseases than healthy people. Therefo

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/biomarkers-reveal-risk-cardiovascular-disease-type-2-diabetes - 2026-06-21

Martin Lavička, visiting research fellow at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, co-edited a new publication published by the Palacký University Press. Ideas on the (human) body, gender, and identity lie at the core of many socio-political issues and cultural trends in Asia today, while also inspiring innovative research on artistic expression from Asia's past. By focusing on socio-po

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/martin-lavicka-co-edited-new-publication-titled-embodied-entanglements-gender-identity-and-corporeal-0 - 2026-06-21

The latest issue of the Made in China Journal has been published with a special section on journalism in China today Is journalism in China dead? As state control grows and old outlets vanish, new forms are emerging—from citizen exposés to cross-border investigations. This issue explores journalism's reinvention in the People’s Republic of China from a variety of perspectives.Read the issue here (

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/made-china-journal-volume-9-issue-2 - 2026-06-21

On the position of filmmaker as feminist, this article investigates the documentarian’s strategies of dealing with the cruelty in activism and the cruelty suffered by women in Chinese context. On the position of filmmaker as feminist, this article investigates the documentarian’s strategies of dealing with the cruelty in activism and the cruelty suffered by women in Chinese context. It analyses th

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-research-filmmaker-feminist-jinyan-zeng - 2026-06-21

On Tuesday, 3 June, Tabita Rosendal successfully defended her dissertation "Fragmented Power: The Reception of China's Foreign Policy Strategies in Sri Lanka." This dissertation presents a theory on China’s “Fragmented Power” in foreign politics by examining the reception of the “Belt and Road” Initiative in Sri Lanka. This initiative, which exemplifies Xi Jinping’s assertive foreign policy, has s

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/tabita-rosendal-has-received-her-doctorate-degree - 2026-06-21

Youngeun Koo writes for The Conversation on Korean-Swedish international adoption history. South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Swedish Adoption Commission have released their three-year investigations into the country’s international adoption practices, revealing severe human rights violations.Youngeun Koo uses the case of Tak-Un Kim—a four-year-old boy who went missing and was s

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/south-korea-finally-reckoning-its-decades-long-foreign-adoption-scandal - 2026-06-21

Julia Olsson has published an article in East Asia Forum on how Japan has been tackling its vacant housing problem through policy reforms and awareness campaigns, offering lessons for policymakers worldwide. Japan’s problem of vacant homes has drawn global media attention, but the situation may not be as dire as once predicted. While a 2015 report estimated a vacancy rate of 20.1 per cent by 2023,

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-seeing-glass-half-full-amid-japans-vacant-housing-crisis - 2026-06-21

The latest issue of Asia in Focus - issue no. 11 has just been published. This issue features three thought-provoking articles on anti-cult measures, student protests, and shadow education. In this issue you will find three thought-provoking articles that in different ways relate to students and education: "Anti-Cult Measures at Universities in Japan: The Production of Knowledge on Religion as a C

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/asia-focus-issue-no-11-out-now - 2026-06-21

We are happy to announce a call for papers for the next issue of the Asia in Focus journal—published by the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University—with a planned publication date in early summer 2026. Submission deadline: November 14th We are happy to announce a call for papers for the next issue of the Asia in Focus journal—published by the Centre for East and South-East As

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/call-papers-asia-focus-issue-no-12 - 2026-06-21

Gina Song Lopez has published an article in the International Journal of Taiwan Studies examining the development of a ‘new’ vegan movement in Taiwan over the past decade. The article examines the emergence of a new cohort of animal rights and vegan advocacy actors in the wake of the socially receptive period that followed the Sunflower Movement. The paper introduces the activists and organization

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/going-vegan-taiwan-animal-liberation-and-climate-activism - 2026-06-21

The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies at Lund University is pleased to announce the launch of the NEST (Nordic–Lund Emerging Scholars Teaching Program in Korean Studies), generously supported by the Yang Won Sun Foundation. The NEST program is designed to help early-career scholars gain teaching experience and networking opportunities in an international academic environment. It aims to

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/call-applications-early-career-visiting-scholar-korean-studies - 2026-06-21

Apply by 30 November The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies at Lund University is now accepting applications for Visiting PhD Research Fellowships for the spring 2026 term.Visiting PhD Research Fellows have the opportunity to join the Centre’s vibrant research community, access Lund University’s library resources, and present their work in seminars or lectures during their stay.Applicati

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/call-visiting-phd-research-fellows - 2026-06-21

Astrid Norén-Nilsson has co-edited a special focus section in the Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (SOJOURN) on the local impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in Cambodia. The Special Focus section comes out of research for a Swedish Research Council-funded project on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the prospects for inclusive development in authoritarian settings,  a project of whic

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-special-focus-section-sojourn-local-impacts-covid-19-cambodia - 2026-06-21