By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 1 April 2025 Sibonginkosi Moyo and Michelle Chipo Muzanenhamo came to the Faculty to exchange experiences. Photo: Agata Garpenlind. Sibonginkosi Moyo Lives in: Harare, ZimbabweHome university: University of ZimbabweOccupation: Medical doctor working at Parirenyatwa Hospital (Harare, Zimbabwe) and teacher at the Uni

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/zimbabwean-visit-experiences-beyond-usual-framework-both-guests-and-hosts - 2025-06-09

By sanna [dot] trygg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 20 April 2023 Swapping concrete and asphalt for trees, ponds and green roofs is an example of how cities can be adapted to cope with heavy rain and climate change. But time is running out. For nature-based solutions to have a global impact, we need to act fast, according to researchers. A late summer’s day in Augus

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/nature-model-greener-cities - 2025-06-09

Published 23 August 2018 MERGE research team has studied drill cores up to three kilometres deep taken from the Greenland ice sheet. Photo: NEEM gallery A three-kilometre-long cylinder of ice sheds light on what the climate was like one hundred thousand years ago. The ice contains traces of periods of higher or lower temperatures on Earth, but also of whether there were violent volcanic eruptions

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/tracing-climate-back-100-000-years-greenland - 2025-06-09

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cycling-safety-what-copenhagen-can-teach-cities - 2025-06-09

Published 5 October 2023 Illustration: Clyde Lange Join us on Monday 9 October for a panel discussion about the recent Qur'an burnings and freedom of expression in Sweden. Debatt i Lund: Is Sweden an Outlier or a Brave Defender of Freedom of Expression? What Do Academics Say? How sacred is freedom of speech in Sweden? Quran burnings have thrust Sweden onto the global stage. The acts have been cond

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/debate-lund-quran-burnings-and-freedom-expression - 2025-06-09

Published 14 February 2017 LUCSUS’ researcher Torsten Krause reflects on why the study about ocean acidification - of which he is a co-author - was selected to feature in an article in Science for Environment Policy.Science for Environment Policy is a new service published by the European Commission's Environment Directorate-General, and is sent out to over 20,000 policymakers, academics and busin

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-research-feature-science-environment-policy - 2025-06-09

Published 29 January 2018 Certain microorganisms are used to stimulate cultivated plants’ growth and disease resistance. Sometimes such bio-fertilisers works well, sometimes not. Now, researchers at Lund University, Sweden, are to study the exact requirements for improving the growth of sugar beet. If they succeed, biological fertilisers of crops will provide more benefits and bigger harvests. In

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-optimise-sugar-beet-bio-fertilisers - 2025-06-09

Published 15 March 2017 Johan Hollander Rarely do we encounter a scientific fact that stirs public controversy and distrust in science as much as climate change. However, the theory is built on honest reporting of facts. This emerges from a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The study in question investigates whether there is a so-called publication bias within climate research, i.e. a stat

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/no-publication-bias-found-climate-change-research - 2025-06-09

Published 9 June 2024 The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, can spread dengue fever, Zika virus and chikungunya. Photo: James Gathany/CDC/Wikimedia commons. Global warming has meant that diseases such as West Nile fever, NTM infections, and new tick-borne viruses are on their way or have already taken hold in Sweden. People are being affected by new diseases, and challenges for the health sy

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-diseases-tropical-sweden - 2025-06-10

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 19 June 2024 Natalia Rubiiano's thesis presents a number of findings connected to justice. One relates to ideas of land availability and the definition of marginal land, that might be used for afforestation or BECCS. A new thesis explores how justice, which is a core principle of the global climate agreements, is considered in

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/ipcc-pathways-run-risk-reproducing-historical-injustices-according-new-thesis - 2025-06-09

By cecilia [dot] von_Arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 1 June 2020 In our Annual Report for 2019 we share highlights in research, education and impact from the previous year. Read about some of the highlights here and download or read the full report online. Word from Director Emily Boyd 2019 was an unusually busy year for LUCSUS. In January we transitioned into

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-annual-report-highlights-2019 - 2025-06-09

By helena [dot] lind [at] sam [dot] lu [dot] se (Helena Lind) - published 22 April 2025 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

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/social-scientists-sustainability-week-5-10-may - 2025-06-09

Published 4 June 2024 James Pamment och Jesper Falkheimer. Photo: Alessandra Sossini In an ideal world, perhaps the Psychological Defence Research Institute in Helsingborg would not even exist. But the global situation has brought attention, increased research funding and significant interest in collaboration from wider society. “The entire research institute is built around the idea that the worl

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/psychological-defence-research-institute-we-could-be-ten-times-size-we-are - 2025-06-09

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 21 April 2022 Photo: Marie Andersson Meet our new colleague Samson Mukanjari who recently joined the IIIEE. Originally from Zimbabwe, with a master’s degree from the University of Cape Town and a PhD from the University of Gothenburg, he has now moved to Lund with his family. Samson has a background in economics and wi

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-samson-mukanjari - 2025-06-09

Published 26 January 2017 Welcome to the inauguration of the Anti Apartheid Room at Malmö Art Academy During the spring semester 2017 the course The World Turned Upside Down: art and ethics in the rise of the Stone Age South initiated by professor Sarat Maharaj will take place at Malmö Art Academy.The start-up for the project is a reconstruction of the Art History Room (Durban, South Africa) of th

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/course-start-world-turned-upside-down - 2025-06-09

Published 17 May 2016 We should move towards sharing the city with the ecosystem and design for biodiversity. That is what land-sharing architecture is about, says Wictor Berg about his degree project at LTH. After creating space for biodiversity on street fronts, streets and roofs, it is time for architects and urban planners to utilise the space indoors to increase diversity among plant and anim

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/degree-project-contributes-debate-sustainable-construction-and-biodiversity - 2025-06-09

Published 27 September 2023 Photo: Hielko van der Hoorn Past cycles of climate change, along with human exploitation, have led to only small and isolated stocks of Atlantic walrus remaining. The current population is at high risk of the same issues affecting them severely, according to a new study led by Lund University in Sweden. Today, the last remaining stocks of Atlantic walrus are more at dan

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/atlantic-walrus-more-vulnerable-ever-arctic-warming - 2025-06-09

By asa [dot] thormahlen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Thormählen) - published 20 April 2025 The current interdisciplinary research groups at Pufendorf IAS offer a palette of inspiring events. All events are free of charge, but you need to register for them. Greyzone Genomics - 7 May7 May Theme Greyzone Genomics which will take Pufendorf IAS on a road trip to Stockholm and hold their event at (an

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/pufendorf-themes-invite-you-their-end-events - 2025-06-10

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/photo-exhibition-and-film-screening-world-burning-20-paradise - 2025-06-09

Published 2 May 2013 Lund University’s ‘critical friends’ and strategic advisors – the University Advisory Board – met over two intensive days in April the University Management to discuss LU’s development over the past year. The overall impression from the international experts was positive, especially with regard to research. On the education side, the university needs to put even more emphasis

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-advisory-board-lund-university-needs-invest-education - 2025-06-09