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By sanna [dot] trygg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 8 January 2025 The four horsemen from the Book of Revelation. Byline: Viktor Vasnetsov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Apocalyptic beliefs are as old as humankind itself. So, why are we drawn to stories about the finite nature of everything? A group of researchers is trying to get to grips with the issue. “In
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/end-world-nigh - 2025-06-08
By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 9 May 2025 Foto: Raphael Nogueira/Unsplash SWEAH PhD student Pernilla Alencar Siljehag has received an invitation from Latin America's leading and largest institution in public health, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil. – The research group I am going to visit is running a gigantic population study involving six majo
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/traveling-and-learning-about-vulnerability-violence-and-grassroots-activism - 2025-06-07
Published 24 October 2016 The Afrint research group and Development Geography in Lund warmly welcome you to the Development Research Day 2016: End hunger and achieve food security by 2030. The Development Research Day is an annual event at Lund University bringing together all fields working on development to share and discuss their research with each other, students and the public. Theme: End hun
https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/development-research-day-2016 - 2025-06-07
Published 15 July 2020 Illustration of the pH-responsive mesoporous silica nanoparticles designed to specifically target lung cancer A new and promising approach for treatment of lung cancer has been developed by researchers at Lund University. The treatment combines a novel surgical approach with smart nanoparticles to specifically target lung tumors. The new study has been published in the July
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-promising-treatment-uses-smart-nanoparticles-target-lung-cancer - 2025-06-07
Published 25 September 2019 (Photo: Mostphotos) Emissions of greenhouse gases have a warming effect on the climate, whereas small airborne particles in the atmosphere, aerosols, act as a cooling mechanism. That is the received wisdom in any case. However, new research from Lund University in Sweden can now show that the tiniest aerosols are increasing at the expense of the normal sized and slightl
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/aerosols-coniferous-forests-no-longer-cool-climate-much - 2025-06-07
Published 10 June 2022 CMES scholar Lisa Strömbom has co-edited the Special Issue "Agonistic Peace: Advancing Knowledge on Institutional Dynamics and Relational Transformation" in the journal Third World Quarterly, together with Isabel Bramsen (Lund University). The special issue contains several articles focusing specifically on the MENA region. The Special Issue is comprised of empirical studies
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/agonistic-peace-middle-east - 2025-06-07
Published 24 September 2018 The University’s central initiative on contract education is now getting underway. New business developers are on their way into the strengthened organisation that is to administrate the education. “If we succeed, we will need to employ more teaching staff”, says Bo Ahrén, pro vice-chancellor responsible for external engagement. Photo: Kennet Ruona LUCE, the division in
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/contract-education-will-require-more-teaching-staff - 2025-06-07
By marie [dot] pihl [at] nek [dot] lu [dot] se (Marie Pihl) - published 25 March 2024 LUSEM Career Services offers a skills development programme - hear from two students who participated in the workshop. In order to deal with our increasingly complex environment and drive sustainable change we need to develop professional skills that will enable us to connect to ourselves and others. LUSEM Career
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/professional-skills-development-workshop - 2025-06-07
By sandra [dot] jakobsson [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Sandra Jakobsson) - published 18 January 2023 Soumi Banerjee explains how her PhD research focus changed during the corona-pandemic. Soumi Banjeree, 28, is currently doing a PhD at Lund University’s School of Social Work and occupied the coordinator position at SASNET during the autumn. Alongside organising and making sure panellists make thei
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/soumi-banerjee-shrinking-civic-spaces-india-ngos-are-attempting-shift-away-activism - 2025-06-07
Published 26 March 2024 Today, 12 researchers at Lund University have been appointed Wallenberg Scholars, and one of them is Oksana Mont at the IIIEE. The program is funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation supporting high class research in medicine, technology and natural sciences. Today, the Wallenberg Scholars grants for the applications submitted in spring 2023 have been announced. I
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-got-its-first-wallenberg-scholar - 2025-06-07
By press [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (The Faculty of Medicine at Lund University) - published 19 July 2024 An international consortium presents new guidelines that may increase the clinical relevance of precision medicine research. Photo: istock.com/xubingruo Precision medicine seeks to reduce errors and improve accuracy in medical and health recommendations, but better evidence is needed to fulfil
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-guidelines-aim-increase-accuracy-precision-medicine-research - 2025-06-07
Published 29 March 2023 The annual report, which summarises the University’s activities for the previous year, has now been completed. It is produced every year and provides documentation for the Government and the Swedish National Audit Office. The 118-page report contains a comprehensive summation with figures and statements concerning tasks and attainment of goals. The annual report shows that
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/summing-2022 - 2025-06-08
Published 28 May 2020 Isabel Schoultz at the Sociology of Law Department has studied how two major Swedish companies have defended themselves against accusations of corporate crime. When corruption accusations against Swedish telecommunications provider Telia surfaced in 2012, regarding the acquisition of its business permit in Uzbekistan, the company initially denied the allegations. “I feel conv
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/corporate-strategies-legitimise-potentially-criminal-business-actions - 2025-06-07
Published 16 September 2021 The ecological consequences of animal agriculture present an acute challenge for how we legislate to protect cows, pigs, and other farmed animals. Research at the Sociology of Law Department suggests abandoning human-centred perspectives, thus calling for a new paradigm that recognizes the ethical significance of all animals as world-making beings. It has been estimated
By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 21 September 2021 Large scale drought hit Sweden in 2018. The picture shows a field in Gotland. Photo: Sten-Åke Stenberg/Mostphotos. Farming practices that result in higher levels of carbon in agricultural soils could protect both wheat and barley harvests in a future changed climate. This is what emerges from a
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/more-carbon-soil-could-protect-harvests-future-climate - 2025-06-07
Published 3 June 2025 Since February, Professor Glyn Williams has been working with us. We were curious about who Glyn is and what his research is about, so we decided to ask him a few questions to get to know him a little better. Hi, Glyn! And welcome to Lund University. Which university did you recently come from?– Thank you! I came from University of Sheffield, where I worked from 2006, having
https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/meet-glyn-williams - 2025-06-07
Published 9 May 2025 Lund, Sweden – May 8, 2025 The MOCCA (Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia) project, funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe MSCA-SE programme (Grant No. 101085855), successfully held its Mid-Term Conference from May 6–8, 2025, at Lund University, Sweden. The event brought together over 60 scholars and practitioners from Europe and Central Asia to
https://www.mocca.lu.se/article/mocca-mid-term-conference-explores-corruption-and-governance-central-asia - 2025-06-07
By anders [dot] ortegren [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Örtegren) - published 25 September 2023 The Pied Flycatchers were transported by car from The Netherlands to Lund. Photo: Viiru Pesonen/Wikimedia Commons. One result of climate change is that spring is arriving earlier. However, migratory birds are not keeping up with these developments and arrive too late for the peak in food availabili
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/migratory-birds-can-be-taught-adjust-climate-change - 2025-06-07
Published 17 June 2019 More healthy food products in the shops and more sustainable production: these are the goals of the EU’s major food initiative which now includes Lund University. It worked out – in the end. The enormous European investment in food development, “Food KIC”, did not go to the consortium of which Lund University was a part in 2016. But that was then. Now the board of the winnin
Published 8 February 2022 Electron microscope image shows a blod stem cell on top of a membrane of nanotubes (Image: M. Hjort and L. Schmiderer) An interdisciplinary research team has successfully used innovation to solve a persistent major problem in stem cell research. More specifically, to gently introduce therapeutic biomolecules into target cells to increase their growth. The project has now
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-nanostraws-can-increase-number-blood-stem-cells - 2025-06-07
