Published 22 December 2023 Video games are easy to exploit, and are being used by actors ranging from IS and Hizbollah for recruitment, to Russia, who use it to spread propaganda during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. This states a report from the Psychological Defence Research Institute at Lund University in Sweden. Since the 2016 US Presidential election, many democratic governments have paid c

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/how-video-games-are-being-used-malign-foreign-actors-and-extremists - 2025-06-07

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir (English translation by Linda Eitrem Holmgren)) - published 14 November 2023 Security at Jewish institutions in Europe has been at a consistently high level, even before the latest escalation. But in the month since the war started, 1040 cases of antisemitism have been reported in France alone. Photo: Mostphoto Interview

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/increased-antisemitism-linked-israel-and-palestine - 2025-06-07

Published 11 May 2022 The University's Management Group has visited Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Utrecht University has written a text about the visit "The Swedish University appreciates Utrecht's innovative power". Here you can read Utrecht University's text. In the next LU News, the University Management will describe the visit to Utrecht with their own words. They are similar in sever

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/utrecht-university-writes-about-lus-management-groups-visit-utrecht - 2025-06-07

By anna [dot] johansson [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Johansson) - published 18 June 2021 Three research projects involving a total of 10 postdocs received grants in the first round of Lund University’s research programme for excellence, focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. A total of 33 applications were submitted, of which 28 were reviewed by an external, international pane

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ten-postdocs-kick-excellence-programme-sustainable-development - 2025-06-07

Published 27 April 2020 Photo by Camila Cordeiro on Unsplash We need new ways of understanding how people depend on nature in our efforts to protect biodiversity. A new thesis from Lund University in Sweden suggests that we rarely take into account people’s place-based, varied and often emotional relationships with nature. “Up to now, a common approach has been based on cost-benefit analysis, wher

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-include-human-connection-nature-biodiversity-goals - 2025-06-07

Published 29 March 2019 LUCSUS is part of the annual Sustainability Week in Lund, 8-13 April. This year's theme "Transforming our world" focuses on the global goals and agenda 2030. LUCSUS will participate in, and host, several events about sustainable transformations at different levels. 8 AprilOpening  and guided tour of the exhibition Carbon Ruins. ‘Carbon Ruins’ aims to transport the visitor i

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-sustainability-week - 2025-06-07

By webbredaktor [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Björn Frostner) - published 16 March 2023 Professor Ian Manners, who is also due to be inaugurated as a professor tomorrow, teaches alongside Joel Abdelmoez on the course Political Cinéma. – Why Cinéma and not Cinema? –  The course is called political cinéma to remind us that ‘cinéma’ is both the production and projection of films. In 1895 the Lumière b

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hello-there-ian-manners-lets-hear-little-about-new-course-political-cinema - 2025-06-07

Published 17 October 2024 Stricter environmental requirements and alternative sources of income for the population are needed to stop deforestation in the Amazon, Jesica López's thesis shows. Photo: Sara Håkansson In the Colombian rainforest, cattle ranching is spreading and leading to forest fires and deforestation. This threatens the environment, climate and indigenous people in the Amazon. More

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/new-thesis-highlights-sustainable-solutions-protect-amazon-rainforest - 2025-06-07

Published 21 March 2016 World Water Day is an annual event, initiated and coordinated by United Nations. The day provides an opportunity to put the spotlight on various water-related activities and projects for a more sustainable future. Photo: Tim Geers Join us in highlighting World Water Day on 22 March 2016! World Water Day takes place on 22 March and is an international observance day as well

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-highlights-world-water-day - 2025-06-07

By jenny [dot] hansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Hansson) - published 16 June 2024 The 'Sustainable Idea Exploration' call is an opportunity for researchers at Lund University to explore the innovative potential of their research and finance activities outside the scope of existing research projects. Its aim is to support the development of early innovative ideas from research projects tha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/four-projects-awarded-grants-sustainability-related-research - 2025-06-08

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 25 July 2023 Man dances with woman. Photo: Maskot/TT. Despite a widespread and outdated view of older people, and an abundance of stereotypes, awareness of what is known as ageism is limited. A new short guide gives tips for how you can use your communication to counter discrimination against older people. The World He

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/6-ways-combat-ageism - 2025-06-07

By maria [dot] johansson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Johansson) - published 14 February 2025 After earning his master’s degree in Finance from LUSEM in 2022, Craig’s career has taken him across different countries and industries. He has worked at KPMG in Stockholm and now thrives as a management consultant at Oliver Wyman in Johannesburg. In this interview, Craig shares insights into his car

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/craig-eckleton-alumnus-msc-finance-2022 - 2025-06-08

Published 5 September 2023 Daria Davitti, Colin Olito, Filip Lenrick and Milda Pucetaite Four researchers from Lund University in Sweden have received an ERC Starting Grant. The researchers and their respective fields are Filip Lenrick (industrial production), Colin Olito (evolutionary ecology), Milda Pucetaite (microbiological ecology) and Daria Davitti, (international law). The last-named is the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/four-lund-researchers-receive-erc-starting-grants - 2025-06-07

By stina [dot] johannesson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Stina Johannesson) - published 3 December 2019 Many farmers are positive to measures beneficial for biodiversity and the environment. But bureaucracy and regulatory hassle often stand in the way, says Lovisa Nilsson in a new dissertation, while also calling for better financial incentives for the individual farmer to choose the best environmen

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/farmers-incentives-choosing-most-appropriate-environmental-measures-must-increase - 2025-06-07

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 29 March 2022 Finding your way and navigating around cities is not always easy. New digital maps that have a better overview can help you move more smoothly from point A to point B. Many of us have digital maps at our fingertips in our smartphones, but these maps are not adapted to guide us when walking or finding our

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/digital-maps-tomorrow-improve-how-we-find-our-way - 2025-06-07

Published 12 August 2016 Chairs: Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Alf Gunvald Nielsen and Anand Vaidya  TWO sessions:1. Wednesday 21 Sept, 10.00–12.004. Thursday 22 Sept, 09.00-11.00VENUE: Ombudsmannarummet, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sandgatan 2, LundABSTRACTS: The Subaltern as a Political Voyeur? The landscape of shifting political allegiances in an Indian slum – An Ethnographic AccountTripta ChandolaConsid

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/panel-2-mapping-subaltern-modernities-neoliberal-india - 2025-06-07

Published 16 February 2024 The University building. Photo: Mikael Risedal A new three-year term of office has begun for the University’s eight deans. Five are new in the role, while three have been around for some time. LUM has put a few questions to each of them. Annika Olsson, Faculty of Engineering (LTH), second term of office Annika Olsson. Photo: Kennet Ruona What’s the first thing you will b

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-term-deans - 2025-06-08

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 31 January 2025 Ingrid Wernstedt Asterholm at Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg receives the Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research for research on the adipose tissue. Photograph: Johan Wingborg This year's recipient of the Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research maps out mechanis

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/ingrid-wernstedt-asterholm-receives-leif-c-groop-award-research-adipose-tissue - 2025-06-07

Published 26 January 2023 The Department of Sociology's researchers Åsa Lundqvist, Susanne Boëthius, Chris Mathieu and Anders Kjellberg. Photo: Emma Lord and Christer Lindberg. The future of working life in Europe is analysed in a new anthology which, with the help of multiple researchers, looks primarily at three major changes taking place in working life right now. These changes are due to three

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/pandemic-climate-and-digitalisation-three-major-adaptations-working-life-right-now - 2025-06-07

By gisela [dot] lindberg [at] kansliht [dot] lu [dot] se (Gisela Lindberg) - published 17 December 2019 Missiologist Mika Vähäkangas travels a lot – from Lund, Helsinki and to different countries in Africa. Photo: Kennet Ruona Missiologist Mika Vähäkangas thinks that Scandinavians can be a little self-righteous. He says that he has become who he is in great part thanks to his research in Africa –

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/africa-has-given-me-more-i-could-ever-give-back - 2025-06-07