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Vid typ 2-diabetes har kroppen försämrad förmåga att frisätta insulin och det leder till för höga nivåer av blodsocker. Forskning ledd från Lunds universitet visar nu hur nivåerna av ett särskilt protein är förhöjda i bukspottkörteln hos personer med typ 2-diabetes. Genom att slå ut genen för proteinet IGFBP7 upptäckte forskarna att insulinutsöndringen förbättrades. Nedsatt insulinutsöndring leder

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/protein-som-paverkar-formagan-att-frisatta-insulin-vid-typ-2-diabetes - 2026-05-16

On Saturday 4 May, Lund’s city centre was taken over by Lundaloppet. This year, there was a record number of participants, 8,179, who ran or walked in the races. Among those competing were 784 staff members from Lund University. Lund University was one of the largest employers represented in the race. Many fleet-footed LU staff members took part and we had several runners among the top finishers.A

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-did-your-colleagues-fare-years-lundaloppet - 2026-05-14

A new doctoral thesis by Aurimas Pumputis explores how trust and control function between guests and hosts on peer-to-peer platforms like Airbnb. The study focuses on how these relationships are shaped in digital environments and how platforms use information technology to connect consumers with service providers. Trust is crucial for cooperation and orderly social relations, especially in tourist

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/trust-and-control-guest-host-relationships - 2026-05-15

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/nominated-dean-couple-we-complement-each-other - 2026-05-15

The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies stimulates interdisciplinary research within Lund University. Hear interview with Pofessor Karin Broberg (in Swedish) on working at the Pufendorf IAS. The Institute supports researchers working together across disciplinary borders to develop new areas of research. The Institute announces yearly calls for applications to Themes and Advanced Study Groups.

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/info-meeting-call-applications-pufendorf-ias - 2026-05-15

The fields of the humanities and arts remain under-represented within ageing research. That is one of the findings in a new publication, based on the content of a gerontology congress last year. The rapidly ageing population in our changing world requires the creation of inclusive, supportive and sustainable societies. According to one of the main authors, SWEAH doctor Isabelle von Saenger, Karoli

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/conclusion-after-congress-embrace-truly-interdisciplinary-and-inclusive-approach-ageing - 2026-05-15

https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/inauguration-lund-university-cancer-centre-4-february-2020 - 2026-05-15

LUCSUS is part of organising next year's Political Ecology Network conference (POLLEN24) in Lund. The unfolding and entwined social-ecological crises make the challenge of how to move towards more plural and just futures more pressing than ever. Political ecology provides an important toolbox to explore the unjust and colonial power relations that condition global flows of material resources, mone

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/next-pollen-conference-lund - 2026-05-15

https://www.mars.lu.se/article/msca-ambassador-event-high-school-students-uzbekistan - 2026-05-15

The Dean opened the meeting with an account of developments following the decision that the Faculty of Science will not proceed with an establishment in Science Village. LTH intends to move forward with the establishment of NanoLab Science Village, and the LTH Board is planning to take a decision on the matter in autumn 2026.The Dean also referred back to the decision on the prioritisation of acad

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/summary-faculty-science-board-meeting-11-february-2026 - 2026-05-15

https://www.mocca.lu.se/article/msca-ambassador-event-high-school-students-uzbekistan - 2026-05-15

https://www.tumor-microenvironment.lu.se/article/cover-science-translational-medicine - 2026-05-15

IIIEE researchers Thomas Lindhqvist and Naoko Tojo together with Reid Lifset from Yale University School of the Environment have presented their insights in relation to the development of EPR over the past decades. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has been increasingly discussed as a concept to solve the current waste problems for specific products. Thomas Lindhqvist first described it in 19

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researchers-virtual-public-event-history-epr - 2026-05-15

IIIEE researcher Jenny Palm together with Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg and Eivind Hjort Matthiasen (both at Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway) have published a new article “Flexible electricity consumption policies in Norway and Sweden: Implications for energy justice”. In the article the consultation processes around electricity grid tariff models in Norway and Sweden are compared. Policies for sh

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/fresh-new-article-flexible-electricity-consumption-policies-norway-and-sweden-implications-energy - 2026-05-15

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-opening-phd-student-political-science-nuclear-politics-middle-east - 2026-05-15

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-opening-phd-student-islamic-studies-islamic-ethics-and-moral-economy-middle-east - 2026-05-15

The Faculty of Social Sciences and the School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) offer a course for those who are planning to apply for docent (associate professor/reader) in the near future. The course is seminar-based and designed to be inspirational, but also to provide useful knowledge about the research process and academia in general. Participants are also provided with an intensive version

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/becoming-docent-joint-course-faculty-social-sciences-and-lusem-0 - 2026-05-15

Lisa Strömbom, together with Gustav Agneman (LU and Trondheim University) and Angelica Rettberg (Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá), has published the article “Do Apologies Promote the Reintegration of former combatants? Lessons from a Video Experiment in Colombia” in Journal of Peace Research. The article tests the common proposition inherent in transitional justice theory and practice which holds

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/strombom-agneman-och-rettberg-journal-peace-research-apologies-and-reintegration-former-combatants - 2026-05-15

Barbara Magalhães Teixeira has published a paper in Geopolitics: “Room to grow and the right to say no: theorizing the liberatory power of peace in the Global South”. How do we make space for peace in the Global South, in a context of rising economic and political inequalities as well as environmental and climate change impacts?AbstractThis article builds on feminist and decolonial perspectives an

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/magalhaes-teixeira-rethinking-way-peace-and-violence-are-understood-global-south - 2026-05-15

The SURCO project looks at the effects of droughts, poverty and migration in two rural regions of northern Colombia, and is directed by Andrés Palacio, Associate Professor in Economic History at LUSEM. Using expertise from disciplines such as economic history, biology, economics, ecology, geography, law and political science, the project aims to enhance the sustainable development of rural and dis

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/water-scarcity-rural-colombia - 2026-05-15