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LU Accommodation wish you all a safe and happy holiday period. The reception is closed between 21 December and 1 January, and here's what you need to know. This article will cover some frequently asked questions about this time of the year, including:Reception closedReturning keysCollecting keysHousing applicationsPayments and depositsContract CancellationsSurvey resultsWe would like to thank all
https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/holiday-update - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University is investing SEK 100 million in an interdisciplinary research programme focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. The programme is to attract international research expertise and to bring about the establishment of more internationally leading research environments in sustainability. “With i
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New Lund students are generally younger and have better educated parents than the average Swedish student. This emerges from the figures in a new LU report. Despite a series of initiatives to attract more students from non-academic backgrounds in recent decades, there is little progress. Now a major regional approach
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/initiatives-aimed-children-widen-participation - 2026-07-21
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Minyoung Kim, who will contribute to Korean Studies teaching and research at the Centre. NEST (Nordic–Lund Emerging Scholars Teaching Programme in Korean Studies) supports early-career Korea-focused scholars by providing opportunities to develop teaching experience and strengthen research networks across the Nordic region.Our first NEST Scholar has just arrived and
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/introducing-our-first-nest-scholar-dr-minyoung-kim - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Can insulin taken as an infant in small doses together with food render the immune system used to insulin and thus prevent type 1 diabetes? Can a gluten-free diet and probiotics prevent celiac disease (so called gluten intolerance)? These questions will be asked by two separate studies that are being planned at Lund U
First-born children are at lower risk of heart attack and stroke than their siblings – provided that the number of siblings does not exceed three; then it is the other way around. And people without siblings have a higher risk of heart attack and stroke later in life compared to those who have siblings. These are among the findings of a new population study from Lund University published in BMJ Op
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/number-siblings-may-be-linked-risk-cardiovascular-disease - 2026-07-21
A meeting at the kitchen table, with lots of coffee and snus. And a donation of SEK 250 million. That’s what happened when Ingvar Kamprad met LTH’s dean in 1998 to talk about the future of industrial design education at the University. The kitchen table belonged to the then dean of LTH Thomas Johannesson, who had invited the founder of IKEA to his house to discuss a collaboration between the desig
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ingvar-kamprad-design-center-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary - 2026-07-21
Keivan Javanshiri’s Ph.D. project explores cardiac and vascular pathologies in Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer's disease. January 20, he defends his thesis. Here, he shares the most important findings and why sudden cardiac arrest is a common cause of death in patients with Lewy body disease. Tell us about your research! “My research focuses on cognitive disorders, which you may envision like a t
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/cognitive-disease-beyond-brain-phd-interview-keivan-javanshiri - 2026-07-21
LONGREAD. He treats tremor with sound waves, is preparing to help paralyzed patients control a cursor with their thoughts and envisions a future where brain and machines talk to each other in both directions. Neurosurgeon and researcher Andres Lozano is pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the human brain – and doing it with both precision and imagination. “We are trying to discover the b
Regeringens satsning på profilområden kritiseras. LUM har frågat samtliga dekaner vad de anser om satsningen. Många menar att den fria forskningen hotas. Det finns också oro för att annan forskning ska drabbas ekonomiskt. Farhågor finns även för att mycket arbete nu läggs på något som kanske aldrig blir verklighet. Christofer Edling, dekan Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten Risk för att det blir pro
https://www.lu.se/artikel/dekanerna-tveksamma-till-satsningen-pa-profilomraden - 2026-07-22
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 – there he learnt what he knows about compassion. Over nearly thirty years, he first carried out missionary work and then research, teaching and fieldwork in Africa on African Christianity. "It has always been Africa. My pare
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/africa-has-given-me-more-i-could-ever-give-back - 2026-07-21
Dr. Olle Lindvall, recently awarded a jubilee doctorate from Lund University, has spent more than fifty years studying the brain and how to repair it. His work has turned ideas that once seemed like science fiction into scientific reality. Looking back on his journey from curious medical student to clinical neuroscientist, he talks about his accomplishments, the challenges he faced, and gives advi
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On December 12, 2018, Anna Lindberg, affiliated researcher at SASNET, attended an International Conference on Afghanistan, organized in Stockholm by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA). The aim of the conference was to address local Afghani perspectives on peace building, and explore the role of development pa
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/report-international-conference-afghanistan - 2026-07-21
This CMES Regional Outlook (2025:2) by Lisa Strömbom focuses on the global responses to the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza. In February 2025, a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into force, briefly easing the intense humanitarian crisis in Gaza after months of devastating conflict. The truce was structured in three phases. The first stage was implemented and included the ex
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-global-responses-escalating-humanitarian-crisis-gaza - 2026-07-21
Presently many of Sweden’s 20,000 Parkinson’s patients are not receiving the treatment they need, and many of the most seriously ill receive incorrect or inappropriate therapy. With the new Manage PD tool and the PD Pal study, Per Odin, professor at Lund University and senior attending physician at Skåne University Hospital in Lund, hopes to be able to improve the care of Parkinson’s patients. Eve
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/faster-and-better-treatment-parkinsons-disease-manage-pd-tool - 2026-07-21
Förslaget från EU:s klimatvetenskapliga råd är att jordbruksstödet till de verksamheter som ställer till störst klimatskada fasas ut, samtidigt som koldioxidinlagring ökar och särskilda prislappar för utsläpp införs. Här ger fem Lundaforskare sin syn på om EU:s jordbruks- och livsmedelssystem kan klara omställningen – och vilka grepp som i så fall krävs. EU:s jordbruks- och livsmedelssystem står f
https://www.lu.se/artikel/sa-kan-eus-jordbruk-klara-klimatmalen - 2026-07-22
Lunds universitet har sammanställt en lista med experter som kan kommentera och bidra med kunskaper kring coronaviruset ur olika aspekter. Medicin och hälsa Hans Norrgren, docent i infektionssjukdomar, överläkare infektionsmedicin Telefon: 046-17 13 37 E-post: hans [dot] norrgren [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se Forskning/expertområde: smittspridning och hur virus orsakar sjukdom, infektionsmedici
https://www.lu.se/artikel/expertlista-press-och-media-coronavirus - 2026-07-22
By integrating data from Inside Airbnb and other sources, students in the Master’s Programme in Information Systems create apps that support decision-making and provide actionable insights. We spoke with two student groups to learn more about the project. As part of the Master’s Programme in Information Systems, students enrolled in the mandatory course Business Intelligence are diving deep into t
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/students-create-apps-integrating-data-airbnb-and-beyond - 2026-07-22
Anne Sofie Djernis Anne Sofie Djernis´ MFA exhibition entitled “There is no emotional connection to numbers on a gravestone without a story being told” consisted of paintings, either on canvas or on newspaper. The paintings had an expanded colorscape and suggested different meditative states. In the hand-out text Djernis mentioned how “In a meditative state, you observe” as a way she understood
https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/mfa-student-interview-series-part-iv-anne-sofie-djernis-and-cornelia-hermansson - 2026-07-21
Obesity is commonly diagnosed using BMI, but this approach has several limitations. Researchers at Lund University and AstraZeneca show that integrating measurements such as body fat percentage and waist circumference captures disease risks missed by BMI alone. In recent years, research has shown that there are several limitations with BMI alone when it comes to assessing adiposity quantity, distr
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-study-bmi-alone-does-not-fully-capture-health-risks-linked-obesity - 2026-07-21
