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Although Sweden is an advanced society, there is always more to do to create more inclusive environment. That became clear when the accessibility researcher Mikiko Terashima from Dalhousie University, visited a CASE Scientific Session at Lund University. Terashima leads a research laboratory at Dalhousie'e School of Planning named "Planning for Equity, Accessibility, and Community Health (PEACH) R

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/least-heard-are-real-accessibility-experts - 2026-06-29

Breath-holding spells are common in young children and are benign. Yet children often undergo unnecessary diagnostic interventions when seeking medical care. This is because there are no national or international guidelines on how to assess children in these cases. A team of researchers at Lund University, Sweden has now proposed guidelines to reduce the number of emergency and unplanned medical v

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/children-breath-holding-spells-undergo-unnecessary-diagnostic-interventions - 2026-06-29

Marie Stissing Jensen, PhD student at Lund University and SASNET grantee, travels Sri Lanka and Nepal to better understand the ecosystem of Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships. They have been deemed vital for realizing the 2030 Agenda goals, due to their perceived ability to overcome ‘silo-thinking’ between sectors – but how and to what extent do they do this, and what exactly are their activities in t

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/organizational-octopuses-exploring-multi-stakeholder-partnerships-south-asia - 2026-06-29

Yulia Vakulenko grew up in a small Russian town north of the Arctic Circle, today she works at Lund University. When Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, her world was turned upside down. The first thing Yulia Vakulenko says when she meets me on the staircase of her workplace at the Ingvar Kamprad Design Centre, IKDC, is that her sorrow is nothing compared to what the people of Ukraine are being

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/yulia-russia-helps-refugees-ukraine - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The huge increase in data in biology and medicine creates new challenges for researchers. Extracting information from databases is the research community’s new day job. Dag Ahrén teaches database mining to biologists. He is part of a national network of bioinformaticians, BILS (Bioinformatics Infrastructure for Life S

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/data-mining-research-community-coalface - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Leif Groop, professor in diabetes and endocrinology at Lund University Diabetes Centre and consultant at the Endocrinological Department at Skåne University Hospital Malmö, has been elected to the diabetologist of the year by the Swedish Society of Diabetology. - I am of course honored and happy that my work is apprec

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/leif-groop-diabetologist-year-2010 - 2026-06-29

Att sova mycket på natten och att ta långa tupplurar på dagen kan vara kopplat till sämre kognitiva förmågor visar ny forskning där 5631 deltagare medverkat från fem olika nordiska studier från ”the National E-infrastructure for Aging Research” (NEAR)*.(Overton et al., 2023) Människan sover nästan en tredjedel av livet och sömnen är en grundläggande faktor för vår hälsa och välbefinnande. Förekoms

https://www.geriatrik.lu.se/artikel/ny-forskning-visar-att-langa-tupplurar-pa-dagtid-associeras-med-samre-kognition-hos-aldre - 2026-06-29

Oskar Hansson, professor i neurologi vid Lunds universitet, har utsetts till mottagare av Torsten Söderbergs Akademiprofessur i medicin, för sin banbrytande forskning kring biomarkörer för neurodegenerativa sjukdomar. Motivering:för banbrytande forskning kring biomarkörer för neurodegenerativa sjukdomar, med relevans för tidig diagnostik, prognosbedömning och utveckling av nya behandlingar.Oskar H

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/lundaforskare-tilldelas-torsten-soderbergs-akademiprofessur-i-medicin - 2026-06-29

No 46, 8 October 2025 In this newsletter we advertise a wide variety of NAISS training events, scheduled for the autumn term.   Since the last time, we added an introduction to the Linux command line and the Programming Formalism course.An overview on our events is available on the NAISS website.OverviewNAISS trainingOnline training workshop: Basic Singularity/Apptainer workshop, 13 October, 2025O

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-1 - 2026-06-29

No 50, 15 December 2025 The NAISS training team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New YearWelcome to the last edition of the NAISS training newsletters in 2025.  In this newsletter we announce our new NAISS introduction training week.   The introduction week consists out of 7 training modules, which have previously been stand alone courses.  Please select the modules according to your own r

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-4 - 2026-06-29

How the world is governed in times of environmental crises, and how migration and urban life shape people’s experiences in cities worldwide. These are the questions studied by the Faculty of Social Sciences’ new honorary doctors – Frank Biermann and Brenda Yeoh. They will be awarded their honorary doctorates at Lund Cathedral on 29 May. Frank Biermann – from Faculty of Social Sciences’ nomination:

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/new-honorary-doctors-faculty-social-sciences - 2026-06-29

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/fragor-och-svar-om-sockerstudie-fran-lunds-universitet - 2026-06-30

https://www.lu.se/artikel/fragor-och-svar-om-sockerstudie-fran-lunds-universitet - 2026-06-30

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Fyra tidigare Teman återvänder till hösten för att återigen arbeta vid institutet, nu som Teman 2.0. Teman som tidigare varit verksamma vid institutet har under 2021 getts en chans att under höstterminen återvända till institutet för tänka fritt en gång till. Vi utlyste Tema 2.0 under våren och intresset för att åte

https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/tidigare-teman-kommer-tillbaka-med-nya-ideer - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The interdisciplinary Pufendorf Institute has received excellent reviews in an international evaluation. The way people there think, experiment and collaborate across boundaries is impressive. According to the evaluators, the institute is now ready to also play a strategic role as the engine of interdisciplinary resea

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/pufendorf-institute-ready-become-interdisciplinary-engine - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Is it OK for a manager to email employees in the evenings and on weekends? More employers should have explicit rules about emailing outside working hours, according to Mikael Ottosson, who is researching the work environment within a project entitled “Going home already? Fluid working hours means freedom to some peopl

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/should-employees-be-reachable-email-during-their-leisure-time - 2026-06-29

Om några veckor ges mycket goda möjligheter att följa forskningen runt om i Sverige och inom SWEAH, när 25 doktorander från nationella forskarskolan presenterar sina projekt vid den 23:e IAGG World Conference i Amsterdam, den 5–9 juli. – Jag kommer att presentera en studie som utforskar kliniska kluster i en slutenvårdsgeriatrisk svensk population, baserat på diagnoser och andra hälsovariabler. Fo

https://sweah.lu.se/artikel/svensk-doktorandforskning-sprids-internationellt - 2026-06-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Den första fredagen i varje månad går ett demonstrationståg från LUX ner till Stortorget för klimatets skull. Där förenar de sig med Fridays for Future-manifestationerna. Fredagen den 3 april kommer dock coronaviruset att sätta stopp för detta. Men när coronakrisen är över hoppas initiativtagaren Martin Jarenmark at

https://www.lu.se/artikel/halla-martin-jarenmark - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We learn best through human stories. This idea underpins LUCA, a new academy for the development of case study teaching at Lund University. In April, lecturers at the University were invited to attend a workshop with one of the writers behind the Midsomer Murders television series. Steve Trafford guides participants t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lecturers-get-inspiration-midsomer-murders - 2026-06-29

With the kick-off at the start of October, the 23/24 WCMM Research School has officially begun. As this year marks the fifth anniversary of the WCMM Research School, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past and present, and to check in with some current and past attendees to hear their thoughts on the school. Since a month has already passed and activities are in full swing, we started of

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/research-school-fifth-anniversary - 2026-06-29