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Fast fashion has shrunk the fashion production cycle from three months to an unbelievable two weeks. New ideas are snapped up from the catwalk, interpreted and made into trendy clothes with a low price-tag, available in shops and online. Economists attribute the success of fast fashion to innovative large companies, but anthropologist Christina Moon maintains that the background to the phenomenon

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/korean-efficiency-behind-fast-fashion - 2025-10-09

Since graduating from LUSEM's Master’s in Accounting and Finance in 2018, Jaspar has built a dynamic career in the public sector. Now a General Management Controller at Malmö Stad, he shares insights on his journey, motivations, and advice for students interested in a career in the public sector in Sweden. Hi Jaspar! You graduated from the master’s degree in Accounting and Finance in 2018, can you

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/jaspar-kangkeh-alumnus-msc-accounting-and-finance-2018 - 2025-10-09

Synchrotron radiation helps vision researcher Emily Baird create three-dimensional images of how insects see the world. In the future, this could lead to sighted drones that navigate through the air like insects, without being remote controlled from the ground. “I enjoy research more than anything, and the most fun part is that I am forced to be creative and make constant progress, says Emily Bair

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/studies-bees-can-enable-drones-see - 2025-10-09

Welcome to another WCMM Fireside Chat, a series of articles dedicated to highlighting the work of researchers within and around the WCMM in Lund to promote collaboration and communication. We had a chat with the clinical WCMM researcher Gustav Smith, who to say the least, has a busy schedule. This time we present our chat with Gustav Smith, a clinician, group leader and former director at WCMTM in

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-gustav-smith - 2025-10-09

Since graduating from the master's degree programme in Management (MiM) in 2019, Jordan has built a successful career in Sweden, starting as an engineering consultant before becoming a Product Owner at Volvo Cars. In this interview, he shares insights into his journey, the impact of his studies, and advice for international graduates looking to enter the Swedish job market. Hi Jordan! You graduate

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/jordan-stilley-alumnus-msc-management-2019 - 2025-10-09

Young women who spend all their spare time shopping. Lost, superficial souls with no purpose in life? Or creative and productive people? Emma Samsioe, who has spent several years studying their behaviour, wants to show a more nuanced picture of the phenomenon. Emma Samsioe. It all started when Emma Samsioe was out shopping and noticed the young girls who mostly seemed to be just hanging out in the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fast-fashion-constant-search-latest-thing - 2025-10-09

Covid-19 and the subsequent closure of universities around the world have meant that we all quickly had to learn how to teach remotely. Educators all over the world have gathered experiences and evaluated them, and talk about the present as a "new normal" where both teachers and students expect universities to take advantage of knowledge and skills acquired during the pandemic. Photo: Nicole Geri

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/using-video-teaching - 2025-10-09

The palm house in the Botanical Garden is to be renovated and the environment improved for both staff and visitors. Production is planned for 2024 and expected to take just over a year. The project was initiated by the University and the Botanical Garden because the cycads and other plants in the palm house require more space while the glass and technical systems in the building need reviewing and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/palm-house-botanical-garden-be-remodelled - 2025-10-09

PhD student Valentina works in the FORMAS-funded project Environmental Human Rights Defenders – Change Agents at the Crossroads of Climate change, Biodiversity and Cultural Conservation. She hopes her research will contribute to an understanding and visibilization of the transformative role that Environmental Human Rights Defenders can play within multiple crises, focusing not only on their experi

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/phd-student-valentina-lomanto-explores-role-environmental-human-rights-defenders-agents-change - 2025-10-09

Kimberly Nicholas was appointed professor in Sustainability Science in June 2024. After more than 15 years at Lund University, her commitment to stopping climate change is stronger than ever. “We need to keep our eyes on the prize and focus on where the problem is to address it.” What has been the most important moment in your career? I got to witness the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015. T

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/professor-kimberly-nicholas-mission-combat-climate-change - 2025-10-09

Henock Yitbarek Zerezgi, Parrendah Adwoa Kpeli and Emilia Ravn Boess recently completed our course "Governance and the Sustainable Development Goals". We asked them what they thought of the course and how it will help them in their own research. In March, the second course held by the Development Research School was finalised. It had brought together a variety of scholars, with different backgroun

https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/emilia-ravn-boess-i-found-course-helpful-understanding-political-context-both-developing-and - 2025-10-09

Last year SWEAH got a new partner university, Mid University in Sundsvall and Östersund. Judit Staller is a PhD student at the Department of Health Sciences (HOV) and is now celebrating her first year at the graduate school. How has the first time been?- I have had a fruitful year with SWEAH. It felt incredibly stimulating because already from the introduction day in January 2023 I have made meani

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/first-year-mid-university-and-judit-sweah - 2025-10-09

Malmö Opera begav sig ut för åttonde gången på lastbilsturné med en entimmes-version av Verdis klassiska verk Falstaff. I år kom uppsättningen dessutom på besök runtom 190 äldreboenden i Skåne. Den populära lastbilsturnén besökte 18 platser runtom i Skåne och bjöd in alla åldrar till gratisföreställningen Falstaff, baserad på Giuseppe Verdis opera med samma namn. På gator, hamnar och torg slog las

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/kultur-akademi-och-teknologi-mots-i-malmo-operas-falstaff - 2025-10-09

Wathik Alsalim presented new findings on persistent whole day meal effects of three DPP-4 inhibitors on incretin- and islet hormones in metformin-treated type 2 diabetes Learn more about the study: Wathik Alsalim work as consultant in the Diabetes and Endocrinology Department at Skåne University Hospital, SUS, in Lund.- Since I was at university, I was interested in diabetes because it has been a

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/easd-dpp-4-inhibition-effects-glycemia-and-islet-hormones-individuals-type-2-diabetes - 2025-10-09

Associate Senior Lecturer Olena Bokareva has been granted SEK 7.8 million for the research project Sustainable Carbon Capture, Transportation and Storage: Liability and Governance in Light of International and EU Law. Associate Senior Lecturer Olena Bokareva, Lund University, and Associate Senior Lecturer Gabriela Argüello, University of Gothenburg, together with two postdoctoral researchers, will

https://www.law.lu.se/article/olena-bokareva-awarded-multi-million-grant-marianne-and-marcus-wallenberg-foundation - 2025-10-09

This April, the first national interim report on responsible internationalisation was published. The aim is to create national guidelines and a national support structure for responsible internationalisation. The report is commissioned by the Swedish government and is written by Universitets- och högskolerådet (UHR), Vetenskapsrådet och Vinnova. Tommy Shih and Sylvia Schwaag Serger, both researche

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/responsible-internationalisation-tommy-shih-comments-new-national-report - 2025-10-09

After two semesters, students showcase their unique sustainability initiatives during Lund's Sustainability Week on 9 April, after following LUSEM's voluntary track 'Living the Sustainability Idea' where focus is on a personal sustainability challenge. Working on the internal transformation“This is about working on the internal transformation, focusing on sustainability, supporting students in how

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/breaking-new-ground-living-sustainability-idea-sets-path-student-empowerment - 2025-10-09

The use of technologies to support teaching was essential during the pandemic. But what can they do to support education at a campus university in ‘normal’ times? Here are four reasons why the university might want to plan strategically for the use of digital learning to enhance campus experiences. Continue reading and you will find out more in this opinion piece by Rachel Forsyth. Photo: Ben Davi

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/why-bother-blended-learning - 2025-10-09

As part of the Sustainability and Popular culture course in the master programme in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science at Lund University (LUMES), students have created a series of videos analysing the representation of sustainability within popular culture. The videos examines issues such as ecofeminism, urban gardening and narratives for a flight free future. The Sustainability and

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/representation-sustainability-within-popular-culture - 2025-10-09

On 03 March 2023, Jenny Mattsson defended her Ph.D. thesis. With the goal to broaden the availability of antibody-based drugs for patients with cancer and other diseases, she has spent the past several years working to develop new methods that can be used to identify new antibodies and antibody targets. In this interview, we learn more about her research, how she has simultaneously juggled doing a

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-methods-phenotypic-antibody-discovery-phd-interview-jenny-mattsson - 2025-10-09