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The Islamic presence in Europe is becoming normalised. But integration also leads to increased conflict, according to Oliver Scharbrodt, Lund University’s new Professor of Islamic Studies. Oliver Scharbrodt came to the University last spring after taking up Sweden’s only professorship in Islamic Studies. “I was attracted by the fact that Lund is one of Europe’s classic top universities and that th

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/integration-can-lead-conflict - 2025-10-09

Just like self-driving cars, we can expect autonomous ships to become more common in the coming years. However, two safety challenges which need to be solved along the way, and which are different for ships compared to cars, are navigation without GPS and remote control. In his research, Mårten Lager has developed user interfaces for remote control of ships, as well as positioning using water dept

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/improving-conditions-autonomous-ships - 2025-10-09

Toxins and chemicals are a major threat to our environment. The "third crisis" - the chemical crisis - is often forgotten when we talk about the climate and endangered species. Ahead of Biodiversity Day on 22 May, Maria Hansson, a researcher at Lund University, offers tips on how to create a non-toxic environment in your own garden, benefiting all its inhabitants, big and small. Synthetically prod

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/five-ways-create-toxin-free-garden - 2025-10-09

Can you tell us a little about your research area?My research spans the lifespan. We investigate prevention and treatment and use joint damage as a risk factor for osteoarthritis. We conduct studies from young people with injury or risk of injury to older people with osteoarthritis and focus on exercise.Can you tell us about your current research projects?I-PROTECT is a project that deals with pre

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/meet-eva-ageberg - 2025-10-09

Sarah Warsi will defend her Ph.D. thesis on the 4th of October 2022. Driven by the desire to improve patient outcomes, she has dedicated the last several years to studying both in the clinic and the lab. During that time, her research efforts have centered on a better understanding of the functionality and fate of blood stem cells to contribute to developing improved clinical therapies for patient

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-sarah-warsi - 2025-10-09

Two young experimental researchers have been awarded grants from the Anna-Lisa Rosenberg Foundation, the Department of Experimental Medical Science´s own grant for research in the neurobiological field with a clinical collaboration. Congratulations Alessandro Fiorenzano on the Anna-Lisa Rosengren Foundation grant, 65 000 SEK, how does it feel? – I am grateful for this fantastic opportunity! What d

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/young-neurobiologists-awarded-grants-alzheimers-and-parkinsons-research - 2025-10-09

As SciLifeLab continues to grow as a hub for cutting-edge life science research, collaboration and coordination are more important than ever. At SciLifeLab Lund, the coordinators play a vital role in connecting researchers, infrastructure units, and strategic initiatives across disciplines and sectors. We meet Anabella, Sophie and Wojtek, the three coordinators at SciLifeLab Lund. Each brings a un

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/enhancing-research-and-partnerships-new-coordinators-step-scilifelab-lund - 2025-10-09

Gun Denhart från Lund är en förgrundsgestalt i USA. Den svenskättade affärskvinnan uppmärksammades tidigt för sitt sociala företagande och nyskapande affärsmetoder. Redan på 1980-talet började hon göra investeringar som visade att det gick att förena lönsamhet och etisk hänsyn. Vi träffade Gun för en pratstund om hennes livsverk, bolaget Hanna Andersson, hennes syn på filantropi och engagemanget i

https://www.lu.se/artikel/gun-denhart-filantropiforegangare-med-svenska-rotter - 2025-10-09

How do you challenge the struggles with your PhD? How do you explain nanoscience to pupils in elementary school? And how do you maintain the balance between science and social activities? These are topics discussed in a podcast where Areej Al-Sabban from Lund University Global Engagement talks to Adam Burke, Patrik Nilsson, and Pratik Bhagwat. In a recent podcast made by Areej Al-Sabban from Lund

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-international-podcast-visited-nanolund - 2025-10-09

The fight against COVID-19 continues. In Lund, researchers have been awarded a large Vinnova grant to identify a compound that could be used to prevent viral infection, and thus save lives. The project is a co-operation between preclinical, clinical researchers and a company, an efficient way for creating synergies in research. Project Manager for the study is researcher Sinem Tas, Fellow in Darcy

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-interdisciplinary-co-op-between-researchers-healthcare-and-industry-formed-fight-virus - 2025-10-09

The fight against COVID-19 continues. In Lund, researchers have been awarded a large Vinnova grant to identify a compound that could be used to prevent viral infection, and thus save lives. The project is a co-operation between preclinical, clinical researchers and a company, an efficient way for creating synergies in research. Project Manager for the study is researcher Sinem Tas, Fellow in Darcy

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-interdisciplinary-co-op-between-researchers-healthcare-and-industry-formed-fight-virus - 2025-10-09

The network Women IN Great Sciences – WINGS – is happy to invite you to a workshop called A toolbox for increased productivity – from efficiency to effectiveness!Aim: The aims of the workshop are 1) to provide new work strategies and to shift the focus from what you are working with and the content to how you are working and the process of your work, and 2) to learn how to reduce stress levels at

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/toolbox-increased-productivity-efficiency-effectiveness - 2025-10-09

Roberto García-Roa, postdoc at the department of Biology has won yet another prestigious photo award. This time he’s the overall winner of “Capturing Ecology”, the British Ecological Society photo competition. Congratulations Roberto, what does this award mean to you?– It’s very special! First, it links two powerful allies, science and photography. They are probably two of the best tools we have t

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/sharp-shooting-biologist-winner-international-photography-award - 2025-10-09

Kerstin Enflo is a professor of economic history at Lund University School of Economics and Management. For the past year, she has been a member of The Economic Sciences Prize Committee. We catch up with her just after Claudia Goldin, professor of economic history at Harvard University, was announced as this year’s winner. Hi there, Kerstin Enflo! You are an economic historian and in your first ye

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/kerstin-enflo-her-first-year-economics-prize-committee - 2025-10-09

Set a goal for your training for one to four months and pay in SEK 1,000. You get your money back if you achieve your goal. Crazy? Perhaps, but in a study by Professor of Economics Erik Wengström and his colleagues, the incentive proved to be quite effective compared with the control groups. “I’ve had a long-standing interest in how people behave in strategic situations and if you look at it from

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/achieve-your-training-goals-and-get-money-back-it-works - 2025-10-10

Earlier this month, Simon Hultmark defended his Ph.D. thesis. In pursuit of his long-standing fascination for stem cells, his research over the last several years has focused on blood stem cells and cancer. All in an effort to contribute to the development of improved clinical therapies for patients with a type of blood cancer known as acute myeloid leukemia. In this interview, he tells us about h

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/modeling-normal-and-malignant-hematopoiesis-vitro-phd-interview-simon-hultmark - 2025-10-09

Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) is a world class sustainability centre for research, teaching and impact. During 2021, we welcome an intern with focus on social media, strategic communication and events. About the internship We are looking for an intern with strategic communication skills, innovative ideas and a passion for sustainability who wants to be part of developi

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/event-and-communications-intern-lucsus - 2025-10-09

Jonas Johansson is a professor of physics and develops new knowledge for the production of materials at the nanoscale. Anastasia Tsioki is a first-year student on LTH's MSc in Engineering Nanoscience programme. When Jonas was about to publish a scientific article, he turned to Anastasia to illustrate a proposed cover image. The magazine immediately accepted her illustration as the front page image

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/snails-illustrate-how-new-materials-can-be-built-nano-level - 2025-10-09

Jonas Johansson is a professor of physics and develops new knowledge for the production of materials at the nanoscale. Anastasia Tsioki is a first-year student on LTH's MSc in Engineering Nanoscience programme. When Jonas was about to publish a scientific article, he turned to Anastasia to illustrate a proposed cover image. The magazine immediately accepted her illustration as the front page image

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/snails-illustrate-how-new-materials-can-be-built-nano-level - 2025-10-09

Fredrik Nilsson successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on May 10, 2023. For the last four years, Fredrik has explored the use of patient-specific cells in cell replacement therapy for Parkinson's disease to identify strategies to safeguard these transplanted cells from disease-related degeneration. In this interview, he tells us about his findings, their potential implications for future therapies

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/investigating-cell-replacement-therapy-parkinsons-disease-phd-interview-fredrik-nilsson - 2025-10-09