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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For 13 years, Sociology of Law Professor Per Wickenberg ran a training programme implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in schools and education in 16 countries around the world. The effort enrolled more than 500 people from 29 countries, who initiated hundreds of local projects to better the lives

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/looking-back-and-forward-furthering-rights-children - 2026-07-17

Two Lund University climate scientists, Kimberly Nicholas, who has acted as an observer at two global climate summits, and Markku Rummukainen, Sweden’s IPCC representative, talk about what comes next following the recent IPCC report. What do you view as the next steps following what was concluded in the IPCC report? Kimberly: Something the report makes absolutely clear is that to stop warming, hum

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/what-comes-next-after-ipcc-climate-change-report - 2026-07-17

In this study we elaborate the trade-off between pre-training models on domain-specific data versus a more general dataset in a political context. We start from motions from parliamentarians in the Swedish Riksdag, and focus on the two competitors for government office parties: Social Democrats and Moderates. Elaborating word embeddings on central keywords related to issues and ideology based on v

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/matter-pre-training-political-studies-more-data-better-domain-specific-new-study-shows - 2026-07-17

Ice sheets, snow and the ocean as far as the eye can see. No shipping vessels or people in sight, and only polar bears for company. The icebreaker Oden sails between Svalbard and Greenland, and this spring, doctoral student Lovisa Nilsson joined the ship to study the transition from winter to summer in the Arctic, and how soot affects the melting of sea ice. For six weeks, the spaces onboard Oden

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/polar-bears-company - 2026-07-18

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Bara hälften av de äldre män som lider av smärta i kroppen behandlas för detta. Det kan bero på fördomar om att värk och ont hör till hög ålder och att smärtbehandling då inte är så effektivt. Men smärtbehandling kan hjälpa och höja livskvaliteten även för de äldsta. Ny forskning vid Lunds universitet visar att sjuk

https://www.geriatrik.lu.se/artikel/aldre-far-inte-tillracklig-smartlindring - 2026-07-17

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. En fruktad konsekvens av djupa blodsockerfall är kramper. Gränsen för när krampen kommer, kramptröskeln, är högst individuell och de med låg tröskel kan bli hjälpta av antiepileptiska läkemedel. – Tröskeln för kramper är genetiskt bestämd men den varierar också under olika perioder i livet. Dessutom finns det tecken

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/kramper-vid-blodsockerfall-kan-forebyggas-med-medicin - 2026-07-17

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Havet utanför Kristianstad är dåligt undersökt, men nästa vecka hoppas forskare, dykare, Sjöfartsverket och dykföretag göra intressanta och viktiga upptäckter där. På måndag morgon startar Havsresans fältvecka utanför Kristianstad och Åhus. Havsresan 2014 är ett publikt arrangemang som syftar till att öka havets sta

https://www.lu.se/artikel/fornlamningar-skeppsvrak-spoknat-och-doda-havsbottnar-ska-utforskas-i-hanobukten - 2026-07-18

The brain's big-eating immune cells can slow down the progression of Alzheimer's disease. This is shown by a study that is now published in Nature Aging. The brain's own immune cells are called microglia and are found in the central nervous system. They are big eaters that kill viruses, damaged cells and infectious agents they come across. It has long been known that microglial cells can be activa

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/brains-immune-cells-can-be-triggered-slow-down-alzheimers-disease - 2026-07-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. He was selling carpets on Mårtenstorget in Lund, applying for all kinds of jobs and answered an advert from the Department of Clinical Immunology, Lund University, for a lab technician job. He didn´t get the job. Instead he was asked if he wanted to start a Ph.D. A few weeks ago immunology professor William Agace was

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/carpets-market-academy-professor - 2026-07-17

No 43, 21 June 2025 The NAISS training team hopes you had a good summer break and feel refreshed for the autumn term.In this newsletter we advertise a wide variety of NAISS training events, scheduled for the beginning of the autumn term.An overview on our events is available on the NAISS website:OverviewNAISS trainingOn-site workshop: "Awk Workshop", Uppsala, 28-29 August, 2025Online training semi

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter - 2026-07-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. KHM x MMM is a series of lectures and artist talks created in collaboration between Malmö Art Academy and Moderna Museet Malmö. KHM x MMM presents a broad programme of internationally active artists, theorists, writers and curators connected to current themes and exhibitions. The programme and the invited speakers is

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/artist-talks-khm-x-mmm-spring-2019 - 2026-07-17

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/alumni-andreas-albrectsen-0 - 2026-07-17

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/best-poster-award-alfred-larsson - 2026-07-17

Are we too constrained by the demands of funders and politicians? Are we silenced by self-censorship and ideological conformity? What does academic freedom really mean, and how can Lund University strengthen it? Welcome to a conversation on academic freedom open to all staff categories. At the meeting you will have the opportunity to deepen your understanding of what academic freedom means for you

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/make-impact-lets-talk-about-academic-freedom - 2026-07-17

Margaret-Anney Storey, professor of computer science at the University of Victoria in Canada, and Semmy Rülf, an entrepreneur who has made significant contributions to the management of research from Lund University and LTH, have been appointed honorary doctors at LTH. Semmy Rülf is a prominent entrepreneur and innovator with strong links to Lund University and the Faculty of Engineering (LTH), an

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/semmy-rulf-and-margaret-anne-storey-new-honorary-doctors-lth - 2026-07-17

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Information och genomgång av COUNTER Release 5Som alla som jobbar med användningsstatistik säkert känner till vid det här laget infördes den 1 januari 2019 en ny standard för COUNTER-statistik, Counter Code of Practise Release 5 (R5).  Skillnaden mellan den gamla Release 4 och den nya Release 5 är stor, av den anled

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-juni-juli-augusti-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-0 - 2026-07-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Margarita Chumarina, from the iPSC laboratory for CNS disease modeling, will be defending her PhD thesis on Wednesday 15th of January. Researching in the group led by Laurent Roybon, Margarita has been utilizing stem cell-based models to study cellular alterations in Parkinson’s disease. Here, Margarita answers a few

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview-margarita-chumarina - 2026-07-17

Skissernas Museum – Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art now welcomes all employees at Lund University to a guided lunch tour through the exhibition! Skissernas Museum’s major exhibition for the spring and summer highlights the architect Sigurd Lewerentz (1885–1975) and some of his most famous buildings. The projects presented in the exhibition – the Eastern Cemetery with chapel and flower ki

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lunch-showings-exhibition-architecture-sculpture-sigurd-lewerentz-petra-gipp - 2026-07-18

This fall and winter Skissernas Museum present a selection of the more than 500 works of art by 350 artists that Public Art Agency Sweden acquired in 2021 in support of the Swedish art world during the pandemic. Skissernas Museum invites all employees at the university to a lunch showing. The Corona Collection includes works of art by artists of different generations and diverse backgrounds from t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lunch-showing-exhibition-corona-collection-public-art-agency-swedens-acquisitions-2021 - 2026-07-17

It's well known that one can suffer from osteoarthritis in not only the bigger joints such as knee and hip. Osteoarthritis in the base joint of the big toe (MTP 1-joint) is often referred to as Hallux Rigidus, which is Latin for “stiff toe.” The MTP 1-joint is the first joint in the toe, where the toe attaches to the foot. Like OA in other joints, those affected often experience pain combined with

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/hallux-rigidus-oa-great-toe - 2026-07-17