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In May, Salma Mahamed, Gustavo Cadenas Delascio, Marta Pitino and Ismail Bazine participated in our third doctoral course, coordinated by the University of Gothenburg: ‘Making Foreign Aid Work: Managing tensions between top-down and bottom-up approaches’. The participants took part in online literature seminars, but also our onsite workshop in Gothenburg. The course brought together both doctoral
Vissa ämnen skrivs det särskilt ofta i media om under sommaren. Här finns en lista över forskare vid Lunds universitet som kan svara på vanliga sommarfrågor och en rad andra ämnen som ofta är aktuella. För fler experter på bland annat kriget i Ukraina eller den ekonomiska krisen se våra expertlistor på lu.se Navigera till ämnesområde: Medicin och hälsa Bränder och olyckor Djur, natur och klimat- o
https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitets-sommarlista-2023-massor-av-experter-pa-sommarens-fragor - 2026-04-20
Academic misconduct has increased with about 200% during the past covid years. As a precaution Lund University has started a project to prevent deception and misleading in examination, whether it’s unauthorized cooperation, plagiarism, or non-allowed aids. In every study environment there is a unique culture, with boundaries to what is considered acceptable and unacceptable by the students themsel
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/ai-forces-teachers-change-way-courses-are-examined-0 - 2026-04-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Throughout Future Week at Lund University, we got a chance to look into the Future. During a range of events, researchers and students across Lund University discussed different issues on the theme 'Transitions'. What are the transitions we have to make? What are the ones we want to make? And which transitions do we p
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/sustainable-transitions-focus-during-lund-university-future-week - 2026-04-19
When we cough and speak we launch droplets and if the person launching these droplets is sick from some kind of virus disease, such as COVID19, the droplets can contain viruses. These viruses have been found to be one of the main contributors to the spreading of the pandemic disease. If we can further understand where these droplets end up we can make more effective protective measures during a pa
https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/coughed-droplets-estimating-size-and-speed - 2026-04-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Like learning to fly as the plane takes off. Across the entire University, teaching staff are grappling with the transition to digital education and assessment at record speed in the unique situation caused by the coronavirus. The initial phase includes long workdays and getting the available digital tools to work i
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/imposed-distance-education-puts-pressure-university-teaching-staff - 2026-04-19
Smokers have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer, but a higher risk of dying from the disease, according to a large population study led by Lund University in Sweden. The researchers followed more than 350 000 people over several decades, and the results are now published in European Urology. It is well known that smokers have an increased risk of developing various cancers, but there have
https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/smoking-worsens-prognosis-men-prostate-cancer - 2026-04-19
The Conversation is a unique collaboration between academics and journalists that has become the world's leading publisher of research-based news and analysis. Pär Halje recently published an article and reached about thirty media platforms. Here's how he did it. Why did you want to publish on The Conversation? “It started with me being invited to write a blog post for "Behind the Paper," which is
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/conversation-how-researcher-par-halje-reached-around-30-global-media-platforms - 2026-04-19
CMES PhD researcher Joel W. Abdelmoez recently returned from fieldwork in Tunisia. Tell us, why Tunisia? As a PhD student in political science with a focus on comparative politics in the Middle East, I investigate feminist activism and gender politics in the Middle East and North Africa, with a particular focus on Tunisia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. What interests me is largely that feminism is usual
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/joel-w-abdelmoez-fieldwork-tunisia - 2026-04-19
Congratulations to Fabio Cristiano for successfully defending his thesis "The Blurring Politics of Cyber Conflict: A Critical Study of the Digital in Palestine and Beyond" earlier today! Dr. Fabio Cristiano has successfully defended his PhD thesis in Political Science, The Blurring Politics of Cyber Conflict: A Critical Study of the Digital in Palestine and Beyond. In conversation with faculty o
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/fabio-cristiano-successfully-defends-phd-thesis - 2026-04-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Government has appointed Erik Renström as the vice-chancellor of Lund University for the term of office 2021–2026. Renström, a physician and professor of experimental endocrinology, has extensive academic experience. He is currently the dean of Lund University’s Faculty of Medicine. “It feels very exciting and a l
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/erik-renstrom-be-vice-chancellor-lund-university - 2026-04-19
What does it take to implement a complementary currency in a community, and how does it reshape social, technical, and economic dynamics? Juan Ocampo, a PhD graduate from Lund University’s School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) and the Agenda 2030 Graduate School, has spent five years investigating these questions. In his dissertation, Organizing Money: The process of implementing a complement
For two weeks in May, teaching staff and students from Zhytomyr University experienced surroundings other than the state of war that prevails in their home country. In Sweden, they had teaching sessions on reflective thinking and, not least, a break from the war. The Lund University School of Aviation (TFHS) has had an exchange with Zhytomyr University, a Ukrainian university that focuses on techn
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ukrainian-students-and-researchers-visited-school-aviation - 2026-04-20
Rachel Forsyth of the Unit for Educational Services has been selected to be one of the EU's experts in the Digital Education Content (DEC) Expert Group, which is a sub-group of the EEA, the European Education Area. What issues does DEC work with, specifically? “The Digital Education Content (DEC) expert group has been set up by the European Commission. The group works with the Digital Education Ac
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rachel-forsyth-elected-eu-digital-education-content-expert-group - 2026-04-20
The Board of the Faculty of Medicine (MFS) has held a meeting. The meeting began with the Dean informing about the research bill and how it affects us at the university and the faculty and how we are now working with this. She also informed about the ongoing work on the new strategic direction for the faculty, which will be decided at a coming meeting, and the continued implementation of the decis
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/report-faculty-board-meeting-5-february-2025 - 2026-04-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Insects have difficulties handling the higher temperatures brought on by climate change, and might risk overheating. The ability to reproduce is also strongly affected by rising temperatures, even in northern areas of the world, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. Insects cannot regulate their own
https://www.science.lu.se/article/high-temperatures-threaten-survival-insects - 2026-04-19
The Institute announces yearly calls for application to Themes and Advanced Study Groups. Researchers/teaching staff (with PhD or equiv.) employed by Lund University are now invited to apply for Themes and Advanced Study Groups, starting in 2025. The Pufendorf IAS stimulates interdisciplinary research within Lund University. The Institute supports researchers working together across disciplinary b
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/call-applications-pufendorf-institute-advanced-studies - 2026-04-20
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Urban Arena is a network for sustainable urban development research at Lund University and is gathering almost 200 researchers. On June 15th, an Urban Arena wake-up seminar focusing on the theme “Smart Sustainable Cities” was held.Last year the Strategic Innovation Agenda “Smart Sustainable Cities” was accepted, with
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/first-wake-seminar-about-smart-sustainable-cities - 2026-04-19
Video games are easy to exploit, and are being used by actors ranging from IS and Hizbollah for recruitment, to Russia, who use it to spread propaganda during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. This states a report from the Psychological Defence Research Institute at Lund University in Sweden. Since the 2016 US Presidential election, many democratic governments have paid close attention to how forei
https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/how-video-games-are-being-used-malign-foreign-actors-and-extremists - 2026-04-19
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Antanas Mockus - akademikern som blev borgmästare och mer än halverade antalet mord och antalet döda i trafiken i Bogotá - inleder ett forskningsprojekt med Lunds universitet. Den 17 december håller han en öppen föreläsning i Lund. Var: Palaestras hörsal, Universitetsplatsen, LundNär: 17 december kl 17-19Namn på för
https://www.lu.se/artikel/stockholmarnas-beteende-kartlaggs-i-samarbete-med-borgmastaren-som-forandrade-bogota - 2026-04-19
