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Writing a thesis can be both lonely and difficult to get started with. To support students in the writing process, the Faculty of Science Library and the Academic Support Centre at Lund University have launched a joint digital initiative combining focused writing sessions with Q&A drop-ins.“We noticed that students often come to us with questions that fall somewhere between the library and the Aca
When the American research field "Fear of Crime" was introduced in Sweden in the 1980s, it was translated "otrygghet", a word with a previously established meaning in Swedish. The meaning of the word "otrygghet" has since then changed significantly in Sweden. From being used to signify economic and materialist unpredictability, "otrygghet" has come to be used almost exclusively in a crime context.
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/hanna-sahlin-lilja-has-defended-her-thesis-fear-crime-research-sweden - 2026-06-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have launched a free app to help map the spread of infection in Sweden and increase knowledge of the coronavirus. “Data from the app will give us a clearer picture of the development of the disease and why some people only experience mild symptoms while others get seriously ill
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/covid-symptom-tracker-app-launched-sweden - 2026-06-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have launched a free app to help map the spread of infection in Sweden and increase knowledge of the coronavirus. “Data from the app will give us a clearer picture of the development of the disease and why some people only experience mild symptoms while others get seriously ill
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/covid-symptom-tracker-app-launched-sweden - 2026-06-05
Christopher Douse, Associate Professor at Lund University’s Faculty of Medicine and group leader at the Lund Stem Cell Center, has been awarded a Consolidator Grant from the Swedish Society for Medical Research (SSMF). The five-year, SEK 11 million award will support his team’s research into how repetitive DNA sequences linked to neurological diseases are controlled in the development of the human
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/decoding-repetitive-genome-christopher-douse-awarded-consolidator-grant-ssmf - 2026-06-05
Many of us have worked more remotely during the pandemic than we ever dreamed of doing. Informatics researcher Saonee Sarker has been studying IT-enabled collaboration and its impact on work-life balance for many years, but mainly with a focus on the IT sector. Today, she sees how that industry's digital settings has moved to encompass us all. The bookshelves in Saonee Sarker's office at the Schoo
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hybrid-workplace-future - 2026-06-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There is growing evidence that Western welfare standards are not generalizable to the rest of the planet if environmental concerns, such as resource depletion or climate change, are considered. A new interdisciplinary anthology by researchers from Lund University raises the question of what is required to make welfare
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-reach-ecologically-sustainable-welfare-societies - 2026-06-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University is following the Government and Public Health Authority’s new recommendations regarding measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. The University has therefore decided that education and examinations should be conducted using online alternatives (distance education) from 18 March. University fac
https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/students-transition-distance-education-march-18-2020 - 2026-06-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Kevin Anderson is one of the leading experts in the world on climate change and has written a number of articles on the urgency for action. On April 10 & 11 he is visiting Lund. On Monday April 10, Kevin Anderson will hold a lecture at the public library in Lund from 18.00 to 19.30: Mitigation – but how fast
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-researcher-kevin-anderson-visits-lund-april-10-and-11 - 2026-06-05
Trumps ingrepp i Venezuela var fysiskt, konkret och beväpnat. Vad som händer nu är avgörande för landets framtid, men påverkar också hela regionen, enligt forskaren Andrés Palacio. Historiskt har USA vid flera tillfällen hävdat Centralamerika, Karibien och Sydamerika som sin intressesfär. Sedan andra världskrigets slut har man försökt att destabilisera och ibland konfrontera socialistiska regimer
https://www.lu.se/artikel/venezuela-efter-maduro - 2026-06-06
We expect a change in labour legislation that comes into force on 1 October this year. What is happening in the autumn is that general fixed-term employment, which is all fixed-term employment including hourly, but not temporary employment, disappears as a form of employment and is replaced by special fixed-term employment (Särskild visstidsanställning – SÄVA). The new preferential right requires
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/labor-legislation-will-change-autumn - 2026-06-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Afrint research group and Development Geography in Lund warmly welcome you to the 15th Development Research Day: End hunger and achieve food security by 2030 Date: Thursday November 10, 2016. Time: 9.30-17.00 | Geocenter I, Sölvegatan 10, LUNDThe Development Research Day is an annual event at Lund University brin
https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/15th-development-research-day-end-hunger-and-achieve-food-security-2030 - 2026-06-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meeting with the City of Malmö August 29 The announced meeting between Lund University and The city of Malmö took place in Lund as planned. The city of Malmö was represented by Mayor Jan-Inge Alfridh and Planning Director Christer Larsson. The meeting covered both the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts shared premise
https://www.arts.lu.se/article/new-meeting-city-malmo-regarding-issue-malmo-art-academys-premises - 2026-06-05
During a few hot summer days in June, representatives from all the EUGLOH universities gathered at Paris-Saclay for the big Annual Summit. EUGLOH, the European University Alliance for Global Health, is part of the EU-funded European Universities programme in which Lund University participates together with Université Paris-Saclay (France), University of Szeged (Hungary), University of Porto (Portu
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/continued-funding-eugloh-programme-and-new-partner-universities - 2026-06-06
Scientific researchers are not usually known for their entrepreneurship. However, at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, there is an innovative group of experts who have developed a tool that can help stakeholders in society when flooding occurs. The sun is beating down on Sölvegatan as a barefooted Professor Petter Pilesjö opens the door to the GIS Centre. It has not raine
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/scientists-new-flood-analysis-product-goes-against-flow - 2026-06-06
Theatre Academy PhD student Charlotte Østergaard participates in Stockholm University of the Arts' international artistic conference Alliances and Commonalities, 17-19 October, 2024 together with former PhD student Steinunn Knúts-Önnudóttir, and the conference Hurricanes and Scaffolding: Symposium on Artistic research, Umeå University 4-6 December 2024. Charlotte Østergaard and Marie Ledendal, fro
The logopedics study programme at the Faculty of Medicine celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. Professor Birgitta Sahlén and Programme Director and Associate Professor Kristina Hansson look back to when it all began, talk about the current study programme – and look to the future. The logopedics study programme in Lund was the second one to begin in Sweden, and it is estimated that around 80
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/logopedics-study-programme-celebrates-anniversary - 2026-06-05
A working group, led by Vice Dean Eva Ageberg, has mapped the needs for career support activities at our Faculty. The changes are now being rolled out. Career support means guidance and inspiration regarding career and the labour market. The goal of the mapping has been to enable the faculty to offer career support to a broad target group, thereby reaching many employees at the Faculty of Medicine
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-career-support-redesigned-include-larger-and-broader-target-groups - 2026-06-05
