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Researchers conducting fieldwork in repressive and illiberal countries face profound ethical, personal and professional challenges — particularly when they are native to the societies they study. These issues were at the centre of a well attended CMES seminar by professor Merouan Mekouar, York University, Canada, that brought together scholars to reflect on risk, responsibility and inequality in a

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/challenges-and-strategies-fieldwork-repressive-and-illiberal-contexts - 2026-07-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Att leva i hierarkier förstör och korrumperar människan djupt in i själen, ansåg upplysningsfilosofen Mary Wollstonecraft. – För henne var ojämlikhet det största hotet mot demokrati och frihet. Det är sprängstoff även idag när klyftorna ökar och världen delas upp i herrar och tjänstefolk, säger människorättsprofesso

https://www.lu.se/artikel/hon-nytolkar-feministpionjaren - 2026-07-02

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Read Akhila Murugan's report on her stay in Sweden as part of the Linnaeus-Palme exchange programme. Akhila Murugan was part of the program as a student from Department of Communication and Journalism at University of Kerala in Trivandrum, India. I am jealous over people who can transform indescribable emotions and

https://www.journalistik.lu.se/artikel/sweden-taught-me-practical-lessons-gender-equality - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Thursday 10th of November 2016, we had another inspiring edition of the Development Research Day, a flagship annual event at Lund University bringing together all disciplines working on development issues since 2002. This year the Development Research Day was hosted by the Human Geography department and was dedicat

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/inspiring-edition-development-research-day-2016-end-hunger-and-achieve-food-security-2030 - 2026-07-01

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/top-ranked-lusem-shines-latest-world-university-rankings - 2026-07-01

Lund University is returning to Almedalen with a broad programme to strengthen the public discussion about higher education and research. Since the university's first participation in 2009, the commitment has grown, and this year around 50 employees are participating. The programme offers discussions on everything from preparedness and AI to the future of food. As in previous years, LTH has a well

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/ai-crisis-and-quantum-almedalen - 2026-07-01

Today two separate batches of available housing were published, one for September and one for remaining accommodations in late August. Please note that response deadlines for August rooms will be very short. Two batchesToday (19 August), the fifth batch of available housing for August 2024 was published, as well as the first batch of housing available from September. These batches have different d

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/september-and-late-august-batches-published - 2026-07-01

Throughout life, our lungs are vital organs. For newborns as well as for elderly patients, there is a need for safe and continuous lung monitoring in the healthcare. Some of today's common methods of examining the lungs, such as X-rays and computed tomography are limiting since they can not be applied continuously and carry ionizing radiation. A new technology for clinical lung monitoring is now o

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/measuring-oxygen-lungs-lasers-finished-master-project - 2026-07-01

Congratulation to Wolfgang Knecht and his collaborators, who have been awarded a grant for a LINXS theme initiative titled Pandemics and Alertness (PandA)! The theme is a “spin-off” from the Pandemics and Alertness the thematic collaboration initiative at Lund University, with a deeper focus on advancing understaning of viruses and strengthening crisis preparedness. The themes want to achieve an i

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/grant-awarded-linxs-theme-initiative-pandemics-and-alertness-panda - 2026-07-01

On 25 November, after two years of intense legal preparations, the youth organsation Aurora, submitted a litigation against the Swedish state for its insufficient climate policies – the very first of its kind in Sweden. Mark Connaughton, research assistant at LUCSUS, and member of the GAMES research project, a collaborative project led by LUCSUS with Copenhagen University and Imperial College Lond

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/aurora-climate-litigation - 2026-07-01

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 - 2026-07-01

A new study have identified which blood tests are best at detecting Alzheimer’s disease during the earliest stages, and also another blood test that is optimal for detecting relevant treatment effects. These findings will speed up the development of new therapies that can slow down the disease progression. The article was originally published as a press release from the Sahlgrenska Academy, Univer

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/optimal-blood-tests-development-new-therapies-alzheimers-disease - 2026-07-01

From the Vice-Chancellor’s blog: For several years, Lund University and many other stakeholders within the sector and beyond have been calling on the Government to alter and simplify immigration legislation and its regulations for researchers and doctoral students. Sweden and its universities are competing in a highly competitive international study and labour market, and there have been far too m

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-immigration-rules-researchers-and-doctoral-students-welcomed - 2026-07-02

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It is still unclear how much students and staff will be on campus in the autumn, but a gradual return is being planned. Discussions are also being held as to whether technical and administrative staff will be able to continue working from home after the pandemic. At the University, teaching staff and researchers have

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-are-we-work-autumn - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. - The idea is to use the great public interest that the Climate Summit in Paris in December 2015 will stir up to educate the masses on climate change, says Angela Oels to Riksbankens website rj.se and continues:- A MOOC (massive open online course) is basically a lecture series of different speakers that is broadcaste

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/angela-oels-visiting-researcher-starts-mooc-climate-justice - 2026-07-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Stiftelsen Konsul Thure Carlssons Minne delar årligen ut anslag till unga lovande forskare inom medicinsk forskning. I år delar stiftelsen ut två större anslag om 600 000 kronor vardera till Katarina Steding Ehrenborg och Saema Ansar för nyskapande forskning kring hjärtsvikt och stroke. Saema Ansar, biträdande forsk

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/satsning-pa-stroke-och-hjartsviktsforskning - 2026-07-02

Video kan användas på olika sätt i undervisningen. Belt och Lowenthal (2021) ger en översikt av litteraturen om hur video kan användas i undervisningen och vad vi vet om hur det påverkar inlärningen. Här sammanfattas denna artikel.  Foto: Nicole Geri via Unsplash.com De praktiska slutsatser författarna kommer fram till är de följande:  Videoföreläsningar bör delas upp i kortare delar och de blir m

https://www.education.lu.se/artikel/att-anvanda-video-i-undervisningen - 2026-07-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. SFO EpiHealth har genomfört en intervju med styrelseledamot i EpiHealth professor Martin Englund och postdoktor Andrea Dell'isola om EpiHealth-kohorten, hur de planerar att använda den i deras forskning och vad den betyder för dem och SFO EpiHealth. Martin har tilldelats forskningsstöd från SFO EpiHealth för anställ

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/artikel/epihealth-kohorten-ger-oss-tillgang-till-detaljerad-information-om-miljoexponeringar-och - 2026-07-01

Konsthögskolan som flyttar till sina nya lokaler i juni, befinner sig just nu mitt i byggprocessen. Ombyggnaden av Mazettilokalerna, Dimman och Båghallarna i Sorgenfri är igång och även det nya galleriet planeras för fullt inför invigningen i mars 2018. Bakgrund:I juni 2016 stod det klart att Mellersta Förstadsskolan, där Konsthögskolan huserat i drygt 20 år, behövs som grundskola. I samband med d

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/aktuellt-om-konsthogskolans-flytt - 2026-07-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Parkinsons sjukdom blir ett svårt och handikappande tillstånd för de patienter som fått sjukdomen i yngre år. Lunds universitet var tidigt ute med försök att transplantera nya nervceller till patienternas hjärna. Den sortens försök har legat nere ett tag men ska nu återupptas, bland annat i Lund. Och på sikt kan det

https://www.lu.se/artikel/parkinson-nya-forsok-att-transplantera-nervceller - 2026-07-02