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LU Holding focuses on supporting researchers/teaching staff and students who have ideas that can be transformed into companies. Using this approach, ideas and/or research results can contribute to creating growth and job opportunities in the region through the start-up of new companies. The innovation organisation at the University includes a wholly-owned holding company, LU Holding. The work of h

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/converting-research-results-companies-do-you-know-about-lu-holding - 2026-04-29

The pandemic highlighted a number of serious problems in the working conditions of those working in care. A major new EU-funded research project will investigate the working conditions of care workers. The CARE4CARE project will investigate the working conditions of care workers, which includes a sample of care workers such as nurses and nursing assistants, and how these workers themselves view th

https://www.law.lu.se/article/working-conditions-care-workers-be-studied-eu - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Vegetarian to become the standard, meat a special dietary request. That is the result of the Department of Biology and the Department of Psychology striking a blow for reduced meat consumption. The aim is to reduce the University's climate impact. Vegetarian food shall be the first option for catering and other activi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/departments-choose-sustainable-food-meat-become-special-dietary-reques - 2026-04-29

Swedish universities and higher education institutions condemn the violence in Iran in which security forces have opened fire on protesting students. Collaborations and exchanges with Iranian universities, researchers and students may be in jeopardy. So argue Karin Aggestam and Ronny Berndtsson at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, CMES. Karin Aggestam is the director of CMES and coor

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-collaboration-iran-far-certain - 2026-04-30

A €1.8 million EU grant will fund new research into the challenges of promoting good governance and the rule of law in non-Western societies. In May, the European Commission's HORIZON Programme confirmed the funding for Rustamjon Urinboyev's research and training program "The Political Economy of Legal and Governance Reform in Non-Western Societies: Insights from Central Asia". The project starts

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-grant-backs-research-alternative-non-western-legal-and-governance-institutions - 2026-04-29

A couple of months into the autumn term, one of our Themes want to talk to more people about what they, together with their international Fellow, are currently working with. So: Welcome to an open event – Responsible Neurotechnologies Symposium – here at the Pufendorf Institute on 20 November. International guests and interdisciplinarityThe whole idea  with Pufendorf IAS is that researchers from d

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/welcome-responsible-neurotechnologies-symposium - 2026-04-29

The agreement for Inspera, which is used for digital examinations at Lund University, has been extended for another four years. This means that both teachers and students can continue to use the tool until September 2028. Inspera facilitates grading and contributes to a more secure examination environment. Meanwhile, preparations for a new procurement process for future needs are underway. Photo:

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/agreement-inspera-extended-continued-opportunity-digital-exams - 2026-04-29

Dr. Viswanath Venkatesh attracted a large crowd to his seminar "Let's Get Ready to Contextualize", where he spoke about the importance of contextualization in research. Dr. Venkatesh shared some of his latest research on contextualization, including discussions on: Problems tied to lack of context in research;What researchers face in new contexts; How to think about the concept of scientific contr

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/viswanath-venkatesh-holds-seminar-informatics - 2026-04-30

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Take a leading role in Europe’s future center of Materials Science – apply for the position. At Lund University we are currently building Europe’s future center for materials research. It will combine, within a single campus area:• Excellent university-based materials research;• Lund Nano Lab, part of the national inf

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/wanted-professor-materials-science - 2026-04-29

SWEAH's research administrator, Stina Elfverson, is taking a six-month leave of absence from October 1, 2024. She is going out and seeing the world. What are you going to do?– I will work as a tour guide, which has long been my "jobby" alongside work at the university. In the past I have traveled a lot in Asia and Europe, but now I am focusing on Africa and will visit Egypt, Madagascar and Namibia

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/pausing-sweah-job-adventures-africa - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Earlier this spring, Jan Magnusson, senior lecturer at the School of Social Work, travelled to Nepal to make new contacts and explore possibilities of sending students on Minor Field Studies scholarships there. He also met with officials and teachers at Tribhuvan University, as he is helping the university develop the

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/contacts-nepal-open-future-student-visits - 2026-04-29

The exhibition “Coded Threads” traces threads from the origin of the digital, the woven fabric, into today’s and tomorrow’s digital realities. The loom is the basis of binary coding: the thread can go over or under the warp, be a one or a zero. The thread is coded and acquires meaning – becomes an image, a pattern, a calculation, an algorithm. Everything can become data through the thread in the w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lunchtime-viewing-exhibition-coded-threads-skissernas-museum - 2026-04-30

A sudden bang. The hand grenade has caused me severe shrapnel injuries: a punctured lung, my liver is bleeding and the wound on my leg is causing rapid blood loss. The medics decide that this requires an intervention from the trauma squad. I am loaded onto a stretcher and driven to the surgery tent. It is Monday morning, and the Aurora 23 military exercise is in full swing in southern Sweden. I am

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/medical-doctor-both-war-and-peace - 2026-04-30

The history of Swedish day-care is examined in a new study that provides insight into Sweden's day-care system during the early 20th century. Together with Luciana Quaranta, Annika Elwert has looked at which factors influenced enrolment in day-care centres in southern Sweden for children born between 1900 and 1935. The study shows that at the beginning of the 20th century it was unusual for childr

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/who-was-swedish-day-care-meant - 2026-04-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. This spring students in the Critical & Pedagogical Studies Programme at Malmö Art Academy will present their exam projects towards the completion of a Master of Fine Arts degree. The exam projects will lead to several weeks of diverse activities which will discuss and reflect different critical and pedagogical aspec

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/critical-and-pedagogical-studies-exam-projects-2017 - 2026-04-29

For this year’s Kulturnatten, the theme at LUSEM was AI, and we dove into the subject from three different perspectives, represented by researchers from Marketing, Business Law and Informatics. Patrik Stoopendahl from Marketing took us on a consumer’s voyage from starting to look for a thing they wanted to buy and through a more an more mazelike jungle of back and forths of searches, suggested alt

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/kulturnatten-lusem - 2026-04-29

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/join-wallenberg-centre-molecular-medicine-lund-university-fellow - 2026-04-29

Mattias Collin, is the new Head of Department at Clinical Sciences in Lund, IKVL, as of January, 2025. For Intramed, he reveals what attracts him to the assignment: "To be able to raise your sights a little and work for the good of an entire department, instead of a single research area or education," he says. How does it feel to be appointed Head of Department at IKVL?"It feels great that my coll

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/ikvls-head-department-be-i-find-genuine-joy-facilitating-others-do-their-best - 2026-04-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The more sugar we eat, the lower intake of vitamins and minerals we have, show new findings from Lund University Diabetes Centre. High sugar intake has been associated with numerous diseases and conditions such as dental caries, obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. In this study the researcher have examined

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/more-sugar-less-vitamins-study-shows - 2026-04-29

Since its foundation, the WCMM research school has encouraged young scientists to exchange ideas and foster collaborations while keeping up with the latest techniques. Delving into its origins, coordinators Paul Bourgine and Nick Leigh reflect on the genesis of the WCMM Research School. As this year marks the fifth anniversary of the WCMM Research School, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on t

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-research-school-origins-and-evolution - 2026-04-29