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There is no doubt that retailing is undergoing a significant structural transformation. During the last decade or so, many stores have closed. Yet, at the same time, online retailers are opening physical stores and showrooms and many long-established retailers are investing in new and innovative store formats. This suggests that the physical store is not ‘dead’ but that its role and function is ch
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/ease-or-excitement - 2026-05-15
Over the coming years, the Faculty of Science’s four subject libraries will be brought together under one roof. The libraries for geology, biology, physics and astronomy, and chemistry will leave their current premises and move into a shared home in the Astronomy Building, where a study centre is also planned.The relocation of the libraries is the result of several changes: an extensive densificat
https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/work-relocating-100000-titles-has-begun - 2026-05-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Swarming bats at mine entrance Photo:Jens Rydell During the day they are not visible. But at dusk, brown long-eared bats, pond bats and greater mouse-eared bats spread their wings and start hunting. LUM accompanied researcher and bat expert Jens Rydell to Hovdala castle for a bat inventory. The bat detector crackles a
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/kings-night-take-over-hovdala-castle - 2026-05-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Threats against researchers are increasing, according to acting chief security officer Håkan Jönsson, who received 16 reports of threats last year. The rise is in online threats, whereas the number of disruptive or violent people on campus is dropping – probably thanks to more locked doors. “But the hidden figures are
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/online-threats-against-researchers-are-rise - 2026-05-15
Nu drar det ihop sig till Almedalsveckan 2023. Statsvetenskapliga institutionens forskare är på plats och medverkar i olika paneler och diskussioner. Torsdag 29 juni Israel vid vägs ände som liberaldemokratisk stat? Israel kantas av den värsta interna politiska krisen på årtionden efter att dess nytillträdda högerextrema regering försöker ta total politisk kontroll över rättsapparaten. Vilka polit
https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/statsvetare-pa-almedalsveckan-2023 - 2026-05-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Love poems, playing cards and secret notes. For half a millennium, people who have attended mass at Lund Cathedral have found ways to pass the time when the sermons felt too slow. In a few years, the Lund University Historical Museum will introduce a new cabinet of curiosities, containing notes and strange objects whi
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hidden-treasures-choir-stalls-made-exhibition - 2026-05-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Collaboration between the worlds of industry and academia promotes the dissemination of knowledge and technology in society. This is why the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) is investing SEK 30 million in industrial doctoral students. The grant covers the study period for the doctoral students and must
For many years there has been an on-going discussion about how academic freedom is being challenged in many parts of the world, including Sweden. And when even some of the strongest academic bastions in the world such as Harvard are now fighting for their independence against the American federal administration’s political directives, it is clear that academia has not been crying wolf. Academic fr
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/storm-clouds-gather-usa-institutional-freedom-and-independent-academia-are-essential - 2026-05-16
In February 2026, the University’s new unified education website, ESU, will be launched. The goal is to make it easier for students to find the right course or programme. The work encompasses new design, new underlying technology, reworked content and new working methods for information about education. The project, which has been in progress for several years, has involved many people from all pa
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-education-website-will-help-right-students-find-right-course-or-programme - 2026-05-16
The on-screen lecture looks like any other digital seminar. But this is no normal session. The audience lives in the university town of Zhytomyr in Ukraine, and they are taking part in a series of online seminars organised by around ten researchers and teaching staff from Lund. One of the organisers of the knowledge exchange is Oksana Chernysh, dean of the Faculty of Pedagogical Technologies and L
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/respite-ukrainian-students-through-collaboration-lund - 2026-05-16
Within third-cycle education, as in the University as a whole, we are all different and as such we need to work according to the different subject conditions of the faculties. At the same time, we are more alike than we sometimes believe and there are advantages to having the same procedures and rules where possible, particularly when we see more interdisciplinary projects crossing departmental an
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lus-comprehensive-approach-third-cycle-education - 2026-05-16
CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "A Combination of Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms and Machine Learning Methods Improves the Prediction of Groundwater Level" together with Zahra Kayhomayoon (Payame Noor University), Faezeh Babaian (Islamic Azad University Tehran), Sami Ghordoyee Milan (University of Tehran) and Naser Arya Azar (University of Tabriz). The arti
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/predicting-groundwater-levels-iran - 2026-05-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC) now announces funding for one doctoral studentship, where the doctoral student is admitted to the PhD programme in Environmental Science at the Faculty of Science, and is enrolled in the Agenda 2030 graduate school. The Centre for Environmental and Climate Science
Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease make up the world’s most common diseases. A new biobank at Lund University in Sweden - the largest of its kind - with stem cells from both those affected and healthy individuals, will contribute to an increased understanding of how these diseases arise. “The goal is for researchers to be able to develop new treatments that can p
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/worlds-largest-stem-cell-biobank-launched-0 - 2026-05-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Science should be able to be reproduced, but in reality this is a step that is often overlooked. Researcher Burak Tunca at the School of Economics and Management sees several possible measures that could make research better – and more open. “Researchers should always pre-register their studies and be open with their
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/do-it-again-and-do-it-right - 2026-05-15
Two issues that have taken up a relatively large part of my time since I became pro vice-chancellor five years ago are the management of research data and IT security. Both were areas in which LU did not really live up to the expectations of a top 100 university. There are, naturally, many points of contact between the areas, and both require a larger element of university-wide solutions than what
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The dream of finding the “diabetes gene” is dead. However, partly thanks to Leif Groop – professor and multiple award recipient for his ground-breaking research – we will look at type 2 diabetes in a whole new way in the future. He is now retiring, and in an interview with diabetesportalen.se he looks back on his even
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/time-burie-lada-interview-leif-groop - 2026-05-15
Varför kallades sportlovet tidigare för kokslovet? Hur skapas den fluffigaste semlan? Och hur påverkas familjer med sämre ekonomi under loven? Här är listan över forskare från Lunds universitet som kan svara på frågor som kan bli aktuella under det stundande sportlovet. BBränder – riskerna med brasmys i stugan under sportlovetPatrick Van Hees, professor i brandteknik och kunnig bland annat inom br
https://www.lu.se/artikel/expertlista-sportlovet - 2026-05-16
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Swedish manhood enters into crisis at irregular intervals; the male role may now be about to change once again in the aftermath of the #metoo protest. Gender historian Emma Severinsson hopes that the boys of today will learn to show feelings – and gender scholar Jens Rydström adds that men need to get better at talkin
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/will-male-roles-change-after-metoo - 2026-05-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The fight against COVID-19 continues. In Lund, researchers have been awarded a large Vinnova grant to identify a compound that could be used to prevent viral infection, and thus save lives. The project is a co-operation between preclinical, clinical researchers and a company, an efficient way for creating synergies in
