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On May 29th, the Helsingborg Innovation District, a collaboration platform and catalyst for innovation, research, and development, will be inaugurated. The innovation district is initiated by the City of Helsingborg, Lund University, Region Skåne, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Southern Sweden in collaboration with the business community. The district stretches from Helsingborg Centra

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/new-innovation-district-increase-regions-innovative-capacity - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At the time of the atmospheric nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s and 1960s, the level of carbon-14 in the atmosphere increased dramatically. Now researchers from Lund University have developed a method for measuring the carbon-14 content in atherosclerotic plaques in patients. The measurements reveal how old and da

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/nuclear-weapons-tests-provide-information-dangerous-atherosclerosis-plaque - 2026-07-05

When planning for food in times of crisis – what foodstuffs do we imagine? Many think of tin cans and freeze-dried food, but the fact is that if a crisis occurs, it is not stockpiled cans that will save us. Food preparedness is a subject being taken up by researchers from the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) at Almedalen Week, one of their reflections being  how local growing of crops that do not need

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/preparedness-more-stockpiling-pantry-provisions - 2026-07-06

Lund University has a world-class art collection worth hundreds of millions of Swedish crowns. But many of the less valuable paintings are currently hidden in attics and cellar storage rooms. “With the initiative entitled ‘When collections come to life’ and a new open warehouse, we want to highlight the art collection and make it more accessible”, says Annie Lindberg, archivist and acting director

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/art-treasures-taken-out-hiding - 2026-07-05

An observational study from Lund University in Sweden examining sugar consumption has attracted considerable international attention. The study shows that sweetened beverages have a greater negative impact on health than other sources of sugar. They significantly increased the risk of ischaemic stroke, heart failure, atrial fibrillation and abdominal aortic aneurysm. Of the 70,000 Swedes who took

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/questions-and-answers-lund-university-sugar-study - 2026-07-05

Du som studerar på Campus Helsingborg och skriver din B-uppsats, examensarbete/C-uppsats under din kandidat eller master kan söka stipendiet "Vänortsstipendierna 2022". Sista ansökningsdag är 2022-01-31. Vem får söka stipendiet? Du som studerar på Campus Helsingborg och skriver din B-uppsats, examensarbete/C-uppsats under din kandidat eller master kan söka stipendierna. Tanken är att stipendiet sk

https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/resestipendier-studenter-sok-nu - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The key to increased well-being in Africa lies in improving small scale farming – at least if you want to see improvements within a foreseeable future, according to Göran Djurfeldt. Together with Ola Hall, he has now launched a project using drones to understand why harvests vary so much from one field to the next, de

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/drone-images-could-solve-african-farming-mystery - 2026-07-05

During the pandemic, when the majority of students needed to take exams in an online environment, many teachers wished to monitor the exam via camera surveillance in Zoom. This may only be needed at certain occasions in the future, and there are many different ways to handle this. Here, Karin Bergman from the Department of Economics, has written about how they did it during the pandemic. Foto: Pat

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/heres-what-we-did-monitoring-zoom-0 - 2026-07-05

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Straffskatt på socker och samtidigt skattelättnader på frukt och grönsaker. Det skulle bli ett effektivt vapen mot fetma, diabetes, hjärt- kärlsjukdomar och cancer, menar fem tunga kostdebattörer i artikel i Dagens Nyheter. De fem – Calude Marcus, Stephan Rössner, Lennart Levi, André Persson och Thomas Hedlund – är

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/sot-skattevaxling-mot-overvikt-och-fetma - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Scott Burnett, Lecturer and researcher at the Department started his work at the Department in January 2019. Dr Burnett is currently teaching several courses, but also passionately keeps up with his research within the discourse field of race, gender and sexuality. Meeting him over a cup of coffee makes me absolutely

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/scott-burnett-our-south-african-colleague-who-brings-race-gender-and-sexuality-discourse-perspective - 2026-07-05

Onsdagen den 4 mars var det dags för den årliga ceremonin där de medarbetare som varit anställda i rikets tjänst i 30 år, eller i 25 år vid pension uppmärksammades. Utmärkelserna delades ut av förvaltningschef Susanne Kristensson och rektor Torbjörn von Schantz. Under ceremonin i universitetsaulan höll en av mottagarna, docent Victoria Höög, Idé- och lärdomshistoria, föreläsningen ”Skörhet: Om upp

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/de-fick-utmarkelsen-nit-och-redlighet-i-rikets-tjanst-2020 - 2026-07-05

At the June meeting you will meet vice dean Karin Jirström, who will talk about PhD studies and the changes implemented in 2024. All employees are welcome to join our digital Faculty Morning Meeting. These are recurring monthly information meetings where you can learn more about a current topic. The meetings are held in English or in Swedish depending on the topic, to make them available to as man

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-morning-meeting-136-changes-phd-studies - 2026-07-05

Since 2014, the Swedish National Graduate School for Competitive Science on Ageing and Health (SWEAH) has successfully conducted interdisciplinary courses and activities for doctoral students and postdocs. Not least, the national network to which SWEAH provides access is appreciated by both participating doctoral students and their supervisors. As of 2022, the graduate school will be funded by 12

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/national-initiative-doctoral-students-ageing-and-health - 2026-07-05

We welcome all employees to our digital Morning Meeting with the Faculty. At the November meeting Vice Dean Maria Björkqvist will give us an update about our separate education courses and life long learning and HR manager Mikael Rydahl will talk about our new crisis management plan. There will also be a short Question & Answer (Q&A) session at the end where you can ask questions about these topic

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/morning-meeting-faculty-lifelong-learning-and-crisis-management-9-november - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "Mastery of the law gives you power. And I want to use that power to support the vulnerable" says Sofia Åkerman, doctoral student at the Department of Law with personal experience of vulnerability and self-harming behaviour. She survived, but several of her friends did not. The Lego bricks occupy a central position in

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/using-law-fight-vulnerable - 2026-07-05

The strategic research areas (SRAS) host half-day workshops that discuss sustainability across research environments at Lund University. After nine engaging workshops, three more workshops are planned on topics of equality in research environments, research impact of multidisciplinary collaborations, and writing policy briefs. “Not everyone sees their research as relevant to sustainability,” says

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sra-workshops-sustainability-continue-fall - 2026-07-05

The idea behind procurement is to guarantee the right product or service at the right price. But what happens when public procurements are consciously structured to avoid appeals – or are simply discontinued early? Fredrik Tesch-Morawetz’s doctoral thesis in business law examines these issues and has been commended by the Lund University School of Economics and Management as the faculty’s best the

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/sweden-needs-review-option-appealing-against-public-procurements - 2026-07-05

Petter Pilesjö, Abdulghani Hasan, and Andreas Persson were tired of the feeling of writing articles and presenting at conferences without anything happening. Learn how they went from research results to making use of their findings by starting the company PluvioFlow. Petter Pilsjö is a Professor at Lund University Centre for Geographical Information Systems (GIS Centre), as well as a founder of Pl

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/they-started-company-spread-their-research-findings-we-need-get-better-handling-floods - 2026-07-05

Our purchases account for a large part of the University’s carbon footprint. Every year, the University makes purchases worth SEK 1.5 billion. In Sweden as a whole, purchases amount to SEK 900 billion – equivalent to one-sixth of GDP. This has a significant climate impact. Therefore, it is important that all purchases, from fruit baskets to sophisticated instruments, are made consciously and susta

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainable-procurement-how-you-employee-can-contribute-greener-future - 2026-07-06

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/pinar-dinc-interviewed-about-sweden-turkey-relations - 2026-07-05