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The Lund University Programme for Global Excellence is the University’s largest international recruitment initiative to date, highlighting our commitment to world-leading research in strategically prioritised research areas. Our visiting professors will contribute part-time at the university for a minimum of two years and they hold full professorships at universities outside Sweden. Two of the vis

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/visiting-professors-campus-helsingborg-2026 - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A realistic sense of time, mentors at work, body therapy and a manager who welcomed her back. These were important elements in Ingela Steij Stålbrand’s rehabilitation after a severe case of exhaustion. Now she has organised her life in such a way as to prohibit her job from taking up too much time – and is enjoying ev

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/i-should-have-been-put-bench-lot-earlier - 2026-05-05

How should we collaborate on a national strategy for semiconductors? The answer could be closer than we think. After the panel discussion during “Politics Week” in Almedalen, Lund University is now taking the first step towards establishing a national competence center for semiconductors. The shortage of semiconductors is a global challenge that requires quick solutions. During the recent  Almedal

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/working-towards-semiconductor-strategy-sweden - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Colourful common wall lizards and an innovative X-ray microscope. Two researchers from the Faculty of Science have been granted five-year starting grants totalling EUR 3.5 million from the European Research Council. Nathalie Feiner, researcher in evolutionary biology, will focus on parallel evolution among six species

https://www.science.lu.se/article/two-researchers-faculty-science-share-sek-35-million-european-research-council - 2026-05-05

Just a month after the UN climate summit in Egypt, the leaders of the world meet again, at COP15 in Montreal, to address another acute crisis facing humanity – the loss of biodiversity. Torsten Krause is a senior lecturer in Sustainability Studies at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies. His research focuses on, among other things, Amazon deforestation and policy issues relating to bi

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/torsten-krause-comments-un-conference-cop15 - 2026-05-05

Students within the master’s programme in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science (LUMES) have created a card came for children about the different sustainability issues connected to the lake Vombsjön and its surroundings. The game was developed within the course, Knowledge to Action (K2A), where students get to apply their knowledge to real world problems. – We developed a card game whic

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/student-innovation-teaches-children-about-sustainability - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. No one can explain this strange phenomenon. The majority of type 2 diabetics who undergo metabolic surgery recover from diabetes only a few days after the procedure, long before any weight loss has occurred. Now researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre plan to find out what is happening by studying both patients

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/how-can-metabolic-surgery-cure-diabetes-so-fast - 2026-05-05

The Storsjöodjuret, a mythical cryptid* with its roots in Jämtland, was mentioned for the first time as early as the year 1643 and is now being brought up to date again in a new doctoral thesis in human ecology. In the thesis, the author Sanna Händén-Svensson examines how perspectives such as social, cultural, historical and the local affect the shaping of the Storsjöodjuret. The aim of the study

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/new-human-ecology-thesis-storsjoodjur-cryptid-borderland-between-reality-and-imagined - 2026-05-05

On 22 September, the Swedish Chips Competence Centre (SCCC) will open in The Loop in Lund. With Lund University as the host partner, researchers, start-ups and industry partners are coming together to strengthen Sweden's and Europe's position in semiconductor technology. A shared vision for Swedish and European semiconductor technologySemiconductor technology is crucial for everything from mobile

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sccc-takes-centre-stage-national-semiconductor-centre-opens - 2026-05-06

Emil Johansson will defend his thesis: Virus-host interactions in HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections. Date: 2023-05-17 Time: 13:00 Place: Agardh lecture hall, CRC, Jan Waldenströms gata 35, Malmö or you can join by Zoom, https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/64703958604 Opponent: docent Ujjwal Neogi, Stockholm   Virus-host interactions in HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections.   Summary: Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/175-thesis-defense-emil-johansson - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. science.pdf File science.pdf Subscriber: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA - LOS ANGELES | Sign In as Individual | FAQ | Access Rights | Join AAAS21 July 2003DNA Goes BallisticJust how viruses manage to get their DNA into a host cell has been a long-standing question in biology. Research now shows that they shoot their DNA in by kee

https://www.virus-biophysics.lu.se/article/dna-goes-ballistic - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Mikael Dolsten, head of research at Pfizer, who led the development of Pfizer’s and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, will take up the appointment of visiting professor of Pharmacology at Lund University in Sweden on 1 January 2021. “During my years as a student and researcher in Lund I had many mentors who inspired me. I

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/mikael-dolsten-appointed-visiting-professor-lund-university - 2026-05-05

What does your work consist of? As a coordinator, I have an overarching perspective since I work with all the faculty’s programmes. My job is partly to coordinating all written exams in the QPS system, and optimise the processes around this, and partly to provide training and support to the faculty's teachers and administrators. Currently I am focused on the written exams, but further on I will wo

https://www.qps.education.lu.se/en/article/frida-reisdal-exam-coordinator-faculty-medicine - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An exciting position as center coordinator at NanoLund is open for application. Are you a master of coordinating and managing? Do you have a strong interest in science, technological development and how it can be used in future society? Apply for the position as coordinator and get the chance to work at Sweden’s large

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/wanted-center-coordinator-nanolund - 2026-05-05

Some fungi are wasteful, while others recycle – and this can determine how much carbon is stored in a forest. Researchers at Lund University have now revealed how fungi manage their mycelium, the network that builds the structure of fungus. The results could provide new insights into the carbon cycle and climate. Researchers have investigated how fungi recycle their mycelium when they grow. Using

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/recycling-strategies-fungi-can-affect-how-forests-store-carbon - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Eric Lander, a long time collaborator of the diabetes researchers at LUDC, has been appointed as scientific advisor to Barack Obama, the new president of the United States. Eric Lander is an honorary doctor at the faculty of medicine at Lund University and member of the Scientific Advisory Board of LUDC. - It’s an hon

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/ludc-and-president-obama-have-same-scientific-advisor - 2026-05-05

By analysing small microvesicles that cells release to communicate with their surroundings in the blood, researchers at Lund University map what happens in the brains of stroke patients. The study published in the scientific journal Stroke expands our understanding of stroke and opens doors to new treatment strategies.
 Ischemic stroke, caused by a blood clot in the brain, is the leading cause of

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/cell-specific-biomarkers-blood-reflect-what-happens-brain-during-stroke - 2026-05-05

By analysing small microvesicles that cells release to communicate with their surroundings in the blood, researchers at Lund University map what happens in the brains of stroke patients. The study published in the scientific journal Stroke expands our understanding of stroke and opens doors to new treatment strategies.
 schemic stroke, caused by a blood clot in the brain, is the leading cause of d

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/cell-specific-biomarkers-blood-reflect-what-happens-brain-during-stroke - 2026-05-05

The ground floor of the University Library will be refurbished and preparations will start in the summer. During the renovation, the public section will be emptied and the number of study places will be more than halved. If all goes according to plan, the University Library interior will be both better and more beautiful when all is complete in time for the start of the autumn semester 2024. There

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/renovating-university-library-will-take-year - 2026-05-06

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Åsa Lundqvist, Professor at the Department of Sociology has, together with Ilona Ostner, published a comparative study on parental support ‘Parenting and parenting support in Germany and Sweden: Convergence and persistent dissimilarities’, in the Journal of Family Research. The researchers' abstract:Parenting support

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/comparing-parental-support-sweden-and-germany - 2026-05-05