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How much water do we need to drink to stay healthy? How do different diets affect our metabolism? Studies of various hormones in the body are providing diabetes researchers with new answers to these questions. The goal is to develop individualized treatments and dietary recommendations that could lower the risk of developing obesity and diseases such as type 2 diabetes. The endocrine system and th
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. – Sanitation is a major challenge in India. It is partly to do with the high population density, there are more people sharing the same space, and a historically higher cultural and religious acceptance of poor sanitation, says Sara Gabrielsson from Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, LUCSUS. Her resear
Kimberley Nicholas is a researcher from California who came to Lund with a passionate commitment to climate issues and strong interest in food and wine. “What nature gives us is what makes life worth living”, she says. She was in Paris for the climate conference that generated hope for the future, and she is successful in sharing her thoughts and research through social media. Kimberley Nicholas l
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/working-healthy-planet - 2026-07-17
The year 2024 was a record year for Lund University in terms of the number of articles published in The Conversation. Fifty-five articles by 50 researchers amassed a total of 1.6 million reads. Mikael Roll, a researcher at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, topped the list with an article about the brain and reading. The Conversation is an international news website that gives researc
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-breaks-record-conversation-2024 - 2026-07-18
On 1 January 2020, a new law will come into force that means that cases concerning research misconduct are to be forwarded to a new national board exclusively dedicated to this. At Lund University, this will involve two or three current cases that will not be finalised in time. "The purpose of the act is good, however, the allocation of responsibilities between the new board and ourselves is unfo
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-national-board-take-over-cases-research-misconduct - 2026-07-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In his homeland, Syria, he was a museum director – but today there is not much left of the National Archaeological Museum in Raqqa after it was plundered by IS. “I try to do what I can to save the cultural heritage”, says Anas Al Khabour. He is the second researcher to have found their way to Lund via Scholars at Risk
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fighting-save-syrias-cultural-heritage - 2026-07-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "Now I dare to rejoice a little", says Sven Lidin, dean of the Faculty of Science. "The uphill task that establishment in Brunnshög had become at times is now much easier, as the whole Department of Chemistry has agreed to join in the move." Another person breathing a sigh of relief is Leif Bülow, who is in his fourth
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chemists-jump-science-village-bandwagon - 2026-07-17
Every person ages, yet only some develop Parkinson’s Disease, and scientists still don’t know why. A new international effort involving a research team from Lund University aims to uncover what makes certain aging brains more vulnerable than others, focusing on the epigenetic changes that accompany growing older. Their work is supported by a new 81 million SEK grant from the Aligning Science Acros
Many of us have digital maps at our fingertips in our smartphones, but these maps are not adapted to guide us when walking or finding our way in new environments, for example, as tourists in an unfamiliar big city. Creating such maps requires in-depth knowledge about map design which can be further improved by using new technology that can process large amounts of data. “We are collaborating with
https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/digital-maps-tomorrow-improve-how-we-find-our-way - 2026-07-17
“My stay here has not only given me practical access to sources and libraries. Being in a different academic environment has also given me new ideas and perspectives on what we do in Lund.” These are the words of historian Marie Cronqvist, who moved to Berlin with her husband and children last summer. Now it will soon be time to go home, but before that LUM had time to meet them and find out about
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/finding-new-inspiration-berlin - 2026-07-17
At the Department of Physics, she is Stina Loo, education administrator for first and second cycle programmes. But she can also call herself a linguist, entrepreneur and television personality. And now, with a dream come true: author. The book ‘Hitta din historia – släktforskning för alla’ (Find your story – genealogy for everyone), which Stina wrote together with Ingeborg Arvastsson, will be rele
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/stina-brings-history-life-new-book - 2026-07-17
Collaboration, networking, career development, and wellbeing. Those are four examples of needs that the newly formed young MultiParkers working group will address. After organizing their first event, they are eager to start preparing for more events. During the pandemic, there has been an upbuild of need for social gathering and exchange of ideas and experiences. Especially young researchers who r
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/young-multiparkers-working-group-takes-shape - 2026-07-17
Interest in type 1 diabetes screening is growing as methods improve and new treatments become available to more patients. New research at Lund University demonstrates how screening for autoimmune diseases can be carried out on a large-scale basis. A new treatment that can delay the onset of type 1 diabetes has been approved for use in the United States. If the treatment Teplizumab becomes availabl
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-method-allows-large-scale-screening-autoimmune-diseases - 2026-07-17
Missiologist Mika Vähäkangas thinks that Scandinavians can be a little self-righteous. He says that he has become who he is in great part thanks to his research in Africa – there he learnt what he knows about compassion. Over nearly thirty years, he first carried out missionary work and then research, teaching and fieldwork in Africa on African Christianity. "It has always been Africa. My pare
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/africa-has-given-me-more-i-could-ever-give-back - 2026-07-17
In the Colombian rainforest, cattle ranching is spreading and leading to forest fires and deforestation. This threatens the environment, climate and indigenous people in the Amazon. More efficient use of existing pastures and alternative livelihoods are some of the factors needed to protect the rainforest, according to a new thesis by Jesica López. Colombia's rainforest is part of the Amazon and i
As only the second team in the history of Lund University School of Economics and Management, our great team this year made it to the semi-finals and finished sixth place in competition with 30 other skilled teams of this year's John Molson MBA International Case Competition – the largest case competition of its kind. What happens when four students, unexperienced in case solving, come together wi
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/strong-team-2022-semifinals-international-case-competition - 2026-07-18
How much water do we need to drink to stay healthy? How do different diets affect our metabolism? Studies of various hormones in the body are providing diabetes researchers with new answers to these questions. The goal is to develop individualized treatments and dietary recommendations that could lower the risk of developing obesity and diseases such as type 2 diabetes. The endocrine system and th
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. When then medical student Jonatan Wistrand met a patient who was seriously ill with cancer a few years ago he was extremely moved. On November 29 he defended his doctoral thesis at Lund University with his thesis “The doctor as the patient – documentary and literary statements during the 20th and 21st century”. “I did
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/situation-conflict-when-doctor-becomes-patient - 2026-07-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Diabetes is currently treated using incretin hormones to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and other medical issues that the illness can trigger. Now researchers from Lund University in Sweden have noted new links between these hormones and arteriosclerosis, and believe their discovery could be significant for
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/incretin-hormone-levels-linked-arteriosclerosis - 2026-07-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The interdisciplinary Pufendorf Institute has received excellent reviews in an international evaluation. The way people there think, experiment and collaborate across boundaries is impressive. According to the evaluators, the institute is now ready to also play a strategic role as the engine of interdisciplinary resea
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/pufendorf-institute-ready-become-interdisciplinary-engine - 2026-07-17
