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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University sits at number 11 of 29 Swedish universities when it comes to most flights per employee. The new travel policy currently being prepared for approval places emphasis on the need for managers to consider a travel-free meeting or a train trip before approving a flight for an employee. The Swedish Environm

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/heads-should-help-reduce-flying - 2026-07-11

Professor Emily Boyd is Co-Director of CLIMES, the recently established Swedish Centre for Impacts of Climate Extremes. Led by Uppsala University in collaboration with LUCSUS and RISE, it aims to be an interdisciplinary platform for research and training to promote scientific progress in the study of climate extremes and support societal resilience. The centre will bridge the physical, medical, so

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/emily-boyd-her-hopes-new-swedish-centre-impacts-climate-extremes - 2026-07-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Priscilla Solano has received a three-year grant from the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet VR) for a research project that will study ”a second side to the refugee crisis” - how civil society organisations filled the gaps left by EU national policies and fulfilled refugees’ and migrants’ basic needs: food, a

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/funding-project-second-side-refugee-crisis - 2026-07-11

ACTRIS is the European Research Infrastructure for the observation of Aerosols, Clouds and Trace gases. On 10 March 2016, it was accepted as one of the EU’s strategically important research infrastructures by the European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures, ESFRI. Six new areas have been defined as especially important for the European research society, one of which is atmospheric researc

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/swedish-researchers-build-new-european-infrastructure-atmospheric-research - 2026-07-11

You are out in the woods taking your new profile picture when suddenly a fog rolls in. First you think it is mystical and perfect, but it is so thick that you just look like a blurry blob in the pictures. Do not dispair just yet, this master project might be just what you need. The reason that you are looking blurred in the pictures is scattering. The photons that travel through the fog from you t

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/seeing-through-fog-looking-straight-finished-master-project - 2026-07-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 2020 will be remembered as the year when the coronavirus paralysed the world. At the same time, the negative effect of climate change became increasingly apparent, and the pleas to listen to the scientist and the calls for action became even more urgent. What changes for the climate do researchers want to see in 2021?

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-researchers-wish-list-2021 - 2026-07-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 2020 will be remembered as the year when the coronavirus paralysed the world. At the same time, the negative effect of climate change became increasingly apparent, and the pleas to listen to the scientist and the calls for action became even more urgent. What changes for the climate do researchers want to see in 2021?

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/climate-researchers-wish-list-2021 - 2026-07-11

This panel of Middle East experts will discuss: What is the status of women’s rights in Iran? How can we understand recent political acts of resistance and civil protests expressed by young people in Iran? What is the role of the Iranian diaspora, and what is the impact of these protests beyond Iran regionally and globally? The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), together with the S

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-public-panel-protests-iran - 2026-07-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A café discussion about energy and how to heat our homes in a sustainable way in the future. This event is part of the Future Week at Lund University, 14-20 October. During Future Week at Lund University, the IIIEE is organising Walking energy, talking energy, a café discussion, that aims to encourage the participants

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/walking-energy-talking-energy - 2026-07-11

This week, a first workshop was held for SWEAH PhD students who want to learn more about impact, collaborating with actors outside academia and how to reach decision-makers and achieve real change. It is not always easy and it requires structured work, the participants noted. On October 15, SWEAH is arranging a second workshop, when a tool that can facilitate this will be examined in more detail.

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/they-want-create-real-change-their-research - 2026-07-11

On 31 March, the news arrived that many had been waiting for since last autumn, when the University submitted its applications to the Swedish Research Council’s eight new Strategic Research Areas (SRAs). Last year saw a great deal of effort go into the delicate work of coordinating researchers, faculty members and partner universities during what was a short window in which the call for proposals

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/great-easter-treat-sras - 2026-07-12

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The most common form of childhood cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Together with Karolinska Institutet, SciLifeLab and the University of Cambridge, researchers at Lund University have conducted the largest ever analysis of ALL at protein level by studying activity in more than 8,000 genes and proteins. T

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/first-large-scale-study-proteins-patients-all - 2026-07-11

A commercially available blood test has now been trialled in routine healthcare. “The blood test showed about 90% reliability even in primary care. This may have major implications for all those individuals who seek help for memory loss and suspected Alzheimer’s,” say the researchers at Lund University in Sweden behind the study. Alzheimer’s disease affects one in five women and one in ten men ove

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/groundbreaking-alzheimers-blood-test-proves-highly-effective-primary-healthcare - 2026-07-11

The fresh IIIEE students have concluded a study visit to the local wastewater treatment plant in Lund. On 21 September the EMP B29 students went on a study visit to the local wastewater treatment plant in Lund as a part of learning about how the urban water system works and how the wastewater is treated. Study visits like this one is critical for the learning process in the course. At the IIIEE, i

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/study-visit-wastewater-treatment-plant - 2026-07-11

High above us, the atmosphere is teeming with life. Birds, bats and insects share the airspace, but divide it into different lanes of traffic. New research from Lund University in Sweden reveals how the atmosphere is an ecosystem, with complex ecological processes that affect how animals move between different altitude levels. We often consider the air as simply a void – but it is in fact alive an

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/hidden-highways-sky-mapped - 2026-07-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the last few days there has been an intense debate in the media about the Art Academy, which has been described as threatened with shut-down due to an eviction notice from the city of Malmö on its current premises. Lund University has been warned that the city needs the building as soon as possible, preferably with

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/current-and-future-premises-malmo-art-academy - 2026-07-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the last few days there has been an intense debate in the media about the Art Academy, which has been described as threatened with shut-down due to an eviction notice from the city of Malmö on its current premises. Lund University has been warned that the city needs the building as soon as possible, preferably with

https://www.arts.lu.se/article/current-and-future-premises-malmo-art-academy - 2026-07-11

In early December, doctoral students from Lund University gathered for discussing their respective papers, reflecting on fieldwork experiences, and brainstorming ideas. Their common focus: the South Asia region. In the picturesque winter landscape of the Swedish town Höör, a group of five doctoral students met on 5 December for the SASNET PhD retreat of 2023. Coming from diverse academic backgroun

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-retreat-brings-phd-students-together - 2026-07-11

Jonas Midlöv has assumed the post of chief security officer for the entire University on 12 May. He comes from the Swedish Police Authority, where he has many years of experience in security-related work. Jonas Midlöv has a background with the police and has spent the last ten years working in the Swedish Police Authority’s regional investigative unit. He has held a variety of specialist and manag

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/universitys-new-chief-security-officer-jonas-midlov - 2026-07-12

SWEAH affiliated Hanna Mac Innes is one of the organizers of a symposium with Professor Merril Silverstein, Professor Kieran Walsh and Professor Sigurveig Sigurðardóttir, March 24 in Göteborg. The symposium will also be held online, and the Zoom link will be available the day before. Hanna, can you explain the connection between these professors and SWEAH? The people attending the symposium is my

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/symposium-social-aging - 2026-07-11