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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) invites you to a seminar on democracy in conflict and post-conflict countries. This seminar will take stock of the challenges to democracy facing Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, two South Asian countries that have or are currently experiencing internal conflict and civil

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/challenges-democracy-south-asia - 2026-07-11

A FORTE-funded interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder project exploring how digitalisation reshapes migrants’ access to work and inclusion in Sweden. On the 5th of September, the Digital Navigation (Dig-Nav) project held its kick-off event at Media Evolution in Malmö. The project is led by Dr. Deniz Neriman Duru, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Lund University, who received 8 mi

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/digital-navigation-migrants-swedish-labour-market-opportunities-and-challenges-digitalisation - 2026-07-11

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

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/81-million-sek-drives-new-international-effort-study-aging-and-epigenetic-changes-parkinsons-disease - 2026-07-11

SWEAH Alumni Interdisciplinary Network (SAIN), har som främsta syfte att skapa en bas för långsiktig och framstående svensk forskning om äldre och åldrande. Detta ska ske genom ämnesöverskridande samarbeten mellan svenska lärosäten. SWEAH-alumnen Charlotta Nilsen från Jönköping University och Stockholms universitet, ingår i styrgruppen för nätverket. Hon har tillsammans med Caroline Hasselgren (Gö

https://sweah.lu.se/artikel/nytt-alumnnatverk-har-sett-dagens-ljus - 2026-07-11

Lund University consists of the people who work or study here. We have various roles, we are in different locations, carrying out different duties but together, we form a successful university with great breadth. We are to be a world-class university that works to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition. This is a vision that presupposes academic freedom but also a good w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-plan-universitys-work-equal-opportunities - 2026-07-11

Devil's Claw (Harpagophytum procumbens) is a plant in the sesame family native South Africa that has long been used as a herbal medicine to treat a number of different diseases. The plant is believed to be able to reduce joint pain and joint stiffness as it is said to have analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties. However, the actual properties of devil's claw are yet not fully understood. There

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/devils-claw-herbal-medicine-continued-uncertain-effect-oa-pain - 2026-07-11

Lund University has been ranked the best in the world in sustainability in the QS World University Rankings. Already in 2007, the Department of Architecture and the Built Environment pioneered global engagement in sustainability when founding the international Master’s programme Sustainable Urban Design (SUDes). Lund University has been ranked the best in the world in sustainability in the QS Worl

https://www.architecture.lth.se/article/lund-university-ranked-best-world-sustainability-sustainable-urban-design-sudes-was-pioneer - 2026-07-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Teaching students at Armenia's oldest and foremost university is a grateful and rewarding task. Svante Lundgren from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies speaks of experience. Yerevan State University is Armenia's oldest, largest and most prestigious university. It turns one hundred years this year and was thus found

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lectures-armenia-very-much-appreciated - 2026-07-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Nicholas Loubere at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, shares some reflections on the major achievements as well as the downsides of China’s reform period ahead of the upcoming conference “Assessing 40 Years of Reform and Opening in China” What have been the major changes in China since the reform and o

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/nicholas-loubere-china-today-40-years-after-reform-and-opening - 2026-07-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By 2023 the University is to have reduced its CO2 emissions by half, according to the new sustainability plan. Things look promising right now due to Covid-19 – there will be a radical reduction this year as air travel is the biggest CO2 villain. The number of flights booked between April and October 2020 fell by 97 p

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lus-new-plan-co2-emissions-be-halved-2023 - 2026-07-11

In a collaboration with the Swedish local brewery, Brygghuset Finn, LUCSUS researchers are working toward finding ways of improving sustainability of the craft beer industry. The project is part of an international research project, which focuses on identifying and testing local solutions to challenges within the food-water-energy nexus. We have been collaborating with a local brewer in Landskrona

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/impact-story-collaboration-local-brewery-improve-sustainability-craft-beer-industry - 2026-07-11

Lund University and SRA EpiHealth has decided to support six projects with seeding funding that will cover salary costs for preparation of a project application and a research plan targeting national funding bodies.  Lena Sandin Wranker, one of the recipients of the funding, is a research assistant, PhD, and a specialist physician in pain rehabilitation, at the Department of Clinical Sciences Malm

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/six-projects-epidemiology-will-get-seed-funding - 2026-07-11

Doctoral education student Johan Jönsson will defend his thesis on 3 May. Get a quick glimpse of his thesis, experiences and near future. Hi Johan! You are about to defend your thesis “Performing Numbers”. In short, what is your thesis about?”It’s about the role of numbers in everyday social interaction. Basically, the thesis starts from the observation that numbers permeate our everyday lives, ou

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-thesis-three-questions-johan-jonsson - 2026-07-11

At the end of March, the first cases of acute severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children were reported in the UK. Since then, the number has increased to more than 300 in around 20 countries; there are now reports of nine suspected cases in Sweden. The acute liver infection mainly affects otherwise completely healthy children under the age of 16, which puzzles researchers who are now searching

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-search-answers-increase-acute-severe-hepatitis-children - 2026-07-11

Together with almost 6400 other researchers around the globe Johannes Rousk has been selected as Highly cited researcher 2020 by The Web of Science Group. Only about one per cent of the researchers within a scientific field are appointed. Johannes Rousk is proud. To be appointed is proof that your research is important and has reached out to peers who have found it useful and frequently cited you.

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/johannes-one-most-cited-researchers-world - 2026-07-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. WINGS sponsored WorkshopLead to succeed: Tools to deal with your futureWe invite you all to participate in an interactive workshop focusing on emotional intelligence and self leadership. You will be able to discuss, share and work together for your next step in your career practising self leadership.  We will focus on

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/wings-sponsored-workshop - 2026-07-11

The 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, in Memory of Alfred Nobel goes to professors Joel Mokyr at Northwestern University, Philippe Aghion at LSE, and Peter Howitt at Brown University. They deal with the theme of continuous economic growth. For Professor Mokyr’s part he has used historical sources to explain what has sustained economic growth over the last two hundred years. He emp

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/creative-destruction-gets-prize - 2026-07-12

The inaugural PhD Conference of the Swedish Development Research Network (SweDev) was organized by the School of Global Studies (SGS), University of Gothenburg, on 1-2 December 2022. The conference provided doctoral students with an open and inclusive space to meet and discuss their work with their peers. - As a participant of the SweDev PhD conference in 2022 I was enlightened with new perspectiv

https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/swedevs-first-phd-conference-space-critical-and-dynamic-discussion - 2026-07-11

A €1.8 million EU grant will fund new research into the challenges of promoting good governance and the rule of law in non-Western societies. In May, the European Commission's HORIZON Programme confirmed the funding for Rustamjon Urinboyev's research and training program "The Political Economy of Legal and Governance Reform in Non-Western Societies: Insights from Central Asia". The project starts

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-grant-backs-research-alternative-non-western-legal-and-governance-institutions - 2026-07-11

The Swedish Migration Agency should speed up visa processing for international students and researchers – a move that Lund University has eagerly awaited. And more Swedish students should study abroad. These are two of the proposals in the report of the Swedish Government’s commission of inquiry on increased internationalisation at higher education institutions (HEIs). The long processing times at

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/visa-processing-should-speed-order-increase-internationalisation - 2026-07-11