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The Vice-Chancellor has decided to appoint Katia Cejie as Visiting Professor at 20% for two years, 2026–2027. The appointment is part of Lund University’s special initiative to recruit visiting professors of underrepresented gender, aimed at providing role models for staff and students by participating in the current research environment, teaching at various levels, and contributing to the faculty

https://www.law.lu.se/article/new-visiting-professor-part-universitys-special-initiative-underrepresented-gender - 2026-07-19

Writing a thesis can be both lonely and difficult to get started with. To support students in the writing process, the Faculty of Science Library and the Academic Support Centre at Lund University have launched a joint digital initiative combining focused writing sessions with Q&A drop-ins.“We noticed that students often come to us with questions that fall somewhere between the library and the Aca

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/shut-and-write-focused-online-sessions-help-students-get-started-their-thesis - 2026-07-19

The South Korean Truth and Reconciliation Commission has released findings on human rights violations in international adoption practices, highlighting the state's failures in child welfare. On 26 March 2025, the South Korean Truth and Reconciliation Commission released the first of its findings on human rights violations committed in international adoption practices. South Korea has operated the

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/youngeun-koo-comments-washington-post-south-koreas-truth-commission-report-international-adoption - 2026-07-19

No 57, 13 March 2026 Welcome to a new addition of the NAISS training newsletter.   Our event “Efficient use of the Grace Hopper GPU nodes on Dardel and Arrhenius” is about to close registration.   Since last week we added two more events.  The first one is our advanced programming course on parallel programming with MPI.  The second one are our NAISS induction training days.   These are a set of m

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-10 - 2026-07-19

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Tarmflorans roll för sjukdom och hälsa har seglat upp som ett av vår tids hetaste forskningsområden. I sin avhandling har Louise Brunkwall, nutritionist och doktorand vid Lunds universitet, studerat övervikt, fetma och kostens betydelse i relation till våra tarmbakterier.  Fetma uppkommer när energiintaget i det vi

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/avhandling-om-kostens-betydelse-tarmfloran - 2026-07-19

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Tarmflorans roll för sjukdom och hälsa har seglat upp som ett av vår tids hetaste forskningsområden. I sin avhandling har Louise Brunkwall, nutritionist och forskare i genetisk epidemiologi vid Lunds universitet, studerat övervikt, fetma och kostens betydelse i relation till våra tarmbakterier. Fetma uppkommer när e

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/avhandling-om-overvikt-fetma-och-kostens-betydelse-tarmfloran - 2026-07-20

Eldhärjade skogsområden i Norden fortsätter att avge koldioxid långt efter att lågorna slocknat. Utsläppen är till och med betydligt högre efter en brand, än medan den pågår. Det visar en ny unik studie från Lunds universitet, där effekten av den omfattande skogsbranden i Ljusdal den torra sommaren 2018 har studerats. Att klimatförändringen, med stigande temperaturer som följd, ökar risken för sko

https://www.lu.se/artikel/skogsbrander-i-norden-kalla-till-stora-koldioxidutslapp-langt-efter-att-branden-ar-over - 2026-07-20

Nature-based solutions offer excellent opportunities to address environmental and social challenges. They can help mitigate climate change and protect biodiversity. However, better governance and funding, complemented by clear political priorities, are needed to scale up such solutions in the Nordic region. This is the finding of a new research report from the Nordic Council of Ministers, in which

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/opportunities-scale-nature-based-solutions-nordics - 2026-07-19

Can games serve as a method for spreading knowledge and inspiring action? If you ask Karl Sterner Isaksson and Jagdeep Singh, the answer is an obvious yes! They are both currently working on games about biodiversity and food waste, respectively, and they see games as a way to transform complex environmental challenges into something understandable, engaging – and fun! Biodiversity CallKarl Sterner

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/play-change-more-biodiversity-and-less-food-waste-gaming-table - 2026-07-19

The Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ) has produced statistics for international student mobility at undergraduate and graduate level for all Swedish higher education institutions during the academic year 2022/23. Lund University is high in a national comparison. UKÄ's report states that the pandemic led to a sharp decline in international student mobility in terms of both incoming and outgo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/increase-both-incoming-and-outgoing-exchange-students - 2026-07-20

Alumni Clara Mosconi current with exhibition and publication launch Paralingual Score. Opening Thursday 24 October 17:00-20:00, with a Performance at 18.00 at BLADR in Copenhagen.In the exhibition A Paralingual Score, the public is invited into a space, where the invisible and underheard dimensions of language come to the fore. The installation presents a paralinguistic polyphony, composed of the

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/alumni-exhibition-and-publication-launch-clara-mosconi - 2026-07-19

It can take a long time between words and action at the University, sometimes a little too long. This is one of the reasons the University management has developed a platform for strategic work. It speaks to what is most important to the University right now and will help it to act much faster as the world changes. Pandemic, war in Europe, fake news, increased polarisation at home and abroad and,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/changing-world-requires-agile-university - 2026-07-19

Hur stor miljöpåverkan har din hårborttagning? Det går att ta reda på med hjälp av så kallad livscykelanalys. När hållbarhetsforskare från Lund, Storbritannien och Italien satte rakvanorna på prov fann de att hårborttagning med hjälp av laser var den metod som var bäst för miljön. Om man bortser från alternativet att sluta raka benen. Forskarna Tullia Jack från Lunds universitet, Katherine Ellswor

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/harborttagningens-miljopaverkan-kartlagd - 2026-07-19

Hur stor miljöpåverkan har din hårborttagning? Det går att ta reda på med hjälp av så kallad livscykelanalys. När hållbarhetsforskare från Lund, Storbritannien och Italien satte rakvanorna på prov fann de att hårborttagning med hjälp av laser var den metod som var bäst för miljön. Om man bortser från alternativet att sluta raka benen. Forskarna Tullia Jack från Lunds universitet, Katherine Ellswor

https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/harborttagningens-miljopaverkan-kartlagd - 2026-07-19

Due to a vacancy in the Nominating Committee a by-election is now being held. You have until 26 November to cast your vote. The task of the faculty's Nominating Committee is to prepare nominations and to establish suggestions of candidates for the positions of dean and deputy dean as well as for the Faculty Board and the University Electoral College. As Magnus Jirström is leaving his position in t

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/vote-election-nominating-committee - 2026-07-19

Discover Skill School, the Social Sciences Method Center's exclusive workshop series, tailored for doctoral students and senior researchers at Lund University. In September and October, we offer eight exciting workshops that will enhance your skills and give you the chance to network with other method enthusiasts from across the university. The initiative is aimed at academic staff from all facult

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/skill-school-workshop-series-doctoral-students-and-researchers - 2026-07-20

In a recent study from the Netherlands, researchers investigated whether PRP has any effect on ankle osteoarthritis. In a new study, treatment with PRP (Platelet-Rich Plasma) for ankle osteoarthritis has been investigated. The study lasted for one year and involved 100 participants, with half randomly assigned to receive PRP treatment and the remaining participants receiving a placebo treatment. E

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/new-study-prp-ankle-osteoarthritis - 2026-07-19

Nicholas Loubere has co-authored a short book titled Global China as Method, published by Cambridge University Press’s Elements in Global China series. Ivan Franceschini and Nicholas Loubere have co-authored a short book titled Global China as Method. The book argues that even after four decades of integration into the global socioeconomic system, discussions of China continue to be underpinned by

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-global-china - 2026-07-19

No 54, 5 February 2026 Welcome to the latest addition of the NAISS training newsletter.   We re-advertise a number of events advertised before.  If you like to discuss with us in a zoom session, please join us for the Zoom-in on 12th February.An overview on our events is available on the NAISS training page (NAISS).Questions on NAISS training events and general input for the NAISS training team sh

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-7 - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Can a reduced intake of gluten during childhood affect the development of coeliac disease (gluten intolerance)? Researchers at Lund University will investigate this question in the new study GRAIN (Gluten Reduction After INfancy and the risk of celiac disease). – We’ve seen in previous studies that the amount of glute

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-can-gluten-reduced-diet-first-years-life-prevent-celiac-disease - 2026-07-19