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There is a lot happening at the moment within the University concerning LU’s engagement in the work environment and equal opportunities. It is time to elect health and safety representatives – a very significant role. We are also marking 150 years since women gained the right to study at university and highlighting the fantastic attendance when LU took part in Pride for the first time. Take the op
The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, IIIEE, is taking the lead on open, month-long online courses, known as MOOCs. The investment in MOOCs has been quite a success. In recent years, every sixth student has stated that the online courses influenced them to apply for one of the IIIEE’s traditional courses or programmes. That MOOCs attract students to study programmes i
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/moocs-more-popular-during-pandemic - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How do you feel when you spend a large proportion of your waking hours noting facts about a planet in crisis? What is it like when every day you take a long, hard look at issues concerning global warming and the loss of biodiversity? Quite OK despite everything, is the answer when the question comes up during the Clim
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/beyond-climate-anxiety-there-sadness-and-hope - 2026-04-29
When invited to the first ever Lund University Quality conference, Martina Oxling accepted. The conference is a good opportunity to tell people about one of the LUSEM flagships, the Change Maker Future Track. Meet Martina and learn more about the track, and her expectations and goals for the future. The Lund University Quality conference was given recently at the School of Social Work. Martina was
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/change-maker-future-track-highlighted-quality-conference - 2026-04-29
Three researchers within the Social Science Faculty at Lund University have compiled an anthology challenging the notion of the refugee crisis of 2015. The book also investigates how Germany, Sweden, and Denmark use bureaucracy to control, discipline, and shape asylum seekers’ lives. In 2015, the number of asylum seekers arriving in the EU doubled from the previous year, totalling over 1.3 million
Earlier this year, Stem Cell Center, in partnership with MultiPark, brought together three core facilities into one - The Cell and Gene Therapy Core Facility - aiming to support advanced science at the highest international level. This new infrastructure includes the previous AAV vector lab, and much more! Equipped with the latest technologies and specialist expertise, this core provides a plethor
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-cell-and-gene-therapy-core-facility-opening - 2026-04-29
Andrés Palacio, Associate professor in Economic History at LUSEM, recently got funded by Formas with almost 12 million for a research project in Colombia. The project aims to enhance the sustainable development of rural and dispersed communities in tropical dry areas. The goal is to help rural communities find and adapt sustainable solutions to climate variability. Areas of interest became areas o
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/empowering-rural-communities-under-climate-change-and-water-scarcity - 2026-04-29
Thank you to all who submitted their entries to Lund Stem Cell Center image competition 2020. Now it’s time to choose a winner! Over the past six months, researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center have been submitting images of their research and work environment to the image competition.Now it's time to pick a winner and, due to the current coronavirus restrictions, we will be deciding on the winning
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/lund-scc-image-competition-time-cast-your-vote-0 - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. From waste to green gold: Lund's role in the transition of one of Europe's most polluted citiesMalgorzata Mańka-Szulik, mayor of Zabrze in Poland, was impressed with what she saw – a city with a waste management system resulting in as little as 3 per cent waste going to landfills.“She looked at me and said: ‘I want my
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-mikael-backman - 2026-04-29
Increased collaboration within the faculties and a general revitalisation. This is already a clear result from the RQ20 research evaluation that was presented in March. “We have caught sight of each other” was a frequent comment heard in a round of telephone calls to the deans and research managers. Most of the faculties were encouraged to identify their strengths, combine their strengths and mak
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/faculties-regrouping-after-rq20 - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Presented on June 9 at the 2019 American Diabetes Association’s 79th Scientific Sessions and published in the New England Journal of Medicine (nejm.org), findings from TrialNet’s Teplizumab (anti-CD3) Prevention Study show a drug that targets the immune system can delay type 1 diabetes a median of 2 years in children
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/immunotherapy-delays-type-1-diabetes-diagnosis-people-high-risk - 2026-04-29
LU Accommodation wish you all a safe and happy holiday period. The reception is closed between 21 December and 1 January, and here's what you need to know. This article will cover some frequently asked questions about this time of the year, including:Reception closedReturning keysCollecting keysHousing applicationsPayments and depositsContract CancellationsSurvey resultsWe would like to thank all
https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/holiday-update - 2026-04-29
In spring 2025, Lund University Bioimaging Centre (LBIC) will give a graduate course in Preclinical Imaging. The course aims to give PhD students, post-docs, researchers and others theoretical and practical experiences of LBICs preclinical imaging modalities. It will provide a base which helps to incorporate different imaging technologies into the scientific questions to be answered within biomedi
https://www.lbic.lu.se/article/attend-our-graduate-course-preclinical-imaging-1 - 2026-04-29
All employees and students at Lund University are welcome to the X Lab with their own projects, course work and ideas. For a long time, Lund University has lacked an open meeting place for staff and students to gather and work on their own projects/course work or share knowledge. In response to this, LTH has built up the X Lab, whose activities are based on collaboration and co-creation. The X Lab
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/x-lab-innovation-environment-and-co-working-space-all-students-and-staff-university - 2026-04-29
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Köttbullar med rödbetsblastspulver eller falukorv med torkade havtornsblad? Sådana här charkprodukter, ”laddade” med olika typer av antioxidant-rika rester från grönsaksodlingar, kan komma att hamna i mataffärernas kyldiskar. Labbtester visar att vissa antioxidanter helt eliminerade den skadliga oxidationen som fors
https://www.lu.se/artikel/vaxtpulver-i-processat-kott-kan-minska-halsoriskerna - 2026-04-29
In this article published in Sydsvenskan, CMES scholars Sarah Anne Rennick and Dalia Abdelhady argue that the political mobilization of Middle Eastern migrants in European states represents a unique opportunity to revitalize our own democratic practices. Read the article in Swedish in Sydsvenskan Last decade, pinpointing political mobilization in the Middle East was a straightforward affair. At pr
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-political-mobilization-opportunity-european-democracy - 2026-04-29
Scientists all over the world agree: the earth is getting hotter and hotter and extreme weather such as heat waves or prolonged droughts create a greater risk of forest fires. In a new photographic exhibition in the Pufendorf Institute's garden in Lund, visitors could take part of powerful photographs of how people, animals and communities are affected by forest fires. The fire season is getting l
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/world-fire-how-do-we-adapt-warmer-planet - 2026-04-29
Jakob has both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the Department of Informatics at Lund University. He finished his master's degree during the spring of 2018. Editor's note: The below interview is from 2024 and translated from Swedish.Tell us about what you do today!“I currently work as a Project Manager at Alfa Laval. The role means that I am responsible for the operational and strate
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/jakob-bratthall-tideman-alumnus-msc-information-systems-2018 - 2026-04-29
Last Tuesday, our PhD Candidate Lisa Heldt “nailed” her freshly printed PhD thesis. This traditional “spikning” takes place three weeks and three days before the official defense and it involves the PhD Candidate nailing (att spika in Swedish) their physical thesis to a public board where it can be read and scrutinized by the public before the official defense ceremony. At the same time, the spikn
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/spikning-doctoral-thesis-lisa-heldt - 2026-04-29
Karolin Hansén Nord will take on the role of Head of the Department of Laboratory Medicine (ILM) at the end of this year. What attracts most is the opportunity to influence and promote the development of the department. "We are facing several challenges, but I see them as opportunities for improvement," she says. How does it feel?"Very exciting! It´s a big responsibility, but I´m motivated and I l
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/change-head-department-ilm-it-should-be-easy-managers-do-right-thing - 2026-04-29
