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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Eva Nordmark was 62 when she received her Alzheimer’s diagnosis. But rather than life ending, it gave her the chance to reclaim parts of her life that she had not previously had time for. It is a sunny autumn day at the Humlamaden rehab centre outside Veberöd, and the stable is full of life and activity. The 32-year-o
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-memory-fails - 2026-07-13
Representation is not just about who gets elected. It is also about who gets access to decision makers. Orly Siow, Ashlee Christoffersen and Ceri Fowler conducted research into the engagement between government ministers and NGOs. Their findings reveal striking inequalities in who gets access to political decision-makers. Our findings reveal stark inequalities in who gets the ear of political elit
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/who-gets-hearing-intersectionality-ngos-and-political-access-decision-makers - 2026-07-13
Choosing what to study can feel overwhelming – especially if you are not sure exactly what you want to do in the future. For Liza, student in the International Business programme at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM), the decision became clear after learning more about Lund and visiting the city. Liza's first introduction to Lund University came through her father.“It was m
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/one-visit-was-enough-why-liza-chose-lusem - 2026-07-14
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University in Sweden has two new honorary doctors in science. One is an entertaining and creative circus artist in the subject of physics. The other is a chemistry professor who is passionate about providing students with an early link to qualified research. The Faculty of Science at Lund University has now annou
https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-honorary-doctors-science-lund-university - 2026-07-13
Very few support climate change, pollution and the general destruction of our planet, but why then is it so hard to make a truly sustainable future desirable? Researchers Carys Egan-Wyer and Jon Bertilsson have looked into this from a marketing perspective and point to some instances where their field could make a difference.“Marketing in the service of companies has done a tremendous job of creat
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/climate-crisis-has-marketing-problem - 2026-07-14
SWEAH PhD student Pernilla Alencar Siljehag has received an invitation from Latin America's leading and largest institution in public health, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil. – The research group I am going to visit is running a gigantic population study involving six major federal universities. It is reminiscent of the SNAC study, which I am using data from here in Sweden, but in multi-form
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/traveling-and-learning-about-vulnerability-violence-and-grassroots-activism - 2026-07-13
Production for the textile and fashion industry can, for many countries, represent a first step out of poverty. But what does this mean for those who work in the sector, and what happens when even poorer countries begin to compete by paying even lower wages for the seamstresses in the factories? Linn Ternsjö has studied the clothing manufacturing industry in Mauritius from a sustainability perspec
Production for the textile and fashion industry can, for many countries, represent a first step out of poverty. But what does this mean for those who work in the sector, and what happens when even poorer countries begin to compete by paying even lower wages for the seamstresses in the factories? Linn Ternsjö has studied the clothing manufacturing industry in Mauritius from a sustainability perspec
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/model-inclusive-growth-or-warning-lessons-garment-industry-mauritius - 2026-07-14
Beneath our feet, there is a bustling world of life that is crucial to both food and climate. Yet we often take this hidden ecosystem for granted. With new technology, research and culture, soil ecologist Edith Hammer and her colleagues, together with artist duo (p)Art of the Biomass, are opening a whole new window to the underground and a world few of us have seen. Edith Hammer is a soil ecologis
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/window-underground-where-soil-science-meets-culture - 2026-07-13
Beneath our feet, there is a bustling world of life that is crucial to both food and climate. Yet we often take this hidden ecosystem for granted. With new technology, research and culture, soil ecologist Edith Hammer and her colleagues, together with artist duo (p)Art of the Biomass, are opening a whole new window to the underground and a world few of us have seen. Edith Hammer is a soil ecologis
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/window-underground-where-soil-science-meets-culture - 2026-07-13
He was best friends with Mikael Dolsten in Medical School in Lund in the 80´s. Since then he has held prominent positions around the world, both within Academia and the Medical Industry. Now he hopes to contribute to medical research with his experience in both basic and applied medicine, by helping to highlight the all-important, but in Lund a bit neglected, field of Pharmacology. Meet EMV´s new
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/guest-professor-hoping-infuse-new-life-medical-cornerstone-field - 2026-07-13
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Here's what you should know and what investors look for. Most startup companies need investment at some point in their journey, but a lot of companies struggle to find it. Investors come in many shapes and at different times of the journey, from perhaps early investors like family and friends to business angels and la
https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/getting-investment-startup - 2026-07-13
The Faculty of Medicine has reviewed its communications activities and made some changes. They have reorganised their ways of working and have even reworked their internal website, Intramed. 2022 saw the reorganisation of the communication activities at the Faculty, taking as its starting point an analysis made from 2019-2020 of the situation as it was then, including proposals for improvements.
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-internal-website-staff-faculty-medicine-has-made-difference - 2026-07-14
On November 21-22, SWEAH's research conference is arranged for everyone who is active in the research school at the 13 affiliated universities – a big event and the first major event for most of the future researchers in the conference committee. Chairman Mahwish Naseer and the other junior researchers on the committee have busy days. For several months, they have planned this year's SWEAH confere
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/they-create-years-sweah-conference-chance-you-have-take - 2026-07-13
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. He is our least known celebrity – a man of power who took the initiative for Lund University and was literally ‘prepared for both’. The 17th century bishop Peder Winstrup is an exciting historical person – and corpse – that will now be studied in a major interdisciplinary project. For many years, a beautiful coffin ha
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/old-bishop-winstrup-returns-academy - 2026-07-13
Sabine Konings’ Ph.D. project sheds light on the role of different genetic variants of apolipoprotein E in early Alzheimer’s disease development. January 27, she defends her thesis. In this interview, she shares the most important findings as a Ph.D. student in the Experimental Dementia group. Tell us about your research! Apolipoprotein E4 (ApoE4) is the major genetic risk factor for developing la
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-sabine-konings - 2026-07-13
From Spain to Estonia, multiple Erasmus students gathered to prepare a special event at school. This event organized by the international team was held in the Malmö Music Academy cafeteria. The idea came from Sara Engblom, international coordinator at the academy. I got the idea during a visit to the Netherlands last year. It was at a much larger academy and therefore with many more students, b
https://www.mhm.lu.se/en/article/connecting-through-culture-international-school-fair - 2026-07-13
Father and son collected soda cans, begged and froze in a tent. Now they both work in our restaurant kitchen. Marian Hristov is 26 and tries hard not to think about what it was like back then. When he collected soda cans, begged and lived in a tent."It wasn't good," he says in fine Swedish when we meet in the warmth of Stamstället in Forum Medicum, after the lunch session."I'm quite shy, it was ha
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/stamstallet-life-bright-side-now-father-and-son - 2026-07-13
