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Hello Ian Manners! Lund University has recently committed itself to student-centred education to improve the quality of learning and teaching on campus. Could you tell us more about the motivation behind this focus? – Certainly! Lund University aims to create a learning environment where students are at the heart of the educational process, and a crucial part of that is the implementation of activ

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/professor-ian-manners-active-learning-social-science - 2026-07-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Johannes Rousk is one of the world’s most cited and influential researchers, according to the analytics company Clarivate. If you ask him, the road to success was marked by luck, opportunity and fantastic people. Luck is a concept that researchers don’t use very often, but Johannes Rousk does. For him, it is not about

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-luck-strategy-behind-most-cited-research - 2026-07-03

Wildfires and deforestation are spreading in the wake of an expanding cattle industry in the Amazon rainforest. Now, Jesica López is being recognised for her research, which has brought together politicians, landowners, farmers and Indigenous communities in an effort to halt this development. "We must understand that the Amazon is an ecosystem every human being on the planet depends on," she says.

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/jesica-lopez-honoured-her-fight-future-amazon - 2026-07-03

Since 1 June of this year, Thoas Fioretos, Professor of Clinical Genetics at Lund University and Senior Physician in Clinical Genetics and Pathology, Region Skåne, is leading the work of the national research infrastructure Clinical Genomics within SciLifeLab. SciLifeLab is a national infrastructure within the field of life science and offers cutting-edge technologies and expertise to the Swedish

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lund-researchers-lead-work-scilifelabs-clinical-genomics-platform - 2026-07-03

Editor's note: this interview is from 2024.Why did you chose Sweden and the School of Economics and Management as your study destination?I had moved to Stockholm in 2014 years to work in the British Embassy, I first heard of Lund University from a friend who studied in Lund and went on to a successful career. After eight years in the Diplomatic service, I wanted to focus my career to be more econo

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/william-dendy-alumnus-msc-economics-2017 - 2026-07-03

Committed, curious and eager to take action. The students who apply to Lund University's master's programs in sustainability are distinguished by their genuine drive to change the world. Pioneers and forerunners: this is how the master's programmes EMP (Master's Programme in Environmental Management and Policy) and LUMES (Master's Programme in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science) can

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-lunds-international-sustainability-master-programmes-shape-change-leaders-future - 2026-07-04

Since 24 February, nothing has been the same for Ukrainian researchers. In this urgent situation, we have been able to offer one of them a Ph.D. position. We welcome our new colleague, Nadia Kravchenko, who is eager to share her thoughts about how we may all contribute to this period to be as constructive as possible, despite the threatening circumstances. It is impossible not to be touched by the

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/welcome-our-new-phd-student-ukraine - 2026-07-03

Megan Andrews is in her second semester of the Bachelor's Programme in Design of Information Systems at the School of Economics and Management. We asked her a few questions about her experiences so far. (The interview is translated from Swedish.)What is your background? “I am originally from Canada, but moved to Sweden four years ago to live with my fiancé. In my home country, I studied psychology

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/bsc-student-portrait-megan-andrews - 2026-07-04

Why does Russia still use Morse code? Has military conscription increased equality? These are two questions that Tony Ingesson, associate senior lecturer at the Department of Political Science, reflects on in two highly read articles on the news platform, The Conversation. One of Tony Ingesson’s articles, on military conscription, has 26,000 reads and the other, about Morse code, has over 40,000 r

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/morse-code-russia-path-idea-popular-article-conversation - 2026-07-04

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/spreading-awareness-about-sepsis-common-life-threatening-condition - 2026-07-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Marcella Birtele will be defending her PhD thesis titled “Functional and Transcriptional Studies of Human Dopaminergic Neurons” on Friday 2nd October. Researching within the Developmental and Regenerative Neurobiology group led by Prof. Malin Parmar, here Marcella tells us about her PhD studies at Lund Stem Cell Cente

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview-marcella-birtele - 2026-07-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. - This was the best alumni conference yet. We had a great programme, created by and for alumni and students, a good turnout and amazing weather, says LUMES Student Coordinator Amanda Elgh.Last week, 160 alumni and students from countries such as Germany, Ecuador, Greece, the US, India and Ethiopia came together for a

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lumes-master-programme-celebrates-20-years-conference-sunny-lund - 2026-07-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PORTRAIT. Michael Edgerton is a composer, world citizen and since the summer of 2019, Professor of Artistic Research at the Malmö Academy of Music. How come you decided to apply for a job in Sweden and move here? - In 2002, I began to work with guitarist Stefan Östersjö and then later ensemble Ars Nova, and the Stockh

https://www.mhm.lu.se/en/article/unusual-sounds-complex-contexts - 2026-07-03

Since the beginning of the Nanoimprint Lithography topic, Lund has been an important node for growing know-how. This year, the 23rd International Conference on Nanoimprint and Nanoprint Technologies, and the European NIL Industrial Day 2024 merged into the world’s leading symposium on nanoimprint and nanoprint. We talked to one of the Conference Chairs, Lars Montelius, on the last day of the confe

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/great-success-nanoimprint-litography-conference - 2026-07-03

At the foot of the mountains, among more than 200 vineyards, lies Stellenbosch University, that Lund University collaborates with. Daniella Rylander Ottosson and Göran Karlsson, Senior lecturers at Lund University's Stem Cell Center, are currently on sabbatical here. During fall they have been affiliated with STIAS (Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study), an interdisciplinary research institut

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/lund-south-africa-science-everyday-life-and-vineyards - 2026-07-03

Henning Larsen Architects are the architects behind Forum Medicum and Design Director Ingela Larsson has worked on the project for eight years. Seeing the building being put into use is fantastic, she says. Forum Medicum finally stands ready. How does it feel? – Architecture is a slow art form. We have been working on the project since 2015, when we won the competition for a new, combined medical

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/forum-medicums-architect-building-will-stand-test-time-many-many-years - 2026-07-03

Cold weather, dry air, an overactive immune system or our modern lifestyle. The causes may vary, but an increasing number of people are suffering from atopic eczema. In particular, children from higher socioeconomic backgrounds are at higher risk of developing the condition. However, there is help available and it is important to apply treatment early says Laura von Kobyletzki, a researcher at Lun

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/atopic-eczema-widespread-disease - 2026-07-03

The mandate Head of Department rarely spans more than six years. Matthias Baier held it at the Sociology of Law Department for eleven. This spring, the former prefect resumed his position as Senior Lecturer. Accompanied by his partner and two dogs in their rural home outside of Lund, Matthias Baier spent the spring semester phasing himself out of the department's top managerial position and back t

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/matthias-baier-has-stepped-down-head-department-and-back-classroom - 2026-07-03

Where will the chemists and the physicists be located in the future? A recent report shows that it will be much more expensive to move to Science Village than if they stay on Sölvegatan. The evaluation report compares three options: Chemistry and physics establish activities in Science Village and move thereKemicentrum is renovated and expanded, and the physicists move in there to be with the chem

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/major-cost-differences-when-comparing-science-village-options - 2026-07-04

Collaboration, networking, career development, and wellbeing. Those are four examples of needs that the newly formed young MultiParkers working group will address. After organizing their first event, they are eager to start preparing for more events. During the pandemic, there has been an upbuild of need for social gathering and exchange of ideas and experiences. Especially young researchers who r

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/young-multiparkers-working-group-takes-shape - 2026-07-03