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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The small town, Akureyri, in northern Iceland has gone almost CO2-neutral. LUCSUS vising researcher Henner Busch, and LUMES Alumni (Batch 19) Rakel Kristjandottir, went there to find out how they did it and what we can learn from them. Nowadays cities are quite unsustainable places. They consume a lot of the world’s r

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/what-can-world-can-learn-small-town-iceland - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS Director Emily Boyd is lead author for a chapter on poverty, livelihoods and sustainable development in the Sixth Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She recently attended the first meeting of lead authors from Working Group II in Durban, South Africa. Working Group II ass

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/emily-boyd-lead-author-ipccs-sixth-assessment-report - 2026-07-07

Anyone who watched the carnival parade on Saturday and held out to the last orchestra could catch a glimpse of Medfak's envoy Johanna Erlandson in full costume. It was her tenth carnival with Alte/Ältere Kamreren. On a daily basis, Johanna is Head of Communications at the Faculty of Medicine, but when it's the Lund Carnival, it's clarinet and carnival parade all the way."I started playing in the s

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/clarinet-ready-play - 2026-07-07

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/reflections-climbeco-summer-meeting-2023 - 2026-07-07

Per Augustsson, a researcher in biomedical engineering, is one of five Lund University researchers receiving the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant. He is developing new devices to separate cells and nanoparticles using ultrasound. Sound contains energy that can generate forces on microscopic objects such as blood cells and biological nanoparticles. Blood is mostly made up of red blood cells, but

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/erc-consolidator-grant-augustsson - 2026-07-07

How should we collaborate on a national strategy for semiconductors? The answer could be closer than we think. After the panel discussion during “Politics Week” in Almedalen, Lund University is now taking the first step towards establishing a national competence center for semiconductors. The shortage of semiconductors is a global challenge that requires quick solutions. During the recent  Almedal

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/working-towards-semiconductor-strategy-sweden - 2026-07-07

The WCMM Fireside Chat is an article series highlighting the research and people shaping discovery within and around WCMM Lund. Through in-depth conversations and research highlights, the series aims to foster collaboration, spark new ideas and strengthen scientific dialogue across disciplines. By showcasing innovative projects, breakthrough discoveries and the researchers behind them, WCMM Firesi

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/behind-wcmm-day-fireside-conversation-sara-gonzalez-anton-and-katherine-hampton - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Matching the blood of donors and recipients can be crucial to health, and sometimes even a matter of life and death. Blood researcher Martin L. Olsson wants in various ways to make this pairing as good as possible. Saranda Muhaxheri and Asma Al-Grety. Photo: Gunnar Menander Martin L. Olsson. Photo: Gunnar Menander Mos

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/blood-matching-matter-life-and-death - 2026-07-07

The Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions (SUHF) has produced three reports that highlight key issues it regards as threats to the activities of higher education institutions. A fourth report on governance in higher education will be published after the summer. The other reports concern academic freedom, increased bureaucratisation and the reliance of research on external funding. T

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-reports-threats-academic-freedom-and-university-governance - 2026-07-08

This spring, there are several opportunities to apply for funding from Lund University's Sustainability Fund to test, explore, and develop ideas that impact ecological, social, and economic sustainability. Do you have an idea you want to develop? Here is a brief description of three different opportunities open this spring. Are you a employee? This spring there is new opportunities to test, explor

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/grants-exploring-sustainable-ideas-and-innovations - 2026-07-08

I september välkomnar institutet två nya Teman; Public Art and The New Commons samt Designing Sustainable Digital Work. Minst två nya Advanced Study Groups (ASG) kommer också att starta till hösten. Klart är att ASGna Work on Mars och Deep Generative Models börjar sitt gemensamma arbete i september. Public Art och The New Commons Offentlig konst som manifestation av det goda samhället har en lång

https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/hostens-teman-och-advanced-study-groups-2022 - 2026-07-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Hur oroliga och rädda är människor i olika länder för COVID-19? Och vad anser de om deras myndigheters åtgärder? Sydkoreaner instämmer mest i påståendet att deras regering är effektiv medan japaner gör det i minst grad. Detta och mycket annat visar en studie från Cambridge universitet. Lundaforskare har bidragit med

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/internationell-jamforelse-av-virusradsla-och-syn-pa-myndigheters-atgarder - 2026-07-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Hur oroliga och rädda är människor i olika länder för Covid- 19? Och vad anser de om deras myndigheters åtgärder? Sydkoreaner instämmer mest i påståendet att deras regering är effektiv medan japaner gör det i minst grad. Detta och mycket annat visar en studie från Cambridge universitet. Lundaforskare har bidragit me

https://www.lu.se/artikel/internationell-jamforelse-av-virusradsla-och-syn-pa-myndigheters-atgarder - 2026-07-08

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. OUTREACH FÖR VÅRA FORSKARE: Tobias Nielsen håller föredraget Ecuador’s Socio Bosque and Peru’s Programa Bosque as Role Models? vid ett sido-event till FN:s klimatkonferens i Peru (4/12).  REDD and Beyond: International and Indigenous Strategies in Forest ProtectionREDD is one a series of incentive-based mechanisms f

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/nielsen-forlaser-om-sydamerikanska-forebilder - 2026-07-07

Eight researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University have been awarded 41.4 million SEK in the latest announcements from the Swedish Research Council. This funding will support biomedical research on aging, health, disease, and bioengineering over the next several years. Stem cells are the building blocks of modern medicine and hold the key to tackling some of the most complex diseases

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/stem-cell-research-aging-health-and-disease-gets-funding-boost-swedish-research-council - 2026-07-07

Diabetes researchers at Lund University have previously shown that people with diabetes can be stratified into five subgroups with differing disease progression. A new study by the same researchers provides increased evidence for the clinical relevance of the classification system. The researchers also present new findings of significant differences between subgroups in the development of complica

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-research-classification-diabetes-identifies-high-risk-group - 2026-07-07

Karin Schillén defended her PhD in 1994 in Uppsala under Professor Wyn Brown, who was one of the pioneers in light scattering techniques and modeling of scattering data. During her postdoctoral period with Professor Per Claesson at KTH, she broadened her research to include colloidal interactions, and during her continued postdoctoral period with Professor Mitchell Winnik at the University of Toro

https://www.physchem.lu.se/article/arrhenius-plaque-2025-goes-karin-schillen-professor-physical-chemistry-lund-university - 2026-07-07

The one year presidency of Simon Anderberg draws to a close and on 16 July he hands over the president’s club to Tova Mark. We had an opportunity to meet up with them both in Skånis and of course we leapt at it. Simon, how has the last year matched your expectations?I’m not sure what I expected, but we are at a good place as an organisation. We did not have any radical changes planned, instead we

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/one-president-another-lundaekonomerna - 2026-07-07

On November 6, the university's first Nobel Prize winner was celebrated and the University Hall was filled with prominent guests, staff and students. Everyone wanted to pay tribute to Anne L'Huillier. Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström was delighted to see everyone who wanted to come and celebrate Lund University's first Nobel Prize winner on this unique occasion. The atmosphere in the University Hall

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-celebrated-its-first-nobel-prize-cannons-and-tributes - 2026-07-08

The one year presidency of Simon Anderberg draws to a close and on 16 July he hands over the president’s club to Tova Mark. We had an opportunity to meet up with them both in Skånis and of course we leapt at it. Simon, how has the last year matched your expectations?I’m not sure what I expected, but we are at a good place as an organisation. We did not have any radical changes planned, instead we

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/one-president-another-lundaekonomerna - 2026-07-07