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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Eighteen nationalities come together during lunch on level B10 at Biomedical Centre (BMC). There is a hotchpotch of dishes and languages. Lunch becomes an opportunity to meet colleagues across borders and to learn about other cultures and approaches. Diversity, openness and curious taste buds are good prerequisites fo
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/world-meets-lunch - 2026-07-01
Swedish women talk about the shame, threats and fear that went into telling someone about being abused by their partner in this new article "Revealing hidden realities: disclosing domestic abuse to informal others" published by Susanne Boethius and Malin Åkerström in the Nordic Journal of Criminology, and available as Open Access. One in three women Violence against women in close relationships is
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/women-hesitate-when-revealing-domestic-abuse - 2026-07-01
We need to prioritise nature even if there are other conflicting interests – biodiversity is essential to all of us on the planet and ultimately to our health and wellbeing. The statement comes from Maria Blasi Romero, researcher in Biodiversity and Conservation at Lund University and a member of BECC. “I went to COP15 to learn about the processes and how to share my research with those who can ma
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/young-scientists-eager-influence-policy-makers-biodiversity - 2026-07-01
We need to prioritise nature even if there are other conflicting interests – biodiversity is essential to all of us on the planet and ultimately to our health and wellbeing. The statement comes from Maria Blasi Romero, researcher in Biodiversity and Conservation at Lund University. "I went to COP15 to learn about the processes and how to share my research with those who can make use of the results
https://www.science.lu.se/article/young-scientists-eager-influence-policy-makers-biodiversity - 2026-07-01
While southern species such as European goldfinch and European stonechat are becoming increasingly common in our latitudes, species such as curlew and redwing are in northern retreat. This is shown in the Swedish Bird Survey's annual report for 2022. Within the Swedish Bird Survey, the Department of Biology at Lund University monitors changes in the size of Swedish bird populations. For more than
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/climate-change-changing-map-swedish-birds - 2026-07-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Johansson was invited by the European Economic and Social Committee to speak at a public hearing on financing civil society organisations by the EU. On 6 September Professor Håkan Johansson participated in a hearing on Financing of civil society organisations by the EU at the EESC (European Economic and Soci
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/hakan-johansson-spoke-brussels-civil-society-funding - 2026-07-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. EastAsiaNet has recently announced that the 2014 Award for Best Academic Article goes to Dr. Jens Sejrup of Lund University for his paper, "Instrumentalized History and the Motif of Repetition in News Coverage of Japan-Taiwan Relations," published in Pacific Affairs, vol. 85, no. 4, pp. 745–765. The EastAsiaNet Award
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/dr-jens-sejrup-wins-2014-eastasianet-award-best-academic-article - 2026-07-01
Professor Johan Sundström has contributed to the development of new apps which makes it possible to extract research data from patients´ perspectives on their own health and allows electronic informed consent. Johan Sundström is a professor of epidemiology at Uppsala University and executive board member of Epihealth. In addition to his research activities, Johan works part-time as a clinical card
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 - 2026-07-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Over 50% of the global population lives in cities, and those cities all share the same pressing challenge: how can they provide economic prosperity and social cohesion in a sustainable way? One way of finding answers to that question is urban living labs, a type of testbed where social and technical innovations are te
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/book-release-urban-living-labs-experimenting-city-futures - 2026-07-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Tomas Bergström is stepping down as head of department after nine years at the helm, twelve if you count his time as assistant head of department. During his time as head of department, the department grew by 50 per cent, external funding tripled, internationalisation proceeded at record speed, English became the work
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/tomas-bergstrom-hands-over-growing-eden - 2026-07-01
The amended Alien’s Act, which came into effect in the summer, proved to have a considerable impact on possibilities for international doctoral students and researchers to obtain a permanent residence permit in Sweden. This is a group that in general, and especially in the early career stage, has different fixed-term positions in and outside academia and there is a risk that the self-support requi
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/clearly-amended-aliens-act-has-considerable-impact-researchers - 2026-07-02
This is what the researchers at LUSEM have said in the media in April, relating to the policies of the Donald Trump administration. With Donald Trump’s second term in the White house we have seen turmoil on the stock exchanges of the world, tariffs being presented, taken back and reintroduced, American claims on Greenland, Mexico and Canada, and chocking remarks by the president on Ukraine and Gaz
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/100-days-trump-and-what-researchers-have-say-about-them - 2026-07-02
Several Qur’an burnings occurred in Sweden this summer leading to protests in Muslim-majority countries. The repercussions might be limited in the short-term with the strong reactions from governments and Islamic organisations mostly being of a symbolic nature. However, the increasing perception in many countries in the MENA region that Swedish state and society are hostile to Islam endangers Swed
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-mena-responses-quran-burnings-sweden - 2026-07-01
At the LTH Board meeting in June, the board members were briefed about a study of materials research at LTH. They also learned more about the ongoing work to establish LTH in Science Village. At the request of LTH’s Dean Annika Olsson, a working group has conducted a study of materials research at LTH to provide guidance for the future development of the research.During the board meeting, the work
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/status-report-insights-materials-research-and-short-update-science-village - 2026-07-01
The European Research Council's (ERC) mission is to promote research of the highest quality through extensive and long-term funding. The grants are applied for in international competition with scientific excellence as the only selection criterion. Advanced Grants (AdG) are valid for a maximum of five years, and 2.5 million euros, and will enable the researchers to explore their most innovative an
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anders Lindroth, professor emeritus, has been interviewed in several media channels about the new EU directive on renewable energy. Anders Lindroth, professor emeritus at our department, has been interviewed in a number of media channels about the EU’s new directive on renewable energy, which states that a large perce
https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/eu-directive-may-result-deforestation - 2026-07-01
The total sick leave among government employees increased to 4.1 per cent last year, reports the ST trade union’s magazine, Publikt*. Lund University has the lowest sick leave among the ten largest government employers with 2.6 per cent. “It’s naturally very pleasing to see that our sick leave is low compared with other large public authorities. However, we know that generally higher education ins
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/national-comparison-shows-lund-university-has-lowest-sick-leave - 2026-07-02
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Victor Agbebo, a second-year master’s student, shared his experience from his time at the department during a lecture this Wednesday. He gave the new master’s students some very helpful tips from his own personal story, advices that he wishes he had known as a new student. When Victor started his studies at the depart
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/10-tips-new-masters-students - 2026-07-01
