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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During last autumn and winter a team of researchers, PhD students and master students from Lund University and Leuphana University, Lüneburg, joined forces to undertake a student-driven quantitative review on temporal changes in ecosystem services. While the primary outcome of this collaboration will be a review to be

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/student-driven-quantitative-review-temporal-changes-ecosystem-services - 2026-06-15

Fish deaths, algae growth, bans on swimming, and fecal bacteria – now they are just a distant memory. This year, the engineers were able to hold their annual lake battle, the Regatta, on home turf again. This was thanks to LTH’s landlord Akademiska Hus, and their collaboration with VA SYD. But it is also the story of two LTH alumni who, in their professional roles, joined forces to deal with flood

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/how-lake-lake-turned-crystal-clear - 2026-06-15

Several faculties have merged different departments or are about to do so. The Faculty of Engineering (LTH) merged two departments at the turn of the year, the Facult of Social Sciences has decided on one merger and is on the way to a second, while the Faculty of Science will make a decision after the summer. In a policy decision last year, the Faculty of Social Sciences decided that within a few

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/concern-when-departments-are-merged - 2026-06-16

After 15 years, hundreds of meetings, conferences, opinion pieces, interviews and trips to Stockholm, it happened – the Government adopted the Housing First model as a national strategy for tackling homelessness. “We are very proud. We have just finished an information guide that the National Board of Health and Welfare will distribute to Sweden’s social workers,” Marcus Knutagård tells LUM when w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/finally-housing-first-model-adopted-national-strategy - 2026-06-16

A new year is approaching and when the Faculty enters 2025, it will be with nine departments instead of the current eleven. The Faculty of Social Sciences will gradually develop towards fewer units over the next six years, according to a policy decision from 2023. After initial preparatory work, it is now time for the first changes to take place at the end of the year:The Department of Communicati

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/eleven-departments-nine-turn-year - 2026-06-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The number of problematic rehabilitations is increasing at LU, according to the employee organisations which often get involved when things go wrong. Lars-Åke Lööv. Photo: Kennet Ruona “A bad rehabilitation ends up being very expensive”, says Lars-Åke Lööv, elected representative of SACO-s. When it comes to rehabilita

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/employee-organisation-we-should-be-involved-outset-rehabilitations - 2026-06-15

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Varje år dör flera tusen personer i förtid i Sverige till följd av luftföroreningar och det finns tydliga bevis för att människor som bor i områden med sämre luft har högre dödlighet. Forskare har räknat på vad som händer om man tar bort avgaser från bensin- och dieseldrivna fordon i Malmö och vilka effekter det ger

https://www.lu.se/artikel/minskade-avgaser-skulle-radda-malmobor - 2026-06-15

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Just nu pågår forskning för nästa generations 5G-nät. På Institutionen för elektro- och informationsteknik på LTH har man byggt upp en världsunik mätutrustning i samarbete med både Ericsson och Sony. Målet är att skapa ett både betydligt stabilare och snabbare mobilnät än tidigare. 5G-nätet håller på att rullas ut i

https://www.lu.se/artikel/har-utvecklas-nasta-generations-5g-nat - 2026-06-16

Mikael Akke, Göran Jönsson, Sara Linse och Mathieu Gisselbrecht vid Lunds universitet har tilldelats mångmiljonanslag från Knut och Alice Wallenbergs stiftelse. Under fem år ska de driva tunga projekt om allosterisk signalering, effektivare immunterapi, hemlighetsfulla hjälparproteiner och kvantmekanisk sammanflätning. Mikael Akke, professor i biofysikalisk kemi, får 36 miljoner kronor för att ”kn

https://www.lu.se/artikel/fyra-lundaforskare-far-120-miljoner-kronor-fran-wallenbergstiftelse - 2026-06-16

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Vetenskapsrådet (VR) beviljar MAX IV-laboratoriet 1,39 miljarder kronor i driftsbidrag för 2013-2018 och Lunds universitet går in med 250 miljoner kronor under samma tidsperiod. Dessutom anslår VR 250 miljoner kronor i investeringsbidrag för nya strålrör. - Detta är fantastiskt goda nyheter för alla de forskare som

https://www.lu.se/artikel/max-iv-far-nara-19-miljarder-kronor-drift-och-stralror - 2026-06-16

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new trend among food-conscious Swedes is to adopt a gluten-free diet. However, according to LU researchers studying coeliac disease (gluten intolerance), the trend is not solely a good thing as it may blur the line between illness and health. “The fact that patients with coeliac disease now have more food products t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/gluten-riddle-searching-triggers-coeliac-disease - 2026-06-15

Technology adoption for active and healthy ageing, through a generational lens (half-time review Jens Offerman). Technology plays and will play an important role in promoting active and healthy ageing for current and future generations of older adults. However, very few studies highlight the specific knowledge needed to use different kinds of technologies and there is a lack of research addressing

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/what-kind-technology-wanted-support-active-and-healthy-ageing - 2026-06-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund Stem Cell Center is pleased to announce that Els Mansell has been awarded a Junior Research Grant 2021 worth €150.000,00 by the European Hematology Association (EHA) after a rigorous selection process. Dr. Mansell joins a network of over 110 distinguished researchers who have received EHA Research Funding in the

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/els-mansell-awarded-prestigious-junior-research-grant - 2026-06-15

Last week the new batch of LUMES students had their first field day for the course Earth Systems Science in Lund’s botanical garden. We took the opportunity to talk to three of them about the course and their impressions of the LUMES programme, so far. Earth Systems Science is one of the first courses of the LUMES programme. The course focuses on the physical, chemical, and biological aspects of t

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/field-day-earth-systems-science-course - 2026-06-15

Welcome to Lund University. Which university did you recently come from?– I came from Loughborough University in the UK, where I had been since 2010. Prior to that I was based at the University of Copenhagen for 17 years, hence speak fluent Danish. What is (or has been) the main focus of your research? – My research focuses primarily on low-income housing and livelihoods in urban areas of the glob

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/meet-katherine-gough - 2026-06-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lars J Nilsson is Professor of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies at LTH and a member of the Seoul International Energy Advisory Council, an advisory body working on energy-efficiency enhancement and sustainable development in South Korea’s capital. Lars J Nilsson. What have you learned from your work on sustain

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-researcher-gives-seouls-mayor-advice-energy-efficiency - 2026-06-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In 2009, homosexuality was decriminalised in India. Gender studies scholar Maria Tonini happened to be there and decided to write a doctoral thesis on how decriminalisation affected LGBTQ people in everyday life. Maria Tonini recently defended her thesis in Gender Studies . “Many of the young people I interviewed belo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/demanding-family-relationships-pressure-lgbtq-youth-india - 2026-06-15

Want your research to reach a wider audience? Faculty researchers published in The Conversation share their experiences collaborating with the news outlet and the results it yielded. One of Lund University's most read articles in The Conversation this yearJill Storry and Martin L. Olsson in The Conversation: Gwada-negative: the rarest blood group on EarthWhat was the result of your participation?"

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/our-researchers-reached-impact-through-conversation-worth-effort - 2026-06-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During her Ph.D. studies, Yiyi Yang has been investigating the role of microglia in the pathological development of Alzheimer’s disease. On the 3rd of June, it is time to defend her work supervised by Prof. Tomas Deierborg. Now, Yiyi tells us about her research in the Experimental Neuroinflammation Laboratory as being

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-yiyi-yang - 2026-06-15

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Minyoung Kim, who will contribute to Korean Studies teaching and research at the Centre. NEST (Nordic–Lund Emerging Scholars Teaching Programme in Korean Studies) supports early-career Korea-focused scholars by providing opportunities to develop teaching experience and strengthen research networks across the Nordic region.Our first NEST Scholar has just arrived and

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/introducing-our-first-nest-scholar-dr-minyoung-kim - 2026-06-15