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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Stephen Woroniecki blogs on the issues highlighted in Director Emily Boyd's article in NatureRecently our Director, Professor Emily Boyd, published an article in Nature, Climate Adaptation - Holistic Thinking Beyond Technology, exploring issues emerging in global attempts at climate change adaptation. A central theme

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/comment-issues-highlighted-director-emily-boyds-article-nature - 2026-07-17

On January 13th, London-based designers Guillaume Couche & Richard Shackleton held a guest lecture at the Department of Informatics. The guest lecture was delivered to students enrolled in the course Human-Computer Interaction - Design, part of the Master's Programme in Information Systems. The industry experts were invited by Lecturer and Course director Markus Lahtinen.Guillaume, who first visit

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/industry-experts-inspire-students-interface-design - 2026-07-18

During the 8th - 11 th August 2022, the Development Research School held its first doctoral course in Methodology and Field Studies. It took place in Sogakope, Ghana. The doctoral course was organised by the Institute of Statistical, Economic and Social Research (ISSER), in collaboration with the School of Graduate Studies, University of Ghana, universities of Lund, Gothenburg and Uppsala for doct

https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/successful-completion-our-first-course-ghana - 2026-07-17

The dry summer of 2018 hit Swedish forests hard - and hardest affected were the managed secondary forests. This according to a new study from Lund University. Northern boreal forest ecosystems are predicted to experience more frequent summer droughts in the future. The majority of Swedish forest are secondary forests that are managed commercial forests with little diversity in species and structur

https://www.science.lu.se/article/secondary-forests-more-sensitive-drought - 2026-07-17

A comprehensive decision has been negotiated during the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. The agreement, which calls for a tripling of renewable energy, energy efficiency and the transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, was finalised last week. Markku Rummukainen, Professor of Climatology at CEC and Sweden's contact person for the IPCC, participated digitally and comments the decisions

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/global-climate-deal-renewables-and-net-zero-energy-systems - 2026-07-17

On Thursday, 11 June 2015, Lund University arranged a side-event at the Bonn Climate Change Conference. Tobias Nielsen, BECC PhD student, was one of the speakers. The Bonn Climate Change Conference side-event "Carbon footprints for effective climate policy on international trade" was arranged by Lund University on 11 June 2015.Chair Karin Bäckstrand, Stockholm University, introduced the event. Mag

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/report-carbon-footprints-effective-climate-policy-international-trade - 2026-07-17

In the autumn 2024, we launched a competition inviting researchers from WCMM to submit their most compelling scientific images. With 21 remarkable art pieces submitted, the eagerly awaited exhibition opened the 24th January in the foyer of Forum Medicum, transforming the space into a gallery where science and art seamlessly converge. WCMM Fusion 2025 was so much more than just an exhibition; the e

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fusion-2025-event-where-art-and-science-meet - 2026-07-17

In a debate forum a week or so ago, an international panel discussed how museums, art and culture can be used in teaching. The event was organised, for all those interested, by Lund University’s Division for Higher Education Development (AHU) in collaboration with Lena Örnberg within the Object-Based Learning (OBL) project. The meeting was held online and the panel participants were real experts i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/museums-art-and-culture-teaching - 2026-07-17

“A good way to see the daily life of science.” That is one of the conclusions from the summer scholarship holders from high schools in Skåne – a programme offering teenagers a way to dive into how it is to work with research. “This is a good way to see the daily life of science – how it is to work in a lab, as a fact, not just only seeing a show that is the result of something that has had been pr

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/they-went-nanoscientific-summer-school - 2026-07-17

The Faculty Board held its final meeting of the spring term on Wednesday, 18 June 2025. The following decisions were made:Guidelines for appointment as professor and promotion to professor at the Faculty of ScienceUpdated guidelines for appointment as senior lecturer and promotion to senior lecturer at the Faculty of ScienceAmendment to the programme syllabus for the Master’s programme in Bioinfor

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/summary-faculty-science-board-meeting-18-june-2025 - 2026-07-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Associate Professors Thomas Lindhqvist and Mikael Backman at the IIIEE have just initiated new research in the framework of the Lighting Metropolis project where they hope to confirm or dismiss some of the biggest concerns and speculations surrounding the LED-manufacturing industry. They hope their findings can make c

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/time-ripe-life-cycle-review-led - 2026-07-17

The invitation applies to current and prospective 1st year PhD students studying Bioinformatics We have decided that MedBioInfo, the Swedish National Graduate School in Medical Bioinformatics, will take applications for an  incoming class in 2026. The deadline is 28 February, 2026.MedBioInfo was established in 2017, with the support of 42 Bioinformatics faculty, to provide advanced training in bio

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/call-applications-national-graduate-school-medical-bioinformatics-medbioinfo-2026 - 2026-07-17

During her thesis project, Nadja Gustavsson has characterized structural changes inside neurons of a new mouse model for mixed neurogenerative disorders. On the 21st of October, she is defending her thesis supervised by Oxana Klementieva. In this interview, Nadja shares her ups and downs during her time as a Ph.D. student in MultiPark. Tell us about your Ph.D. research! Our lab utilizes a novel ap

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-nadja-gustavsson - 2026-07-17

The Faculty of Medicine welcomes three new international visiting professors — Robert Cramer, Patrick MacDonald, and Sarah Rowland‑Jones — through the Lund University Programme for Global Excellence. They bring expertise in mental health, diabetes and pancreatic biology, and immunology, and support ongoing research collaboration within prioritised areas. Meet our new three visiting professors:  Pa

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/global-visiting-professors-faculty-medicine - 2026-07-17

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Professorn i sociologi Anders Kjellberg skriver i den nya rapporten "Den svenska modellen 2020: pandemi och nytt huvudavtal" att den fackliga organisationsgraden steg för första gången sedan 1990-talets mitt. Rapporten har fått stor uppmärksamhet i media. Den fackliga organisationsgraden steg förra året för första g

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/allt-fler-gar-med-i-facket-var-expert-ser-att-trenden-vander - 2026-07-17

Read Fariborz Zelli's report on the side-event 'REDD and Beyond: International and Indegenous Strategies in Forest Protection', held in Lima on the 4th of December. On Thursday, 4th December, BECC was one of the initiators of a side-event on ‘REDD and Beyond: International and Indigenous Strategies in Forest Protection’. The event was co-organised by Lund University and the German NGO Climate Alli

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-united-nations-climate-conference - 2026-07-17

A study conducted by researchers at Lund University has found that protein oxidation forms an additional layer of regulation during the development of fetal blood stem cells and may play a role in the development of leukemia. The results are now available in the journal, Redox Biology. The human body is made up of trillions of cells and within each are proteins - large, complex molecules that play

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/protein-oxidation-added-layer-regulation-during-blood-stem-cell-development - 2026-07-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At what age are you considered old at work? Are you old when you are 48? Why do some people seem as if they never to want to retire, while others would not dream of working beyond 65? Kerstin Nilsson’s research concerns what makes us thrive at work and the factors that affect how long we are able, or want, to continue

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/48-considered-old-work - 2026-07-17

In order to be able to prescribe the appropriate dose of physical activity to patients, healthcare professionals need to consider a range of individual factors. There is a need to facilitate the assessment of aerobic capacity i. e. maximal oxygen uptake capacity (VO2max), as well as to calculate the intensity of training according to the WHO recommendations for physical activity. Now, researchers

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/my-aerobic-capacity-rpc - 2026-07-17

There is a lot of talk about ChatGPT just now – one of the chat-based AI services delivering answers to all possible questions in matter of seconds. But the new technology is not merely generating answers, but also raising many questions. In order to get insight into what everyone is talking about, LUM has given it a try. It is easy to get started – all that is required is to create an account on

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dialogue-chatbot - 2026-07-18