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Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Jul- och nyårshelgen blev inte som Caroline Nilsson tänkt sig. Istället för att vara ledig från jobbet som forskningssjuksköterska i POInT-studien, fick hon rycka in och förstärka en covidavdelning på Skånes universitetssjukhus i Malmö.   Under sex veckor var Caroline Nilsson och två andra kollegor från forskningsav

https://www.gppad.lu.se/artikel/forskningssjukskoterskan-caroline-om-tiden-pa-en-covidavdelning - 2026-06-11

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Var är debatten om Strut-utredningens förslag och dess konsekvenser? Det undrar de tre forskarna Kristian Pietras, Hanna Isaksson och Emma Sparr som oroar sig särskilt över ett av förslagen. – Förstärkta basanslag på bekostnad av att forskningsråden försvagas kan innebära att forskningen tappar sin frihet och intern

https://www.lu.se/artikel/strut-utredningen-den-fria-forskningen-i-fara - 2026-06-12

From a room in the University Building, via AF-borgen and today’s Centre for Languages and Literature, to the current premises at Geocentrum. From being a small part of the Department of History to becoming two distinct academic directions. The story of the Department of Geography is full of twists and chapters—now documented in a new book by Jonas Åkerman. There are two people who, between them,

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/jonas-akermans-last-excursion-and-story-department - 2026-06-11

Lund University has reached a milestone with over 10 million reads in The Conversation since the start. In 2023, The Conversation published 24 articles by LU researchers. “It is very gratifying! I hope that we publish over 40 articles in 2024, which should be realistic given the increased interest we have seen,” says Per Mickwitz pro vice-chancellor with responsibility for research.Lund University

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-10-million-reads-conversation - 2026-06-12

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Alzheimers sjukdom kännetecknas av onormal spridning och ansamling av proteinet tau i hjärnan. En internationell studie visar nu hur tau sprids enligt fyra distinkta mönster som leder till olika symtom med olika prognoser för de drabbade individerna. Studien publiceras i Nature Medicine. – Till skillnad mot hur vi h

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-studie-alzheimers-sjukdom-fyra-distinkta-subtyper - 2026-06-11

Alzheimers sjukdom kännetecknas av onormal spridning och ansamling av proteinet tau i hjärnan. En internationell studie visar nu hur tau sprids enligt fyra distinkta mönster som leder till olika symtom med olika prognoser för de drabbade individerna. Studien publiceras i Nature Medicine. – Till skillnad mot hur vi hittills tolkat spridningen av tau i hjärnan, visar fynden från denna studie att tau

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ny-studie-alzheimers-sjukdom-fyra-distinkta-subtyper - 2026-06-12

On 23-24 April, this year's edition of the Retail and Wholesale Challenge took place, a competition where university students get to take on a sharp case from the business world. The winners were Devina Chudasama and Alexis Matta, students at the master's program in Service Management with a specialisation in supply chain management. The competition is organised by the Swedish Retail and Wholesale

https://www.real.lu.se/en/article/students-developed-solutions-retail-challenges-helsingborg - 2026-06-11

On 23-24 April, this year's edition of the Retail and Wholesale Challenge took place, a competition where university students get to take on a sharp case from the business world. The winners were Devina Chudasama and Alexis Matta, students at the master's program in Service Management with a specialisation in supply chain management. The competition is organised by the Swedish Retail and Wholesale

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/student-challenge-goal-improving-helsingborg-city-center - 2026-06-11

Ruth Pöttgen, Senior lecturer at the Department of Physics, has been appointed a Wallenberg Academy Fellow. The grant from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation provides her with funding for five years. Congratulations Ruth, how does it feel to receive this award?- Thank you so much! It feels wonderful. There was a long process and so many good candidates, so I feel honoured to have been select

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/ruth-pottgen-becomes-wallenberg-academy-fellow - 2026-06-11

Gifted and enthusiastic students work with the "layers of history" in our beautiful Sculpture Hall. Pufendorf IAS is situated in one of the most beautiful buildings in Lund (if we may say so ourselves), originally built in 1886. The last major renovation of the former Department of Physics and Classical Department was done in 2009, just before the Pufendorf Institute moved in. It was of great impo

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/welcome-back-classical-archaeology-and-ancient-history - 2026-06-11

On Friday, September 23, Davor Vuleta ended his nine-year doctoral education with a successful defence of his thesis "Law and Social Exclusion: The functions and dysfunctions of the Swedish legal system in light of overindebtedness among immigrants". Davor Vuleta is one of four Swedish Enforcement Authority (SEA) employees accepted as PhD students at the Sociology of Law Department in 2013. Combin

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/davor-vuleta-accepted-ranks-doctors-sociology-law - 2026-06-11

In the University’s thematic collaboration initiatives, researchers from several faculties work with external companies/organisations on different projects. Thematic collaboration initiatives (Swedish abbreviation, TSIs) constitute an important part of external engagement activities at LU. TSIs involve researchers from several faculties in collaborative projects with external companies/organisatio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/thematic-collaboration-initiatives-important-part-university - 2026-06-12

I am very pleased to announce that the centres are now fully open again, and offer fantastic programmes that include exhibitions, student-guided tours, concerts, lectures, writers’ evenings, music festivals and conversations about science. During the pandemic, Lund University’s Cultural and Public Centres have been valuable assets for the University’s staff and students as well as the general publ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lus-cultural-and-public-centres-lukom-are-fully-open - 2026-06-12

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The programme is four-year long (240 credits) and combines courses (60 credits) with a thesis (180 credits). East and South-East Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary subject that focuses on present-day socio-political issues and developments and can include a range of topics concerning phenomena and processes in the

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/two-fully-funded-phd-positions-east-and-south-east-asian-studies - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A lack of professional project management, unclear decision-making processes and shortcomings in communication underpin delays in the beamline programme at MAX IV. A new plan of measures will prioritise tackling these problems. Ian McNulty is the acting director at MAX IV. “We must get more beamlines ready faster, and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/better-project-management-get-max-iv-back-track - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Friday May 15:th, two of our phd students, Hui Zhao and Rickard Andersson, nailed down their thesis’. Nailing is a Swedish academic ritual in connection with the presentation of a doctoral dissertation. Three weeks before the dissertation, the thesis must be published, and from this date, the University must provid

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/double-nailing-dissertations-strategic-communication - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How creative are research studies? What can be done to make them more creative? LUM has met Samuel West, who is not only a doctoral student, but who actually does research on creativity. Samuel West had worked as a psychologist for many years when he decided four years ago to do a PhD. Now he is looking back on his re

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/he-searching-creativity-outside-academy - 2026-06-11

There are many options for managers and leaders to develop at Lund University. In order to pinpoint and more clearly define what Lund University is to offer in terms of leadership development, I tasked Maria Flores and Andreas Bryngelsson at the start of the year with carrying out the investigation, Leadership in the Future. The aim of the investigation was to draw up proposals for the content, st

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-offers-many-leadership-development-options-managers - 2026-06-12

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Nowadays it is possible to produce plastics from sugar or vegetable oils, but up to now fossil oil has been too cheap for the production of bioplastics to be profitable. That explains why the plastic-producing bacteria, developed some years ago by researchers at the Centre for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (Kemic

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/huge-potential-bioplastics - 2026-06-11

The first call for applications, Sustainable Idea Exploration, within the University’s Sustainability Fund opened during the autumn. The aim is to explore the innovative potential of sustainability-related research projects at an early stage. Four projects have now been granted funding. From biomimicry and energy efficiency enhancement to a model for legal advice on human rights – the applications

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/four-projects-awarded-grants-sustainability-fund - 2026-06-12