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As a part of the project’s outreach activities, the MOCCA project hosted a two-day MSCA Ambassador event at Lund University from December 6 to 7, 2024, welcoming 19 high-school students and four teachers from the Academic Lyceum under the University of World Economy and Diplomacy and the "Ambassador" private school in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.Students and teachers arrived in Lund on December 6 and wer

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/msca-ambassador-event-high-school-students-uzbekistan-0 - 2026-06-07

December 20, 2024. The workshop "Assessment of the Effectiveness of Anti-Corruption Plans: International Standards and Practice 2024" was organized by the Secretariat of the Anti-Corruption Business Council under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic. The workshop was delivered as part of the information dissemination and sharing the research findings conducted at Lund University in Sweden.The foll

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/workshop-assessment-effectiveness-anti-corruption-plans-international-standards-and-practice-2024 - 2026-06-07

Tolibjon Mustafoev, PhD candidate at Lund University For the last few decades, Uzbekistan has been a popular research destination for many scholars studying authoritarian regimes. Indeed, the first president of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, had been in power from the first days of independence in 1991 until September 2016. Karimov was known for his policies on closed economy, high bureaucracy, centra

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/uzbekistan-takes-steps-towards-establishing-welfare-state-and-eradicating-poverty-iron-feast-iron - 2026-06-07

On January 24, Zamir Aiylchyev (from the Anti-Corruption Business Council under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic) led a seminar for 150 students at the Grand Conference Hall of Bishkek State University. The seminar focused on the topic, "Comparative Analysis of Anti-Corruption Practices in the Baltic States and Kyrgyzstan." During the event, Aiylchyev shared insights from his secondment at the

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/scientific-seminar-students-bishkek-state-university - 2026-06-07

As part of the EU-funded MOCCA (Multi-level Orders of Corruption in Central Asia) project, a delegation from Zhetysu University named after Zhansugurov (Kazakhstan), led by Rector E.A. Buribayev, visited the Law Enforcement Academy during their visit to Uzbekistan.The meeting between MOCCA consortium members—Zhetysu University and the Law Enforcement Academy—focused on advancing collaboration in r

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/mocca-consortium-members-strengthen-academic-cooperation-during-visit-uzbekistan - 2026-06-07

PRESS RELEASE As part of the MOCCA (Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia) project’s ongoing knowledge dissemination efforts, a specialised workshop was organised at Uzbekistan National University on 17 March 2025. The event was led by Dilaver Khamzaev, a researcher at the Department of Sociology of Law at Lund University, Sweden.The workshop focused on “Analysing Factors Influencing Cor

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/mocca-project-dissemination-event-uzbekistan-national-university - 2026-06-07

Lund, Sweden – May 8, 2025 The MOCCA (Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia) project, funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe MSCA-SE programme (Grant No. 101085855), successfully held its Mid-Term Conference from May 6–8, 2025, at Lund University, Sweden. The event brought together over 60 scholars and practitioners from Europe and Central Asia to discuss cutting-edge

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/mocca-mid-term-conference-explores-corruption-and-governance-central-asia - 2026-06-07

Dr. Rustam Urinboev, Principal Investigator of the MOCCA Project (Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia) and Associate Professor at Lund University, together with Prof. Timur Dadabaev (University of Tsukuba), recently presented the Final Report on the Development and Implementation of a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) System at the Institute for Advanced International Studies (IAIS), Uni

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/strengthening-evidence-based-management-mocca-team-contributes-institutional-reform-institute - 2026-06-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University remains the most popular choice for international students wanting to study their Master’s degree in Sweden, with 1/3 of all applicants from the latest application round, choosing Lund University programmes. Of the total 43,817 students who applied to autumn 2015 Master’s programmes at Swedish universi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-attracts-13-all-international-students-applying-swedish-universities - 2026-06-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Recent research shows that mild infections without symptoms of illness can still lead to serious consequences by reducing the lifespan of the infected individuals. The study at Lund University in Sweden has been carried out on malaria-infected migratory birds. The infection is thought to speed up the ageing process by

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/hidden-infection-shortens-life - 2026-06-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A research group at Lund University in Sweden has found a new way to identify the most malignant tumours in children. The method involves studying genetic ‘micro-variation’, rather than the presence of individual mutations. In adult cancers, the tumour cells are more genetically variable than healthy cells. When a can

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-method-identifying-most-aggressive-childhood-cancers - 2026-06-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Vice-Chancellor Torbjörn von Schantz was inaugurated with pomp and ceremony in the university assembly hall on Wednesday 28 January 2015. Torbjörn von Schantz is Vice-Chancellor of Lund University for the period 1 January 2015–28 February 2019.In his speech during the formal ceremony, Torbjörn von Schantz emphasised h

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/vice-chancellor-torbjorn-von-schantz-inaugurated - 2026-06-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We have an innate mechanism that ensures that our blood vessels do not become blocked. The protein A1M, alpha-1-microglobulin, is naturally present in the body and prevents oxidation of blood fats – a major cause of atherosclerosis. The discovery is the work of a research group led by Professor Bo Åkerström from Lund

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-cleaner-protein-protects-against-atherosclerosis - 2026-06-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Food waste is completely bananas, according to a group of Master’s students in Food Technology at Lund University in Sweden. In fact, a significant amount of the 100 million tonnes of bananas produced annually worldwide is discarded before it even reach consumers. WATCH: Students make gluten-free banana flourThe Lund

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-students-create-gluten-free-banana-flour - 2026-06-07

We should not be afraid to joke about one another’s ethnic background. Used with sensitivity, such jokes can instead help to challenge the stereotypical image of immigrants, according to Lund University sociologist Henriette Frees Esholdt, who has studied humour at a multi-ethnic workplace in Denmark. Henriette Frees Esholdt’s study was carried out in a large organisation in the hospitality sector

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/role-humour-multicultural-workplaces - 2026-06-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Extremely premature babies that reach the age of two and a half demonstrate significantly poorer cognition, language and motor skills than children born at full term. The new study from Lund University in Sweden is one of few to study children born prematurely at such a young age. The results could be used to provide

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-study-assesses-premature-babies-25-years-old - 2026-06-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The new Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University, which will focus on regenerative medicine, is part of a national plan to re-establish Sweden’s leading position in medical research. The centre is being funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, in collaboration with Lund University and Reg

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-molecular-medicine-centre-lund-university - 2026-06-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A production facility for start-ups in the field of nanotechnology may be built in the Science Village in Lund, a world-class research and innovation village that is also home to ESS, the European Spallation Source. “With this new facility, we want to create the conditions to enable new companies to develop from the R

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/nanotechnology-facility-planned-lund - 2026-06-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new report from Lund University in Sweden shows how the pharmaceutical industry time and again violates regulations on the marketing of drugs. The study has been published in the journal PLOS Medicine. In order to avoid unethical marketing, the pharmaceutical industry has a well-established system of self-regulation

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/pharmaceutical-companies-violate-own-regulations - 2026-06-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers have long sought treatments that can slow the progression of Parkinson's disease. Current treatments have for decades been only symptomatic in nature, supplying the neurotransmitter dopamine, which the dying nerve cells can no longer produce. Results from a recent clinical study offer hope that future ther

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-growth-factor-indicates-possible-regenerative-effects-parkinsons-disease - 2026-06-07