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For a long time, there has been a lack of concentrated efforts among researchers focusing on taxation, but that is about to change. On June 5th, plans for a new Taxation Centre will be presented. "The idea of an interdisciplinary taxation centre and the need for it have existed for many years, and several of us researchers were given the opportunity to concretize our thoughts—especially regarding
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-taxation-centre - 2026-09-10
For the autumn semester of 2025, more than 72,000 people applied to programmes at Lund University — and LUSEM continues to stand strong in the competition. LUSEM’s programmes remain highly attractive. According to the recently published application statistics from the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR), the Swedish Bachelor’s Programme in Business and Economics (Ekonomie kandidatprogrammet
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/top-application-numbers-lusem - 2026-09-10
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 - 2026-09-10
Betty Saenyi is in her last semester of her doctoral studies at the Department of Informatics, Lund University School of Economics and Management. We asked her a few questions about her PhD journey so far. Betty, why did you choose to pursue a doctoral education?“Funny enough, a PhD was never my dream. After my undergraduate studies, I worked in industry for quite a while and only decided to retur
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/meet-betty-saenyi-doctoral-student-department-informatics - 2026-09-10
Finding housing is a major challenge for students in university towns like Lund, where demand far exceeds supply. Long queue systems, high rents, and limited options force many to commute or move frequently — disrupting their studies and daily life. Negar Khaliliaraghi, shows in her research, a clear causal link between student housing and academic performance. Finding accommodation is often one o
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/housing-chance-academic-impacts-lottery-based-access-student-accommodation - 2026-09-10
At the intersection of aesthetics and economy, the Centre for Aesthetics and Business Creativity (ABC) is transforming innovation by making aesthetics, economic and technology conversant in an organisational context. We spoke with postdoctoral researchers Alexandra Huang-Kokina and Robin Porsfelt, two new voices helping to shape the Centre's ambitious vision, from immersive AI-driven opera to reim
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/where-art-meets-innovation-inside-abc-centre - 2026-09-10
The Pufendorf theme “DigiJustice: Rethinking Digital Inequalities and Human Rights in the Age of AI” has wrapped up with a conference and exhibition. The interdisciplinary group has shifted its focus throughout the year-long theme. What began as discussions on AI's part in amplifying digital inequality became a practical exploration into how this is happening. On 15 May 2025, the group invited fri
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/science-meets-art-digijustice-finale - 2026-09-10
Interested in continuing your studies or research in Canada or the USA? If you are a Swedish citizen and do your studies/research at the Master's, PhD or Post Doctorate level, you might be eligible for the stipend. Master students, doctoral candidates and post doc researchers can apply for the stipend for 2026-2027 until 15 September. The aim is to facilitate studies and research for periods of si
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/stipend-sweden-america-foundation - 2026-09-10
As governments around the world ramp up subsidies to accelerate the transition to renewable energy, a key question remains: Do these policies deliver the economic and environmental benefits they promise? New research by Kajsa Ganhammar sheds light on the unintended consequences of one popular tool, green certificate schemes, revealing that when dominant producers can game the system, consumers may
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/how-renewable-energy-subsidies-can-affect-electricity-prices - 2026-09-10
The evolution of eyesight, how not to disrupt animal flight, and immunotherapies in cancer treatment. Biologists Michael Bok and Cecilia Nilsson, along with medical researcher Paul Bourgine, have been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant to further study these topics. Michael Bok, researcher, Lund Vision Group:Can you describe your research?I study the evolution of eyes and visual system
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/three-lund-university-researchers-awarded-major-eu-grant - 2026-09-10
A rare discovery of the book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium by astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus has been made at the Lund University Library in Sweden. The book had seemingly been hiding in plain sight for over 100 years, and was only discovered when over 800,000 library catalog cards were digitised. ”This is the sort of information that disappears through the centuries, but is now able to be d
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/rare-copy-copernicus-book-found-lund-university - 2026-09-10
When the late summer sun falls over Ireland’s Wicklow Mountains, the slopes turn purple with blooming heather. Honeybees are moved to the heathlands for the sought-after heather honey, but their presence affects wild bumblebees. An Irish-Swedish research team has shown in a new study that wild bumblebees change their behaviour and are smaller in size when the number of beehives increases. The rese
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/honeybees-crowd-out-bumblebees-even-flower-rich-heathlands - 2026-09-10
A fingerprint has been found in the tars used to build the oldest known wooden plank boat in Scandinavia, which provides a direct link to the seaborne raiders who used the boat over 2,000 years ago. By analysing the tar itself, Lund University researchers are closer to solving the long-standing mystery of where the attackers in the boat came from. In the 4th century BC, an armada of boats attacked
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fingerprint-ancient-seafarer-found-scandinavias-oldest-plank-boat - 2026-09-10
Red-backed shrikes fly thousands of kilometres to reach Africa – and they do so with astonishing precision. Aided by new technology, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have been able to track the birds’ journeys in detail. It turns out that they may have a more complex genetic migration programme than researchers have previously been able to show. “We can now follow a bird’s location through
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-technology-reveals-migratory-birds-stunning-precision-flight - 2026-09-10
A blood biomarker yet to be used in cardiac arrest care can give a clearer picture of the extent of brain damage after a cardiac arrest. This has been shown in a large international multicentre study led by researchers at Lund University that has been published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. Worldwide, around four million people each year suffer a sudden cardiac arrest. “This will transform c
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/blood-test-reveals-prognosis-after-cardiac-arrest - 2026-09-10
Given the current warming climate, many of us have wondered if snow around Christmas time is slowly becoming a thing of the past. We asked Alex Vermeulen, Director of the ICOS Carbon Portal at Lund University, what Europeans can expect going forward. Only one thing seems certain: the weather will change in unpredictable ways, with more extreme weather likely. Around what time will Europeans experi
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/can-europeans-still-dream-about-white-christmas - 2026-09-10
Through the years, most gender norms have been challenged or changed in modern society. Yet each Christmas, a strikingly similar image of Santa Claus appears in the media and in our homes. What is is about Santa Claus that makes him immune to the criticism that other male patriarchal figures have endured? ”A lot of Swedish parents these days are very gender aware and progressive. This hasn’t seeme
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/why-we-accept-santas-traditional-masculinity - 2026-09-10
Urbanisation and a warmer climate means that more people want to swim in canals, harbours, and urban beaches. However, this means that they may swimming close to where treated wastewater and stormwater are discharged – including bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens that might make people sick. A new method tested in Sweden by Lund University, can provide both faster and more complete answers on
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/contaminated-bathing-water-easier-detect - 2026-09-10
The institution of the university as we know it today emerged during the Middle Ages and has survived shifts in forms of government and economic systems, wars and periods of unrest. But how sustainable is the university system? Professor of History Johan Östling foresees great changes to come, and underlines the need for universities to protect their autonomy while they can. In today’s democracies
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/university-thousand-year-old-institution-must-defend-its-freedom - 2026-09-10
A decisive, visionary leader with the ability to safeguard academic freedom. These are some of the requirements when Lund University recruits the University’s 163rd Vice-Chancellor. Fourteen points. That is the length of the list of qualifications and abilities sought when Lund University searches for a new Vice-Chancellor. The fact that the person specification has now been finalised means that t
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-requirements-when-recruiting-vice-chancellor - 2026-09-10
