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New research results now published from Lund University’s MASAI trial are even better than the initial findings from last year: AI-supported breast screening detected 29 per cent more cases of cancer compared with traditional screening. More invasive cancers were also clearly detected at an early stage using AI. Now the final part of the research study will focus on breast cancer missed by screeni
Higher dose cohort initiated after positive early safety evaluation in Parkinson's therapy. After a positive initial safety evaluation, the pioneering STEM-PD clinical trial has advanced to higher dose testing. STEM-PD is a first-in-human clinical trial testing a new investigational therapy for Parkinson’s disease aimed at replacing the dopamine cells lost to the disease with healthy ones derived
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/update-stem-pd-clinical-trial-stem-cell-based-transplant-parkinsons-disease - 2026-08-13
Art and culture help us to understand society and ourselves. Lund University, with its artistic and cultural knowledge formation, has a key role to play in this. A new Cultural Council has now been formed to act both as a forum for ideas and a discussion partner in this work. “There are entirely new, fresh eyes that see our cultural richness, that see opportunities and connections associated with
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-cultural-council-stimulates-cultural-dialogue - 2026-08-13
Have you noticed that when scientists are asked whether or not a particular extreme weather event is due to climate change, they usually respond with something like "It fits the pattern, but we can't say for sure that this particular event is worse because of climate change"? Weather attribution is a new phenomenon that is changing this. Climate scientist Wilhelm May at Lund University helps us ge
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/weather-attribution-climate-scientist-wilhelm-may-helps-us-get-grips-concept - 2026-08-13
Simon Boas, who wrote a candid account of living with cancer, passed away on July 15 at the age of 47. In a recent BBC interview, the former aid worker told the reporter: “My pain is under control and I’m terribly happy – it sounds weird to say, but I’m as happy as I’ve ever been in my life.”It may seem odd that a person could be happy as the end draws near, but in my experience as a clinical psyc
https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/why-are-some-people-happy-when-they-are-dying - 2026-08-13
This year, the Swedish University Pitch Competition was held for the first time for students engaged in finance associations at Swedish universities. The Lund University Finance Society, LINC, both hosted the competition and won first prize with one of their participating teams. Hello Ture Eknor, President of LINC! Can you tell us about the Swedish University Pitch Competition?“It all started with
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/finance-society-linc-hosted-new-competition-won-first-prize - 2026-08-14
Obesity is a common cause of diabetes, heart disease and early death, but risk differs greatly from one person to the next. In work led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden as part of the Innovative Medicine Initiative project SOPHIA, a pioneering clinical risk prediction algorithm has been developed that splits obesity into 5 separate diagnostic profiles each with contrasting health conseq
Bringing together experts from diverse fields across the university along with a number of guest researchers, the Pufendorf theme "DigiJustice: Rethinking Digital Inequalities and Human Rights in the Age of AI" will showcase an interdisciplinary approach to digital justice and shaping an inclusive future. Co-led by Miranda Kajtazi, Associate professor in informatics, and Lena Halldenius, Professor
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/digijustice-interdisciplinary-approach-digital-equality - 2026-08-13
The new research project, “Socioeconomic Segregation - The Impact of Neighborhoods, Schools and Policy Across the Life Course”, aims to establish a research environment involving health economists, education and labour market economists, geographers, and demographers, among others. We spoke about the new project with project leader Martin Dribe, director of the Centre for Economic Demography and p
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-project-explores-socioeconomic-segregation-then-and-now - 2026-08-14
Lund University sociology student Julia Grahn is among those who receive learning support. She is deaf and is provided with sign-language interpretation during her studies. Cilla Riber Alm is one of the sign-language interpreters who work with deaf students at the University. LUM has spoken to both of them. “In all educational situations, such as lectures, seminars and group work, I have access to
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-studies-depend-interpretation - 2026-08-14
HALLÅ DÄR. Ett samarbete mellan Lunds universitet och Kungsskolan i Örkelljunga har gett fina resultat både i klassrummet och i nationella och internationella mattetävlingar. Projektet leds av Sara Maad Sasane, lektor vid Matematikcentrum – en eldsjäl som vill att fler ungdomar ska upptäcka hur kul det är med matte. Genom återkommande träffar får högstadieelever arbeta med matematik på en mer avan
https://www.lthin.lth.se/artikel/2026/matematik-ska-byggas-utav-gladje - 2026-08-13
A FORTE-funded interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder project exploring how digitalisation reshapes migrants’ access to work and inclusion in Sweden. On the 5th of September, the Digital Navigation (Dig-Nav) project held its kick-off event at Media Evolution in Malmö. The project is led by Dr. Deniz Neriman Duru, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Lund University, who received 8 mi
När Liesbeth van Heel ansluter till Temat Framtidens hälsolandskap vid Pufendorfinstitutet, gör hon det med en ovanlig kombination av lång praktisk erfarenhet och forskning. Liesbeth har tillbringat mer än tre decennier vid Erasmus University Medical Centre i Rotterdam, och hennes väg in i forskningen har vuxit fram direkt ur praktiken. Den här intervjun genomfördes under hennes vistelse i Lund i
https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/fran-praktik-till-forskning-mot-international-fellow-liesbeth-van-heel - 2026-08-13
Musikhögskolans universitetslektor i sång, Elisabeth Melander, och Karin Bengmark är aktuella med boken ”Se sångaren: inte bara ett struphuvud” som riktar sig till sångare och pedagoger. – Sång är mer än teknik – det är ett möte mellan röst, kropp och själ, beskriver Elisabeth Melander. I den nya boken, ”Se sångaren: inte bara ett struphuvud”, delar Elisabeth Melander och Karin Bengmark med
https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/sang-ar-ett-mote-mellan-rost-kropp-och-sjal - 2026-08-13
Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete has been a doctoral student at Malmö Academy of Music since September 2020 and will soon be defending his dissertation project “Plastic Extension of Music” (22 May 2025). Part of his doctoral defence is a large exhibition that will take place at IAC (16–23 May 2025). What is your dissertation project about?My research is called “Plastic Extension of Music” and it's quite
Musikhögskolans universitetslektor i sång, Elisabeth Melander, och Karin Bengmark är aktuella med boken ”Se sångaren: inte bara ett struphuvud” som riktar sig till sångare och pedagoger. – Sång är mer än teknik – det är ett möte mellan röst, kropp och själ, beskriver Elisabeth Melander. I den nya boken, ”Se sångaren: inte bara ett struphuvud”, delar Elisabeth Melander och Karin Bengmark med
https://www.mhm.lu.se/artikel/sang-ar-ett-mote-mellan-rost-kropp-och-sjal - 2026-08-13
