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The Nature Medicine Commission on Data-Driven Obesity Management will bring together global experts and datasets to tackle the growing burden of obesity-related noncommunicable diseases through data-driven decision support. “Our goal is to generate evidence that supports better and more equitable care for people living with obesity worldwide,” says the Commission Chair and Professor Paul Franks at
A recent publication by MultiPark researchers at Lund University’s Lund Stem Cell Center gives a closer look at the making of a novel stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s Disease, STEM-PD, which has been approved for a Phase I/IIa clinical trial in Europe. Parkinson's Disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects almost 8 million people worldwide, causing movement difficulties due to the loss
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/closer-look-making-novel-stem-cell-therapy-parkinsons-disease - 2026-06-27
The Nature Medicine Commission on Data-Driven Obesity Management will bring together global experts and datasets to tackle the growing burden of obesity-related noncommunicable diseases through data-driven decision support. “Our goal is to generate evidence that supports better and more equitable care for people living with obesity worldwide,” says the Commission Chair and Professor Paul Franks at
On Monday, the Departments of Sociology and Psychology in Lund welcomed eight psychologists and university teachers from Ukraine. The visit centred on issues of mental recovery after work in war‑affected areas and included exchanges on research, academic practice and professional collaboration. Recovery and international exchangeThe visit to Lund University was part of a non-profit initiative for
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/ukrainian-psychologists-and-university-teachers-visit-lund-university - 2026-06-27
During two snowy half-days, we organised the conference Ett LU för alla (One LU for everyone) at Stadshallen in Lund. Approximately 110 participants listened to presentations on accessibility and inclusion in teaching and work. The presentations were given by teachers, researchers, students and representatives from the world of work. You can read more about the various presentations in the link be
https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/summaries-ett-lu-for-alla-one-lu-for-everyone-2025 - 2026-06-27
Lund University is now launching the recruitment process for the position of deputy vice-chancellor for the term of office beginning on 1 January 2027. The University Board approved the person specification on 27 April. Work is currently underway to recruit the Vice-Chancellor of Lund University, whose term will begin on 1 January 2027. However, it is not only the Vice-Chancellor’s term of office
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/person-specification-deputy-vice-chancellor-lund-university-decided - 2026-06-27
The COP climate meetings are organised in a way that benefits richer and larger countries at the expense of smaller and poorer countries, according to a new study from Lund University and the University of Leeds. The study also labels the participating countries as either Radicals, Opportunists, Hypocrites or Evaders. Every year, the UN organises its global climate change Conference of the Parties
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/un-climate-meetings-organised-way-benefits-richer-larger-countries - 2026-06-27
Lund University is now launching the recruitment process for the position of deputy vice-chancellor for the term of office beginning on 1 January 2027. The University Board approved the person specification on 27 April. Work is currently underway to recruit the Vice-Chancellor of Lund University, whose term will begin on 1 January 2027. However, it is not only the Vice-Chancellor’s term of office
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/person-specification-deputy-vice-chancellor-decided - 2026-06-28
A new study, published in the scientific journal PLOS One, reveals that a culture of silence surrounds sexual harassment in universities. The study was based on the supporting documents collected for the 2019-2020 Tellus report. The study, which ran from 2019-2020, was conducted via surveys sent to all staff and students at Lund University; the response rate was around one third in both groups. Th
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/study-reveals-culture-silence-around-sexual-harassment - 2026-06-28
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By adopting methods used by activist citizen movements, municipal level politics can become more inclusive and even pave the way for sustainable transformations. Mine Islar, from LUCSUS, has studied the politics of Barcelona en Comú, an activist citizen platform that came to power in the municipality of Barcelona in 2
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/citizen-activist-movements-can-invigorate-local-politics - 2026-06-27
SWEAH PhD student Pernilla Alencar Siljehag has received an invitation from Latin America's leading and largest institution in public health, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil. – The research group I am going to visit is running a gigantic population study involving six major federal universities. It is reminiscent of the SNAC study, which I am using data from here in Sweden, but in multi-form
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/traveling-and-learning-about-vulnerability-violence-and-grassroots-activism - 2026-06-27
Master’s theses that combine originality, academic excellence, and practical relevance for society’s transition are recognised with the SSCEN Sustainability Prize. The 2025 winners have now been selected by the jury: one thesis from the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) and one from the Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) at Lund University. “We are very pleased with this year’s
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/winners-sscen-sustainability-prize-masters-theses-2025 - 2026-06-28
Earlier this spring, MERGE researchers gathered in Stockholm with their European colleagues to plan the final developments of the EC-Earth4 climate model that will underpin the next report of the IPCC, expected in 2028. The EC-Earth consortium, started in 2006, is a European consortium of national meteorological services and research institutes. From its original model it has been developed in thr
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/merge-researchers-met-develop-ec-earth4-climate-model-ahead-2028-ipcc-report - 2026-06-27
A mapping conducted at Lund University shows that 40 per cent of all adults that has the disease got it at an average age of 67. Bo Hansson received his diagnosis the year before he retired during a routine visit to the Occupational Health Service. “The doctor said, ‘You have diabetes, I will prescribe you some pills.’” Today, thirteen years later, Bo and his wife Gerty receive us at their home in
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/risk-type-2-diabetes-increases-age - 2026-06-27
As 2025 gets under way, the University, and I dare say the whole higher education sector, has got off to a flying start. The reason for this flying start is, of course, the Research and Innovation Bill that was presented just before Christmas and has since been analysed from all angles. The analysis will continue, as the parts that are still unclear take shape in the Spring Budget or in new direct
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/flying-start-2025 - 2026-06-28
Hani Alsafadi defended his Ph.D. thesis on the 13th of February, 2023. With a longstanding interest in biomedical research and a passion for better understanding one of the least regenerative organs in the body, the lung, he has spent the past four years helping to uncover some of the mechanisms that may drive a lung disease currently without a cure, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. In this intervie
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/exploring-role-yap-and-taz-lung-epithelium-phd-interview-hani-alsafadi - 2026-06-27
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 - 2026-06-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In recent years, an increasing number of research articles have been published based on, and closely related to, digital psychiatry. The volume is now so great that it is time to gather these publications in a separate scientific journal fully dedicated to this area. So thought the journal’s editor-in-chief Jonas Eber
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/digital-psychiatry-new-scientific-journal - 2026-06-27
We are now about a third of the way through the EU framework programme for research and innovation – Horizon Europe (2021-2027) – and can start to see trends for which areas have been a success for Lund University and our researchers. The University’s new research strategy 2023-2026 aims to make LU Sweden’s primary participant in the EU’s framework programme, both in terms of the number of project
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/onwards-and-upwards-lund-university-eu-framework-programme - 2026-06-28
LU Business Track has been designed to speed up the development of growth companies born out of Lund University's research. Innovation is a driving force for the transition to a more sustainable society - and Skåne is one of the world's most innovative regions. At Lund University we see research results that can turn into knowledge-intensive innovations and technologies, which in turn can be the s
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/launching-lu-business-track-new-way-commercialize-research - 2026-06-28
