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Three researchers from Lund University in Sweden have been awarded grants by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation totalling SEK 87 million for research on the semiconductors for the future, our immunological memory and next-generation immunotherapies. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has awarded SEK 835 million in grants to 30 projects in medicine, the natural sciences and engineering

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/three-lund-researchers-awarded-knut-and-alice-wallenberg-foundation-grants - 2026-10-07

Mikael has been investigating the influence of cellular heterogeneity in ontogeny, ageing and leukemia. In this interview, he tells us about his time as a PhD student in the group of Stem Cells and Leukemia at Lund Stem Cell Center. He defends his thesis on the 16th of December. What have you been working with during your PhD studies? My PhD project was aimed at resolving cellular heterogeneity wi

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-mikael-sommarin-0 - 2026-10-09

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) fund excellent research and innovation. This March, the MSCA awarded €242m to the 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowships applicants – among them, a researcher from Lund University, Camila Vazquez Echegaray, aiming to uncover regulators of plasticity in cell fate decision. The MSCA are the EU’s flagship funding programme for doctoral education and postdoctoral train

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/msca-postdoctoral-fellowship-awarded-camila-vazquez-echegaray - 2026-10-09

By describing his research as a battle between good and evil and likening himself to a hacker who attacks cancer cells to make them kind, PhD student Luís Oliveira took home the win in this year's Research Grand Prix. It is a competition in presentation technique for researchers, and it was held in front of an audience of almost 400 students at Helsingborg's Stadsteater on 1 October. In November,

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/he-won-regional-heat-researcher-grand-prix-now-heading-national-contest-stockholm - 2026-10-09

On June 26, CMES organised two panels in Almedalen on global water resources and the Israel Palestine conflict. Israel Palestine - an unsolvable conflict?June 26, 2024 What are the long-term consequences of the war? How can destructive spirals of violence be prevented in the future? What are the opportunities and obligations of the international community to get involved and protect the civilian p

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-almedalen-2024 - 2026-10-09

Is it possible to convert a patient’s own skin cells into functioning nerve cells? Or insert healthy genes to reprogram the cells of a damaged brain? Stem cell researcher Malin Parmar at Lund University in Sweden is studying these types of issues, in close collaboration with clinical researchers. She is now awarded a prize of SEK 100 000 from the Eric K. Fernström Foundation for her work. Every ye

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/stem-cell-researcher-receives-fernstrom-prize - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Geologist Charlotte Sparrenbom could be called a water detective. In her research, she searches for facts about underground water and its age in order to investigate and minimise the risk of pollution in groundwater. She is very concerned about insufficient monitoring of water quality by Swedish authorities. Senior le

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/water-detective - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We are experiencing a minor revolution with the growth of big data, according to Professor of Mathematics Magnus Fontes at LTH. He therefore recently took the initiative to establish the Centre for Mathematical Modelling, to gather the University’s expertise in big data modelling and calculations. The idea is that les

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-experiencing-minor-revolution - 2026-10-09

Nordic and Andean countries started their economic modernisation in the same way: with export of raw natural resources. Later on, Norway and Sweden became rich, while Bolivia, Chile and Peru followed a quite different path. What made them diverge from the common road? Different fiscal policies may be one of the reasons, new research from Lund University suggests. In the mid-19th century, Norway ex

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/resource-curse-new-light-research-findings-fiscal-policy-andean-and-nordic-countries - 2026-10-07

Lund, Sweden – 28 August 2026The MOCCA (Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia) and POLCA (The Political Economy of Legal and Governance Reform in Non-Western Societies: Insights from Central Asia) projects convened a research seminar at Lund University on 28 August 2026 to examine academic freedom, anti-corruption reform, and citizen self-government in Central Asia. The event explored a

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/mocca-and-polca-seminar-academic-corruption-and-public-administration-central-asia - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The transition of the salary and human resources administration to the National Government Service Centre (SSC) is not painless. After just over four months, uncertainty still prevails among administrative staff and managers about processing cases through Primula. “We are happy to come and help people out where there

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hr-director-promises-help-tricky-salary-payments-0 - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The University will hold its first Future Week in October. It is to become an annual event in which researchers from the entire University will offer the general public lectures, panel discussions and debates intended to stimulate reflection about major future issues. The theme for this year’s week is adaptations – wh

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/future-starts-october-0 - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Kevin Anderson is one of the leading experts in the world on climate change and has written a number of articles on the urgency for action. On April 10 & 11 he is visiting Lund. On Monday April 10, Kevin Anderson will hold a lecture at the public library in Lund from 18.00 to 19.30: Mitigation – but how fast

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-researcher-kevin-anderson-visits-lund-april-10-and-11 - 2026-10-07

Regeringen har utsett tre nya ledamöter i Klimatpolitiska rådet. En av dem är Anna Maria Jönsson, professor vid institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemanalys vid Lunds universitet och vice koordinator i BECC. (In English below) Grattis, Anna Maria Jönsson, till det nya uppdraget. Vilken expertis bidrar du med i Klimatpolitiska rådet?– Min forskning handlar om klimateffekter på skogliga ekosy

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/anna-maria-jonsson-utsedd-till-ledamot-i-klimatpolitiska-radet - 2026-10-09

In the autumn of 2026, Lund University will launch a new international one-year Master's programme at Campus Helsingborg: Innovation and Societal Change. The programme is aimed at students who want to understand and influence how innovation can help address today’s major societal challenges – from climate change to social inequality. “Our society, both locally and globally, is facing multiple and

https://www.circle.lu.se/article/new-masters-programme-innovation-and-societal-change - 2026-10-09

Moonlight determines when the red-necked nightjar feeds, migrates and raises its young. A groundbreaking long-term study from Lund University shows how the migratory bird’s entire annual cycle follows the moon’s rhythm. “… the lovely, melancholy moonlight, which makes the birds dream in the trees…”The French poet Paul Verlaine was seemingly wrong in his famous poem Clair de Lune. Moonlight does no

https://www.science.lu.se/article/nocturnal-migratory-birds-follow-rhythm-moon - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Compared with other migratory birds, the common swift follows a very unusual pattern when it migrates from the breeding areas in Europe to its wintering locations south of the Sahara. This is what researchers have observed in a major eleven-year international study of the birds. “Our study is very significant for unde

https://www.science.lu.se/article/rare-pattern-observed-migrating-common-swifts - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sixty-six million years ago, a gigantic celestial body crashed to Earth on the Yucatán peninsula, forming a crater 200 kilometres across. The impact plunged Earth into darkness and killed off the dinosaurs. Now, researchers from Lund University in Sweden, among others, are analysing drill cores from the crater to reco

https://www.science.lu.se/article/drill-cores-mexican-crater-provide-new-knowledge-about-dinosaurs-extinction - 2026-10-09

Care and circular consumption, can they go hand in hand? For some, it’s what drives their consumption of items and clothes. Réka Tölg, a doctoral student at the Department of Service Studies, has recently published two papers on the topic of clothing consumption, circularity and care, one by herself and one with fellow Service Studies colleague Professor Christian Fuentes. These papers focus on ho

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/care-strategy-marketing-and-circularity - 2026-10-09

In the autumn of 2026, Lund University will launch a new international one-year Master's programme at Campus Helsingborg: Innovation and Societal Change. The programme is aimed at students who want to understand and influence how innovation can help address today’s major societal challenges – from climate change to social inequality. “Our society, both locally and globally, is facing multiple and

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/new-masters-programme-innovation-and-societal-change - 2026-10-09