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Drylands are often portrayed as hotspots for climate-driven conflict, but this narrative risks oversimplifying their complex realities. In a new article in Cambridge Prisms: Drylands, CMES researcher Lina Eklund critically examines the climate-conflict link in Syria. Read the article here (External link)AbstractDrylands account for a disproportionate share of the world’s armed conflicts, a pattern

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/drylands-frontlines-adaptation-shift-away-climate-conflict-narrative - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Eva Schömer has authored the article "Sweden, a Society of Covert Racism: Equal from the Outside: Everyday Racism and Ethnic Discrimination in Swedish Society” in Oñati Socio-legal Series. Abstract:    Sweden is widely considered to have one of the most equal and gender-equal societies in the world. But the Swedish so

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/schomer-covert-racism - 2026-07-07

Genom avancerad spektroskopi har forskare i Lund lyckats detaljstudera atmosfären hos en extrem exoplanet belägen 322 ljusår från jorden. Den nya kunskapen om den Jupiterliknande planetens skållheta gashölje är viktig när det kommer till att förstå mer jordlika planeter. WASP-189b är en mycket extrem planet utanför vårt solsystem med en dagstemperatur på 3200 grader. Planeten ligger mycket nära si

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/exotisk-cocktail-i-extrem-exoplanets-atmosfar - 2026-07-07

Our PhD course “Generic knowledge and skills – portfolio” is undergoing improvements, to be implemented February 1st. Olga Göransson, course leader, has led the changes: “The aim is to make the workflow and outcomes more logical and examination more uniform.” At the Faculty of Medicine, “the portfolio” is short for the mandatory PhD course “Generic knowledge and skills – portfolio”. Throughout the

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/simplified-portfolio-phd-students-say-hello-generic-knowledge-and-skills-20 - 2026-07-07

Markus Grillitsch has been appointed Professor in Economic Geography at Lund University in a solemn ceremony upholding tradition with robes, speeches and music. His research focuses on regional development and people's living conditions, with a particular interest in factors that affect quality of life and well-being. The ceremony was held in the grand hall of the Main University Building where th

https://www.circle.lu.se/article/markus-grillitsch-appointed-professor-lund-university - 2026-07-07

CMES researcher Lisa Strömbom has co-authored the article "The Abraham Accords’ implications for peace in the Middle East" together with Anders Persson (Linnaeus University) published (in Swedish) in Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift. English Title "The Abraham Accords’ implications for peace in the Middle East" Swedish Title "Abrahamavtalens implikationer för fred i Mellanöstern" English Abstract The A

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/abraham-accords-and-peace-middle-east - 2026-07-07

Climathon is a hackathon for climate solution that is organized simultaneously in over 100 city’s all around the world. Climate-KIC@LU organized Climathon in Lund on the 25-29th of October. The 5 day event was a great success with over 50 participants. All most as many experts, staff, jury members, workshop leaders and others helped the participants out in creating the climate solutions of the fut

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2021-0 - 2026-07-07

Personlighet och sociala relationer har större betydelse för välbefinnandet än faktorer som inkomst. Detta visar en ny stor studie om svenskars välbefinnande. Resultaten bekräftar också att det finns en tydlig generationsskillnad, där yngre vuxna tydligt rapporterar lägre välbefinnande än äldre – ett skifte som började under pandemin. Forskarna har analyserat svar från över 34 000 representativa s

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/ny-studie-varfor-mar-vissa-svenskar-battre-andra - 2026-07-07

Dealing with heat is about more than implementing technical solutions such as cold rooms, access to water, green areas and communication systems. Equally, if not more, important is to strengthen social networks, reduce income disparities and eliminate social vulnerability. Sustainability researcher Maryam Nastar comments on the heat wave in Canada and North America based on her research on extreme

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/reduced-inequality-and-better-social-networks-crucial-dealing-heatwaves - 2026-07-07

The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, IIIEE, is taking the lead on open, month-long online courses, known as MOOCs. The investment in MOOCs has been quite a success. In recent years, every sixth student has stated that the online courses influenced them to apply for one of the IIIEE’s traditional courses or programmes. That MOOCs attract students to study programmes i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/moocs-more-popular-during-pandemic - 2026-07-07

Psychiatric and cognitive symptoms emerge at an early stage in Huntington’s disease. However, research so far has mainly focused on movement impairment, a symptom associated with the more advanced stages of the disease. A new study from Lund University in Sweden now shows that the emotional brain - the limbic system - is affected earlier in the course of the disease, and should therefore be given

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-study-puts-focus-early-symptoms-huntingtons-disease - 2026-07-07

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 - 2026-07-07

Feng Zhang, professor at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard visited Lund University at the beginning of March to deliver the annual honorary lecture organised by the Royal Physiographic and Mendelian Societies in Lund.   Listen to the interview and hear more about why Feng Zhang wants to introduce a moratorium on genetically-modified babies and where Malin Parmar hopes her stem cell research w

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/honorary-lecturer-feng-zhang-crispr-research-treasure-hunt-nature - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Feng Zhang, professor at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard visited Lund University at the beginning of March to deliver the annual honorary lecture organised by the Royal Physiographic and Mendelian Societies in Lund. First published: 2019-05-26Listen to the interview and hear more about why Feng Zhang wants to i

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/honorary-lecturer-feng-zhang-crispr-research-treasure-hunt-nature - 2026-07-07

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/mapping-lacustrine-algal-blooms-globally - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The ongoing deforestation around the fringes of the Amazon may have serious consequences for the untouched deeper parts of the rainforest. A new research study shows that it is not only the climate that is adversely affected by deforestation. In fact, the very stability of the ecosystem in the entire Amazon region is

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/deforestation-amazon-basin-could-disrupt-distant-rainforest-remote-climate-connection - 2026-07-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Ett nytt antikroppstest vid covid-19 som utvecklats av forskare vid Lunds universitet har visat hög prestanda i kliniska tester och tillämpning. Antikropparna som mäts är kopplade till det så kallade spikeproteinet (S-protein) hos SARS-CoV-2-viruset, som orsakar covid-19, och testet visar på 15 minuter om en person

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/nytt-och-sakert-snabbtest-antikroppar-mot-covid-19 - 2026-07-07

23 mars genomfördes Agora-dagen på Campus Helsingborg, en arbetsmarknadsdag som arrangeras av studenter för studenter med fokus på de som läser service management och strategisk kommunikation. Som en årlig tradition innebar Agoradagen möjlighet att träffa alumner och höra vad de gjort sedan examen. – Jag fick faktiskt upp ögonen för Academic work här på Agoradagen för ett par år sedan. Vi är idag

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/besok-fran-service-management-alumner-under-karriarmassa - 2026-07-07

IUR-konsortiet (Inter-University Research Consortium) höll i förra veckan sitt andra fysiska möte i Sydafrika där fakulteter från University of KwaZulu Natal i Sydafrika, University of Denver i USA samt Lunds och Umeå universitet i Sverige deltog för att etablera ett långsiktigt nätverks- och innovationssamarbete IUR-konsortiets övergripande uppdrag är att skapa möjligheter för forskning, mentorsk

https://www.cepi.lu.se/artikel/university-kwazulu-natal-i-sydafrika-bjuder-till-samarbete-over-granserna - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The forest investigation recently submitted to the Swedish government gives suggestions on creating synergies between international and national commitments on biodiversity and a growing circular bioeconomy. A new report by CEC researchers concludes that forests and forestry also play multiple, key roles for climate c

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/forestry-plays-key-role-swedens-climate-change-mitigation - 2026-07-07