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Scientists have long tried to understand the connection between osteoarthritis, our most common joint disease, and cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and high blood pressure. Previously, it was believed that osteoarthritis simply increases the risk of cardiovascular disease due to reduced physical activity due to joint pain and obesity. But new findings suggest that something much deepe
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New results from the Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study showed an association between prolonged enterovirus infection and the development of autoimmunity to the insulin-producing pancreatic beta-cells that precedes type 1 diabetes (T1D). Notably, researchers also found that early adenovi
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/unexpected-viral-behavior-linked-type-1-diabetes-high-risk-children - 2026-07-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At what age are you considered old at work? Are you old when you are 48? Why do some people seem as if they never to want to retire, while others would not dream of working beyond 65? Kerstin Nilsson’s research concerns what makes us thrive at work and the factors that affect how long we are able, or want, to continue
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/48-considered-old-work - 2026-07-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Curiosity, openness and compassion are words to live by for Sylvia Schwaag Serger, who will become the new deputy vice-chancellor as of next year. She believes that we all have a civic duty to be proactive but must also be aware that we might, actually, be wrong. Sylvia Schwaag-Serger, new deputy vice-chancellor at Lu
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/leaving-her-comfort-zone-lund-university - 2026-07-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SRA EpiHealth has conducted an interview with board member of EpiHealth Professor Martin Englund and postdoc Andrea Dell'isola about the EpiHealth cohort, how they plan to use it in their research, and what it means to them and SRA EpiHealth. Martin has been awarded research support from SRA EpiHealth for the employme
Amanda Sjögren, whose work we have previously written about on several occasions, has now completed and had her first study published during her time as a doctoral student. Below, Amanda describes the research that she and her colleagues have conducted in the study. A significant part of osteoarthritis research is focused on deepening the understanding of the disease at the molecular level. There
https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/osteoarthritis-molecular-level-learn-more - 2026-07-23
No 52, 12 January 2026 The NAISS training team wishes everyone a Happy New YearWelcome to the first NAISS training newsletter of the new year 2026. In this edition we list training events from NAISS and other sources which we expect to be of interest to the NAISS community. Our events aimed at new users have been bundled into the NAISS introduction training week from 2 - 6 February. The week
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-5 - 2026-07-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Having children has major long-term effects on mothers’ salaries. This has been shown in a study from the Lund University in Sweden, by using data from some 20 000 women undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment in Denmark. The first child causes the greatest impact on salary, while the effects of a second chi
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/having-your-first-child-will-cost-you-study-finds - 2026-07-23
On June 5, the Sociology of Law Department at Lund University organised the first Central Asian Law project seminar. It featured four Central Asian guest researchers who presented work relating to cultural studies, cultural branding, and corruption. Central Asian Law is a four-year research project involving six EU universities and partners from each of the five Central Asian countries. The aim is
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/culture-and-corruption-focus-first-central-asian-law-seminar - 2026-07-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a new book, sociologist Lisa Flower shows how lawyers manage their emotions in the courtroom, where emotional displays traditionally are unwelcomed. People practicing and studying law often ignore the role emotions play in court. The idea is that feelings disturb the rationality that is the judicial discipline’s fo
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/uncovering-obscure-emotional-labour-law-practitioners - 2026-07-23
Stina Vikingson is a career adviser at the Career Services at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM). Here are her five best pieces of advice on how to succeed as a student on the networking platform Linkedin. Make your headline unique and less genericBeing a ”Student at Lund University” doesn’t say very much; rather try to emphasise who you are and what skills you have! This i
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/five-tips-how-make-most-linkedin - 2026-07-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In late October, Lund University arranged a follow-up seminar in Rwanda on children’s rights at school. Some 30 representatives from the school sector in six different countries in West and East Africa participated and presented change projects that they have been working on with professional supervision for almost a
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-helps-strengthen-school-pupils-rights-africa-1 - 2026-07-23
It will be Oskar Jonsson who will be SWEAH's researcher with collaborative assignment of 20 percent this year. The completely new assignment includes collaborating within the welfare and community building sector, with politicians, interest organisations, business and the media - both nationally and internationally. The goal is to strengthen the conditions for translating research results from SWE
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/he-contributes-research-reaching-practice - 2026-07-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Strong external pressure is needed to stop the violence between Israel and Hamas, which has harvested immense humanitarian suffering on both sides. And it must happen quickly, according to Peace and conflict researcher Lisa Strömbom. The UN warns of full-scale war if the ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas cont
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israel-palestine-conflict-external-pressure-needed-bring-parties-negotiating-table - 2026-07-23
No 43, 21 June 2025 The NAISS training team hopes you had a good summer break and feel refreshed for the autumn term.In this newsletter we advertise a wide variety of NAISS training events, scheduled for the beginning of the autumn term.An overview on our events is available on the NAISS website:OverviewNAISS trainingOn-site workshop: "Awk Workshop", Uppsala, 28-29 August, 2025Online training semi
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter - 2026-07-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At the turn of the year, Björn Badersten and Lisa Strömbom will take up their respective posts as head and assistant head of the Department of Political Science, respectively. They were both unanimously elected by the staff in mid-October, in an election held once every three years. Björn Badersten was previously assi
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/continued-academic-freedom-guiding-light-new-leadership - 2026-07-23
The 32nd batch of our EMP programme (Master in Environmental Management and Policy) has arrived! They now begin their journey at the IIIEE. The group consists of 33 students from various parts of the world including Indonesia, China, Germany, Finland, Thailand, India, US, Italy, Lithuania, Denmark, France, Korea, Brazil, Austria, Belgium, Hungary, UK, Sweden, South Africa and Ireland. Together th
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-batch-32-our-emp-programme - 2026-07-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Hildur Fjóla Antonsdóttir co-wrote an article with Halla Gunnarsdóttir, who is the head of policy and partnerships for the newly founded “Women’s Equality party” in UK. In the article they discuss if and how the Nordic countries have something to offer UK in terms of the quest for justice for victim-survivors of sexua
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/antonsdottir-justice-victim-survivors-sexual-violence - 2026-07-23
