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This year’s largest grant from the IngaBritt and Arne Lundberg Research Foundation goes to WCMM Fellow Vinay Swaminathan at Lund University, who has been awarded SEK 5 million for a project that aims to uncover how healthy breast tissue develops into tumours and spreads. Swaminathan’s research group studies the early stages of cancer development using advanced 3D tissue models that mimic the tumou

https://www.lbic.lu.se/article/wcmm-fellow-vinay-swaminathan-sek-5-million-ingabritt-and-arne-lundberg-research-foundation - 2026-06-25

The University is getting a new portal for support and case management, Supportcenter. More of the University's systems require strong authentication. Supportcenter: New portal for support and case management systems On 1 December, the University will launch a new portal for support and case management systems, Supportcenter. You can find the new portal at supportcenter.lu.se. The old portal will

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-news-supportcenter-launch-and-strong-authentication - 2026-06-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Chairs: Britta Ohm, Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Switzerland, Per Ståhlberg, Department of Media and Communication Studies, Södertörn University, Sweden & Vibodh Parthasarathi, Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Milia Islamia, India. VENUE: Edilrummet, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sa

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/panel-3-beyond-desirable-critical-perspectives-media-modernity - 2026-06-25

WISE (Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability) has opened two calls for the development of graduate courses and summer schools in 2024 with relevance to materials science for sustainability. The call for WISE Summer School 2024 aims to support the organisation of a one-week summer school. The summer school must be able to accommodate a minimum of 50 WISE graduate school members

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/wise-funding-call-graduate-courses-and-summer-schools - 2026-06-25

On Thursday 5 December, colleagues and friends will gather to honor and remember IIIEE staff member Anders Engberg with a memorial ceremony. Our dear colleague Anders has sadly passed away in a tragical accident. He was a cherished member of the institute, known for his kindness, willingness to always support and help out with most things in the house. His contributions went beyond his duties, cre

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/ceremony-memory-our-colleague-anders-engberg - 2026-06-25

From 1 October, the plagiarism detection tool Ouriginal (or the old Urkund) will be replaced by Inspera Originality. The function is the same: to help you as a teacher or supervisor identify similarities in students' texts. What does this mean for you?Firstly, your material will be transferred automatically to Inspera Originality, but any analyses will not.  So check any analyses that you might ne

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/were-replacing-tool-ouriginal-formerly-urkund-october - 2026-06-26

Welcome to a one-day seminar in the series 'Conversations about art and science' aimed at employees and students from all parts of Lund University. This time, representatives of a number of Swedish higher education institutions have been invited, where art and culture have been highlighted in new contexts. In addition to providing an insight into how different universities have worked to include a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/165-place-art-and-culture-swedish-universities - 2026-06-25

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.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/rare-pattern-observed-migrating-common-swifts - 2026-06-25

Social anthropologist Petra Östergren’s research rethinks prostitution policies and receives international response and praise. Her chapter "From zero-tolerance to full integration. Rethinking prostitution policies" has now been published in The Sage Handbook of Global Sexuality. According to professor Hendrik Wagenaar at Kings College in London it is a "seminal typology of prostitution policies"

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/governing-sex-work-new-way-categorizing-prostitution-policy-may-be-standard-years-come - 2026-06-25

Some time ago, I was asked, “What does Lund University want in terms of AI and research?” At first, I was a little surprised and thought, is the University to have an explicit position on this? But then I started thinking about the University’s other clearly-stated ambitions. We want to be a “world-class university,” we want to “understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.” S

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/are-we-use-ai-when-conducting-research - 2026-06-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There is nothing to indicate that sexual harassment is more common at the University than in other workplaces. However, different relationships of a dependent nature complicate the situation, such as that between doctoral student and supervisor. Few people choose to report harassment. "One of the reasons is fear of pe

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/power-hierarchies-make-it-more-difficult-curb-sexual-harassment - 2026-06-25

On Friday, 21 October, Oriana Quaglietta Bernal successfully defended her doctoral thesis, "In Her Words: Women's Accounts of Managing Drug-related Risk, Pleasure, and Stigma in Sweden". For the past five years, Oriana Quaglietta Bernal studied why women in Sweden start, continue, and sometimes stop using drugs. Her thesis explores female drug experiences and what they mean to the users; how users

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/oriana-quaglietta-bernal-successfully-defends-her-doctoral-thesis - 2026-06-25

16-19 June, 2025 Chinese globalisation both past and present has been deeply entangled in processes of global extractivism that have underpinned industrialisation and capitalist development around the world. From the 19th century gold rushes in settler colonial contexts to the contemporary global scramble for lithium, Chinese labour and capital have been key to the making of our contemporary globa

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/global-china-summer-school-2025-china-circuits-global-extractivism - 2026-06-25

From the Vice-chancellor blog: Free and creative thoughts that can be turned into words or other expressions are the basis of a democratic society. Free and creative thoughts are also the preconditions for renewal. These are my words from a previous blog and after last week’s dark events, when Russia invaded Ukraine, it has become even more important to stress this. We now have an ongoing war in E

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ukraines-cause-ours-freedom-and-democracy-are-fragile - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University researchers have developed an analytical model that can effectively detect and identify gene mutations in breast tumours. In the study, which is the largest of its kind anywhere in the world, they are now reporting results from 3,200 breast cancer patients. To assist them, they have utilised a techniqu

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-analytical-method-benefits-breast-cancer-patients - 2026-06-25

When: May 12th, 09:00 – 15:00Where: Jan Waldenströms gata 25, Malmö University, room AS:U306Lund university virus centre welcomes you to the annual 2026 virus symposium. This year's symposium consists of a broad range of virus topics and prominent speakers.09:00 Welcome 09:05 Keynote speaker; Marcus Buggert, Karolinska InstitutetBiomarker discovery in post COVID condition (PCC)09:45 Luis Sarmiento

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/2026-virology-symposium-luvc - 2026-06-25

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/workshop-citizen-engagement-climate-transition - 2026-06-25

Flower-rich verges can attract hungry bumblebees, but at the same time may pose a danger to these buzzing little insects. This is shown by a new research study from Lund University and BECC-member Sofia Blomquist. This study has investigated the role that roadside verges play for bumblebees. On the one hand, flower-rich roadside verges can be valuable as they provide habitats for plants and a food

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/floral-display-claims-lives-roads - 2026-06-25

Many employees have been experiencing problems with their email recently. Ola Dahlbäck from LDC answers questions about what the cause could be. Why have there been so many issues with email in the last few weeks? There have been three significant incidents in the last few weeks. The first two involved disruptions to the server for employees during planned upgrades where we noticed that employee e

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/are-you-having-problems-email - 2026-06-25

The University Board has decided on a Security Policy. The Policy applies to the whole University and provides guidance for how we are to work together on security issues systematically and for the long term. The Policy is part of a larger initiative to work more proactively and systematically in both the long and short term. In addition, security guidelines are being developed, along with practic

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-aiming-higher-its-security-policy - 2026-06-26