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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In Chichigalpa, Nicaragua, almost half of all male deaths are attributable to a mysterious kidney disease. In El Salvador, it the second most common cause of death among men. In Sri Lanka, it is believed to have caused about 25 000 deaths over the past decade. Working in heat is a common factor, so the problem is expe

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/heat-exhaustion-behind-mysterious-kidney-disease - 2026-07-23

This research focuses on the assessment process in queer asylum claims in Greece. The defence took place at the Faculty of Social Science's campus in Lund on Monday, May 25. Sophia Zisakou has studied what makes queerness credible or incredible in the Greek asylum system. To be granted asylum, queer asylum seekers must prove to migration authorities that they are queer or risk deportation. Zisakou

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/sophia-zisakou-defends-her-thesis-become-doctor-sociology-law - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.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 - 2026-07-23

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/now-easier-researchers-do-things-correctly - 2026-07-24

During his Ph.D. studies, Alexander Svanbergsson has established a modelling system to screen for factors affecting the aggregation of alpha-synuclein in Parkinson’s disease. On the 3rd of December, it is time for him to defend his work supervised by Prof. Jia-Yi Li. Now, Alexander tells us about his research in the research group Neural Plasticity and Repair at MultiPark. What is your research ab

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-alexander-svanbergsson - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUM asked a handful of employees this question after almost a year of working from home. Several of them spoke about putting on some extra weight, more TV and less exercise – but they were not too keen on putting their face to that in LUM... However, another group of employees told us about their new and creative ways

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-your-body-feeling-and-how-your-training-going - 2026-07-23

18 oktober blev det firande på institutionen när det var dags för spikningsceremoni. Doktorand Aurimas Pumputis fick spika sin doktorsavhandling, ”Trust and Control on P2P platforms: A sociomaterial analysis of guest-host relationships in digital environments”. Aurimas ska försvara sin avhandling under disputationen den 8e november. – Min avhandling handlar om turism, särskilt involvering av tekn

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/aurimas-pumputis-spikade-sin-avhandling - 2026-07-23

Hållbarhetsveckan 2026 bjöd på ett intensivt och välbesökt program när Lund fylldes av samtal, möten och aktiviteter med fokus på hållbar utveckling. Under sex dagar anordnades 73 programpunkter med mer än 4000 besökare. De många programpunkterna organiserades av ett ännu större antal engagerade arrangörer från både Lunds universitet och Lunds kommun. Det breda deltagandet och det starka engageman

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/4000-besokare-nar-hallbarhetsveckan-fyllde-10-ar - 2026-07-24

Choosing what to study is not always easy. Mohamad, a student on the Swedish Bachelor’s Programme in Business and Economics (Ekonomie kandidatprogrammet) at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM), recommends exploring the subjects included in the programme and the opportunities to specialise in the areas you find most interesting. Mohamad became interested in business administr

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/natural-science-business-administration-mohamad-found-his-path-lusem - 2026-07-24

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. - This was the best alumni conference yet. We had a great programme, created by and for alumni and students, a good turnout and amazing weather, says LUMES Student Coordinator Amanda Elgh.Last week, 160 alumni and students from countries such as Germany, Ecuador, Greece, the US, India and Ethiopia came together for a

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lumes-master-programme-celebrates-20-years-conference-sunny-lund - 2026-07-23

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-gps-system-microorganisms-could-revolutionise-police-work - 2026-07-23

Fredrik Nilsson defended his Ph.D. thesis on May 10, 2023. For the last four years, he has explored the use of patient-specific cells in cell replacement therapy for Parkinson's disease to identify strategies to safeguard these transplanted cells from disease-related degeneration. Now, he tells us about his findings, their potential implications for future therapies, and valuable insights and advi

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/cell-replacement-therapy-parkinsons-disease-phd-interview-fredrik-nilsson - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUMES student, Hanna Geschewski, has just come back to Sweden after she was temporarily stranded in Nepal during fieldwork for her thesis. In this interview, she reflects on the impact of the corona outbreak on her own studies, and on the society in Nepal, where the socio-economic consequences of global and national m

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/reflections-corona-pandemic-lumes-student-hanna-geschewski - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUMES student, Hanna Geschewski, has just come back to Sweden after she was temporarily stranded in Nepal during fieldwork for her thesis. In this interview, she reflects on the impact of the corona outbreak on her own studies, and on the society in Nepal, where the socio-economic consequences of global and national m

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/interview-lumes-student-hanna-geschewski-about-impact-corona-pandemic-nepal - 2026-07-23

Even though childhood cancer is rare, it affects around 350 children and adolescents under the age of 18 each year in Sweden. That is almost one child every day. Due to improved treatment, 80 per cent of these children survive their cancer. Why do children develop cancer? That mystery has yet to be solved. Children suffer from other types of cancer than adults and the determining factor is the gen

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/high-survival-rate-after-childhood-cancer-what-cost - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. With the enormous pressure on the Swedish health care system during the ongoing pandemic, researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center are helping battle Covid-19. In response to the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in the south of Sweden, researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center have been working at Lund University Hospit

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/researchers-help-fight-against-covid-19 - 2026-07-23

They come from different academic disciplines but have all ended up at the Centre for Economic Demography at Lund University. Join Ingrid van Dijk, Finn Hedefalk and Björn Eriksson in a conversation about the conditions for early-career researchers, learning from senior colleagues, and passing the torch on. “One of the most enjoyable parts of our work is learning from others.” These words belong t

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/knowledge-transfer-way-forward-early-career-researchers - 2026-07-23

Since its foundation, the WCMM research school has encouraged young scientists to exchange ideas and foster collaborations while keeping up with the latest techniques. Delving into its origins, coordinators Paul Bourgine and Nick Leigh reflect on the genesis of the WCMM Research School. As this year marks the fifth anniversary of the WCMM Research School, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on t

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-research-school-origins-and-evolution - 2026-07-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Det luktar ljuvligt från köket i lägenheten hemma hos Louise Brunkwall, som forskar på tarmbakterier och är näringsfysiolog. Idag blir det pasta och grönsakssås till lunch. Städningen inför intervjun med LUM har gjort att hon inte längre hittar i köksskåpen: – I vanliga fall är det alltid någon form av kaos här! säg

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/hjalp-kroppen-overlista-reptilhjarnan - 2026-07-23

When Quick Bites for Researchers launched in spring 2025, it began as an experiment — an attempt to open up a new and informal channel between researchers and the library’s expertise. One year on, librarians Fredrik Larsson and Anja Zimmerman can look back at an initiative that not only survived its first year, but is now ramping up.“We wanted to find a simple, low-threshold way to support researc

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/librarys-quick-bites-researchers-continues-grow-new-topics - 2026-07-23