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During the Covid-19 pandemic, there was an unexpected increase in the number of cases of type 1 diabetes in Sweden, particularly among children under five and young adult men. The infection accelerated the onset of diabetes among children between the ages of five and nine. The researchers looked at data from a 17-year period on the incidence of type 1 diabetes among all people under the age of 30

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/type-1-diabetes-increased-among-young-people-during-pandemic - 2026-10-07

A year ago, Tina Josefson took up the position as Head of the Faculty Office at LTH. Since then, she has been committed to understanding “the big picture”, creating clarity, and building stronger structures for the future. Her work has encompassed everything from operational planning to a culture of trust, the importance of face-to-face interactions – and the role of libraries in bringing an organ

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/year-trust-transparency-and-tomato-plants - 2026-10-07

Since 24 February, nothing has been the same for Ukrainian researchers. In this urgent situation, we have been able to offer one of them a Ph.D. position. We welcome our new colleague, Nadia Kravchenko, who is eager to share her thoughts about how we may all contribute to this period to be as constructive as possible, despite the threatening circumstances. It is impossible not to be touched by the

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/welcome-our-new-phd-student-ukraine - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUM managed to sneak in an interview with Carita Håkansson before she packs her bags for a hiking trip in Greece. For the first time in many years she has the chance once more to do what she loves the most – to experience nature and landscapes on foot. Thanks to a transplant, she is living a new life. Carita Håkansson

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/she-got-new-liver-and-new-life - 2026-10-07

With the arrival of spring, bumblebee queens take their first wing beat of the season and set out to find new nesting sites. But they are flying earlier in the year, as a result of a warmer climate and a changing agricultural landscape, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. “We risk losing additional bumblebee species, and having less pollination of crops and wild plants”, says

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/earlier-take-could-lead-fewer-bumblebees-and-less-pollination - 2026-10-07

During the Covid-19 pandemic, there was an unexpected increase in the number of cases of type 1 diabetes in Sweden, particularly among children under five and young adult men. The infection accelerated the onset of diabetes among children between the ages of five and nine. The researchers looked at data from a 17-year period on the incidence of type 1 diabetes among all people under the age of 30

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/type-1-diabetes-increased-among-young-people-during-pandemic - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The TEDDY Study has increased our knowledge about what happens prior to the onset of autoimmune diabetes (type 1 diabetes) and has shown that a stomach infection can trigger coeliac disease. Lund University in Sweden has now received just over SEK 40 million from the American National Institutes of Health (NIH) to con

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/international-diabetes-study-receives-sek-40-million-continue - 2026-10-07

Jenny Palm has been appointed to the position of Director and Lena Neij, who has temporarily been managing the institute in 2021, will go back to focusing on research. Jenny holds a role as Professor in Sustainable Urban Governance at the IIIEE since 2017 and will start in her new role February 1. Fredrik Andersson, Chairman of the IIIEE board and Professor at Lund University School of Economics a

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/jenny-palm-new-director-iiiee - 2026-10-07

In March 2015, a valuable globe of Mars was stolen from the Astronomy Library. After disappearing without a trace for almost a decade, it suddenly turned up at an antique dealer in Stockholm. The astronomical treasure has finally been returned to Lund. Astronomers have been using globes to visualise moons and planets ever since the 18th century. As telescopes improved in the late 19th century, int

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mystery-stolen-mars-globe - 2026-10-08

Kan du berätta lite om ditt forskningsområde?Min forskning sträcker sig över livsspannet. Vi undersöker prevention och behandling och använder skada i led som riskfaktor för artros. Vi gör studier från unga med skada eller risk för skada till äldre med artros och har fokus på träning.Kan du berätta om dina pågående forskningsprojekt?I-PROTECT är ett projekt som handlar om att förebygga skada i led

https://www.artrosportalen.lu.se/artikel/mot-eva-ageberg - 2026-10-07

Dick Harrison is 57 years old and has written 105 books. He lectures all over the country, is a regular expert on TV and radio, runs a podcast, and writes articles for magazines and two columns a week in one of Sweden’s largest newspapers. “Teaching is my calling, though, the thing closest to my identity.” It’s winter and muddy on the drive in front of the Harrisons’ Art Nouveau villa in Åkarp. On

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dick-harrison-brand - 2026-10-08

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Two research projects at the department have been granted funding from Formas, from the announcement: "From research to practice - methods and tools". Both projects will receive approximately SEK 2 million in funding over the next three years. A model for developing and building places through human memoryElisabeth Hö

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/millions-research-place-development-and-sustainable-coastal-development - 2026-10-07

How to source inner qualities and capacities for life-long learning and transformation? In the new book, “Revolutionizing sustainability education”, LUCSUS Professor Christine Wamsler and LUMES alumni Iris Maria Hertog and Lucia Di Paola, reflect on the importance of nourishing inner qualities and capacities for supporting sustainability across individual, collective and system levels. Currently,

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-book-revolutionizing-sustainability-education - 2026-10-07

Digitalisation and AI affect us all – whether we work in research, teaching, administration or management. In order to face the future with the right tools and knowledge, we have formed an Ad hoc group to support our employees in developing their expertise in digitalisation and AI. We are launching an AI course for all staff as the semester gets underway. It is a basic course, aimed at those who a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-ad-hoc-ai-group-bolster-staff-expertise-digitalisation-and-ai - 2026-10-08

This autumn, LTH will launch the pilot course Critical Thinking and Complex Systems: Challenges and Futures. The course is aimed at students from several engineering programmes and is designed to help them work with complex issues where technical, social and sustainability-related perspectives must be considered together. The long-term ambition is for the course to become part of all engineering p

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/new-course-aims-strengthen-students-ability-address-complex-societal-challenges - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. All over the world, thousands of experts are sitting entering information about their home countries into a huge democracy database. Soon, three quarters of the world’s countries will have been entered. “In my megalomaniac moments, I usually compare the database to the CERN particle accelerator. It will be as importan

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/gigantic-database-stores-information-about-democracy-worldwide - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Really good research is often interdisciplinary”, said Kerstin Sahlin from the Swedish Research Council (VR) at a seminar in Lund on how the land lies for research funding. She wanted to debunk the myth that VR is not good at encouraging interdisciplinary projects. Quite the opposite – a working group has recently be

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/tips-funding-bodies - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 4 November there is an opportunity for researchers at Lund University to participate free of charge in the annual meeting of the Medicon Valley Alliance. Petter Hartman, CEO, talks about the benefits for both society and individual researchers when life science networks are strengthened and cooperation flourishes a

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/power-networking-within-life-science - 2026-10-07

År 2025 lämnar barn inom TEDDY-studien in de sista proverna på mottagningar i Sverige, Finland, Tyskland och USA. Den internationella studien har gett mycket ny kunskap om hur typ 1-diabetes utvecklas. Nu fortsätter analysarbetet med det långsiktiga målet att förebygga sjukdomen. Sverige och Finland är de två länder i världen som har högst andel barn som insjuknar i typ 1-diabetes, med hänsyn till

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-kunskap-om-typ-1-diabetes-snart-avslutas-jattestudien-teddy - 2026-10-08

Fredrik Nilsson successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on May 10, 2023. For the last four years, Fredrik 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. In this interview, he tells us about his findings, their potential implications for future therapies

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/investigating-cell-replacement-therapy-parkinsons-disease-phd-interview-fredrik-nilsson - 2026-10-07