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Despite harsher sentences and increased resources for the criminal justice system, research shows nothing to indicate that this leads to reduced criminality. “We wanted to problematise the notion that punishment is the best option,” says Tova Bennet, researcher in Criminal Law at Lund University. Over the past 15 years, tougher sentencing has been a popular tool in Swedish law and order politics.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/research-offers-no-evidence-support-tougher-sentencing - 2026-07-23

Lund University has climbed to first place in the world in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026. The ranking includes around 2,000 higher education institutions from about 100 countries and measures how universities contribute to a sustainable future – through research, education, and the way they operate as organisations. “Humble, proud, and inspired to continue moving forward –

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-best-world-sustainability - 2026-07-23

Lund University has climbed to first place in the world in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026. The ranking includes around 2,000 higher education institutions from about 100 countries and measures how universities contribute to a sustainable future – through research, education, and the way they operate as organisations. “Humble, proud, and inspired to continue moving forward –

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-best-world-sustainability - 2026-07-23

Metodcentrum erbjuder i höst åtta metodworkshoppar under samlingsbeteckningen Skill School. Läs mer om dem nedan och missa inte att anmäla dig! Samhällsvetenskapligt metodcentrum erbjuder åtta metodworkshops i september och oktober. Lärare, forskare och doktorander från samtliga ämnen och fakulteter som önskar bredda och fördjupa sin metodkunskap är välkomna att anmäla sitt intresse. Workshopparna

https://www.sam.lu.se/internt/artikel/skill-school-metodworkshoppar-2025 - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Hanna Bäck is one of the authors of the article ”Multiparty government and economic policy-making. Coalition agreements, prime ministerial power and spending in Western European Cabinets” which has been published in the journal Public Choice. AbstractMultiparty government has often been associated with poor economic p

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/back-coalition-governments-and-policy-making - 2026-07-23

On Wednesday, Georgia de Leeuw nailed her thesis, "The Comfort of Alignment: Mining, Green Steel, and Killjoy Desires in Sweden/Sápmi" at the Department of Political Science, Eden. The public defense will take place on Friday 1 March 2024, kl. 10.15, in Eden auditorium, Allhelgona kyrkogata 14, Lund.The external reviewer is Associate Professor Mattias Borg Rasmussen, University of Copenhagen. Abst

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/georgia-de-leeuw-nailed-her-thesis - 2026-07-23

Georgia de Leeuw has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'The comfort of alignment: Mining, green steel, and killjoy desires in Sweden/Sápmi'. Congratulations! The comfort of alignment: Mining, green steel, and killjoy desires in Sweden/SápmiAbstractThis dissertation deals with Swedish extractivism in Sápmi through the examples of a planned iron ore mine in Gállok/Kallak and the hydrogen-bas

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/georgia-de-leeuw-has-successfully-defended-her-thesis - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a water purification plant that provides clean water far beyond the reach of the electrical grid – thanks to solar cells. With the help of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Muhammad Yunus, these small and portable solar cell stations have now been placed across rural B

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-solar-cells-help-purify-water-remote-areas - 2026-07-23

The University is part of the climate collaboration CoAction Lund and this spring all participating organisations will compete against each other in sustainable commuting. To compete, you can choose to cycle, use public transport, carpool or walk to work. The competition will run for five weeks, from 28 April to 30 May, and will end with an awards ceremony and party on 3 June.  The results of this

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/make-your-commute-winning-habit-join-competition-great-prizes - 2026-07-22

Lung exposure to nanowires induces an inflammatory response and allergic response when tested on mice. “This emphasizes how important it is that we continue to take nanosafety into account”, says Professor Christelle Prinz, one of the researchers behind the study. In a collaboration with the National Research Center for the Working Environment in Copenhagen, led by Ulla Vogel, and the Finnish Inst

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/study-shows-importance-taking-nanosafety-account - 2026-07-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Mäter du ditt blodsocker eller socker från glukostabletten eller apelsinen som fastnat på fingertoppen? Det beror helt och hållet på om du tvättat händerna eller inte före blodsockerkontrollen. Diabetessjuksköterskan Linnéa Persson på Universitetssjukhuset MAS i Malmö insåg att om det finns socker på fingrarna när m

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/testar-du-blodsockret-eller-sott-kladd-pa-fingrarna - 2026-07-23

Solo living in your own home places a greater strain on the planet’s resources than living with others, as everyone needs their own appliances – a toaster, a washing machine and so on. The Nordic countries stand out: almost half of all households are solo living households. Sustainability researcher Tullia Jack interviewed people who live alone about the reasons for this and hopes for new forms of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/why-we-live-alone-and-what-it-means-climate-and-our-sense-community - 2026-07-23

LU Open Science Days organiseras för andra gången av den fakultetsöverskridande gruppen Open Science Champions. Konferensen är mötesplats för alla universitetets medarbetare som vill dela erfarenheter, tankar och idéer om öppen vetenskap. Temat för året är Crossing boundaries with Open Science, hur öppen vetenskap kan överbrygga gränser inom akademin och i det omgivande samhället. Temat anspelar p

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/lu-open-science-days-2024-tema-crossing-boundaries-open-science - 2026-07-22

För första gången arrangeras Malmö Communitybiennal och på fyra platser bjuds det in till tjugofem programpunkter varav Teaterhögskolan i Malmö bidrar med två. Det är allt från deltagande dansföreställningar, debatter, politiska samtal och workshops på temat communitykultur. Det utlovas också oväntade kulturupplevelser.  Masterclass: Staging citizens − with Miriam TschollNär: Fredag 22 november kl

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/malmo-communitybiennal-2019 - 2026-07-23

Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) made fireworks at the 2024 John Molson MBA International Case Competition, securing 3rd place in the final. Teacher Mats Urde received the award for Coach of the Year, and the LUSEM team alternate student joined the Global Team which was awarded the Team Spirit Award. The John Molson MBA International Case Competition was established in 19

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/outstanding-results-lusem-worlds-biggest-business-case-competition - 2026-07-23

Grattis till Hanna Thorsson, vars avhandling utsetts till årets bästa hematologiavhandling 2025, av Svensk Förening för Hematologi. I maj 2025 försvarade Hanna Thorsson sin doktorsavhandling, "Single-cell Sequencing of Acute Leukemia", vid Lunds universitet. I oktober tilldelades hon utmärkelsen Årets bästa avhandling i hematologi av Svensk förening för hematologi i samarbete med Blodcancerförbund

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/arets-basta-hematologiavhandling - 2026-07-22

Hållbarhetsveckan är ett årligt event där Lunds universitet och Lunds kommun bjuder in till en vecka med aktiviteter kring hållbarhet. Årets vecka innehåller fler än 70 evenemang och alla är gratis. Som vanligt deltar Samhällsvetenskapliga fakultetens forskare i flertalet intressanta programpunkter. Ta dela av våra programpunkter nedan och kom och lyssna på dina kollegor! Samhällsvetenskapliga fak

https://www.sam.lu.se/internt/artikel/samhallsvetare-pa-hallbarhetsveckan-13-18-april - 2026-07-23

Two world-leading American researchers known respectively for their research within medical humanities, and the sensory nervous system and perception of pain and temperature have been named honorary doctors at the Faculty of Medicine. The honorary doctorates will be conferred on 26 May 2023. Ever since David Julius’ discovery of the temperature and pain receptor TRPV1, he has contributed crucial d

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/honorary-doctors-named-faculty-medicine - 2026-07-23

This year’s report from the V-Dem Institute’s Academic Freedom Index focuses in particular on the institutional autonomy of higher education institutions in different countries, which in turn is fundamental to the protection of individual academic freedom.  This includes countries such as Hungary, which began its steady decline from a high ranking in institutional autonomy in 2009 to a bottom-of-t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/academic-freedom-can-be-rapidly-undermined - 2026-07-22

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Comics for adults are no longer a subculture for comic book nerds but an established art form. Nina Ernst is the first literary scholar to study autobiographical comics that often address issues of vulnerability and difficult subjects. Nina Ernst Photo Kennet Ruona “The limited space and the immediacy of the images ma

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/autobiographical-comics-addressing-difficult-subjects - 2026-07-23