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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University is investing SEK 100 million in an interdisciplinary research programme focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. The programme is to attract international research expertise and to bring about the establishment of more internationally leading research environments in sustainability. “With i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-investing-sek-100-million-international-research-programme-sustainable-development - 2026-07-07

A meeting at the kitchen table, with lots of coffee and snus. And a donation of SEK 250 million. That’s what happened when Ingvar Kamprad met LTH’s dean in 1998 to talk about the future of industrial design education at the University. The kitchen table belonged to the then dean of LTH Thomas Johannesson, who had invited the founder of IKEA to his house to discuss a collaboration between the desig

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ingvar-kamprad-design-center-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary - 2026-07-07

Oksana Tymoshchuk, professor from Ukraine, came to Sweden in April 2022 when a full-scale war broke out in her country. A grant from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation brought Oksana and Iben Lundgaard together and today Oksana is working in the Lundgaard lab trying to find out more about the mysterious glymphatic system. We are all well aware of the situation in Ukraine. Prof Oksana Tymoshc

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/story-oksana-tymoshchuk-and-mysterious-glymphatic-system - 2026-07-07

Roberto García-Roa, postdoc at the department of Biology has won yet another prestigious photo award. This time he’s the overall winner of “Capturing Ecology”, the British Ecological Society photo competition. Congratulations Roberto, what does this award mean to you?– It’s very special! First, it links two powerful allies, science and photography. They are probably two of the best tools we have t

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/sharp-shooting-biologist-winner-international-photography-award - 2026-07-07

William Sidemo Holm, PhD student within Environmental Science and BECC, has received a scholarship from the Swedish trade association, Foder och Spannmål for his thesis "Improving agricultural pollution abatement through result-oriented Remuneration schemes". On February 3, 2016, the trade association Foder och Spannmål, announced its’ annual scholarship for the best thesis in economics at the gra

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-phd-student-wins-scholarship-best-thesis - 2026-07-07

The UN’s annual climate change conference takes place this year in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. Over the course of two weeks, representatives of the world’s nations will gather to discuss how to achieve the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement and contribute to the climate transition. At this year’s COP, the focus will be on topics such as climate finance, loss and damage, adaptation to climate change a

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/uns-climate-change-conference-cop27-topics-agenda - 2026-07-07

The UN’s annual climate change conference is currently ongoing in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. Over the course of two weeks, representatives of the world’s nations will gather to discuss how to achieve the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement and contribute to the climate transition. At this year’s COP, the focus will be on topics such as climate finance, damage and loss, adaptation to climate change an

https://www.science.lu.se/article/uns-climate-change-conference-cop27-topics-agenda - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The LUMES elective course, Sustainability and Inner Transformation, examines if personal sustainability can have a bearing on driving change for sustainability. The course is part of a research initative, The Contemplative Sustainable Futures Program, a platform for related research, education and networking activitie

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/lumes-elective-course-focuses-inner-dimensions-and-transformation-drive-sustainable-change - 2026-07-07

Innovation is on the rise at Lund University. More and more researchers want to see how their research can be put to use through new treatments, products or services that reach society. In 2025, 161 ideas came in from researchers seeking support, compared to 125 the previous year. In total, almost 850 students and researchers received support from LU Innovation during the year. In 2025, LU Innovat

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/record-number-lund-university-researchers-interested-innovation - 2026-07-07

The HALRIC research internship programme offers Bachelor and Master students the opportunity to get insights into research done in the field of Life Science, involving Advanced Research Infrastructures, and to gain international experience. Interdisciplinary internship positions for students who want to explore infrastructures, such as MAX IV, ESS, DESY and European XFEL, as well as cutting-edge c

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/halric-research-internship-programme - 2026-07-07

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is awarding SEK 700 million to 23 innovative basic research projects at Swedish universities. Four of them are based in Lund – and two are connected to NanoLund. Sara Linse will study disease-preventing proteins – and Mathieu Gisselbrecht will study the quantum mechanical phenomenon entanglement. This year, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is awardi

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/disease-preventing-proteins-and-more-temperature-resistant-quantum-computers - 2026-07-07

Det är dags att summera året, detta 2021, då ingenting varit sig riktigt likt, om ett år nu någonsin kan vara likt ett annat. För mig personligen har det varit omvälvande att ta över som rektor för Lunds universitet tillsammans med en ny ledning: prorektor Lena Eskilsson och de fem vice männen och kvinnorna Per Mickwitz, Kristina Eneroth, Ann-Kristin Wallengren, Jimmie Kristensson och Viktor Öwall

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/dags-att-ringa-det-ar-som-gatt-och-ringa-det-ar-som-kommer - 2026-07-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Vem som helst kan få en blodpropp och ärftliga faktorer kan spela en roll. Livsstilsfaktorer som stillasittande, rökning och övervikt kan öka risken. Upp till tio procent av befolkningen drabbas under sin livstid av en blodpropp. Men vad är en blodpropp och går de att undvika? En blodpropp, eller så kallad venös tro

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/vad-ar-en-blodpropp-och-varfor-far-somliga-det - 2026-07-07

On Monday, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a new report on how climate change is impacting nature and people worldwide, and on the necessity for adaptation. According to the researchers, more than three billion people live in environments that are particularly vulnerable to climate change, and the same applies to many species. The researchers establish that thos

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/uns-climate-change-panel-world-must-act-now - 2026-07-07

In April, a reader survey was conducted on two of the faculty's internal newsletters, Insidan and Dekanbrevet. 140 of you responded, and many valuable comments were received from the faculty's departments, the LTH joint departments and the office.The purpose was to find out how the newsletters are perceived – what works well and should be retained, and what could be further developed. Half of you

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/what-do-you-think-about-insidan-and-deans-letter-here-are-responses-140-colleagues - 2026-07-07

https://www.lu.se/artikel/inte-givet-att-ekologisk-odling-ar-battre-miljon - 2026-07-08

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. För 100 år sedan skedde den första kommersiella flygningen mellan London och Paris. Idag har ordet flygskam fått en plats i svenska akademiens ordlista och framtiden ser ut att bli allt mer förarlös. Det senaste året har det talats mycket om flygets negativa effekter på klimatet. Ett exempel på hur skammen börjat bl

https://www.lu.se/artikel/flygskammen-normaliseras-och-dronare-tar-over - 2026-07-07

Innebär förhandlingarna om det svenska NATO-medlemskap att regeringen är beredd att tumma på grundläggande mänskliga rättigheter och värderingar? Risken finns menar två statsvetare. Turkiet, Sverige och Finland tog sommaren 2022 fram ett avtal för att Turkiet ska godkänna NATO-ansökan. Avtalet signerades vid ett NATO-möte i Madrid. Även om de officiella förhandlingarna satts på paus av Turkiet eft

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/sverige-behover-ta-varderingskonflikten-med-turkiet - 2026-07-07

Forskare vid Lunds universitet har utvecklat ett digitalt kognitivt test för diagnostisering av Alzheimers sjukdom, avsett att användas i primärvården. – Med det digitala testet, som patienten genomför själv, förbättras primärvårdsläkares möjlighet att tidigt i utredningsskedet avgöra vem som bör undersökas vidare genom blodprov för alzheimerpatologi, säger professor Oskar Hansson som lett studien

https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/nytt-digitalt-test-forbattrar-diagnostik-av-alzheimers-sjukdom - 2026-07-07

Forskare vid Lunds universitet har utvecklat ett digitalt kognitivt test för diagnostisering av Alzheimers sjukdom, avsett att användas i primärvården. – Med det digitala testet, som patienten genomför själv, förbättras primärvårdsläkares möjlighet att tidigt i utredningsskedet avgöra vem som bör undersökas vidare genom blodprov för alzheimerpatologi, säger professor Oskar Hansson som lett studien

https://www.lu.se/artikel/nytt-digitalt-test-forbattrar-diagnostik-av-alzheimers-sjukdom - 2026-07-08