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How can life-saving HIV treatments remain reliable when global aid is uncertain? What happens when animals are reduced to “carbon emissions” in sustainability debates? And how can urban forests be made safe at night without flooding them with artificial light, disturbing local wildlife? These are just some of the questions raised in Through the Kaleidoscope of Sustainability, an innovative new ant
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In Tanzania, girls on their period avoid going to school, something that affects their opportunities for education. A new study from LUCSUS shows that the menstrual cup could be a step towards better school attendance, and a life with more freedom. It could also play a part in reducing waste in the country. As a young
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/menstrual-cups-could-help-girls-attend-school-tanzania - 2026-05-19
During the spring, a preliminary study is being conducted with the aim of enhancing professional development and career paths for technical and administrative (TA) staff at the University. The preliminary study is to map the current situation: the development opportunities that exist, the rate of staff turnover etc. The work is to lead to concrete proposals for how LU can structure long-term work
Industrial design students take the lead in this year's Advent calendar at LTH. Since 2007, the Advent calendar from LTH has been a regular feature in December. This year it is made by industrial design students, which a new take. It opens up for new features, in addition to the classic experiments in physics and chemistry. In an article in Sydsvenskan, students Karolina Sjölund and Nicci Myrsäter
https://www.industridesign.lth.se/en/article/lth-advent-calendar-2025-made-industrial-design-students - 2026-05-19
Marie Creutzer, Head of Finance, will give us an update about the contents of the resource allocation (budget) for 2025. NOTE: This meeting will be held in Swedish. All employees are welcome to join our digital Faculty Morning Meeting. These are recurring monthly information meetings where you can learn more about a current topic. The meetings are held in English or in Swedish depending on the top
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-morning-meeting-1212-update-budget-2025 - 2026-05-19
At the February meeting you will meet Vice Dean Karin Jirström who will talk about the ongoing project to review the use of our buildings and empty premises in order to identify cost savings and spaces for collaboration. All employees are welcome to join our digital Faculty Morning Meeting. These are recurring monthly information meetings where you can learn more about a current topic. The meeting
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-morning-meeting-132-use-our-buildings-and-empty-premises - 2026-05-19
Researchers at Lund University and DTU in Copenhagen have discovered enzymes in the colon that, when mixed with red blood cells, can cut away parts of the carbohydrates that separate our ABO blood groups from each other. The method brings us closer to the dream of a universal blood for everyone. It has long been known that blood from different individuals cannot be mixed randomly without the risk
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/enzymes-intestinal-bacteria-opens-universal-blood - 2026-05-19
On Friday, February 28, Monica Porzionato defended her thesis "Feeling the changing climate: An affective approach to the strategic communication of floods in a tourist city". Strategic communication studies usually consider emotions as psychological effects of communication or as an influence on people's understanding of an issue. In the first case, emotions like joy or desire result from strateg
https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/successful-defence-dr-monica-porzionato - 2026-05-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ghana’s “overall best student 2018” is studying Sociology of Law in Lund. Labiks’s story shows how far hard work and perseverance can get you. Ghana’s Inter Tertiary Excellence Award 2018 for Overall Best Student 4th Year in the academia category went to Thomas Duke Labik Amanquandor, who is studying the second semest
Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten erbjuder fem metodworkshops i september och oktober. I år ingår bland annat en workshop om ChatGPT i forskningen och en femdagarsworkshop i mixed methods, om hur man kombinerar och integrerar kvalitativa och kvantitativa metoder. Workshopparna vänder sig till lärare, forskare och doktorander från samtliga ämnen och fakulteter som önskar bredda och fördjupa sin meto
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/metodworkshoppar-under-hosten-2023 - 2026-05-20
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Dr. Anindita Datta arrived in Lund as a guest researcher at Lund University for ten days (1-11 October). SASNET provided her with an office during her time here. Anindita Datta is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. Her research interests are in the are
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/dr-anindita-datta-guest-researcher-lund-university - 2026-05-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS Professor Lennart Olsson is one of the participants in the upcoming seminar: Land: a Common Good, or a Good Investment? organised 9th November by LUCSUS, Latinamerikagrupperna, Svalorna Indien Bangladesh and Lund Inter Faculty Sustainability Network.Ahead of his participation, he discusses the most important is
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Gåvor i handen cementerar inte fattigdom. Det menar Hans Swärd, professor i socialt arbete, apropå att regeringens samordnare för utsatta EU-medborgare avråder från att ge pengar till tiggare. Hans Swärd vill sätta dagens tiggeridiskussion i ett historiskt perspektiv. Uttrycket ”Allmosan dödar, arbetet ger liv” före
https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/tiggeriforbud-har-aldrig-lost-problemet - 2026-05-19
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Gåvor i handen cementerar inte fattigdom. Det menar Hans Swärd, professor i socialt arbete, apropå att regeringens samordnare för utsatta EU-medborgare avråder från att ge pengar till tiggare. Hans Swärd vill sätta dagens tiggeridiskussion i ett historiskt perspektiv. Ska man ge till tiggare eller inte? Meningarna g
https://www.lu.se/artikel/tiggeriforbud-har-aldrig-lost-problemet - 2026-05-19
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Kirurgi är en försummad del av sjukvården i stora delar av världen, med miljoner onödiga dödsfall som följd. Den 5 september invigs ett helt nytt centrum för kirurgi och folkhälsa vid Lunds universitet. Ny forskning ska ge kunskapsunderlag om hur samhällen bäst mäter, utvärderar och planerar kirurgisk vård, särskilt
https://www.lu.se/artikel/nytt-who-collaborating-centre-med-fokus-pa-global-kirurgi - 2026-05-19
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Är Afrika på frammarsch? Det är en av frågorna som tas upp i Ekonomihögskolans nya öppna globala nätkurs. Kursen i Afrikas utveckling – från dåtid till nutid anlägger ett ekonomiskt-historiskt perspektiv på kontinentens utveckling de senaste århundradena – även om fokus framför allt ligger på de senaste hundra åren.
https://www.lu.se/artikel/nu-kan-du-studera-afrikas-utveckling-i-ny-oppen-natkurs-mooc - 2026-05-20
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Hjärninfarkt eller stroke orsakas av en propp i hjärnans blodkärl vilket leder till minskad blodtillförsel och syrebrist. Nu har en forskargrupp vid Lunds universitet tagit ett tidigt men viktigt steg närmare en behandling av stroke med stamceller. Forskargruppen visar i en aktuell studie, publicerad i den vetenskap
https://www.lu.se/artikel/viktigt-steg-mot-en-stamcellsbaserad-strokebehandling - 2026-05-20
Ted Svensson, Jens Bartelson and Martin Hall have each contributed with book chapters in the handbook ”Routledge Handbook of Historical International Relations”. Ted Svensson with the book chapter ”Decolonisation and the Erosion of the Imperial Idea”. The chapter maintains that 20th-century decolonisation, unlike previous historical episodes wherein particular empires were resisted and declined, r
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/book-chapters-historical-international-relations - 2026-05-19
