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We have a new name for the Astronomy Building – Universum! To me, it expresses that this will be a place where everyone in the faculty can gather, where disciplines meet, and where we feel at home, while also honouring what has always been here: astronomy.I am deeply relieved and glad we reached consensus on the name, especially as it emerged several times among the suggestions in our naming compe
“We are dependent on one another globally – this became evident not least through the Ebola epidemic. For cooperation to work and develop, Africa cannot be left out of the loop”, says Benedict Oppong Asamoah, researcher and lecturer in public health. He hopes that the University’s focus on Africa will lead to more and better contacts Benedict Oppong Asamoah. Photo: Gunnar Menander Lund University
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/africa-strategy-shows-great-potential - 2026-06-11
Once again, we are now seeing an increase in the spread of infection, in particular in Europe; this week, the Public Health Agency of Sweden announced new recommendations to avoid crowding, among other things. We are still offering on-campus education but everyone is to avoid crowding and large gatherings. We are carefully monitoring the situation and trying to keep the organisation updated on any
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/solving-problem-vaccination-certificates-international-researchers-and-students - 2026-06-12
Curious, calm, clear, solution-oriented, and enjoys collaboration. That is how CCM's newly appointed organisational development advisor, research group leader Sebastian Albinsson, describes himself. "An important part of the role is to be a link between researchers and CCM staff, so that expectations, needs, and working methods are clear and well established." The assignment, which is at 20 percen
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-organisational-development-advisor-link-between-researchers-and-ccm-staff - 2026-06-11
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Många mår psykiskt dåligt under pandemin och värst verkar det vara för de som redan är utsatt för socioekonomiska ojämlikheter. Men vem drabbas egentligen hårdast när restriktioner, ensamhet, nedstämdhet blivit vardag? Det har forskare från Lunds universitet försökt att ta reda på i en tvärsnittsstudie där unga vuxn
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/hur-sarbara-ar-vi-i-en-pandemi-och-vem-drabbas-egentligen-hardast - 2026-06-11
Simon Timpka, forskare vid Lunds universitet och läkare inom obstetrik och gynekologi vid Skånes universitetssjukhus, tilldelas Bundy Academy’s stora pris på tre miljoner kronor för sin forskning om sambandet mellan graviditetskomplikationer och framtida hjärt-kärlsjukdom hos kvinnor. Simon Timpka leder en forskargrupp inom perinatal och kardiovaskulär edpidemiologi vid Lunds universitet och vill
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/2026-ars-pristagare-av-bundy-academys-stora-pris - 2026-06-12
Varje år drabbas flera tusen personer i Sverige av så kallad ischemisk stroke. Tillståndet är livshotande, svårbehandlat och kan ge allvarliga funktionsnedsättningar. I ett stort pilotprojekt i Lund testar forskare att med hjälp av AI identifiera vilka som riskerar att drabbas och hur man kan skräddarsy såväl akutvård som rehabilitering efter patienternas individuella behov. – Förhoppningen är att
How does migration and globalisation shape the lives of individuals in various countries and how does it affect the children of immigrants in terms of integration, identity, and cultural expressions? Do they themselves use the word integration? These questions occupy sociologist Dalia Abdelhady who is about to conclude a study of three populations in the US, in France and in Germany, based on thei
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/other-side-story-how-children-immigrants-experience-life - 2026-06-11
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Sverige och Danmark är bland de länder i världen med högst förekomst av typ 1-diabetes i relation till invånarantal. Båda länder har en lång tradition av excellent forskning och behandling och med ett nytt gemensamt diabetesprojekt, DiaUnion, finansierat av EU:s Interregprogram, stärker vi nu relationerna mellan län
https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/sverige-och-danmark-i-gemensam-kamp-mot-diabetes - 2026-06-11
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Den 8 april är det val i Ungern. Allt tyder på att Viktor Orbán och högerpartiet Fidesz kommer att fortsätta vid makten. Den största utmanaren kommer också från höger: Jobbik. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten, lektor och vice föreståndare för Centrum för Europastudier, ger sin syn på det kommande valet. Är det självklart a
https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/framlingsfientlig-hogerregering-mot-valseger-i-ungern - 2026-06-11
Cancer cells are the ultimate sugar addicts, gobbling up glucose to fuel their growth and spread. What if we could starve them of their favorite food? A recent study in Blood Advances by Lund University researchers describes a new method to combat leukemia by disrupting the energy-making machinery of cancer cells, cutting off their dual energy supply. Despite advancements in treatment, acute myelo
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/powering-down-cancer-cells-new-way-beat-leukemia - 2026-06-11
With a background in economics and law and extensive experience in financial and administrative management, Gisela Caesar today is the Administrative Manager for the CGB office. Going forward she has taken on the job to bring together different work cultures in the new organisation, as the new Administrative Manager for MGeo. How would you briefly describe your background and yourself as a person?
https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/meet-gisela-caesar-new-administrative-manager-mgeo - 2026-06-11
Around 100 select astronomy books dating from 1545 to 1799 have been relocated from the Astronomy Library to the University Library. LUM was there as the books were packed away, and again, several months later, after they had been quarantined and it was time to catalogue, encapsulate and put them in storage. Next year, the rarest volumes will be digitalised and perhaps even be displayed. Outside A
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/star-studded-tomes-astronomy-library-move-new-home - 2026-06-12
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lina Ejlertsson, a doctoral student in Public Health at Lund University, believes that there is a classic approach to working with and measuring health in workplaces through sick leave rates, productivity and efficiency. – Most often, rehabilitative measures or preventative work are only undertaken after employees bec
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/integrated-recovery-during-work-day-does-it-make-difference - 2026-06-11
How can philosophy help us make sense of the technologies shaping our everyday lives? A brand new doctoral course explores these ideas and other intersections between philosophy and technology. The doctoral course Introduction to Philosophy of Technology, a collaboration between the Department of Informatics at Lund University (LU) School of Economics and Management and the Division of Informatics
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/philosophy-technology-course-receives-praise-doctoral-students - 2026-06-12
During the 8th - 11 th August 2022, the Development Research School held its first doctoral course in Methodology and Field Studies. It took place in Sogakope, Ghana. The doctoral course was organised by the Institute of Statistical, Economic and Social Research (ISSER), in collaboration with the School of Graduate Studies, University of Ghana, universities of Lund, Gothenburg and Uppsala for doct
https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/successful-completion-our-first-course-ghana - 2026-06-11
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As a young man, when Mats Bohgard was working at a chemical factory during a leave from studies, he was urged to “Come back and fix the work environment to make it fit for human beings!”. Mats Bohgard. “Even though they said it half-jokingly, the truth is that they were experiencing every conceivable work environment
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/work-environment-champion - 2026-06-11
MultiPark researchers have discovered a new promising pharmacological approach stimulating recovery after stroke. Professor Tadeusz Wieloch tells about how the MultiPark Innovation Office supported the first steps in converting their academic research findings into something with commercial potential that may finally benefit the patients. Around 80% of people who suffer a stroke permanently lose s
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/turning-academic-discoveries-therapies-how-multipark-innovation-office-helps - 2026-06-11
Summer, sun and annual leave! Read through the tips below, so that you will be able to wind down properly during your time off. In good time before your annual leaveAnnual leave: Apply for annual leave in good time before your holiday, in accordance with the procedure at your workplace. It is important to register the application for annual leave in Primula in good time, so that you receive the ri
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/what-bear-mind-summer-0 - 2026-06-12
This CMES Regional Outlook (2025:2) by Lisa Strömbom focuses on the global responses to the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza. In February 2025, a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into force, briefly easing the intense humanitarian crisis in Gaza after months of devastating conflict. The truce was structured in three phases. The first stage was implemented and included the ex
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-global-responses-escalating-humanitarian-crisis-gaza - 2026-06-11
