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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At the turn of the year, Björn Badersten and Lisa Strömbom will take up their respective posts as head and assistant head of the Department of Political Science, respectively. They were both unanimously elected by the staff in mid-October, in an election held once every three years. Björn Badersten was previously assi

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/continued-academic-freedom-guiding-light-new-leadership - 2026-06-19

Walking is probably more cognitively demanding than you think. Magnus Lindh-Rengifo defends his thesis about walking aspects in neurodegenerative disorders on December 16. Read about his experiences as a Ph.D student at MultiPark. Tell us about your research! “Walking capability can be a key feature to being able to participate in meaningful activities in your daily life. Meeting patients with neu

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/walking-neurodegeneration-phd-interview-magnus-lindh-rengifo - 2026-06-19

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Ett internationellt forskningssamarbete lett från universiteten i Helsingfors och Oxford har identifierat en biologisk mekanism som skyddar mot typ 2-diabetes. Studien som publiceras i tidskriften Nature Genetics visar att en mutation i en gen som kodar för zinktransportörer minskar risken för typ 2-diabetes genom a

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/genmutation-som-skyddar-mot-typ-2-diabetes-kartlagd - 2026-06-19

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. En ny, stor registerstudie från Lunds universitet visar att det finns ett samband mellan bruk av hormonella preventivmedel och ökad förskrivning av psykotropa läkemedel bland flickor och kvinnor i tonåren. Huruvida p-piller, hormonspiral och andra hormonella preventivmedel kan leda till att kvinnor blir nedstämda, d

https://www.lu.se/artikel/p-piller-och-andra-hormonella-preventivmedel-knyts-till-forskrivning-av-antidepressiva - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By adopting methods used by activist citizen movements, municipal level politics can become more inclusive and even pave the way for sustainable transformations. Mine Islar, from LUCSUS, has studied the politics of Barcelona en Comú, an activist citizen platform that came to power in the municipality of Barcelona in 2

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/citizen-activist-movements-can-invigorate-local-politics - 2026-06-19

Lack of habitats and climate change – parameters that scientists know affect the number of pollinators in the world. But exactly how big is the effect and what else contributes to the decline of bees and bumblebees? This has Maria Blasi i Romero tried to find out in her dissertation which will be presented on November 26. A sure sign of spring is the buttery yellow rapeseed fields that every year

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/modelling-survival-bumblebees - 2026-06-19

The Conversation is an online news outlet written by researchers, working together with professional journalists. All content is published as open source and the website’s articles reach a total audience of 10 million readers – every month. Associate Professor Sverre Spoelstra is one of the LUSEM researchers who has chosen to write for The Conversation. The Conversation is an online news outlet wr

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/sverre-spoelstra-how-researchers-reach-global-audience-conversation - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS is part of the annual Sustainability Week in Lund, 8-13 April. This year's theme "Transforming our world" focuses on the global goals and agenda 2030. LUCSUS will participate in, and host, several events about sustainable transformations at different levels. 8 AprilOpening  and guided tour of the exhibition Car

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-sustainability-week - 2026-06-19

Welcome to a one-day seminar in the series 'Conversations about art and science' aimed at employees and students from all parts of Lund University. This time, representatives of a number of Swedish higher education institutions have been invited, where art and culture have been highlighted in new contexts. In addition to providing an insight into how different universities have worked to include a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/165-place-art-and-culture-swedish-universities - 2026-06-20

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/astronom-tar-farval-av-rymdteleskop-som-under-lang-tid-kartlagt-vintergatan - 2026-06-19

The new research project, “Socioeconomic Segregation - The Impact of Neighborhoods, Schools and Policy Across the Life Course”, aims to establish a research environment involving health economists, education and labour market economists, geographers, and demographers, among others. We spoke about the new project with project leader Martin Dribe, director of the Centre for Economic Demography and p

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-project-explores-socioeconomic-segregation-then-and-now - 2026-06-20

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/ny-utbildningswebb-ska-satta-studenten-i-fokus - 2026-06-20

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Digitala läromedel blir allt vanligare i skolan men få är vetenskapligt testade. Med hjälp av ett nytt läromedelsspel lyckades elever på en skola i Landskrona höja sina matematikresultat från långt under rikssnittet, till långt över – på bara sex månader. Dammhagskolan i Landskrona testade det forskningsbaserade spe

https://www.lu.se/artikel/tv-laromedelsspel-kan-forandra-matteundervisningen - 2026-06-20

Blomrika vägkanter kan locka hungriga humlor, men riskerar samtidigt att vara farliga för de surrande små insekterna. Det visar en ny forskningsstudie från Lunds universitet. Den aktuella studien har undersökt vilken roll som vägkanter spelar för humlor. Å ena sidan kan blomsterfyllda vägkanter vara värdefulla eftersom de bidrar med livsmiljöer för växter och ger föda till pollinerande insekter. Å

https://www.lu.se/artikel/blomsterprakten-som-skordar-trafikoffer - 2026-06-20

Trumps ingrepp i Venezuela var fysiskt, konkret och beväpnat. Vad som händer nu är avgörande för landets framtid, men påverkar också hela regionen, enligt forskaren Andrés Palacio. Historiskt har USA vid flera tillfällen hävdat Centralamerika, Karibien och Sydamerika som sin intressesfär. Sedan andra världskrigets slut har man försökt att destabilisera och ibland konfrontera socialistiska regimer

https://www.lu.se/artikel/venezuela-efter-maduro - 2026-06-20

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. – Hur står det till, vad har du för problem? frågar Ahmed som föreställer doktor Ali. – Jo, jag har haft ont i magen sedan några dagar, säger 26-årige Sadeq som föreställer patienten, 50-årige Bengt. – Kan du beskriva besvären? undrar Ahmed/doktor Ali, och Sadeq/Bengt berättar om värk, illamående och kräkningar. Med

https://www.lu.se/artikel/nyanlanda-medicinare-ovar-svenska-pa-sprakkafe - 2026-06-19

The EAT-Lancet diet is a framework designed to promote environmental sustainability while also preventing common diseases such as type 2 diabetes. How do we know if the diet actually works? An international research team studied seven dietary scores and found that two of them were particularly good at evaluating adherence to the diet. Reliable diet scores are important when developing sustainable

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/research-paves-way-sustainable-dietary-recommendations - 2026-06-19

The single market of the EU is often hailed as the number one success story of European integration, and it is one of the reasons why the EU is seen as a law-making machine. Single market laws are partly focused on competition law, which sets out to ban state aid and other interventionist practices in order to create a level playing field among the EU’s businesses. But when these businesses enter

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/how-can-eu-fix-global-trade - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “The state sold us for 49 years.” These are the words of one of the farmers that doctoral student Mine Islar has interviewed in Turkey. Her recently completed thesis is about the conflicts that have arisen when the government gives private companies the right to the water in several Turkish rivers. Mine Islar. “The ri

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/local-community-protests-against-leasing-rivers - 2026-06-19

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.merge.lu.se/article/uns-climate-change-conference-cop27-topics-agenda - 2026-06-19