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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Summer days bring relaxing breaks in parks for many city dwellers. But how often do you look up from your picnic blanket and reflect on the surrounding wildlife and on how it would affect you if the birds went silent for good? Johan K. Jensen’s doctoral studies compares the wellbeing of some of our most common small b

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/how-life-urban-birds - 2026-06-27

Jenny Palm has been appointed to the position of Director and Lena Neij, who has temporarily been managing the institute in 2021, will go back to focusing on research. Jenny holds a role as Professor in Sustainable Urban Governance at the IIIEE since 2017 and will start in her new role February 1. Fredrik Andersson, Chairman of the IIIEE board and Professor at Lund University School of Economics a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/jenny-palm-new-director-iiiee - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As of January 1, 2021, Maj Hasager will be the new Rector at Malmö Art Academy. Gertrud Sandqvist, who has been Rector at Malmö Art Academy since 2011 (she also held the post between 1995 and 2007), then becomes vice rector at the school. Below, Gertrud herself writes about the handover of the post. After 22 years as

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/gertrud-sandqvist-hands-over-maj-hasager - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ceremonies have a certain power that speaks more to the emotions than to the intellect. This is the opinion of the newly inaugurated vice-chancellor Erik Renström, who sees the value in academic traditions. In his management team, however, new winds are blowing, bringing with them the values of “integrity” and “charac

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/integrity-and-character - 2026-06-25

I have participated in a very interesting conference arranged by the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions (SUHF) on the theme of administration quality – changes in ways of working. Several researchers from Swedish higher education institutions shared knowledge and ideas about how, based on experiences from the pandemic, we can create even better conditions for our work. The questi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/future-workplace-lessons-learned-conference - 2026-06-25

Anyone who watched the carnival parade on Saturday and held out to the last orchestra could catch a glimpse of Medfak's envoy Johanna Erlandson in full costume. It was her tenth carnival with Alte/Ältere Kamreren. On a daily basis, Johanna is Head of Communications at the Faculty of Medicine, but when it's the Lund Carnival, it's clarinet and carnival parade all the way."I started playing in the s

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/clarinet-ready-play - 2026-06-25

Do you have a question regarding scientific publishing, authorship, and research collaborations? Then you can turn to Per Odin, the Faculty of Medicine's scientific ombudsman, for advice and support. "What has quantitatively dominated during my time are various questions regarding authorship - who has the right and who does not have the right to be a co-author, the order of authors, and much more

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/get-research-ethics-advice-our-scientific-ombudsman - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS researcher Torsten Krause have been researching hunting, forest fauna and wild meat consumption, particularly in the Amazon, for the past three years. He is currently in Colombia, where his fieldwork was cut short due to the current coronavirus pandemic. In this interview, he reflects on the impacts of the coro

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/reflections-impacts-coronavirus-indigenous-communities-amazon-torsten-krause - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Patients with diabetes or Parkinson’s disease can be cured with stem cells at a clinic in China. Multiple sclerosis, stroke and cerebral palsy are treated at a stem cell clinic in Mexico, and in Thailand, the deadly disease ALS can be cured with stem cells... at least according to advertising from these and other clin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hyped-hope-shady-stem-cell-clinics-take-advantage-desperate-patients - 2026-06-27

How should societies adapt to rising seas, floods, and other climate threats? These questions are explored in a new study by LUCSUS researchers. It reveals that the answer is broader than just improved policies – it's about rethinking the very role of law itself. Researchers Ebba Brink, Ana Maria Vargas Falla and Emily Boyd examine how socio-legal processes shape climate vulnerability and resistan

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/rethinking-laws-climate-adaptation-exploring-resistance-flooded-cartagena - 2026-06-27

In early December, the University’s new plan for gender equality and equal opportunities was approved. It extends over a six-year period and is based on the University’s strategic plan. Its aim is to meet the government’s gender mainstreaming requirements as well as the EU Commission’s requirements for a gender equality plan. Above all, the plan reflects the goals towards which Lund University int

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-plan-gender-equality-and-equal-opportunities-approved - 2026-06-25

Phil Flores, former doctoral student at LUSEM and the Agenda 2030 Graduate School, now received an honorable mention in connection to the Agenda 2030 Award for research on climate change, gender and peace. For the third year in a row, the Agenda 2030 Award is presented at Lund University. The award was established by the interdisciplinary Agenda 2030 Graduate School in cooperation with the textile

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/phil-flores-received-honorable-mention - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Emily Boyd comments on the event on the theme of “sustainability in education”, on 18th October organised by Sustainability Forum and LUCSUS. The aim is to discuss how Lund University can become more sustainable – and all staff and students are encouraged to join.She says that a sustainable university – wher

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/there-are-many-areas-which-university-could-show-leadership-emily-boyd-creating-sustainable - 2026-06-27

On 31 March, the news arrived that many had been waiting for since last autumn, when the University submitted its applications to the Swedish Research Council’s eight new Strategic Research Areas (SRAs). Last year saw a great deal of effort go into the delicate work of coordinating researchers, faculty members and partner universities during what was a short window in which the call for proposals

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/great-easter-treat-sras - 2026-06-26

Linn Jönsson and Maria Lundström are the recipients of this year's SASNET travel grant for journalism students at Lund University. The students plan to travel together to work on their individual projects in Mumbai this September. Linn Jönsson and Maria Lundström are in their final year of journalism studies at Lund University and plan to travel to Mumbai for their final projects. Jönsson aims to

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/journalist-students-linn-jonsson-and-maria-lundstrom-receive-sasnet-travel-grant - 2026-06-27

Inte nöjd med julklapparna? Det du skickar i retur slängs förmodligen. För e-handelsföretag är det billigare att slänga än att sälja igen. I en ny rapport har forskare intervjuat personal inom textil- och elektronikindustrin i syfte att fördjupa förståelsen av en problematik som växer lavinartat men som inte är särskilt beforskad. Forskarna menar att det är dags att lagstadga om bättre produktkval

https://www.lu.se/artikel/returnerade-varor-slangs-billigare-att-salja-igen - 2026-06-26

Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet kom hem med flera medaljer från 2024 års upplaga av världens största casetävling i Kanada. Laget säkrade tredje plats i finalen, läraren Mats Urde fick priset som årets coach, och teamets reserv deltog i ett globalt team som tog hem utmärkelsen Team Spirit Award. John Molson MBA International Case Competition grundades 1981 och är den äldsta och mest prestige

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/ekonomistudenter-fran-lund-till-finalen-i-varldens-mest-prestigefulla-business-case-tavling - 2026-06-27

We follow up our systematic work environment management every year. This year’s follow-up paints an overall picture that I think is worth pausing to consider. I can see a positive shift in the way we discuss and address work environment issues. Many people have been involved in this development, and I would therefore like to take this opportunity to encourage everyone to take pride in this year’s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-systematic-mindset-becomes-part-everyday-life - 2026-06-26

Martin L. Olsson has received the International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Presidential Award, the highest international honour in transfusion medicine. The award is presented every two years to a researcher who has made outstanding contributions to transfusion medicine. Martin L. Olsson is recognised for translational research on red blood cells, following 35 years of work mapping the g

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/prestigious-international-award-martin-l-olsson - 2026-06-27

Forskare vid Lunds universitet som kan kommentera nyheter relaterade till Allhelgona och Halloween. UPPDATERAD OKTOBER 2025Att söka evigt liv genom teknikenMoa Petersén, forskare i konsthistoria och digitala kulturer. Biohacking-forskare som tex kan uttala sig om kroppsliga experiment, kryonik (frysa ner sig i dödsögonblicket för att få evigt liv), transhumanism, sci-fi-teknik etc etc.Kontakt: moa

https://www.lu.se/artikel/expertlista-allhelgona-och-halloween - 2026-06-26