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Unfair, ineffective, and inefficient. These are some of the moral objections to increasing fuel prices in Sweden. A new study from Lund University identifies how social movements are resisting green transition policies through moral reasoning and argues that their concerns must be both recognised and responded to, in order to achieve a low-carbon future. – If politicians want different climate pol
“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 - 2025-11-05
Dr. habil. Andreas Broeckmann is an art historian and curator who lives in Berlin. He is currently a Visiting Professor and tutor in our PhD Program in Fine Arts. We asked him a few questions about his work at Malmö Art Academy. What is your role at Malmö Art Academy, and what is you background?Since last year, 2024, I have been working as a tutor in the PhD Program in Fine Arts. By academic train
Insulin secretion into the bloodstream requires a protein called CD59. New research led by Lund University shows that the two protein variants that are responsible for this function of CD59 are affected in diabetes. The study has been recently published in PNAS. Insulin affects many bodily functions, and is required for survival. It causes cells to take up glucose from the blood, storage of energy
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/newly-discovered-protein-variants-are-key-insulin-secretion - 2025-11-05
Very few support climate change, pollution and the general destruction of our planet, but why then is it so hard to make a truly sustainable future desirable? Researchers Carys Egan-Wyer and Jon Bertilsson have looked into this from a marketing perspective and point to some instances where their field could make a difference.“Marketing in the service of companies has done a tremendous job of creat
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/climate-crisis-has-marketing-problem - 2025-11-06
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/flying-start-2025 - 2025-11-06
To all current and prospective 1st year PhD students in Bioinformatics, You are invited to apply to MedBioInfo, the National Graduate School in Medical Bioinformatics, established to provide advanced training in bioinformatics to the next generation of world-class life-science researchers. Our 43 affiliated faculty members include most of the leading bioinformaticians in Sweden, and we also dra
https://www.lubi.lu.se/article/application-open-medbioinfo-national-graduate-school-medical-bioinformatics - 2025-11-05
The launch of the project “MARS: Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective” (MARS) took place in Istanbul on February 1-2, 2024. The project kick-off meeting brought together the researchers from all project partners to discuss the project idea, the implementation process and the researchers’ interests. 10 EU-based academic institutions and 13 academic and non-academic partners from va
https://www.mars.lu.se/article/mars-project-kick-event-took-place-february-1-2-2024 - 2025-11-05
Welcome to kickoff meetings for the three BECC Themes during December! At the meetings we will follow up the discussions that were initiated at the BECC annual meeting in October, initiate collaborative work, and make short- and long term plans for theme activities, such as seminars, workshops, actions groups and conferences. The discussions will be a basis for strategic plans for the three themes
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/theme-meetings-december-2016 - 2025-11-05
A new contract catalogue is now available to make all purchases easier, and new guidelines have been developed to help streamline our procurement process. The contract catalogue is a resource that makes it easier to find information about what agreements are available and how to use them. The contract information currently in Lupin/Proceedo will be moved into the contract catalogue. You can find a
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-contract-catalogue-help-you-make-informed-purchases - 2025-11-06
Presently many of Sweden’s 20,000 Parkinson’s patients are not receiving the treatment they need, and many of the most seriously ill receive incorrect or inappropriate therapy. With the new Manage PD tool and the PD Pal study, Per Odin, professor at Lund University and senior attending physician at Skåne University Hospital in Lund, hopes to be able to improve the care of Parkinson’s patients. Eve
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/faster-and-better-treatment-parkinsons-disease-manage-pd-tool - 2025-11-05
There were no differences in quality of life, symptoms, hospital admissions or mortality between a group of patients with pulmonary disease and low oxygen levels in the blood that received oxygen therapy at home for 24 hours a day, and a group that received the same therapy for 15 hours a day, according to a study from Lund University in Sweden. “This has considerable significance for patients wit
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/no-benefits-24-hour-compared-15-hour-oxygen-therapy - 2025-11-05
Colombia is the world’s most dangerous country for those fighting to protect the rain forest and the environment. Last year, 79 people were killed for that reason, three times as many as in the second most dangerous country, Brazil. This means planning field studies there needs to be particularly meticulous. Lund University researcher Jesica López researches how the management of livestock affects
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/safe-fieldwork-important-plan-thoroughly - 2025-11-06
The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) has released its list of ongoing Swedish research projects with the potential to create societal benefit, dubbed the “100 list”. This year, nine projects from Lund University were included. IVA's ‘100 list’ was launched in conjunction with its 100th anniversary in 2019. The selection committee consists of over 60 qualified individuals from ac
On April 29, Lund University presented the strengths with which it aims to contribute to the world’s largest investment in cultural and creative sectors. The ‘Buzz of Europe’ conference showcased opportunities that the broad University can offer. Held in a packed university auditorium, the event was aimed at anyone interested in joining the Creatives & Friends network, which has now been establish
Meeting of the Faculty Board of Science 9 April 2025.DecisionsThe matters for decision concerned the procedure for allocating faculty funding to research infrastructure initiatives, as well as the degree requirements for the one-year Master’s programmes in Biology, Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Physical Geography.Information and discussionAn annual cycle of the Faculty Board’s work was present
https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/summary-faculty-science-board-meeting-9-april-2025 - 2025-11-05
Professor Sölve Elmståhl is co-author of the article Predictive Performance of the FIF Screening Tool in 2 Cohorts of Community-Living Older Adults which has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. The study shows that the screening tool First-time Injurious Fall (FIF) can identify fall risks in older men and women and be used for preventive purposes. Injurious
The Lund University Agenda 2030 Award was handed out for the first time at a ceremony in Lund on May 5. The award wants to promote innovative and interdisciplinary research on sustainable development by early career scholars at the university. Steven Curtis, Sofie Sandin Lompar, Frans Libertson, Katherine Shabb and Karolina Södergren received an honorary mention for their innovative approach of sh
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-podcast-advancing-sustainable-solutions-receives-honorary-mention - 2025-11-05
Hittills har det mest kommit nödsignaler från Gotland och Öland om vattenbrist, men nu måste även fastlandet börja förbereda sig för torrare tider. Det menar Kenneth M Persson, professor i teknisk vattenresurslära, som listar vad som behöver göras. Till följd av inlandsisens härjningar har Sverige förhållandevis nära till det kompakta urberget, vilket gör att de naturliga större grundvattenmagasin
https://www.lu.se/artikel/sa-kan-sverige-klara-torka-och-sinande-grundvatten - 2025-11-06
In a collaborative study, with other European research groups, scientists from Lund University in Sweden have shed new light on how the protein aggregates that accumulate in the Parkinsonian brain may contribute to neuronal injury during disease progression. The study is published in Cell Reports. The brain is a complex organ composed of billions of neurons, whose proper function is dependent on a
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-insights-toxic-protein-aggregate-formation-parkinsons-disease-size-matters - 2025-11-05
