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År 2023 var det varmaste året som någonsin har uppmätts och 2024 kommer att bli ännu varmare. Demokratin är på tillbakagång och bristen på mat ökar, som en följd av militära konflikter, ekonomiska kriser och extremväder. Förenta nationernas möjligheter att agera globalt är betydligt sämre än tidigare, som en följd av det geopolitiska läget. Detta under en tid när vi verkligen skulle behöva interna
Welcome to the third WCMM Fireside Chat article. Today we present our discussion with Darcy Wagner, a WCMM researcher focusing on lung regeneration. We talked about her science, motivations, aspirations and the importance of collaboration and knowledge exchange. Enjoy! Regenerating lungs outside the bodyDarcy’s lab is focused on engineering lung tissue outside the body for the purpose of regenerat
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-darcy-wagner - 2026-05-23
The UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) global assessment on nature highlights that 1 million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. Dr. Mine Islar, one of the lead athors of the report, and senior lecturer and researcher at LUCSUS, explains the significance of the report’s findings, which was released today, 6th May 201
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/mine-islar-comments-ipbes-global-assessment-loss-biodiversity-crucial-climate-change - 2026-05-23
Editor's note: this interview is from 2024.Sofie, tell us about what you do today!I'm working with sustainability data and encourage companies to measure data that really matter - helping them understand that ESG data is as important for the business as financial data. SustainLab, where I work, is a full-service sustainability solutions provider, and we offer a SaaS platform that supports data col
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/sofie-bergdahl-alumna-msc-international-strategic-management-2019 - 2026-05-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There are delicious smells emanating from the kitchen at the Malmö apartment of nutrition physiologist, Louise Brunkwall. Today, she is making pasta and vegetable sauce for lunch. A clean up before the interview with LUM means she can no longer find anything in the kitchen cupboards: “Usually there is always some kin
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/help-your-body-outwit-reptile-brain - 2026-05-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An international study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden and The University of Western Australia shows that the pressure from water droplets on a leaf surface triggers stress hormones like jasmonic acid. These cellular changes become apparent very quickly and can could make plants better equipped to with
https://www.science.lu.se/article/impact-water-droplets-leaves-quickly-triggers-stress-responses-plants - 2026-05-23
Lund University Diabetes Centre’s Scientific Advisory Board give researchers valuable feedback on ongoing research. Frances Ashcroft and Flemming Pociot from the board were invited to the LUDC retreat in the city of Helsingborg recently and they were impressed by the range of the research being performed at the centre. Research within type 1 diabetes specifically caught their attention. Frances As
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/scientific-advisory-board-important-contributions-within-type-1-diabetes-research - 2026-05-23
Sabine Konings’ Ph.D. project sheds light on the role of different genetic variants of apolipoprotein E in early Alzheimer’s disease development. January 27, she defends her thesis. In this interview, she shares the most important findings as a Ph.D. student in the Experimental Dementia group. Tell us about your research! Apolipoprotein E4 (ApoE4) is the major genetic risk factor for developing la
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-sabine-konings - 2026-05-23
Dung beetles are among the strongest animals in the world. They also possess an exceptional ability to cooperate. Research shows that female and male spider dung beetles together are able to move large dung balls across difficult obstacles. However, same-sex attempts to do the same always ended in aggressive fights. Dung beetles live in and on animal droppings. By breaking down organic substances,
https://www.science.lu.se/article/beetles-cooperate-tricky-dung-moves - 2026-05-23
The Faculty Board held its first meeting of the autumn term on 24 September. As there were no items requiring a decision on the agenda, the meeting was devoted to information.Head of Finance Monika Bengtsson gave an overview of the budget conditions for 2026, and Head of Faculty Office Catrin Malmström provided an update on changes in the Faculty Office. Among other things, a new Head of Managemen
https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/summary-faculty-science-board-meeting-24-september-2025 - 2026-05-23
Dung beetles are among the strongest animals in the world. They also possess an exceptional ability to cooperate. Research shows that female and male spider dung beetles together are able to move large dung balls across difficult obstacles. However, same-sex attempts to do the same always ended in aggressive fights. Dung beetles live in and on animal droppings. By breaking down organic substances,
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/beetles-cooperate-tricky-dung-moves - 2026-05-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "We are seeing an increase in the intensity of extreme climate events, as well as growing inequality. There is an urgency to look at the intersections between climate change and parameters such as class, gender, ethnicity and soco-economic background", says Director Emily Boyd. She is leading the four yearlong projec
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/project-dice-linking-climate-change-and-extreme-events-inequality - 2026-05-23
At the end of April, nearly 90 members of staff from the Centre for Climate and Environmental Sciences (CEC), the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science (INES), and the Department of Geology gathered to participate in joint visioning workshops. The workshops were held on two occasions with an identical format to give as many people as possible the chance to participate on one of th
https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/summary-recent-visioning-workshops-joint-department - 2026-05-23
Meet our new colleague Samson Mukanjari who recently joined the IIIEE. Originally from Zimbabwe, with a master’s degree from the University of Cape Town and a PhD from the University of Gothenburg, he has now moved to Lund with his family. Samson has a background in economics and will be working as Associate Senior Lecturer, with focus on climate policy and natural resource management. What did yo
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-samson-mukanjari - 2026-05-23
A number of CASE researchers attended last week's Gerontological Society of America Annual Conference in Tampa, Florida. The conference is organized annually and is one of the world's largest, presenting a wide range of research in the field of gerontology, with participants mainly from the USA and this year from 40 other countries. David Dahlgren, Erik Eriksson, Maya Kylén, Susanne Iwarsson, Björ
https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/case-researchers-spread-and-gain-new-knowledge-around-world - 2026-05-23
Satsningar på spets och excellens. Underlätta internationella rekryteringar. Stopp för att bedriva regionalpolitik med hjälp av högre utbildning. Profilområdena är inte självklara. Om de sjösätts så sker det tidigast 2025. Detta och mer pratar utbildningsminister Mats Persson om i en intervju med LUM. Det är ingen slump att Mats Perssons första universitetsbesök som utbildningsminister är Lunds un
https://www.lu.se/artikel/nya-utbildningsministern-profilomradena-maste-analyseras - 2026-05-24
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Population density, and not the proportion of green spaces, has the biggest impact on species richness of pollinators in residential areas. This is the result of a study from Lund University in Sweden of gardens and residential courtyards in and around Malmö, Sweden. The result surprised the researchers, who had expec
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/high-human-population-density-negative-pollinators - 2026-05-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 82 years after his death, limnology superstar and the first professor in this field in Lund and the world, Einar Naumann, may have helped solve the riddle of why lakes become brown. With the help of Naumann’s and his students’ work dating back to the 1930s, senior lecturer Emma Kritzberg has created a data series that
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eighty-year-old-findings-help-solve-water-mystery - 2026-05-23
An international research team led from Lund University, has identified epigenetic biomarkers that can predict which people with type 2 diabetes are at risk of cardiovascular disease. The study is now published in Cell Reports Medicine. People with type 2 diabetes are up to four times more likely to have heart attacks, strokes, anginas and other coronary heart diseases than healthy people. Therefo
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/biomarkers-reveal-risk-cardiovascular-disease-type-2-diabetes - 2026-05-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In our course Contemporary South Asian Societies we have the pleasure of having one of our former students, Emilija Zabiliute, as a lecturer. Emilija was a student on our masters programme between 2008-2010 and received her PhD from the University of Copenhagen in 2016. Could you please tell us a bit about yourself?I
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/meet-alumna-emilija-zabiliute - 2026-05-23
