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Read the director’s message, explore the latest research news, discover upcoming events, and browse our recent publications. Read full newsletter here!Season's greetings from the team at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies!CMES organised several major events during the latter part of the autumn semester. A topical public seminar was co-organised with Peace and Conflict Studies, focusing

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-55-0 - 2026-07-05

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/i-will-always-cherish-two-years-i-spent-sweden - 2026-07-05

Caroline Isaksson will take up her post as head of Evolutionary Ecology and Infection Biology on 1 July. With a focus on accessible leadership, open communication and a positive working environment, she aims to help create the conditions for staff to thrive, develop and achieve their goals. In this interview, Caroline talks about her new role and her thoughts ahead of taking up the position. What

https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/caroline-isaksson-new-head-division - 2026-07-05

Linn recently nailed her thesis to the wall here at LUSEM, as is tradition. She has been doing her research at the Department of Economic History and her work is called " Garment Workers and the Labour Issue in Development". She is now preparing the defense of the dissertation, which will take place on 25 April at 10:15, in EC3:207. Congratulations on your dissertation, please tell us, what is it

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-thesis-three-questions-linn-ternsjo - 2026-07-05

Kimberly Nicholas, Asssociate Professor at LUCSUS, is one of six recipients of the 2024 Planet Earth Award, a prestigous prize which acknowledges individuals who champion life on Earth. These individuals received the prize because they demonstrate exceptional creativity or contributions in their work in science-based advocacy with the public, policymakers, or other non-scientist groups seeking sol

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/associate-professor-kimberly-nicholas-recipient-2024-planet-earth-award - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Guess your time in Lundaloppet 2017 and express your uncertainty in your running time in which way you want! After the race on May 13th and the actual running times are known, we will evaluate the performances of all predictions. The results will be presented in June, where we will hand out several awards.Guess your t

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/lundaloppet-predictive-challenge-2017 - 2026-07-05

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/master-thesis-awarded-world-water-day - 2026-07-05

The 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, in Memory of Alfred Nobel goes to professors Joel Mokyr at Northwestern University, Philippe Aghion at LSE, and Peter Howitt at Brown University. They deal with the theme of continuous economic growth. For Professor Mokyr’s part he has used historical sources to explain what has sustained economic growth over the last two hundred years. He emp

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/creative-destruction-gets-prize - 2026-07-06

Meet Anna Maria – Professor of Ecosystem Modelling and newly appointed Deputy/Assistant Head of MGeo. Her research explores how climate change impacts growth and risk in natural and managed ecosystems, using model simulations to analyse future scenarios and inform policy and management. In this q&a, she shares her vision for integration and collaboration for the new MGeo department. Anna Maria, co

https://www.mgeo.lu.se/internal/article/meet-anna-maria-jonsson-new-deputy-and-assistant-head-department-focus-integration-and-collaboration - 2026-07-05

In recent weeks, we have celebrated the students who have completed their studies at the Department of Communication. After years of hard work, curiosity, and dedication, they are now ready to take the next step—into working life or further studies. Over the past few weeks, we have had the great pleasure of recognising and celebrating the students who have completed their studies at the Department

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/proud-students-take-next-step - 2026-07-05

On the 8th of June, the graduation ceremony for our Master's students was arranged by the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Lund University Main Building. During the ceremony, two theses were awarded the honorary award from the department for their excellent work. The ceremony began with live music and speeches by the Dean, Christofer Edling, and student Janine Pröll. Following that, Malin Zilling

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/two-master-theses-received-honorary-award - 2026-07-05

The institute welcomes two new Advanced Study Groups, starting in February 2024: (Un-)natural borders; and Aesthetics in Business Creativity (ABC). The Advanced Study Group (Un-)natural borders: Multi-disciplinary perspectives on the boundaries of European integration, sets out to explore how natural conditions determine the features and boundaries of European integration, and how European integra

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/two-new-advanced-study-groups - 2026-07-05

The Pufendorf IAS stimulates interdisciplinary research within Lund University. The Institute supports researchers working together across disciplinary borders to develop new areas of research. The Institute announces yearly calls for application to Themes and Advanced Study Groups. Researchers/teaching staff (with PhD or equiv.) employed by Lund University are now invited to apply for Themes and

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/call-applications-pufendorf-institute-advanced-studies - 2026-07-05

Apply for an Advanced Study Group no later than November 10 and for a Theme no later than December 9. The Pufendorf IAS stimulates interdisciplinary research within Lund University. The Institute supports researchers working together across disciplinary borders to develop new areas of research. The Institute announces yearly calls for application to Themes and Advanced Study Groups. Researchers/te

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/calls-interdisciplinary-applications-pufendorf-institute-advanced-studies - 2026-07-05

Ullrika Sahlin, a CEC researcher specialising in Computational Science for Health and Environment (COSHE) research, recently completed a mission for the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). EFSA's scientific experts learned how to express uncertainty in a clear way. EFSA was set up in 2002 in the wake of crises of confidence in food safety. Its mandate is to carry out scientific assessments of r

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/improving-food-safety-risk-assessment-eu - 2026-07-05

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Efficiency of Different Moringa oleifera (Lam.) Varieties as Natural Coagulants for Urban Wastewater Treatment", available in the journal Sustainability. There is a great need to find cheaper but still efficient treatment methods for wastewater. This study aimed to test the purifying performance of three different Moringa oleifera 

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/coagulants-urban-wastewater-treatment-tunisia - 2026-07-05

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/protect-yourself-your-information-and-your-work-knowledge - 2026-07-05

I samhällsdebatten gestaltas ofta äldre som sköra och passiva. Men nu visar en ny avhandling av CASE-anslutna doktor Afsaneh Taei, i forskargruppen Aktivt och hälsosamt åldrande, att äldre personer i utsatta områden tvärtom är aktiva och delaktiga i att försöka göra sitt närområde bättre och tryggare. – De vill bidra. Bland de urbana områden med mycket kriminalitet och droghandel som ingick i stud

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/aldre-i-utsatta-omraden-kampar-att-skapa-trygghet - 2026-07-05

Cecilia Malmström är en av de svenskar som har varit aktiv inom EU i flest roller. Först som ledamot Europaparlamentet, senare som EU-minister i den svenska regeringen och slutligen som handelskommissionär i Junckers kommission. I den senare rollen hade Cecilia den utmanande uppgiften att navigera EU:s handelspolitik under den första Trumpadminstrationen. Idag är hon Senior Fellow vid Peterson Ins

https://www.cfe.lu.se/artikel/europas-globala-roll-utmaningar-eller-mojligheter - 2026-07-05

I samhällsdebatten gestaltas ofta äldre som sköra och passiva. Men nu visar en ny avhandling av SWEAH-anslutna doktor Afsaneh Taei, i forskargruppen Aktivt och hälsosamt åldrande, att äldre personer i utsatta områden tvärtom är aktiva och delaktiga i att försöka göra sitt närområde bättre och tryggare. – De vill bidra. Bland de urbana områden med mycket kriminalitet och droghandel som ingick i stu

https://sweah.lu.se/artikel/aldre-i-utsatta-omraden-kampar-att-skapa-trygghet - 2026-07-05