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Andreas Bruzelius, a Ph.D. student at Lund University, defended his PhD thesis on Friday, 20 October 2023. Andreas' research focuses on generating brain cells, specifically interneurons, in the lab, which has significant implications for the study of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders. Combining cell biology and electrophysiology, his work has the potential to create personalized dis

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/generating-gabaergic-interneurons-phd-interview-andreas-bruzelius - 2026-06-23

A team of international researchers led by senior lecturer Åsa Mackenzie at Lund University has received a $9 million USD grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative, in partnership with The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), to advance understanding of Parkinson’s disease treatment, with a particular focus on depression, anxiety, and other psychiatr

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/exceptional-success-multipark-researchers-highly-competitive-international-call-parkinsons-research - 2026-06-23

In a new observational study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden looked at all children listed for heart transplants in the Nordic countries between 1986 and 2023. A total of 597 children were included in the study, 461 of whom received a transplant. The results show that survival rates have increased significantly over time despite the modest volumes in the region – a development that the r

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/children-waiting-new-heart-study-shows-marked-improvement-survival-rates-and-importance-nordic - 2026-06-23

Offshore wind power is presented as one of the solutions to solve the energy crisis in southern Sweden. But the issue has been met with a "not in my backyard” attitude, as many municipalities say no to the government's decision. LUCSUS researcher Henner Busch, shares his thoughts on how to involve local communities and create a more just energy transition. Earlier this autumn, the Swedish governme

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/conflicts-between-national-climate-targets-and-local-communities-jeopardize-renewable-energy - 2026-06-23

“Do you want to see what a box jellyfish sees and experiences when it rides a roller-coaster?” “We humans believe that what we see is reality, but it isn’t. It is an eminently human reality, filtered through our eyes. The visual world of animals shows different realities”, says Dan-Eric Nilsson. Almost 40 years have passed since Dan-Eric Nilsson arrived in Lund from Gothenburg as a doctoral studen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/animal-eyesight-needs-driven - 2026-06-23

For the last three years, middle-school classrooms in Lund and Staffanstorp have been getting a special visit during the autumn: scientists walk in with stories about their favorite research topic and what it is like to work in a lab. This is the Science to Schools program, an initiative that began as an idea from PhD student Abigail Altman and has now grown into a collaboration involving Lund Ste

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/bringing-science-classroom-taking-science-middle-schools-lund - 2026-06-23

Özlem Çelik is currently visiting the Pufendorf IAS as part of a new exchange programme of NordIAS´s fellows. She is a visiting scholar at the University of Helsinki and a Senior Researcher at the Department of Social Research, University of Turku and Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) Collegium Fellow. You were a postdoc at Lund University in 2018-2019, welcome back to Lund! You have bee

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/welcome-back-ozlem-celik - 2026-06-23

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/farmers-incentives-choosing-most-appropriate-environmental-measures-must-increase - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Article in The Conversation by Paul Franks, professor of genetic epidemiology and Peter M Nilsson, professor of internal medicine - epidemiology at Lund University. A growing number of Swedish doctors and scientists are raising alarm over the Swedish government’s approach to COVID-19. Unlike its Nordic neighbours, Swe

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/sweden-under-fire-relaxed-coronavirus-approach-heres-science-behind-it - 2026-06-23

Laura Elo at University of Turku is awarded the Leif C. Groop Award for outstanding research on type 1 diabetes. The mathematician from Finland has developed methods which have helped increase the understanding of how type 1 diabetes develops at molecular level. She hopes her research will help prevent and delay the progression of the disease and individualise the treatment of type 1 diabetes. Jus

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/laura-elo-awarded-leif-c-groop-award-outstanding-research-type-1-diabetes - 2026-06-23

https://www.photoacoustics.lu.se/article/new-publications - 2026-06-23

Sexual harassment, mental health issues, racism and non-European doctoral students engaged in uphill struggles with the Swedish Migration Agency to be allowed to remain in Sweden. These are examples of the sorts of things that Haro de Grauw has been faced with since becoming doctoral student ombudsman in Lund almost two years ago. Most often, however, it is another factor that makes doctoral stude

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ombudsman-rescue - 2026-06-24

“English is like a membrane between us and reality”. The quote comes from a teacher at a Swedish higher education institution and describes their experience of teaching Swedish students in English. “Today, there are often no educational reasons why a particular course in the first-cycle is taught in English,” says Peter Svensson, senior lecturer in Business Administration at the School of Economic

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/poorer-learning-if-teaching-anglicised - 2026-06-24

Donald Trump aims to introduce sharply increased tariffs and an extensive deportation policy, while Kamala Harris is focused on domestic issues like stabilizing inflation and strengthening the middle class. What will happen to the U.S. and global economy when one of them becomes president? Maria Persson, Associate Professor in Economics, takes a closer look at the next U.S. president from an econo

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/harris-and-trump-economy-and-election - 2026-06-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Studenter från Lunds universitet befinner sig på olika platser runt om i världen för att bedriva utbytesstudier, praktik eller fältarbete. En del av dem har åkt hem till Sverige under coronakrisen, medan andra stannar kvar. Vi har bett några av dem ge en bild av deras situation där de befinner sig på olika platser i

https://www.lu.se/artikel/studenter-utomlands-berattar-om-livet-under-coronakrisen - 2026-06-24

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Chairs: Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Alf Gunvald Nielsen and Anand Vaidya  TWO sessions:1. Wednesday 21 Sept, 10.00–12.004. Thursday 22 Sept, 09.00-11.00VENUE: Ombudsmannarummet, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sandgatan 2, LundABSTRACTS: The Subaltern as a Political Voyeur? The landscape of shifting political allegiances in an In

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/panel-2-mapping-subaltern-modernities-neoliberal-india - 2026-06-23

Several inaccuracies in historical CPIs in popular online databases have been discovered, according to new research by Jonas Ljungberg at Lund University, published in Cliometrica. This can have major consequences for both research and the decisions politicians make regarding economic policy. Jonas Ljungberg needed access to different European countries' consumer price indices (CPIs) for the last

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/errors-detected-several-historical-consumer-price-indices - 2026-06-23

CMES Visiting Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye has co-authored a report that explores the possible establishment of a new official multilateral forum for sustainable dialogue and engagement in the Middle East and North Africa. Last week a Chatham House report was launched to explore the possible establishment of a new official multilateral forum for sustainable dialogue and engagement in the Middle East

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-visiting-professor-dalia-dassa-kaye-launches-report-mena-multilateral-forum - 2026-06-23

“My stay here has not only given me practical access to sources and libraries. Being in a different academic environment has also given me new ideas and perspectives on what we do in Lund.” These are the words of historian Marie Cronqvist, who moved to Berlin with her husband and children last summer. Now it will soon be time to go home, but before that LUM had time to meet them and find out about

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/finding-new-inspiration-berlin - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. He is checking out at the same fighting weight as when he checked in, and does the same number of push-ups (40!) now as he did then. He has been through several tough rounds and had to fight to defend his convictions and his views on the University’s development. Per Eriksson summarises his time as vice-chancellor as

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eriksson-you-have-dare-take-risks-sometimes-if-you-want-make-things-happen - 2026-06-23