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At the end of April, the Faculty Board decided that a new department, the Department of Communication, will be created. The establishment of the new department is part of the faculty's development towards fewer units, but the merger has also been motivated by additional reasons. The new department will be established on 1 January 2025 and the following units will be included: Department of Strateg

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-department-communication-january-2025 - 2026-06-11

The coast is changing. The sea is encroaching further inland, and the shoreline of childhood memory no longer looks the same. Climate change is impacting beaches and the sea, but time is also a factor. Someone who knows a lot about changes to the Skåne coastline is Caroline Hallin. She is a coastal engineer whose research focuses on erosion, storm surges and nature-adapted coastal protection at th

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/interdisciplinary-research-school-skanes-beaches - 2026-06-11

Starting November 2023 a new housing portal will be implemented at LU Accommodation. Below you can find updates on several important changes that will be made. Housing application Spring semester 2024: The housing application process for new applicants with an arrival during Spring semester 2024 will use the already existing housing portal. New applicants need to follow the existing instructions o

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/new-housing-portal-lu-accommodation - 2026-06-11

För första gången har forskare kopplat specifika defekter i spermier till graviditetskomplikationer och negativ effekt på barnets hälsa. Studien från Lunds universitet visar att DNA-skador på pappans spermier fördubblar risken för havandeskapsförgiftning för kvinnor som blivit gravida genom IVF. Dessutom ökar risken för barnet att födas för tidigt. Ungefär 20–30 procent av alla barn som föds med h

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/defekta-spermier-dubblar-risken-havandeskapsforgiftning - 2026-06-12

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. OUTREACH: Professor Annica Kronsell höll ett föredrag om Experimentell kollaborativ styrning av hållbara städer (“Collaborative urban sustainability governance through experimentation”), som arrangerades av Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne torsdagen 23 mars. Från affishen:Innovations

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/kronsell-talade-i-melbourne-om-mer-hallbara-och-klimattaliga-stader - 2026-06-11

En uppmärksammad och stor studie från Göteborgs universitet visar att nio av tio som har för högt blodtryck inte får tillräcklig behandling. Det innebär att många i onödan drabbas av stroke, hjärtsjukdomar och för tidig död. I onödan därför att det är väl känt att såväl livsstilsförändringar som läkemedel effektivt kan sänka blodtrycket. För högt blodtryck är vanligt och blir allt vanligare. I en

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/hogt-blodtryck-dodar-i-tysthet - 2026-06-11

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Hur möter Europa den internationella migrationen? Vilken arbetsmarknad finns det för migranterna? Och vad händer med socialförsäkringssystemen? Dessa frågor och många andra kommer att diskuteras på tredagarskonferensen Migration and the European Welfare States, som arrangeras av Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universite

https://www.lu.se/artikel/med-fokus-pa-migration-och-den-europeiska-valfarden - 2026-06-12

Jana Rájová’s research turns light on gene expression in different parts of the brain affected by Parkinson’s disease. October 23, she defends her thesis in the Molecular Neuromodulation research group. In this interview, she tells about how it has been to combine wet and dry lab work and about the technical advances in the field. Tell us about your research! “Throughout my Ph.D. journey, my resea

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/gene-expression-parkinsons-disease-phd-interview-jana-rajova - 2026-06-11

The EUGLOH 2022 Annual Summit took place at Université Paris-Saclay on 15-17 June and gathered students and academics from EUGLOH's nine universities, as well as members of civil society, association stakeholders and industrial partners of the Alliance. The summit began on 15 June at 9.00 with opening speeches by Sylvie Retailleau, Rector of Université Paris-Saclay, and Vanessa Debiais-Sainton, He

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/eugloh-2022-annual-summit - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Thursday 23 March 2017, 16.00 Ida Sofie Matzen held a lecture entitled: "Extremists of Love: Cosmological Activism among Pakistani Sufi Muslims in Lahore, Pakistan" at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES seminar room, Finngatan 16, Lund). The lecture was jointly organised by the Center for Middle Eastern St

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/extremists-love-cosmological-activism-among-pakistani-sufi-muslims - 2026-06-11

Sarah Anne Rennick has co-authored the paper "National Ambition, Divergent Vision: Consensus and Fracture Among Iraqi Youth Activists of the Tishreen Movement" together with Adel Bakawan. Since October 2019, Iraq has been witnessing a mass protest movement, heavily though not exclusively centered in Baghdad and the country’s southern provinces and largely led by youth. This new uprising, referred

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/consensus-and-fracture-among-iraqi-youth-activists - 2026-06-11

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Priser och stipendium faller som årets första höstregn över Lunds universitets forskare. ÅRETS GEOLOG. Daniel Conley, professor vid Geologiska institutionen, har utsetts till Årets geolog 2014 av Geosektionen inom Naturvetarna. Priset på 25.000 kronor får han för sitt hängivna arbete med att förhindra övergödning av

https://www.lu.se/artikel/arets-geolog-och-dubbelprisad-fysiker - 2026-06-11

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Stamceller, stamceller och stamceller – det är vad som står på programmet när 200 skånska gymnasielever dyker ner i ursprungscellernas vidunderliga värld vid UniStem-dagen 15 mars 2019. Under en heldag ska lundaforskare och elever tillsammans laborera, diskutera och tala om dagens och morgondagens stamcellsforskning

https://www.lu.se/artikel/rekordstort-intresse-stamcellsforskning-bland-gymnasieskolor - 2026-06-11

Professor Charlotta Turner believes in the power of natural science to shape society. As Dean, she wants to create an environment where people meet across boundaries and where going to work or study feels engaging, inspiring and rewarding. Why are you running for Dean of the Faculty of Science?“I am driven by new challenges, especially when it comes to leadership and development in our academic en

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/dean-candidate-driven-diverse-perspectives-dialogue-and-open-exchange-ideas - 2026-06-11

How vulnerable is humanity in the face of climate change? And how have people around the world already been impacted? These are some of the questions to be answered on 28 February by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Two researchers from Lund University participated in the final report – Martina Angela Caretta and Emily Boyd. For three years, approximately three hundred top resea

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/un-climate-report-how-vulnerable-are-we-and-how-can-we-adapt - 2026-06-11

This year, the Swedish University Pitch Competition was held for the first time for students engaged in finance associations at Swedish universities. The Lund University Finance Society, LINC, both hosted the competition and won first prize with one of their participating teams. Hello Ture Eknor, President of LINC! Can you tell us about the Swedish University Pitch Competition?“It all started with

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/finance-society-linc-hosted-new-competition-won-first-prize - 2026-06-12

With a background in economics and law and extensive experience in financial and administrative management, Gisela Caesar today is the Administrative Manager for the CGB office. Going forward she has taken on the job to bring together different work cultures in the new organisation, as the new Administrative Manager for MGeo. How would you briefly describe your background and yourself as a person?

https://www.mgeo.lu.se/internal/article/meet-gisela-caesar-new-administrative-manager-mgeo - 2026-06-11

The environment in which breast cancer arises –the interplay between the patient’s BMI, tumour size and cancer-specific proteins –is of importance for the prognosis. This is shown in a study from Lund University in Sweden. The knowledge could further enhance precision medicine in breast cancer. Major advances in diagnostics and treatment have improved survival rates among breast cancer patients in

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/tumour-environment-can-affect-breast-cancer-prognosis - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers from the two Strategic Research Areas NanoLund and SPI (Sustainable Production Initiative, Chalmers and Lund University) have joined forces in a new collaboration together with major Swedish companies from the metals and manufacturing industries. The project aims to facilitate and improve the industry’s us

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/x-rays-and-neutrons-entering-metals-and-manufacturing-industries - 2026-06-11

At the School of Economics, Per Jochumzen teaches courses on mathematics and microeconomics. He believes that there are major challenges around how to handle cheating in areas where students’ knowledge cannot be tested through, for example, essays. Peter writes: In my opinion, the biggest challenge with home exams is to prevent cheating. This especially applies to situations where you want to eval

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/creating-conditions-avoid-cheating - 2026-06-11