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Economic conditions influence whether and when people choose to have children. A new report from the Swedish government inquiry A Future with Children, led by LUSEM economist Åsa Hansson, shows how financial risks – particularly for women – may be contributing to declining birth rates. Fewer children are being born in Sweden, and economic conditions may play a larger role than previously assumed.

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/economic-security-shapes-decisions-about-having-children - 2026-06-30

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The interdisciplinary Pufendorf Institute has received excellent reviews in an international evaluation. The way people there think, experiment and collaborate across boundaries is impressive. According to the evaluators, the institute is now ready to also play a strategic role as the engine of interdisciplinary resea

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/pufendorf-institute-ready-become-interdisciplinary-engine - 2026-06-29

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 - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.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 - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Science should be able to be reproduced, but in reality this is a step that is often overlooked. Researcher Burak Tunca at the School of Economics and Management sees several possible measures that could make research better – and more open. “Researchers should always pre-register their studies and be open with their

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/do-it-again-and-do-it-right - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Three research projects involving a total of 10 postdocs received grants in the first round of Lund University’s research programme for excellence, focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. A total of 33 applications were submitted, of which 28 were reviewed by an external, international panel. “This is the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ten-postdocs-kick-excellence-programme-sustainable-development - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Behind every successful man there is a woman”, according to an old saying. So what about successful women? And what about couples where both are successful – how do they manage family life? LUM met Olle Melander and Marju Orho-Melander, who are among the Lund University researchers to have been awarded most prizes an

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/planning-key-success-researcher-couple - 2026-06-29

Ett forskarlag, lett från Lund, har upptäckt en liten planet som har ett säreget sätt att röra sig i sin omloppsbana. Den vobblande planeten TOI-1408c, belägen 455 ljusår från jorden, visar att planetsystem kan vara betydligt mer komplexa än vad forskarna tidigare trott. Den nyupptäckta planeten har en massa som motsvarar åtta jordklot och kretsar mycket nära en större planet, den heta gasjätten T

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/forskare-har-upptackt-mystisk-exoplanet-med-markligt-rorelsemonster - 2026-06-29

Ett forskarlag, lett från Lund, har upptäckt en liten planet som har ett säreget sätt att röra sig i sin omloppsbana. Den vobblande planeten TOI-1408c, belägen 455 ljusår från jorden, visar att planetsystem kan vara betydligt mer komplexa än vad forskarna tidigare trott. Den nyupptäckta planeten har en massa som motsvarar åtta jordklot och kretsar mycket nära en större planet, den heta gasjätten T

https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/ny-upptackt-planeten-som-vobblar-sig-fram - 2026-06-29

Vilken roll spelar programmering i fysikundervisningen? Kan programmering användas för att lära ut fysikaliska begrepp? I sitt avhandlingsarbete undersöker Kim Svensson hur rörelsen mellan formel, kod och visualisering kan bidra till lärande i fysik. I framtiden hoppas Kim att programmering kan användas på ett mer öppet sätt, där eleverna får möjlighet att utforska sina egna modeller och idéer på

https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/nar-elever-far-koda-sjalva-blir-fysikundervisningen-battre - 2026-06-29

Några frågor till Kiran Maini Gerhardsson, som tillsammans med Steven Schmidt och Susanne Iwarsson författat den vetenskapliga artikeln om första studien som genomfördes i MoRe-Labs testlägenhet vid Lunds universitet. Hur kan era resultat bidra till att förbättra allmänhetens hälsa?– I forskningsstudien undersöktes förutsättningarna för att äldre personer, 70 år och uppåt, ska kunna gå en Internet

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/forsta-studien-fran-more-lab - 2026-06-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Den första fredagen i varje månad går ett demonstrationståg från LUX ner till Stortorget för klimatets skull. Där förenar de sig med Fridays for Future-manifestationerna. Fredagen den 3 april kommer dock coronaviruset att sätta stopp för detta. Men när coronakrisen är över hoppas initiativtagaren Martin Jarenmark at

https://www.lu.se/artikel/halla-martin-jarenmark - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In recently published studies, researchers at Lund University and Skåne University Hospital in Sweden have produced new prediction models for improved personalised treatment of lymph nodes in breast cancer patients. The latest results that have now been published in Clinical Cancer Research and BMC Cancer show that up

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/fewer-lymph-node-operations-breast-cancer-patients-new-prediction-models - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How creative are research studies? What can be done to make them more creative? LUM has met Samuel West, who is not only a doctoral student, but who actually does research on creativity. Samuel West had worked as a psychologist for many years when he decided four years ago to do a PhD. Now he is looking back on his re

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/he-searching-creativity-outside-academy - 2026-06-29

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered thirteen new species of extinct brittle stars on the island of Gotland, Sweden. The fossils were dug out of rocks from the Silurian Period (around 444 to 419 million years ago). The species have now been named after several famous hard rock musicians and bands. Ophiuroids are a group of echinoderms closely related to starfish. Their bodies c

https://www.science.lu.se/article/extinct-brittle-stars-named-after-death-metal-bands - 2026-06-29

For the first time, researchers have been able to prove that city lights limit the ability of nocturnal animals to navigate by natural light in the night sky. Instead, they are forced to use streetlamps, neon light or floodlights to orient themselves. The findings are published in Current Biology. Some animals, including migratory birds, seals and moths, use light from the moon, stars and Milky Wa

https://www.science.lu.se/article/artificial-light-disrupts-dung-beetles-sense-direction - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. High concentrations of salt in agricultural soil is an environmental problem that has plagued human civilization from its very beginning. Also in modern times, salinization of soils is a problem restricting agricultural productivity. Irrigation can make areas suitable for agriculture that would otherwise be too dry to

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/intensified-irrigation-threatens-agricultural-productivity - 2026-06-29

When we are summing up 2023, we can confirm that Lund University consolidates its position as Sweden’s leading university in the Horizon Europe, and climbs to the top ten in Europe. In September, LU-nytt reported on Lund University’s successful outcome in this spring’s calls within the EU framework programme for research and innovation, Horizon Europe. Contracts have now been signed for the collab

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-top-ten-horizon-europe - 2026-06-30

The new Research Data Office is to make it easier for researchers to manage their research data throughout the research process. Improved and more accessible online support is now being launched in the form of unified webpages, a university-wide support service and a new, easier way to register research documents that requires neither a course nor logging in to the W3D3 system. Unified webpages on

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researchers-get-improved-online-support-research-data-management - 2026-06-30

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Farshid Jalalvand has a PhD in infection biology and vaccine development, and he has appeared frequently in the media during the debate on the Covid-19 vaccine. “When you work, as I do, with vaccines and you understand how they work, it feels important to try to explain it so that people can take decisions based on so

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-everyones-responsibility-get-vaccinated - 2026-06-29