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Our city centres and their development are a subject of constant debate. Ulf Johansson suggests that, if we let the market decide, our city centres will eventually be emptied of retail. Most recently, representatives from our food retailers suggested to municipalities that regulations on establishment locations be relaxed, advocating for the mantra of letting the market rule (Dagligvarunytt 2022a,

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/should-market-manage-our-city-centres - 2025-12-11

A large study led by Lund University in Sweden has shown that people with Alzheimer's disease can now be identified before they experience any symptoms. It is now also possible to predict who will deteriorate within the next few years. The study is published in Nature Medicine, and is very timely in light of the recent development of new drugs for Alzheimer's disease. It has long been known that t

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/alzheimers-disease-can-be-diagnosed-symptoms-emerge - 2025-12-11

Att längta till digitala möten är få förunnat. Men det gör forskarna vid Design­vetenskaper. De har hittat mötesrummen som ger dem energi och smart struktur. Han har en virtuell kopp kaffe i handen och ser ut lite som en figur i spelet Sims. – Att ha möten på distans känns numera kreativt och lustfyllt, säger Mattias Wallergård. Hans avatar lutar sig avslappnat mot en pelare i den lounge-liknande

https://www.lu.se/artikel/narhet-pa-distans-med-kreativa-vr-moten - 2025-12-10

Att längta till digitala möten är få förunnat. Men det gör forskarna vid Design­vetenskaper. De har hittat mötesrummen som ger dem energi och smart struktur. Han har en virtuell kopp kaffe i handen och ser ut lite som en figur i spelet Sims. – Att ha möten på distans känns numera kreativt och lustfyllt, säger Mattias Wallergård. Hans avatar lutar sig avslappnat mot en pelare i den lounge-liknande

https://www.lu.se/artikel/roligare-motas-som-avatarer - 2025-12-10

Narcissism, psychopathy and machiavellianism are personality traits that often lead to major social problems in the workplace. Magnus Lindén has researched “the dark triad” – dark personality traits that can nevertheless lead to success and management positions. Illustration: Catrin Jakobsson “People with dark traits often cause major relationship problems in the workplace. It’s arsehole-like beha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dark-personalities-how-handle-arsehole-work - 2025-12-11

Sustainability Week is an annual event organised in collaboration between Lund University and Lund Municipality. This year, over 60 lectures, guided tours, exhibitions, and more are arranged. Researchers from BECC are part in several of the events – you are all welcome to join! Andas frisk luft och höra fågelsång i en tät stad - hur kommer vi dit? 17 april, 09:00-12:00  Städernas befolkning ut

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/sustainability-week-lund-events-becc-researchers - 2025-12-11

In October, all Lund University School of Economics and Management’s (LUSEM) doctoral students were invited to an afternoon dedicated to exploring career opportunities outside academia. To explore career opportunities outside academia, the doctoral students were presented with information from potential employers, from Lund University School of Economics and Management’s (LUSEM) Professor of Pract

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/exploring-non-academic-career-paths - 2025-12-10

A research team at Lund University in Sweden has discovered a certain type of cells – foam cells – in patients with the aggressive brain tumour glioblastoma. It has been shown how these cells accelerate the cancer’s growth and that this can be successfully inhibited using a drug developed for arteriosclerosis. Glioblastoma affects around 500 Swedes every year and is the most common and most aggres

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/foam-cells-brain-tumours - 2025-12-11

This spring students in the Critical & Pedagogical Studies Programme at Malmö Art Academy will present their exam projects towards the completion of a Master of Fine Arts degree. The exam projects will lead to several weeks of diverse activities which will discuss and reflect different critical and pedagogical aspects from the perspective of the artist. Activities will be conducted as a workshop,

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/critical-and-pedagogical-studies-exam-projects-2017 - 2025-12-11

One is an American astronomer who has charted the innermost parts of the Milky Way using spectroscopy, the other a British professor of Geography who has made a name for herself through her interdisciplinary climate research. R. Michael Rich and Harriet Bulkeley have been appointed honorary doctors at the Faculty of Science at Lund University. R. Michael RichProfessor R. Michael Rich is based at t

https://www.science.lu.se/article/world-leading-astrophysicist-and-interdisciplinary-geographer-are-new-honorary-doctors-science - 2025-12-11

The dance that binary stars do around each other offers new clues to the chemical evolution of our Galaxy, the Milky Way – so says a current research study. For the first time, researchers have identified the link between the orbiting times of certain binary stars and the amount of iron in their interiors. Binary stars are systems containing two stars that orbit each other thanks to their mutual g

https://www.science.lu.se/article/iron-binary-stars-reflects-galaxys-chemical-evolution - 2025-12-11

Photo: Windows from Unsplash.com. Video streamlines teaching During the pandemic, we were largely forced to start using different tools in order to continue to provide our students with the teaching they needed. Video became one of the tools that facilitated this. Video streamlined teaching; we did not need to host Zoom lectures for everything. Students also gained flexibility in their learning, m

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/how-create-interactive-elements-your-teaching-videos-using-studio - 2025-12-11

Associate Professors Thomas Lindhqvist and Mikael Backman at the IIIEE have just initiated new research in the framework of the Lighting Metropolis project where they hope to confirm or dismiss some of the biggest concerns and speculations surrounding the LED-manufacturing industry. They hope their findings can make commissioners of LED-technology look at the investment from a different and more h

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/time-ripe-life-cycle-review-led - 2025-12-12

En hög blå dag i Västra Hamnens gränder. Virrvarr av svartvita svansar, nosar och skall gör vaktplikt i radhusdörren. Husse, professor i immunologi Tomas Leanderson, hyssjar, förmanar, välkomnar till köksbordet, kaffe. Om bara några dagar blir denne fullmaktsprofessor, en av de sista vid Medicinska fakulteten, en fri man, efter en livslång kärleksaffär med immunologin. Två stunder på dagen är gyll

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/en-av-de-sista-ut-av-den-gamla-stammens-professorer - 2025-12-11

The goal is set high, that during the coming ten years develop new methods to prevent, cure and treat diabetes. - Ambitious, but not unrealistic, says Leif Groop, coordinator for EXODIAB, the joint research project that Lund and Uppsala now will launch with a conference in Malmö September 9-10th. Wide range and conductingEXODIAB (Excellence Of Diabetes Research in Sweden) is one of the governments

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/kick-large-venture-diabetes-research - 2025-12-11

On 03 March 2023, Jenny Mattsson defended her Ph.D. thesis. With the goal to broaden the availability of antibody-based drugs for patients with cancer and other diseases, she has spent the past several years working to develop new methods that can be used to identify new antibodies and antibody targets. In this interview, we learn more about her research, how she has simultaneously juggled doing a

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-methods-phenotypic-antibody-discovery-phd-interview-jenny-mattsson - 2025-12-11

As one of five locations in Sweden, Lund is receiving support from Formas to start a lab for urban development issues. The Lund Urban Transition Lab will be located in the innovation district in northeast Lund, where sustainable solutions in the built environment, mobility and urban planning will be developed and tested. How can sustainable urban development become a natural part of the cities of

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainable-city-lund-urban-transition-lab-shows-way - 2025-12-10

Can games serve as a method for spreading knowledge and inspiring action? If you ask Karl Sterner Isaksson and Jagdeep Singh, the answer is an obvious yes! They are both currently working on games about biodiversity and food waste, respectively, and they see games as a way to transform complex environmental challenges into something understandable, engaging – and fun! Biodiversity CallKarl Sterner

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/play-change-more-biodiversity-and-less-food-waste-gaming-table - 2025-12-11

Digitalisation and AI affect us all – whether we work in research, teaching, administration or management. In order to face the future with the right tools and knowledge, we have formed an Ad hoc group to support our employees in developing their expertise in digitalisation and AI. We are launching an AI course for all staff as the semester gets underway. It is a basic course, aimed at those who a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-ad-hoc-ai-group-bolster-staff-expertise-digitalisation-and-ai - 2025-12-10

On 20 October, the Faculty of Science will for the very first time host an Inspiration Day for teachers. It will be a full day packed with pedagogical discussions, fresh ideas for the classroom, actor training, and opportunities to meet colleagues from across the faculty. We asked Charlotta Turner, Vice Dean for First- and Second-Cycle Education, why it is so important for our teachers to join – a

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/take-chance-spark-new-ideas-your-teaching-sign-years-inspiration-day-teachers - 2025-12-11