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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 - 2026-05-15

It was not an entirely uncontroversial decision to gather cancer researchers in the abandoned AstraZeneca premises ten years ago. Carl Borrebaeck was pro vice-chancellor at the time and pushed for the move which in itself cost SEK 50 million in central university funds. “I was not very popular with the deans at that time,” he says. “But now it turns out that Medicon Village is a great success and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/medicon-village-ten-years-after-start - 2026-05-16

SWEAH alumnus Wossenseged Jemberie, Umeå University, receives Forte establishment grant and alumni Anna Marseglia and Kuan Yu-Pan, KI, receives Forte project grant. Assistant Professor Anna Marseglia at Karolinska Institutet receives Forte project grant - almost SEK 5 million - to a project about gender differences in social health, resilience and cognition across the life course (the interplay of

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/millions-sweah-alumni-projects - 2026-05-15

LUCSUS PhD students, Fabiola Espinoza Córdova and Alicia N’Guetta, share their insights from their experience at COP27. The COP27 UN Climate Change Conference came to an end on 20 November. Since then, researchers have analysed the outcomes, highlighting both successes and failures.  LUCSUS PhD students Fabiola Espinoza Córdova and Alicia N’Guetta were both at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt to ob

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/reflections-cop27-fabiola-espinoza-cordova-and-alicia-nguetta - 2026-05-15

Kimberley Nicholas is a researcher from California who came to Lund with a passionate commitment to climate issues and strong interest in food and wine. “What nature gives us is what makes life worth living”, she says. She was in Paris for the climate conference that generated hope for the future, and she is successful in sharing her thoughts and research through social media. Kimberley Nicholas l

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/working-healthy-planet - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. – Sanitation is a major challenge in India. It is partly to do with the high population density, there are more people sharing the same space, and a historically higher cultural and religious acceptance of poor sanitation, says Sara Gabrielsson from Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, LUCSUS. Her resear

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/sanitation-more-toilets-informal-settlements-india-need-community-based-ownership-and-state-action - 2026-05-15

Contained within Greenland’s millennia-old ice are the traces of gigantic solar storms. Geology professor Raimund Muscheler is now undertaking a major initiative to chart the storms back through time, to improve our knowledge of potentially dangerous solar flares. Our sun is currently in an active phase which is seeing an increased number of solar storms. During such events, particles from the sun

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ice-stone-age-might-reveal-future-solar-storms - 2026-05-16

Vilka framgångsfaktorer finns bakom lyckat teamwork? Vad är det som gör att en ny kreativ idé slår igenom? Och hur kan företag jobba med öppen innovation tillsammans med andra för att skapa värde? Det är några frågor som Berlinprofessorn Linus Dahlander söker svaret på. Den 11 maj besöker han Lund som 2022 års mottagare av Familjen Jan Söderbergs pris i ekonomi. Innovation, entreprenörskap och idé

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lagom-sjalvbestammande-pa-jobbet-ar-bast-visar-forskning-av-arets-mottagare-av-familjen-jan - 2026-05-16

Blood clots can form in both arteries and veins. However, the reasons behind them differ, as do the consequences and the chances of preventing blood clots. In Sweden, almost half of all cases of venous thrombosis have a genetic explanation. A team of researchers from Lund University in Sweden has now discovered three gene variants that increase the risk of blood clots in the leg by up to 180 perce

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-gene-variants-significantly-increase-risk-blood-clots - 2026-05-15

Another academic year at the WCMM Research School has come to an end, and students and PIs alike had the chance to celebrate the success of yet another dynamic year during a well-deserved and well-organized retreat. The WCMM Research School retreat continues to strike a fine balance between an inspiring scientific program, featuring both external speakers and WCMM researchers, and engaging social

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/building-community-through-science-reflections-2025-wcmm-research-school-retreat - 2026-05-15

What can be done about the fact that more Ukrainian civilians die in traffic accidents than from Russian bombs? How is it that trains run on time – even though Ukraine is at war? And how do you rebuild a country that wants to move beyond the old Soviet structures, with a green transition in sight? These were some of the topics of discussion when a ministerial delegation from Ukraine visited LTH. I

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/road-mutual-exchange-knowledge-and-resilience - 2026-05-15

Why do some people develop type 1 diabetes and others do not? Worldwide, researchers are now collaborating to find the answer to this complex question. Diabetes researchers at Lund University recently contributed data to a new study that shows that type 1 diabetes develops in three different ways in children. This improved understanding makes it possible for scientists to conduct new types of stud

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/blood-testing-children-leads-better-understanding-type-1-diabetes - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Saturday, a TEDx conference will be held in Malmö. One of the speakers is Hannah Stanton, a former student at the Department of Strategic Communication, who has the opportunity, in her professional life, to combine what she learned during her studies with experiences from her voluntary work. Here is a very recent i

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/hannah-stanton-never-compromise-things-you-know-you-are-good - 2026-05-15

The Faculty of Medicine welcomes three new international visiting professors — Robert Cramer, Patrick MacDonald, and Sarah Rowland‑Jones — through the Lund University Programme for Global Excellence. They bring expertise in mental health, diabetes and pancreatic biology, and immunology, and support ongoing research collaboration within prioritised areas. Meet our new three visiting professors:  Pa

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/global-visiting-professors-faculty-medicine - 2026-05-15

In his doctoral thesis in sociology "Structures of subcontracting: Work organisation, control, and labour in the Swedish building sector", Rasmus Ahlstrand analyses the increased use of subcontractors and explores new forms of work organisation in the Swedish building sector. A key contribution of his study is the concept of masked staffing, which refers to unauthorised ways of organising labour t

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/rasmus-ahlstrand-has-defended-his-thesis-changing-swedish-building-sector - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Forum Medicum – the new major construction of the Faculty of Medicine at the top of Sölvegatan – will become a reality. For a while, things looked bad, but by making small adjustments here and there, the project can now be pursued to begin construction in the winter of 2018/2019. The idea of Forum Medicum is to establ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/after-slimming-down-construction-plans-forum-medicum-now-underway - 2026-05-15

Have you ever wondered what it takes to grow a brain in a petri dish or how scientists use viruses to fight genetic diseases? These are just some of the fascinating topics explored on UniStem Day 2023 at Lund Stem Cell Center in Sweden. On 10 March 2023, more than 220 high school students from across Sweden's southern Skåne region arrived at Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University for a day of le

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/inspiring-tomorrows-scientists - 2026-05-15

First-born children are at lower risk of heart attack and stroke than their siblings – provided that the number of siblings does not exceed three; then it is the other way around. And people without siblings have a higher risk of heart attack and stroke later in life compared to those who have siblings. These are among the findings of a new population study from Lund University published in BMJ Op

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/number-siblings-may-be-linked-risk-cardiovascular-disease - 2026-05-15

In just two weeks, Zhengyao Lu, Researcher in Physical Geography at Lund University and a member of MERGE and BECC, gained 60.000 reads of his article “Gigantic solar farms of the future might impact how much solar power can be generated on the other side of the world”. How could this be? We asked Zhengyao Lu himself to share his experience. Following the publication of a new piece of research wit

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/60000-views-conversation-two-weeks-whats-secret - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Presented on June 9 at the 2019 American Diabetes Association’s 79th Scientific Sessions and published in the New England Journal of Medicine (nejm.org), findings from TrialNet’s Teplizumab (anti-CD3) Prevention Study show a drug that targets the immune system can delay type 1 diabetes a median of 2 years in children

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/immunotherapy-delays-type-1-diabetes-diagnosis-people-high-risk - 2026-05-15