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This Regional Outlook focuses on the role of satellite imagery in shaping our understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the physical damage it has caused the landscape.  On 7 October 2023, Hamas carried out a large scale attack against Israel, causing over 1 000 fatalities, taking more than 200 hostages and firing thousands of rockets into Israeli territory. At the time of writing, Isr

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-monitoring-israels-destruction-gaza-space - 2025-10-05

Professors Carl Borrebaeck, Thoas Fioretos, Lao Saal and Åke Borg share their experiences in transforming groundbreaking research into diagnostic tools, treatments, and biotech companies. From navigating commercialization strategies and securing long-term funding to building strong teams and mentoring future innovators, they reflect on what it truly takes to make science matter—outside the lab. Th

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/how-turn-research-ideas-real-world-impact - 2025-10-05

Peptides from the common bacteria Staphylococcus aureus speed up the pathological aggregation of α-synuclein, a protein linked to Parkinson’s disease. This was discovered by researchers at MultiPark and published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Staphylococcus aureus is carried by 30–70% of the general population as a commensal bacterium. It produces a special kind of peptides c

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/common-skin-bacteria-may-trigger-aggregation-parkinsons-disease-protein - 2025-10-05

The UN's annual climate summit, COP28, is just around the corner. Starting on 30 November, the world's countries will meet for two weeks to discuss global climate cooperation and how to achieve the climate goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement. This time the meeting will be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. We put five questions to Markku Rummukainen, Professor of Climatology at CEC and Sweden's re

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/five-questions-markku-rummukainen-ahead-cop28-climate-summit - 2025-10-05

Getting external funds for your research project is often what makes or breaks it at an early stage, but finding one that suits is a challenge, as is finding one that accepts applications at the right time. Welcome to the jungle! On LUSEM’s “Research grants” page you will find a lengthy list of funders and it is well worth the time spent searching through them. Some offer one or two grants yearly,

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/funds-grants - 2025-10-05

Earlier this spring, Jan Magnusson, senior lecturer at the School of Social Work, travelled to Nepal to make new contacts and explore possibilities of sending students on Minor Field Studies scholarships there. He also met with officials and teachers at Tribhuvan University, as he is helping the university develop their master’s programme in social work. The School of Social Work at Lund Universit

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/contacts-nepal-open-future-student-visits - 2025-10-05

The Housing First model is effective, but needs more political support to increase its impact across Europe, a new Europe-wide study from the Housing First Europe Hub shows. Marcus Knutagård, researcher at Lund University School of Social Work is one of the authors of the new report that will be released on World Homelessness Day, 10 October. On World Homelessness Day, the Housing First Europe Hub

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/housing-first-effective-if-given-adequate-political-support - 2025-10-05

Katarina Hedlund, BECC PI and Professor at the Department of Biology at Lund University, is one of the authors of the first Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas mapping the soil biodiversity of the entire planet. This unique Atlas provides a detailed analysis of soil organisms and the threats to soil biodiversity at global scale.  The Atlas was launched by the JRC (Joint Research Centre) at the 2nd UN E

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-atlas-illustrates-global-soil-biodiversity-and-threats-soil-organisms - 2025-10-05

The Research Board’s working group for research infrastructure has now decided who will receive money from the university-wide investments in support for local research infrastructure in 2022. Of the 21 applications received, the majority were from the Faculty of Science, Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Engineering, LTH. Only one application ‒ from the Humanities Lab ‒ was made from the oth

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eleven-research-infrastructures-share-sek-20-million - 2025-10-06

At the beginning of November, retail and logistics researchers gathered in Helsingborg to present and discuss their latest research at the ninth Nordic Retail and Wholesale Conference (NRWC). Interest in this year's conference was high, with a total of 144 registered participants from several different countries. This year it was Lund University's turn to host the conference, which is organized ev

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/future-retail-focus-international-research-conference-helsingborg - 2025-10-06

Message from the LUDC Executive Board. Dear Friends and colleagues,We are all now well aware that the COVID-19 pandemic is spreading fast in Sweden and around the world. There is a lot of information to digest. Some of this is factual and helpful, but there is also a great deal of poorly informed speculation, that risks promoting anxiety and panic. As biomedical scientists, we are better placed th

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/updates-covid-19 - 2025-10-05

CMES scholar Lisa Strömbom has co-edited the Special Issue "Agonistic Peace: Advancing Knowledge on Institutional Dynamics and Relational Transformation" in the journal Third World Quarterly, together with Isabel Bramsen (Lund University). The special issue contains several articles focusing specifically on the MENA region. The Special Issue is comprised of empirical studies from a wide range of c

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/agonistic-peace-middle-east - 2025-10-05

Vi måste prioritera naturen även om det finns andra motstridiga intressen – den biologiska mångfalden är viktig för alla på planeten och avgörande för människors hälsa och välfärd. Det säger Maria Blasi Romero, forskare i biodiversitet och bevarandevetenskap vid Lunds universitet. – Jag åkte till COP15 för att lära mig mer om processerna och hur jag kan dela med mig av min forskning till de som ka

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/unga-forskare-vill-paverka-globala-beslut-om-biologisk-mangfald - 2025-10-05

En representant från det strategiska forskningsområdet (SFO) EpiHealth har pratat med Martin L. Olsson, som är fakultetsledningsrepresentant för EpiHealth styrelsen och vice dekan med särskilt ansvar för forskningsinfrastruktur och strategiska frågor vid Medicinska fakulteten. Martin är också professor i transfusionsmedicin vid Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin och konsult inom transfusionsmedi

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/artikel/den-genetiskt-uppgraderade-epihealth-kohorten-ar-en-guldgruva-som-kan-hjalpa-fler-forskare-att - 2025-10-05

I en ny rapport från AgriFood Economics Centre jämförs levnadsstandarden på landsbygden med levnadsstandarden i städernas invandrartäta områden. Levnadsstandarden var på samma nivå på 1990-talet men sedan dess har den försämrats kraftigt i de invandrartäta områdena. På landsbygden har varken de disponibla inkomsterna (som mäter levnadsstandard), förvärvsinkomsterna eller sysselsättningen förändrat

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ny-rapport-trots-okad-sysselsattning-minskar-levnadsstandarden-i-invandrartata-omraden - 2025-10-06

On the first day of the COP28 climate change conference in Dubai, a formal decision was taken to establish a loss and damage fund to support developing countries to deal with loss and damage from climate change. A pragmatic success for climate justice, says sustainability professor Emily Boyd, who now hopes that Sweden will follow suit with promises of financial support. Emily Boyd, director and p

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/many-questions-remain-new-loss-and-damage-fund-formally-established-cop28 - 2025-10-05

De senaste decennierna har klimatet i Sverige blivit omkring två grader varmare i genomsnitt och i år har vi kunnat se en rekordmild vinter och tidig vår. Hur svarar då naturen – djur, insekter, växter – på ett allt mildare klimat? Forskare i Lund kan ge svar. Bland annat visar en alldeles färsk studie att vegetationen i Sverige börjar grönska mellan en och två veckor tidigare nu jämfört med för 1

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ovanligt-tidig-var-sa-svarar-naturen-i-sverige-mot-det-allt-varmare-klimatet - 2025-10-06

In a large hall on Margaretavägen in Lund, next to LDC, the air is full of the hum of computers. The supercomputers Alarik, Erik and Platon – the most powerful in southern Sweden – are busy computing complex problems that Lund University researchers are not able to solve on their own. At the moment, a simulation of a future MAX IV beamline is underway, alongside calculations in astrophysics and da

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lunarc-universitys-powerhouse - 2025-10-05

In the first week of May, it is time to discuss the transition to a sustainable society and network with researchers, students, the municipality and other societal actors. During Sustainability Week, you can go on a guided tour of Lund's newest park, get the best tips for charging electric vehicles, influence the planning for a sustainable Lund and participate in performance and poetry slam. Toget

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-week-lund-2-7-may-2022 - 2025-10-05

The strategic research areas (SRAS) host half-day workshops that discuss sustainability across research environments at Lund University. After nine engaging workshops, three more workshops are planned on topics of equality in research environments, research impact of multidisciplinary collaborations, and writing policy briefs. “Not everyone sees their research as relevant to sustainability,” says

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sra-workshops-sustainability-continue-fall - 2025-10-06