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The eminent London universities UCL and Imperial College, as well as the University Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris and Chalmers in Sweden, have all concentrated their focus on areas of research excellence and global challenges. Lund University should draw inspiration from their example, in the view of Pro Vice-Chancellor for research Sven Strömqvist. Sven Strömqvist (right) was the host for the c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-must-concentrate-focus-strong-areas-research - 2025-10-03

The Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions (SUHF) has produced three reports that highlight key issues it regards as threats to the activities of higher education institutions. A fourth report on governance in higher education will be published after the summer. The other reports concern academic freedom, increased bureaucratisation and the reliance of research on external funding. T

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-reports-threats-academic-freedom-and-university-governance - 2025-10-04

Under onsdagen presenterades sex av de mest innovativa idéer och projekt som just nu finns inom Lunds universitet. De fick dela på totalt 300 000 kronor när Lunds universitets och Sparbanken Skånes pris för framtidens innovationer delades ut. Ett solenergisystem för skolor i utvecklingsländer och en ny behandling för patienter som drabbas av hjärtinfarkt korades till vinnare. Det är fjärde året so

https://www.lu.se/artikel/framtidens-innovationer-prisade-i-lund - 2025-10-04

Young women who spend all their spare time shopping. Lost, superficial souls with no purpose in life? Or creative and productive people? Emma Samsioe, who has spent several years studying their behaviour, wants to show a more nuanced picture of the phenomenon. Emma Samsioe. It all started when Emma Samsioe was out shopping and noticed the young girls who mostly seemed to be just hanging out in the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fast-fashion-constant-search-latest-thing - 2025-10-03

Personer som besökt en psykiatrisk akutmottagning minst fem gånger på ett år utgör en liten men komplex patientgrupp. Såväl personerna själva som vårdpersonalen vittnar om behov att få hjälp att få till en fungerande vardag och därmed kunna minska det psykiatriska lidandet. Manuela Schmidt, som nyligen disputerat på ämnet vid Lunds universitet, ser ett måste i en integrerad vårdmodell som utgår fr

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/tydliga-och-komplexa-behov-hos-personer-som-ofta-uppsoker-psykiatrisk-akutmottagning - 2025-10-03

In an event on Europe Day 2025, Maria Strömvik from the Centre for European Studies spoke on the importance of the Öresund Bridge as an example of European integration. Together with students who shared personal experiences she criticised the border controls and outlined a number of scenarios that could be instrumental for their abolishment. On May 9, Europe celebrates Europe Day. This year marks

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/bridging-border-bewtween-sweden-and-denmark - 2025-10-03

We all know that when it burns, it smokes. But what do we really know about the contents of that smoke and how it is affected by different fire processes? Not only that, but how do these smoke particles affect the emergency personnel who are first on the scene? Researchers at NanoLund and LTH, in a unique experiment with the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), have conducted measurements to

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/unique-project-studies-fire-smoke-detail - 2025-10-03

The Director General of the National Board of Trade (‘Kommerskollegium’), Anders Ahnlid, visited Lund on 30 March 2022. At a seminar organized by the Centre for European Studies, he presented an overview of how the global trading system came into being, evolved during and after the Cold War, and might develop in light of the challenges imposed upon it by the current war in Ukraine. Anders, who has

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/global-trading-system-war-war - 2025-10-03

Lund University is creating a national and international platform for interdisciplinary research in strategic communication and defence. Three researchers at the Department of Communication lead the new research environment. The research environment Communication, Defense Willingness and Democratic Resilience is located at Campus Helsingborg with funding of SEK 3 million over three years. The init

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/research-initiative-explores-defence-willingness-and-democratic-resilience - 2025-10-03

Professor Åsa Westrin manages a big national medical screening database to conduct research on Death by Suicide in the Swedish population. The database helps her extract research data on the contacts and relationships between healthcare and patients who have died by suicide to map healthcare utilization and improve future preventative treatments for suicidal patients. Åsa is a professor of psychia

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/new-national-medical-screening-database-helps-us-conduct-research-death-suicide - 2025-10-03

On 27 April, the Government decided that Ingrid Petersson will be the new Chairperson of Lund University. She has had a long career in the public sector and on boards and among other roles has been Director General of the Formas research council (2013-2022). Ingrid Petersson took up the position on 1 May 2023. “Lund University is a strong research university and Ingrid Petersson is warmly welcomed

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ingrid-petersson-new-chairperson-lund-university - 2025-10-04

Antanas Bukartas' thesis is now officially on the wall together with the others Dissertation September 17th, 2021 Mobile measurement data analysis in radiological emergency situation using BAyesian statistical methods Faculty opponent: dr Tzany Kokalova Wheldon, University of Birmingham Antanas Bukartas is inviting you to a scheduled LU Zoom meeting TOPIC: Antanas Bukartas' PhD Defense WHEN: Sep 1

https://www.msf-malmo.lu.se/article/antanas-bukartas-thesis-and-dissertation - 2025-10-03

Martin Leijnse, researcher in solid state physics at Lund University in Sweden, has received a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) synergy grant worth EUR 1.5 million. He shares the total grant amount of EUR 10 million with three researchers from the University of Copenhagen. The four researchers have worked together previously. Among other things, they have contributed to proving that a l

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/erc-grant-research-unusual-quantum-state - 2025-10-03

The Lindau Nobel Laureate meetings are annually hosting an event where young scientists – students, PhD candidates and post-docs – meet with Nobel Laureates. This year, NanoLundian Ofentse Makgae is one of the Swedish delegates participating. We are proud to announce that NanoLundian postdoctoral research fellow Dr. Ofentse Makgae is one of the 15 delegates from Swedish universities attending the

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolundian-among-delegates-lindau-nobel-laureate-meetings - 2025-10-03

Meet Paul Franks... ... Professor of Diabetes Research and sportsman, who raised money for diabetes research by competing in the Copenhagen Ironman* triathlon race a while ago. How have the race and the fundraising gone? “I think it’s gone well. Despite a broken toe, I finished the race in just over 10 hours. I beat my previous Ironman record, which I set in a race 20 years ago. “We have raised ju

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/running-diabetes - 2025-10-03

How do bees always find their way home, not to mention in a straight line? What is it about the insect brain that allows them to navigate so easily? Could we copy that function? A step in this direction has now been taken by a group of scientists in a project combining the fields of biology, physics, nanoscience and informatics. At first, the line looks like a jumble. It makes turns in all directi

https://www.science.lu.se/article/mimicking-navigation-insect-brain - 2025-10-03

There is limited understanding of the geopolitics of fire, conflict, and land, for example, how conflict and fire are related and how conflict impacts the biophysical environment. Since 2014, the natural environment in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has been negatively affected by recurrent conflict that coincided with a sharp increase in the number of reported fires. Against this background, this s

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-cmes-research-geopolitics-fire-conflict-and-land-kurdistan-region-iraq - 2025-10-03

– 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 research focus is on sanitation, health and sustainability. She is currently in India,

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/sanitation-more-toilets-informal-settlements-india-need-community-based-ownership-and-state-action - 2025-10-03

Nowadays it is possible to produce plastics from sugar or vegetable oils, but up to now fossil oil has been too cheap for the production of bioplastics to be profitable. That explains why the plastic-producing bacteria, developed some years ago by researchers at the Centre for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (Kemicentrum), are still waiting in the freezer. Professor Rajni Hatti-Kaul. Photo: Ken

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/huge-potential-bioplastics - 2025-10-03

Low age, the number of hours spent on the internet/social media, feelings of loneliness and thoughts about seeking treatment for mental illness. All of these are associated with problem gaming over the internet. This is one of the findings of a study recently published by researchers at Lund University that includes all types of screen games. “The study shows that some of the individuals who play

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/study-screen-games-mental-illness-and-addiction - 2025-10-03