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The ninth Sustainability Week took place on a sunny week in early May and attracted many visitors with its wide range of topics and activities. Over 3500 visitors participated in lectures, panel discussions, workshops and guided tours during the week. During this year’s edition of Sustainability Week, employees from all faculties at the university, student organisations and employees of Lund munic

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/great-engagement-during-sustainability-week-2025 - 2026-07-12

Hållbarhetsveckan är ett årligt evenemang där Lunds universitet och Lunds kommun bjuder in till aktiviteter kring hållbarhet! Det är en vecka fylld med diskussioner och föreläsningar, allvarliga frågeställningar och hoppfulla framtidsvisioner. Här hittar du alla veckans evenemang med medverkande från Centrum- för miljö och klimatvetenskap. Måndag 17 april Andas frisk luft och höra fågelsång i e

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/vara-arrangemang-pa-hallbarhetsveckan-17-22-april-2023 - 2026-07-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. T-cells, antibodies, and antigens. During the past year, we have learned a lot about our immune system through media. Most people agree that the immune system is crucial for our survival. But how does the immune system affect Parkinson’s disease; is it necessary to keep our brains healthy, or does it contribute to dis

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/does-our-immune-response-affect-risk-developing-parkinsons-disease - 2026-07-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Johan Richter's research has resulted in the successful development of gene therapy for the hereditary disease malignant infantile osteopetrosis. For the past few years, the research group has established a collaboration with an American biotech company and all the permits needed to start a clinical trial have now bee

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/successful-biotech-collaboration-brings-gene-therapy-project-clinic - 2026-07-11

Europe's largest respiratory society, ERS, has awarded its winners for 2021. By doing so the society wishes to recognise the achievements of leaders in the field of respiratory medicine. The Mid-Career Gold Medal in Asthma for 2021 went to EMV´s own Lena Uller, Professor in Immunology. It´s a very prestigious award! Warm congrats, Lena! ­– Thank you so much, I feel overwhelmed. Especially now afte

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/european-gold-medal-respiratory-medicine-awarded-professor-lund - 2026-07-11

Doctoral education student Markus Arnez-Wegelius will defend his thesis on 26 April. Get a quick glimpse of his thesis, experiences and near future. You are about to defend your thesis “A Dynamic Capabilities Approach to Sustainable Business Model Innovation”. In short, what is your thesis (doctoral dissertation) about?“My thesis in a nutshell focuses on which capabilities firms need to innovate t

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-thesis-three-questions-markus-arnez-wegelius - 2026-07-11

We are very glad to announce that the application is open to the third PhD course of the Development Research School — Making foreign aid work: Managing tensions between top-down and bottom-up approaches. The deadline is the 22 February. The goal of the course is to build knowledge about the essential and longstanding question what makes foreign aid successful in different contexts and circumstanc

https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/apply-our-doctoral-course-making-foreign-aid-work-managing-tensions-between-top-down-and-bottom - 2026-07-11

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. I en svår tid kan digitala lösningar innebära både glädje och lättnad för många människor. Det skriver de CASE-anknutna forskarna Tove Harnett, Sofi Fristedt och Håkan Jönson tillsammans med Eva Wiman, anhörigrådgivare och verksamhetsansvarig vid Malmö anhörigförening. Att ha kontakt med nära och kära digitalt har b

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/debatt-minska-isoleringen-pa-aldreboenden-med-surfplattor-och-digitala-ombud - 2026-07-11

Hållbarhet är en prioriterad fråga – inte bara för Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten utan för hela universitetet. Att arbeta hållbart handlar inte bara om att minska klimat- och miljöpåverkan – det bidrar också till en mer utvecklande, säker och inkluderande arbetsplats. Lunds universitets nya resurs "Hållbar på jobbet" samlar konkreta tips och verktyg för dig som vill göra mer hållbara val i din arbe

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/internt/artikel/fem-tips-hur-du-blir-annu-mer-hallbar-pa-jobbet - 2026-07-11

Elkrisen och de kraftigt höjda priserna ställer till problem för många. Samtidigt kan det vara den knuff såväl byggbransch som privatpersoner behöver för att komma igång med energirenoveringar i stor skala. Det säger Ricardo Bernardo, lektor och avdelningsföreståndare för Energi och byggnadsdesign vid LTH. Historiskt har energi varit billigt i Sverige, och under långa perioder har det varit svårt

https://www.lu.se/artikel/effektivisera-mera-och-rakna-pa-byggnadens-hela-livscykel - 2026-07-12

Ett hundratal exklusiva astronomiböcker från 1545 till 1799 har flyttats från Astronomibiblioteket till Universitetsbiblioteket. LUM var med när böckerna packades, men också flera månader senare efter att de vistats i karantän och det var dags att katalogisera, kapsla och magasinera. Nästa år ska de mest sällsynta skrifterna digitaliseras och kanske även ställas ut. Utanför Astronomihusets fönster

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/stjarnspackad-boksamling-flyttad-till-ub - 2026-07-12

För fem år sedan anlände elscootrar – också kallade elsparkcyklar – till svenska storstäder nästan över en natt. I dag är de lika välbekanta i stadsmiljön som omdebatterade. I sin doktorsavhandling har företagsekonomen Phil Justice Flores undersökt varför människor väljer att korttidshyra delade transporttjänster som elscootrar och elcyklar. Hans forskning visar att de flesta ställer sig på en els

https://www.lu.se/artikel/fem-ar-sedan-elsparkcyklar-introducerades-i-sverige-ny-forskning-om-varfor-folk-anvander-dem - 2026-07-12

Extreme weather poses a big threat to birds. Yet there is a lack of both knowledge and methods for measuring its negative effects. In a new study, researchers from Lund University in Sweden have identified knowledge gaps and propose practical tools for analysing the risks to birds. Extreme weather has become increasingly common worldwide, often in the form of combinations of heat and drought. Thes

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/birds-can-suffer-serious-harm-heatwaves - 2026-07-11

Extreme weather poses a big threat to birds. Yet there is a lack of both knowledge and methods for measuring its negative effects. In a new study, researchers from Lund University in Sweden have identified knowledge gaps and propose practical tools for analysing the risks to birds. Extreme weather has become increasingly common worldwide, often in the form of combinations of heat and drought. Thes

https://www.science.lu.se/article/birds-can-suffer-serious-harm-heatwaves - 2026-07-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The distinguished socio-legal scholar Thomas Mathiesen died on Saturday, May 29. He was 87 years old. Thomas Mathiesen received his doctorate from the University of Oslo in 1965 with the dissertation The Defenses of the Weak, which examined the Norwegian prison service. Three years later, he founded the Norwegian Asso

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/honorary-doctor-faculty-social-sciences-has-passed-away - 2026-07-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Swarming bats at mine entrance Photo:Jens Rydell During the day they are not visible. But at dusk, brown long-eared bats, pond bats and greater mouse-eared bats spread their wings and start hunting. LUM accompanied researcher and bat expert Jens Rydell to Hovdala castle for a bat inventory. The bat detector crackles a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/kings-night-take-over-hovdala-castle - 2026-07-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In this form (https://goo.gl/forms/Q1WT1JvFqfJ88nKH3) you can sign up if you want to become a member of WINGS' steering group 2018-2019. All employed at the Faculties of Engineering, Medicine and Science are welcome to join. In the steering group all faculties should be represented as equally as possible. If there are

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/are-you-interested-being-member-wings-steering-committee - 2026-07-11

Existerar grön tillväxt? Kan vi nå ett hållbart samhälle med en BNP som växer år från år? Inte om du frågar Timothée Parrique. Han är ekonomen som trotsade alla goda råd och valde att forska om nerväxt. Nu har hans avhandling laddats ned 40 000 gånger och han är en efterfrågad föreläsare världen runt. Timothée Parrique är också årets vinnare av hållbarhetspriset Lund University Agenda 2030 Award!

https://www.lu.se/artikel/hallbarhetspris-uppmarksammad-forskning-om-nervaxt - 2026-07-12

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The most common form of childhood cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, in cooperation with Karolinska Institutet, SciLifeLab and the University of Cambridge, have now carried out the most extensive analysis to date of ALL at the protein level, by studying the activit

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/first-major-study-proteins-patients-acute-lymphoblastic-leukaemia - 2026-07-11

The second batch of housing for Autumn Semester 2024 has just been published. There are approximately 160 accommodations available in the batch. There are still at least as many Guaranteed applicants in the queue. Today (26. June 2024), the second batch of available housing for Autumn Semester 2024 was published, with approximately 160 rooms and apartments.The batch is open for application up unti

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/second-batch-available-housing-published - 2026-07-11