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Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. The Department of Sociology hosted an international migration workshop on the theme “Queer Migrations and Mobilities: Sexuality, Gender, Citizenship, and Intimacy from a European Perspective” on the 11th and 12th of September. The workshop, funded by the Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Societies (Riksbankens J
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have launched a free app to help map the spread of infection in Sweden and increase knowledge of the coronavirus. “Data from the app will give us a clearer picture of the development of the disease and why some people only experience mild symptoms while others get seriously ill
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/covid-symptom-tracker-app-launched-sweden - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Just over ten years after Goran Basic came to Sweden as a refugee from the former Yugoslavia, he travelled back to his ethnically cleansed village. As a researcher in sociology, he wanted to try and carry out a non-judgemental study and interview survivors about forgiveness, reconciliation and the role of victim. One
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/life-goes-scars-remain - 2026-07-09
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
Joakim Esbjörnsson, Associate Professor in Virology, lecturer and head of the Systems Virology research group at Lund University Virus Centre (LUVC). Joakim is coordinating the Pandemics and Alertness initiative together with Professor Anette Agardh from the unit of Social Medicine and Global health. What inspired you to form the initiative Pandemics & Alertness?To me it became clear during the pa
Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström addresses the questions international students and staff may have regarding the Swedish strategy to handle the pandemic in comparison with other countries’ strategies. Based on legal as well as cultural conditions the Swedish strategy relies on willingness and mutual trust between people. As well as a high level of trust between authorities and individuals. Sweden has
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/message-international-students-and-staff-vice-chancellor-lund-university - 2026-07-09
Malmö Art Academy alumna My Sjöberg has been honoured to receive the scholarship from the Anna-Lisa Thomson Memorial Foundation.Sjöberg accepts the scholarship with the motivation:"For the ability to skilfully depict the fields of tension in ambivalent states. The changing intersection between past and future, reality and fantasy, the natural and the artificial, vibrates quietly in the works. With
https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/my-sjoberg-receives-scholarship-anna-lisa-thomson-memorial-foundation - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sara Nolbrant, from the Developmental and Regenerative Neurobiology lab, will be defending her PhD thesis on Friday 31st of January. Researching in the group led by Malin Parmar, Sara has been directing and dissecting the fate of dopaminergic neurons with the aim developing cell replacement therapy for the treatment o
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview-sara-nolbrant - 2026-07-09
Victoria Gierok, currently a lecturer at the History Faculty at the University of Oxford, has been admitted to the Pro Futura programme funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. In connection with the grant, she has been appointed at the Department of Economic History at the Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM). Why do some states thrive while others struggle?Why do some countries
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/research-grant-study-how-modern-states-emerged - 2026-07-10
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers have discovered nematodes, or worms, in the brains of lizard embryos. This is the first time they have been found in reptile eggs, and it was previously believed that egg laying prevents parasites from being transmitted in this way. The discovery was made by an international research team led by Nathalie F
https://www.science.lu.se/article/worms-discovered-brain-lizard-embryos-first-time - 2026-07-09
The security situation in the world is volatile now and sometimes changes from day to day. How should we manage our international contacts and exchanges in this context? Vice Dean David Gisselsson Nord gives us guidance on how to act. What do we mean by responsible internationalisation?"Responsible international cooperation means assessing opportunities versus risks before each cooperation. This a
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/international-collaborations-be-open-possible-careful-necessary - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In Tanzania, girls on their period avoid going to school, something that affects their opportunities for education. A new study from LUCSUS shows that the menstrual cup could be a step towards better school attendance, and a life with more freedom. It could also play a part in reducing waste in the country. As a young
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/menstrual-cups-could-help-girls-attend-school-tanzania - 2026-07-09
Great tits living in cities are genetically different from great tits in the countryside. This is what researchers have found in a unique study, where they examined populations of great tits in nine large European cities. The researchers compared the city bird genes with the genes of their relatives in the countryside. It did not matter if the great tits lived in Milan, Malmö or Madrid: in order t
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/stressful-life-city-affects-birds-genes - 2026-07-09
Read the director’s message, explore the latest research news, discover upcoming events, and browse our recent publications. Read CMES newsletter here.CMES is pleased to announce a new Call for Project Proposals. We will fund 1–2 new research projects running from 2026 to 2029. This is an exciting opportunity to develop innovative research within Middle Eastern studies in a dynamic, interdiscipli
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-56 - 2026-07-09
During the spring, a preliminary study is being conducted with the aim of enhancing professional development and career paths for technical and administrative (TA) staff at the University. The preliminary study is to map the current situation: the development opportunities that exist, the rate of staff turnover etc. The work is to lead to concrete proposals for how LU can structure long-term work
When the researchers from the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) cross the border into Bhutan, the first thing that strikes them is the sense of calm and peacefulness. But it is not just the tranquillity of nature that attracts them, they are here to deepen the collaboration between Swedish engineering know-how and Bhutanese sustainability philosophy – an international exchange that has been going on fo
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/land-happiness-learning-lund - 2026-07-10
