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Emilia Viklund is a SWEAH-affiliated doctoral student in health sciences at the Faculty of Education and Welfare Studies, Åbo Akademi University. In her research, she examines the mental well-being of the elderly and the connection to the use of digital tools. Her research concerns older people in Finland and Sweden. She also examines what the health promotion work aimed at older people looks like

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/emilia-viklund-winner-poster-competition-during-sweah-milestone-conference - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lennart Olsson, professor at LUCSUS, has been appointed Coordinating Lead Author (CLA) for the chapter on land degradation in a special IPCC report (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) about Climate Change and Land.He is one of 104 researchers selected by the IPCC to take part in the work with the report - whic

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-professor-lennart-olsson-appointed-coordinating-lead-author-special-ipcc-report - 2026-06-23

Last week, six intrepid retail researchers from the Centre for Retail Research at Lund University travelled to London to observe the latest retail trends. Here, we summarise the most important trends and what the Swedish retail industry can learn from what is happening in London. Trend #1: Interesting use of space London is a densely populated city, which means they make use of all available space

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/handbags-flowers-and-desserts-what-can-sweden-learn-londons-retail-trends - 2026-06-23

Read an interview with Kimberly Nicholas, BECC researcher, dealing with food, ecosystems and land-use. Kimberly talks about Paris and COP21, taking personal responsability and social media. After five years in Lund, Kimberly Nicholas has grown roots here. She comes from a family of turkey ranchers and wine-growers in California, and food has been with her for her whole life. Her research at LUCSUS

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/aiming-good-life-thoughts-about-paris-good-food-and-wine - 2026-06-23

Physical violence is rarely something people think about or act out. Even violence specialists - people with a propensity for violence and a capacity to cause devastating damage - are belligerent only a fraction of their time awake. Sociology professor David Wästerfors is an anomaly. He has thought about violence a lot. This fall, Professor Wästerfors published some of his thoughts in the book Vio

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/david-wasterfors-cant-stop-thinking-about-violence - 2026-06-23

CMES supports three-year research projects with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA) Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). CMES funds one new project annually and encourages collaboration between scholars from different disciplines at Lund University to conduct interdisciplinary research on the Middle East. Project proposals should be focused on novel interdi

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/now-open-cmes-call-project-proposals - 2026-06-23

Half time Seminar: Spectral Computed Tomography with detector-based technology in Neuroradiology. Veronica Fransson, PhD Student. Please note that the seminar will be in Swedish. - presentation only. Full abstract can be found at:  Half Time Reviews - the Department of Translational Medicine | Medicinska fakulteten, Lunds universitet   Date: 30-September 2022 at 09.00 - 10.00 Location: Biblioteket

https://www.msf-malmo.lu.se/article/invitation-seminar-msf-malmo-lund-september-30-2022 - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Applications are invited for this fixed-term post in the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies (CLAS) at University of Nottingham. The deadline to apply is 6 April 2017. The School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies (CLAS) is a leading centre for the study of modern languages and cultures, including ling

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/postdoc-fellowship-multilingualism - 2026-06-23

Metformin is often described as the first-line medication for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. However, not all patients respond to the drug. Researchers at Lund University have discovered a combination of biomarkers that can predict which patients will benefit from the treatment. This work is now continuing in order to confirm the results in a larger patient group, with the intention of developi

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/diabetes-research-collaboration-can-pave-way-innovation - 2026-06-23

This spring's SWEAH PhD Student Days on April 8-10 are a creative feast in the art of writing. How do you actually write the best kappa and how do you create a scientific manuscript that really captures the reader? After the first day's workshop "Writing an introduction to a manuscript or cover", the PhD students threw themselves into their own writing. Creativity flowed all around Forum Medicum's

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/how-get-started-your-writing - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During two days in October, the Department of Strategic Communication and its senior Lecturer James Pamment hosted the conference Managing Societal Threats in the Digital Age: The Case of Propaganda and Violent Extremism, together with the key note speaker Corneliu Bjola from Oxford University. The aim was to bring to

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/department-brings-top-scholars-together-fields-public-diplomacy-security-and-countering-violent - 2026-06-23

SWEAH's research administrator, Stina Elfverson, is taking a six-month leave of absence from October 1, 2024. She is going out and seeing the world. What are you going to do?– I will work as a tour guide, which has long been my "jobby" alongside work at the university. In the past I have traveled a lot in Asia and Europe, but now I am focusing on Africa and will visit Egypt, Madagascar and Namibia

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/pausing-sweah-job-adventures-africa - 2026-06-23

On Friday 14 February Freja Morris successfully defended her thesis “Tenacious Documents: Exploring the Allure of Documentation in Swedish Compulsory Schools” and is now a doctor in sociology. For over a decade, Swedish teachers have voiced their frustration over the increasing demands for documentation, which they feel detracts from valuable teaching time. Despite various governmental efforts to

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/freja-morris-thesis-highlights-documentation-burden-swedish-schools - 2026-06-23

When a new EU project focusing on gender equality and diversity in STEM got under way last autumn, Lund University was involved from the outset. Through the Department of Physics, Lund is participating in the Erasmus+ project GENERA COPA, which has received €400,000 in funding and brings together universities and research environments from across Europe. The project launched in September 2025 in c

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/we-need-more-perspectives-physics-and-mathematics-lund-new-eu-project - 2026-06-23

Bling is associated with expensive, ostentatious accessories and “bad taste”. This contrasts with the prevailing aesthetic values of the design world. But what happens when bling and design are brought together? A new thesis in industrial design from the Faculty of Engineering (LTH), Lund University in Sweden, shows that provocations – such as breaking convention with the help of the bling subcult

https://www.industridesign.lth.se/en/article/challenging-design-conventions-key-more-vibrant-design - 2026-06-23

The University Board needs a new teaching staff representative due to a retirement. As a staff member, you now have the opportunity to propose a colleague to the Electoral College, which is responsible for the nomination. The nomination period is from 3 September to 22 September. One of the three teaching staff representatives on the University Board, Lars Dahlin, is retiring and his place on the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/propose-new-teaching-staff-representative-university-board-election - 2026-06-22

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash The pandemic has made us test alternatives to our traditional exam methods, alternatives that work digitally and on remote. Some of these alternatives are worth keeping also when we head back to traditional, on campus, teaching. One thing we have learned the past years is that remote surveillance is problematic (no guarantee it works 100%) and limiting students’

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/digital-open-book-exam-flexible-option - 2026-06-23

NanoLund has had an excellent 2019 – with an increasing amount of publications, more than 70 invited talks all over the world, 21 new graduated PhDs, and much more. Having been a Strategic Research Area of Sweden for a full decade now, NanoLund can look back on yet another year of success. 286 scientific publications, directly related to nanoscience, sets a new record. Of the 148 PhD students acti

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/our-annual-report-out - 2026-06-23

Optimise lab routines, minimise unnecessary consumption of lab consumables, recycle when possible, and improve user behaviour. That’s some of the improvements that can make the Lund Nano Lab greener, according to the project that Sarah McKibbin gets funding for, from the Lund University Sustainability Fund. Sarah McKibbin, process and tool responsible research engineer at Lund Nano Lab, receives s

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/sarah-mckibbin-gets-funding-greening-lund-nano-lab - 2026-06-23

Is all the material you have in the freezer actively used in your research? If not, it should be classified as biobank material and instead stored in Region Skåne's Biobank. On 9 April, a digital seminar will be held (in Swedish) on freezer storage options and news in the new Biobank Act. There is a shortage of freezers and space for new freezers in the faculty's premises. Roger Lindskog is an exp

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/mission-more-space-freezers-and-room-more-freezers - 2026-06-23