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This CMES Regional Outlook by Pinar Dinc focuses on the recent political developments in Turkey. Recent events over the past week have dramatically shaken the political landscape in Turkey. The mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, a prominent political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was stripped of his university degree for alleged irregularities. The next morning he was detained at his ho

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-rising-tide-dissent-turkey-call-democracy-and-justice - 2026-07-07

The palm house in the Botanical Garden is to be renovated and the environment improved for both staff and visitors. Production is planned for 2024 and expected to take just over a year. The project was initiated by the University and the Botanical Garden because the cycads and other plants in the palm house require more space while the glass and technical systems in the building need reviewing and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/palm-house-botanical-garden-be-remodelled - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We are looking for a Communications Intern for the autumn 2021. Read more and send us your application! The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) is an international and interdisciplinary centre within Lund University. We are com­mitted to produce rigorous, impactful, and solution-orie

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/communications-intern-iiiee - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS organises two events at the Future week at Lund University, discussing the future of social movements and the future of traveling, in the light of both the climate crisis and the coronavirus pandemic. The events will take place both onsite and online. 14 October 15.00-16.00:  The future of traveling, mobility a

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lund-university-future-week-12-18-october - 2026-07-07

Photo by M.Accelertor on Unsplash It is not necessarily the students who need to join a lecture via Zoom; sometimes the lecturer is the one taking part remotely. This is very practical for guest lecturers who are very far away and can thereby avoid a long trip. It also opens up opportunities for simple collaborations between higher education institutions. The solution will be different depending o

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/guest-lecturers-good-opportunity-hybrid-teaching - 2026-07-07

A new thesis in Service Studies has been completed at the department. Marcus Persson has written "How is leadership enacted?: Sacralization in everyday interactions at a care and elderly care administration". Marcus will defend his work at the public defence on 24 March. "The answer to the question of why certain everyday interactions can be interpreted as examples of how leadership is exercised c

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/marcus-persson-nailed-his-dissertation - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Carla Azevedo is set to defend her PhD thesis titled “Oligodendroglial (dys)function in alpha-synucleinopathies” on Thursday 30th of April. Here, Carla answers a few questions about her PhD journey at Lund Stem Cell Center, researching in the iPSC Laboratory for CNS disease modeling. How did you end up doing a PhD at

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview-carla-azevedo - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS recently featured the research and recent article on perspectives on loss and damage by Director Emily Boyd. This week, Stephen Woroniecki, follows up with a comment on a contribution by Dr Koko Warner, Manager of the Climate Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and Risks subprogramme, which includes the loss and damage w

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/human-mobility-and-paris-agreement-continuing-conversation-loss-and-damage - 2026-07-07

A few sharp minds working together for almost an entire summer. The task: to tackle the problem that a couple of days of work generates so much data, that it would take months to analyse. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction is a technique that allows us to obtain precise and detailed structural information of materials and their properties, and to fundamentally understand physical processes at the atomi

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/mission-get-data-unstuck - 2026-07-07

A few sharp minds working together for almost an entire summer. The task: to tackle the problem that a couple of days of work generates so much data, that it would take months to analyse. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction is a technique that allows us to obtain precise and detailed structural information of materials and their properties, and to fundamentally understand physical processes at the atomi

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/mission-get-data-unstuck - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During the week of Midsummer, Sweden will inaugurate its largest investment in research ever made – MAX IV Laboratory. “It has been a long process and it feels amazing that all the electrons and light are now working”, says Pro Vice-Chancellor Stacey Ristinmaa Sörensen, responsible for the University’s infrastructure

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-inaugurate-swedens-largest-research-investment-max-iv - 2026-07-07

In the wake of climate change and an increasingly warmer and drier climate, wildfires are becoming more common. In Ukraine, the war further increases the risk. Already in March this year, fires broke out around Chernobyl. CMES researcher Lina Eklund fears that a dry summer could lead to further fires with catastrophic humanitarian and environmental consequences. Physical geographer Lina Eklund, wh

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-researchers-warn-increased-fire-risk-war-torn-ukraine - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Vegetarian to become the standard, meat a special dietary request. That is the result of the Department of Biology and the Department of Psychology striking a blow for reduced meat consumption. The aim is to reduce the University's climate impact. Vegetarian food shall be the first option for catering and other activi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/departments-choose-sustainable-food-meat-become-special-dietary-reques - 2026-07-07

With only a few weeks remaining of its first semester, the maiden voyage of the Master’s programme in Cultural Criminology at Lund University is ending. How does this unique criminology master’s programme provide nuance to deviance? “I have found the course to be fantastic so far,” says Jack Lowe, one of the 14 students currently in the Master’s programme in Cultural Criminology. Having received h

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/focusing-seduction-crime-deviance-and-control - 2026-07-07

On Friday 23 May, the university's major ceremony, the doctoral conferment, took place. During the ceremony in Lund Cathedral, the 239 doctors who have completed their doctoral studies and defended a doctoral thesis at Lund University over the past year, including some from the Department of Service Studies, were awarded their doctorates. At Friday's ceremony, the newly awarded doctorates marched

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/festive-and-solemn-universitys-doctoral-conferment - 2026-07-07

Are you curious about or want to share experiences about the evaluation of education and get more tools and inspiration? Register for the Faculty's annual quality conference, no later than 1 November. Jenni Erlandsson, Quality Coordinator, who is involved in arranging the Faculty's annual quality conference, Forum Kvalitet, tells us more about the conference and the Faculty's quality assurance wor

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/facultys-quality-conference-wants-engage-more-people-teaching-quality - 2026-07-07

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/protein-reveals-diabetes-risk-many-years-advance - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET researcher Admir Skodo has received a grant from Magnus Bergvall's Foundation for his research on Afghan refugees and asylum seekers in the United States and Sweden. The grant is in the amount of 30,000 SEK and is to be used for field research in the Afghan community in New York. The project titel is "Restricti

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/admir-skodo-received-research-grant - 2026-07-07

All teaching staff must submit a report concerning secondary employment by 31 March at the latest. Teaching staff who do not hold secondary employment are also to report this. Reporting and assessment is done in Primula. Be careful to choose the current year (2024) in the report. Heads of department are to have assessed and explained decisions on secondary employment by 30 April at the latest. Tea

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-teaching-staff-report-secondary-employment - 2026-07-08

At a time when developments in Gaza remain central to global politics and public debate, the future of the territory is marked by uncertainty. During a CMES seminar this semester, Swedish journalist and long-time Middle East correspondent Cecilia Uddén reflected on the current situation and possible trajectories ahead. A situation that has not fundamentally changedDespite periods of ceasefire, the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cecilia-udden-what-going-happen-gaza - 2026-07-07