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A new research study has shed light on the underground interaction between tree roots and fungi. In order to understand how this important symbiosis came about, an international team of researchers have sequenced the genomes of different fungi that live underground. The study shows that in the course of evolution, the symbiotic fungi have lost many genes present in their free-living ancestors, and

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/lost-genes-make-fungi-dependent-trees - 2026-07-07

Artificial intelligence has gone from horror visions on film to a tool in everyone’s pocket. From spelling advice to shopping tips – and now to assigning work and measuring performance. What’s next? We met with organisational researcher Sverre Spoelstra to talk about algorithmic leadership and management. You may not have your boss in an app, yet. But the idea is not as futuristic as it may sound.

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/he-researches-algorithmic-leadership - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The digital platform Child Rights Online has now been launched in 14 countries and will provide teachers and aspiring teachers with a better understanding of the Convention on the Rights of the Child to offer children and young people a more inclusive and equal schooling. In recent years, the Child Rights Institute at

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/better-knowledge-child-rights-when-14-countries-contribute-digital-platform - 2026-07-07

What happens when scientists, municipal actors, and private sector stakeholders from six European countries come together to question the future of aquathermal energy? At LUCSUS, we just found out. June 17 to 19, the Interreg North Sea WaterWarmth partner meeting took place in Lund, hosting partners from Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. LUCSUS’s researchers Sara Broo

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/ideas-action-shaping-aquathermal-futures - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Associate Professor Rustam Urinboyev spent more than five years studying the experiences and life stories of Uzbek migrant workers in Moscow. In the book Migration and Hybrid Political Regimes: Navigating the Legal Landscape in Russia, he reveals how migrants navigate an ever-changing migration system pervaded by corr

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/imagination-and-creative-navigation-simplifies-life-central-asian-migrants-russia - 2026-07-07

For the upcoming graduation ceremony the former deputy minister of environment in Ukraine, Iryna Stavchuk, will visit the IIIEE. On the 5th of June the current Master’s students will enjoy the graduation ceremony and receive their diplomas. At the ceremony, IIIEE alumna Iryna Stavchuk, former deputy minister of environment in Ukraine when Russia attacked last year, is invited as the guest speaker.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/former-deputy-minister-environment-ukraine-visiting-iiiee - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Germans who go on holiday in Sweden are somewhat older than average, they are more educated and often returning visitors. The personal encounter is important to them, and they trust recommendations, especially from other Germans. These are some of the findings from the report presented by project manager Malin Zilling

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/tourism-researchers-and-industry-met-during-breakfast - 2026-07-07

UC Berkeley recently welcomed Emma Johnson, PhD student at the IIIEE, as a visiting scholar at the Center for Responsible Business at Berkeley Haas and the UC Berkeley Nordic Center. At the UC Berkeley Nordic Center, Emma shared her research and discussed circular business models and the environmental impacts of them with students of a new joint Master of Climate Solutions/MBA program. Emma also v

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-discusses-circularity-uc-berkeley - 2026-07-07

Bland de många disputationer som äger rum vid Medicinska fakulteten i höst, lyfter vi denna gång dessa: Jessica Melins arbete om hur familjen påverkas när ett barn med förhöjd risk för diabetes typ 1 deltar i screeningstudier. Ylva Bengtsson om vilken roll nivån av mineralerna selen, zink och koppar kan ha för risk och prognos för bröstcancer. Marie Larsson om hemoglobinnivån hos mycket för tidigt

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/om-diabetesscreening-brostcancer-hemoglobin-och-alzheimer - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “My first project was about giving poor families in Thailand the opportunity to send their children to school. A student and I helped set up chicken farms at the schools, which the children took care of. The money they earned by selling the eggs on the markets covered their school fees”. Leif Bjellin. Photo: Gunnar Me

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/helping-earthquake-victims-nepal - 2026-07-07

The University has started a new initiative that involves inviting its new staff from far and wide to joint activities during the year. New international staff members and their families were recently welcomed to the new academic year at an event in the Main University Building. Specially invited staff members enjoyed a get-together and refreshments with music by Albin Rickman’s Trio and students

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-international-staff-members-were-welcomed-new-academic-year - 2026-07-08

An international research team led from Lund University, has identified epigenetic biomarkers that can predict which people with type 2 diabetes are at risk of cardiovascular disease. The study is now published in Cell Reports Medicine. People with type 2 diabetes are up to four times more likely to have heart attacks, strokes, anginas and other coronary heart diseases than healthy people. Therefo

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/biomarkers-reveal-risk-cardiovascular-disease-type-2-diabetes - 2026-07-07

For several years, doctoral students at the research school have been able to travel out into the world and take part in international research in ageing and health. Now SWEAH has granted three more applications, which concern trips to Australia, Italy and Portugal. In this autumn call the following applications were granted: Pernilla Alencar Siljehag, Karolinska InstitutetPernilla is granted 20 0

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/they-are-awarded-sweahs-travel-grant - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Boreal peatlands store large amounts of carbon, but warmer and drier conditions caused by climate change may turn these ecosystems into carbon sources. Equipped with drones and thermal cameras Julia Kelly, who recently received her doctorate at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC), has studied what f

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/drones-offer-new-insights-boreal-peatland-co2-emissions - 2026-07-07

Michail Nektarios Mostratos is a second-year student in the MSc Service Management, in the Culture & Creativity specialisation. He talked with us about how extracurriculars have shaped his student life. Michail Nektarios has always been curious about the creative industries and wanted to make the most of his time in Lund by exploring real-world projects alongside his studies. He hopes to work with

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/making-most-student-life-through-extracurricular-activities - 2026-07-07

Here we outline what is going on now, and what we are doing next with the autumn student applications. If you don’t yet have housing and wish to get an offer from us, you need to join this second application period, that opens next week. Closing the first applicationWe have already sent out the last offers of the first application period that started 28 April. Make sure to double-check your housin

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/closing-first-autumn-application-and-opening-second-application-period - 2026-07-07

On March 4, the BECC cluster “Climate, land use and biogeochemical cycles” visited the synchrotron source MAX IV. MAX IV Laboratory is a national laboratory hosted by Lund University. It operates accelerators producing x-rays of very high intensity and quality which are used for scientific research making the invisible visible. The new MAX IV will opens in 2016 and it will be the brightest x-ray s

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/cluster-meeting-max-iv - 2026-07-07

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/prime-minister-visit-lund-nano-lab - 2026-07-07

So many lovely tips. 378 nature reserves in Skåne alone. Thank you! The Sustainability Forum has a mission from the  Vice-Chancellor: to support the core activities in realising the intentions of the University's sustainability strategy. Jenny Hansson, Communications Officer and project manager at the Sustainability Forum, gives us many, great tips on sustainable and exciting holiday activities in

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/holiday-tips-our-sustainability-forum-travel-sustainably-summer - 2026-07-07

Are you from a country outside the EU/EEA and planning to change jobs? Or are you recruiting from a third country? Then it's important to pay extra attention to documentation. "Ask for support the slightest uncertainty, and everything should go well," says Erik Kvist, the University's international migration coordinator. The most common third-country recruitments at the University involve doctoral

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/applies-when-recruiting-third-countries - 2026-07-07