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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Tamar Krishnamurti, researcher from CMU in Pittsburgh, is associated to the VBE program. She visited the Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making in Vancouver and a workshop in Washington, D. C., at the Federal Trade Commission. At both occasions she presented work related to VBE. Engaging a high-risk

https://www.vbe.lu.se/article/presentations-vbe-related-work-vancouver-and-washington-d-c - 2026-07-09

As a part of ACCESS effort to have a deeper approach on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with a particular focus on the goals 3, 11, 14 and 15, we are happy to announce that three courses for PhD-students on different aspects related to the mentioned SDGs will be open to PhD-students from all ACCESS-universities. The courses are open to PhD-students from all disciplines and from a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-access-courses-phd-students - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During the final week of September, 2018, the School of Social Work, Lund University, hosted a group of researchers from the School of Social Work at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, India. Already established as partners in teaching and education the schools want to move ahead and collaborate in re

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/tiss-workshop-report - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Patients with diabetes or Parkinson’s disease can be cured with stem cells at a clinic in China. Multiple sclerosis, stroke and cerebral palsy are treated at a stem cell clinic in Mexico, and in Thailand, the deadly disease ALS can be cured with stem cells... at least according to advertising from these and other clin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hyped-hope-shady-stem-cell-clinics-take-advantage-desperate-patients - 2026-07-09

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Vilken roll spelar plats för hur vi kan förstå subkulturella identiteter och aktiviteter? Erik Hannerz har skrivit kapitlet “Emplacing Punk: Subcultural Boundary Work and Space in Indonesia” till boken ”Punks, Monks and Politics” (redaktörer: Julian Ch Lee och Marco Ferrarese). Beskrivning av boken (på engelska):Aut

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/hannerz-om-punk-munkar-och-politik - 2026-07-09

Britta Padberg (PhD), former managing director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research at Bielefeld University for twelve years and managing director for The New Institute in Hamburg, has been on a research sabbatical here at Pufendorf IAS for a month. She is by no means a stranger to us: Britta Padberg was part of our evaluation panel during 2024 and visited us both in May and in October 202

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/welcome-back-pufendorf-institute-advanced-studies-britta-padberg - 2026-07-09

The harp is traditionally seen as a delicate, classical instrument, but Eleonora Pennino – student at Malmö Academy of Music – has managed to transform it into a powerful jazz voice, proving it can swing, groove, and improvise with the best. Eleonora, originally from Italy, has been captivated by music since childhood. Growing up in a household filled with the sounds of her mother playing piano an

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/eleonora-pennino-and-harp-classical-roots-jazz-innovation - 2026-07-09

The harp is traditionally seen as a delicate, classical instrument, but Eleonora Pennino – student at Malmö Academy of Music – has managed to transform it into a powerful jazz voice, proving it can swing, groove, and improvise with the best. Eleonora, originally from Italy, has been captivated by music since childhood. Growing up in a household filled with the sounds of her mother playing piano an

https://www.mhm.lu.se/artikel/eleonora-pennino-and-harp-classical-roots-jazz-innovation - 2026-07-09

For the next four years, Camilla Davids from Namibia will share her time between Lund and Cape Town thanks to the "Double PhD-programme”. With the guidance of supervisors Gabriela Godaly and Reto Guler, Davids will focus on a project on alternative treatment methods for tuberculosis, an important research area at a time when antibiotic resistance is on the rise globally. When the call for seeding

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/camilla-davids-shares-her-time-between-lund-and-cape-town - 2026-07-09

The latest IIIEE Energy blog introduces guest researcher's Senja Laakso’s work on Sustainable Practices and Energy Transitions. In January and February 2024, Senja Laakso from the Centre for Consumer Society Research, University of Helsinki, and Tampere University visited us at the IIIEE for six weeks. The latest Energy Blog is the first post of a two-part series presenting Senja and her interesti

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/bridging-communities-guest-researcher-exploring-and-redefining-energy-citizenship - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Dr Dan Metcalfe is co-author to a paper coming out in Nature on the 23rd November, based upon his work with the longest-running tropical drought experiment. The study uses measurements from an Amazon forest subjected to over 12 years of severe artificial drought to pinpoint the mechanisms of drought induced tree morta

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/article-tropical-drought-experiment-nature - 2026-07-09

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 - 2026-07-09

First-born children are at lower risk of heart attack and stroke than their siblings – provided that the number of siblings does not exceed three; then it is the other way around. And people without siblings have a higher risk of heart attack and stroke later in life compared to those who have siblings. These are among the findings of a new population study from Lund University published in BMJ Op

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/number-siblings-may-be-linked-risk-cardiovascular-disease - 2026-07-09

Researchers at Lund University and DTU in Copenhagen have discovered enzymes in the colon that, when mixed with red blood cells, can cut away parts of the carbohydrates that separate our ABO blood groups from each other. The method brings us closer to the dream of a universal blood for everyone. It has long been known that blood from different individuals cannot be mixed randomly without the risk

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/enzymes-intestinal-bacteria-opens-universal-blood - 2026-07-09

Teaching staff, researchers, doctoral students and administrative staff can apply for Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) funding to visit a university in South Africa and/or invite a visiting teacher/staff from a university in South Africa. Eligible activities are teaching (lectures, seminars, supervision and examinations) and staff training (job-shadowing, etc.) Applications for mobilit

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mobililty-cooperation-south-africa-call-applications-teachingtraining-mobility - 2026-07-09

After several years of expert management at the Nordic Institute for Asian Studies, Copenhagen University, the journal has moved across the Öresund to Sweden. Asia in Focus is a peer-reviewed journal published online twice a year. The focal point of the journal is modern Asian societies viewed from the standpoints of social sciences and humanities. The geographical focus is Central Asia to Oceania

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/asia-focus-has-found-new-home-centre-east-and-south-east-asian-studies - 2026-07-09

The city library in Stockholm (Stockholms Stadsbibliotek) has collected reading recommendations concerning Turkey from several experts. Among them is CMES scholar Pinar Dinc. Pinar has recommended several books about Turkey: Borsuk, Imren - Dinç, Pinar - Kavak, Sinem - Sayan, Pinar (eds.) (2022) Authoritarian neoliberalism and resistance in Turkey: construction, consolidation, and contestation. Ba

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/turkey-recommended-reading - 2026-07-09

Breath-holding spells are common in young children and are benign. Yet children often undergo unnecessary diagnostic interventions when seeking medical care. This is because there are no national or international guidelines on how to assess children in these cases. A team of researchers at Lund University, Sweden has now proposed guidelines to reduce the number of emergency and unplanned medical v

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/children-breath-holding-spells-undergo-unnecessary-diagnostic-interventions - 2026-07-09

On 03 March 2023, Jenny Mattsson defended her Ph.D. thesis. With the goal to broaden the availability of antibody-based drugs for patients with cancer and other diseases, she has spent the past several years working to develop new methods that can be used to identify new antibodies and antibody targets. In this interview, we learn more about her research, how she has simultaneously juggled doing a

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-methods-phenotypic-antibody-discovery-phd-interview-jenny-mattsson - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During the week 9-13 September 2013, SASNET deputy director Lars Eklund visited universities in London, networking with researchers working on South Asia related projects. The universities included Westminster University, London School of Economics and Political Science, and SOAS at University of London.  University o

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/report-lars-eklunds-visit-london-universities-september-2013 - 2026-07-09