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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. When physical geographer Daniel Metcalfe explains what he does in the simplest possible way, he says he examines holes in leaves. However, the project is far more sophisticated than that, and could lead to a better way of caring for the forests of the world in the future. Hanging bridges are practical when studying le

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/examining-forests-world - 2026-05-31

Wobbling and laughing, a few of the girls glide over the ice. They are holding hands in a chain. If one falls, they all go down. They are thirteen recently arrived girls and five volunteers in the Save the Children project, Girl to Girl, who are meeting on a Sunday at the ice rink in Lund. One of the volunteers is studying Human Rights as an activity for the Certificate of International Merits (CI

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/students-dont-need-pack-their-bags-gain-international-qualifications - 2026-05-31

The packing crates are emptied, new furniture is in place, the art is hung, and the tech is working. The Offices of the Vice-Chancellor and staff have moved into the King’s House. The new entrance opens onto the University Square and the fountain. Behind the doors of the University’s oldest building, there’s a definite air of new and modern. You are greeted first by an exhibition about the buildin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-beginning-kings-house - 2026-06-01

What are your thoughts on death? How would you like to spend your last days? These kinds of existential questions are explored at so-called death cafés - gatherings that Jamie Woodworth began organising before she was 25, as a way of dealing with her anxiety about climate change. Now she has been awarded an honourable mention for her doctoral thesis on end-of-life care in the Swedish welfare state

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/when-care-becomes-luxury-jamie-woodworth-end-life-care-swedish-welfare-state - 2026-06-01

The capacity development programme Innovation, Transformation and Resilience for Sustainable Development is part of a larger project, which aims to strengthen the development and use of science, technology, and innovation (STI) indicators in Africa. The fourth iteration of the programme took place in 2025. Laurinda Macamo from MozambiqueLaurinda Macamo is an alumna of Lund University’s capacity de

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/testimonial-about-programme-innovation-transformation-and-resilience-sustainable-development - 2026-06-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Sist vi träffade cancerforskaren Kristian Pietras sommaren 2012 hade han just påbörjat sin tjänst vid Lunds universitet. Då med uppdraget att fylla vissa kompetensluckor inom centrets pre-kliniska tumörforskning. Idag leder han en grupp på nio personer i kampen mot en av vår tids allvarligaste sjukdomar. Satsningen

https://www.lu.se/artikel/forskare-i-fokus-i-cancerforskningens-tjanst - 2026-05-31

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Oljepriserna sjönk till historiskt låga nivåer under våren – efter flera månader av internationellt priskrig kollapsade marknaden när efterfrågan störtdök under coronapandemin. Konsekvenserna för världsekonomin spås bli stora, med ekonomisk kris för branschen i producentländer som USA och Ryssland. Men vad betyder p

https://www.lu.se/artikel/prisras-pa-olja-vad-hander-med-plasten - 2026-06-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Före detta doktoranden Firas Jumaah och handledaren Charlotta Turner har ett speciellt band sedan 2014. Då fastnade Firas Jumaah och hans familj i IS:s första blixtoffensiv i Irak och Charlotta Turner lyckades med långt­gående medel få dem oskadda tillbaka till Lund, vilket gav henne smek­namnet ­Professor Hardcore.

https://www.lu.se/artikel/sa-blev-hon-professor-hardcore - 2026-06-01

Kyla och torr luft, ett överaktivt immunförsvar eller vår moderna livsstil. Orsakerna varierar, men fler drabbas av atopiskt eksem. Framför allt barn från högre socioekonomiska bakgrunder har högre risk att insjukna. Men det finns hjälp att få och det viktigt att sätta in tidig behandling säger Laura von Kobyletzki, forskare vid Lunds universitet. Diagnosen atopiskt eksem har stadigt ökat i Sverig

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/atopiskt-eksem-en-folksjukdom - 2026-06-01

Kyla och torr luft, ett överaktivt immunförsvar eller vår moderna livsstil. Orsakerna varierar, men fler drabbas av atopiskt eksem. Framför allt barn från högre socioekonomiska bakgrunder har högre risk att insjukna. Men det finns hjälp att få och det viktigt att sätta in tidig behandling säger Laura von Kobyletzki, forskare vid Lunds universitet. Diagnosen atopiskt eksem har stadigt ökat i Sverig

https://www.lu.se/artikel/atopiskt-eksem-en-folksjukdom - 2026-06-01

Researchers have identified the top 12 ways European cities have been able to curb car use. The most effective measure was applying a congestion charge, with the notable case of London, where city traffic dropped by 33% following the change. Most success stories involved both “carrots” to encourage sustainable mobility and “sticks” to restrict cars, according to the study. – Transport is a major s

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/most-effective-ways-reducing-car-traffic - 2026-05-31

Astronomers can use supercomputers to simulate the formation of galaxies from the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago to the present day. But there are a number of sources of error. An international research team, led by researchers in Lund, has spent a hundred million computer hours over eight years trying to correct these. The last decade has seen major advances in computer simulations that can real

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-insights-how-galaxies-are-formed - 2026-05-31

In his thesis work, Lund University Master's student Daniel Diaz Rivas shows that is possible to reconstruct the time-dependent polarization of a very short pulse using a dispersion scan technique. Rivas recently recieved a price for best Master's thesis by PhotonicsSweden. Hi Daniel, congratulations to the award! Could you tell us a little bit about your thesis. What is it about? - My thesis is d

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/daniel-diaz-rivas-awarded-best-masters-thesis-photonics-2022 - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What’s the point of having lots of higher education credits if you don’t use them to make the world a little better? Activism and academia go together, according to student Johannes Witkowsky-Bengtsson. Johannes Witkowsky-Bengtsson. “As a child, I dreamed of fighting side by side with the Apache indians”, Johannes lau

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/activism-and-academia-go-together - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For over 20 years, a team of researchers at Lund University has worked on developing a drug against preeclampsia – a serious disorder which annually affects around 9 million pregnant women worldwide and is one of the main causes of death in both mothers and unborn babies. Now the researchers have published a study in

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/clinical-trials-beginning-possible-preeclampsia-treatment - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In this form (https://goo.gl/forms/Q1WT1JvFqfJ88nKH3) you can sign up if you want to become a member of WINGS' steering group 2018-2019. All employed at the Faculties of Engineering, Medicine and Science are welcome to join. In the steering group all faculties should be represented as equally as possible. If there are

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/are-you-interested-being-member-wings-steering-committee - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Climate networks aim to strengthen municipalities’ efforts to combat climate change. But membership benefits need to be much clearer communicated in order to utilise the networks’ full potential; and should highlight the importance of network membership to drive local climate politics forward, argues researcher Henner

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-municipal-climate-networks-can-improve-their-impact-new-research-article - 2026-05-31

In 2022, Stefany graduated with a master's degree in information systems from the Department of Informatics at Lund University. Editor's note: this interview is from 2024.Tell us about what you do today!I am a technology graduate at Nordea in Copenhagen, during my graduate programme of 2 years I have been trying different roles such as IT project manager, business analyst and now I am trying out t

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/stefany-firera-colmenares-alumna-information-systems-2022 - 2026-05-31

We are proud to share that Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) is hosting four Visiting Professors within the Lund University Programme for Global Excellence – the University’s largest international recruitment initiative to date. "Lund University’s Programme for Global Excellence lets us bring world-leading scholars into the daily life of LUSEM. They add fresh momentum to o

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/visiting-professors-lusem - 2026-06-01

Martin Moström from Retail House shares insights on the necessity for the retail sector to embrace change. Contrary to rumours, the physical store is far from obsolete; it has consistently evolved. Over the past two decades in the grocery trade, store numbers in Sweden have decreased from over 3,000 to around 1,000. This transformation is a natural part of business, but the challenge lies in how w

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/seeing-grocery-store-fresh-eyes - 2026-06-01