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China has suffered an extreme heat wave this summer and the Yangtze River has been completely dried up in parts. This is the topic of a new episode of the Swedish podcast Kinapodden with MERGE-researcher Deliang Chen as one of the guests. China has suffered an extreme heat wave this summer. The Yangtze River has been completely dried up in parts, resulting in an acute energy shortage. In a new epi
The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies stimulates interdisciplinary research within Lund University. Hear interview with Pofessor Karin Broberg (in Swedish) on working at the Pufendorf IAS. The Institute supports researchers working together across disciplinary borders to develop new areas of research. The Institute announces yearly calls for applications to Themes and Advanced Study Groups.
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/info-meeting-call-applications-pufendorf-ias - 2026-05-27
Can nature-based solutions (often called NBS) really tackle climate change and advance urban sustainability?Our research shows that nature-based solutions (NBS) can help tackle climate change and advance urban sustainability by using nature to deliver social, ecological and economic benefits. However, their success largely depend on implementation for which several barriers exist. For NBS to be me
Hanna Bäck, Emma Renström and Royce Carroll have co-authored the article, ”Protecting the Ingroup? Authoritarianism, Immigration Attitudes, and Affective Polarization”, which is published in Frontiers in Political Science. Abstract: What makes people affectively polarized? Affective polarization is based on the idea that partisanship can be a social identity leading to polarization in the form of
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hanna-back-immigration-attitudes-and-affective-polarization - 2026-05-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a future warmer climate, evaporation from the northern hemisphere’s wetlands will increase significantly more than previously thought. This is shown by an international study involving researchers from Lund University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The availability of water is one of the most
https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/rising-temperatures-affect-wetlands-and-disrupt-water-balance - 2026-05-27
Recently, MultiPark opened its doors to the local Parkinson’s Association, who were invited behind the scenes to see how research on their condition is conducted. Here are some of the laboratories that were visited. Today’s basic research on brain disorders such as Parkinson’s may be the starting point for tomorrow’s treatments. This may explain the participants’ deep interest in MultiPark’s exper
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/journey-discovery-research-multipark-opens-labs-parkinsons-association - 2026-05-27
Hebatalla Taha (Lund University) held a CMES Research Seminar on the Israeli Bank Leumi and its operations in Palestine. Leumi is an Israeli bank, established in 1902 as the Anglo-Palestine Company, closely connected to the Zionist movement. After the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, Bank Leumi served as the central bank and issued the country's first banknotes. Throughout the 20th century
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israels-bank-leumi-palestine - 2026-05-27
Lund University PhD student Anne Lene Stein will defend her thesis at the Department of Political Science. On 13 June, Anne Lene Stein will defend her PhD thesis titled Agonism against the odds: Epistemic disruptions and bodies of dissent in Palestine and Israel at the Department of Political Science, Lund University.The thesis explores how protests and performances in Palestine and Israel are use
China has suffered an extreme heat wave this summer and the Yangtze River has been completely dried up in parts. This is the topic of a new episode of the Swedish podcast Kinapodden with BECC-researcher Deliang Chen as one of the guests. China has suffered an extreme heat wave this summer. The Yangtze River has been completely dried up in parts, resulting in an acute energy shortage. In a new epis
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-researcher-deliang-chen-guests-kinapodden-talk-about-drought-along-yangtze-river - 2026-05-27
In her new book Agonistic Memory and Peace, Lisa Strömbom, Deputy Director of CMES, explores how contested memories in Colombia, Israel-Palestine, and Northern Ireland can become tools for dialogue and peace. Download the book as open access hereThe book Investigates memory initiatives in three of the world’s hardest to solve conflicts and how they can be invested with more constructive dynamicsAg
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/agonistic-memory-and-peace - 2026-05-27
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It is six times more expensive for society – and for you individually - if you travel by car instead of cycling. This has been shown in a Department of Service Management and Service Management study of Copenhagen, a city of cyclists. It is the first time a price has been put on car use as compared to cycling. In the
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/six-times-more-expensive-travel-car-bicycle-study - 2026-05-27
Next week, it’s time for the annual Doctoral degree conferment ceremony at Lund University. One of the honorary doctors this year is Ulla Vogel, a member of the NanoLund Scientific Advisory Board. She will give a talk on nanoparticle safety at a popular science breakfast seminar on May 25. Be sure not to miss out! Ulla Vogel is head of Nanotoxicology and Occupational Hygiene at the National Resear
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanosafety-expert-ulla-vogel-awarded-honorary-doctorate - 2026-05-27
Travel grants for the SANORD conference 22 – 25 September 2026 in NamibiaSANORD (Southern African–Nordic Centre) is a network aiming at facilitating, expanding, and strengthening collaborations and contacts between higher education institutions in southern Africa and the Nordic region. The SANORD annual scientific conference will be held at the University of Namibia 22 – 25 September 2026 and the
Together with Sonia Sabbahi (Université de Carthage), Layla Ben Ayed (Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie), Monia Trad (Université de Carthage) and Panagiotis Karanis (University of Nicosia Medical School), CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has authored the article "Parasitological Assessment of Sewage Sludge Samples for Potential Agricultural Reuse in Tunisia", available in The Internati
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/reuse-wastewater-sludge-tunisian-agriculture - 2026-05-27
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Gruppen "Kazzt" tog hem segern med låten "Yatsy". Det rådde en förtätad stämning i Slagthuset i Malmö när den vinnande låten framfördes för tredje och sista gången. Publiken stod upp i bänkarna för att hylla de värdiga vinnarna. Kvällens artister anslöt på scenen och stämde in i vinnarlåten. Helt Magiskt! Omröstning
https://www.mhm.lu.se/artikel/musikhogskolan-i-malmo-segrade-i-riks-smask-2015 - 2026-05-27
Information från sektionen Student och utbildning:Endast merkostnader för tentamensvakter till studenter med giltigt besked med rekommendation om anpassad tentamen, (förlängd tid, mindre grupp eller enskild tentamen) i beskedet om riktat pedagogiskt stöd kan faktureras Studentstöd och lärande. Tentamensvakterna rekryteras av institutionen och timersättningen är densamma som vid övriga tentamensskr
Välkommen på uppstartsmöte om det nya ramavtalet. Lunds universitet har tecknat ett nytt avtal för ekonomisk revision av externt finansierade projekt (EU-projekt, Vinnovaprojekt, SIDA-projekt etc). Avtalet finns upplagt i Lupin under Övriga konsulter och tjänster – Revision, betal – och försäkringstjänster. Leverantör är som tidigare Ernst & Young. Alla beställare inbjuds härmed att delta vid ett
