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A new study by an international group of researchers, including three scientists from the department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, offers critical insights into the immediate impact of meteorological drought on vegetation across Europe. The information can strengthen the information base for planning of water management and drought responsiveness. Droughts are becoming increasingly

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/recent-study-reveals-sub-seasonal-drought-sensitivity-across-europe - 2026-10-09

Lund University and SRA EpiHealth has decided to support six projects with seeding funding that will cover salary costs for preparation of a project application and a research plan targeting national funding bodies.  Lena Sandin Wranker, one of the recipients of the funding, is a research assistant, PhD, and a specialist physician in pain rehabilitation, at the Department of Clinical Sciences Malm

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/six-projects-epidemiology-will-get-seed-funding - 2026-10-09

Congratulations to Hanna Bach who defended her thesis "Navigating Sustainable Shipping - Multi-scalar Transition Dynamics in the Maritime Shipping Sector." We took the opportunity to ask Hanna some questions about her research. Why did you choose to focus on the maritime shipping sector? What was it about the subject that interested you from the start?- The sea, boats and ships, and especially sai

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/hanna-bach-defended-thesis-sustainable-transition-maritime-shipping-sector - 2026-10-09

MAX IV is awarded 200 million SEK from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and WISE to construct and establish a 3D imaging X-ray technology aimed at studying and developing advanced materials for the transition to a sustainable society. Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability, WISE, is the largest investment ever in materials science research in Sweden. The vision for the rese

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/new-beamline-max-iv-contribute-sustainable-materials-and-green-technology - 2026-10-09

How regional, local and national governments decide to develop coastal regions affects 21st century flood exposure more than climate threats according to a new study, focusing on China. The research, which for the first time integrates projected land use change under different policies, sea-level rise, extreme events, and land subsidence, identifies that strategic coastal planning can have huge ef

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/coastal-development-planning-matters-more-21st-century-flood-risk-climate-change - 2026-10-09

All employees and students at Lund University are welcome to the X Lab with their own projects, course work and ideas. For a long time, Lund University has lacked an open meeting place for staff and students to gather and work on their own projects/course work or share knowledge. In response to this, LTH has built up the X Lab, whose activities are based on collaboration and co-creation. The X Lab

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/x-lab-innovation-environment-and-co-working-space-all-students-and-staff-university - 2026-10-09

On 18 November, a news item was released that went beyond our wildest dreams: Lund University ranked first in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability. We have been ranked as not just the best in Sweden, or even Europe – we are number one in the entire world! This is most likely the first time that a Swedish or Nordic university has been ranked best in the world in one of the major ranking

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-ranked-best-world-sustainability-according-qs-i-am-speechless - 2026-10-10

In a major leap forward for preclinical nuclear medicine research at Lund University Bioimaging Centre (LBIC), the IngaBritt and Arne Lundberg Research Foundation has granted 2.6 million SEK to upgrade important equipment at centre’s Preclinical Nuclear Medicine platform. The funds will be used to enhance the positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

https://www.lbic.lu.se/article/lund-university-bioimaging-centre-secures-26-million-sek-nuclear-medicine-imaging-equipment-upgrade - 2026-10-09

Malin Parmar, professor of cellular neuroscience, along with three researchers in Italy and Denmark, has been awarded the prestigious ERC Synergy Grant worth EUR 10 million. The four researchers aim to develop custom-made neurons from stem cells for cell therapies to treat Parkinson’s or Huntington’s disease. Congratulations!“Thank you, it feels really fun and exciting for many reasons! One reason

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/erc-synergy-grant-awarded-development-custom-made-stem-cell-therapies - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What makes for a successful transition to a low-carbon energy system? Local involvement, perceived fairness and information sharing, according to new research from LUCSUS and IIIEE. The researchers studied two cases, one in Samsø (Denmark) and one in Feldheim (Germany) of successful implementation of low-carbon energy

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-local-communities-can-transition-sustainable-energy-systems - 2026-10-09

The proposal for a renewed Campus Plan will soon be subject to a consultation round. It is an update of the current Campus Plan which will soon expire. For two years, the Campus Development Office has been drawing up the Campus Plan in collaboration with consultants and on behalf the Campus Development Council. The Campus Plan covers a lot of space – Lund University has around 540,000 square metre

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-campus-plan-be-decided-autumn - 2026-10-10

Malin Parmar, professor of cellular neuroscience, along with three researchers in Italy and Denmark, has been awarded the prestigious ERC Synergy Grant worth EUR 10 million. The four researchers aim to develop custom-made neurons from stem cells for cell therapies to treat Parkinson’s or Huntington’s disease. Congratulations!“Thank you, it feels really fun and exciting for many reasons! One reason

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/erc-synergy-grant-awarded-development-custom-made-stem-cell-therapies - 2026-10-09

In March 2026, the University will switch telephone operator to Telia. A new portal for support and cases will open soon. Information for anyone with an older phone. Telephony: New mobile phone subscriptions after 11 March 2026Lund University is implementing a change of supplier for telephony services. The transition to the new supplier, Telia, will take place on 10 and 11 March 2026. Initially, t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-news-new-mobile-phone-subscriptions-new-support-centre-and-update-2g3g-coverage - 2026-10-10

ISTANBUL, Türkiye – April 13-15, 2026. The Political Economy of Legal and Governance Reform in Non-Western Societies: Insights from Central Asia (POLCA) research project, funded by the European Commission and led by the Department of Sociology of Law at Lund University, recently convened two major international workshops in Istanbul. The events brought together more than 30 leading scholars, pract

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/polca-project-hosts-international-workshops-istanbul-exploring-alternative-institutions-and-legal - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The mountainsides are on fire. In the village below, activities are in full swing: women and men working in the fields, fishing in the river, and herding cattle along the grassy wetlands. The painting took four days to produce during fieldwork in Tanzania. Emma Johansson Li, a researcher in physical geography, has ded

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/physical-geographer-uses-art-her-research - 2026-10-09

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 - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Using the CRISPR/Cas9 “gene scissors” researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden have managed to “turn off” an enzyme that proved to play a key role in the regulation of the diabetes-associated TXNIP gene. The results are decreased cell death and increased insulin production in the genetically modified p

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/decreased-cell-death-and-increased-insulin-production-pancreatic-beta-cells-genome-edit-crisprcas9 - 2026-10-09

On January 18th the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions (SUHF) organized an information and discussion meeting about the profile areas. The general sentiment was that the new task provided surprisingly little direction for how the financing of the profile areas should be developed. On January 13th the Swedish government (U2022/00168) gave the Swedish Research Council and the other

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/national-level-funding-profile-areas-has-moved-forward - 2026-10-09

Every person ages, yet only some develop Parkinson’s Disease, and scientists still don’t know why. A new international effort involving a research team from Lund University aims to uncover what makes certain aging brains more vulnerable than others, focusing on the epigenetic changes that accompany growing older. Their work is supported by a new 81 million SEK grant from the Aligning Science Acros

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/81-million-sek-drives-new-international-effort-study-aging-and-epigenetic-changes-parkinsons-disease - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Timos Karpouzoglou visited LUMES and LUCSUS on 24th November to hold a round table discussion on the ‘elephant in the room – power’. Here is his guest blog on reflecting on the round table discussion:Bringing the Elephants to the table: What is the role of power in sustainability research? We live in a warming and inc

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/elephants-room-guest-blog-timos-karpouzoglou - 2026-10-09