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Now, we are here at last, after intense involvement and many exciting ideas from many parts of the University, the Vice-Chancellor has today (23 June) decided on five profile areas for Lund University for 2022-2030. The selected profile areas are: Human Rights in a Polarised World Light and Materials – from fundamental understanding to industrial and societal needs Natural and Artificial Cognition
Under slutet av maj och början av juni arrangerar Pufendorf-Teman sina slutevenemang. Här presenterar de det interdisciplinära arbete som forskargrupperna har ägnat sig åt vid Pufendorfinstitutet under det senaste läsåret. Evenemangen har olika format och målgrupper – vissa är öppna för alla, medan andra riktar sig till särskilt inbjudna gäster, beroende på innehåll och syfte. Neurofutures: Promis
https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/evenemangssasongen-vid-pufendorfinstitutet-ar-snart-har - 2026-07-09
Var tredje patient blir tillfrågad om sina levnadsvanor när de besöker sjukvården. Den siffran borde vara högre, menar professorerna Hanne Tønnesen och Inger Kristensson Hallström, som är ansvariga för WHO Collaborating Centre vid Lunds universitet. Levnadsvanor borde angå sjukvården ännu mer än vad det gör idag, konstaterar Hanne Tønnesen: – Vi har helt enkelt inte råd att låta bli den förebyggan
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/who-uppdraget-skapa-evidens-hur-varden-kan-forebygga-sjukdom - 2026-07-09
Ett nytt initiativ har startat där universitetet bjuder in sina nya långväga medarbetare till gemensamma aktiviteter under året. I slutet av augusti hälsades nya internationella medarbetare med familjer välkomna till ett nytt läsår i Universitetshuset. Särskilt inbjudna medarbetare bjöds på mingel och finfika till musik från Albin Rickmans trio, studenter vid Musikhögskolan i Malmö.Tillställningen
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/nya-internationella-medarbetare-valkomnas-av-universitetet - 2026-07-10
Torsdagen den 7 mars hölls den årliga ceremonin där de medarbetare som varit anställda i rikets tjänst i 30 år, eller i 25 år vid pension uppmärksammas. I år får 58 personer NOR-utmärkelse varav 47 personer kommer till ceremonin i aulan. Ceremonin i Universitetsaulan börjar kl. 18.00. Den inleds med rektors välkomsttal och innehåller musikinslag samt en föreläsning av en av mottagarna. Utmärkelser
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/utdelning-av-utmarkelsen-nit-och-redlighet-i-rikets-tjanst-7-mars - 2026-07-10
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The 24th European Conference on South Asian Studies – ECSAS 2016 was successfully held at the University of Warsaw, Poland from 27 to 30 July 2016. The biannual conference, organised by the European Association for South Asian Studies (EASAS) was hosted by the Faculty of Oriental Studies at University of Warsaw. The c
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lars-eklund-reports-24th-european-conference-south-asian-studies-warsaw - 2026-07-09
This autumn sees the launch of ‘Public Health Science: Planetary Health’, an interdisciplinary advanced-level course exploring the link between the environment and health and how to work internationally with policy instruments. The course is led by lecturers from the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) and the Faculty of Social Sciences.“We’ve worked together before, and in this
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-course-aims-contribute-solutions-global-issues - 2026-07-09
At the beginning of November, retail and logistics researchers gathered in Helsingborg to present and discuss their latest research at the ninth Nordic Retail and Wholesale Conference (NRWC). Interest in this year's conference was high, with a total of 144 registered participants from several different countries. This year it was Lund University's turn to host the conference, which is organized ev
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/future-retail-focus-international-research-conference-helsingborg - 2026-07-09
Dedicated to the power of role models in academia, LTH’s Lise Meitner seminar 15 October was jam-packed. With a main lecture by Automatic Control, followed by a panel discussion, the event was concluded by the Dean of LTH presenting the new Lise Meitner professors with diplomas. Role models In the lecture, LTH’s and Lund University’s first Nobel Laureate Anne L’Huillier is put forth as a prime exa
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/lise-meitner-seminar-role-models - 2026-07-09
For a researcher to be successful, he or she not only needs to produce good research – it also has to gain exposure. However, there is competition for space in scientific and popular science journals. This has led to the growth of a grey area with unprofessional journals that take payment from researchers who want their work to appear. Kristoffer Holmqvist recommends the information on the Univers
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/unprofessional-open-access-publishing-new-industry - 2026-07-09
Sociologist Lisa Flower, biologist Øystein Opedal, economic historian Ingrid van Dijk and linguist Karolin Obert have received the prestigious grant from the EU. Their research focuses on video links in court cases, plant adaptation to pollinators, health inequalities over time, and language change in hunter-gatherer societies as they move around. The ERC Starting Grant is intended for early-caree
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/four-researchers-lund-university-receive-erc-starting-grant - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During her Ph.D. studies, Yiyi Yang has been investigating the role of microglia in the pathological development of Alzheimer’s disease. On the 3rd of June, it is time to defend her work supervised by Prof. Tomas Deierborg. Now, Yiyi tells us about her research in the Experimental Neuroinflammation Laboratory as being
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-yiyi-yang - 2026-07-09
Committed, curious and eager to take action. The students who apply to Lund University's master's programs in sustainability are distinguished by their genuine drive to change the world. Pioneers and forerunners: this is how the master's programmes EMP (Master's Programme in Environmental Management and Policy) and LUMES (Master's Programme in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science) can
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-lunds-international-sustainability-master-programmes-shape-change-leaders-future - 2026-07-10
John Molson MBA International Case Competition är en prestigefylld case-tävling där lag från hela världen deltar. Under sex dagar i januari samlades 30 lag med högkvalificerade studenter i Montréal, Kanada. Tävlingen följer ett format där alla lag möter varandra och omfattar sju olika case. Den är öppen för ekonomihögskolor världen över och erkänd som den största tävlingen i sitt slag. Syftet är a
https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/ekonomihogskolan-pa-john-molson-mba-international-case-competition-0 - 2026-07-09
Can you tell us a little about your research area? How would you describe your work?I am primarily a clinician and my research questions emerge from what I encounter in everyday life with my patients. The interest in arthrosis in particular was awakened through my work with patients who have wrist arthrosis. I saw that there was a lack of studies comparing the outcome of wrist arthroplasty versus
https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/meet-elisabeth-brogren - 2026-07-09
The climate cannot handle the amount of animals we eat. There needs to be a protein shift, according to researcher Karolina Östbring who is involved in the Sustainability Week. Her vision is to create a platform for research on vegetable proteins at LU. Karolina Östberg Photo: Kennet Ruona. The human population is growing, while our ecological footprint needs to become much lower in order to redu
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-need-protein-shift - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Susanne Boethius and Malin Åkerström at the Department of Sociology in Lund are winners of the Nordic Journal of Criminology Best Article Prize 2020 with the article "Revealing hidden realities: disclosing domestic abuse to informal others". The study draws on interviews with 21 Swedish women who have been victims of
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/best-article-prize-2020-goes-sociology-article-victims-domestic-abuse - 2026-07-09
At the end of March, the first cases of acute severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children were reported in the UK. Since then, the number has increased to more than 300 in around 20 countries; there are now reports of nine suspected cases in Sweden. The acute liver infection mainly affects otherwise completely healthy children under the age of 16, which puzzles researchers who are now searching
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-search-answers-increase-acute-severe-hepatitis-children - 2026-07-09
We need to prioritise nature even if there are other conflicting interests – biodiversity is essential to all of us on the planet and ultimately to our health and wellbeing. The statement comes from Maria Blasi Romero, researcher in Biodiversity and Conservation at Lund University. "I went to COP15 to learn about the processes and how to share my research with those who can make use of the results
https://www.science.lu.se/article/young-scientists-eager-influence-policy-makers-biodiversity - 2026-07-09
Researchers from Lund University interested in understanding how aging affects the brain have made a new discovery that will help make it easier to study age-related brain diseases and potential treatments in the future. The key to this? human skin cells. The human brain is often likened to the night sky. Look up and one will see billions upon billions of stars. Our brains are similar in that with
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-our-skin-cells-might-be-key-better-understanding-human-brain - 2026-07-09
