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The battle for real democracy in the Middle East will largely be decided in schools. The role of education in a democracy was also the theme of a workshop in Alexandria, where Swedish researchers met their Egyptian counterparts. The USI network organised the event on a hot topic in a country that needs to fight for democracy if it is to take root.   “Democracy in Egypt isn’t going to work unless p

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/battle-democracy-decided-schools - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The earth is both inundated and drying up. Water supply is a complex phenomenon that has probably never been more complicated – or more important – than now. Kenneth M. Persson is a professor of water resources engineering and he took the initiative for Lund University’s Water Portal, which involves over 200 (!) water

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/earth-both-inundated-and-drying - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Every chair is taken and the leaders of the workshop have had to turn participants away. Among doctoral students, there is clearly great interest in the topic – to finish your thesis on time and feel good along the way.   “I think the workshop is great, it opens your mind and the techniques seem realistic to use in yo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-survive-your-thesis - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a recent study, researchers from Imperial College London developed a model to assess the effect of different measures used to curb the spread of the coronavirus. However, the model had fundamental shortcomings and cannot be used to draw the published conclusions, claim Swedish researchers from Lund University, and

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/model-used-evaluate-lockdowns-was-flawed - 2026-05-15

New research by Teppo Lindfors shows how the sudden collapse of Russian censorship in Finland in 1917 helped spark a revolutionary participation cascade. As radical ideas spread through newspapers and local networks, growing public belief that resistance was possible helped push the country toward civil war. Revolutions often seem to erupt out of nowhere, transforming stable societies into scenes

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/how-end-censorship-fueled-finnish-civil-war - 2026-05-16

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Exporting the Swedish welfare model is not a good idea. At least not as a recipe for achieving a more sustainable society, says Professor Max Koch, manager of a research team that links the climate crisis with welfare. Sweden’s relatively low carbon emissions, despite a high gross domestic product, are partly due to t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/measuring-success-terms-economic-growth-devastating-our-climate - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Stina Oredsson and the owner of the women’s underwear store Kvinnligt under, Carolina Le Prince, have together created a calendar of partially nude women. This unusual way to raise money for cancer research resulted in SEK 235,000. Stina Oredsson (right) receives the collected money from Carolina Le Prince (

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/calendar-girls-promote-cancer-research - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A group of Lund University engineering students have designed a touch-free interface that enables advanced control of digital devices – simply by twisting and tapping an imaginary sphere. WATCH: Virtual sphere that controls your gadgetsWhen Örs-Barna Blénessy and Holger Andersson met at Lund University, they were writ

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/virtual-sphere-new-touch-free-keyboard - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. From the 1 of November there is a new Climate-KIC project coordinator at the Lund University working actively with involving research at the University in the different Climate-KIC initiatives. During the first months the position will be held temporarily by Olof Blomqvist. Here is a short interview with Olof. Intervi

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/new-climate-kic-coordinator-lund-university - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Simon Herzog has studied what factors determine the fate of iron from boreal rivers and is now defending his thesis "Fate of riverine iron over estuarine salinity gradients". Rivers have traditionally not been considered important sources of bioavailable iron (Fe) to the marine waters, since most iron is lost by salin

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/iron-boreal-rivers - 2026-05-15

A record number of PhD students, around 25, from 10 of SWEAH's 13 partner universities, participated in the spring SWEAH PhD Student Days at Kristianstad University last week. It was a replay of the popular theme "Introduction to Writing Retreats". As usual, the doctoral students networked, shared experiences and learned new things during a lecture on how AI can be used in scientific writing, and

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/popular-theme-attracted-many-sweahs-phd-student-days - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. With a new sustainability plan, Lund University management wants to increase the level of ambition and develop sustainability work within the organisation. Education and research are to increase their positive impact, while the University is to halve its contribution to climate change by 2023. In autumn 2019 a strateg

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-plan-approved - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Emissions from business travel by air dropped by 86% compared with the previous year, but energy consumption was not much affected by the pandemic. The environmental management report for 2020 has now been submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency and shows that 5 out of 7 relevant environmental targets were me

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/results-2020-environmental-management-report - 2026-05-15

Four researchers at Lund University are on the 2021 list of the most cited researchers, which is compiled every year by Clarivate, the company behind Web of Science. In its entirety, the list contains just over 6 600 researchers from all over the world, who have shown significant influence in their research fields through publication of several extensively cited articles over the past decade. Base

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/four-lund-university-researchers-among-most-cited-2021 - 2026-05-15

During the spring, the Purchasing and Procurement Office will gradually take over responsibility for all procurements over SEK 700,000. The previous threshold (below which no support was available) was SEK 1.5 million. A new procedure is being introduced, which means that procurements worth over SEK 700,000 will be carried out with support from procurement officers in the Division of Finances. The

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/threshold-procurement-support-being-reduced - 2026-05-16

Anna Fossum, Project Manager at the StemTherapy FACS Core Facility research infrastructure, has been sorting cells with a variety of types of FACS machines for the past 23 years. But she hasn’t gotten tired yet of the job – quite the opposite. And now she has a new and more powerful member of the “FACS family” to look after. “I really love my job! It’s stimulating to meet so many people and hear a

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-addition-lund-stem-cell-center-facs-facility - 2026-05-15

Israel is in shock. The most basic task of a country's defence forces is to guard and protect its borders. Yet the Israeli army was caught completely off guard when thousands of terrorists entered the country to murder and take hostages. Read the interview with Karin Aggestam, Professor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Advanced Middle East Studies and expert on the Israeli-Palestin

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/war-between-israel-and-hamas - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a collaborative study with other European research groups, scientists from Lund University in Sweden have shed new light on how the protein aggregates that accumulate in the Parkinsonian brain may contribute to neuronal injury during disease progression. The study is published in Cell Reports. The brain is a comple

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-insights-toxic-protein-aggregate-formation-parkinsons-disease-size-matters - 2026-05-15

Anna Fossum, Project Manager at the StemTherapy FACS Core Facility research infrastructure, has been sorting cells with a variety of types of FACS machines for the past 23 years. But she hasn’t gotten tired yet of the job – quite the opposite. And now she has a new and more powerful member of the “FACS family” to look after. “I really love my job! It’s stimulating to meet so many people and hear a

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-addition-lund-stem-cell-center-facs-facility - 2026-05-15

PhD student Steinunn Knúts Önnudóttir not only has a background as a director, writer, theologian, life coach and actor. When she started her PhD in Lund, she was also an academic dean in her native Iceland. With the question 'How little is enough?' she has explored how little it really takes to create an artistic, transformative experience. Friday is the day of her defence. Steinunn Knúts Önnudót

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/how-little-does-it-take-create-artistic-experience - 2026-05-15