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Johan Malmström, Eric Warrant and Anders Rantzer have all been awarded ERC Advanced Grants. Along with other grants from the European Research Council (ERC), this makes it Lund University’s most successful year ever with a total of 15 granted projects. The ERC Advanced Grant is aimed at established researchers who have carried out significant research work over the past ten years. The grant, on av
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ebba Brink, postdoctoral researcher at LUCSUS, is doing research about climate change risk and adaptation in the favelas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The current coronavirus pandemic has forced her to come back to Sweden, and move her research online. She reflects on how the outbreak has made the right-wing Bolsonaro go
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/reflections-what-coronavirus-pandemic-could-mean-favelas-brazil-ebba-brink - 2026-05-07
An investigational stem cell-based therapy for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease, STEM-PD, has been given regulatory approval for a Phase I/IIa clinical trial. Ethical approval of the trial has already been obtained from the Swedish Ethics Review Authority, and the STEM-PD team, led from Lund University in Sweden, is thereby ready to proceed with the trial. “We are excited and looking forward t
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In this interview, Ebba Brink reflects on the specific set of sustainability challenges facing informal settlements in India, and how they can be addressed. She is part of the project BInUCom which focuses on how Indian planning and architecture schools can develop their curricula to better address the complex challen
The quest to control the remarkable phenomena of quantum physics is ongoing around the world. This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics is making the subject even hotter. Lund University is also involved in exploring the unknown – and at times mind-boggling – perspectives of quantum states. Mathieu Gisselbrecht, senior lecturer in Physics, leads the way down the basement corridor of the Laser Centre at F
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researching-another-reality - 2026-05-08
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SCHEDULE & ABSTRACTS Four sessions:1. Tuesday 20 Sept, 14.30–16.302. Wednesday 21 Sept, 10.00–12.003. Wednesday 21 Sept, 15.30–17.304. Thursday 22 Sept, 09.00-11.00VENUE: Konsertsalen, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sandgatan 2, LundChairs: Ravinder Kaur, Rajni Palriwala & Sonalde DesaiScheduleDay 1 20 September (Sessi
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/panel-6-youthful-modernities-negotiating-past-present-and-future - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As of the new year, a new University management team will take over the helm. For the next term of office, 2021-2026, the University will be led by vice-chancellor Erik Renström and deputy vice-chancellor Lena Eskilsson, together with five pro vice-chancellors and the University director. “The choice of pro vice-chanc
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-university-management-2021-2026 - 2026-05-07
Nordic and Andean countries started their economic modernisation in the same way: with export of raw natural resources. Later on, Norway and Sweden became rich, while Bolivia, Chile and Peru followed a quite different path. What made them diverge from the common road? Different fiscal policies may be one of the reasons, new research from Lund University suggests. In the mid-19th century, Norway ex
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/resource-curse-new-light-research-findings-fiscal-policy-andean-and-nordic-countries - 2026-05-07
Diabetes researchers at Lund University have previously shown that people with diabetes can be stratified into five subgroups with differing disease progression. A new study by the same researchers provides increased evidence for the clinical relevance of the classification system. The researchers also present new findings of significant differences between subgroups in the development of complica
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-research-classification-diabetes-identifies-high-risk-group - 2026-05-07
An investigational stem cell-based therapy for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease, STEM-PD, has been given regulatory approval for a Phase I/IIa clinical trial. Ethical approval of the trial has already been obtained from the Swedish Ethics Review Authority, and the STEM-PD team, led from Lund University in Sweden, is thereby ready to proceed with the trial. “We are excited and looking forward t
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This autumn, Lund University will offer its first three free open online courses, known as MOOCs. They will be in green economy, global health and European business law. Despite this decision, opinions are still partially divided. Some see MOOCs as a motor for development that will rejuvenate and adapt higher educatio
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/green-light-three-moocs - 2026-05-07
Preschool and primary school children will now be able to learn more about insects, birds, flowers and plants, how valuable they are and how people can protect nature. The Natural Nations co-operation project is introducing biodiversity into the curriculum. In the past, knowledge of species and nature was part of general education, and knowledge was also transmitted between generations. Today, the
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/children-and-biologists-research-biodiversity-together - 2026-05-07
Diabetes researchers at Lund University have previously shown that people with diabetes can be stratified into five subgroups with differing disease progression. A new study by the same researchers provides increased evidence for the clinical relevance of the classification system. The researchers also present new findings of significant differences between subgroups in the development of complica
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-research-classification-diabetes-identifies-high-risk-group - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During a unique rescue operation, Lund University sent armed security forces into an Islamic State (IS) warzone to rescue a doctoral student and his family. For several years, Firas Jumaah, his supervisor Charlotta Turner and former chief security officer, Per Gustafson, have kept quiet on the events; however, now the
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rescue-operation - 2026-05-07
The Bundy Academy’s 2022 major prize amounting to SEK 3 million is awarded to Sebastian Palmqvist, Associate Professor of Clinical Memory Research at Lund University and Senior Physician at the Memory Clinic at Skåne University Hospital, for his research on improved diagnostics of Alzheimer’s disease. The Bundy Academy’s 2022 major prize amounting to SEK 3 million was awarded yesterday to Sebastia
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/awardees-2022-bundy-academy-major-prize - 2026-05-07
An investigational stem cell-based therapy for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease, STEM-PD, has been given regulatory approval for a Phase I/IIa clinical trial. Ethical approval of the trial has already been obtained from the Swedish Ethics Review Authority, and the STEM-PD team, led from Lund University in Sweden, is thereby ready to proceed with the trial. “We are excited and looking forward t
The forest is currently at the centre of an intense debate. It concerns, in simplified terms, which climate benefits the forest can provide, either by sequestering carbon in standing forest, or by being used to substitute fossil fuels and fossil-intensive materials. In a new literature review from the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC) at Lund University in Sweden, Markku Rummukain
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/climate-benefits-forest-balancing-act-prioritisation - 2026-05-07
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The forest is currently at the centre of an intense debate. It concerns, in simplified terms, which climate benefits the forest can provide, either by sequestering carbon in standing forest, or by being used to substitute fossil fuels and fossil-intensive materials. In a new literature review from the Centre for Envir
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-benefits-forest-balancing-act-prioritisation - 2026-05-07
New research at Lund University shows that the biological parents’ genes affect the child's insulin function and capacity to regulate blood sugar levels and blood lipids in different ways. Such knowledge may be used to develop preventive treatments that reduce the child's risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Previous research by diabetes researcher Rashmi Prasad has shown
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-study-parents-metabolic-traits-can-affect-childs-health-over-time - 2026-05-07
This Regional Outlook provides insight into an emerging environmental hazard: dust storms in the Middle East, one of the driest regions in the world. It also sheds light on the typical drivers and new technologies that can help investigate this phenomenon. Some sustainable mitigation measures are also discussed. Significant changes in recent years, such as population growth and climate change, hav
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-dust-storms-middle-east-insights-satellite-data-and-ai - 2026-05-07
