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Professor Thoas Fioretos is the first recipient of Lunds Innovatörspris (the Lund Innovator Award), a newly established prize that recognises research that has been successfully transformed into innovation with a tangible impact on society and the environment. Fioretos receives the award for his pioneering work in blood cancer research and his ability to translate scientific discoveries into life-
At the School of Economics, Per Jochumzen teaches courses on mathematics and microeconomics. He believes that there are major challenges around how to handle cheating in areas where students’ knowledge cannot be tested through, for example, essays. Peter writes: In my opinion, the biggest challenge with home exams is to prevent cheating. This especially applies to situations where you want to eval
https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/creating-conditions-avoid-cheating - 2026-06-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The issues of undocumented migrants and deportations of unaccompanied minors have increasingly become a challenge in social work. Vanna Nordling’s doctoral dissertation is a study of how social workers handle their role as on the one hand support workers but also representatives of institutions of control. How did the
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/social-workers-challenged-irregular-migration - 2026-06-21
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 - 2026-06-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. • Do you get your Friday emails from Research professional with the latest funding opportunities? • Is your profile in LUCRIS, ORCID-ID and PRISMA in order? • What happens with your articles once they are published? How do you get them in all these databases? Warmly welcome to a workshop on tools for researchers at LU
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/workshop-tools-researchers-lu - 2026-06-21
Scientific researchers are not usually known for their entrepreneurship. However, at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, there is an innovative group of experts who have developed a tool that can help stakeholders in society when flooding occurs. The sun is beating down on Sölvegatan as a barefooted Professor Petter Pilesjö opens the door to the GIS Centre. It has not raine
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/scientists-new-flood-analysis-product-goes-against-flow - 2026-06-22
Var med och spring Lundaloppet tillsammans med kollegor. Som vanligt bjuder Lunds universitet på anmälningsavgiften för alla anställda. Lundaloppet är Skånes största motionslopp där människor i alla åldrar samlas för att springa eller gå. Välj om du vill springa 2,5 kilometer, 5 kilometer eller 10 kilometer.– Jag hoppas att vi får se många LU-kollegor fylla Lunds gator, både som löpare och publik,
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/delta-i-lundaloppet-4-maj - 2026-06-22
Daniel Conley, professor i biogeokemi på geologiska institutionen, tilldelas Björn Carlsons Östersjöpris tillsammans med Jacob Carstensen, professor vid Aarhus universitet. De får priset på tre miljoner kronor för sina innovativa forskningsinsatser för Östersjöns miljö. Daniel Conley har sedan flera år drivit ett stort projekt, finansierat av Knut och Alice Wallenbergs stiftelse, som kretsar kring
https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/geologiprofessor-belonas-med-fint-ostersjopris - 2026-06-23
I förra veckan ändrades rekommendationerna angående testning vid misstänkt covid-19 i Sverige. Då ingen nationell statistik förs över de antigentester (snabbtester) som tas runtom i landet hemma eller på privata testcenter så blir det svårt att utläsa trender i smittläget utifrån teststatistiken de kommande veckorna. Tidiga signaler från källor som inte är beroende av PCR-testning, såsom symtomöve
https://www.covid19app.lu.se/artikel/covid-symptom-study-borjar-rapportera-statistik-over-snabbtester - 2026-06-23
The Centre for European Studies has awarded Calam Gallacher Roig the best thesis award for his master's thesis on the framing of Ukrainian immigration by German right-wing political parties. Ida Welén received the honorary mention for her bachelor's thesis on the geopolitics of aid in the EU. Below you find the jury motivations and links to interviews with the winners. Calam Gallacher Roig receive
https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/winners-cfe-best-thesis-awards-2024 - 2026-06-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A Dutch pilot, a safety manager from Australia, an average-adjuster from Denmark and twelve others who work with safety in high-risk industries came together a week before Christmas in Lund to hone their critical thinking skills. They are all studying the distance-learning MSc in Human Factors and System Safety, and i
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/scattered-risk-students-gather-lund - 2026-06-21
How do birds avoid collision when flying in dense foliage and other cramped environments with many obstacles? And what does flying in such complex environments entail for the birds? These were the questions Per Henningsson of Lund University in Sweden pondered before engaging the help of the family’s own pet budgie to get some answers. His study has now been published in Royal Society Open Science
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/pandemic-restrictions-enabled-unique-bird-study - 2026-06-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At this year's Almedalen, LUCSUS researchers will discuss climate variability and its impact on water, sustainable land use, flying, and the Greta effect on today's youth. Here is the full list of LUCSUS related events taking place in Visby, Gotland. Almedalen is a week long democratic meeting place for seminars and d
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-almedalen - 2026-06-21
With funding of up to 150,000 SEK available per project, the Call is designed to allow researchers to explore early-stage ideas. Researchers and doctoral students at Lund University will soon have a new opportunity for funding to support activities outside existing research projects that can play a crucial role in the transition to a sustainable society. The aim is to give researchers the opportun
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-funds-sustainable-idea-exploration-call-opens-january-15 - 2026-06-22
“It’s 2050. Selma is dead. But before she is buried, she wants to talk to a person from 2021 and show them how, in Malmö, everything is possible. That person is you.” That is the dramatic beginning of a climate soundwalk that gives the listener the opportunity to imagine how Malmö, Sweden, might be affected by climate change over the coming 30 years. The project is a collaboration between research
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/soundwalk-future-imagines-climate-transition - 2026-06-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This year, Sweden celebrates a century of democracy and fair elections are seen as self-evident. How did our democracy develop and how did we get rid of election fraud? A political scientist at Lund University in Sweden has now examined the country’s election fraud history and its underlying causes – from 1719 to the
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-sweden-became-one-worlds-most-stable-democracies - 2026-06-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This year, Sweden celebrates a century of democracy and fair elections are seen as self-evident. How did our democracy develop and how did we get rid of election fraud? One of your researchers has now examined the country’s election fraud history and its underlying causes – from 1719 to the early 1900s. The conclusion
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/how-sweden-became-one-worlds-most-stable-democracies - 2026-06-21
Välkommen till Skådespelartvåornas redovisning av Etyd 7: MOTHER COURAGE baserad på pjäsen av Bertolt Brecht. "Mor Courage" inleds i Dalarna, våren 1624, mitt i Trettioåriga kriget. En korpral och en rekryterare försöker värva soldater till den svenska armén. En marketenterivagn framträder med den ökända Mor Courage och hennes stumma dotter Kattrin och de två sönerna Eilif och Schweizerkas (Swiss
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/skadespelartvaornas-redovisning-av-etyd-7 - 2026-06-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Wandering among the amaryllises and other seasonal blooms of the “Christmas in the orangery” exhibition in Lund’s Botanical Garden is one very satisfied director. Bente Eriksen came from Gothenburg University to her new job in Lund a couple of months ago and has now learnt that the municipality of Lund will support th
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-director-botan-prepares-two-anniversaries - 2026-06-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. High demands from industry for an online contract education course resulted in better education also on campus. This is a good example of when contract education promotes development in several different ways, according to lecturer Veronika Tarnovskaya. Veronika Tarnovskaya and Jessica Hansson. The contracted course
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/contract-education-refreshed-teaching-methods - 2026-06-21
