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On 22-23 August, CMES is organising the Third Annual SWEMENA Conference at Lund University. This interdisciplinary annual conference reflects SWEMENA’s main objective to bring together different communities of researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers across Sweden with an interest in the Middle East and North Africa region SWEMENA encourages the dissemination and discussion of new research on
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/swemena-conference-2024 - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. TrialNet studies are now starting in Sweden, with the initial trials in Skåne. TrialNet is an international network of researchers who are investigating possible ways to prevent, delay and reverse the development of type 1 diabetes. The TrialNet network is currently made up of 18 research centres – in the USA, Canada,
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/are-you-related-someone-type-1-diabetes - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Afrint research group and Development Geography in Lund warmly welcome you to the 15th Development Research Day: End hunger and achieve food security by 2030 Date: Thursday November 10, 2016. Time: 9.30-17.00 | Geocenter I, Sölvegatan 10, LUNDThe Development Research Day is an annual event at Lund University brin
https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/15th-development-research-day-end-hunger-and-achieve-food-security-2030 - 2026-04-29
Today it was time for PhD-student William Son Galanza's half time review. He presented his work "AGE-TECH: Technologies supporting engagement in meaningful activities in and out of the home while ageing". His research project focus on technologies supporting engagement in meaningful activities, in and out of the home while ageing. With the support of the research group Applied Gerontology, the pr
https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/half-time-review-about-age-tech - 2026-04-29
Maryam Nastar, researcher at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), and Rashmi B. Prasad, Associate Professor at Lund University Diabetes Centre, receive the first two SASNET grants intended to support individual researchers at Lund University in their writing of research applications. Maryam Nastar, (Mal)Adaptation to extreme urban heat: At what cost, to whom? The proposed re
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/two-new-sasnet-grants-support-writing-research-applications - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Recently, the media has been featuring some of the research being conducted at the department. Here are some of the articles. The world's vegetation has increasedProfessor Ben Smith has been interviewed about satellite measurements that show the earth's vegetation has increased during the last 30 years. Smith says tha
https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/departments-research-media - 2026-04-29
This course teaches how deep learning-based natural language processing (NLP) models can be used for text and speech analysis and highlights concrete application opportunities and challenges within medicine and life sciences. ObjectivesArtificial intelligence (AI), and deep learning in particular, is rapidly entering medicine and life science research as well as pharmaceutical industry and health
So many lovely tips. 378 nature reserves in Skåne alone. Thank you! The Sustainability Forum has a mission from the Vice-Chancellor: to support the core activities in realising the intentions of the University's sustainability strategy. Jenny Hansson, Communications Officer and project manager at the Sustainability Forum, gives us many, great tips on sustainable and exciting holiday activities in
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/holiday-tips-our-sustainability-forum-travel-sustainably-summer - 2026-04-29
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 - 2026-04-30
A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has provided an important clue to the origin of the element Ytterbium in the Milky Way, by showing that the element largely originates from supernova explosions. The groundbreaking research also provides new opportunities for studying the evolution of our galaxy. The study is published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Ytterbium is one of four elements i
https://www.science.lu.se/article/astronomers-map-mysterious-element-space - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Tropical rainforests have long been considered the Earth’s lungs, sequestering large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and thereby slowing down the increasing greenhouse effect and associated human-made climate change. Scientists in a global research project now show that the vast extensions of semi-arid l
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/savannahs-slow-climate-change - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Our researchers, Devrim Umut Aslan and Cecilia Fredriksson, have just released their book about ongoing transformations in city retail. We asked Devrim to tell us a little about the book. This book is based on the changing relationship between retail and cities. In recent decades, retail has changed in several fundame
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-book-about-city-retail-transformation - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Areas in Sweden with early access to electricity at the start of the 1900s underwent rapid change. Electrification led to more strikes, but it was not those who were threatened by the new technology who protested. Instead, it was the professional groups who had acquired a stronger negotiating position – thanks to tech
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/may-day-how-electricity-brought-power-strikes - 2026-04-29
Tropical rainforests have long been considered the Earth’s lungs, sequestering large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and thereby slowing down the increasing greenhouse effect and associated human-made climate change. Scientists in a global research project now show that the vast extensions of semi-arid landscapes occupying the transition zone between rainforest and desert dominate th
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/new-article-science-shows-savannahs-slows-climate-change - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By changing from action-based to result-based environmental payment, farmers are financially encouraged to implement conservation measures, such as buffer strips and organic farming, where they are most beneficial for the environment and not, as today, where they least disrupt the production. This according to William
Martino Avallone spent the past four years developing tools for mapping gene expression and proteins in the brain to investigate basic biological questions and to elucidate the molecular mysteries contributing to Parkinson’s disease. On 29 September, he defends his thesis work done in the Molecular Neuromodulation research group. Here, he explains the impact these tools will hopefully have in scie
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/genetic-tools-studying-parkinsons-disease-phd-interview-martino-avallone - 2026-04-29
CASE PhD student Christina Heller just had her Mid-way review: "Simulation models as a tool to compare housing policies for a population aging in place". Housing policies can be instrumental in addressing several major public health issues. - Thus, there is an urgent need to develop sustainable housing policies to accommodate the growing number of seniors in accessible home environments. In order
CMES scholars Seyed Amir Naghibi, Behshid Khodaei and Hossein Hashemi have authored the article "An integrated InSAR-machine learning approach for ground deformation rate modeling in arid areas", available in the Journal of Hydrology. Land subsidence is an increasing human-induced disaster that not only damages building and transportation structures but also diminishes the water storage capacity o
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/measuring-groundwater-induced-land-subsidence-iran - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Paying for a coffee or lunch by simply scanning your palm still sounds like science fiction to most of us. However, an engineering student at Lund University in Sweden has made it happen - making his the first known company in the world to install the vein scanning technique in stores and coffee shops. WATCH VIDEOFred
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/buy-lunch-pay-your-hand - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The BECC annual meeting was held October 22nd-23rd in Halmstad. At the meeting keynote speakers with expertise in interdisciplinary and and transdisciplinary research presented their research, followed by participant presentations of interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary research. The two days were filled with presentat
