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In collaboration with the Pufendorf IAS, the LMK Foundation invites to an annual Idea Forum for young researchers. Last autumn, Maya Kylén and Magnus Dustler Medfak participated, and this is what it was like for them. Deadline to nominate for participation this year is April 15. Maya Kylén: "It was exciting and rewarding! The moderators (Göran Bexell, Sven Strömqvist and Susanne Åkesson) did a fan
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. David Nicholls, professor emeritus of Mitochondrial Physiology at the Buck Institute in Novato, California and mentor at the Lund University Diabetes Centre, has become a member of the British Royal Society. The society’s fellows include many of the world’s most eminent scientists. “I feel immensely honoured!” says Da
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/diabetes-researcher-elected-british-royal-society - 2026-05-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A number of research studies have shown that coffee helps to protect against breast cancer. A new study led by Lund University, has confirmed that coffee inhibits the growth of tumours and reduces the risk of recurrence in women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and treated with the drug tamoxifen. The study,
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. – The most efficient way to address increasing climate impacts in cities is to mainstream climate adaptation into planning policies and tools. Successful mainstreaming means that climate adaptation will be considered by ‘default’, because it is built into the system, says Christine Wamsler, Professor at LUCSUS, and au
Is it possible to put a value on nature and the vital ecosystem services it provides for us? What are the pros and cons of different valuation models? These are the key questions addressed in a new report by IPBES, the UN’s biodiversity panel, to be published on 11 July. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) can be described as the equivalent
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/how-nature-be-valued-new-report-way-ipbes - 2026-05-09
A new interactive guide identifies the most effective actions you can take for the climate. The interest has been so great that the server hosting the guide crashed temporarily. In 2017, Kimberly Nicholas, professor of sustainability studies at Lund University, attracted considerable international attention with a research study that listed the four lifestyle choices that most effectively reduce a
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-guide-making-biggest-climate-difference - 2026-05-10
As part of E:UTSA's annual network meeting, Malmö Theatre Academy invites students and staff from all 17 E:UTSA schools to a digital seminar (not just another zoom meeting). E:UTSA is an exchange platform of european theatre schools. In the midst of an ongoing war at our continent, we in the network feel an urge to exactly exchange across borders. We want to exchange best cases of solidarity and o
https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/breaking-bubbles - 2026-05-09
Många arter av humlor hotas av klimatuppvärmningen, men inte alla. Mörk jordhumla är världens vanligaste humla och så lär det förbli. Forskare från Lunds universitet har nämligen upptäckt att den gynnas av att klimatet blir allt varmare. Genom att undersöka jordhumlor som har samlats in av amatörer och forskare under 150 år har biologer och klimatforskare på Lunds universitet kommit fram till att
https://www.biologi.lu.se/artikel/ett-varmare-klimat-gor-varldens-vanligaste-humla-annu-vanligare - 2026-05-09
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Jack Halberstam, som har nyligen blivit hedersdoktor vid samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, med genusvetenskap som värdinstitution ska hålla en offentlig föreläsning med titel " Trans*: A Quick Guide to Gender Variability". Den 24 maj kl 10-12 på Kulturens Auditorium, Tegnérsplatsen 6, Lund.In the last decade, public
https://www.genus.lu.se/artikel/jack-halberstam-ska-halla-en-forelasning-den-24-maj-i-lund - 2026-05-09
Anna Nivestam's research is about health-promoting aspects of preventive home visits to older people, from an individual and a societal perspective. With the help of register data from a project for preventive home visits, she has, among other things, identified factors that may be associated with good health and which physical aspects can prevent older people from participating in social contexts
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-sweah-research-shows-several-health-promoting-effects-preventive-home-visits - 2026-05-09
After nailing his thesis “Climate, Culture, and History – Essays in Development Economics” to the wall at LUSEM, Steve Berggren-Clausen is gearing up for his defense on 4 October. You have been writing your thesis at the department of Economics and now it is on the wall just a few steps from Café Holger. Please tell us in your own words what it is about.My thesis explores three root causes of glob
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-thesis-three-questions-steve-berggren-clausen - 2026-05-09
As Nick Ford at the Department of Economic History prepares the defense of his doctoral dissertation "Origins of the knowledge economy: Higher education and Scandinavia's development, ca. 1800–1929", we had a chance to ask him a few questions. You are about to defend your thesis, what is it about?My thesis is about the role of higher education in fostering economic development historically. Nowada
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-thesis-three-questions-nicholas-ford - 2026-05-09
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. I ett internationellt samarbete mellan forskare i Sverige, Danmark och Spanien undersöktes om barns gener programmeras annorlunda om den gravida kvinnan med ett BMI på över 30 genomgick livsstilsinterventioner. Resultaten publicerades nyligen i tidskriften Diabetes. Under det senaste decenniet har kunskapen ökat om
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/kan-livsstilsinterventioner-hos-gravida-med-fetma-paverka-fostrets-gener - 2026-05-09
Are you wondering what will happen after the fire at BMC on May 25th? Here are answers to some questions that have come up. Why didn't the fire alarm go off?Fire protection in our buildings consists of fire cell division, sprinklers, fire alarms and loose fire equipment, such as fire extinguishers. A fire cell can confine a fire to that cell for 60 minutes. The fire alarm is connected to the fire
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/fire-bmc-what-happens-now - 2026-05-09
I förra veckan träffades 50 forskare och kliniker från Europa för att tillsammans reda ut hur olika länder tagit hand om och implementerat den evidensbaserade supported employment modellen Individual Placement and Support (IPS). IPS har utvecklats genom en social rörelse och praktik i USA med fokus på att personer med psykisk ohälsa kan börja arbeta utan förberedande rehabiltering, arbetsförmågebe
https://www.cepi.lu.se/artikel/uppstart-ett-europeiskt-ips-natverk-pa-island - 2026-05-09
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 - 2026-05-10
Eight researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University have been awarded 41.4 million SEK in the latest announcements from the Swedish Research Council. This funding will support biomedical research on aging, health, disease, and bioengineering over the next several years. Stem cells are the building blocks of modern medicine and hold the key to tackling some of the most complex diseases
Business travel at the University took off again in November last year compared with the same month the year before. More business trips could mean that the University’s climate footprint is increasing again and that the drop seen in 2020 was a one-off phenomenon. For a time last autumn, the pandemic restrictions were eased and people started to travel again. Some employees made the most of the op
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/business-travel-university-rise - 2026-05-10