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Two Lund University climate scientists, Kimberly Nicholas, who has acted as an observer at two global climate summits, and Markku Rummukainen, Sweden’s IPCC representative, talk about what comes next following the recent IPCC report. What do you view as the next steps following what was concluded in the IPCC report? Kimberly: Something the report makes absolutely clear is that to stop warming, hum

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/what-comes-next-after-ipcc-climate-change-report - 2026-06-11

Leadership Academy at LUSEM is a leadership programme for students at Lund University based on the idea that students in leading positions can learn, both from each other, but also from experienced leadership researchers and business managers. The training equips young leaders for the challenges that a management position often entails. Nadja Sörgärde and Christine Blomquist are teachers and resea

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/leadership-academy-learning-challenging-context - 2026-06-11

Four researchers from Lund University in Sweden have received an ERC Starting Grant. The researchers and their respective fields are Filip Lenrick (industrial production), Colin Olito (evolutionary ecology), Milda Pucetaite (microbiological ecology) and Daria Davitti, (international law). The last-named is the first researcher at a department of law in Sweden to receive an ERC Grant. The ERC Start

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/four-lund-researchers-receive-erc-starting-grants - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Different aspects of forest governance were presented as well as landscape approaches to achieve multiple goals were discussed and exemplified. Different aspects of forest governance were presented in the morning by three invited speakers, Erik Sollander from the Swedish Forest Agency, Carina Keskitalo from Umeå Unive

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/forest-governance-meet-global-challenges - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. After observing the decrease in economic activities, air pollution and carbon emissions as a result of the lockdown measures during the COVID-19, some academics argue that such down-scaling can be considered as degrowth. Although the sudden, unplanned and chaotic downscaling of social and economic activities due to Co

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/blog-post-degrowth-and-transformative-potential-covid-19 - 2026-06-11

Diabetes researcher Joao Duarte specialices in studying what happens in the brain in diabetes. In his research, he is also investigating how diet changes can improve brain function in connection with diabetes. He will be awarded this year's Medeon stipend on the World Diabetes Day Skåne event in Malmö on November 14. "I hope that my research can contribute to an increased awareness of the importan

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/praised-research-diabetes-and-dementia - 2026-06-11

In the past, it has been common practice to perform analyses of archaeological sites after excavations have been completed and covered again with soil. But with the revolutionary development of digital technologies, we can now identify archaeological information that was previously invisible to the naked eye. “As I dig, I am also destroying. Archaeologists must document it before. But with 3D docu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/past-comes-alive-3d - 2026-06-11

Diabetes researcher Joao Duarte specialices in studying what happens in the brain in diabetes. In his research, he is also investigating how diet changes can improve brain function in connection with diabetes. He will be awarded this year's Medeon stipend on the World Diabetes Day Skåne event in Malmö on November 14. "I hope that my research can contribute to an increased awareness of the importan

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/praised-research-diabetes-and-dementia - 2026-06-11

IndiCell, short for Individualized Cell Therapy, is a national initiative in Sweden to speed up the development of advanced therapies that can help treat or cure a range of diseases and medical conditions. The project, led by researchers at the Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University, is now celebrating its second anniversary. Launched in 2021 with funding from Vinnova, the Swedish Innovation Age

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/innovation-environment-customised-stem-cell-treatments-turns-two - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Marine coastal ecosystems are severely threatened by the negative effects of climate change. At the same time, they are very important for climate change mitigation since they can store large amounts of carbon, and help sustain both life under water, and people’s livelihoods. LUCSUS is part of the four-year EU funded

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-part-eu-project-support-and-restore-marine-coastal-ecosystems - 2026-06-11

AI, artificial intelligence, is trendy. But where does the boundary go between humankind and machine and what should we use AI for? “It’s time to ask ourselves what humankind possesses that machines do not. How can they complement each other, rather than compete?” asks philosopher Jonna Bornemark. Will your future colleagues have human intelligence – or perhaps artificial? It may sound like a stra

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/will-your-next-colleague-have-artificial-intelligence - 2026-06-12

When the researchers from the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) cross the border into Bhutan, the first thing that strikes them is the sense of calm and peacefulness. But it is not just the tranquillity of nature that attracts them, they are here to deepen the collaboration between Swedish engineering know-how and Bhutanese sustainability philosophy – an international exchange that has been going on fo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/land-happiness-learning-lund - 2026-06-12

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It is time for a new Climathon in Lund! Climathon is a 24-hour hackathon for climate solutions that is taking place in over 100 cities all around the world on the 26-27th of October. We face a number of common serious climate challenges and we need to work together, beyond traditional boundaries, in order to find new

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2018 - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How staff communicate – at lectures, meetings, via email and on social media is more valuable for the trust in the University than PR campaigns. However, to talk about Lund University staff as ambassadors for the university brand is to choose the wrong perspective, say communication researchers Charlotte Simonsson and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/staff-communication-more-valuable-pr-campaigns - 2026-06-11

On 18 November, a news item was released that went beyond our wildest dreams: Lund University ranked first in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability. We have been ranked as not just the best in Sweden, or even Europe – we are number one in the entire world! This is most likely the first time that a Swedish or Nordic university has been ranked best in the world in one of the major ranking

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-ranked-best-world-sustainability-according-qs-i-am-speechless - 2026-06-12

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Suicide threat. Young woman with self-harming behaviour who has taken an overdose of pills”. This is one of the emergency calls that come in during Rasmus Eltén’s ten-hour shift at the ambulance station in Helsingborg. He is in his first week of internship on the specialist nursing programme in pre-hospital emergency

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/emergency-call - 2026-06-11

Why do some people develop type 1 diabetes and others do not? Worldwide, researchers are now collaborating to find the answer to this complex question.Diabetes researchers at Lund University recently contributed data to a new study that shows that type 1 diabetes develops in three different ways in children. This improved understanding makes it possible for scientists to conduct new types of studi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/blood-testing-children-leads-better-understanding-type-1-diabetes - 2026-06-11

An innovative IVF test and a methane detector – these are some of the future innovation stars developed at Lund University. Since its launch in 2017, the Future Innovations Award has recognised ideas that can “change our world for the better”. This year, the awards were worth a total of SEK 800,000 from Sparbanken Skåne. The top prize this year goes to Yvonne Lundberg Giwercman, professor at the F

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/innovative-ideas-and-pioneering-solutions-lund-university-celebrated - 2026-06-11

A collaboration between Lund University and Kungsskolan in Örkelljunga has produced strong results both in the classroom and in national and international maths competitions. The project is led by Sara Maad Sasane, Associate Professor at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences – an enthusiast who wants more young people to discover the joy of maths. Through regular sessions, lower secondary school st

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/making-young-discover-joy-mathematics - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How do you get a robot to behave in an ethical and moral way? Christian Balkenius is giving this a lot of thought, as it is the topic of his research project. However, he is also thinking about ethics among robot researchers.  “It’s often said that we have advanced further than we actually have done. The aim of the re

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/robots-not-so-smart-we-would-think - 2026-06-11