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When Crafoord Prize laureate Veerabhadran Ramanathan visited Lund on 18 May, he combined personal reflections with a powerful scientific message: understanding aerosols and greenhouse gases is key to tackling climate chang, but solving the crisis will require new approaches, broad collaboration, and urgent public engagement. On Monday, May 18, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Distinguished Professor (Emer

https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/understanding-warming-world-insights-crafoord-laureate-veerabhadran-ramanathan - 2026-05-29

As the Young Academy of Sweden announces its new members, one of them is a colleague from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (MGeo): Lina Eklund. That's fantastic news! What will that mean for you, Lina?"It's going to be educational and fun!"What do you hope to gain from the Academy?"Being elected to the Young Academy of Sweden is, of course, a unique opportunity to play a part in

https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/lina-eklund-appointed-new-member-young-academy-sweden - 2026-05-29

A new study from MGeo (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences) researcher Nitin Chaudhary shows how climate change may affect carbon storage in Indian forests – and has attracted wide attention in major Indian media. In this Q&A (questions and answers) Nitin explains why the findings matter, what makes the study new, and why the results need to be communicated with care. Hello, Nitin Chaud

https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/surprising-results-new-study-future-carbon-storage-indian-forests - 2026-05-29

Nature is a source of well-being and recovery for many people. However, research shows that there is also a growing number of individuals who experience negative emotions, such as fear, discomfort, or even disgust, toward nature. The phenomenon, called biophobia, is now highlighted in a new study from Lund University. “Research has long assumed that people fundamentally feel positive emotions towa

https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/new-study-challenges-idea-humans-innately-nature-loving - 2026-05-29

Continuous-cover forestry methods are gaining attention as a way to enable forests to deliver a broader range of benefits. The aim is to make forestry more sustainable, but significant challenges remain. These will now be addressed in a new project where five organizations are testing continuous-cover forestry in practice. In Bockeboda, just outside Kristianstad, the future of continuous-cover for

https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/continuous-cover-forestry-testing-methods-future - 2026-05-29

Industrial design students take the lead in this year's Advent calendar at LTH. Since 2007, the Advent calendar from LTH has been a regular feature in December. This year it is made by industrial design students, which a new take. It opens up for new features, in addition to the classic experiments in physics and chemistry. In an article in Sydsvenskan, students Karolina Sjölund and Nicci Myrsäter

https://www.industridesign.lth.se/en/article/lth-advent-calendar-2025-made-industrial-design-students - 2026-05-29

Studying at the School of Industrial Design in Lund is not just about theory – it is also about creativity, making contacts and finding new perspectives. Through study visits, exhibitions and – for master's students – international travels, ideas can grow and networks be built. This year, the students went to Vietnam, and Elias Näsström Nyquist and Erik Skans Mächs share their experiences and insi

https://www.industridesign.lth.se/en/article/unique-experience-masters-students-study-trip-vietnam - 2026-05-29

Ingenuity in the classrooms, table tennis matches in the lobby, and minutes of silence in honour of fallen soldiers – an ordinary day at a university in a war-torn country. Andreas Hopf, who teaches at the School of Industrial Design at LTH, talks about his latest trip to Ukraine. It is Andreas Hopf's sixth trip to Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. This time, the journey

https://www.industridesign.lth.se/en/article/lund-lutsk-design-management-and-determination-wartime-ukraine - 2026-05-29

Master's students at the School of Industrial Design, LTH, exhibit their latest projects, in which they explore the materials terracotta and alder wood. They have drawn inspiration from civilisations of bygone eras and from study trips to Asia. One idea, two projectsDuring the autumn, the students went on study trips to Asia and gathered inspiration which they brought back home to use in their cre

https://www.industridesign.lth.se/en/article/natural-materials-focus-industrial-design-students-exhibition - 2026-05-29

A great design by one of our Master’s students goes viral and breaks every record of the School of Industrial Design’s Instagram account – lusid.se. Master's student Xinyi Liu recently posted about her latest project NODE on Instagram — and over the past few weeks, that post has absolutely taken off. It has now gone viral, reaching:170 000 views6 000+ likes2 000 new followers gained for the accoun

https://www.industridesign.lth.se/en/article/student-work-goes-viral - 2026-05-29

Ung Svensk Form is an annual award highlighting young and innovative designers in Swedish design and architecture. For 2026, there are designers with connections to the School of Industrial Design at Lund University among the winners. Tara Dahlin is awarded for her Carving Series, small soapstone sculptures which the jury finds exudes both strength and stillness.Lotta Sahlin is awarded for her pro

https://www.industridesign.lth.se/en/article/industrial-design-students-awarded-svensk-form - 2026-05-29

Industrial Design students are exhibiting their project ‘From now on’ in Malmö 11 April – 30 May. 'From now on' is a project by students at the School of Industrial Design at Lund University, in which historical civilisations serve as a starting point for exploring more circular and sustainable ways of organising today’s society.The students have drawn inspiration from ancient civilisations as wel

https://www.industridesign.lth.se/en/article/now-exhibition-formdesign-centre-malmo - 2026-05-29

Conference on the future of industrial design with AI as a design partner – hosted by Lund University and AI Sweden. An inspiring afternoon returns to explore how artificial intelligence is continuing to transform industrial design. Following last year’s highly successful conference, designers, researchers, and industry leaders will reconvene to reflect on what has changed, examine real‑world appl

https://www.industridesign.lth.se/en/article/ai-and-future-industrial-design-one-year - 2026-05-29

Teachers, program leaders and researchers in the field of Industrial design are invited to a workshop on AI in Industrial Design education – participation is free of charge. Generative AI is already transforming how we design, learn, and teach. This workshop invites industrial design educators, program leaders, and researchers to reflect together on the role of Generative AI in design education –

https://www.industridesign.lth.se/en/article/workshop-generative-ai-and-industrial-design-education - 2026-05-29

Researchers from Theme 3 and Theme 6 within NextG2Com had the opportunity to visit the Children’s Heart Center at Skåne University Hospital in Lund. Under the guidance of Chief of Surgery Kiet Tran and Associate Senior Lecturer Maj Stenmark, the participants were given an insight into the center’s daily activities and the work of the CAISA project. One percent of children born in Sweden are born w

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/smallest-patients - 2026-05-29

NextG2Com organizes an annual workshop for all center partners, and this year, the second workshop in the series took place on April 29. The agenda included sustainability at all levels, insights from long-standing collaboration between industry and academia, and short partner presentations. NextG2Com brings together all partners annually for an internal workshop. This year’s invited speakers were

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/sustainability-collaboration-and-theme-workshops - 2026-05-29

LTH honorary doctor 2025 Margaret-Anne Storey presented her research on social aspects of software development on different occasions during the conferment week in May. You can watch two recordings of her presentations here.

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/social-aspects-software-development - 2026-05-29

Theme leaders and researchers in NextG2Com have received best application paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation during the previous year. Xuesong Cai, Erik L. Bengtsson, Ove Edfors and Fredrik Tufvesson have been awarded The IEEE Antennas and Propagation 2025 Harold A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award, presented to the authors of the best application paper publ

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/best-paper-2024 - 2026-05-29

Dr Marja Matinmikko-Blue from University of Oulu, Finland, will be giving an inspirational talk on the first NextG2Com program day on September 25, titled: Multi-disciplinary approach to future communication system development. Marja Matinmikko-Blue is Research Director of Infotech Oulu Institute and Director of Sustainability and Regulation at 6G Flagship. She is also member of the International

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/keynote-nextg2com-program-day - 2026-05-29

The competence center NextG2Com gathered for a program day focusing on ongoing research, doctoral students, and demonstrations. NextG2Com is a Vinnova Competence Center that brings together research and expertise in future advanced communication systems. On September 25, sixty members and interested participants met for the center’s first program day at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering (LT

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/research-doctoral-students-and-demos-nextg2coms-first-program-day - 2026-05-29