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Hur kan forskningsresultat kommuniceras bortom den akademiska texten? Genusvetarna Elin Lundell och Mia Liinason har valt ett nytt sätt: att översätta sin forskning till en animerad film. Teoretisk utgångspunktArtikeln som ligger till grund för filmen analyserar hur gränser mellan religion och sekularitet konstrueras och upprätthålls i samtida Sverige. Studien tar sin utgångspunkt i feministisk te

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/forskning-blir-animerad-film-teori-och-metod-i-rorlig-bild - 2026-08-07

En ny avhandling i socialantropologi visar hur svenska män som betalar för sex försöker förstå och rättfärdiga sina handlingar i ett samhälle där både lagstiftning och moral starkt fördömer dem. Genom att studera deras berättelser synliggör forskningen hur stigma, hemligheter och etiska förhandlingar präglar deras vardag. I sin avhandling “I mitt hemliga liv: Stigma, moraliskt arbete och intimitet

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/forskning-fordjupar-bilden-av-moral-och-normer-kring-sex-mot-betalning - 2026-08-07

Darknet är en plats som ofta framställs som kriminell, laglös och i behov av extern kontroll. I en ny avhandling visar sociologen Tove Westberg i stället hur kryptoforum på Darknet fungerar som komplexa sociala gemenskaper, präglade av normer, förtroende och informell social kontroll. I dag, fredag den 10 april 2026, försvarade Tove Westberg framgångsrikt sin doktorsavhandling i sociologi vid Lund

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/bortom-gamla-forestallningar-forskning-kastar-nytt-ljus-over-darknet - 2026-08-07

Sociologiska institutionen medverkar i ett strategiskt forskningsområde om brottsförebyggande arbete. Satsningen stärker forskningen om barns utsatthet, drogmarknader samt ny teknik och AI. Vetenskapsrådet har pekat ut Praktiknära professionsforskning om brottslighet som ett nationellt strategiskt forskningsområde och föreslår anslag till satsningen Building Resilience in Crime Prevention (BRiC),

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/sociologisk-forskning-i-nationell-satsning-mot-brottslighet - 2026-08-07

Psykisk återhämtning efter arbete i krigsnära områden stod i fokus när åtta psykologer och universitetslärare från Ukraina i måndags besökte Sociologiska institutionen och Institutionen för psykologi vid Lunds universitet. Besöket gav utrymme för samtal om forskning, akademiskt arbete och erfarenhetsutbyte. Återhämtning och internationellt erfarenhetsutbyteBesöket i Lund var en del av ett ideellt

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/ukrainska-psykologer-och-universitetslarare-pa-besok - 2026-08-07

RuoXuan Xu har tilldelats första pris i Svensk Demografisk Förenings uppsatstävling 2026 för sin studie om minskad vilja att skaffa barn bland kvinnor i Generation Z i Kina. Svensk Demografisk Förening (SDF) har utsett RuoXuan Xu till vinnare av 2026 års uppsatstävling för uppsatsen “Why Are Fertility Intentions Declining Among Generation Z Women? Insights from the Chinese Context”, framlagd i jun

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/lundastudent-i-sociologi-vinner-pris-uppsats-om-familj-och-fertilitet - 2026-08-07

Humans and animals are not the only ones affected by viruses. Unicellular organisms can also be attacked. In a new study, scientists establish that green algae can carry latent giant virus DNA in their genome. Biology researchers at Lund University in Sweden have spent several years studying microorganisms isolated from Lake Krageholm in Skåne and Lake Örsjön in Småland. During the most recent ele

https://www.science.lu.se/article/unicellular-green-algae-may-carry-giant-virus-dna-their-genome - 2026-08-07

For over 60 years, scientists have tried to determine whether plants are pollinated primarily during the day or at night — without reaching a clear conclusion. Now, a major research review from Lund University in Sweden has revealed that nighttime pollinators play just as significant a role as daytime species in 90 percent of the cases studied. Most of us know how important bees, birds, and butter

https://www.science.lu.se/article/nocturnal-pollinators-just-important-their-daytime-colleagues - 2026-08-07

A groundbreaking study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the Australian Bogong moth uses the stars and the Milky Way as a compass during its annual 1,000-kilometre journey to cool inland caves. It also reveals that the Earth’s magnetic field plays an important role in the enigmatic moth’s navigation. It is absolutely amazing considering the length of the journey. It’s the equivalent of a h

https://www.science.lu.se/article/moths-use-stars-and-earths-magnetic-field-compass - 2026-08-07

In 2025, the Faculty of Science launched a new doctoral programme in computational science to meet the growing demand for advanced computational methods in research. This initiative aims to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and train doctoral students in handling and analysing large datasets across fields such as medicine, environmental science, and engineering. The doctoral programme was cr

https://www.science.lu.se/article/faculty-science-invests-computational-science-new-doctoral-programme-meets-growing-demand-advanced - 2026-08-07

Investigation of a metre-long front flipper, uniquely preserved with fossilized soft tissues, has revealed that the giant ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus was equipped with flow control devices that likely served to suppress self-generated noise when foraging in dimly lit pelagic environments about 183 million years ago. Thus, this visually guided megapredator relied on underwater stealth—or ‘silent s

https://www.science.lu.se/article/ancient-giant-marine-reptile-relied-stealth-while-hunting-darkness - 2026-08-07

Helena Filipsson, professor at the Department of Geology, together with colleagues, has received seed funding from Lund University for the interdisciplinary project From Microns to Models: Leveraging μCT and Machine Learning for High-Resolution Morphological Diversity Analysis (MICROMORPH). The project brings together expertise in geology, biology, mathematics, and statistics, and is carried out i

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-perspectives-natures-forms-interdisciplinary-project-receives-seed-funding-university - 2026-08-07

Each year, one in four women suffers from bacterial vaginosis, something that is currently treated with antibiotics. However, recently a gentler, antibiotic-free alternative has been authorised for sale in the EU. The chance discovery behind the innovation was made by a group of researchers from Lund University in Sweden. Stinging, itching and odorous vaginal discharge is a common and a stigmatise

https://www.science.lu.se/article/surprise-discovery-leads-treatment-common-infection - 2026-08-07

A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that migratory birds fly at peak efficiency at a medium pace – precisely the speed they use during their long journeys across the continents. Now, at the end of the summer, when the thrush nightingales leave Europe for southern Africa, they do not fly at full speed. Instead they maintain an even pace – and according to a new study from Lund Universi

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researchers-pinpoint-exact-pace-helps-nightingales-long-journey - 2026-08-07

An international recruitment initiative from the university has attracted a large number of applicants. A total of 357 researchers from around the world have applied to become visiting professors at Lund University – as many as 86 of them to the Faculty of Science! “It was a very positive outcome of the initiative,” says Per Persson, Dean of the Faculty of Science. “When going through the applicat

https://www.science.lu.se/article/recruitment-initiative-attracts-international-top-researchers-faculty-science - 2026-08-07

Packed tightly together like twinkling stellar beehives, these globular clusters are made up of hundreds of thousands of stars. Now, for the first time, a team of scientists can reveal how the ancient and mysterious star systems actually form. The existence of these globular clusters, comprising millions of stars, has been known since the invention of the telescope in the 17th century. Globular cl

https://www.science.lu.se/article/scientists-solve-astronomical-riddle - 2026-08-07

A project at Lund University in Sweden has trained an AI model to identify breast cancer patients who could be spared from axillary surgery. The model analyses previously unutilised information in mammograms and pinpoints with high accuracy the individual risk of metastasis in the armpit. A newly completed study shows that the model indicates that just over 40 per cent of today’s axillary surgery

https://www.science.lu.se/article/ai-model-lund-university-indicates-four-out-ten-breast-cancer-patients-could-avoid-axillary-surgery - 2026-08-07

Solar energy stored in the form of fuel is something scientists hope could partially replace fossil fuels in the future. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden may have solved a long-standing problem that has hindered the development of sustainable solar fuels. If solar energy can be used more efficiently using iron-based systems, this could pave the way for cheaper solar fuels. “We can now see

https://www.science.lu.se/article/solar-fuel-conundrum-nears-solution - 2026-08-07

The sound of tawny owls makes young European robins eat less during their southward migration. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows how the threat from nocturnal predators affects the birds’ behaviour – and by extension their survival. When young robins embark on their first southward migration in the autumn, they make regular stops along the way to rest and replenish their energy rese

https://www.science.lu.se/article/hostile-hoots-make-robins-eat-less-night - 2026-08-07

By analysing over 100,000 field measurements as well as environmental data, an international research team has created maps that show how and when naturally regrowing forests bind most carbon. To fulfil climate goals and avoid the most serious consequences of global heating, we need to both reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and remove carbon dioxide that is already in the atmosphere. Naturally

https://www.science.lu.se/article/secondary-forests-could-be-key-factor-climate-management-if-we-protect-them-time - 2026-08-07