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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Leif Groop, professor in diabetes and endocrinology at Lund University Diabetes Centre and consultant at the Endocrinological Department at Skåne University Hospital Malmö, has been elected to the diabetologist of the year by the Swedish Society of Diabetology. - I am of course honored and happy that my work is apprec

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/leif-groop-diabetologist-year-2010 - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The issues of undocumented migrants and deportations of unaccompanied minors have increasingly become a challenge in social work. Vanna Nordling’s doctoral dissertation is a study of how social workers handle their role as on the one hand support workers but also representatives of institutions of control. How did the

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/social-workers-challenged-irregular-migration - 2026-05-01

What does your work consist of? As a coordinator, I have an overarching perspective since I work with all the faculty’s programmes. My job is partly to coordinating all written exams in the QPS system, and optimise the processes around this, and partly to provide training and support to the faculty's teachers and administrators. Currently I am focused on the written exams, but further on I will wo

https://www.qps.education.lu.se/en/article/frida-reisdal-exam-coordinator-faculty-medicine - 2026-05-01

Innovation is on the rise at Lund University. More and more researchers want to see how their research can be put to use through new treatments, products or services that reach society. In 2025, 161 ideas came in from researchers seeking support, compared to 125 the previous year. In total, almost 850 students and researchers received support from LU Innovation during the year. Innovation is on th

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/record-number-lund-university-researchers-interested-innovation - 2026-05-01

The best of MultiPark 2021 and looking forward to 2022. As 2021 turns towards its end, we can look back on the many positive events we managed to land together this year. In particular, We have awarded salary support for Ph.D. students and young group leaders, which has broadly benefitted our community. We have formed a networking group composed of young researchers (the “Young MultiParkers”) with

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/season-greetings-coordinator - 2026-05-01

On 15-17 May, the second edition of the Swedish Climate Symposium will take place in Norrköping. The symposium offers is a unique opportunity for scholars and societal actors to seek greater scientific understanding of climate change and its consequences for the environment and society. David Wårlind is part of the steering group for the symposium, and we asked him three questions about why you do

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/three-questions-david-warlind-about-swedish-climate-symposium - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Emily Boyd comments on the event on the theme of “sustainability in education”, on 18th October organised by Sustainability Forum and LUCSUS. The aim is to discuss how Lund University can become more sustainable – and all staff and students are encouraged to join.She says that a sustainable university – wher

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/there-are-many-areas-which-university-could-show-leadership-emily-boyd-creating-sustainable - 2026-05-01

The 7th Nordic Development Research Conference (NorDev) was held the 21-23 August in Uppsala. The title for the conference was “Co-creation for transition towards a sustainable society” and was organised by Uppsala University and the Swedish Development Research Network (SweDev). The NorDev2023 gathered around 170 participants and covered panel topics related to the co-creation between researchers

https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/maria-eriksson-baaz-it-important-raise-discussions-around-inequalities-and-colonial-heritage - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Administrative Prize is awarded annually for outstanding administrative efforts of an innovative nature that have contributed to the University’s development, or for extraordinary service and efficiency. The recipients of the 2020 prize are research funding adviser Sophie Hydén Picasso at the Division of Research,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/recipients-lund-university-administrative-prize - 2026-05-01

Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity without resistance and are used in electromagnets, antennas and power lines. Researchers have now studied a multifaceted superconductor that exhibits a so-called vortex lattice when exposed to a magnetic field. The discovery could revolutionise technological development. Smart superconductors are predicted to change our everyday lives fund

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/researchers-have-mapped-superconductor-multiple-personalities - 2026-05-01

Do you want to be better at summarising your research in an engaging and easily understandable way? If so, the Researchers’ Grand Prix could be for you. The Researchers’ Grand Prix is Sweden’s biggest presentation technique competition for  researchers. The challenge is to convey your research in just four minutes and make it as simple, inspiring and educational as possible. At the same time, the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hone-your-presentation-skills-researchers-grand-prix - 2026-05-02

Innovation is on the rise at Lund University. More and more researchers want to see how their research can be put to use through new treatments, products or services that reach society. In 2025, 161 ideas came in from researchers seeking support, compared to 125 the previous year. In total, almost 850 students and researchers received support from LU Innovation during the year. In 2025, LU Innovat

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/record-number-lund-university-researchers-interested-innovation - 2026-05-02

Skatt på förmögenhet eller på kött? Basinkomt eller inkomstak? Hur långt är vi beredda att gå för att leva socialt och ekologiskt hållbart och skruva ner på takten i konsumtionssamhället? Inte särskilt långt visar en studie av forskare i socialt arbete vid Lunds universitet. Max Koch är professor i socialt arbete och forskar om hållbar välfärd och ekonomisk nerväxt, på engelska degrowth. Han, med

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/om-nervaxt-och-hallbarhet-vilka-atgarder-har-stod-bland-svenskar - 2026-05-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Kan insulin som intas i små doser via maten redan under småbarnsåren vänja immunsystemet vid insulin och därmed fördröja - eller förhindra - typ 1-diabetes? 
I POInT, en studie som startar i Skåne i höst, hoppas forskarna finna svaret. Nyfödda barn i Skåne med hög risk att drabbas av autoimmun diabetes (typ 1-diabet

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/skanska-bebisar-i-ny-studie-att-forhindra-typ-1-diabetes - 2026-05-01

Skatt på förmögenhet eller på kött? Basinkomt eller inkomstak? Hur långt är vi beredda att gå för att leva socialt och ekologiskt hållbart och skruva ner på takten i konsumtionssamhället? Inte särskilt långt visar en studie av forskare i socialt arbete vid Lunds universitet. Max Koch är professor i socialt arbete och forskar om hållbar välfärd och ekonomisk nerväxt, på engelska degrowth. Han, med

https://www.lu.se/artikel/om-nervaxt-och-hallbarhet-vilka-atgarder-har-stod-bland-svenskar - 2026-05-02

Forsknings­områdena är desamma, men hur vi ser på dem har förändrats. Så beskriver konsumtionsforskarna Carys Egan-Wyer och Emma Samsioe utvecklingen inom handels­forskningen de senaste tio åren. – I en av våra senaste rapporter kallar vi det ”Retail as unusual”. Det finns inget normalläge längre inom handeln, inget ”Business as usual”. Allt har blivit mer osäkert, säger Carys Egan-Wyer, universit

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/megatrender-inom-handel-teknologi-hallbarhet-och-valmaende-i-fokus - 2026-05-02

Yulia Vakulenko grew up in a small Russian town north of the Arctic Circle, today she works at Lund University. When Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, her world was turned upside down. The first thing Yulia Vakulenko says when she meets me on the staircase of her workplace at the Ingvar Kamprad Design Centre, IKDC, is that her sorrow is nothing compared to what the people of Ukraine are being

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/yulia-russia-helps-refugees-ukraine - 2026-05-02

SWEAH PhD student Pernilla Alencar Siljehag has received an invitation from Latin America's leading and largest institution in public health, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil. – The research group I am going to visit is running a gigantic population study involving six major federal universities. It is reminiscent of the SNAC study, which I am using data from here in Sweden, but in multi-form

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/traveling-and-learning-about-vulnerability-violence-and-grassroots-activism - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Peter Schurtenberger wants to create specially designed nanoparticles that can instruct themselves. He is a high-level researcher and chemistry professor recruited from Switzerland, and is fascinated by the processes behind nature’s own ability to organise its smallest components. His aim is to mimic them. Peter Schur

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mimicking-nature-nanoscale - 2026-05-01

In June, pediatric cancer experts from 16 countries gathered in Brussels for the annual meeting of the NOPHO-DB-SHIP consortium—an EU-wide collaboration working to improve outcomes for children with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). In Sweden, the trial is coordinated by Lund University and Skåne University Hospital. At the center of this collaboration is the CHIP-AML22 trial—an international phase II

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/brussels-meeting-advancing-personalised-treatment-childhood-aml-across-europe - 2026-05-01