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One result of climate change is that spring is arriving earlier. However, migratory birds are not keeping up with these developments and arrive too late for the peak in food availability when it is time for breeding. By getting the birds to fly a little further north, researchers in Lund, Sweden, and the Netherlands have observed that these birds can give their chicks a better start in life. Globa

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/migratory-birds-can-be-taught-adjust-climate-change - 2026-05-07

The image of Sweden, travel and place communication in times of crisis and uncertainty were some of the topics that guided the content of the international conference on place branding organised by the International Place Branding Association (IPBA). Service Studies was the co-chair together with the Department of Strategic Communication and the universities of Halmstad and Kristianstad. The confe

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/conference-place-branding-brought-visitors-all-over-world - 2026-05-07

The Storsjöodjuret, a mythical cryptid* with its roots in Jämtland, was mentioned for the first time as early as the year 1643 and is now being brought up to date again in a new doctoral thesis in human ecology. In the thesis, the author Sanna Händén-Svensson examines how perspectives such as social, cultural, historical and the local affect the shaping of the Storsjöodjuret. The aim of the study

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/new-human-ecology-thesis-storsjoodjur-cryptid-borderland-between-reality-and-imagined - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meet Carina Jensen, coordinator of LU350, Lund University’s 350th anniversary, which will be celebrated from December 2016 to January 2018. How is the work on the jubilee going? “Well, we’ve passed the ideas stage and are now into the preparation phase. The LU350 committee received over 270 ideas that have been whittl

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-work-jubilee-lu-350-going - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For the first time, a research team led by Lund University in Sweden has mapped out exactly what happens when spruce bark beetles use their sense of smell to find trees and partners to reproduce with. The hope is that the results will lead to better pest control and protection of the forest in the future. The Eurasian

https://www.science.lu.se/article/breakthrough-fight-against-spruce-bark-beetles - 2026-05-07

https://www.science.lu.se/article/sharp-shooting-biologist-winner-international-photography-award - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Francisca Skoogh dreams of establishing an interdisciplinary centre for “performance science” at Lund University. She is both a pianist and a psychologist, and conducts research on her own relationship with the stage and stage performance anxiety. She is also a new member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. The con

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/she-wants-teach-artists-overcome-stage-fright - 2026-05-07

One result of climate change is that spring is arriving earlier. However, migratory birds are not keeping up with these developments and arrive too late for the peak in food availability when it is time for breeding. By getting the birds to fly a little further north, researchers in Lund, Sweden, and the Netherlands have observed that these birds can give their chicks a better start in life. Globa

https://www.science.lu.se/article/migratory-birds-can-be-taught-adjust-climate-change - 2026-05-07

Tetra Pak and Lund University join forces in a shared research project as part of WISE (The Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability), the largest-ever research initiative in materials science in Sweden. In this project, the target is the research and development of packaging materials that are fully recyclable and that contribute to reducing the CO2 footprint. According to the W

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/exploring-ways-reduce-carbon-footprint-packaging-materials - 2026-05-07

Dr. Oskar Löfgren, who works interdisciplinary between remote sensing and botany to understand plant communities and their ecology, has been awarded for his thesis. "Plants can provide an overall picture of the habitat's characteristics that physically measured environmental variables cannot. Analyzing many species at the same time is important: each species contributes its own explanatory model f

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/award-winning-thesis-combines-remote-sensing-and-botany - 2026-05-07

The past year has to a large extent been shaped by developments in the world around us. At this time last year, the government presented its Research and Innovation Bill, “Research and Innovation for the Future, Curiosity and Benefit”. The investments announced there triggered an intense period of work at the university, and many colleagues have had to set aside other tasks to respond to these ini

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/deans-corner-dean-persson-reflections-year - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A pioneering permafrost study has just been released in the online journal Nature Communications, showing that in all permafrost regions, soil temperatures rose by an average of 0,3 degrees Celsius between 2007 and 2016. Margareta Johansson, researcher at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science at L

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/permafrost-soils-warming-global-scale - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ”Lund is a really great city and Lund University a fantastic place to be part of. We have met so many wonderful people from all over the world at our student housing”. These enthusiastic exclamations come from Shinjini Bhattacharjee and Rupsa Ghosh, two bright MPhil students in Geography from Delhi University (DU) who

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/indian-exchange-students-praises-lund-and-lund-university - 2026-05-07

Mohamad Hariri is studying a bachelor’s in Business and Economics and the past 10 weeks he has done an internship at Nordea in Malmö. LUSEM Career Services had the opportunity to visit him at Nordea to learn more about what a typical day as an intern looks like. What have you been doing during your internship?”I’ve mainly been writing a report on customers who have left the bank, and why they deci

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/internship-experience-nordea - 2026-05-08

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-taxation-centre - 2026-05-08

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Spädbarn som får fast föda tidigare än fyra månadersålder eller senare än sex månader löper större risk att insjukna i typ 1 diabetes. Iakttagelsen kommer från en stor amerikanska undersökning som över tid följer barn med förhöjd genetisk risk för diabetes. ”Det verkar som om den säkraste perioden för introduktionen

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/tidpunkt-spadbarns-forsta-fasta-foda-och-typ-1 - 2026-05-07

I mars utlyste Svenska institutet (SI) möjligheten för svenska lärosäten att söka finansiellt stöd för genomförande av kapacitetshöjande utbildningsprogram för yrkesverksamma. Målet? Att bidra till innovation inom offentlig sektor i syfte att stödja genomförandet av Agenda 2030 och de globala målen för hållbar utveckling. Lunds universitet har nu beviljats medel för att genomföra fyra nya utbildni

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitet-tar-ater-hem-medel-fran-si-att-genomfora-utbildningsprogram-med-fokus-pa-agenda - 2026-05-08

Sverige behöver ett livsmedelssystem som fungerar i tider av både kris och krig. Ett nytt centrum för att säkra tillgången till mat etableras nu vid Lunds universitet. Till följd av det förändrade omvärldsläget behöver Sverige säkerställa att livsmedelsförsörjningen klarar fler slags påfrestningar än idag. Såväl beredskapen som konkurrenskraften måste öka.Mot den bakgrunden gjorde Formas forskarrå

https://www.lu.se/artikel/nytt-centrum-livsmedelsberedskap-far-60-miljoner-kronor - 2026-05-08

Den 18 november släpptes en nyhet vi aldrig hade kunnat drömma om: Lunds universitet har rankats som etta i QS Hållbarhetsrankning. Vi har alltså inte bara blivit rankade som etta i Sverige och i Europa utan som etta i hela världen! Detta är nog första gången som ett svenskt eller nordiskt universitet rankas först i världen i en av de stora rankningarna. Årets rankning baseras på cirka 2000 univer

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/vi-rankas-bast-i-varlden-i-hallbarhet-enligt-qs-jag-ar-mallos - 2026-05-08

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Spindlar runt om i världen äter mellan 400 och 800 miljoner ton insekter och hoppstjärtar varje år. Det kan jämföras med de 400 miljoner ton kött och fisk som jordens befolkning äter på ett år. Spindlarna hjälper på så vis till att reglera mängden skadeinsekter i såväl skogar som andra typer av landskap. Bakom den a

https://www.lu.se/artikel/spindlar-ater-mer-insekter-manniskor-ater-kott - 2026-05-07