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Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Den mest strategiska platsen för jultomtens hem och julklappsdistribution är Jokkmokk. Det menar forskare vid Lunds universitet som med hjälp av satellitbilder har beräknat jordens befolkningsmässiga mittpunkt. Resultaten talar alltså emot att tomtens hemstad skulle vara Rovaniemi, som finnarna brukar hävda. Faktum
https://www.lu.se/artikel/jultomten-borde-bo-i-jokkmokk - 2026-07-22
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Increased collaboration within the faculties and a general revitalisation. This is already a clear result from the RQ20 research evaluation that was presented in March. “We have caught sight of each other” was a frequent comment heard in a round of telephone calls to the deans and research managers. Most of the facul
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/faculties-regrouping-after-rq20 - 2026-07-21
Students on the Master's Programme in Information Systems have the opportunity to earn valuable business analytics and data science certificates to boost their resumes. The international Master's Programme in Information Systems at the Department of Informatics, Lund University School of Economics and Management, is designed to provide students with advanced knowledge within the field of Informati
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/students-empowered-industry-recognised-certificates - 2026-07-22
Local currencies may arise when there is a clear need for certain products and services in a local area and where the competences to produce them exist but the lack of traditional money puts obstacles in the way. The lack of money might be the result of pandemics, war, natural disasters, financial crises or poverty. Ester Barinaga, professor of entrepreneurship at the School of Economics and Manag
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/local-currencies-solution-times-crisis - 2026-07-22
LUSEM has claimed first place at the John Molson MBA International Case Competition in Montréal — one of the world’s most prestigious international case competitions. The winning team – Hanna Simona Allas, Lina Meyer, Karl Enocson and James Raymond-Paul – together with their case coach Mats Urde, delivered an outstanding performance in a highly competitive international setting. The victory marks
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-wins-john-molson-mba-international-case-competition - 2026-07-22
The disciplinary board at Lund University exists to ensure that all students have a fair and safe study environment. The board handles matters such as cheating, interference and harassment and ensures that rules and guidelines are followed and that everyone can feel safe and respected at the university. Elisabet Londos is a member of the disciplinary board and tells us more about the board's missi
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/disciplinary-board-where-humor-takes-break - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Previous EU framework programmes have focused largely on engineering, medicine and science, but over the next seven years, the EU wants to see more interdisciplinary research and collaboration, as well as more social science and humanities. But will Horizon 2020 be the breakthrough that the humanities have hoped for?
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/humanities-late-joining-horizon-2020-train - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found a new type of biomarker that can predict the risk of type 2 diabetes, by detecting epigenetic changes in specific genes through a simple blood test. “This could motivate a person at risk to change their lifestyle”, says Karl Bacos, researcher in epigenetics at Lund U
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-method-measures-risk-type-2-diabetes-blood - 2026-07-21
A lot has happened in coagulation medicine since Jan Astermark first started his research in the 1980s. The most recent progress is in gene therapy and the first patients with severe haemophilia who were treated in Malmö last year. “It is fantastically exciting to work in a research field where so much is happening. The research and the progress in treatment that have taken place in recent decades
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/promising-results-new-gene-therapy-method - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Do you want to be better at summing up what is important about your research and receive help and support to present your results? If so, perhaps you would like to take part in this year’s Researchers’ Grand Prix. It is a competition in which you are to present your research in a way that is as easily accessible and e
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/improve-your-research-presentation-and-participate-years-researchers-grand-prix - 2026-07-21
We were interested to know what our Scientific Advisory Board think about the research currently underway at Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC), and invited Flemming Pociot and Søren Brunak from the board to the LUDC retreat in Helsingborg recently. They spent their time at the retreat listening to presentations and getting updates, and were able to provide valuable feedback. A presentation ab
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/scientific-advisory-board-we-hope-see-more-data-about-subgroups - 2026-07-21
It has been a year since Anne L’Huillier became Lund University’s first Nobel Prize laureate. Since then, she has been trying to use the huge attention to stir interest in research and physics. She has also had to cope with the very peculiar experience of being a rock star of science, who gets asked for selfies in town.Watch an interview with Anne L’Huillier about life as a Nobel prize winner: Ann
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/anne-lhuillier-year-nobel-prize-physics - 2026-07-22
På Pufendorfinstitutet är Kulturnatten en höjdpunkt under hösten! Besökare som till vardags kanske inte kommer hit, flockas då kring utställningar, de lyssnar aktivt på populärvetenskapliga föreläsningar och trängs för att komma med på guidade visningar av vårt vackra hus i korsningen Biskopsgatan/Sölvegatan – där Kunskapsstråket börjar! Programmet för Kulturnatten på Pufendorfinstitutet 20 septem
https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/kulturnatten-2025-star-och-trampar-pa-troskeln - 2026-07-21
I jorden under våra fötter pågår ett myllrande liv, avgörande för både mat och klimat. Ändå tar vi ofta detta dolda ekosystem för givet. Med ny teknik, forskning och kultur öppnar markekologen Edith Hammer och hennes kollegor, tillsammans med konstnärsduon (p)Art of the Biomass, ett helt nytt fönster till underjorden och en värld få av oss har sett. –Vissa hyser till och med negativa känslor till
https://www.biologi.lu.se/artikel/ett-fonster-till-underjorden-forskning-om-jord-moter-kultur - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUMES alumni Sophia Speckhahn and Annabel Schickner from batch 19 visited LUMES to share their stories about life after LUMES, from graduation to getting their first jobs. Today they are both working with sustainability within different sectors in Germany. Find out what they think are the most important skills they ga
https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/meet-lumes-alumni-sophia-speckhahn-and-annabel-schickner-batch-19 - 2026-07-21
Wobbling and laughing, a few of the girls glide over the ice. They are holding hands in a chain. If one falls, they all go down. They are thirteen recently arrived girls and five volunteers in the Save the Children project, Girl to Girl, who are meeting on a Sunday at the ice rink in Lund. One of the volunteers is studying Human Rights as an activity for the Certificate of International Merits (CI
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/students-dont-need-pack-their-bags-gain-international-qualifications - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Growing up in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, he knew that one wrong word could get you killed; as a forced recruit, he came close to death many times. But after three Master’s degrees, Dara Maghdid has earned a PhD with his investigation of cultural differences in the teaching of mathematics. Now he wants to thank Lund Univer
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/phd-mathematics-against-all-odds - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Agriculture is critical to achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals. New research from Lund University shows that researchers, policymakers, and farmers in Europe currently have different, often conflicting priorities for sustainable agriculture. The researchers propose a way forward built on shared priorit
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/identifying-common-ground-sustainable-agriculture-europe - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Adriana Sanna defended a thesis on 20 May, Shamik Mitra on 26 May and Rita Cabrita on 10 June. How come there were three at almost the same time?“All three were admitted simultaneously through MELGEN, a European network that has Marie Curie funding. My trio of doctoral students were amongst the 17 in the network. As a
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/three-doctoral-thesis-defences-1-week - 2026-07-21
