Search results

David Wästerfors, Veronika Burcar Alm and Erik Hannerz have published an article in New Media & Society dealing with crime case discussions on the Swedish platform Flashback. The article shows how the interactions form a "bumpy" path as the Flashback-writers together try to achieve knowledge, evidence and authority regarding the various crimes being discussed. Much of today's public discussion on

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/sleuthing-online-bumpy-path-net-detective - 2026-05-15

There has been a record-breaking number of applicants for Lund University’s international recruitment drive. The original total of 25 advertised positions has been increased to 45 – researchers from some of the world’s leading universities who are now heading to Lund. The recruited researchers come from higher education institutions such as Harvard University, the University of Oxford, the Humbold

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/unprecedented-interest-lund-universitys-international-recruitment - 2026-05-16

He was best friends with Mikael Dolsten in Medical School in Lund in the 80´s. Since then he has held prominent positions around the world, both within Academia and the Medical Industry. Now he hopes to contribute to medical research with his experience in both basic and applied medicine, by helping to highlight the all-important, but in Lund a bit neglected, field of Pharmacology. Meet EMV´s new

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/guest-professor-hoping-infuse-new-life-medical-cornerstone-field - 2026-05-15

On Friday 26 September, David Bazan Royuela successfully defended his doctoral thesis in sociology at the Eden Auditorium. The research offers new insights into how we interact with algorithms on platforms like TikTok. The thesis titled Algorithmic Interaction Ritual Chains on TikTok: Scrolling through Feedback Loops explores how every like, skip, or watch on TikTok sends signals to the platform’s

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/tiktok-algorithms-and-feedback-loops-new-thesis-david-bazan-royuela-explores-digital-interactions - 2026-05-15

Annually, THE World University Rankings produces the 'World University Rankings by subject'. In the most recent release on October 26, Lund University improved its standing in seven subjects, securing a position among the world's top universities in six of them. Notably, within LUSEM, the Business and Economics subjects achieved the top rank in Sweden, ascending from 86th place last year to 82nd t

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/top-ranked-lusem-shines-latest-world-university-rankings - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The key to increased well-being in Africa lies in improving small scale farming – at least if you want to see improvements within a foreseeable future, according to Göran Djurfeldt. Together with Ola Hall, he has now launched a project using drones to understand why harvests vary so much from one field to the next, de

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/drone-images-could-solve-african-farming-mystery - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The finding of a new genetic risk variant and the description of the exact underlying mechanism explains, on a molecular level, the connection between stress and diabetes. This scientific breakthrough is published online today in the journal Science. Carriers of the risk variant have stressed insulin producing cells w

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/risk-gene-activates-stress-system-and-increases-risk-diabetes - 2026-05-15

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/third-batch-available-student-housing-published - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 25-26 October 2019, a group of academics, representatives of NGOs and international organisations, social advocates and politicians met at Antwork Beirut to discuss some of the major challenges for Syria in the coming years. The workshop was funded by the Swedish research council for sustainable development, Formas

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/strategies-socially-and-environmentally-sustainable-futures-urgent-challenges-and-emerging - 2026-05-15

In May, Salma Mahamed, Gustavo Cadenas Delascio, Marta Pitino and Ismail Bazine participated in our third doctoral course, coordinated by the University of Gothenburg: ‘Making Foreign Aid Work: Managing tensions between top-down and bottom-up approaches’. The participants took part in online literature seminars, but also our onsite workshop in Gothenburg.  The course brought together both doctoral

https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/salma-mahamed-i-found-it-very-meaningful-discuss-practitioners-field - 2026-05-15

We kicked off the first ScienceBrew of 2024 with two great talks, covering the expansion of blood with nanotechnology and the possible role of immune system in limb regeneration. Stay tuned more amazing speakers throughout the second season of ScienceBrew! Thanks to Tyra and Marlene for opening the second season of Sciencebrew at Café Ariman!First Tyra explained the limited supply of blood stem ce

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/sciencebrew-february-2024-regenerating-blood-and-limb - 2026-05-15

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Building an Easier Path Toward Open Access Book Publishing:  Support for Authors Christina Emery har skrivit en artikel i The Scholarly Kitchen om vilka prövningar och vilket stöd som finns i förhållande till publicering av OA-böcker. Länk till artikel: Building an Easier Path Toward Open Access Book Publishing:  Su

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-april-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-0 - 2026-05-15

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Evapotranspiration in Semi-Arid Climate: Remote Sensing vs. Soil Water Simulation" together with Hedia Chakroun (University of Tunis El Manar), Nessrine Zemni (University of Carthage), Ali Benhmid (University of Tunis El Manar), Vetiya Dellaly (University of Tunis El Manar), Fairouz Slama (University of Tunis El Manar), and Fethi B

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/estimating-crop-evapotranspiration-tunisia - 2026-05-15

Maurits Johansson investigates neuropsychiatric symptoms in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, before cognitive impairments are developed or diagnosis is set. He defends his thesis on May 13. Here, he shares the most important findings and experiences as a Ph.D. student at the Clinical Memory Research Unit. Tell us about your research! Growing evidence points towards Alzheimer’s disease bein

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-maurits-johansson - 2026-05-15

The EAT-Lancet diet is a framework designed to promote environmental sustainability while also preventing common diseases such as type 2 diabetes. How do we know if the diet actually works? An international research team studied seven dietary scores and found that two of them were particularly good at evaluating adherence to the diet. Reliable diet scores are important when developing sustainable

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/research-paves-way-sustainable-dietary-recommendations - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Forum Medicum – the new major construction of the Faculty of Medicine at the top of Sölvegatan – will become a reality. For a while, things looked bad, but by making small adjustments here and there, the project can now be pursued to begin construction in the winter of 2018/2019. The idea of Forum Medicum is to establ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/after-slimming-down-construction-plans-forum-medicum-now-underway - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Infertility is now a condition as common as diabetes. On the one hand, women are waiting until they are older to have children, which makes it more difficult to get pregnant, but some studies also indicate a drastic decline in sperm counts in men over the past 50 years. Repro Union 2.0 is a Danish-Swedish initiative t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eu-infertility-project-focuses-men - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Chair: Ulrika Andersson, Lund University, Anna Lindberg, Lund University, Nishi Mitra vom Berg, TISS VENUE: Tornrummet, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sandgatan 2, Lund Session 1: Femininity, Concepts and NotionsSeptember 20, 2016 Time: 14.30-16.30 Paper presenters: Soibam Haripriya, Rachna Chaudhary, EM Varughese, Sheba

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/panel-7-women-and-gender-south-asian-modernity-vulnerabilities-and-violence - 2026-05-15

That life is not fair is hardly news. But that inequalities are at risk of increasing as we seek to improve the health of the population is perhaps unexpected. Health economics is a way of evaluating the potential health benefits of different interventions, setting them against the economic cost and their impact on society. Over two million people in Sweden are currently living with cardiovascular

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/unfair-life - 2026-05-16

How do you measure biodiversity impacts from products and raw materials extracted in very different places around the world? Researcher Carla Coelho from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (MGeo), and colleagues, developed a new way to estimate the impact of mines and quarries - and how much they actually perforate their surroundings habitats. Perforation - human activity that crea

https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/mining-last-wild-method-identify-mines-intact-landscapes - 2026-05-15