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Are you interested in supporting research on how people experience and interact with virtual environments? Researchers from Lund University are looking for volunteers aged 18 and over to take part in a study exploring responses to different situations in a virtual environment. During the session, you will wear a VR headset to experience a virtual environment while we record how your body responds
https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/experience-virtual-reality - 2026-05-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new agreement has been negotiated with the scientific publisher Elsevier. The agreement means that researchers and students at Lund University will once again have access to the 2 000 research journals from Elsevier and, as of 1 January 2020, also the opportunity to publish in open access at no extra cost in the pub
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-agreement-elsevier - 2026-05-15
The Faculty of Social Sciences and the School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) offer a course for those who are planning to apply for docent (associate professor/reader) in the near future. The course is seminar-based and designed to be inspirational, but also to provide useful knowledge about the research process and academia in general. Participants are also provided with an intensive version
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/becoming-docent-joint-course-faculty-social-sciences-and-lusem-0 - 2026-05-15
Sustainable development is one of the greatest challenges of our time and at the same time a prerequisite for our future. To address complex societal challenges, new ideas and perspectives are needed – and this year’s PhD Conference on Sustainable Development provides a forum for exactly that. On 9 October 2025, PhD students from across Lund University will gather to present research, exchange ide
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/register-phd-conference-sustainable-development-9-october - 2026-05-16
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Long ago, Carl Borrebaeck worked side by side with one of this year’s Nobel Prize winners for chemistry, Sir Gregory Winter, on the publication of an innovative technology within what was then a hot new research field: antibody engineering. In 1989, within the same couple of weeks, both researchers published findings
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hard-heels-nobel-laureate - 2026-05-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Tuesday September 11 at 4-5:30 pm at Gamla Kirurgen R236 Dr. Martin J. Bayly will give a talk entitled "Taming the Imperial Imagination: How the British Came to Know Afghanistan and Why it Matters" Abstract of the talk:Colonial knowledge played a key role in shaping the practices of colonial rule in South Asia and
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lecture-british-colonial-administrators-afghanistan - 2026-05-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease make up the world’s most common diseases. A new biobank at Lund University in Sweden - the largest of its kind - with stem cells from both those affected and healthy individuals, will contribute to an increased understanding of how these diseases ar
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/worlds-largest-stem-cell-biobank-launched - 2026-05-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease make up the world’s most common diseases. A new biobank at Lund University in Sweden - the largest of its kind - with stem cells from both those affected and healthy individuals, will contribute to an increased understanding of how these diseases ar
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/worlds-largest-stem-cell-biobank-launched - 2026-05-15
Together with Ahmad Fakheri Fard (University of Tabriz), CMES researchers Hasan Hosseini, Hossein Hashemi and Ronny Berndtsson have co-authored the paper "Areal Precipitation Coverage Ratio for Enhanced AI Modelling of Monthly Runoff: A New Satellite Data-Driven Scheme for Semi-Arid Mountainous Climate", available online in the journal Remote Sensing. Satellite remote sensing provides useful gridd
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/areal-precipitation-coverage-and-monthly-runoff-iran - 2026-05-15
Important to know before the change of telephony, smoother room bookings with Copilot and new security advice regarding AI browsers. Good to know before the telephone operator change on 10 MarchOn 10 March, Lund University will switch to Telia as its telephone service provider. Below is a summary of the most important information.You can find all the details here: New telephony services 2026SIM ca
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-news-telephony-change-smart-feature-outlook-ai-browser - 2026-05-16
A team of researchers from Lund University and the Lund Stem Cell Center have developed a new memory-efficient tool for single-cell genomic analysis called Scarf. Now available in Nature Communications, this innovative, bioinformatics software has the potential to help researchers navigate a growing treasure trove of data and set them on the path to answering new scientific questions related to hu
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/introducing-scarf-memory-efficient-solution-single-cell-genomic-analysis - 2026-05-15
Stora vägbyggen runt Lund kommer snart påverka pendlingsmöjligheterna. Om du arbetar i Lund men bor utanför stan kan det vara bra att planera hur du ska ta dig till jobbet i förväg. Vägprojekten berör E22 vid trafikplats Lund Södra och väg 108 mellan Staffanstorp och Lund. Under vissa perioder blir det planerade totalavstängningarna under år 2025–2026.E22 och väg 108 mellan Staffanstorp–LundEn til
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/snart-ar-det-dags-totalavstangningar-pa-e22-och-vag-108 - 2026-05-16
Med anledning av dagens flyktingsituation har Lunds universitet samlat ett antal experter som kan uttala sig om olika aspekter av frågor som rör flyktingar, migration och integration. Juridik Folkrätt och asyl- och migrationsrätt Eleni Karageorgiou, doktorand. Expert på migrationslagstiftning, Eleni [dot] Karageorgiou [at] jur [dot] lu [dot] se (Eleni[dot]Karageorgiou[at]jur[dot]lu[dot]se), 046 22
https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitets-expertlista-flyktingar-migration-och-integration - 2026-05-16
Social anthropologist Petra Östergren’s research rethinks prostitution policies and receives international response and praise. Her chapter "From zero-tolerance to full integration. Rethinking prostitution policies" has now been published in The Sage Handbook of Global Sexuality. According to professor Hendrik Wagenaar at Kings College in London it is a "seminal typology of prostitution policies"
Production for the textile and fashion industry can, for many countries, represent a first step out of poverty. But what does this mean for those who work in the sector, and what happens when even poorer countries begin to compete by paying even lower wages for the seamstresses in the factories? Linn Ternsjö has studied the clothing manufacturing industry in Mauritius from a sustainability perspec
Production for the textile and fashion industry can, for many countries, represent a first step out of poverty. But what does this mean for those who work in the sector, and what happens when even poorer countries begin to compete by paying even lower wages for the seamstresses in the factories? Linn Ternsjö has studied the clothing manufacturing industry in Mauritius from a sustainability perspec
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/model-inclusive-growth-or-warning-lessons-garment-industry-mauritius - 2026-05-16
IndiCell, short for Individualized Cell Therapy, is a national initiative in Sweden to speed up the development of advanced therapies that can help treat or cure a range of diseases and medical conditions. The project, led by researchers at the Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University, is now celebrating its second anniversary. Launched in 2021 with funding from Vinnova, the Swedish Innovation Age
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/innovation-environment-customised-stem-cell-treatments-turns-two - 2026-05-15
A unique long-term study, in which samples were collected from the same population of blue tits over a 30-year period, shows that rising spring temperatures have doubled the incidence of avian malaria in southern Sweden. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have collected samples every year from hundreds of blue tits in a single population at a local breeding area outside Lund. This has prov
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/warmer-nordic-springs-double-incidence-avian-malaria - 2026-05-15
Peptides from the common bacteria Staphylococcus aureus speed up the pathological aggregation of α-synuclein, a protein linked to Parkinson’s disease. This was discovered by researchers at MultiPark and published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Staphylococcus aureus is carried by 30–70% of the general population as a commensal bacterium. It produces a special kind of peptides c
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/common-skin-bacteria-may-trigger-aggregation-parkinsons-disease-protein - 2026-05-15
The Econometric Game in Amsterdam is a competition known as the ”World Championship in Econometrics”. In 2021 LUSEM won the game and now it is time again! LUSEM was represented by a team of four: two first-year PhD students in Economics, Christina Maschmann and Tilman Bretschneider, as well as two master’s students Ida Haggren and Benjámin Olivér Maday who are currently embracing their final month
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-team-wins-world-championship-econometrics-0 - 2026-05-15
