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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Recently Barry successfully defended his thesis "Measurement of Health-Related Quality of Life: Preference Aggregation, Exclusion, and Public Policy" at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, US. Barry's own description of the thesis follows: The dissertation provides a normative, descriptive, and prescriptive analys

https://www.vbe.lu.se/article/congratulations-barry-dewitt-phd - 2026-07-17

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Andreas Mattsson, lecturer in journalism at the Department of Communication and Media, and freelance reporter, is the coordinator for the South Asia Media Project. In collaboration with several partners, the project will arrange two exploratory workshops during the Fall of 2015. The project is sponsored by the Swedi

https://www.journalistik.lu.se/artikel/forum-understanding-media-landscapes-sweden-and-india - 2026-07-17

Arne Ryde Summer School 19 August – 22 August, 2024, at 10:00 – 15:00 at LUSEM. Instructor: Anthony Strittmatter, Ph.D. (UniDistance Switzerland and Amazon)Introductory, Ph.D.-level course in causal machine learning.No prior knowledge of machine learning is needed.Open for Ph.D. students, postdocs, and faculty.Content: predictive versus causal methods; dealing with high-dimensional confounders; im

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/introduction-causal-machine-learning - 2026-07-17

Dramatiska rättsfall kartläggs och diskuteras i podcasten Öppet fall. Podden har i dag drygt 15 000 lyssningar per fall och bakom framgångarna ligger mycket hårt arbete från medarbetarna på Juridiska fakulteten. – Jag lägger drygt hundra timmar på research inför varje avsnitt, säger Christian Dahlman, redaktör och programledare för Öppet fall. Hur gör man juridik spännande och lyssnarvänligt? Det

https://www.lu.se/artikel/rattsfall-under-lupp-i-popular-podcast - 2026-07-18

Metodcentrum erbjuder i höst åtta metodworkshoppar under samlingsbeteckningen Skill School. Läs mer om dem nedan och missa inte att anmäla dig! Samhällsvetenskapligt metodcentrum erbjuder åtta metodworkshops i september och oktober. Lärare, forskare och doktorander från samtliga ämnen och fakulteter som önskar bredda och fördjupa sin metodkunskap är välkomna att anmäla sitt intresse. Workshopparna

https://www.sam.lu.se/internt/artikel/skill-school-metodworkshoppar-2025 - 2026-07-17

Would you like to look at the sun through stargazing binoculars or try your hand at physical experiments? During the Culture Night you are welcome to visit us and take part in our broad and exciting programme, where there is something for all ages. You can find the programme here. A warm welcome! Activities at the Department of Physics   Experiments and demonstrations, 13:00–18:00 Dive into the ex

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/science-festival-culture-night - 2026-07-17

No 45, 17 September 2025 In this newsletter we advertise a wide variety of NAISS training events, scheduled for the autumn term.  Since last time we have added an Introduction to Python on HPC systems.An overview on our events is available on the NAISS website.OverviewNAISS trainingOnline workshops: Mondays with Matlab, 23 SeptemberOnline training seminar: Introduction seminar for Alvis users, 1 O

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-0 - 2026-07-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. BERLIN, Germany 5th of NOVEMBER 2015 9.00-18.30 hrs (application for travel grants: linnea.taylor@med.lu.se) How can we target and eliminate existing blind spots concerning the importance of sex and gender in science and research? How can the contribution and potential of the gender dimension to scientific excellence

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/ready-dialogue-conference-gender-dimension-science-and-research - 2026-07-17

Bland vinterns disputationer vid Medicinska fakulteten, lyfter vi denna gång dessa: Mattias Hills arbete om hjärt-lunghälsa hos personer som levt länge med en svår ryggmärgsskada. João Vieira om fetmas effekt på ämnesomsättning, minne och återhämtning efter stroke. Ellen Landgren om patienters upplevelser av personcentrerad vård vid reumatoid artrit. Ida von Konow om hur barn med medfödda hjärtfel

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/om-ryggmargsskada-fetma-reumatism-och-donerade-hjartklaffar - 2026-07-17

En randomiserad klinisk studie ledd av forskare vid Lunds universitet har jämfört effekten av intravenös behandling med ketamin mot ECT-behandling vid svår depression. Resultaten stärker bilden av ketamin som en möjlig behandling, men visar också att ECT-behandling hjälper fler. Under senare år har ketamin seglat upp som en ny behandling, eftersom studier visat att det har en antidepressiv effekt.

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ny-studie-jamfor-ect-och-ketamin-vid-svar-depression - 2026-07-18

A unique collaboration between school children and researchers and students at LUCSUS, focusing on children’s thoughts and questions related to sustainable development, aims to contribute to the development of a future UNESCO biosphere reserve in the Vombsjö basin. The project, Ung SciShop, is a collaboration between the association ARNA (Art and Nature), researchers and students at LUCSUS and sch

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-collaboration-school-children-focuses-childrens-ideas-and-questions-sustainable-development - 2026-07-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A recently discovered estrogen receptor in the insulin-producing cells may facilitate targeted diabetes treatment for women. The type 2 diabetes drugs that are currently available on the market have often only been tested on men. The identification of this new receptor may also explain why type 2 diabetes is less comm

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/female-hormone-protects-against-diabetes - 2026-07-17

How should we collaborate on a national strategy for semiconductors? The answer could be closer than we think. After the panel discussion during “Politics Week” in Almedalen, Lund University is now taking the first step towards establishing a national competence center for semiconductors. The shortage of semiconductors is a global challenge that requires quick solutions. During the recent  Almedal

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/working-towards-semiconductor-strategy-sweden - 2026-07-17

How will the VAT reduction affect consumers, according to Professor Emeritus Lars Jonung? The government and Sverigedemokraterna want to halve food VAT, cutting it from twelve to six percent in April next year. In a recent segment on Swedish Radio, Lars Jonung, Professor Emeritus of Economics at LUSEM (the Lund University School of Economics and Management), was interviewed about his reaction to t

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lower-vat-food-will-prices-really-drop - 2026-07-18

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Här är en lista över forskare från Lunds universitet som kan svara på många olika slags frågor som kan bli aktuella under de stundande helgerna, från A till Ö. God jul! önskar Lunds universitet AAdvent, jul och trettondag: historia, teologi och praktikStephan Borgehammar, professor i praktisk teologi, kan svara på f

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitets-julexperter - 2026-07-18

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The bad news about malignant melanoma is that the disease is increasing more rapidly than most other types of cancer. The good news is that it is easy to cure, as long as it is detected in time. A research group in Lund has therefore started a project that it is hoped will make it easier to correctly diagnose suspicio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/tape-could-simplify-skin-cancer-diagnosis - 2026-07-17

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 - 2026-07-17

Balloons on the walls, bubbles in the glasses, cupcakes and happy employees. The atmosphere was at its peak when the office of the Department of Laboratory Medicine held an Open House. – We wanted to show where we are now that we have moved to new premises and that everyone should feel welcome to contact us, says Lhinn Holmbergh, administrative manager. Tell me, how did it turn out? – It was a ver

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/hectic-moving-carousel-bubbly-open-house - 2026-07-17

Read the director’s message, explore the latest research news, discover upcoming events, and browse our recent publications. After a well-deserved summer break, the CMES team gathered for a two-day kick-off at the beautiful Åhus Seaside to strategise and coordinate for the upcoming academic year. The autumn program for the CMES seminar series is already in place, offering a wide range of exciting

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-0 - 2026-07-17

During Sustainability Week, you can hear psychologists’ tips on how you can get rid of your climate change anxiety by taking action. You can also experience an earthquake via a virtual reality game, take an art tour in the Botanical Garden or learn how to bake bread without generating food waste. Sustainability Week will run from 8 and to 13 April. For the third year running, the University is org

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/transformation-theme-years-sustainability-week - 2026-07-17