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The POLLEN2024 conference in June gathered hundreds of researchers across three sites Dodoma (Tanzania), Lima (Peru) and Lund (Sweden) in 200 special panels to discuss political ecology for just and plural futures. Some of the organisers at Lund University and University of Copenhagen: Jens Friis Lund, Wim Carton, Mine Islar, Lina Lefstad and Torsten Krause, reflect on the outcomes of the conferen

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/reflections-pollen2024-what-makes-29-researchers-three-continents-join-forces-create-conference - 2026-06-03

Climate research in the Arctic is being hit hard as collaboration with Russian researchers is put on ice. “It’s impossible to get an overall picture of the Arctic without looking at Russia. If this becomes permanent, we will be thrown back 20 years,” says Margareta Johansson, who leads the unique research project INTERACT, which incorporates researchers from all eight Arctic countries. Margareta J

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/negative-impact-arctic-research-russia-excluded - 2026-06-04

Summer, sun and annual leave! Read through the recommendations below so that you will be able to wind down properly during your time off. Some weeks before your vacations Enter your annual leave into Primula (don't applies for teachers) Submit outstanding travel expense reports Primula Take the opportunity to register your documents before the summer holidays so that your colleagues can easily fin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/what-bear-mind-your-summer-vacation - 2026-06-04

More than four out of ten doctoral students experience stress, anxiety and depression. This autumn, the doctoral students’ union will redouble efforts to improve wellbeing and prevent poor mental health. Measures include the establishment of a new role, which will focus on preventing and tackling ill health and will work closely with the doctoral student ombudsman and the occupational health servi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/steps-prevent-mental-ill-health-among-doctoral-students - 2026-06-04

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2018 - 2026-06-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 800 people in Sweden are currently on the waiting list to receive donated organs, but there are too few organs. Nearly one person dies each week in Sweden while on the waiting list. How can this lack of donor organs in Sweden be solved? Researchers Darcy Wagner, Department of Experimental Medical Science, and Sandra L

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/translational-research-developing-new-methods-prevent-organ-rejection-and-growing-new-organs-lab - 2026-06-03

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Tomas Bergström slutar som prefekt efter nio år som chef, tolv år om åren som biträdande prefekt räknas in. Under hans tid som prefekt har institutionen växt med 50 procent, de externa anslagen tredubblats, internationaliseringen gått i rekordfart, engelska blivit institutionens arbetsspråk och Eden fått ny kostym.

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/tomas-bergstrom-lamnar-over-ett-vaxande-eden - 2026-06-03

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Har vi en finanskris? Nej, säger nationalekonomen Fredrik N G Andersson. Detta eftersom att banksektorn i dagsläget inte är hotad. Däremot har Sverige för närvarande en finanskrispolitik, just för att undvika att hamna i en kris. – Jag och mina kollegor har under många års tid argumenterat för att vi behöver en bere

https://www.lu.se/artikel/har-coronakrisen-lett-till-en-finanskris - 2026-06-04

A species of ordinary gut bacteria that we all carry flourishes when the intestinal flora is knocked out by a course of antibiotics. Since the bacteria is naturally resistant to many antibiotics, it causes problems, particularly in healthcare settings. A study led from Lund University in Sweden now shows how two molecular mechanisms can work together make the bacterium extra resistant. “Using this

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/revealed-molecular-superpower-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria - 2026-06-03

There were no differences in quality of life, symptoms, hospital admissions or mortality between a group of patients with pulmonary disease and low oxygen levels in the blood that received oxygen therapy at home for 24 hours a day, and a group that received the same therapy for 15 hours a day, according to a study from Lund University in Sweden. “This has considerable significance for patients wit

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/no-benefits-24-hour-compared-15-hour-oxygen-therapy - 2026-06-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Peder Winstrup was a man with many irons in the fire. Founder of Lund University, bishop, Renaissance man, architect, scientist, author, powerful political player, printer, poet and much more. Even long after his death, he continues to fascinate us as a uniquely well-preserved mummy. Now his life has been turned into

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mummified-bishop-revived-book-and-exhibition - 2026-06-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund, Sweden, invites applications for Director for Neutron Scattering Facilities. Description of positionReporting to the Director General, the Director for Neutron Scattering Facilities provides leadership and professional direction to the staff within the Directorate, and man

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/job-ad-director-neutron-scattering-facilities - 2026-06-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Fifty per cent of all pregnant women in need of a C-section are unable to get one. Most people around the world still do not have access to safe surgery, resulting in millions of deaths and disabilities each year. As a paediatric surgeon, Lars Hagander wanted to find ways to help, and has travelled the world to perfor

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lack-surgeons-threat-global-health - 2026-06-03

The countdown has begun. From 2–9 May, Lund University will welcome young science talents from across Europe as they arrive to take part in the European Olympiad of Experimental Science (EOES) 2026. For Jonas Forshamn, teacher at Kitas Gymnasium in Gothenburg and Director of EOES 2026, it is all starting to feel very real.“It’s incredibly exciting now that it’s just around the corner. We are both

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/young-science-talents-gather-lund-eoes-2026 - 2026-06-03

Today two separate batches of available housing were published, one for September and one for remaining accommodations in late August. Please note that response deadlines for August rooms will be very short. Two batchesToday (19 August), the fifth batch of available housing for August 2024 was published, as well as the first batch of housing available from September. These batches have different d

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/september-and-late-august-batches-published - 2026-06-03

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 - 2026-06-03

From the Vice-Chancellor’s blog: For several years, Lund University and many other stakeholders within the sector and beyond have been calling on the Government to alter and simplify immigration legislation and its regulations for researchers and doctoral students. Sweden and its universities are competing in a highly competitive international study and labour market, and there have been far too m

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-immigration-rules-researchers-and-doctoral-students-welcomed - 2026-06-04

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. At the graduation ceremony for all the master students at the Faculty of Social Science earlier in June, Stella Zimpfer received the Sparbankstiftelsen award for best master thesis in strategic communication, a thesis focusing on startup branding in the Öresund region. I asked Stella a few questions about her work.

https://www.isk.lu.se/artikel/stella-about-her-award-winning-master-thesis-i-hope-my-thesis-helps-get-startups-thinking-about - 2026-06-03

The National Molecular Medicine Fellows Program - NMMP - is a collaborative program between the four Wallenberg centres and SciLifeLab that was established in 2017. The aims of the program is to improve scientific networks and collaborations across Sweden, as well as to increase the awareness and accessibility of the cutting-edge infrastructure at SciLifeLab.  Over the years, the four sites of WCM

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/nmmp-annual-scientific-conference-2023 - 2026-06-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "Mastery of the law gives you power. And I want to use that power to support the vulnerable" says Sofia Åkerman, doctoral student at the Department of Law with personal experience of vulnerability and self-harming behaviour. She survived, but several of her friends did not. The Lego bricks occupy a central position in

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/using-law-fight-vulnerable - 2026-06-03