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“My stay here has not only given me practical access to sources and libraries. Being in a different academic environment has also given me new ideas and perspectives on what we do in Lund.” These are the words of historian Marie Cronqvist, who moved to Berlin with her husband and children last summer. Now it will soon be time to go home, but before that LUM had time to meet them and find out about

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/finding-new-inspiration-berlin - 2026-06-21

Tell us, why Tunisia? As a PhD student in political science with a focus on comparative politics in the Middle East, I investigate feminist activism and gender politics in the Middle East and North Africa, with a particular focus on Tunisia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. What interests me is largely that feminism is usually seen as a European or Western "product" that is exported to the rest of the worl

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hi-there-joel-w-abdelmoez-just-back-fieldwork-tunisia - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At the end of last summer, Amin Parsa and Niklas Selberg interviewed Professor Adelle Blackett about her teaching and research on decolonization of labour law and legal education. The conversation was recently made public. On 31 August 2020, the Sociology of Law Department’s Postdoc Amin Parsa, and Niklas Selberg, lec

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/decolonizing-labour-law-conversation-professor-adelle-blackett - 2026-06-21

355 participated in bioinformatic workshop! It's coffee break at the Swedish Bioinformatics Workshop which takes place in hybrid form with as many as 355 registered participants, of which about 100 were on site in Lund.  Karin Engström, coordinator for LUBI and project manager for the  two-day event, is pleased when she sees the participants flocking to the coffee tables: – It's fantastic that we

https://www.lubi.lu.se/article/sbw2021-article-newsletter-laboratory-medicine-0 - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The children are poor, the problems are extensive and school resources are minimal. However, in the midst of the poverty, there is pride and a strong sense that it is possible to change the situation for these schoolchildren. LUM has met alumni in South Africa and Malawi from the Sida programme ‘Child Rights, Classroo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-alumni-reform-schools - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Jan Magnusson, lecturer at the School of Social Work, has recently returned after visiting the School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai. One of the purposes of the trip was to learn more about their work in Ladakh, a region devastated by flashfloods in 2010. The School of Social Work h

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/different-kind-social-work - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Why does Lund University manage farms in Skåne? It’s a matter of tradition. From 1666 and for a long time afterwards the entire University was funded by the farms that dowager queen Hedvig Eleonora donated – known as “akademiska hemman” – the academic homesteads. These are still managed by the University and the curre

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/farms-valuable-heritage-university - 2026-06-21

Swedish healthcare is supposed to be guided by a principle of need, treating the most urgent cases first. Political reforms in recent decades have also introduced freedom of choice as a guiding principle. The rise of online doctor services on the healthcare market has made it clear that the two principles clash, suggests sociologist of law Peter Bergwall, who recently defended his dissertation on

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/online-doctors-expose-deficiencies-swedish-healthcare-system - 2026-06-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Den som kan förutspå utfallet av olika valutakurser kan tjäna stora pengar. Problemet är bara att forskningen visar att det inte finns något sådant som tillförlitliga valutaprognoser. Det säger två ledande Lundaforskare inom valutariskhantering. – Det är som att titta in en spåkula och med lite tur har du rätt i vad

https://www.lu.se/artikel/forskarna-sluta-spa-valutakurser-fokusera-pa-foretagets-strategiska-valutaexponering-istallet - 2026-06-22

Denna vecka är doktoranden och dramatikern Annika Nyman och forskaren Kent Sjöström i Shanghai Denna vecka är doktoranden och dramatikern Annika Nyman och forskaren Kent Sjöström i Shanghai och ger en lecture performance på Nordic Centre på Fudan University. Dessutom gästar de Shanghais teaterakademi, där den svenska doktoranden Maja Wang-Johansson är verksam. Arrangemanget är ett led i 10-årsfira

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/teaterhogskolan-i-malmo-forelaser-i-shanghai - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We spend 90 per cent of our time indoors. We can both exercise and shop without taking a step outdoors and the indoor trend is on the increase, despite the fact that we have little understanding of the air we are breathing. “The health effects may not be detected for a number of years”, says LTH researcher Aneta Wierz

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-good-our-indoor-environment - 2026-06-21

CMES Visiting Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye has co-authored a report that explores the possible establishment of a new official multilateral forum for sustainable dialogue and engagement in the Middle East and North Africa. Last week a Chatham House report was launched to explore the possible establishment of a new official multilateral forum for sustainable dialogue and engagement in the Middle East

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-visiting-professor-dalia-dassa-kaye-launches-report-mena-multilateral-forum - 2026-06-21

The SDSN Northern Europe was officially launched in Gothenburg February 25-26 with the participation of the Swedish Prime Minister, top academics and the CEOs of several major Swedish companies. Thomas Sterner, BECC PI, within Environmental Economics from the University of Gothenburg was one of the speakers. Day one of the event gathered leading international researchers at the Chalmers Conference

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/launch-sdsn-northern-europe - 2026-06-21

Maiken Røed has defended her dissertation ”Interest Group Influence on Political Parties in Western Democracies”. The dissertation concerns interest groups’ influence on political parties. Parties are central actors in elections, legislatures and governments and they are an important intermediary between voters and the state in democracies. To better understand how public policy comes about and wh

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/maiken-roed-has-defended-her-dissertation - 2026-06-21

Welcome to the three seminars about art and science at Lund University. Conversations on Art and Science #2: Nanocosmic Investigations 16 November, 15.30–17.00, Red Room, IAC Topic: The artist in residency programme, Nanocosmic Investigations Guests: Ashley Middleton and Swati Aggarwal No registration needed. The conversation will also be streamed. The conversation will focus on the ongoing collab

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/conversations-art-and-science - 2026-06-21

On Thursday, 26 January, Imad Rasan successfully defended his doctoral thesis, "Women in the Public Sphere in Egypt 2011–2014". Through interviews and document analysis, Imad Rasan investigated how women activists participated in the public sphere in Egypt from the outbreak of the 2011 uprising to the re-emergence of the authoritarian regime in 2014. He found that women engaged in social movements

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/unanimous-examination-committee-approves-imad-rasans-dissertation - 2026-06-21

"Åldrande i ett föränderligt samhälle" och hemtjänstforskning. Se där två områden där Socialhögskolans äldreforskare bidrar starkt. I dagarna både med ministerbesök och förstagångs-samtal med forskare från LTH. Konferens på temat Åldrande i ett föränderligt samhälle CASE-dagen (Centre for Ageing and Supportive Environments) den 25 oktober förgylldes med ministerbesök då Äldre- och socialförsäkring

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/med-fokus-pa-aldreforskning - 2026-06-21

In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, researchers must constantly adapt to new tools, meet increasing demands on visibility, and navigate rapid technological shifts. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed. To support faculty research staff, the Science Library has launched Quick Bites for Researchers - a digital knowledge series designed to provide clear, concise insights on key topics.This series offer

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/our-librarians-guide-researchers-digital-knowledge-bites - 2026-06-21

To strengthen Sweden's innovative capacity and technological independence, the Swedish Research Council and Vinnova have been tasked with setting up clusters of excellence in groundbreaking technology. A total of SEK 2.5 billion is being invested, with SEK 1.5 billion coming from the Swedish Research Council and SEK 1 billion from Vinnova. This investment in clusters of excellence is part of a Gov

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fourteen-networks-receive-funding-swedish-research-council-and-vinnova-planning-future-clusters - 2026-06-22

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/1611-david-johnsons-25-seminarium - 2026-06-21