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Lund University has high ambitions for integrating sustainable development into its education, research, external engagement and organisational development, and has been ranked the third most sustainable university in the world. Being an internationally recognised university is often thought to necessitate a considerable amount of air travel. To meet the goals of reducing climate emissions from tr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainable-work-seminar-academic-flying-may-22 - 2026-05-30

CMES will participate in Almedalen with two topical panels on climate change in the Middle East and Israel's democratic backsliding. Welcome to join us on 29 June! The End of Liberal Democracy in Israel? 29 June 2023, 10:00 to 10:45, Hästgatan 13, Visby Please note that this seminar will be held in Swedish. Israel is facing its worst internal political crisis in decades after its newly installed f

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-almedalen-2023 - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Comics for adults are no longer a subculture for comic book nerds but an established art form. Nina Ernst is the first literary scholar to study autobiographical comics that often address issues of vulnerability and difficult subjects. Nina Ernst Photo Kennet Ruona “The limited space and the immediacy of the images ma

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/autobiographical-comics-addressing-difficult-subjects - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Solar energy has great potential in Sweden. The fact that we use solar energy to a lesser extent than many other European countries is not due to lack of sun, but due to lack of knowledge”, says architect Jouri Kanters who has mapped what politicians, urban planners, builders and architects should be better at in ord

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lack-knowledge-explains-low-utilisation-solar-energy - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Mona Hemmaty at the Department of Sociology has defended her doctoral thesis in sociology ”On the Margins. Migrants, Status Mobility and Recent Turns in Swedish Migration Politics” today, 26 April at 10:15 in the Kulturen Auditorium in Lund. Discussant: Associate Professor Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas, Barcelona Centre fo

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/mona-hemmaty-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Adriana Sanna defended a thesis on 20 May, Shamik Mitra on 26 May and Rita Cabrita on 10 June. How come there were three at almost the same time?“All three were admitted simultaneously through MELGEN, a European network that has Marie Curie funding. My trio of doctoral students were amongst the 17 in the network. As a

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/three-doctoral-thesis-defences-1-week - 2026-05-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Nu börjar det närma sig första kvartalsbokslutet för 2017. Vi har här ställt samman datum och information om några extra viktiga uppgifter. Du får också en övergripande tidplan för kommande tre bokslut i år. Nu börjar det närma sig första kvartalsbokslutet för 2017. Vi har här ställt samman datum och information om

https://www.ekonomiwebben.lu.se/artikel/infor-bokslut-1a-kvartalet-2017 - 2026-05-29

Universitetskanslersämbetet (UKÄ) har tagit fram statistik för internationell studentmobilitet på grund- och avancerad nivå för alla Sveriges lärosäten under läsåret 2022/23. Lunds universitet ligger högt i nationell jämförelse. UKÄ:s rapport tar upp att pandemin innebar en kraftig nedgång av den internationella studentmobiliteten både när det gäller inresande och utresande till Sverige. Men 2022/

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/okning-av-bade-och-utresande-utbytesstudenter - 2026-05-30

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meet Paul Franks... ... Professor of Diabetes Research and sportsman, who raised money for diabetes research by competing in the Copenhagen Ironman* triathlon race a while ago. How have the race and the fundraising gone? “I think it’s gone well. Despite a broken toe, I finished the race in just over 10 hours. I beat m

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/running-diabetes - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How do you talk about a horrible and life-threatening condition in such a way as to make your audience aware of its existence, but without scaring them so much that they turn a deaf ear? And how do you get money for research into something that most people have barely heard about – or only know of under an old and par

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/spreading-awareness-about-sepsis-common-life-threatening-condition - 2026-05-29

Megan Andrews is in her second semester of the Bachelor's Programme in Design of Information Systems at the School of Economics and Management. We asked her a few questions about her experiences so far. (The interview is translated from Swedish.)What is your background? “I am originally from Canada, but moved to Sweden four years ago to live with my fiancé. In my home country, I studied psychology

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/bsc-student-portrait-megan-andrews - 2026-05-30

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Science should be able to be reproduced, but in reality this is a step that is often overlooked. Researcher Burak Tunca at the School of Economics and Management sees several possible measures that could make research better – and more open. “Researchers should always pre-register their studies and be open with their

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/do-it-again-and-do-it-right - 2026-05-29

As the year draws to a close, we look back on a selection of activities, results, and achievements at LUSEM and across Lund University. How often do you get to be the best in the world at something? Even more meaningful when it's for leading the way in sustainability — as Lund University was recently ranked #1 globally by QS.There we can probably leave the broader LU perspective behind and focus s

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/2025-comes-close - 2026-05-29

For the autumn semester of 2025, more than 72,000 people applied to programmes at Lund University — and LUSEM continues to stand strong in the competition. LUSEM’s programmes remain highly attractive. According to the recently published application statistics from the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR), the Swedish Bachelor’s Programme in Business and Economics (Ekonomie kandidatprogrammet

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/top-application-numbers-lusem - 2026-05-30

Biologists Michael Bok and Cecilia Nilsson have been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant to further study how not to disrupt animal flight and the evolution of eyesight. Michael Bok, researcher, Lund Vision GroupCan you describe your research?I study the evolution of eyes and visual systems. This new grant attempts to discover how advanced visual abilities like colour and polarisation v

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/lund-university-researchers-awarded-major-eu-grant - 2026-05-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Tre forskare vid Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Lunds universitet har sammanställt en antologi som ifrågasätter uppfattning om en flyktingkris år 2015. Boken undersöker även hur Tyskland, Sverige och Danmark använder byråkrati för att kontrollera, disciplinera och forma asylsökandes liv. År 2015 anlände över 1

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/hur-nordeuropeiska-valfardsstater-anvander-byrakratiskt-vald-mot-asylsokande - 2026-05-29

Panoramadagen är ett årligt seminarium som presenterar pågående forskning för nya studenter vid Rättssociologiska institutionen. Närvarande studenter får en överblick av vetenskapsproduktionen vid sin institution och möjlighet att fördjupa sin förståelse för ämnet. Prefekt Anna Lundberg inledde Panoramadagen med att uppmuntra till medkänsla.– Alla våra tankar går till dem som drabbades av den fruk

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/institutionens-forskare-presenterade-verksamheten-nya-studenter - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Apply for the SUPRA Nordic scholarship before 1 June 2017. The SUPRA Nordic scholarship is one of the most important features of NIAS' Support Programme for Asian Studies. It is designed to make NIAS’ digital library and other resources accessible to PhD candidates and MA students in the Nordic countries. The scholars

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/nias-supra-nordic-scholarship - 2026-05-29

With extensive experience in international education, Monika Vranic now starts her new job as Head of the International Office at LTH. In the interview, she shares her perspective on the role, the importance of strong collaboration, and how the office will serve as a practical support for the faculty’s students and researchers in a global context. Why did you want to become Head of the Internation

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/monika-vranic-new-head-international-office - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Statins are a cholesterol-lowering drug that almost one million Swedes take to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease. But could perhaps statins also be used against breast cancer? Cancer researcher Signe Borgquist at least hopes so. Signe Borgquist and her colleagues found that statins had a tumour-inhibiting ef

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/common-drug-may-have-effect-breast-cancer - 2026-05-29