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Editor's note: this interview is from 2024.Why did you chose Sweden and the School of Economics and Management as your study destination?I had moved to Stockholm in 2014 years to work in the British Embassy, I first heard of Lund University from a friend who studied in Lund and went on to a successful career. After eight years in the Diplomatic service, I wanted to focus my career to be more econo

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/william-dendy-alumnus-msc-economics-2017 - 2026-05-07

The glymphatic system clears waste products from the brain. Roberta Battistella defends her thesis about the role of this system in Parkinson’s disease on December 1. Here, she tells about her time as a Ph.D student in Iben Lundgaards research group at MultiPark. Tell us about your research! “The glymphatic system removes waste products from the brain with the help of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). It

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/glymphatic-system-pd-phd-interview-roberta-battistella - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the past decade, knowledge of how lifestyle affects our genes, a research field called epigenetics, has grown exponentially. Researchers at the Lund University Diabetes Centre have summarised the state of scientific knowledge within epigenetics linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes in a review article published in

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/how-lifestyle-affects-our-genes - 2026-05-07

Dr. habil. Andreas Broeckmann is an art historian and curator who lives in Berlin. He is currently a Visiting Professor and tutor in our PhD Program in Fine Arts. We asked him a few questions about his work at Malmö Art Academy. What is your role at Malmö Art Academy, and what is you background?Since last year, 2024, I have been working as a tutor in the PhD Program in Fine Arts. By academic train

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/get-know-dr-andreas-broeckmann-visiting-professor-and-tutor-our-phd-program-fine-arts - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Pulmonary fibrosis is a severe and life shortening chronic condition. Although most people experience mild symptoms of COVID-19, some patients develop serious and life-threatening conditions with severe lung damage. In order to influence the outcome of the disease, lung researchers in Lund are currently establishing m

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/identification-prognostic-markers-development-chronic-lung-fibrosis-covid-19-patients - 2026-05-07

Metformin är ett läkemedel som ska sänka blodsockret vid typ 2-diabetes. En tredjedel av patienterna svarar inte på behandlingen och en tredjedel upplever allvarliga biverkningar, varför många väljer att sluta medicinera. Nu har forskare vid Lunds universitets Diabetescentrum utvecklat, och sökt patent på, en markör som genom ett enkelt blodprov i förväg visar hur patienten kommer att svara på beh

https://www.lu.se/artikel/metformin-diabetespatienter-eller-ej-nu-vet-forskare-svaret - 2026-05-08

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/alumni-maria-norrman-1 - 2026-05-07

The Royal Society of Letters prize (Kungliga Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundets jubileumspris) has been awarded to prominent researchers since 2018. The prize of 80 000 SEK, was established in 2018 in connection with the Society’s centenary celebrations. According to its statutes, it is awarded every other year to an outstanding (Lund-based) researcher in the humanities and theology, and every othe

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/royal-society-letters-prize - 2026-05-07

Ulf Johansson, Professor of Marketing at LUSEM has been appointed to the Swedish Retail and Wholesale Council. Ulf's background, with 30 years as a retail researcher and 11 years as head of the Centre for Retail Research at Lund University, can offer valuable insights to the council. Most recently, he has led the research project "Future-proofing the Physical Store through New Store Formats."“I am

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/ulf-johansson-joins-swedish-retail-and-wholesale-council - 2026-05-08

Hållbarhetsveckan är ett årligt evenemang där Lunds universitet och Lunds kommun bjuder in till aktiviteter kring hållbarhet! Det är en vecka fylld med diskussioner och föreläsningar, allvarliga frågeställningar och hoppfulla framtidsvisioner. Här hittar du alla veckans evenemang med medverkande från Centrum- för miljö och klimatvetenskap. Måndag 17 april Andas frisk luft och höra fågelsång i e

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/vara-arrangemang-pa-hallbarhetsveckan-17-22-april-2023 - 2026-05-07

For the first time, researchers have linked specific frequent defects in sperm to risk of pregnancy complications and negative impacts on the health of the baby. The study from Lund University in Sweden shows that high proportion of father’s spermatozoa possessing DNA strand breaks is associated with doubled risk of preeclampsia in women who have become pregnant by IVF. It also increases the risk

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/defective-sperm-doubles-risk-preeclampsia - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new technology has brought researchers one step closer to a future cure for Congenital Muscular Dystrophy type1A, a devastating muscle disease that affects children. The new findings are based on research by Kinga Gawlik at Lund University, Department of Experimental Medical Science, and were recently published in N

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/reversing-muscle-dystrophy - 2026-05-07

I detta debattinlägg i LUM frågar sig Valeria Naters och Charlotta Tjärdahl, kvalitetssamordnare på LTH, varför ledningen på Lunds universitet valt att tiga om Gaza trots att de i nutid tagit ställning för andra folk. Inlägget följs av ett svar från Lunds universitets rektor Erik Renström och LTH:s rektor Annika Olsson. I månader har studenter och anställda vid Lunds universitet drivit opinion til

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/debatt-varfor-tiger-universitetsledningen-om-gaza - 2026-05-08

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Mikael Dolsten har varit rådgivare för president Obama, arbetat med Joe Biden kring Cancer Moonshot, bidragit till ett 30-tal läkemedel – och nu leder han utvecklingen av Pfizers och BioNTechs corona-vaccin som forskningschef på Pfizer. En minst sagt imponerande karriär har stakats ut, och den började i Lund. Den 1

https://www.lu.se/artikel/mikael-dolsten-forskningschef-pfizer-blir-gastprofessor-vid-lunds-universitet - 2026-05-08

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Köttbullar med rödbetsblastspulver eller falukorv med torkade havtornsblad? Sådana här charkprodukter, ”laddade” med olika typer av antioxidant-rika rester från grönsaksodlingar, kan komma att hamna i mataffärernas kyldiskar. Labbtester visar att vissa antioxidanter helt eliminerade den skadliga oxidationen som fors

https://www.lu.se/artikel/vaxtpulver-i-processat-kott-kan-minska-halsoriskerna - 2026-05-08

Litet som stort, hela tiden pågår arbetet på universitetet och vid sidan av kärnverksamheten jobbar många andra yrkesgrupper. En onsdagsförmiddag i januari träffade LUM några av alla anställda för att höra vad de håller på med. Designcentrum: Storstädning Ståendes i strumplästen sveper ­Claudia Janmaat moppen över den vita golvduken i fotostudion. Hon är en av fem medarbetare i Servicegruppen vid

https://www.lu.se/artikel/onsdag-formiddag-den-18-januari - 2026-05-08

“A good way to see the daily life of science.” That is one of the conclusions from the summer scholarship holders from high schools in Skåne – a programme offering teenagers a way to dive into how it is to work with research. “This is a good way to see the daily life of science – how it is to work in a lab, as a fact, not just only seeing a show that is the result of something that has had been pr

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/they-went-nanoscientific-summer-school - 2026-05-07

In his book "the Brand Matrix" Mats Urde presents a model that lies in the intersection between strategy, marketing and organization. The subtitle foretells, “Corporate Brand Leadership Starts from the Inside.” “There are nine questions that help you define your brand’s identity. Answer them and you will have a brand with a clear identity core that works as a stepping stone for communicating and t

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/defining-your-brands-identity-core - 2026-05-08

For her pioneering work in attosecond physics, Anne L’Huillier is one of the three new laureates of the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in basic science, a prize from the BBVA Foundation. The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences goes in this fifteenth edition to Anne L’Huillier (Lund University, Sweden), Paul Corkum (University of Ottawa, Canada) and Ferenc Krausz (Max Planc

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/anne-lhuillier-new-frontiers-knowledge-awardee - 2026-05-07

The new Research Data Office is to make it easier for researchers to manage their research data throughout the research process. Improved and more accessible online support is now being launched in the form of unified webpages, a university-wide support service and a new, easier way to register research documents that requires neither a course nor logging in to the W3D3 system. Unified webpages on

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researchers-get-improved-online-support-research-data-management - 2026-05-08