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The increasing amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are causing our climate to warm at an alarming rate. The consequent changes are unprecedented, and difficult to predict due to the complexity of the Earth system. While we know that half of the carbon emissions released to the atmosphere by fossil fuel usage are re-captured by the ocean and land ecosystems, we still lack knowledge when i
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This autumn, Lund University will offer its first three free open online courses, known as MOOCs. They will be in green economy, global health and European business law. Despite this decision, opinions are still partially divided. Some see MOOCs as a motor for development that will rejuvenate and adapt higher educatio
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/green-light-three-moocs - 2026-07-23
After two semesters, students showcase their unique sustainability initiatives during Lund's Sustainability Week on 9 April, after following LUSEM's voluntary track 'Living the Sustainability Idea' where focus is on a personal sustainability challenge. Working on the internal transformation“This is about working on the internal transformation, focusing on sustainability, supporting students in how
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/breaking-new-ground-living-sustainability-idea-sets-path-student-empowerment - 2026-07-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Johan Richter's research has resulted in the successful development of gene therapy for the hereditary disease malignant infantile osteopetrosis. For the past few years, the research group has established a collaboration with an American biotech company and all the permits needed to start a clinical trial have now bee
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/successful-biotech-collaboration-brings-gene-therapy-project-clinic - 2026-07-23
Contrary to popular belief, women played a prominent role in IS recruitment - especially in bringing in other women. A new study from Lund University shows that Swedish women joined the Islamic State as part of a religiously motivated gendered counterculture against Swedish values of gender equality, modern gender roles and gender norms. Online, Swedish IS women propagandise sharia law, gender seg
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/aggressively-patriarchal-worldviews-attracted-swedish-women-islamic-state - 2026-07-23
Miljövetaren Emma Enström är CEC:s första industridoktorand och hennes forskning syftar till att skapa en mer hållbar vattenförvaltning i Sverige. Nu deltar hon i Sweden Water Research-dagen och berättar om utmaningarna när det gäller den skånska dricksvattenkällan Vombsjön. Som industridoktorand är Emma Enström anställd både av Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC) på Lunds universitet och
https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/industridoktorand-pa-cec-soker-hallbara-losningar-skanes-dricksvatten - 2026-07-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Climate change has become one of the defining social and environmental challenges of our time. In light of the public and political attention that the issue has gained, the need for informed and critical perspectives on this important topic is more urgent than ever. At LUCSUS, we believe that climate change knowledge
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-course-climate-change-and-society - 2026-07-23
The third batch of available student housing (34 accommodations) is now open to applications, up until Sunday 21 July. The second batch is still ongoing, with 21 offers still out. Today (17. July), the third batch of available housing for Autumn Semester 2024 was published, with approximately 30 rooms and apartments.The batch is open for application up until Sunday 21. July. Apply for the batchAll
https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/third-batch-available-student-housing-published - 2026-07-23
A unique long-term study, in which samples were collected from the same population of blue tits over a 30-year period, shows that rising spring temperatures have doubled the incidence of avian malaria in southern Sweden. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have collected samples every year from hundreds of blue tits in a single population at a local breeding area outside Lund. This has prov
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/warmer-nordic-springs-double-incidence-avian-malaria - 2026-07-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS organises two events at the Future week at Lund University, discussing the future of social movements and the future of traveling, in the light of both the climate crisis and the coronavirus pandemic. The events will take place both onsite and online. 14 October 15.00-16.00: The future of traveling, mobility a
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lund-university-future-week-12-18-october - 2026-07-23
Dick Harrison är ett varumärke. 57 år gammal har han skrivit 105 böcker. Han föreläser över hela landet, är återkommande expert i tv och radio, driver en podd, skriver artiklar i populärvetenskapliga tidskrifter och två krönikor i veckan i en av Sveriges största dagstidningar. – Men det är undervisning som är mitt kall, det är så nära min identitet man kan komma. Det är vinter och lerigt på gårdsp
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/varumarket-dick-harrison - 2026-07-24
Eating cheese and cream with a high fat content may be linked to a lower risk of developing dementia. This is shown by a new large-scale study from Lund University. The researchers analysed the dietary habits of more than 27,000 people and linked these to the occurrence of dementia over a follow-up period of up to 25 years. The debate about low-fat diets has long shaped our health advice and influ
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/full-fat-cheese-linked-lower-risk-dementia - 2026-07-23
Men with severely reduced fertility are at greater risk of developing other health conditions later in life. A research team from Lund University in Sweden has now shown that these men are also more likely to develop colorectal cancer and thyroid cancer. The link between male infertility and an increased risk of disease is a relatively new area of research in reproductive health. Previous studies
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/link-between-male-infertility-and-increased-risk-cancer - 2026-07-23
Studies of fat cells can help increase the knowledge of how weight loss treatments affect individuals with obesity. But fat cells are difficult to study because they are fragile and prone to break easily. Diabetes researcher Karin Stenkula receives a new grant for a project which will use new technique to study how fat cells are affected in connection with weight loss. Diabetes researcher Karin St
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/research-fat-cells-receives-support-hjelt-diabetes-foundation - 2026-07-23
Studies of fat cells can help increase the knowledge of how weight loss treatments affect individuals with obesity. But fat cells are difficult to study because they are fragile and prone to break easily. Diabetes researcher Karin Stenkula receives a new grant for a project which will use new technique to study how fat cells are affected in connection with weight loss. Diabetes researcher Karin St
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/research-fat-cells-receives-support-hjelt-diabetes-foundation - 2026-07-23
LUCSUS PhD students, Fabiola Espinoza Córdova and Alicia N’Guetta, share their insights from their experience at COP27. The COP27 UN Climate Change Conference came to an end on 20 November. Since then, researchers have analysed the outcomes, highlighting both successes and failures. LUCSUS PhD students Fabiola Espinoza Córdova and Alicia N’Guetta were both at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt to ob
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/reflections-cop27-fabiola-espinoza-cordova-and-alicia-nguetta - 2026-07-23
Martin Moström, Retail House, kommenterar om behovet av att handeln har en förmåga att förnya sig. Ryktet om den fysiska butikens död är överdriven. Den fysiska butiken har alltid varit under omvandling. När jag började inom dagligvaruhandeln för 20 år sedan fanns det över 3000 ICA butiker i Sverige. Idag finns det drygt 1000 st. Så en omvandling är inget som vi skall bekymra oss över. Det är en f
https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/se-dagligvarubutiken-med-nya-glasogon - 2026-07-23
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. En vetenskaplig studie av regeringsbildningen 2018-2019 ska kartlägga och analysera skeendet samt sammanfatta erfarenheterna av processen. Forskarnas utgångspunkt för studien utgörs av tre frågeställningar: Varför bildades just den nuvarande regeringen? Varför tog det så lång tid? Hur väl fungerade det formella rege
https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/analys-av-regeringsbildningen - 2026-07-23
NY AVHANDLING I PARTIKELFYSIK: Timea Vitos vill ta fram exakta prognoser för viktiga mätningar vid partikelacceleratorer som Large Hadron Collider vid Cern. Med sitt avhandlingsarbete hoppas Timea hoppas kunna underlätta sökandet efter ny fysik bortom standardmodellen och öka vår förståelse av de grundläggande partiklarna och deras växelverkan i universum. Vad handlar din avhandling om? - Den bäst
https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/hon-utvecklar-forutsagelser-med-hog-precision-acceleratoranlaggningar - 2026-07-23
