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This year's Graduate Student Conference was entitled "The Middle East in the Contemporary World". The conference is as an opportunity for students at CMES and more widely at Lund University to present and discuss their own research and ideas. One of the presentations was The Hurdles of the Patriarchy – Women and Politics in Lebanon by Julia van Zijl. Women in political positions and democratic tra

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/women-and-politics-lebanon-one-many-interesting-presentations-graduate-student-conference - 2025-11-23

On April 23 SASNET organized a panel discussion on statebuilding in Afghanistan in a global context. The panel consisted of Professor Robert Crews (Stanford University), Anna-Karin Johansson (formed General Secretary of the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan), Dr. Admir Skodo (SASNET, Lund University), and Professor Sari Kuovo (Gothenburg University and Afghanistan Analysts Network). The panel was

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/panel-discussion-statebuilding-afghanistan-global-context - 2025-11-23

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/hetzler-and-flaherty-guaranteeing-social-rights-students-us-and-swedish-schools - 2025-11-23

Owasim Akram has been awarded a funding of SEK 873 803 by the Expert Group of Aid Studies/Expertgruppen för biståndsanalys (EBA). It has been proposed in partnership with Örebro University, Lund University and University of Bath in the UK. He is the lead researcher in this project. This project will commence immediately after his defence (which will occur in late December this year). This project

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/congratulations-sweah-phd-owasim-akram-recieving-both-funding-and-postdoctoral-grant - 2025-11-23

One of the seminars at the Nordic Gerontology Congress, NKG2024, 12-14 June in Stockholm, was about the future. On Thursday 13 June SWEAH coordinator, Professor Susanne Iwarsson, and study coordinator Associate Professor Steven Schmidt, held a seminar about graduate education in gerontology in Northern Europe together with other leaders from universities in Europe.– During our ten years, we have h

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/graduate-leaders-we-need-invite-young-people - 2025-11-23

CMES affiliated researcher Sarah Anne Rennick has written a review of a book about youth activists in Egypt's 2011 revolution. The reviewed book is called Tahrir’s Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution, written by Rusha Latif (2022, American University in Cairo Press). Sarah's review was published in The Middle East Journal. The book explores the trajectories of Egyptian youth activists during

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-review-egypts-leaderless-revolution - 2025-11-23

“Evaluating for a Transition – Advancing evaluation of research and policy for a more sustainable energy system and society” is the title of Sofie’s dissertation. How can evaluation of policy instruments and research initiatives support large-scale transitions towards a more sustainable energy system and society? This question is addressed in this thesis, which focuses on how to advance evaluation

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/doctoral-defence-sofie-sandin-may-21 - 2025-11-23

PhD candidate Maria Tonini at the Department of Gender Studies at Lund University defended her doctoral dissertation entitled ”The Ambiguities of Recognition – Young Queer Sexualities in Contemporary India” on Friday 13 May 2016. The faculty opponent was Professor Jyoti Puri from Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Venue: Auditoriet/Hörsalen, Kulturen, Tegnérplatsen in Lund. The thesis de

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/doctoral-thesis-homosexuality-contemporary-india - 2025-11-23

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/medicine-type-2-diabetes-can-reduce-risk-developing-osteoarthritis - 2025-11-23

Magdalena Bexell has contributed the chapter "The Post-2015 Consultations: Fig Leaf Policy or Test Bed for Innovation?" in the newly published book "Global Trends. Prospects for World Society" Abstract:The United Nations (UN)-led global consultations on new development goals, which will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), started in 2012. In comparison with the creation of the MDGs, t

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/magdalena-bexell-discussions-about-new-un-millennium-development-goals - 2025-11-24

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/quality-government-well-influence-democracy-prevents-war - 2025-11-24

The European Union will ban the world’s most widely used insecticides from all fields due to the serious danger they pose to bees. The ban on neonicotinoids, approved by member nations today, is expected to come into force by the end of 2018 and will mean these insecticides can only be used in closed greenhouses.This ban on three main neonicotinoids has widespread public as well as scientific supp

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/eu-agrees-ban-use-neonicotinoids - 2025-11-24

While attending the 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology organized by the Society for Conservation Biology last week in Jyväskylä, Finland, CEC's Lovisa Nilsson was awarded First Place for her outstanding student poster. Lovisa has studied annual flower strips used to compensate for biodiversity losses in agricultural landscapes. These flower strips are intended to support pollinators and

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/lovisa-nilsson-awarded-outstanding-student-poster - 2025-11-24

There is a lot in the news about inflation at the moment and there have been some questions about how inflation will affect the University’s salary review. The current rate of inflation in Sweden will have no direct impact on this autumn’s salary review. The reason is that inflation is not a salary-setting parameter and has no bearing on why the University, as an employer, pays wages or decides to

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/inflation-will-not-affect-autumns-salary-review - 2025-11-24

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/parallel-network-based-biocomputation - 2025-11-24

An international research collaboration led by researchers from the Universities of Helsinki and Oxford has identified the biological mechanism through which a genetic variant protects against type 2 diabetes. The study, published in the journal Nature Genetics, finds that changes in a gene which makes zinc transporter proteins reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes by enhancing insulin secretion from

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/study-decodes-gene-function-protects-against-type-2-diabetes - 2025-11-23

In this research event, professor Shannon Jackson and curator Milena Högsberg discuss curatorial and performance methods that create critical dialogues with a specific landscape. The discussion is facilitated by Gigi Argyropoulou, curator, writer, practitioner and post doc researcher at Malmö Theatre Academy. Welcome to Inter Arts Center, Friday 13 October 17.30-19.00. No need to register in advan

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/research-event-performance-and-politics-landscapes - 2025-11-23

Much of the world's infrastructure is made of concrete, which presents a challenge when it cracks and needs repair. Traditional repair methods involve cutting away a large amount of material. Now researchers at Lund University are investigating an innovative solution: using fungi to mend concrete. This groundbreaking research got off the ground with a Sustainable Idea Exploration grant and support

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/sustainable-construction-how-fungi-research-lund-university-could-revolutionise-infrastructure - 2025-11-23

The interdisciplinary Pufendorf Institute has received excellent reviews in an international evaluation. The way people there think, experiment and collaborate across boundaries is impressive. According to the evaluators, the institute is now ready to also play a strategic role as the engine of interdisciplinary research throughout the University. At the Pufendorf Institute, interdisciplinary acti

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/pufendorf-institute-ready-become-interdisciplinary-engine - 2025-11-23

During the Covid-19 pandemic, there was an unexpected increase in the number of cases of type 1 diabetes in Sweden, particularly among children under five and young adult men. The infection accelerated the onset of diabetes among children between the ages of five and nine. The researchers looked at data from a 17-year period on the incidence of type 1 diabetes among all people under the age of 30

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/type-1-diabetes-increased-among-young-people-during-pandemic - 2025-11-23