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The IIIEE has launched a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) titled “Dispelling Myths about Sustainable Consumption" as part of the Mistra Sustainable Consumption programme. The course is free, open to everyone, and designed to help learners question familiar but misleading ideas about what makes consumption sustainable. Rethinking what we take for grantedFor decades, public policies, business s

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-can-we-make-consumption-sustainable-and-what-if-many-ideas-we-rely-are-actually-myths - 2026-05-19

Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University in Sweden found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate the environmental pollutants found in urban environments. Previous research has investigated the presence of heavy metals in hedgehogs from other urban areas in Europe and

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/high-levels-environmental-pollutants-and-heavy-metals-hedgehogs - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Thy throne rests on mem’ries from great days of yore, when worldwide renown was valour’s guerdon...” is the translation of the words of the Swedish national anthem, which tries to construct a memory of a glorious national past. This type of attempt is not unusual, nor is its opposite – the suppression or alteration o

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/collective-memory-sand-sculpture-can-be-re-moulded - 2026-05-19

When humans are ill, we tend to be less active. This also applies to wild animals, but so far, it has not been known how long the reduced activity lasts or which activities are affected the most. New research from Lund University in Sweden shows that birds' activity decreases for up to three weeks when they become ill - something that could mean the difference between life and death. The researche

https://www.science.lu.se/article/disease-affects-blackbirds-more-previously-thought - 2026-05-19

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/visiting-expert-useful-feedback-supports-learning - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ...Jean-Robert Vialle (to the left t the photo) and Jean-Michel Tresallet who are making a documentary about the economic battle for the world’s international students. Tell us about your film project on higher education? “We are making a 90 minute documentary on where higher education is headed. Higher education is c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/meet-french-film-makers - 2026-05-19

CMES scholar Lina Eklund has been interviewed in an article about climate migration in Göteborgs-Posten. The article was written (in Swedish) and published in Göteborgs-Posten on 24 October 2022. Read the article in Swedish: "En miljard människor tvingas fly – på grund av klimatkrisen". Below are some excerpts from the article translated into English. In a new report, the United Nations and the Re

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lina-eklund-interviewed-goteborgs-posten-about-climate-migration - 2026-05-19

Lena Ohlsson is a Sample Service Coordinator at Region Skåne’s Biobank, guiding researchers through the process of starting a sample collection in a biobank or using samples from other biobanks across Sweden. Region Skåne’s Biobank is part of Biobank Sweden, which is Sweden’s national infrastructure for biobanking. The infrastructure aims to provide Sweden with the best conditions for initiating a

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/sample-service-coordinator-guides-our-researchers-through-biobanking-processes - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Three female researchers at LUCSUS have secured funding from Formas for two research projects, one on myths and environmental policy in America, and one on pest management and environmental justice in Uganda. The projects will start in 2018 and run for three years.Researcher Maja Essebo will lead on the first project,

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/impact-myths-environmental-policy-america-and-exploration-pest-management-uganda-three-female - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How can we understand today’s global collective body of anxiety? The fear of the other? War and hostility? Such topics will be explored in five separate conversations with prominent and innovative scholars, formed as dialogues where the audience is invited to actively participate. The Center for Middle Eastern Studies

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/arjun-appadurai-and-maria-frederika-malmstrom-about-passion-and-politics - 2026-05-19

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-womens-space-gendering-public-sphere-ai-xiaomings-practice-everyday-life-and - 2026-05-19

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/citizen-participation-governance-nature-based-solutions - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Jonna Pettersson defended her dissertation "Incalculable Community" today at one o'clock in Edens Hörsal, The Department of Political Science, Lund. External reviewer: Associate professor Lars Toender, University of Melbourne.Jonna Pettersson  AbstractThis thesis argues that the Western thinking of political community

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/jonna-pettersson-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-05-19

KB får i uppdrag att ta fram nationella riktlinjer för öppen vetenskap Regeringen har fattat beslut om att ge KB i uppdrag att ta fram nationella riktlinjer för öppen vetenskap. I uppdraget ingår att samverka med Vetenskapsrådet, universitet och högskolor liksom andra berörda myndigheter och organisationer. Uppdraget ska redovisas till regeringen den 15 september 2023. Mer information: KB får i up

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-juni-juli-augusti-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-1 - 2026-05-19

An international research team led from Lund University, has identified epigenetic biomarkers that can predict which people with type 2 diabetes are at risk of cardiovascular disease. The study is now published in Cell Reports Medicine. People with type 2 diabetes are up to four times more likely to have heart attacks, strokes, anginas and other coronary heart diseases than healthy people. Therefo

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/biomarkers-reveal-risk-cardiovascular-disease-type-2-diabetes - 2026-05-19

An international research team led from Lund University, has identified epigenetic biomarkers that can predict which people with type 2 diabetes are at risk of cardiovascular disease. The study is now published in Cell Reports Medicine. People with type 2 diabetes are up to four times more likely to have heart attacks, strokes, anginas and other coronary heart diseases than healthy people. Therefo

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/biomarkers-reveal-risk-cardiovascular-disease-type-2-diabetes - 2026-05-19

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/agneman-and-bianco-chevrot-markets-and-morals - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Join us to discover the potential of PhD studies for your career path! Registration closed Program 12:30-13:00   Registration13:00-13:10   Welcome to StepUP: “What is a PhD”                         Linnéa Taylor, WINGS13:10-13:30   A PhD career in research and business                          Ursula Hultquist-Bengtss

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/stepup-meeting-what-phd - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This event is designed to explore the various challenges and opportunities associated with university entrepreneurship and innovation from a gender perspective. The panel’s speakers will reflect on if and why changes are necessary, what changes have been introduced, the outcome of these changes, and what still needs t

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/gender-entrepreneurship-and-innovation-exploring-challenges-and-opportunities-associated-university - 2026-05-19

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/alumni-lavinia-jannesson - 2026-05-19