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CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has written a review of a book which provides a solid overview of Turkey's history as the country approaches its centenary this autumn. The reviewed book is called Drama utan slut. Turkiet 100 år. (English translation: Drama Without End. Turkey 100 Years.) and was written by journalist Bitte Hammargren and photographer Stefan Bladh (Atlas, 2023). Svante's review was

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-review-100-years-turkish-republic - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Take the opportunity and apply for the capacity building programme Land is Life. The programme aims to train future leaders and decision-makers from across Africa to build knowledge, understand measurement and develop leadership on SDG15 – Ecosystem and biodiversity.  Land is at the heart of what makes agriculture fun

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/open-application-capacity-building-programme-agenda-2030-land-life - 2026-05-17

Nicholas Leigh came from the United States to Sweden and Lund University four years ago. In his research, he focuses on salamanders and how they can recreate body parts such as legs, tails and even components of the heart. It was the ability of moose to grow new antlers after shedding that first sparked Nicholas Leigh’s interest in regenerative research. For practical reasons, the choice fell on s

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/seeking-shutdown-button-cancer - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University in Sweden has two new honorary doctors in science. One is an entertaining and creative circus artist in the subject of physics. The other is a chemistry professor who is passionate about providing students with an early link to qualified research. The Faculty of Science at Lund University has now annou

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-honorary-doctors-science-lund-university - 2026-05-17

This year Lund Stem Cell Center and MultiPark, two strategic research areas based at Lund University, are happy to launch a new joint technical platform in an effort to ensure easy access to high quality core electrophysiology techniques and expert knowledge for investigating cells and tissues that exhibit electrical properties. In 2009, the Swedish government decided to invest in strategic resear

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/lund-scc-and-multipark-join-forces-ensure-researchers-have-high-quality-electrophysiology-facilities - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As a young journalist, Tomas Sniegon had fantastic material – more than one hundred hours of interviews with the former KGB chairman Vladimir Semichastny. It was intended for a memoir, but time moved on and the market was suddenly saturated with Soviet confessions. Twenty years later, the winds have changed. There is

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/investigating-doctored-memories-old-soviet-communist - 2026-05-17

När naturgeografen Lina Eklund söker svar på varför så många har flyttat ifrån sina jordbruk i nordöstra Syrien använder hon sig av både satellitdata och intervjuer. - Det är viktigt att förstå vad som kan kopplas till klimatförändring och vad som är samhälleliga skillnader så att vi kan rusta oss bättre för framtiden. Lina Eklund har specialiserat sig på fjärranalys, där hon genom studier av sate

https://www.lu.se/artikel/kunskap-om-klimatstress-kan-motverka-konflikter - 2026-05-18

The symposium was named: Ageing, technology and health in later life: Results from the interdisciplinary national graduate school in Sweden. Chair: Charlotte Löfqvist, Lund University The participants in the symposium were: Sofi Fristedt, Lund University Attitudes and adoption of technologies for active and healthy ageing from a generational perspective Emilia W.E. Viklund, Åbo Akademi University 

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-had-its-own-symposium-26th-nordic-congress-gerontology-odense-26nkg - 2026-05-17

In the warming Arctic, changes in vegetation are altering how methane moves between land and atmosphere. At a long-term research site near Abisko in northern Sweden, Mats Björkman, researcher and BECC coordinator at University of Gothenburg, and colleagues have studied these processes for over 30 years. Their findings suggest that drier soils can increase methane uptake, and in some areas even shi

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/unexpected-climate-signal-arctic-increased-methane-uptake - 2026-05-17

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-blog-about-south-asia-initiative - 2026-05-17

Read all about our successful year – highlighting our research, grants, awards, and publications, paving the way to new frontiers and constantly growing, thanks to the hard work of our scientific community and all those who support us. We are fortunate to work in areas with extreme attention worldwide, as they are central to solving the many challenges facing our society. As a result, we collabora

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/our-latest-annual-report-out - 2026-05-17

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/upcoming-cmes-public-lecture-award-winning-middle-east-correspondent-cecilia-udden - 2026-05-17

The Bachelor's Programme in Criminology and the Sociology of Law Basic Course Online were among Lund University's most applied-for programmes and courses for the autumn semester of 2024. With 3,273 applications, the Bachelor's programme in Criminology had the most applicants of all the country's criminology programmes and courses for the seventh year running. The programme was the fifth most popul

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/departments-bachelors-programme-and-online-course-among-most-popular-lund-university - 2026-05-17

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/corruption-governments - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. One of our students, Juliano Hanna, is on exchange in Svalbard. He is participating in a project aimed at gathering knowledge about how the Longyear River is slowly changing its path over time. One of our bachelor students, Juliano Hanna, who is on exchange at Svalbard, is featured in a recent article in Næringsliv No

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/exciting-internship-during-exchange-svalbard - 2026-05-17

Subsidies to fossil fuels – oil, coal and gas – are notoriously difficult to reform with global subsidy levels reaching a record $1.5 trillion in 2022. In a new article, Evan Drake and Jakob Skovgaard study how two political institutions, corporatism and electoral systems with proportional representation, impact the levels of fossil fuel subsidies. Comparing fossil fuel production subsidies in Can

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/can-political-institutions-insulate-against-political-backlash-when-dismantling-fossil-fuel - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The articles concern first the Zelmid case, the first SSRI antidepressant in the journal Social Science & Medicine, second the use of broad migrant categories and third the question if maternal country of birth can be used to understand birthweight. Divergence and convergence of commercial and scientific priorities in

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/shai-mulinari-has-published-three-journal-articles-drugs-and-public-health - 2026-05-17

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/linxs-institute-advanced-neutron-and-x-ray-science-invites-new-themes - 2026-05-18

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Article in The Conversation by Paul Franks, professor of genetic epidemiology and Peter M Nilsson, professor of internal medicine - epidemiology at Lund University. A growing number of Swedish doctors and scientists are raising alarm over the Swedish government’s approach to COVID-19. Unlike its Nordic neighbours, Swe

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/sweden-under-fire-relaxed-coronavirus-approach-heres-science-behind-it - 2026-05-17

The battle for real democracy in the Middle East will largely be decided in schools. The role of education in a democracy was also the theme of a workshop in Alexandria, where Swedish researchers met their Egyptian counterparts. The USI network organised the event on a hot topic in a country that needs to fight for democracy if it is to take root.   “Democracy in Egypt isn’t going to work unless p

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/battle-democracy-decided-schools - 2026-05-17