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https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/medicine-type-2-diabetes-can-reduce-risk-developing-osteoarthritis - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Heimo Zobernig, Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, has been appointed honorary doctor of the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts 2021. Since his debut in 1978, Heimo Zobernig has been one of Europe's and the world's most interesting and influential artists. In his field, he works with the equivalent of art to basic resea

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/heimo-zobernig-appointed-honorary-doctor - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Nordic Centre in India (NCI) is continuing its three short-term summer courses for Nordic students. The courses are as follows:Contemporary India: An Interdisciplinary Introduction CourseUniversity of Hyderabad, Hyderabad2nd to 29th July 2017Capacity: 50 studentsApproaching the Environment in India: Issues and Met

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/summer-courses-india-nordic-students - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The self-regulation of rickshaw drivers in Bogota, Colombia was the topic of the talk when Ana Maria Vargas Falla presented a chapter of her coming dissertation at the annual meeting of The Law & Society Association in Seattle, May 28-31, 2015. The conference theme was Law’s Promise and Law’s Pathos in the Global Nort

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/vargas-falla-talked-about-coming-theses-seattle - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Roxanna Sjöstedt has together with Anders Themnér, Uppsala University, co-authored the article ”Buying Them Off or Scaring Them Straight: Explaining Warlord Democrats’ Electoral Rhetoric”, which has been published in the journal Security Studies. AbstractPost–civil war democracies are characterized by intense electora

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/sjostedt-warlord-democrats-electoral-rhetoric - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Jakob Skovgaard has authored the book “The Economisation of Climate Change –  How the G20, the OECD and the IMF Address Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Climate Finance”. The book investigates how international economic institutions increasingly address climate issues. The international economic institutions’ involvement ran

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-open-access-book-international-economic-institutions-addressing-climate-change - 2026-06-25

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/journals-hosted-department-increase-impact-factors - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Hanna Bäck has co-authored the article "Partisanship, Ministers, and Biotechnology Policy" (with Marc Debus and Jale Tosun), which has been published in the journal Review of Policy Research. Learn more. Hanna BäckAbstractResearch in public policy and political economy has provided many insig

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/chances-biotech-ban-increase-christian-democrats-government - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anna Rypi, Veronika Burcar Alm and Malin Åkerström have published an article about young male crime victims with an immigrant background in the journal Nordic Social Work Research. Interactions between the police and young people with an immigrant background are well researched internationally and are often discussed

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/young-men-refrain-reporting-crimes - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Together with Ron Eyerman and Todd Madigan, sociologist Magnus Ring has published the article “Cultural Trauma, Collective Memory and the Vietnam War” in the Croatian Political Science Review, Vol. 54. More information and a link for downloading the article can be found here at the Portal of Scientific Journals of Cro

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/vietnam-continues-haunt-american-collective-memory - 2026-06-25

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 - 2026-06-25

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 - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Serena Kelly and Natalia Chaban have together with Ole Elgström published the article "Perceptions of the European Union's Fledgling Delegations: More Coherence, More Effectiveness?" in the journal European Foreign Affairs Review (vol. 21, no. 4). Abstract in English:The debate surrounding th

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/perceptions-european-unions-fledgling-delegations - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A group of researchers active at NanoLund have made the first iron-based molecule capable of emitting light. This could contribute to the development of affordable and environmentally friendly materials for e.g. solar cells, light sources and displays.Through advanced molecular design, the Lund researchers have now su

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/modern-alchemy-creates-luminescent-iron-molecules - 2026-06-25

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 - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This autumn, a unique research satellite, Gaia, will be launched. The project aims to map a billion stars and involves hundreds of European astronomers. One of the originators of the initiative is Lund University’s Professor of Astronomy Lennart Lindegren. Lennart Lindegren tests a meridian circle, which was used in t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/idea-lund-behind-research-satellite - 2026-06-25

Local currencies may arise when there is a clear need for certain products and services in a local area and where the competences to produce them exist but the lack of traditional money puts obstacles in the way. The lack of money might be the result of pandemics, war, natural disasters, financial crises or poverty. Ester Barinaga, professor of entrepreneurship at the School of Economics and Manag

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/local-currencies-solution-times-crisis - 2026-06-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Contagion spreads in various ways, with airborne viruses being especially difficult to protect oneself against. Norovirus, or the winter vomiting bug as it is sometimes known, is just such a virus. Carl-Johan Fraenkel, infectious disease and healthcare hygiene specialist, is currently defending his thesis at Lund Univ

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-track-spread-norovirus-hospitals - 2026-06-25

Martin L. Olsson har tilldelats International Society for Blood Transfusions (ISBT) Presidential Award. ”Kronan på verket”, med pristagarens egna ord, på en lång karriär i blodtransfusionens tjänst. Priset delas ut vartannat år och går till en forskare i världen som gjort framstående insatser inom transfusionsmedicin. Martin L. Olsson får utmärkelsen för sin translationella forskning om röda blodk

https://www.lu.se/artikel/prestigefyllt-internationellt-pris-till-martin-l-olsson - 2026-06-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In many studies, bariatric surgery has been highlighted as an almost magical method for weight loss and reversing type 2 diabetes. One question that has remained largely unanswered is how the effect of surgery differs from the effects of a strict low-calorie diet. This question has now been examined by researchers at

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/strict-diet-explains-metabolic-effect-gastric-pass-surgery - 2026-06-25