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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. - I always had a strong interest in water and in questions of justice, says LUCSUS PhD-candidate Emma Johansson, who recently completed her final seminar for her dissertation.The disseratation consists of four scientific papers – which together focus on understanding how the supply and demand of natural resources (in
Det sex år långa CASE-koordinerade forskningsprogrammet UserAge, med en rad intressenter och 26 forskare från fyra lärosäten, har nått sitt slut. Resultaten presenteras i ett 25-tal vetenskapliga originalartiklar, fyra doktorsavhandlingar, en licentiatavhandling, en antologi, en populärvetenskaplig rapport, ett flertal populärvetenskapliga artiklar och reportage samt vetenskapliga konferensbidrag.
https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/sex-ar-lang-forskning-om-och-med-intressenter-nu-lanseras-intressentpoolen - 2026-05-09
ATLAS is approaching, and this year’s edition brings several changes. The fair is moving to the Annexet where exhibitors will be spread across two floors. At the same time, new ideas and concepts are being introduced – including seminars before and after ATLAS – with the aim of preparing students more effectively for working life. We spoke to LUNA’s Head of Corporate Relations, Paulina Szofer, abo
https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/new-venue-and-shifting-labour-market-shape-years-atlas - 2026-05-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Urban Transition Öresund: Developer dialogue - a tool for greener buildings How can a city encourage energy efficiency in new buildings? A study within the Urban Transition Öresund shows that local demands on building developers give good results. Combined with dialogue and knowledge sharing, the results are even bett
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-nora-smedby - 2026-05-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As the body ages, there is a general loss of function in all organs. Among other things this leads to declining renal function and osteoporosis among the elderly, the latter to a greater extent among women. A new doctoral dissertation from Lund University illuminates women’s aging and investigates the relationship bet
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/kidney-function-and-osteoporosis-elderly - 2026-05-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Thursday 10th of November 2016, we had another inspiring edition of the Development Research Day, a flagship annual event at Lund University bringing together all disciplines working on development issues since 2002. This year the Development Research Day was hosted by the Human Geography department and was dedicat
For the first time in two years, Lund University will be in Visby for Almedalen Week. In times of crisis and war, such democratic meeting places are more important than ever. “A magical place for dialogue, exchange and unexpected encounters that contribute to the development of our society.” This vision statement for Almedalen Week puts into words what attracts people to Visby who are interested i
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/almedalen-opportunity-lu-meet-decision-makers - 2026-05-10
Forskare vid Lunds universitet har undersökt samband mellan exponering för PFAS och utveckling av astma. Resultaten visar att bland de barn vars mammor hade mycket hög PFAS-exponering under graviditeten var risken för astma betydligt högre än hos barn vars mammor hade lägre PFAS-exponering. PFAS (per- och polyfluoralkylsubstanser) är en stor grupp av syntetiska ämnen som kan förekomma i många prod
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/samband-mellan-mycket-hog-pfas-exponering-och-astma-hos-barn - 2026-05-10
A former student had heard that our senior lecturer in statistics, Pierre Carbonnier was about to retire after this semester. Would we do a feature on him? The student remembered him fondly and added that his mother had also had Pierre as a teacher and thought he was pretty awesome. Few, if any statistics teachers can claim to have reached and inspired more students than Pierre Carbonnier, who has
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/44-years-teaching-stats-dont-lie - 2026-05-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Research from Lund University in Sweden can explain why type 2 diabetes is inherited to a greater extent from an individual’s mother. The heredity of a previously known risk gene, THADA, has proven to be dominant if it comes from the mother, whereas it has little or no effect on the child’s risk of disease if it origi
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/thada-new-findings-role-mother-type-2-diabetes - 2026-05-09
Sedan 1980-talet har gränspolitiken i både Mexiko och USA förändrat utflödet av migranter från Centralamerika. I början av 2000-talet började utflödet av migranter kallas för en humanitär kris av det civila samhället. Priscilla Solano vid Sociologiska institutionen i Lund har publicerat artikeln "Migration through the Corridor of Death: The Making of a Complex Humanitarian Crisis" tillsammans med
https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/migration-som-overgar-i-kris - 2026-05-09
Feeling unmotivated to carve another jack-o’-lantern out of a slimy pumpkin? As luck would have it, at least you don’t have to struggle with a rock-hard turnip. The pumpkin’s status as the main symbol of Halloween is actually somewhat of an historical coincidence. Ethnologist Katarzyna Herd explains why. Two-hundred tonnes. According to SVT Nyheter, this is how much pumpkin was transported from Le
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/root-vegetable-could-have-replaced-halloween-pumpkins - 2026-05-10
A myriad of colours that survived millions of years of evolution have disappeared in a short period of time. The culprit? A bright green, aggressive, and sexually dominant wall lizard that has wiped out several colour variants within its speci Many animal species display clearly defined colour variants, or colour morphs. These are not just superficial differences, but are often linked to different
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/hulk-lizard-knocks-out-ancient-colour-palette - 2026-05-09
Neurons thrive and grow in a new type of nanowire material developed by researchers in Nanophysics and Ophthalmology at Lund University in Sweden. In time, the results might improve both neural and retinal implants, and reduce the risk of them losing their effectiveness over time, which is currently a problem. By implanting electrodes in the brain tissue one can stimulate or capture signals from d
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/hopes-improved-brain-implants - 2026-05-09
We would like to invite you to the 17th annual conference of the Nordic Association for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society (NAJS), which will be held at, the European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics, 15-16 June 2023. For our 2023 Stockholm conference we invite paper proposals on topics related to modern and contemporary Japanese society, including economy and b
https://www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/article/call-papers-17th-najs-conference-15-16-june-2023 - 2026-05-09
The 14th of October Micol Mieli defended her doctorate dissertation, Smartphoned Tourists in the Phygital Tourist Experience. The thesis explores the smartphones role in the tourist experience, how the experience become phygital (both physical and digital) and the concept of planned serendipity. About the thesis The thesis aim is to explore the smartphones role in the tourist experience, in partic
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-thesis-regarding-phygital-tourist-experience - 2026-05-09
Come work with us as a postdoctoral fellow! Apply by 14 August. Postdoctoral Fellow in Earth Observation of Land Cover and Vegetation Dynamics in the Middle East Work duties The main duties involved in a post-doctoral position is to conduct research. Teaching may also be included, but up to no more than 20% of working hours. The position shall include the opportunity for three weeks of training in
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-opening-postdoctoral-fellow-earth-observation-middle-east - 2026-05-09
