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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Strong external pressure is needed to stop the violence between Israel and Hamas, which  has harvested immense humanitarian suffering on both sides. And it must happen quickly, according to Peace and conflict researcher Lisa Strömbom. The UN warns of full-scale war if the ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas cont

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israel-palestine-conflict-external-pressure-needed-bring-parties-negotiating-table - 2026-06-29

The aggregation of the protein Amyloid-beta (Abeta) into plaques outside the nerve cells has been recognized in patients with Alzheimer’s disease since 1905. But eliminating the plaques has not helped patients so far. Still, Tomas Roos was recently recruited as a postdoc in our lab. He thinks that Abeta matters, but we may need to focus on the aggregates elsewhere. Earlier this spring, he defended

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/does-alzheimers-disease-start-inside-neurons-interview-tomas-roos-recently-recruited-our-lab - 2026-06-29

Past cycles of climate change, along with human exploitation, have led to only small and isolated stocks of Atlantic walrus remaining. The current population is at high risk of the same issues affecting them severely, according to a new study led by Lund University in Sweden. Today, the last remaining stocks of Atlantic walrus are more at danger than ever, due to a combination of Arctic warming an

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/atlantic-walrus-more-vulnerable-ever-arctic-warming - 2026-06-29

How can youth movements influence and promote democratisation and social justice in the Middle East? Can researchers support and contribute to democratic reform? These are questions that political scientist Sarah Anne Rennick is working on as a researcher at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies. Sarah Anne Rennick is a familiar face among political scientists in Lund. She received her do

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sarah-anne-rennicks-research-profiled-lund-university-magazine - 2026-06-29

In the interview The Local Sweden journalist Richard Orange set out how the far-right Sweden Democrats have tried to fire up the long-dormant debate over Sweden's membership of the European Union. Lund University professor Ian Manners spoke about what it means and what to do about it. In tweets, interviews, one article in the Aftonbladet tabloid and a second one in Svenska Dagbladet newspaper, Swe

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/manners-how-best-respond-sweden-democrats-swexit-gamble - 2026-06-29

The term of office for Lund University’s Vice-Chancellor expires at the end of 2026, and a recruitment process is already underway. This is because the process takes a little over a year. A total of 162 people. That is the number to have held the prestigious position as Vice-Chancellor of Lund University. The next term of office begins on 1 January 2027, and to say the recruitment process has begu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/recruitment-vice-chancellor-underway - 2026-06-29

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/development-science-village-remains-important-university - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. IIIEE staff, board members, former board members, students and alumni. After nine years, I have decided to leave my assignment as Director at the IIIEE. Together with you I have had the privilege to further develop the Institute in being an innovative and creative arena for interdisciplinary education and research wit

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/thank-you-all - 2026-06-29

Teaching is to be as highly valued as research when it comes to appointments and promotions. Despite this ambition, it has rarely worked that way in practice. A recently completed project provides a new framework which will help faculty managements, as well as individual teaching staff members, to evaluate and develop educational qualifications. In the ‘Pedagogisk Meritering’ project, which concer

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-initiative-raise-status-teaching - 2026-06-30

According to a travel survey conducted last autumn, better public transport and secure bicycle parking at the workplace are the main measures needed to reduce car commuting. There are also differences in travel patterns between faculties. "The travel survey provides a valuable insight into the commuters’ wishes on what can facilitate sustainable travel in their everyday lives. Now we can weave thi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/depth-report-employees-commutes-lund - 2026-06-30

LUSEM works strategically with a long-term perspective to connect academia and the business community. Through close partnerships, meeting places are created where companies can engage with the talent of the future and contribute valuable insights, while students gain a concrete understanding of the opportunities offered by working life. LUSEM sees great value in long-term collaboration with the b

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-and-wihlborgs-are-building-bridges-future - 2026-06-30

Climate research in the Arctic is being hit hard as collaboration with Russian researchers is put on ice. “It’s impossible to get an overall picture of the Arctic without looking at Russia. If this becomes permanent, we will be thrown back 20 years,” says Margareta Johansson, who leads the unique research project INTERACT, which incorporates researchers from all eight Arctic countries. Margareta J

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/negative-impact-arctic-research-russia-excluded - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “High-tech companies have fantastic support from the Taiwanese education system, which provides companies with competent staff. The link between industry and academia is impressive”, says Professor Lars Samuelson from the Nanometre Structure Consortium. Per Eriksson, Lars Samuelson, Anders Robertsson and Per Tunestål

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/reconnaissance-taiwan-new-strategic-collaborations - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For the next four years, Lund University will coordinate a new exchange programme with India. Over 100 Indian scholarship recipients will get the chance to study or do research in Europe. Lund University hopes that many of them will choose Lund as their destination. “We are pleased that the European Commission has put

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-coordinate-new-eu-exchange-india - 2026-06-29

A unique trove of bone material from the 9,200 year old coastal settlement Norje Sunnansund in Blekinge, Sweden, has revealed that surprisingly sophisticated hunting strategies were used at the time. One key find was that the early Mesolithic humans practiced so-called selective hunting – seemingly in order to maximise gain and preserve the local population of certain species. ”A telling example i

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fish-selective-hunting-strategies-and-delayed-return-lifestyle-among-ancient-foragers - 2026-06-29

Principal Investigator Christopher Douse and the Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics research group join Lund Stem Cell Center, where they will explore the control and influence of ‘genomic dark matter’ in human brain development. Motivated by fundamental questions about mechanisms underpinning human disease, Christopher Douse’s research interests have gradually shifted from the natural sciences to

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-research-group-led-christopher-douse-joins-lund-stem-cell-center - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Swedish healthcare is supposed to be guided by a principle of need, treating the most urgent cases first. Political reforms in recent decades have also introduced freedom of choice as a guiding principle. The rise of online doctor services on the healthcare market has made it clear that the two principles clash, sugge

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/online-doctors-expose-deficiencies-swedish-healthcare-system - 2026-06-29

The Conversation is a unique collaboration between academics and journalists that has become the world's leading publisher of research-based news and analysis. Pär Halje recently published an article and reached about thirty media platforms. Here's how he did it. Why did you want to publish on The Conversation? “It started with me being invited to write a blog post for "Behind the Paper," which is

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/conversation-how-researcher-par-halje-reached-around-30-global-media-platforms - 2026-06-29

Spy scandals as a power struggle between three actors: whistleblowers, journalists and the intelligence service. On Friday 1 October Alexandra Franzén at the Department of Sociology defended her doctoral thesis in sociology, which investigates three cases of spy scandals in Western democracies. Alexandra Franzén's thesis defence took place on Friday 1 October at 13:15 in Eden's Auditorium in Lund

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/alexandra-franzen-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-06-29

On 11 May, Lars Crusefalk finished his PhD studies with a successful defence of his thesis "Financial journeys: Reasoning about debt and money among young adults in Sweden". He is the 132nd doctoral candidate to complete PhD studies at the Department of Sociology. Swedish households are among the most indebted in the EU. Home loans make up most of the debt, but other credit usage is becoming incre

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/lars-crusefalk-ends-phd-student-journey-and-transitions-doctor-sociology - 2026-06-29