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Irene Margrethe Kaltenborn In KHM1 gallery IreneMargrethe Kaltenborn´s MFA exhibition Choreographies towards loss set the stage for the audience to enter artworks which echoed loss and a void, full of wonderment and poetics. The gallery was dimly lit and kept minimal, leaving room for the viewer to enter the web of interconnectedness between animals, humans and nature. What has the process b
While we are inundated with data on rising temperatures, carbon dioxide levels and melting glaciers, there are other areas that are also affected by a warming planet. Political scientist Christie Nicoson explores the relationship between gender, climate change and peace and finds that they are closely linked. She is now receiving the Agenda 2030 Award for 2024. Can you tell us about your backgroun
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/phd-student-christie-nicoson-agenda-2030-award-winner-2024 - 2026-06-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Fifty per cent of all pregnant women in need of a C-section are unable to get one. Most people around the world still do not have access to safe surgery, resulting in millions of deaths and disabilities each year. As a paediatric surgeon, Lars Hagander wanted to find ways to help, and has travelled the world to perfor
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lack-surgeons-threat-global-health - 2026-06-25
MOCCA: The multi-level orders of corruption in Central Asia project delivered a three-day methods workshop titled “Fieldwork and Data Collection Strategies in (Anti-) Corruption Research”. The workshop took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 3 to 5 February 2024.The three-day "Fieldwork and Data Collection Strategies In (Anti-) Corruption Research" workshop primarily focused on providing comprehensiv
We need to prioritise nature even if there are other conflicting interests – biodiversity is essential to all of us on the planet and ultimately to our health and wellbeing. The statement comes from Maria Blasi Romero, researcher in Biodiversity and Conservation at Lund University. "I went to COP15 to learn about the processes and how to share my research with those who can make use of the results
https://www.science.lu.se/article/young-scientists-eager-influence-policy-makers-biodiversity - 2026-06-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a tumour, cancer cells grow and multiply in an uncontrolled manner. However, the cancer cells also need help from other, normal cells for the tumour to develop. This network of ‘helper cells’ is the focus of Kristian Pietras’ research. Two years ago, Kristian Pietras left Karolinska Institutet for Lund, attracted b
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/charting-how-normal-cells-help-cancer-cells - 2026-06-25
Researchers at Lund University and Lund Stem Cell Center have generated human mini bones in the lab which mirror the composition and function of human bone. The results published in Science Translational Medicine detail this step toward the future development of patient-tailored, personalized models of bone cancers and tumors. On average, the adult body consists of 206 bones. Housed in the center
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/toward-personalized-approach-study-and-treatment-bone-cancers - 2026-06-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University needs long-term strategies with clear priorities from the faculties of what type of research to invest in, agree the two new pro vice-chancellors Stacey Ristinmaa Sörensen and Bo Ahrén. They also recognise the difficulty of achieving this at a university as comprehensive as Lund. “Our breadth is defini
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-pro-vice-chancellors-want-strategic-investments-research - 2026-06-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new app will make it easier for people on sick leave due to anxiety and depression to get back to work. In the project mWorks, Professor Ulrika Bejerholm and her research colleagues focus on what strengths, abilities and new strategies can help people on sick leave successfully transition back to working life. The r
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-app-help-people-return-work-following-sick-leave-due-mental-illness - 2026-06-25
We need to prioritise nature even if there are other conflicting interests – biodiversity is essential to all of us on the planet and ultimately to our health and wellbeing. The statement comes from Maria Blasi Romero, researcher in Biodiversity and Conservation at Lund University and a member of BECC. “I went to COP15 to learn about the processes and how to share my research with those who can ma
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/young-scientists-eager-influence-policy-makers-biodiversity - 2026-06-25
Hi Simon! You graduated from the Bachelor's programme in Economy and Society in 2023. Can you tell us a bit about what you’ve been doing since then – both academically and professionally?My studies at LUSEM sparked a deeper interest in economics, so I applied to various master’s programs and eventually ended up at the Stockholm School of Economics. The motivation for choosing that school was its c
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/simon-persson-alumnus-bsc-economy-and-society-2023 - 2026-06-26
Hur gör förlossningsläkare när de fattar beslut under akuta situationer och hur skapar de mening av all den information som de får till sig? Gabriel Raoust, doktorand vid Lunds universitet och själv förlossningsläkare vid Skånes universitetssjukhus, har lett ett samarbetsprojekt där man undersökt detta närmre i en djupintervjustudie. Studien använde ett narrativt grepp där deltagarna valde ut kons
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/studie-belyser-det-akuta-beslutsfattandet-inom-forlossningsvarden - 2026-06-25
Vilket är det perfekta receptet på halvledare? Svaret arbetar Vanya Darakchieva på i sin forskning om nya halvledarmaterial. Hon är professor i fasta tillståndets fysik på LTH där hon som ”forskarkock” utformar framtidens kokbok för hållbar och säker elektronik. Att förstå och förklara naturens mysterier var Vanya Darakchievas dröm redan under barndomsåren i Bulgarien. Då var hon mest intresserad
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/forskarkocken-forfinar-receptet-pa-halvledare - 2026-06-26
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Forskare vid Lunds universitet har utvecklat en lovande nanoteknikbaserad metod för att leverera biomolekyler till mänskliga blodstamceller. Metodens förmåga att bibehålla cellernas funktion utan någon negativ påverkan har stor potential inom både grundforskning och kliniska tillämpningar. Utvecklingen av nya terape
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/nanoteknik-skapar-nya-vagar-till-stamcellernas-inre - 2026-06-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Join us on a journey through the centuries, a hunt for the point where the present and the past merge. The history of the University is alive and well among us. After all, it is the same city, the same streets and buildings now as then. The only thing that distinguishes us from our colleagues from the 1600s, from a pu
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/jubilee-journey-through-time-and-space - 2026-06-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Hutu militia FDLR, who were behind the genocide in Rwanda, now live in eastern Congo, one of a number of rebel groups in the war-torn country. Lund University social anthropologist Anna Hedlund has lived with the group and describes the systematic attacks on the Congolese population, as well as a hopeless situatio
In recent years, ‘ecosystem services’ has become an increasingly common concept within the research community, as well as in municipalities, public authorities and industry. In simple terms, ecosystem services can be described as the benefits humans gain from nature’s ecosystems, for example regarding the food we eat, the air we breathe, purification of the water we drink, the bioenergy we use to
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/human-and-nature-symbiosis - 2026-06-25
With Varvsstaden out of the picture, the University of Chicago’s establishment and investment in one of the US megacity’s most vulnerable areas, South Side, serve as the blueprint for the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts’ future co-location. “Imagine creating a campus area in Heleneholm where the Malmö Academy of Music is already located. It would be something completely new in Scandinavia, and
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/faculty-fine-and-performing-arts-mulls-co-location-heleneholm - 2026-06-26
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The coronavirus pandemic has not put Lund University in any financial difficulty. There is money in the University's coffers, assures the head of planning Tim Ekberg. The agency capital currently amounts to SEK 1.7 billion. "It is money that could be useful to support affected areas of activity", he comments. The agen
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/no-threat-lund-universitys-finances-thanks-agency-capital - 2026-06-25
