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Artisanal interpretation of ceramics from the Bronze Age shows that a nine-year-old child could be a highly skilled artisan. This was one of the discoveries presented in a new thesis from Lund University. The thesis explores how an artisanal perspective can contribute to archaeology by providing new insights into archaeological artefacts. “I have found that even the most simple household receptacl
The global coronavirus pandemic has hit the tourism industry hard worldwide. Not only that, but it has exposed a lack of resilience to any type of downturn, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. While the virus may or may not be temporary, the climate crisis is here to stay - and tourism will have to adapt, says Stefan Gössling, professor of sustainable tourism. Tourism has bee
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/what-covid-19-can-teach-tourism-about-climate-crisis - 2025-12-01
Nine senior researchers from five different faculties at Lund University have been granted three million SEK for a novel transdisciplinary initiative to improve the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Four of them are research leaders from the strategic research area MultiPark at the Medical Faculty. The collaboration also involves Region Skåne, Lund Municipality, and several important partner
Three out of Lund University’s four most cited scientists are research leaders at MultiPark, according to Clarivate’s report for this year. The highly anticipated annual list identifies researchers who demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade. Their names are drawn from the publications that ra
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/majority-most-cited-researchers-lund-university-belong-multipark - 2025-12-01
The most common form of childhood cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, in cooperation with Karolinska Institutet, SciLifeLab and the University of Cambridge, have now carried out the most extensive analysis to date of ALL at the protein level, by studying the activity in over 8 000 genes and proteins. The results show aberrant folding in the DNA
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/first-major-study-proteins-patients-acute-lymphoblastic-leukaemia - 2025-12-01
Long life is common among bird parents that get help with childcare. This finding comes from researchers at the universities of Lund and Oxford who reviewed data from more than 9,000 studies. Being a parent can be tough. In general, animals that care for many offspring die young, at least in species where parents are not helped by others. However, in some species things are different and parents r
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/bird-parents-receive-help-live-longer - 2025-12-01
The number of applicants to this autumn's international courses and programmes has increased by 16% across Sweden. As usual, Lund University is at the top in terms of the number of applications and has for the first time reached over 30,000 applications in total in the international Master's programme (Master HT25) with 31,947 applications. This represents an increase of around 15% compared to app
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/record-number-applicants-our-international-courses-and-programmes - 2025-12-02
The current interdisciplinary research groups at Pufendorf IAS offer a palette of inspiring events. All events are free of charge, but you need to register for them. Greyzone Genomics - 7 May7 May Theme Greyzone Genomics which will take Pufendorf IAS on a road trip to Stockholm and hold their event at (and with) the Swedish Defence University. Topics during the day: Risk assessment of targeted bio
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/pufendorf-themes-invite-you-their-end-events - 2025-12-02
Meet James Pamment, a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Communication at the Department of Strategic Communication, Lund University, Sweden. His work addresses issues related to strategic communication, diplomacy, and international development. Learn about: * Why strategic communication for places is important; * The impacts of digital disruptions within cities, regions, and countries; * The current st
https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/interview-james-pamment-strategic-communication-and-public-diplomacy - 2025-12-01
The POInT clinic at the Clinical Research Centre (CRC) in Malmö welcomes parents with their young children. One of the research nurses who sees them is Annika Björne Fors, who coordinates all sample-taking and appointments related to the study. The clinic is located one floor above the main entrance and belongs to both Lund University and Region Skåne, which is the principal of several of the stud
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/intersection-healthcare-and-academia - 2025-12-01
The Christmas and New Year holidays did not turn out the way Caroline Nilsson intended. Instead of taking time off from her job as a research nurse in the POInT study, she had to step in and help out in a COVID-19 ward at Skåne University Hospital in Malmö. For six weeks, Caroline Nilsson and two other colleagues from the Research Department at the Clinical Research Centre were on loan to one of t
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/research-nurse-caroline-her-time-covid-19-ward - 2025-12-01
In June, pediatric cancer experts from 16 countries gathered in Brussels for the annual meeting of the NOPHO-DB-SHIP consortium—an EU-wide collaboration working to improve outcomes for children with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). In Sweden, the trial is coordinated by Lund University and Skåne University Hospital. At the center of this collaboration is the CHIP-AML22 trial—an international phase II
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/brussels-meeting-advancing-personalised-treatment-childhood-aml-across-europe - 2025-12-01
When the researchers from the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) cross the border into Bhutan, the first thing that strikes them is the sense of calm and peacefulness. But it is not just the tranquillity of nature that attracts them, they are here to deepen the collaboration between Swedish engineering know-how and Bhutanese sustainability philosophy – an international exchange that has been going on fo
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/land-happiness-learning-lund - 2025-12-02
Valspurt. Nu väntar dagar av intensiv politisk debatt – inte minst i sociala medier. Forskaren Anamaria Dutceac Segesten har samlat in Twitter-data sedan början av mars och följer diskussionerna noga fram till valet. – Jag och min kollega Michael Bossetta kartlägger vilka ämnen diskuteras i samband med parlamentsvalet, hur många Twitteranvändare som deltar i diskussionen, varifrån de kommer och vi
https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/eu-valet-forskare-kartlagger-twitter-diskussioner - 2025-12-01
Det är maj månad och flera av studenterna vid Musikhögskolan i Malmös kompositionsutbildningar går in i slutfasen av sin utbildning; ett utmärkt tillfälle att njuta av deras examenskonserter. En av de viktigaste delarna inom kompositionsutbildningarna, både på kandidat- och masternivå, är de eftertraktade externa projekten i samarbete med symfoniorkestrar, kammarorkestrar, körer och kammarmusikens
https://www.mhm.lu.se/artikel/lyssna-pa-morgondagens-tonsattare-idag - 2025-12-01
Med stöd av ett EU-anslag på 1,9 miljoner euro ska Alzheimerforskaren Oskar Hansson leda och koordinera ett forskningssamarbete mellan Sverige, Spanien, Frankrike, Tyskland och Danmark. Målet är att skapa förutsättningar för tidig och korrekt diagnostik av Alzheimers sjukdom. Detta för att förbättra behandlingen och omhändertagandet av de drabbade samt minska de samhällskostnader som sjukdomen ors
https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/stort-eu-projekt-om-alzheimers-koordineras-fran-lunds-universitet - 2025-12-01
En stor andel av de lungor som doneras varje år kan inte användas för transplantation. Forskare vid Skånes universitetssjukhus och Lunds universitet har i en studie på djur nått resultat som ger hopp om att fler donerade lungor ska kunna rädda liv i framtiden. En pilotstudie har nu inletts för att se om behandlingen har samma positiva resultat hos människor. Varje år blir cirka 190 avlidna persone
Psykiska och kognitiva symtom kommer tidigt vid Huntingtons sjukdom och är ofta de svåraste symtomen i sjukdomen, vittnar berörda. Ändå har forskningen, i sin jakt på behandling, främst fokuserat på sjukdomens rörelsestörningar, ett senare symtom. Ny forskning visar att känslohjärnan påverkas tidigare i sjukdomsförloppet och därför bör ges mer fokus vid utvecklingen av nya behandlingar. Artikeln p
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/kanslohjarnan-en-nyckel-i-kampen-mot-huntingtons-sjukdom - 2025-12-01
425 miljoner, nästan var tionde människa i världen, har diabetes. Diabetes är sedan länge världens snabbast växande folksjukdom. De senaste två åren har antalet diabetiker ökat med tio miljoner. 2045 kommer antalet att vara ytterligare drygt 200 miljoner, en ökning med 48 procent på 27 år. Detta enligt Internationella Diabetesfederationens (IDF) sammanställning av diabetes i världen år 2017. Publi
https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/diabetes-pandemin-som-bara-vaxer-och-vaxer - 2025-12-02
