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Today, the Faculty of Medicine's new goods reception in Lund was inaugurated. Handling shipments for recipients, suppliers, and Med-service personnel will now be more convenient. The new goods reception's very first customer showed up in the trembling seconds just before the inauguration speech on Monday, to pick up a parcel from the brand new parcel locker. How did it feel? "Well… It's just like
Did you know that lung complications are the most common cause of death for preterm infants, and that problems with lungs are one of the most serious complications that can happen when children are sedated for surgery? The aim of this project is to develop a way to measure the lung function in children who are treated in intensive care in the hospitals. We send infrared laser light into the body t
https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/use-lasers-see-if-your-lungs-are-working - 2026-05-03
They are called foraminifera and have lived in the world’s oceans for 545 million years. A research team has established in a new study that some species of this protist will probably cope swimmingly even in a climate-impacted future. This is due to their ability to respire nitrate. One consequence of climate change is higher water temperatures and reduced oxygen levels in the world’s oceans. This
https://www.science.lu.se/article/microscopic-foraminifera-likely-winners-tomorrows-increasingly-deoxygenated-oceans - 2026-05-03
The Vice-Chancellor has approved a revised version of the students’ List of Rights, which will begin to apply as of the autumn semester 2024. The revisions have been made in order to align with updates to rules and regulations, teaching hours, examination procedures etc. List of Rights – Lund University Students’ Rights and Responsibilities was introduced in 2013 as support for students, departmen
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/revision-list-rights-students-rights-and-responsibilities - 2026-05-04
Several high-profile science researchers with major grants will be retiring in the next few years. In order to secure growth, the faculty, led by vice dean Anders Tunlid, is now introducing a new type of associate senior lectureship with benefits that will attract early-career researchers from all over the world. After an intensive morning of meetings, Anders Tunlid, sporting a new haircut, welcom
https://www.science.lu.se/article/creating-scope-cutting-edge-research-international-impact - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Chair: Henrik Chetan Aspengren and J R Jishnu VENUE: Sångsalen, AF Borgen, Sandgatan 2, Lund Schedule panel 8. DAY 1: 20 September (Tuesday)Slot 1 Time: 14.30 – 16.30Venue: SångsalenChair: Henrik Chetan Aspengren Public Spheres and Private Lives30 min./paper including discussion. Mohammad Tareq Hasan, University of
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/panel-8-open-panel - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESERACHERS: Anders Uhlin has co-edited the book Demanding Justice in the Global South: Claiming Rights, published by Palgrave Macmillan. The politics of claiming rights and strategies of mobilisation exhibited by marginalised social groups lie at the heart of this volume.Theoretically, the authors aim to
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/politics-claiming-rights - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ketevan Bolkvadze has, together with Marina Povitkina from University of Gothenburg, published the article "Fresh Pipes with Dirty Water: How quality of government shapes the provision of public goods in democracies" in the “European Journal of Political Research”. Using mixed methods design the authors investigate wh
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/how-quality-government-shapes-provision-public-goods-democracies - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Jan Teorell has together with Kelly McMann, Brigitte Seim and Staffan Lindberg co-authored the article "Why Low Levels of Democracy Promote Corruption and High Levels Diminish It", which has been published in the journal “Political Research Quarterly”. Theory predicts democracy should reduce corruption. Yet, scholars
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/democracy-and-corruption - 2026-05-03
New article investigates climate city contracts in Sweden and discusses how to achieve 100 climate neutral cities in Europe. The European Commission has established a mission to achieve 100 climate neutral cities by 2030. A key element in the process is for municipalities to develop a Climate City Contract (CCC). Simultaneously, Viable Cities, a national strategic innovation program in Sweden, is
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/can-climate-city-contracts-lead-towards-deep-decarbonisation - 2026-05-03
Outcomes from this years consultancy course on sustainability strategy in practice have been well received by the clients companies. The course Environmental Management and strategy in Practice (EMSP) is one of the two final courses in the first year of the Master’s program Environmental Management and Policy. In this course, students are assigned to work as consultants with real life client compa
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/students-working-real-life-case-companies-develop-sustainability-strategies - 2026-05-03
Rickard Andersson has defended his dissertation "Bridges, Walls, Doors: On Democracy and Nature". The dissertation is about the relation between humans and nature, and the connection between that relation and political order. The dissertation proceeds from a contemporary discussion about the need to rethink democracy and extend it beyond humans. A shortcoming in attempts in green political theory
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/rickard-andersson-has-defended-his-dissertation - 2026-05-03
CMES Researcher Lina Eklund has co-authored an article published in The Conversation about agricultural destruction in Gaza. IntroductionThe ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hamas makes provisions for the passage of food and humanitarian aid into Gaza. This support is much needed given that Gaza’s agricultural system has been severely damaged over the course of the war.Over the past 17 months w
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/gaza-we-analysed-year-satellite-images-map-scale-agricultural-destruction - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUMES alumni Benedikt John (Batch 20) received The Global Goal Prize (hållbarhetspriset) 2018 from Miljöpartiet Skåne for his master thesis “Time to walk the talk: investigating the incorporation ofsustainability at Lund University School of Economics and Management”. The prize was handed out by Karolina Skog, Swedish
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lumes-alumni-received-global-goal-prize - 2026-05-03
Associate Professor Maria Frederika Malmström in conversation with Jonas Otterbeck in London. Associate Professor Maria Frederika Malmström is in London hosted by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) and the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations (ISMC), to give a talk entitled "Urban Bodies in the Cityscape of Cairo: Passion, Despair and Entanglement". The talk, a conversation with Jona
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/urban-bodies-cityscape-cairo-passion-despair-and-entanglement - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The disproportionate impacts of climate change on vulnerable groups, art for the SDG:s, and political and personal stories about flying and climate change. This is the focus of three LUCSUS projects that recently received funding from Formas. Other projects include research on mobilisation for the SDG:s, and an explo
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-research-projects-lucsus-climate-change-flying-and-sanitation - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Every year, traffic accidents account for more than 1.3 million deaths worldwide. In an effort to reduce this figure, Lund University offers international courses in road safety management for professionals. In August this year, Lund University was privileged to welcome participants from Botswana, Uganda, Zambia, Mala
Lunds universitet och Lunds kommun arrangerar tillsammans hållbarhetsveckan 17–22 april. Detta är den sjunde hållbarhetsveckan. Liksom tidigare år är det ett rikt och mångsidigt program – sammanlagt hålls mer än 60 olika evenemang. Lunds universitet, eller för att vara mera korrekt; lärare, forskare och studenter från universitet står för mer än 40 evenemang. Arrangörerna kommer från samtliga faku
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/otrolig-mojlighet-att-ta-del-av-och-diskutera-hallbarhetsarbete - 2026-05-04
