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Welcome to the Fourth Edition of the "WCMM Fireside Chat". An ongoing initiative aimed at showcasing the research and innovations of scientists affiliated with WCMM in Lund. In this edition, we highlight Anders Wittrup, a clinical WCMM fellow specializing in RNA therapeutics. Anders and his team focus on overcoming the key challenge in RNA-based cancer therapeutics—delivery. We met WCMM clinical r

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-anders-wittrup - 2026-07-09

The strong connection between financial problems and mental health issues is well known. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that only one in five young adults could correctly answer three basic questions about inflation, interest rates and risk diversification. At the same time, they are getting more into debt. This, the researchers argue, is a worrying development. We now know that

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/alarmingly-low-financial-awareness-among-todays-youth - 2026-07-09

A lot of us recycle our old textiles, but few of us know that they are very difficult to re-use, and often end up in landfills anyway. Now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a method that converts cotton into sugar, that in turn can be turned into spandex, nylon or ethanol. WATCH: New method transforms old cotton into glucose Every year, an estimated 25 million tonnes of cott

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-recycled-cotton-becomes-new-fabric - 2026-07-09

Poverty reduction globally is one of the UN’s primary goals. But how can wealth and economic development be measured in a smart way? Artificial intelligence, AI, and satellite photos are able to give more effective and precise measurements, but will remote sensing technology ever be able to replace time-consuming interview surveys? In rich countries, GDP is the most common measure of a country’s w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/measuring-poverty-ai-and-satellite-photos - 2026-07-10

With the Research Data Office, the University is working to improve support for researchers in the management of research data. Each faculty now has a data steward to assist researchers in their work with research data.The new Research Data Office will better support researchers in managing their research data according to legal requirements and security standards. This is achieved through technic

https://www.law.lu.se/article/elin-thunell-and-jon-eriksen-are-faculty-laws-data-stewards - 2026-07-09

Professor Emily Boyd is Co-Director of CLIMES, the recently established Swedish Centre for Impacts of Climate Extremes. Led by Uppsala University in collaboration with LUCSUS and RISE, it aims to be an interdisciplinary platform for research and training to promote scientific progress in the study of climate extremes and support societal resilience. The centre will bridge the physical, medical, so

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/emily-boyd-her-hopes-new-swedish-centre-impacts-climate-extremes - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For the first time, researchers have succeeded in directly measuring the aerodynamics of flying animals as they manoeuvre in the air. Previously, the upstroke of the wings was considered relatively insignificant compared to the powerful downstroke but, in a new study, biologists at Lund University in Sweden have obser

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-study-shows-how-bats-manoeuvre - 2026-07-09

The Aurora group are young people who recently initiated a process against the state of Sweden for not taking action and treating the climnate crisis as a crisis. More than 1600 researchers and teachers including researchers from our department, agreeing with the Aurora, have signed a debate article in Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Many researchers and teachers from academies all over Sweden have

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/academics-debate-article-young-people-are-right-sue-state - 2026-07-09

At the School of Aviation in Ljungbyhed, any direct consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine are yet to be felt. However, Head of Department Johan Bergström says that it may only be a matter of time. He mentions Ukrainian interests who wish to train instructors who will in turn be active in Ukraine, training drone pilots on location.“This is the kind of thing we monitor, and are prepared for. If we

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/higher-level-drone-pilot-training - 2026-07-10

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/greenhouse-gas-measurements-and-ecosystem-monitoring-changing-climate - 2026-07-09

Halting biodiversity loss requires more than just increased funding – it also demands better governance of how resources are mobilised, allocated, and monitored. A new study in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability reviews recent research on how biodiversity finance actually works. Researchers Jesper Svensson, Julia Qian Mao, and Nils Droste analysed studies published between 2019 and 20

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/who-should-own-nature-new-study-examines-governance-biodiversity-finance - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Master student Anja Rajić lets you into her everyday life as she takes over the academys' Instagram account for a week. Age: 25 Home country: Novi Travnik in Bosnia and Herzegovina Instrument: the violin Study background: Master degree from Sarajevo Music Academy, Erasmus exchange in Vigo (ESP) 2018-2019 When did you

https://www.mhm.lu.se/en/article/academy-where-you-can-be-yourself - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Ravensbrück archive at the University Library is unique in the world. Nowhere else is there a collection of 500 testimonies from concentration camp survivors, recorded so soon after their terrible ordeal. Now, their stories from Ravensbrück will be made available in digital form, so that anyone can search the arch

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/important-testimonies-digitised - 2026-07-09

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell.  Karin Aggestam och Ann Towns har redigerat boken Gendering Diplomacy and International Negotiation (Palgrave). This path-breaking book addresses the oft-avoided, yet critical question: where are the women located in contemporary diplomacy and international negotiation? The text presents a novel research agenda, inc

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/ny-bok-av-aggestam-towns-om-genus-diplomati-och-forhandling - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. WINGS Workshop with Finish on Time:From negative to positive stress & from efficiency to effectiveness for doctoral student supervisors  Date and timeFriday 8 November, 09.00-16.00 PlaceAF Borgen, Sandgatan 2, Lund (https://goo.gl/maps/bCj8eCTMX4cwXw1s5) Target groupDoctoral student supervisors ObjectiveThe objective

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/negative-positive-stress-efficiency-effectiveness-doctoral-student-supervisors-fully-booked - 2026-07-09

Symptoms for patients with the gastrointestinal disease IBS improved as much by eating less sugar and starch as for those who followed FODMAP – the diet currently recommended to patients. The results, presented in a new study from Lund University in Sweden, also show that weight loss is greater and sugar cravings are reduced among those who follow the starch and sucrose-reduced diet. Bodil Ohlsson

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cutting-out-sugar-and-starch-effective-ibs-current-recommendations - 2026-07-09

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/ny-internationell-rapport-om-social-utveckling - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. One third of the population is more sensitive to melatonin and face a higher risk of getting typ 2-diabetes. Why this is so is a question for Claire Lyons to answer. Learn more about her and her research. Our body clock, or circadian rhythm, controls our daily activities over a 24h period but sometimes this rhythm can

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/easd-melatonin-and-risk-type-2-diabetes - 2026-07-09

Dr Colm Flaherty noticed that despite generally declining membership in Swedish political parties, political engagement is very much alive. He says it is observable in the mundane activities of everyday life, and studying it can teach us a lot about Swedish culture. Political engagement is changing form in Sweden. The place to find political action today is in everyday life, rather than solely in

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/creating-spaces-radical-social-change - 2026-07-09

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Hildur Fjóla Antonsdóttir skrev tillsammans med Halla Gunnarsdóttir (som arbetar för ”Women’s Equality party” i Storbritannien) en artikel om rättvisa för offer av sexuellt våld. I artikeln diskuterar de om och hur de nordiska länderna har något att lära Storbritannien när det gäller en strävan efter rättvisa för öv

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/antonsdottir-om-rattvisa-offer-av-sexuellt-vald - 2026-07-09