Pyrolysolja från träflis och annan biomassa blir vätgas. Biokol får man på köpet. Foto på processen i mitten. Foton: Christian Brackmann. En ny teknik som gör vätgas av rester från skogs- och jordbruket som i dag eldas upp är under utveckling vid Lunds universitet. Planen är effektiv tillverkning av en grön gas samhället behöver – och samtidigt dra ner på koldioxidutsläppen. Forskarnas europeiska

https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/vatgas-av-koldioxid-och-vaxtrester - 2025-09-09

Byggstart för den nya nanoanläggningen beräknas till 2026–2027. Inflyttning sker tidigast 2029. Foto: Johan Persson Fastighetsbolaget Vectura blir hyresvärd för nya Nanolab på Science Village. En viktig milstolpe har passerats för att bygga anläggningen som beräknas bli nära 6000 m2 och får ESS och MAX IV som grannar. Lunds universitets växte redan 2016 ur sitt nuvarande laboratorium vid Fysicum p

https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/gront-ljus-triss-i-vetenskapliga-toppanlaggningar - 2025-09-09

Attosekundfysik är ett av de forskningsområden där Lunds universitet ligger i framkant. Foto: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg. Forskning och innovation inom ämnesområdet fysik vid Lunds universitet når 44:e plats i den internationella Shanghai-rankingen. I årets Shanghai-ranking, officiellt känd som Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), lyfts fysik fram som ett av de områden där Lunds universitet

https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/fysik-i-lund-far-hoga-poang-i-ny-global-amnesrankning - 2025-09-09

Ekonomichef Charlotte Solberg vid Fysiska institutionen har utsetts till en av mottagarna av Lunds universitets administrativa pris 2025. Priset delas ut årligen för att uppmärksamma exceptionella administrativa insatser som främjar utveckling, service och effektivitet. Hyllningar till Charlotte SolbergCharlotte Solbergs arbete vid Fysiska institutionen har rönt stor uppskattning. Professor Dirk R

https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/charlotte-solberg-prisas-sitt-ledarskap-och-engagemang-vid-fysiska-institutionen - 2025-09-09

Armin Tavakoli och Korinna Zapp. Foto: Johan Lindskoug. Korinna Zapp och Armin Tavakoli, två unga forskare vid Fysiska institutionen, har tilldelats 2024 års Sten von Friesenpris. Priset delades ut på Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets årsmöte den 2 december i Lund. Korinna Zapp är teoretisk partikelfysiker och studerar kvarkar, gluoner och det unika tillståndet kvark-gluonplasma. Hon utvecklar mo

https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/tva-unga-fysiker-far-sten-von-friesenpriset - 2025-09-09

Carsten Peterson har gjort pionjärinsatser för forskningen om artificiella neuronnätverk. Foto: Kennet Ruona På tisdag är det Nobeldagen. Redan på 1980-talet engagerade sig fysikern Carsten Peterson vid Lunds universitet i forskningen om artificiella neuronnätverk, det ämne som årets Nobelpris i fysik handlar om. Carsten Petersons insatser har hjälpt både cancerpatienter och hjärtsjuka. Forskninge

https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/lundaforskare-om-arets-nobelpris-i-fysik-vi-har-anvant-artificiella-neuronnatverk-att-spara-svara - 2025-09-09

Mikkel Brydegaard under fältstudier i Ecuador. Med avancerade lasersystem och hyperspektral lidar vill Mikkel Brydegaard, lektor och forskare vid fysiska institutionen, förändra sättet vi övervakar och analyserar biologisk mångfald. Genom att kombinera biofotonik och fjärranalys kan hans forskargrupp studera levande organismer direkt i deras naturliga miljö. Med nya forskningsanslag från både ERC

https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/laserteknik-revolutionerar-studier-av-insekters-ekologi - 2025-09-09

Panel discussion at the symposium, with panellists Ted Svensson and Peder Hjort and Sandra Jakobsson as moderator. Photo: Anais Leclercq In the end of April, SASNET co-organised a symposium addressing the importance of sustainable water management in India, Bangladesh, and Sweden. The symposium was organised in collaboration with the non-governmental organisation Svalorna India/Bangladesh and Pede

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/symposium-sustainable-water-management - 2025-09-09

Last Wednesday, Niladri Chatterjee and Eleonor Marcussen, held a joint lecture in line with the SASNET Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, titled: “Shaken and Stirred: Politics of Disasters and Aid in South Asia”. Ted Svensson, Director of SASNET, opened the seminar and introduced the two researchers: Eleonor Marcussen, a researcher in History in the Department of Cultural Sciences and member of Linnaeus Uni

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/seminar-about-politicisation-natural-disasters-south-asia - 2025-09-09

SASNET has been rewarded 100 000 SEK from the Crafoord Foundation with which to expand the Sweden–South Asia Media Project that began in 2015. The grant will be used to arrange conferences and workshops dealing with online harassment in India and Sweden. Threats and harassment over the internet are increasing worldwide. Social media accounts are being hijacked, private pictures distributed without

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-receives-100-000-sek-crafoordska-foundation - 2025-09-09

At the end of May, SASNET organised a two-day workshop at Lund University on Hindu Majoritarianism, Caste Politics, and Minoritisation. The workshop brought together scholars from a range of disciplines, including social anthropology, history, psychology, and political science. The workshop took place at the Old Bishop’s House at Lund University and was divided into four sessions: Majoritarian Nat

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/workshop-hindu-majoritarianism-caste-politics-and-minoritisation - 2025-09-09

In May, SASNET organised its first annual lecture. It was given by Professor Christophe Jaffrelot, King’s College London. In case you missed the lecture, the recording is now available on our website.  On 4 May, SASNET arranged its inaugural annual lecture in collaboration with the Association of Foreign Affairs (UPF) at Lund University. Professor Jaffrelot – a political scientist who is specialis

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/christophe-jaffrelot-hindu-vigilantism-and-making-deeper-state-india - 2025-09-09

From left to right: Yasemin Arhan Modéer, Ted Svensson, Jakob Skovgaard, Malin Mendel, Cecilia Oskarsson and Henrik Chetan Aspengren. During the annual Almedalen Week in Visby, SASNET co-organised a panel debate, together with the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI). The panel debate "What Does India Want in Global Politics and How Does it Affect Sweden?" took place on 28 June at the A

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-almedalen-week-what-does-india-want-global-politics-and-how-does-it-affect-sweden - 2025-09-09

Linn Jönsson and Maria Lundström are planning to use the SASNET grant to study Hindu nationalism and climate activism in Mumbai. Linn Jönsson and Maria Lundström are the recipients of this year's SASNET travel grant for journalism students at Lund University. The students plan to travel together to work on their individual projects in Mumbai this September. Linn Jönsson and Maria Lundström are in

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/journalist-students-linn-jonsson-and-maria-lundstrom-receive-sasnet-travel-grant - 2025-09-09

The Institute of Area Studies at Leiden University, The Netherlands, organizes an international conference on waste in Asia on 9–11 June 2016. The organizers invite proposals on the broad theme of ‘Waste in Asia’ from the humanities and social sciences regarding both the present days and the past. Possible topics may include, but need not to be limited to, waste collection and recycling, food wast

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/leiden-conference-waste-asia - 2025-09-09

Photo: Ali Karimi Priscyll Anctil, a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Political Science, recently published a blog post about the human rights violations, especially against women, in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power two years ago. The blog post is available below. August 15, 2023, marked two years of the Taliban takeover. And with it, everyday attacks against “all manifestations

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/blog-post-priscyll-anctil-taliban-takeover-two-years - 2025-09-09

Sahana Subramanian recently completed her master’s degree at Lund University. Her thesis “Expanding Freedoms and Improving Commons through Labour”, studies Kerala’s Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme and, for this, she received this year’s SASNET Best South Asia Thesis Award.  Sahana Subramanian, recently admitted as a doctoral student at LUCSUS, was introduced to the concept of ‘urban em

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sahana-subramanian-urban-india-facing-twin-crisis - 2025-09-09

The summer school on Gender, Disasters and Climate Risk took place last week at Lund University, gathering 15 professionals and doctoral students from eight different countries for a weeklong visit at the Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety, LTH.  Misse Wester, professor and course leader for the summer school and was most pleased with this year’s course, saying it was a good mix betwe

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/misse-wester-we-are-grateful-participants-contribution-and-hope-stay-connected - 2025-09-09

In cooperation with Doc Lounge Malmö and Lund University's School of Journalism, SASNET hosted a well-attended film screening of the Indian documentary While We Watched. Visiting from India was Director Vinay Shukla. The Indian documentary While We Watched (2022) tells the story of broadcast journalist Ravish Kumar, navigating a world of truth and desinformation. Described as a turbulent newsroom

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/film-screening-indian-documentary-while-we-watched - 2025-09-09

Scholars from Sweden and abroad attended the 2023 SASNET Symposium in Lund. The participants shared ongoing research on South Asia, on topics such as sustainability, civil society, and community-making. On 29 September, SASNET hosted the annual SASNET Symposium in Lund at the venue Gamla Biskopshuset.  The day included four main sessions, each highlighting a key topic of relevance to developments

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/annual-sasnet-symposium-held-lund - 2025-09-09