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Unmeasured confounding can bias the relationship between exposure and outcome. Sensitivity analyses generate bias-adjusted measures but these are not much used; this may change with the availability of the E-value (for evidence for causality in observational studies), appealing for its ease of calculation. Read the paper at https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/49/5/1509/5913108

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/bias-factor-maximum-bias-and-e-value-insight-and-extended-applications - 2025-11-29

We illustrate the method and some potential choices using data from England for men diagnosed with melanoma. Various marginal measures are presented and compared. Read the paper at https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/49/5/1614/5896134

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/reference-adjusted-and-standardized-all-cause-and-crude-probabilities-alternative-net-survival - 2025-11-29

The PhD position is linked to the research project The long reach of the neighborhood: Health, education and earnings in Landskrona, Sweden, 1904-2015, funded by Handelsbankens forskningsstiftelser. The PhD student will work in this project in collaboration with other project members and will be affiliated with the Centre for Economic Demography at LUSEM (CED, www.ed.lu.se). Read more and apply he

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/phd-position-economic-history-neighborhood-effects-over-life-course - 2025-11-29

Find out how GDPR will affect you and your research! More information, including programme, here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/gdpr-event - 2025-11-29

This paper describes the multiform, wave-missing and two-method designs, including their benefits, their impact on bias and power, and other factors that must be taken into consideration when implementing them in an epidemiological study design. Read the paper at https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/49/5/1702/5827680

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/reflection-modern-methods-planned-missing-data-designs-epidemiological-research - 2025-11-29

This study extends TCAL by disentangling causes of death contributions. The strength of the approach is that it allows identification of mortality differences in cohorts with members still alive, as well as identification of which ages and causes of death contribute to mortality differentials between populations. Read the paper at https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/49/5/1712/5721433

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/reflection-modern-methods-cause-death-decomposition-cohort-survival-comparisons - 2025-11-29

The Student Office at the Department has opened up again, but now virtually. The office is open via zoom in order to help with any study administrative issues or questions you might have. We can for instance help you with  Registration and re-registration on courses Reporting of study results Access to course pages on Canvas Issuing of study certificates and official transcripts of records with a

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/virtual-student-office - 2025-11-29

Hereby, the Torsten Hägerstrand Fund announces two scholarships, to an amount of 12000 Swedish crowns each. One scholarship is directed to human geography, and one to physical geography. They are primarily directed at younger doctors or doctoral students in the latter part of their studies. The scholarships are meant to cover costs for fieldwork or travel to conferences. An account of the work is

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/torsten-hagerstrand-scholarship-announcement - 2025-11-29

Johan Pries at the Department talks about the densification of Malmö. We are happy to share this news article with you, in which Associate Senior Lecturer Johan Pries discuss the densification of Malmö. You can find the article at this link: https://www.dn.se/sverige/upprort-nar-politiker-vill-fortata-stadernas-mest-utsatta-delar/.  

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/johan-pries-dn - 2025-11-29

Mariko discuss the femwashing of clothing commercials in Dagens Nyheter. We are happy to share yet another news article from DN in which our Department is represented! PhD student Mariko Takedomi Karlsson discussed Femwashing and Greenwashing in the clothing industry, which is related to her research project. You can read the article HERE. To read similar research by Mariko, you can follow this LI

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/mariko-takedomi-karlsson-discuss-femwashing-dn - 2025-11-29

How vulnerable is humanity in relation to climate change? And how is it impacting livelihoods today? These are some of the questions answered by the IPCC on February 28th. Martina Angela Caretta, senior lecturer at the department, is authoring one of the chapters in the final report. Here you can read more about the IPCC and the report, and here you can read more about Martina Angela Caretta. 

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/martina-angela-caretta-author-un-climate-report - 2025-11-29

The student office at Geocentrum 1 is opening up again. You are welcome to visit us on: Wednesdays 09.00 - 12.00 Thursdays 09.00 - 12.00

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/student-office-opening-hours - 2025-11-29

The Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens international peace and security and violates international law and the European security order. Lund University stands in solidarity with the Ukrainian higher education institutions. Please read more about this on the Univerity's central page HERE.

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/regarding-situation-ukraine - 2025-11-29

The 2022 PhD positions in Human Geography have now been advertised! The doctoral candidate program amounts to 240 credits (equivalent to four years of full-time study). It formally ends with the doctoral candidate publicly defending his/her printed doctoral thesis. The holder of a doctoral position has a primary obligation to successfully fulfil the third cycle of education ending with a PhD degre

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/2022-phd-positions-human-geography - 2025-11-29

Between April 4–19th the University's general study guidance service offers drop-in guidance over phone and zoom. Between April 4–19th the University's general study guidance service offers drop-in guidance over phone and zoom, every work day between 10.00 - 14.00, and between 14.00 - 18.00 on April 7th and 13th.  You can find more information about this on Lund University's website:  Swedish and

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/drop-study-guidance - 2025-11-29

Here's a note from the Academic Support Center: The writing sessions for the Spring 2022 semester have now started! You can find more information about the writing sessions, current dates and how to register on this link: Writing sessions. Do you have any short, specific questions about academic writing or study strategies? Or do you just want to know what help is available from the Academic Suppo

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/newsletter-academic-support-center - 2025-11-29

Swedish development research network meets senior lecturer at the Department of Human Geography Vasna Ramasar at the Department of Human Geography gets interviewed by the Swedish development research network

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/meet-vasna-ramasar - 2025-11-29

On Practices: Hanni Kamaly Artist talk Thursday, November 21, 7 pm Skånes konstförening, Bragegatan 15, Malmö Free entrance Läs mer här.  

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/alumni-hanni-kamaly-0 - 2025-11-29

Tomar a verdade, #1 para 4 AnaMary Bilbao | Nidhal Chamekh | Paulo Lisboa | Henrique Pavão Opening | 21 November | Thursday | 10PM The exhibition Tomar a verdade #1 para 4 is focused on the presence of four works by four different artists and maintains a balance of “four pieces in play” while assuming that the ensemble is the result of a study of the material remains of an (almost) foregone human

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/alumni-henrique-pavao-3 - 2025-11-29

Cia Kanthi och Humlan Lange vernissage KB, Skf- Konstnärshuset November 25, 2019– Februari 2020.KB, Skf- konstnärshuset Smålandsgatan 7, 111 46 Stockholmhttp://konstnarshuset.org/konstnarshuset-staller-ut-pa-kb/ 

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/alumni-cia-kanthi - 2025-11-29