Published 30 April 2025 Screenshot of the news page with Ozoda Islomova on the www.kun.uz website. Press release The MARS project (Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective) draws attention to the pressing issues confronting Uzbek women migrants in Turkey, as recently detailed by Ms. Ozoda Islomova, Director of the Uzbek Women’s Rights Centre – a key partner in the MARS consortium.In a

https://www.mars.lu.se/article/mars-project-partner-highlights-urgent-challenges-faced-uzbek-women-migrants-turkey - 2025-05-09

Published 5 May 2025 PRESS RELEASE The MARS: Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective research project marked a key milestone on May 5, 2025, by hosting its mid-term meeting at Lund University. Held in a hybrid format—both in-person at the Sociology Department and online via Zoom—the event brought together researchers, seconded staff, and representatives from the European Research Exe

https://www.mars.lu.se/article/mars-project-holds-mid-term-meeting - 2025-05-09

Published 31 January 2024 Daniel Benoit moved from Canada to Sweden to take on the role as the new director for MoRe-Lab. Click below to read the full interview with Daniel Benoit:In EnglishIn Swedish

https://www.more-lab.lu.se/article/new-more-lab-director-daniel-benoit - 2025-05-09

Published 19 February 2024 A donor who wishes to remain anonymous has donated SEK 7.5 million to the Faculty of Medicine and the Movement & Reality Lab, an experimental health science test environment for full-scale studies of movement, activity and behavior. Read the full article here (new tab, Swedish)

https://www.more-lab.lu.se/article/multi-million-donation-more-lab-lund-university - 2025-05-09

Published 18 April 2024 Photo: Lill Eriksson Read the full news article with questions for Kiran Maini Gerhardsson, who wrote the study together with Steven Schmidt and Susanne Iwarsson. (New window, article in Swedish)Read the scientific article here (new window) 

https://www.more-lab.lu.se/article/first-more-lab-study-published - 2025-05-09

Published 27 August 2024 Hanging out at MoRe-Lab's gym. Lab Director Daniel Benoit guides the group. Photo: Agata Garpenlind. The other day, Vice-Chancellors from several Swedish universities were at a conference in Lund and took the opportunity to visit Medfak with their host, Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström. Read the full article on Intramed by clicking here. 

https://www.more-lab.lu.se/article/vice-chancellors-visiting-more-lab - 2025-05-09

By anna [at] astro [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna S. Arnadottir) - published 25 September 2019 The LMK foundation has granted Lund Observatory funds for purchasing a brand new, state-of-the-art 24" telescope that will benefit both universtity students and members of the public.   After extensive renovations of one of the observing domes Lund Observatory now has its brand new telescope in place.  The new

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/new-telescope-installed - 2025-05-09

Published 20 October 2018 Three planetarium directors: Anna Arnadottir, Ingemar Lundström and Björn Stenholm. Following a donation by Carl O. Springer, Lund Observatory purchaised an optomechanical GOTO projector and started a Planetarium back in 1978. 40 years later there may not be much left of the original installation, but the planetarium is as popular as ever. The planetarium was first establ

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/lund-university-planetarium-celebrates-its-40-years - 2025-05-09

Published 10 March 2019 Anders Johansen, professor i astronomi, har tilldelas Göran Gustafssonpriset 2019 tillsammans med Kristian Pietras, professor i molekylär medicin. Båda får drygt fem miljoner kronor till sin forskning. Pressmeddelande från Kungliga Vetenskapsakademin

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/anders-johansen-has-been-awarded-goran-gustafssonpriset-physics-2019 - 2025-05-09

Published 26 October 2020 The American Astronomical Society's Division on Dynamical Astronomy (DDA) has awarded our friend and colleague professor Lennart Lindegren the 2020 Brouwer Award for his profound impact on the fields of astrometry and celestial mechanics.  Press release from the American Astronomical Association

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/lennart-lindegren-awarded-dirk-brouwer-carreer-award - 2025-05-09

Published 4 January 2021 The University pedagogical prize 2020 was awarded to Paul McMillan here at Lund Observatory. Press release from LUNA

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/paul-mcmillan-awarded-pedagogical-prize - 2025-05-09

Published 12 December 2020 Lund Observatory By the end of 2019 it emerged that there were work environment problems in the astronomy section of the Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, also known as Lund Observatory. The then head of department had received a significant number of complaints from staff members about bullying and harassment. The Faculty of Science commissioned an outsid

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/work-environment-lund-observatory - 2025-05-09

Published 17 December 2019 Following a generous donation by the LMK foundation our new telescope was purchased and installed in the south-east dome.  Donors and senior astronomers were invited to a small inauguration ceremony where it was revealed that the telescope would be named "Anres Öga" (or 'the Eagle Eye') to honor professor emeritus Arne Ardeberg.

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/inauguration-new-telescope - 2025-05-09

Published 30 March 2021 At the end of March Lund Observatory together with the Department of Theoretical Physics moved its website to the Lund University web server. This move gives the Lund Observatory website a whole new look, many new functionalities and enables us to comply with the guidelines of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). If you are no longer able find important content on our we

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/new-website-launched - 2025-05-09

By linn [at] astro [dot] lu [dot] se (Linn Eriksson) - published 26 May 2021 We congratulate our friend and colleague Anders Johansen who was recently elected new member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in the class for astronomy and space sciences.  Press release from the Royal Swedish Academy (in Swedish)

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/anders-johansen-elected-new-member-royal-swedish-academy-science - 2025-05-09

Published 1 September 2021 Oscar Agertz and his team of astronomers have been simulating galactic formation and evolution.  This is something Lund University has been covering in one of their latest press releases. Read the whole story on the LU news site

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/vintergatan-simulations-gets-some-well-deserved-attention - 2025-05-09

Published 1 October 2021 Big congratulations to Nils, who has just been promoted to Professor at the Department for Astronomy and Theoretical Physics.

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/nils-ryde-promoted-professor - 2025-05-09

By emelie [dot] frid [at] atp [dot] lu [dot] se (Emelie Frid) - published 25 October 2021 Today is the 20 year anniversary of the inauguration of our new building here at Sölvegatan 27.  We celebrated with cake!

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/cake-20-year-anniversary-astronomy-building - 2025-05-09

By lotte [dot] billing [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Lotte Billing) - published 3 October 2019 Researchers from Sweden, Germany, Brazil and the USA have developed a financial mechanism to support the protection of the world’s natural heritage. In a recent study, they developed three different design options for an intergovernmental biodiversity financing mechanism. Asking, what would happe

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/what-if-we-paid-countries-protect-biodiversity - 2025-05-09

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 18 October 2019 Marine Centre in Simrishamn. Photo: Tina Schedvin. Lund University and Simrishamn Municipality have created a joint research environment at the Marine Centre in Simrishamn to address the challenges facing the Baltic Sea. An Academic Council led by Maria C Hansson from the Centre for Environmental

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-affiliates-marine-centre-simrishamn-collaboration-ocean-and-water-research - 2025-05-09