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This commentary provides a practical perspective on epidemiological analysis within a single high-dimensional study of moderate size to consider a causal question. Read the paper at https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/50/3/1016/6140018
The value of accurate healthcare data has never been more apparent than during the past year, and there is increasing recognition of the important role surgical registries play in driving improved patient outcomes, patient safety, and academic research. Successful registries need to be responsive and adapt to the rapidly changing clinical environment. Read the paper at https://academic.oup.com/bjs
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/future-surgical-registries - 2026-01-17
Molecular pathological epidemiology research provides information about pathogenic mechanisms. A common study goal is to evaluate whether the effects of risk factors on disease incidence vary between different disease subtypes. Read the paper at https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/50/3/1030/6114706
1) We found 15 national/regional registries of congenital heart disease worldwide. 2) Registry coverage ranged from 25 to 100% of all eligible cases. 3) The best registries contain demographic, clinical, physical, and laboratory data. 4) Regular verification is essential for quality data and valid statistical findings. Read the paper at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167527321
December 4-5, nordic researchers gathered in Malmö to discuss future challenges in precision medicine, a research field where diagnosis and treatment are based on the individual´s genetic and biological conditions. Focus is on our common and increasing diseases diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and psychiatric diagnosis. "The goal of the meeting is to bring together mordic stakeholders in p
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/nordic-conference-malmo-about-precision-medicine-future - 2026-01-17
A completely new classification of diabetes which also predicts the risk of serious complications and provides treatment suggestions. We are now seeing the first results of ANDIS – a study covering all newly diagnosed diabetics in southern Sweden — published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. The major difference from today’s classification is that type 2 diabetes actually consists of several
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/paradigm-shift-diagnosis-diabetes - 2026-01-17
Sida’s Minor Field Studies-program ger dig möjligheten att redan under studietiden skaffa dig värdefull internationell erfarenhet, interkulturell förståelse, spetsade språkkunskaper och ämneskompetens som är meriterande för din kommande karriär! Så passa på att göra en fältstudie under 8-10 veckor i ett utvecklingsland och skriv en uppsats som kommer att göra skillnad! Tidigare stipendiater har re
https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/minor-field-studies-utlysning-studenter-hosten-2016 - 2026-01-17
Torsten Hägerstrands fond - För främjande av geografisk forskning. Med anledning av att det den 11 oktober 2016 är hundra år sedan Torsten Hägerstrand föddes utlyses härmed medel ur Torsten Hägerstrands fond för ett jubileumsstipendium med en bred inriktning mot geografi, vilket omfattar kultur-/ekonomisk geografi och/eller naturgeografi. Stipendiet, som skall utgå främst till en yngre disputerad
Geographers and GIS technicians wanted! Per Becker, Engineer and Risk Manager talks about international cooperation and his work with risk management and aid work coming back after a year posting in Fiji. Thursday 6 Oct at 18:30Place: Sky High, Geocentum 1, LundThe pub serves beer, wine and snacks to membership prices. Are you not a member? No problem, you can become member on site.The pub present
https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/whats-geographer-pub-presentation - 2026-01-17
Jubileumsstipendiet ur Torsten Hägerstrands Stiftelse till minne av firandet av hundraårsdagen av Torsten Hägerstrands födelse den 11 oktober 1916 har tilldelats:Andreas Skriver Hansen, Kulturgeografi, Göteborgs Universitet. Skriver Hansen söker medel för konferensdeltagande och arrangerande av en session vid International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM) i Umeå 2017.
https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/mottagare-av-jubileumsstipendiet-ur-torsten-hagerstrands-stiftelse-2016 - 2026-01-17
The Human Ecology Division invites everyone to two guest lectures by Sarah Benabou: From the Grand Narrative to the Political Economy of Biodiversity Conservation Date and time: 28 October, 11.00–13.00.Venue: LUX hörsal (Luxn), LUX-huset. A Case Study in Neoliberal Conservation: The International Development of Voluntary Biodiversity Offsets Date and time: 28 October, 14.00–16.00.Venue: Världen,
https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/sarah-benabou-political-economy-conservation - 2026-01-17
The Afrint research group and Development Geography in Lund warmly welcome you to the Development Research Day 2016: End hunger and achieve food security by 2030. The Development Research Day is an annual event at Lund University bringing together all fields working on development to share and discuss their research with each other, students and the public. Theme: End hunger and achieve food secur
https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/development-research-day-2016 - 2026-01-17
Till detta ansökningstillfälle fick vi 16 ansökningar.Beslut har nu fattats om att utdela fyra stipendier, som följaktligen går till:Alexandra PalmbergAndreas YngvessonCharlotte PedersenKarin EdstedtVi passar på att gratulera våra stipendiater och ber er ta kontakt med Karin Lindsjö för mer information.Karin Lindsjö, Karin [dot] Lindsjo [at] keg [dot] lu [dot] se (Karin[dot]Lindsjo[at]keg[dot]lu[d
https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/beslut-om-hostens-mfs-stipendier - 2026-01-17
En utställning om stigande havsnivåer och hur det kan drabba Skånes kuster. Lördag 19 november 2016 kl 14-16. Invigning och presentation av utställningen kl 14.30Projektledare Tomas Germundsson, Lunds universitetKurator Carola Wingren, SLUBirgitta Ramdell, Form/Design Center, hälsar välkomna. Att havsnivåerna stiger råder det knappast något tvivel om. Men hur fort går det? Och vad innebär extrem
https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/vernissage-19-november-vattnet-kommer - 2026-01-17
On Thursday at 15.15 , Professor Frédéric Landy will be holding a seminar on the topicNational parks within the urban agglomerations of Mumbai, Nairobi, Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town: between urbanization and globalization, which place for ‘eco-ethnicity’?Venue, Rio (430), Geocentrum 1, Sölvegatan 10, floor 4Frédéric Landy is the Director of the French Institute of Pondicherry, India / Directeur de
https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/national-parks-within-urban-agglomerations-mumbai-nairobi-rio-de-janeiro-and-cape-town - 2026-01-17
On Thursday 10th of November 2016, we had another inspiring edition of the Development Research Day, a flagship annual event at Lund University bringing together all disciplines working on development issues since 2002. This year the Development Research Day was hosted by the Human Geography department and was dedicated to Sustainable Development Goal no. 2: “End hunger, achieve food security and
"Georg och Greta Borgströms pris 2017 till professor emeritus Göran Djurfeldt, Lund, för hans långvariga och framgångsrika forskningsarbete om landsbygds- och jordbruksutveckling i framför allt Afrika söder om Sahara." "Göran Djurfeldt är sociolog från Lunds universitet och har sedan 1970-talet framgångsrikt forskat om landsbygds- och jordbruksutveckling i framför allt Indien och Afrika söder om S
https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/georg-och-greta-borgstroms-pris-2017-gar-till-prof-goran-djurfeldt - 2026-01-17
Richard Shearmur is Professor at the School of Urban planning, McGill university in Montreal, Canada. Richard is an international leading scholar in a broad spectra of areas in economic geography including research on urban, regional and rural development and different dimensions on cities and firm level innovations. His interest also covers critical analysis on how measurement, data and knowledge
https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/geographies-innovations-confusions-perplexities-and-ways-forward - 2026-01-17
The latest book by associate professor Anders Burman of the Human Ecology Division has now been published, called "Indigeneity and Decolonization in the Bolivian Andes: Ritual practice and activism". "Indigeneity and Decolonization in the Bolivian Andes: Ritual Practice and Activism explores how Evo Morales’s victory in the 2005 Bolivian presidential elections led to indigeneity as the core of dec
https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/new-book-anders-burman - 2026-01-17
Rikard Warlenius will defend his thesis named "Asymmetries. Conceptualizing Environmental Inequalities as Ecological Debt and Ecologically Unequal Exchange" on the 10th of February at 1 pm in Världen, Geocentrum 1. Opponent will be Joan Martínez Alier of UAB, Barcelona. In this compilation thesis, consisting of six papers and an introductory chapter, the concepts of ecological debt, climate debt,
https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/thesis-defense-rikard-warlenius-10th-february - 2026-01-17
