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Swedish universities and higher education institutions condemn the violence in Iran in which security forces have opened fire on protesting students. Collaborations and exchanges with Iranian universities, researchers and students may be in jeopardy. So argue Karin Aggestam and Ronny Berndtsson at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, CMES. Karin Aggestam is the director of CMES and coor

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-collaboration-iran-far-certain - 2026-08-05

The coast is changing. The sea is encroaching further inland, and the shoreline of childhood memory no longer looks the same. Climate change is impacting beaches and the sea, but time is also a factor. Someone who knows a lot about changes to the Skåne coastline is Caroline Hallin. She is a coastal engineer whose research focuses on erosion, storm surges and nature-adapted coastal protection at th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/interdisciplinary-research-school-skanes-beaches - 2026-08-05

It can take a long time between words and action at the University, sometimes a little too long. This is one of the reasons the University management has developed a platform for strategic work. It speaks to what is most important to the University right now and will help it to act much faster as the world changes. Pandemic, war in Europe, fake news, increased polarisation at home and abroad and,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/changing-world-requires-agile-university - 2026-08-05

Ice sheets, snow and the ocean as far as the eye can see. No shipping vessels or people in sight, and only polar bears for company. The icebreaker Oden sails between Svalbard and Greenland, and this spring, doctoral student Lovisa Nilsson joined the ship to study the transition from winter to summer in the Arctic, and how soot affects the melting of sea ice. For six weeks, the spaces onboard Oden

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/polar-bears-company - 2026-08-06

Twenty years ago, Anne L’Huillier was supervisor to doctoral student Per Eng-Johnsson. Today he is a professor of atomic, molecular and optical physics, director of the Lund Laser Centre and one of the Nobel Laureate’s closest collaborators. “She makes everyone feel involved. She sees and includes everyone and is completely unpretentious,” he says. When the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/colleagues-around-world-are-genuinely-happy - 2026-08-06

Researchers at Lund University have developed a new method to determine how the composition of proteins in blood changes in response to disease or organ damage. This could provide a deeper understanding of how diseases affect the body and be used to discover new biomarkers in the blood to aid in diagnosing complex medical conditions. Our organs consist of a variety of specific proteins that are vi

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/protein-changes-reveal-diseases - 2026-08-05

Congratulations to Charlotte Ling who, together with Katarina Fagher and Alice Maguolo, has been awarded a grant of five million Danish kroner by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The funding will support clinical research in precision medicine, focusing on epigenetic analysis of blood samples from 13,000 individuals. Epigenetic research paves the way for tailored type 2 diabetes treatmentCharlotte Lin

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/charlotte-ling-receives-major-grant-clinical-diabetes-research - 2026-08-05

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lifetime-achievement-award-gunilla-westergren-thorsson - 2026-08-05

Are you curious about how forests affect the climate, how the climate affects forests, and how we can actually know anything about the forests of the future? Then this new exhibition at Naturum Skrylle is for you! There’s a lot of talk about forests and their importance for people, the climate, and biodiversity. This exhibition offers brief insights into current research from Lund University on th

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/opening-climate-and-forests-new-popular-science-exhibition-naturum-skrylle-0 - 2026-08-05

On 17 December, the Faculty Board decided on the Faculty of Science’s continued work regarding a potential establishment in Science Village. This means that it will not support the continued planning of Nanolab Science Village (Stage 1). The decision is based, among other things, on the report "Assessment of Critical Mass for Establishment in Science Village", which highlights both the opportuniti

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/faculty-board-decides-not-proceed-establishment-science-village-stage-2 - 2026-08-05

Much of the world's infrastructure is made of concrete, which presents a challenge when it cracks and needs repair. Traditional repair methods involve cutting away a large amount of material. Now researchers at Lund University are investigating an innovative solution: using fungi to mend concrete. This groundbreaking research got off the ground with a Sustainable Idea Exploration grant and support

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/sustainable-construction-how-fungi-research-lund-university-could-revolutionise-infrastructure - 2026-08-05

The invitation applies to current and prospective 1st year PhD students studying Bioinformatics We have decided that MedBioInfo, the Swedish National Graduate School in Medical Bioinformatics, will take applications for an  incoming class in 2026. The deadline is 28 February, 2026.MedBioInfo was established in 2017, with the support of 42 Bioinformatics faculty, to provide advanced training in bio

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/call-applications-national-graduate-school-medical-bioinformatics-medbioinfo-2026 - 2026-08-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The main University building is to become a hub for the organisation! That is the vision proposed by project manager Louise Pierce, who is responsible for repurposing the now almost empty building in Lundagård park. In only three years, it is to be buzzing with activity in the form of students, employees and visitors.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-plan-university-building-materializes - 2026-08-05

During Sustainability Week, you can hear psychologists’ tips on how you can get rid of your climate change anxiety by taking action. You can also experience an earthquake via a virtual reality game, take an art tour in the Botanical Garden or learn how to bake bread without generating food waste. Sustainability Week will run from 8 and to 13 April. For the third year running, the University is org

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/transformation-theme-years-sustainability-week - 2026-08-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. When Anders Ackfeldt and 22 other researchers criticised the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency’s (MSB) research report “The Muslim Brotherhood in Sweden” for adding fuel to an overly conspiracy theory-tinged image of Islam, it provoked a deluge of threatening emails the following day. “My children were mentioned in t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/islamologist-nuanced-picture-islam-provocative - 2026-08-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Recurrent threats via telephone, email and letter – often in conjunction with being published. That is part of everyday research for gender researcher Diana Mulinari and many of her colleagues. “It is almost systematic. Those who hate and make threats are aggressively sexist and racist. Their hate ideology is based on

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/gender-researcher-threats-and-hate-are-part-everyday-life - 2026-08-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Threats against researchers are increasing, according to acting chief security officer Håkan Jönsson, who received 16 reports of threats last year. The rise is in online threats, whereas the number of disruptive or violent people on campus is dropping – probably thanks to more locked doors. “But the hidden figures are

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/online-threats-against-researchers-are-rise - 2026-08-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In brilliant sunshine, the new doctors, honorary doctors and jubilee doctors walked in procession from the main University building to the Cathedral for the most important event in the academic calendar – the doctoral degree conferment ceremony. The ceremony took place on 24 May and the flags on the roof of the main U

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/happy-doctors-escaped-rain - 2026-08-05

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. Ann-Sofie Zettergren has the role of data steward at the Faculty of Social Sciences. The new Research Data Office will better support researchers in managing their research data ac

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-research-data-office-data-stewards-each-faculty - 2026-08-05

On 5 May, join us in marking World Press Freedom Day through a discussion on Media, Power, and Technology in South Asia. Join the discussion on how politics, technology, and digitalization are reshaping media, journalism, and access to information. We hereby invite you to a symposium marking UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2026, where you will meet journalists and experts addressing the critical ch

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/can-tech-save-press-freedom-symposium-press-freedom-5-may - 2026-08-05