"When our usual methods of relaxing become a way to compete for social status, those activities then become exhausting instead.There is no rest for the body and soul. This is something that I think needs to be discussed more, says Carys Egan-Wyer. What kind of an image of yourself do you present on social media? And why? Carys Egan-Wyer, researcher in Consumer Culture, believes that in some ways l

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/leisure-time-ordeal-enjoy - 2025-08-27

Peter Svensson, senior lecturer in Business Administration, questions why a lot of courses in the first cycle are taught in English. Photo: Jenny Leyman “English is like a membrane between us and reality”. The quote comes from a teacher at a Swedish higher education institution and describes their experience of teaching Swedish students in English. “Today, there are often no educational reasons wh

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/poorer-learning-if-teaching-anglicised - 2025-08-28

Bete är en nyckelåtgärd för att bevara naturbetesmarker, några av Sveriges viktigaste livsmiljöer ur natur- och kulturvårdssynpunkt. Det är dock en utmaning att hitta rätt nivå på betet vilket leder till att många värdefulla marker betas för hårt, medan andra marker växer igen. För att diskutera utmaningar med ett högt betestryck, och öppna dörren till möjliga lösningar, bjöd LU Land in till ett f

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/betestryck-och-biologisk-mangfald-hogre-naturvarden-genom-anpassning-och-innovationer - 2025-08-27

August Jörding, Annika Horstmann, Fiona Kusche och Erik Hollmann i Montreal på John Molson MBA International Case Competition, en prestigefylld case-tävling där lag från hela världen tävlar. Foto: Erik Hollmann John Molson MBA International Case Competition är en prestigefylld case-tävling där lag från hela världen deltar. Under sex dagar i januari samlades 30 lag med högkvalificerade studenter i

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/ekonomihogskolan-pa-john-molson-mba-international-case-competition-0 - 2025-08-27

Migrantarbetare. Omslagsbild till Rustam Urinoyevs bok Migration and Hybrid Political Regimes: Navigating the Legal Landscape in Russia. Foto: Bokens författare De ekonomiska sanktionerna mot Ryssland efter invasionen av Ukraina har destabiliserande effekter även i Centralasien. Eftersom ekonomiska och sociala påfrestningar i Ryssland kan leda till omfattande uppsägningar av migrantarbetare förber

https://www.lu.se/artikel/centralasiatiska-gastarbetare-hotas-av-massarbetsloshet - 2025-08-28

Mer än två tredjedelar av männen i DAABS-studien fortsatte en kriminell bana under den undersökta tiden. Foto: iStock En uppföljningsstudie av unga svenska män som dömts till fängelse för vålds- eller sexbrott, målar en tydlig bild: de flesta återfaller i brott gång på gång – i snitt över 30 brott innan de hunnit fylla 30. Nu publiceras forskningsresultat som även visar att en historia av allvarli

https://www.lu.se/artikel/fokus-pa-unga-valdsdomda-som-fortsatter-bega-brott - 2025-08-28

Can you tell us a little about your research area?My research spans the lifespan. We investigate prevention and treatment and use joint damage as a risk factor for osteoarthritis. We conduct studies from young people with injury or risk of injury to older people with osteoarthritis and focus on exercise.Can you tell us about your current research projects?I-PROTECT is a project that deals with pre

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/meet-eva-ageberg - 2025-08-27

Firas Jumaah and Charlotta Turner. Photo:Kennet Ruona During a unique rescue operation, Lund University sent armed security forces into an Islamic State (IS) warzone to rescue a doctoral student and his family. For several years, Firas Jumaah, his supervisor Charlotta Turner and former chief security officer, Per Gustafson, have kept quiet on the events; however, now they are telling their story.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rescue-operation - 2025-08-27

Maria Tsalkitzidou and 16 fellow doctoral students join the professional development program at Lund Stem Cell Center, enhancing essential career and self-leadership skills. Photo: Christine Karlsson. The Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University has relaunched its Professional Development Program (PDP), which provides PhD students support beyond research, equipping them with the personal and profe

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/lund-stem-cell-center-relaunches-professional-development-program-phd-success - 2025-08-27

Evelina Lindén is free of her cancer. She no longer needs a turban. “As though I was driving a fast car but had enough margin to turn before hitting the rock wall.” That is how Evelina Lindén describes her experience of having a cancer tumour that was aggressive but treatable. By being open about her illness and sharing images showing how she was feeling on Facebook, she was able to keep the conve

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/her-cancer-found-its-place-facebook - 2025-08-27

Anders Forslid has witnessed a shift in animal health and animal experiments during his 30 years as a veterinarian at Lund University. Veterinarian in charge Anders Forslid is retiring after 30 years working to improve the welfare of research animals at Lund University. He has witnessed a paradigm shift in animal health and animal experiments, and the way animal testing and humans’ obligations are

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/if-we-are-going-have-animal-testing-then-we-have-do-it-well - 2025-08-28

Vice-chancellor Erik Renström in the Wrangel building, where he is located with his faculty office until Kungshuset is completely renovated in the autumn of 2022. Photo: Kennet Ruona Ceremonies have a certain power that speaks more to the emotions than to the intellect. This is the opinion of the newly inaugurated vice-chancellor Erik Renström, who sees the value in academic traditions. In his man

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/integrity-and-character - 2025-08-27

August Jörding, Annika Horstmann, Fiona Kusche and Erik Hollmann in Montreal, at the John Molson MBA International Case Competition, a prestigious business case competition with teams from around the world competing in cases. Photo: Erik Hollmann The John Molson MBA International Case Competition is a prestigious business case competition with teams from around the world, the world’s largest of it

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/how-proud-we-are-great-achievement-our-students-international-case-competition - 2025-08-27

Dr. habil. Andreas Broeckmann is an art historian and curator who lives in Berlin. He is currently a Visiting Professor and tutor in our PhD Program in Fine Arts. We asked him a few questions about his work at Malmö Art Academy. What is your role at Malmö Art Academy, and what is you background?Since last year, 2024, I have been working as a tutor in the PhD Program in Fine Arts. By academic train

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/get-know-dr-andreas-broeckmann-visiting-professor-and-tutor-our-phd-program-fine-arts - 2025-08-27

Det är inte bara det att Lunds universitet har samlat på sig ett stort ekonomiskt överskott genom att inte använda fakultetsanslagen. – Eftersom räntan är negativ så betalar vi dessutom för att vi inte använder pengarna, säger Lise Bröndum som har gjort en särskild utredning om myndighetskapitalet. Lise Bröndum har gjort en särskild utredning om myndighetskapitalet vid LU. Myndighetskapitalet hand

https://www.lu.se/artikel/myndighetskapitalet-vaxer-igen-och-det-kan-bli-dyrt - 2025-08-27

Drömmen om att behandla sjukdomar utifrån varje persons unika genetik närmar sig verklighet – och lipidnanopartiklar spelar en avgörande roll. De kan leverera skräddarsydda RNA-behandlingar till det inre av celler. Ill: David S. Goodsell När covid-19-pandemin svepte över världen 2020 blev mRNA-vaccinerna räddningen för många – men i bakgrunden fanns en annan, mindre känd hjälte: lipidnanopartikeln

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/liten-fet-och-livsviktig-mot-framtidens-medicinkurir - 2025-08-28

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Drömmen om att behandla sjukdomar utifrån varje persons unika genetik närmar sig verklighet – och lipidnanopartiklar spelar en avgörande roll. De kan leverera skräddarsydda RNA-behandlingar till det inre av celler. Ill: David S. Goodsell När covid-19-pandemin svepte över världen 2020 blev mRNA-vaccinerna räddningen för många – men i bakgrunden fanns en annan, mindre känd hjälte: lipidnanopartikeln

https://www.lu.se/artikel/liten-fet-och-livsviktig-mot-framtidens-medicinkurir - 2025-08-28

Stephen Woroniecki blogs on the issues highlighted in Director Emily Boyd's article in NatureRecently our Director, Professor Emily Boyd, published an article in Nature, Climate Adaptation - Holistic Thinking Beyond Technology, exploring issues emerging in global attempts at climate change adaptation. A central theme of the article was how local implementation of adaptation relates to global actor

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/comment-issues-highlighted-director-emily-boyds-article-nature - 2025-08-27

Photo:Louise Larsson From internal training courses for university lecturers in which the participants take a deep dive into case method teaching, to dedicated conferences and competitions. The alternatives to traditional classroom teaching are increasing and one of them is known as case method teaching, with assignments based on real situations which students must solve in collaboration. April wa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-case-method-teaching-spreads-one-lecturer-another - 2025-08-27