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Professor Mia Korpiola and justice of the Supreme Court Stefan Reimer have been awarded honorary doctorates by the Faculty. Mia KorpiolaMia Korpiola is a professor of legal history at the Faculty of Law, University of Turku (Finland) since 2014. She is a legal historian with an exceptionally broad range of expertise and has devoted herself to fields that have not previously been highlighted in res
https://www.law.lu.se/article/honorary-doctorates-2026 - 2026-07-21
Where, how often, and how much it is going to rain or snow in the future is difficult to predict. Anders Ahlström studies the importance of precipitation for ecosystems on Earth – and contributes with new knowledge in a complex and fraught area. Across the world, researchers are in agreement on future warming patterns. However, future precipitation is more difficult to predict, and climate models
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/importance-precipitation-ecosystems-earth - 2026-07-21
What if ordinary skin cells could be effectively reprogrammed to become brain cells and help with diseases like Alzheimer's? And what if machine learning allowed surgeons to precisely remove tumour cells on the operating table? These are the areas of research that Emil Andersson has been exploring to get closer to a solution. He successfully defended his PhD in computational biology at CEC. His th
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/one-step-closer-towards-improving-cancer-surgery-and-reprogramming-cells - 2026-07-21
Ny resurs: Digital Theatre+ Konstnärliga fakultetens bibliotek har startat en prenumeration på Digital Theatre+. Digital Theatre+ innehåller strömmande video, digitala lärresurser och texter inom scenkonstområdet. Plattformen samarbetar med giganter som the Royal Shakespeare Company, Broadway HD och BBC men också med mindre teatrar och scenkonstutbildningar runt om i världen. Länk till resurs i da
https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-mars-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-2 - 2026-07-21
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Knut och Alice Wallenbergs stiftelse har anslagit över 131 miljoner kronor till fyra olika forskningsprojekt vid Lunds universitet. Projekten bedöms hålla högsta internationella klass med möjlighet till framtida vetenskapliga genombrott. – Projektanslagen är den största årliga satsningen som Stiftelsen gör om man se
https://www.lu.se/artikel/131-miljoner-kronor-forskning-av-hogsta-internationella-klass - 2026-07-22
On February 24th and 25th, the kick-off meeting for the NordicESM project took place in Oslo. The aim of NordicESM is to enhance the collaboration on the field of Earth System modelling within the Nordic Countries. The project therefore involves all Nordic research groups working with the Earth System models NorESM and EC-Earth. Amongst other institutes in Europe, Lund University has an active rol
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/nordicesm-meeting - 2026-07-21
30 years of study of several hundred plots (obsytor) in Swedish forests have followed the developments of forest damage. The result is a unique material about the effects of air pollution on the forest and its ecosystems up to 2013. BECC researcher Cecilia Akselsson, Lund University, has led the evaluation and Per Erik Karlsson, IVL, is one of the other co-authors of the report. Skogsstyrelsen sta
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/30-years-environmental-monitoring-shows-air-pollution-effects-forests - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Tuesday 9 May 2017, Professor Nishi Mitra vom Berg held a lecture entitled: "Child marriages in India: Human Rights Violations that go unchecked" at LUX B152. The lecture was jointly organized by Human Rights Studies and SASNET at Lund University. The lecture was recorded and has been published at SASNET's Youtube
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lecture-human-rights-violations-go-unchecked - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Deputy vice-chancellor Sylvia Schwaag Serger sees an opportunity in the future to start a university-wide AI graduate school, similar to the one for Agenda 2030. “The discussions have started, but they are at a very early stage.” Developments in AI are happening very rapidly. There are many benefits, but complex socia
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/importance-lu-interdisciplinary-ai-initiative - 2026-07-21
There is considerable interest in generative AI among the University's technical and administrative staff, according to a survey sent out by the Ad hoc group. Almost half of the approximately 1,200 randomly selected employees responded to the survey. “We were delighted with the high response rate, which shows that generative AI is a topic that people are passionate about,” says Nathalie Stenbeck,
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/great-enthusiasm-and-lots-questions-about-ai - 2026-07-22
From January 2022, MultiPark will have its own coordinator for projects involving Artificial Intelligence. Pär Halje is an assistant researcher in Per Petersson’s Integrative Neurophysiology and Neurotechnology group. For a one year trial period, he will spend 20 % of his time facilitating the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in all-day methods used in MultiPark’s research grou
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/multipark-investing-artificial-intelligence - 2026-07-21
A digital case management system for university-wide staff/HR matters has been launched. The aim is to develop HR support to the organisational units, and HR information on the Staff Pages and in newsletters. Most of the HR Division´s dedicated email addresses have been replaced by new information in the right-hand column on the Staff pages (under the Employment tab) about where to turn if you do
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/case-management-system-university-wide-hr-matters - 2026-07-21
WCMM Fireside Chat is a series of articles dedicated to showcasing the remarkable work of researchers within and around the Lund Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM). Our goal is to encourage collaboration, communication, and inspiration among the scientific community by highlighting innovative research, breakthrough discoveries, and the people driving these advancements. Join us as we
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-elin-tragardh - 2026-07-21
The second batch of housing for Autumn Semester 2024 has just been published. There are approximately 160 accommodations available in the batch. There are still at least as many Guaranteed applicants in the queue. Today (26. June 2024), the second batch of available housing for Autumn Semester 2024 was published, with approximately 160 rooms and apartments.The batch is open for application up unti
https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/second-batch-available-housing-published - 2026-07-21
Tanken med upphandlingar är att säkerställa rätt vara eller tjänst, till rätt pris. Men vad händer när upphandlingar medvetet struktureras för att inte bjuda in till överklagningar – eller helt enkelt avbryts i förtid? Fredrik Tesch-Morawetz doktorsavhandling i handelsrätt tar upp detta. Den prisas av Ekonomihögskolan som fakultetens bästa avhandling från 2019. Varje år köper det offentliga Sverig
https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/sverige-behover-se-over-mojligheten-att-overprova-offentliga-upphandlingar - 2026-07-21
On 18 November, a news item was released that went beyond our wildest dreams: Lund University ranked first in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability. We have been ranked as not just the best in Sweden, or even Europe – we are number one in the entire world! This is most likely the first time that a Swedish or Nordic university has been ranked best in the world in one of the major ranking
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-ranked-best-world-sustainability-according-qs-i-am-speechless - 2026-07-22
En hemlig lista på 774 nazikollaboratörer är på väg att avslöjas och har skapat politisk storm i Kanada. Bakom upptäckten står bland andra Per Anders Rudling, historiker från Lunds universitet. Ottawa, 22 september 2023: Ukrainas president Zelenskij är på besök i Kanadas parlament. Talmannen ber en 98-årig inbjuden kanadensisk veteran som stred mot ryssarna under andra världskriget att ställa sig
https://www.lu.se/artikel/nazikollaboratorer-avslojas-efter-80-ar - 2026-07-22
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Embassy of Canada to Sweden and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University are pleased to invite you to a seminar on Leaving Radical Society: Processes of Exit from Violent Extremism. In recent years, focus on the incidence of radicalization leading to violence in society has increased throughout Eur
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/leaving-radical-society-processes-exit-violent-extremism - 2026-07-21
What is the workshop about?Wavefunction methods, including multiconfigurational theory, are well-established techniques for electronic structure calculations of both ground and excited states in chemistry and molecular spectroscopy. However, these methods have been seldom applied in the context of solid-state systems due to their computationally intensive nature and the requirement for additional
The HALRIC research internship programme offers Bachelor and Master students the opportunity to get insights into research done in the field of Life Science, involving Advanced Research Infrastructures, and to gain international experience. Interdisciplinary internship positions for students who want to explore infrastructures, such as MAX IV, ESS, DESY and European XFEL, as well as cutting-edge c
https://www.virology.lu.se/article/halric-research-internship-programme - 2026-07-21
