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Allt fler samhällsfunktioner påverkas av digitaliseringen och den snabba teknikutvecklingen. Vid Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten startar man nu därför en tankesmedja med fokus på teknik. Sociologen Carola Aili är en av initiativtagarna. Sociologen Carola Aili är en av initiativtagarna till tankesmedjan. Varför behövs en tankesmedja med samhällsvetenskapliga perspektiv på teknik?  – Det finns mång

https://www.lu.se/artikel/tankesmedja-med-teknikfokus-hos-samhallsvetarna - 2025-12-20

Klimatkrisen är allvarlig. Lika allvarlig är utarmningen av den biologiska mångfalden i världen. Forskning och arbete sker för att lindra båda kriserna. Problemet är att åtgärderna hittills inte har samordnats. I en internationell studie pekar forskare på vikten av att ta hänsyn till båda kriserna samtidigt, både inom forskning och vad gäller konkreta åtgärder. – Klimatåtgärder kan inte bortse frå

https://www.lu.se/artikel/forskare-varnar-utan-samsyn-kan-varken-klimat-eller-biodiversitet-raddas - 2025-12-20

Vid olyckor eller terrordåd där radioaktiva ämnen misstänks vara inblandade kan det vara svårt att klargöra ifall människor i omgivningen utsatts för strålning. Men genom att analysera mobiltelefoner eller andra kroppsnära föremål går det att få viktig information om strålningsexponeringen. Det visar en ny avhandling från Lunds universitet. Dessvärre inträffar det då och då olyckor som innebär att

https://www.lu.se/artikel/din-mobil-kan-avsloja-om-du-utsatts-stralning - 2025-12-21

Klimatkrisen är allvarlig. Lika allvarlig är utarmningen av den biologiska mångfalden i världen. Forskning och arbete sker för att lindra båda kriserna. Problemet är att åtgärderna hittills inte har samordnats. I en internationell studie pekar forskare på vikten av att ta hänsyn till båda kriserna samtidigt, både inom forskning och vad gäller konkreta åtgärder. – Klimatåtgärder kan inte bortse frå

https://www.biologi.lu.se/artikel/forskare-varnar-utan-samsyn-kan-varken-klimat-eller-biodiversitet-raddas - 2025-12-21

The Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions (SUHF) has produced three reports that highlight key issues it regards as threats to the activities of higher education institutions. A fourth report on governance in higher education will be published after the summer. The other reports concern academic freedom, increased bureaucratisation and the reliance of research on external funding. T

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-reports-threats-academic-freedom-and-university-governance - 2025-12-20

In recent years, there have been changes to the deadlines for applying for reimbursement of health promotion, medication and healthcare expenses. Because of this, we are once again sending out a reminder this year. Health promotion benefitYou can apply for health promotion reimbursement several times a year (preferably as soon as you have used up your entire health promotion allowance of SEK 1,870

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/deadlines-applying-health-promotion-medication-and-healthcare-reimbursements - 2025-12-20

We are delighted to invite you to submit your abstract for the Swedish Climate Symposium: a symposium dedicated to advancing scientific understanding of climate change and its environmental and societal consequences. The Swedish Climate Symposium serves as a national platform for advancing climate knowledge and driving action. It brings together researchers, policymakers, and societal stakeholders

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/swedish-climate-symposium-2026-call-abstracts-now-open - 2025-12-21

Offices in Swedish public agencies have much lower occupancy rates than before the pandemic, primarily due to two post-pandemic trends: increased teleworking and nation-wide recruitments. An estimated 100 000 office spaces are vacant, and many agencies are looking for alternative ways to use these spaces. At the same time, it’s increasingly common that public agencies recruit personnel living in l

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/public-co-working-changing-travel-patterns - 2025-12-21

Eléonor studies strategic communication and lived in Helsingborg for the first two years of her studies. Read on to find out what she thinks the best things to do in Helsingborg during the summer! Are there any activities or events that you would recommend to others? The summer in Helsingborg is full of concerts so even though the semester has ended there is plenty of life in the city. This year H

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/there-lot-going-helsingborg-all-time - 2025-12-21

Petra Östergren is a social anthropologist who has received SEK 3 million to participate in a major new EU project about how to tackle human trafficking by studying demand. Around 15 researchers from eight countries are taking part in the project, the goal of which is to reduce the suffering that results from the worst forms of exploitation. Petra Östergren. “No. We often think about women being l

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/human-trafficking-primarily-about-prostitution - 2025-12-21

Two world-leading American researchers known respectively for their research within medical humanities, and the sensory nervous system and perception of pain and temperature have been named honorary doctors at the Faculty of Medicine. The honorary doctorates will be conferred on 26 May 2023. Ever since David Julius’ discovery of the temperature and pain receptor TRPV1, he has contributed crucial d

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/honorary-doctors-named-faculty-medicine - 2025-12-21

A new mini LUCSUS documentary, The Beans Of/For Change, introduces the challenges and opportunities around specialty coffee in Colombia. It is based on research results from field visits to Antioquia and Quindío in Colombia, as part of the FORMAS-supported project, Unravelling climate change impacts on migrant farmworkers in agrifood production. Dianne Kok has produced and edited the documentary.

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/documentary-beans-offor-change-shines-light-challenges-and-opportunities-around-specialty-coffee - 2025-12-21

In this short interview, LUCSUS researcher Diego Galafassi talks on sustainability challenges, his previous research, and his recent article about climate art. What do you do at LUCSUS?I’m a post-doctoral researcher, co-PI of the project Arts4SDGs, which explores the role that arts and arts-based approaches to knowledge co-creation might play in realizing the SDGs.What sustainability challenge do

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-diego-galafassi-works-art-sdgs - 2025-12-20

Pesticide use in is an urgent concern for human health and the environment. New studies on pesticide practices in Ugandan smallholder agriculture highlight the need to focus on drivers and impacts of unsafe pesticide use instead of putting blame on farmers. Two recent research articles by LUCSUS researchers Elina Andersson and Ellinor Isgren show that while there is still a widespread notion that

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/it-not-farmers-who-drive-pesticide-use-it-lack-alternatives - 2025-12-21

During her thesis project, Elin Byman discovered a role of alpha-amylase in Alzheimer’s disease. January 21, she defends her Ph.D. work supervised by Malin Wennström in the Preclinical memory research group at MultiPark. Here, she tells about the journey and major breakthroughs. Tell us about your research! The enzyme alpha-amylase has long been known to be abundant in saliva and the gastrointesti

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-elin-byman - 2025-12-21

What is your research about? My research is part of a larger project, "Mobilizing farmer organisations for sustainable agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa." My focus is to examine the emergence and growth of smallholder farmers' organisations in Ghana and how they employ collective action in their engagement with government and private investors to safeguard the interest of smallholder

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/phd-student-bernard-ekumah-studies-smallholder-farmers-organisations-and-large-scale-land - 2025-12-21

Stora vägbyggen runt Lund kommer snart påverka pendlingsmöjligheterna. Om du arbetar i Lund men bor utanför stan kan det vara bra att planera hur du ska ta dig till jobbet i förväg. Vägprojekten berör E22 vid trafikplats Lund Södra och väg 108 mellan Staffanstorp och Lund. Under vissa perioder blir det planerade totalavstängningarna under år 2025–2026.E22 och väg 108 mellan Staffanstorp–LundEn til

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/snart-ar-det-dags-totalavstangningar-pa-e22-och-vag-108 - 2025-12-20

Hållbarhetsveckan har under de sju senaste åren etablerats som en självklar mötesplats för att diskutera omställningen till ett hållbart samhälle. I år samlar Lunds universitet tillsammans med Lunds kommun över 70 event i programmet. Där lyfts frågor som rör allt från biologisk mångfald och klimatfrågor till demokrati, stadsutveckling och kulturella uttryck. 8–13 april är det dags att diskutera vä

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/8-13-april-ar-det-dags-hallbarhetsveckan - 2025-12-20

The recent hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria highlight the potential for the climate system to cause loss and damage. “Loss and damage” is a phrase used in different ways by people who work on climate policy, negotiation and adaptation/resilience. A new study clarifies these different perspectives which is a key issue now that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC, is e

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/clarifying-perspectives-promote-action-loss-and-damage-climate-change - 2025-12-19

Britta Padberg (PhD), tidigare ansvarig för Center for Interdisciplinary Research vid Bielefeld University i tolv år och föreståndare för The New Institute i Hamburg, har varit här på Pufendorf IAS sedan slutet av augusti på en fyra veckor lång forskningsvistelse. Vi känner henne sedan tidigare: Britta Padberg var en del av vår utvärderingspanel under 2024 och besökte oss både i maj och i oktober

https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/valkommen-tillbaka-till-pufendorfinstitutet-britta-padberg - 2025-12-21