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Swedish Journal "Aktuell Hållbarhet" has listed young talents that in one way or another already have made an imprint in the area of sustainability. The list contains activists, lawyers, researchers, engineers and others. Congratulations, Steven! Where does your engagement come from and what made you choose a career in sustainability? Thanks! I am really honoured to be recognised, and included amo

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/steven-curtis-listed-one-33-most-influential-sustainability-profiles-under-33-sweden - 2026-05-21

Dr. Olle Lindvall, recently awarded a jubilee doctorate from Lund University, has spent more than fifty years studying the brain and how to repair it. His work has turned ideas that once seemed like science fiction into scientific reality. Looking back on his journey from curious medical student to clinical neuroscientist, he talks about his accomplishments, the challenges he faced, and gives advi

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/what-fuels-lifetime-scientific-discovery-olle-lindvall-reflects-his-journey-neuroscience - 2026-05-21

On Friday, February 28, Monica Porzionato defended her thesis "Feeling the changing climate: An affective approach to the strategic communication of floods in a tourist city". Strategic communication studies usually consider emotions as psychological effects of communication or as an influence on people's understanding of an issue. In the first case, emotions like joy or desire result from strateg

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/successful-defence-dr-monica-porzionato - 2026-05-21

Alicia N'Guetta is a PhD student working across two LUCSUS projects, MaCoBios and DICE. Her research focuses on climate change adaptation, livelihood, loss and damage, and gender in Martinique, an overseas department of France situated in the Caribbean Sea. Using a gender lens, she will explore how climate change impact on marine coastal ecosystems services affect livelihoods and how adaptation st

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/alicia-nguetta-uses-gender-lens-study-impacts-climate-change-marine-coastal-ecosystems - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Chairs: Britta Ohm, Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Switzerland, Per Ståhlberg, Department of Media and Communication Studies, Södertörn University, Sweden & Vibodh Parthasarathi, Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Milia Islamia, India. VENUE: Edilrummet, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sa

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/panel-3-beyond-desirable-critical-perspectives-media-modernity - 2026-05-21

Video games are easy to exploit, and are being used by actors ranging from IS and Hizbollah for recruitment, to Russia, who use it to spread propaganda during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. This states a report from the Psychological Defence Research Institute at Lund University in Sweden. Since the 2016 US Presidential election, many democratic governments have paid close attention to how forei

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/how-video-games-are-being-used-malign-foreign-actors-and-extremists - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Article in The Conversation by Paul Franks, professor of genetic epidemiology and Peter M Nilsson, professor of internal medicine - epidemiology at Lund University. A growing number of Swedish doctors and scientists are raising alarm over the Swedish government’s approach to COVID-19. Unlike its Nordic neighbours, Swe

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/sweden-under-fire-relaxed-coronavirus-approach-heres-science-behind-it - 2026-05-21

Bland vinterns disputationer vid Medicinska fakulteten, lyfter vi denna gång dessa: Mattias Hills arbete om hjärt-lunghälsa hos personer som levt länge med en svår ryggmärgsskada. João Vieira om fetmas effekt på ämnesomsättning, minne och återhämtning efter stroke. Ellen Landgren om patienters upplevelser av personcentrerad vård vid reumatoid artrit. Ida von Konow om hur barn med medfödda hjärtfel

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/om-ryggmargsskada-fetma-reumatism-och-donerade-hjartklaffar - 2026-05-20

En randomiserad klinisk studie ledd av forskare vid Lunds universitet har jämfört effekten av intravenös behandling med ketamin mot ECT-behandling vid svår depression. Resultaten stärker bilden av ketamin som en möjlig behandling, men visar också att ECT-behandling hjälper fler. Under senare år har ketamin seglat upp som en ny behandling, eftersom studier visat att det har en antidepressiv effekt.

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ny-studie-jamfor-ect-och-ketamin-vid-svar-depression - 2026-05-20

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Really good research is often interdisciplinary”, said Kerstin Sahlin from the Swedish Research Council (VR) at a seminar in Lund on how the land lies for research funding. She wanted to debunk the myth that VR is not good at encouraging interdisciplinary projects. Quite the opposite – a working group has recently be

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/tips-funding-bodies - 2026-05-21

Children in preschool and primary school will now be able to learn more about insects, birds, flowers and plants, how valuable they are and how we humans can protect nature. The collaborative project ‘Natural Nations’ is introducing biodiversity in the curriculum. In the past, knowledge of species and the natural world was part of general knowledge and was passed down through generations. Today, t

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/children-and-biologists-research-biodiversity-together - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. After a long economic crisis, Lebanon is on the brink of ruin. The currency has lost much in value and people's savings have been eaten up. The crisis in the country is also taking place at the political and social level. Despite this, the corrupt elite continues to rule the country, without being punished for their w

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/will-lebanon-survive-crisis - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. After a long economic crisis, Lebanon is on the brink of ruin. The currency has lost much in value and people's savings have been eaten up. The crisis in the country is also taking place at the political and social level. Despite this, the corrupt elite continues to rule the country, without being punished for their w

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/will-lebanon-survive-crisis - 2026-05-21

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Vissa ämnen skrivs det särskilt ofta i media om under sommaren. Här finns en lista över forskare vid Lunds universitet som kan svara på vanliga sommarfrågor och en rad andra ämnen som ofta är aktuella. Medicin, mat och hälsaFästingsmitta och malaria  Kristina Persson svarar på frågor om malaria och babesia – en fäst

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitets-sommarlista-2019-massor-av-experter-pa-sommarens-fragor - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Chair: Henrik Chetan Aspengren and J R Jishnu VENUE: Sångsalen, AF Borgen, Sandgatan 2, Lund  Schedule panel 8. DAY 1:  20 September (Tuesday)Slot 1 Time: 14.30 – 16.30Venue: SångsalenChair: Henrik Chetan Aspengren Public Spheres and Private Lives30 min./paper including discussion. Mohammad Tareq Hasan,  University of

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/panel-8-open-panel - 2026-05-21

Most women will experience menopause at some point in their working lives. How can a workplace be set up to make things easier for employees going through their menopausal transition? A pilot project at Lund University is investigating the issue. Sweating, mood swings and poor sleep. Many women are adversely affected by menopause. According to a 2021 study published by the Swedish National Board o

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-can-lund-university-become-more-menopause-friendly-workplace - 2026-05-20

In connection with a new report on measures to mitigate climate change, researchers at Lund University in Sweden see some hopeful signs. Among other things, Lars J Nilsson, Professor of Environmental and Energy Systems at Lund University, thinks there are good prospects for achieving zero emissions by 2050 in industries such as steel, cement, and chemicals, which are currently responsible for majo

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/un-climate-report-april-4th-what-matters-now-zero-emissions - 2026-05-21

As 2025 gets under way, the University, and I dare say the whole higher education sector, has got off to a flying start. The reason for this flying start is, of course, the Research and Innovation Bill that was presented just before Christmas and has since been analysed from all angles. The analysis will continue, as the parts that are still unclear take shape in the Spring Budget or in new direct

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/flying-start-2025 - 2026-05-20

This year’s report from the V-Dem Institute’s Academic Freedom Index focuses in particular on the institutional autonomy of higher education institutions in different countries, which in turn is fundamental to the protection of individual academic freedom.  This includes countries such as Hungary, which began its steady decline from a high ranking in institutional autonomy in 2009 to a bottom-of-t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/academic-freedom-can-be-rapidly-undermined - 2026-05-20

Canadian Daniel Benoit is the Director of the new MoRe Lab. This is how it´s been coming to Medfak from the ouside, and settling in a new habitat. How did you end up at the Faculty of Medicine in Lund?– My wife was actually born right here in Lund, and her family are all Lund University alumni, so we have always had an eye on opportunities here. Then some years ago I met Professor Eva Ageberg thro

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-sweden-new-medfak-daniel-benoit-new-director-new-more-lab - 2026-05-21