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Ny Open Access-policy vid LU I förra veckan beslutade rektor om LU:s nya Open Access-policy för publikationer och konstnärliga verk. Förslaget var på remiss under hösten och har under våren diskuterats i Forskningsnämnden. Vid rektorssammanträdet den 17 juni beslutades policyn. Länk till publicerade rektorsbeslut: Förteckningar över rektorsbeslut Nationell färdplan för öppen vetenskap SUHF har un

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-juni-augusti-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation - 2025-11-09

Students tackled overconsumption through setting up a centre for borrowing household items; devised an action plan to ensure that our universities become more sustainable, and explored the potential for art to affect social norms around flying. The Knowledge to Action, K2A, course is all about bringing your theoretical knowledge to bear on real world sustainability problems. Students get to identi

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/2019-knowledge-action-projects - 2025-11-09

The 9th of December Anna Spitzkat defended her doctorate dissertation “Understanding Social Media Shopping – Instagram and the Reconfiguration of the Practice of Shopping”. The thesis explores how the consumer uses Instagram for shopping and the blurring of previously established roles. About the thesis The thesis offers new insights into the understanding of novel, technology-driven consumption p

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-doctoral-thesis-about-social-media-shopping - 2025-11-09

Lack of habitats and climate change – parameters that scientists know affect the number of pollinators in the world. But exactly how big is the effect and what else contributes to the decline of bees and bumblebees? This has Maria Blasi i Romero tried to find out in her dissertation which will be presented on November 26. A sure sign of spring is the buttery yellow rapeseed fields that every year

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/modelling-survival-bumblebees - 2025-11-09

LP3 was successful in its application for renewal of beamtime access at BioMAX (the X-ray macromolecular crystallography beamline of MAX IV). The protein structure pipeline at LP3 is now established. Users can get their protein samples crystallised and the resulting crystals can on a regular basis be evaluated for diffraction and data can be collected. Processing of X-ray data and solving structur

https://www.lp3.lu.se/article/renewal-beamtime-access-biomax-and-allocated-time-scilifelab-cryo-em-facility - 2025-11-09

Researchers have developed a model that can calculate individual countries' carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning using observations from space. The new results could be put to use within the Earth observation programme Copernicus, when satellites will be sent into space in the coming years. At the COP26 climate summit, the nations of the world agreed on a new document that for the fir

https://www.science.lu.se/article/satellites-enable-monitoring-carbon-dioxide-emissions - 2025-11-09

During the foetal stage, a number of so-called cell programs run that are vital to the development of the foetus. In a study published in Cell Reports, researchers from Lund University demonstrate that one of these foetal programs appears to protect against acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). “We have used an experimental mouse model that always results in this type of leukaemia. The interesting thing

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-insights-foetal-development-may-protect-against-leukaemia - 2025-11-09

Children rarely get seriously ill in COVID-19. However, they can suffer from troublesome secondary diseases, the most serious being MIS-C, a hyper-inflammatory condition that often requires intensive care. In Skåne, around 30 children have been affected by MIS-C. Skåne University Hospital is leading the work to care for the affected children and research is also underway on the disease. MIS-C is a

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-research-skane-university-hospital-shed-light-mis-c - 2025-11-09

Workshop with information and discussions on how to use CMU Flex at the Faculty. Register no later than August 26. Invitation to a workshop with information and discussions on how to use CMU Flex at the Faculty. The workshop is arranged in relation to the investigation of the animal houses of the Faculty, which was led by Bo Ahrén. During the workshop, CMU Flex will be presented and ideas of how t

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/invitation-workshop-discuss-cmu-flex - 2025-11-09

Geopolitical issues, medical breakthroughs and cultural history topics have dominated the first eight months of the year. Researchers such as Ming Gao, Tabita Rosendal, Martin L Olsson and Jill Storry are behind some of the most read articles of the year. This year got off to a flying start. In 2025, 49 articles have been published, clocking up 985,000 views in The Conversation. Most readers are i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/almost-million-readers-conversation-so-far-year - 2025-11-10

Hanna Bäck was promotet to professor by decison of chancellor Torbjörn von Schantz on February 26, 2015. The promotion was based on positive reviews of Bäck's work, by for instance Kaare Strøm: In sum, Hanna Bäck has produced a significant body of important and excellent scholarship. Her publications are works of high scholarly quality and professionalism. Her theoretical arguments are invariably

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hanna-back-promoted-professor - 2025-11-10

Why are some governments more corrupt than others? Why do high-level officials in some countries seem to extract more rents than others? In the recently-published article “Cabinets, Prime Ministers, and Corruption: A Comparative Analysis of Parliamentary Governments in Post-War Europe” Hanna Bäck and Jan Teorell, together with Staffan Lindberg, present one answer to such questions, focusing on the

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/corruption-governments - 2025-11-09

Idag, onsdagen den 27 januari, uppmärksammar Unesco ”Internationella dagen till minne av förintelsens offer”, baserad på den dag 1945 då fångarna i koncentrationslägret i Auschwitz-Birkenau befriades. Årets tema är “From Words to Genocide: Antisemitic Propaganda and the Holocaust”. Auschwitz-Birkenau var ett av nazisternas största koncentrations- och förintelseläger och befriades av sovjetiska tru

https://www.lu.se/artikel/forintelsens-minnesdag-den-27-januari - 2025-11-09

To strengthen Sweden's innovative capacity and technological independence, the Swedish Research Council and Vinnova have been tasked with setting up clusters of excellence in groundbreaking technology. A total of SEK 2.5 billion is being invested, with SEK 1.5 billion coming from the Swedish Research Council and SEK 1 billion from Vinnova. This investment in clusters of excellence is part of a Gov

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fourteen-networks-receive-funding-swedish-research-council-and-vinnova-planning-future-clusters - 2025-11-10

Esa Kirkkopelto är utnämnd till ny professor vid Teaterhögskolan i Malmö, Lunds universitet. Kirkkopelto har gedigna erfarenheter av konstnärlig forskning på internationell nivå och har bidragit till den internationella forskningsscenen i teater. Han är konstnärligt verksam sedan 1988 och har bland annat arbetat med teater som dramatiker och regissör. Han har också lång erfarenhet av att arbeta so

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/ny-professor-i-teater-konstnarlig-forskning-vid-teaterhogskolan-i-malmo-lunds-universitet - 2025-11-10

Sustainability is a priority – not only for the Faculty of Science but for the entire university. Working sustainably is not only about reducing climate and environmental impact – it also contributes to a more stimulating, safe, and inclusive workplace. Lund University's new resource ‘Sustainable at work’ brings together concrete tips and tools for those who want to make more sustainable choices i

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/five-ways-be-even-more-sustainable-work - 2025-11-09

Vartannat år delar Nordiska gerontologiska förbundet ut det mest prestigefyllda priset inom gerontologi, Sohlbergpriset på 10 000 euro. Priset tilldelas en forskare som är ledande inom området gerontologi, verksam i ett nordiskt land och som har haft stort inflytande på utvecklingen inom åldrandeforskningen. 2022 års pristagare är professor Susanne Iwarsson vid Lunds universitet. Priset delas ut u

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/susanne-iwarsson-tilldelas-sohlbergpriset-nordens-storsta-pris-inom-aldrandeforskning - 2025-11-10

– Hjärtat är byggt runt vätskan det innehåller, blodet. Det är vätskans egenskaper som avgör hur stort hjärtat blir. Det säger Håkan Arheden, professor i klinisk fysiologi vid Lunds universitet, som med magnetkamera visat virvlarna i hjärtat på tredimensionell film. Att muskulatur påverkas av belastning är välkänt. Den som är länge sängliggande tappar muskler, medan den som går på gym får större m

https://www.lu.se/artikel/blodets-egenskaper-formar-hjartat - 2025-11-10

SkådespelarutbildningenExamensproduktion Jeanne d’Arc -häxan från VogesernaSom examensproduktion för skådespelarprogrammet sätter Teaterhögskolan i Malmö upp den nyskrivna Jeanne d’Arc — häxan från Vogeserna. Pjäsen tar utgångspunkt i den historiska figuren Jeanne d’Arc, vars öde, i såväl livet som efter döden, kan tyckas bortom all rimlighet. I ett intensivt relationsdrama blandas fakta med fikti

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/arrangemang-pa-teaterhogskolan-under-scenkonstbiennalen - 2025-11-09

When renovating premises at Campus Paradis, reuse takes center stage. By refurbishing and repurposing existing furniture, new spaces are emerging that combine sustainability, functionality, and historical character. Furniture reuse has become a natural part of Lund University’s sustainability work. During the renovation of Gamla Lungkliniken and the new IKO premises in Gamla Polikliniken, interior

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/reuse-creates-pride-and-sustainability-campus-paradis - 2025-11-09