During her thesis project, Nadja Gustavsson has characterized structural changes inside neurons of a new mouse model for mixed neurogenerative disorders. On the 21st of October, she is defending her thesis supervised by Oxana Klementieva. In this interview, Nadja shares her ups and downs during her time as a Ph.D. student in MultiPark. Tell us about your Ph.D. research! Our lab utilizes a novel ap

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-nadja-gustavsson - 2025-08-29

A locked toilet station in the Gazdar Bandh informal settlement in Mumbai. – Sanitation is a major challenge in India. It is partly to do with the high population density, there are more people sharing the same space, and a historically higher cultural and religious acceptance of poor sanitation, says Sara Gabrielsson from Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, LUCSUS. Her research foc

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/sanitation-more-toilets-informal-settlements-india-need-community-based-ownership-and-state-action - 2025-08-29

ESS, internationella studenter, delårsrapport, Debatt i Lund, hälsningsgille, LUX och MOOC:s är några av punkterna i detta rektorsbrev. ESS. I morgon är det äntligen dags att sätta spaden i jorden för att inleda bygget av ESS. Det sker vid en ceremoni där utbildningsminister Jan Björklund samt hans danska kollega Sofie Carsten Nielsen, minister i den danska regeringen för utbildning och forskninge

https://www.lu.se/artikel/rektorsbrev-1-september - 2025-08-30

Medicon Village, Brasilienresa, Horizon 2020, LERU, MAX IV, IVA, SUHF och luPOD är några av punkterna i detta rektorsbrev. Medicon Village. Den 19 november har Medicon Village öppet hus. Drygt 200 cancerforskare vid Lunds universitet har flyttat in på Medicon Village under sommaren. Alla medarbetare vid Lunds universitet och Medicon Village är välkomna att komma och träffa forskargrupper och se lo

https://www.lu.se/artikel/rektorsbrev-1-november-0 - 2025-08-30

Corn starch, with elements of heavy metals, powdered brick, amphetamines, ink, wall paint or furniture polish. This is what can be found in falsified medicines, a market currently considered more profitable than that of drug crime. Professor of Ethnology Susanne Lundin. Photo: Kennet Ruona Some defective medicines were authentic to begin with, but have been wrongly stored or have expired. If they

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/industry-worth-billions-puts-lives-risk - 2025-08-29

Peter Svensson, senior lecturer in Business Administration, argues that it is best if students learn the basics in Swedish before they 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

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/poorer-learning-if-teaching-anglicised - 2025-08-29

Myndighetsdialog, fler sökande till färre platser, Botaniska trädgården, SUHF:s förbundssamling, ESS och Debatt i Lund är några av punkterna i detta rektorsbrev. Fler sökande till färre platser är ett allvarligt problem som vi återkommande har tagit upp. Denna bild bekräftas nu av UHR (Universitets- och högskolerådet) som i en analys konstaterar att intresset för högskolestudier fortsätter att öka

https://www.lu.se/artikel/rektorsbrev-1-april - 2025-08-30

Ulrika Sandén, taking a break from driving her motorcycle. Photo:Kennet Ruona. She has survived a brain tumour and hates empty phrases such as “seize the day” and “live in the present”. Despite this, after the tumour operation Ulrika Sandén both researched and wrote a book on what she calls “Contentment in the moment”, an approach to life that she assimilated during her years in Vesterålen in nort

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/contentment-moment-makes-life-more-enjoyable - 2025-08-29

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 - 2025-08-30

"Diskussioner om värde i välfärden måste bli mer nyanserade" skriver Pernilla Danielsson och Ulrika Westrup i en nyligen publicerad artikel i tidskriften Organisation & Samhälle. I takt med förändringar i samhället har en riktning mot ökad användarorientering betonats som nödvändig inom välfärden för att kunna möta invånarnas många och komplexa behov av tjänster. Numera talas det om betydelsen av

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/betydelsen-av-varde-i-valfarden - 2025-08-29

In Chichigalpa, Nicaragua, almost half of all male deaths are attributable to a mysterious kidney disease. In El Salvador, it the second most common cause of death among men. In Sri Lanka, it is believed to have caused about 25 000 deaths over the past decade. Working in heat is a common factor, so the problem is expected to increase along with global warming. The condition in question is the myst

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/heat-exhaustion-behind-mysterious-kidney-disease - 2025-08-29

Photo: Ali Karimi Priscyll Anctil, a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Political Science, recently published a blog post about the human rights violations, especially against women, in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power two years ago. The blog post is available below. August 15, 2023, marked two years of the Taliban takeover. And with it, everyday attacks against “all manifestations

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/blog-post-priscyll-anctil-taliban-takeover-two-years - 2025-08-29

Right now, everything is focused on managing the coronavirus. However, even before COVID-19, viral pandemics around the world were increasing and the ’ordinary’ influenza virus and common cold virus cost society enormous amounts of money each year. Swedish virus researchers say they could improve the world with the help of increased resources and knowledge. A new virus centre is opening in Lund. V

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/virus-war - 2025-08-29

Med anledning av dagens flyktingsituation har Lunds universitet samlat ett antal experter som kan uttala sig om olika aspekter av frågor som rör flyktingar, migration och integration. Juridik Folkrätt och asyl- och migrationsrätt Eleni Karageorgiou, doktorand. Expert på migrationslagstiftning, Eleni [dot] Karageorgiou [at] jur [dot] lu [dot] se (Eleni[dot]Karageorgiou[at]jur[dot]lu[dot]se), 046 22

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitets-expertlista-flyktingar-migration-och-integration - 2025-08-30

Nya studentbostäder, Universitetsstyrelsen, utbildningsnämnden, SFO, Fyra-år-före-dagen, LERU, lokalkostnader, kritik mot utbildningsutbytet med Danmark, Skånedag i Stockholm, Lärosäten Syd, MAX IV, Urban arena och det digitala klassrummet är några av punkterna i detta rektorsbrev. Fyra-år-före-dagen. I december 2011 tog vi ett rejält avstamp inför Lunds universitets 350-årsfirande med fem-år-före

https://www.lu.se/artikel/rektorsbrev-15-november - 2025-08-29

A major benefit of being part of BECC is the possibility for researchers to apply for project funding. Recently, 14 new projects that will contribute to delivering world leading research on biodiversity and ecosystem services under global change were granted funding. At the end of 2022, 14 new research projects were funded by BECC. Most of them are interdisciplinary and collaborations between Lund

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/14-new-projects-funded-becc - 2025-08-29