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On Friday, June 17, Cansu Bostan successfully defended her dissertation Games of Justice: Ethnographic Inquiries on Space, Subjectivity and Law in Northern Kurdistan. She is now a Doctor in Sociology of Law for all eternity. Bostan's PhD project sprung from her master's thesis in sociology of law, a gender perspective analysis of the conflict between the Kurdish PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) and

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/unanimous-committee-passed-cansu-bostan-doctorhood - 2026-07-25

Harvesting wind, stirring sands: the expansion of renewable energy frontiers, local resistance, and the European academic gaze on green extractivism in West Asia and North Africa (WANA) 11-12 December 2025, LundThe rapid expansion of wind and solar infrastructure in the West Asia and North Africa (WANA), framed as part of sustainability and green energy transitions, raises urgent questions about l

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/international-workshop-green-extractivism - 2026-07-25

RuoXuan Xu has been awarded first prize in the Swedish Demographic Association’s 2026 thesis competition for a study on declining fertility intentions among Generation Z women in China. The Swedish Demographic Association has named RuoXuan Xu the winner of its 2026 thesis competition for the thesis “Why Are Fertility Intentions Declining Among Generation Z Women? Insights from the Chinese Context”

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/lund-sociology-student-wins-award-thesis-family-and-fertility - 2026-07-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Everyone knows about source criticism, but researchers Jutta Haider and Olof Sundin want to emphasise source confidence. “There has been an intensive focus on the critical aspect. Pupils leave school with the attitude that you cannot trust anything, so source confidence is an important complement to source criticism.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/they-strike-blow-source-confidence - 2026-07-25

Perhaps not, argues Yulia Vakulenko. At least not when it comes to the delivery service needs and preferences of rural versus urban e-consumers in the age of consumer-centric supply chain management. The new age of consumer-centric supply chain management highlights the benefits of placing the consumer at the core of strategy development and operations design. Recent e-commerce shifts translate in

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/does-one-service-fit-all - 2026-07-25

In Sweden, class actions - such as the ongoing Aurora case, where 300 young people are suing the government for failing to implement climate policies - are rare. Too rare, according to the sociologist of law Michael Molavi. He argues that Sweden would benefit from more class actions and that the state should finance the legal costs. On 21 March, Nacka District Court announced that the youth group

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/should-state-pay-climate-class-action-litigation - 2026-07-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The theme for the first online Transformations Conference (17 – 18th June 2021), co-organised by LUCSUS, is about enabling positive tipping points for sustainability transformations. In this interview, conveners J. David Tàbara (GCF) and Diego Galafassi (LUCSUS), speak on key aims and hopes for the upcoming conference

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/transformations-conference-2021-enabling-positive-tipping-points-sustainability - 2026-07-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Doktorspromotionen, UR-föreläsningar, paneldebatt, Debatt i Lund, samordning av cancerforskningen, invigning av MAPCI, LERU, Lärosäten Syd, ReLog, nytt tomtsrättsavtal för ML4, Medicon Village och besök från Kina är några av punkterna i detta rektorsbrev. Doktorspromotionen äger rum i dag. Denna högtidsstund är allt

https://www.lu.se/artikel/rektorsbrev-31-maj - 2026-07-26

Around the world, coastal communities are exposed to the impacts of climate change, for example sea level rise and coastal erosion. But local governments are often politically and economically constrained in their abilities to implement timely and needed adaptation measures. These constraints can restrict adaptation options to practices that are too little and too late, or even result in measures

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/impact-story-connecting-theory-and-practice-overcome-barriers-adaptation - 2026-07-25

Lund, Sweden – November 10, 2025 Researchers from Uzbekistan's General Prosecutor's Office, leading academic institutions, and civil society organizations convened at Lund University to present their research on anti-corruption measures and migration governance under the MOCCA (Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia) and the MARS (Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective) res

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/multidisciplinary-research-seminar-corruption-and-migration-challenges - 2026-07-25

A new Campus Plan covering all campuses in Lund, Malmö, Helsingborg and Ljungbyhed has been drawn up with a view to 2050. The Plan is a strategic tool designed to support the University's development in a changing world, contribute to a more efficient use of premises and outdoor environments, and enable future expansion in the coming decades. The Campus Plan is aimed at everyone involved in campus

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-campus-plan-sights-set-2050-adopted - 2026-07-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the early 1990s, peacemakers, politicians and researchers believed that growing water shortages would lead to an increasing number of wars and conflicts around the world. It was thought that the disputes in the Middle East would become more difficult to resolve as water resources diminished. However, views have sin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/collaboration-water-offers-great-potential-peace - 2026-07-25

Candy heaven or candy hell? Halloween consumption has gone rampant since we imported this tradition from the United States, and is expected to reach 1,6 billion SEK in 2024. In Sweden we used to just go to graveyards on All Hallows Eve and light candles in memory of loved ones that have passed, but starting in the 1990’s it has become a spectacle, with costumes, parties, ghostly decorations and tr

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/economics-death-and-halloween-consumption - 2026-07-25

Candy heaven or candy hell? Halloween consumption has gone rampant since we imported this tradition from the United States, and is expected to reach 1,6 billion SEK in 2024. In Sweden we used to just go to graveyards on All Hallows Eve and light candles in memory of loved ones that have passed, but starting in the 1990’s it has become a spectacle, with costumes, parties, ghostly decorations and tr

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/economics-death-and-halloween-consumption - 2026-07-25

In Malmö research in medical radiation physics is carried out to strengthen societal preparedness and support the strategic goals of the Faculty of Medicine. Through interdisciplinary collaboration and unique laboratory environments, clinically oriented research is combined with education and societal benefit. “Our aim is for the research to make a tangible difference for both people and society.

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/research-malmo-medical-radiation-physics-strengthens-societal-preparedness - 2026-07-25

Att årets julklapp skulle bli just det hemstickade plagget är en trendspaning från HUI som både förvånar och förskräcker. Forskarna Cecilia Fredriksson och Marie Ledendal kommenterar valet av årets julklapp hos Centrum för Handelsforskning. Med motiveringen "I en tid av bildlig och bokstavlig kyla, som följd av oroligheter i världen representerar Årets Julklapp 2022 en varm kram i produktform att

https://www.isk.lu.se/artikel/arets-julklapp-om-konsten-att-komponera-en-kofta - 2026-07-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Vi människor har olika förmåga att frisätta och reagera på insulin beroende på etnicitet. Det visar en studie som gjorts av forskare vid Lunds universitets Diabetescentrum, LUDC, i samarbete med amerikanska och japanska forskare och som publiceras i juni-numret av tidskriften Diabetes Care. I många år har vi vant os

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/skillnader-i-insulin-beroende-pa-etnicitet - 2026-07-25

Att årets julklapp skulle bli just det hemstickade plagget är en trendspaning från HUI som både förvånar och förskräcker. Forskarna Cecilia Fredriksson och Marie Ledendal kommenterar valet av årets julklapp hos Centrum för Handelsforskning. Med motiveringen "I en tid av bildlig och bokstavlig kyla, som följd av oroligheter i världen representerar Årets Julklapp 2022 en varm kram i produktform att

https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/arets-julklapp-om-konsten-att-komponera-en-kofta - 2026-07-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Ungdomar från hela Sverige har vallfärdat till Hultsfredsfestivalen i lite mer än tjugo års tid för att lyssna på de stora banden, dansa, festa och leva festivalliv i lilla Hultsfred, mitt i mörkaste Småland. Vad var det som hände i Hultsfred och hur blev Hultsfredsfestivalen störst, bäst och vackrast? Etnologen Jon

https://www.lu.se/artikel/rocknroll-i-hultsfred - 2026-07-25

Maten vi äter påverkar inte bara kroppen utan även knoppen. Forskare vid Lunds universitet strävar efter att förstå hur en kost med mycket fett och socker påverkar minnesförmågor i samband med övervikt och typ 2-diabetes. Deras nya studie på möss visar att fet mat och sockersötad dryck leder till försämrat minne, men att det går att vända utvecklingen. Övervikt är en riskfaktor för att utveckla ty

https://www.lu.se/artikel/en-kost-rik-pa-fett-och-socker-forsamrade-minnet-hos-moss-men-inte-gott - 2026-07-26