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In his doctoral thesis, Juan Antonio Samper explores how conflict, extractivism and resistance shape the Colombian Andinoamazonia. This text was originally published on LinkedIn by Theo Hagman-Rogowski (LUCSUS, Lund University).On 5 June, Juan Antonio Samper, doctoral student at LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies) and the Agenda 2030 Graduate School at Lund University, succe
Every year, doctoral students at the Department of Service Studies go on a writing retreat to focus on their theses and strengthen the community. This year, the trip went to Smygehus Havsbad in Smygehamn, where the doctoral students had the chance to both work and relax. The retreat is an annual tradition that gives doctoral students a chance to focus on their work in a relaxing environment. This
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/doctoral-students-service-studies-annual-writing-retreat-sea - 2026-09-19
Read the director’s message, explore the latest research news, discover upcoming events, and browse our recent publications. Read full newsletter here!Season's greetings from the team at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies!CMES organised several major events during the latter part of the autumn semester. A topical public seminar was co-organised with Peace and Conflict Studies, focusing
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-55-0 - 2026-09-19
Henock Yitbarek Zerezgi, Parrendah Adwoa Kpeli and Emilia Ravn Boess recently completed our course "Governance and the Sustainable Development Goals". We asked them what they thought of the course and how it will help them in their own research. In March, the second course held by the Development Research School was finalised. It had brought together a variety of scholars, with different backgroun
SWEAH affiliated Arianna Poli, at Linköping University, is defending her dissertation entitled "A Divided Old Age through Research on Digital Technologies". Having access to and being able to use digital technologies is crucial for participating in today digital societies, but the access and the use of digital technologies are unequally distributed among older people. Groups of older people in lo
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/towards-better-understanding-what-leads-digital-inequalities-old-age - 2026-09-19
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Att utveckla mjukvara med open source, öppen källkod, blir allt vanligare. Och det låter ju snällt. Men villkoren förändras i takt med att företagen bli fler och idealisterna färre. Det vet Alma Orucevic-Alagic, doktorand i dataveteskap vid Lunds Tekniska Högskola. – Nu när allt fler väljer att utveckla och anpassa
https://www.lu.se/artikel/oppen-kallkod-inte-sa-oppen - 2026-09-18
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Josefine Östrup Backe defended her thesis Enacting "the local" in culinary tourism: A study of culinary actors and their practices on february 7. As the competition between destinations grows, the need to stand out and offer memorable and unique experiences also grows. Culinary experiences and activities with elements
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/enacting-local-culinary-tourism-study-culinary-actors-and-their-practices - 2026-09-19
A new academic year just started and the department has welcomed around 100 new master students, of which almost all of them are international students. Before starting their studies at our master programme with five different specializations, the students participate in our preparatory week learning to study the "LU-way" - the Lund University way. We have talked to the two teachers in charge of t
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-master-students-learning-lu-way - 2026-09-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "My research interests spiral around ideas of change in core beliefs, and in embedded behavior patterns and practices." What do you do at LUCSUS? My PhD is part of a project called GLOCULL - exploring innovation experiments in Urban Living Labs in the Food, Water, and Energy nexus. LUCSUS is one of seven partner organ
Fernando Garnero has been a doctoral student at the Malmö Academy of Music since September 2020 and will defend his dissertation project "Mutations in the Composable – Compositional Practice as a Space of Experimentation, Tension, and Uncertainty” on 12 May 2025. Part of his doctoral defence is a concert that will take place at IAC (11 May 2025). What is your dissertation project about?I approache
https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/meet-fernando-garnero-and-find-out-more-about-mutations-composable - 2026-09-19
Fernando Garnero has been a doctoral student at Malmö Academy of Music since September 2020 and will defend his dissertation project "Mutations in the Composable – Compositional Practice as a Space of Experimentation, Tension, and Uncertainty” on 12 May 2025. Part of his doctoral defence is a concert that will take place at IAC (11 May 2025). What is your dissertation project about?I approached co
https://www.mhm.lu.se/artikel/meet-fernando-garnero-and-find-out-more-about-mutations-composable - 2026-09-19
SWEAH PhD student William Son Galanza at Lund University is back in business after a visit at University of Bologna in Italy, during March to May. – I am surprised by how advanced their research on fall prediction and smart assistive technology is, such as a prototype of smart crutches that allows biofeedback and telemonitoring, he says. William Son Galanza went to meet his mentor from his affilia
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/back-italy-i-felt-potential-international-and-interdisciplinary-work - 2026-09-19
The graduate school's basic course "Theories of ageing" is proceeding according to plan. This week, around 25 doctoral students from all over the country are participating in a two-day workshop in Lund. There will be lectures on the theories of ageing by the biogerontologist Suresh Rattan from Denmark's second oldest university, Aarhus University, and by acclaimed Boo Johansson, senior Professor o
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/here-theories-ageing-are-practiced - 2026-09-19
CASE has two visitors this week, Merja Rantakokko, associate professor of gerontology, from the University of Jyväskylä and PhD student Emmi Matikainen-Tervola from the JAMK University of applied sciences/University of Jyväskylä, some 300 kilometers north of Helsinki in Finland. On Wednesday they lecture about their research area; on mobility and gait parameters in older people.– It will be a bro
https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/finnish-researchers-we-have-involve-users-more - 2026-09-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How creative are research studies? What can be done to make them more creative? LUM has met Samuel West, who is not only a doctoral student, but who actually does research on creativity. Samuel West had worked as a psychologist for many years when he decided four years ago to do a PhD. Now he is looking back on his re
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/he-searching-creativity-outside-academy - 2026-09-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University, Sweden, are studying whether it is possible to prevent obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease by reducing levels of the hormone vasopressin in the blood. - If you dilute the blood by drinking water, the body releases less of the hormone vasopressin, which can potentially lead to
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/could-normal-water-prevent-diabetes-obesity-and-cardiovascular-disease - 2026-09-19
What happens when a group of people share a big interest, want to develop this, and spread it further? Well, if this group consists of PhD students, master students, teachers and researchers at LUSEM really good things can happen, as the establishment of a new Data Science Lab. Data Science Lab (DSL) is a network of PhD students and master students who keep a lab open regularly aiming for helping
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/data-science-lab-passionate - 2026-09-19
