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The earthy smell in spring when the fields are ploughed and the garden soil in flower beds is dug over has a previously unknown purpose. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and other institutions have examined the soil smell and were able to show that it is linked to intricate interplay between millimetre-long insect-like organisms that has e

https://www.science.lu.se/article/story-behind-earthy-smell-spring - 2025-11-09

As soon as the guns fall silent in Syria, the people will begin to rebuild their country and their lives – this is the strong conviction of Tareq Emtairah, a reader at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE). For that reason, he and his colleagues are starting visionary workshops in which exiled researchers and Lund University researchers will sketch out an outli

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researchers-exile-meet-visionary-workshops - 2025-11-09

What happens when scientists, municipal actors, and private sector stakeholders from six European countries come together to question the future of aquathermal energy? At LUCSUS, we just found out. June 17 to 19, the Interreg North Sea WaterWarmth partner meeting took place in Lund, hosting partners from Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. LUCSUS’s researchers Sara Broo

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/ideas-action-shaping-aquathermal-futures - 2025-11-09

For the first time in the University’s history, a Vice-Chancellor’s decision exists concerning how we are to work on educational qualifications throughout the entire University, as reported in the previous LU News. Half of the University’s faculties have offered the opportunity to apply for recognition as an excellent teaching practitioner or similar for several years. A framework is now being int

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-now-forefront-work-educational-qualifications-higher-education - 2025-11-10

Jonathan Jayes is one of our PhD students in Economic History. He is preparing to defend his dissertation, but before that, we had a chance to ask him a few questions. His thesis is titled Like Moths to a Flame – An Individual-Level Approach to Technological Change in 20th Century Sweden. Could you tell us a little about yourself, your academic background, and in simple terms what your thesis is a

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-thesis-three-questions-jonathan-jayes - 2025-11-10

Forskare har studerat effekt och säkerhet av två olika behandlingsmetoder för att lindra smärta vid knäartros. I en ny studie har forskare studerat två olika behandlingsmetoder för att lindra smärta hos personer med knäartros. Hälften av studiedeltagarna behandlades med en ny sorts TENS-apparat och hälften behandlades med svaga opioider. I studien studerades dels effekten och dels säkerheten med d

https://www.artrosportalen.lu.se/artikel/tens-eller-svaga-opioider-vad-lindrar-smartan-bast-vid-knaartros - 2025-11-09

Välkommen till en träff där vi presenterar Vinnovas utlysning: Innovativa startups - våren 2019, och dess förutsättningar. Presentationen kommer att fokusera på vad som är viktigt i utlysningstexten, och vad ni bör tänka på i samband med en ansökan. Mattias Esbjörnsson, LU Innovation, kommer att hålla presentationen. Han har arbetat med olika SMF-satsningar på Vinnova under knappt sex år, och har

https://www.innovation.lu.se/artikel/informationstraff-vinnovas-utlysning-innovativa-startups - 2025-11-09

Det europeiska nätverket för teaterhögskolor och teaterakademier Det europeiska nätverket för teaterhögskolor och teaterakademier (Europe: Union of Theatre Schools and Academies – E:UTSA) höll sitt årsmöte på Theaterakademie August Everding i München 12-13 mars. Teaterhögskolan i Malmö, en av nätverkets grundare, var med när ny styrelse valdes och nya riktlinjer drogs upp för de kommande årens arb

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/eutsa-mote-i-munchen-12-13-mars - 2025-11-09

Johnny HöglundWhat is gathered is not memoryDates: 26 September – 24 October 2025Opening Reception: Thursday, 25 September 2025Address: Gerdman Gallery, Sturegatan 32, StockholmThrough the simple flick of a thumb, we scroll, save, and share the endless stream of images that shape our daily digital lives. These fragments of visual culture—screenshots, keepsakes, passing impressions—become both inte

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/alumni-johnny-hoglund - 2025-11-09

Having a workforce with the right skills is crucial for companies and society to tackle current and future challenges successfully. In our rapidly changing world, the ability to develop and adapt skills is more critical than ever, especially in today's knowledge-driven society. This is particularly true for the retail sector, which employs about one in ten workers in Sweden. Ongoing digital and st

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/workforce-right-skills - 2025-11-09

A large number of road construction projects are underway in and around Lund, affecting commuters’ ability to reach their workplaces. More disruptions are expected in spring 2026 when the Swedish Transport Administration begins work on the E22 between the Gastelyckan and Lund North interchanges. Roadworks present challenges but also opportunities to be inspired to find alternatives to driving. The

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/road-construction-around-lund-continues-tips-alternative-commuting-options - 2025-11-10

At the Department of Physics, she is Stina Loo, education administrator for first and second cycle programmes. But she can also call herself a linguist, entrepreneur and television personality. And now, with a dream come true: author. The book ‘Hitta din historia – släktforskning för alla’ (Find your story – genealogy for everyone), which Stina wrote together with Ingeborg Arvastsson, will be rele

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/stina-brings-history-life-new-book - 2025-11-09

Is the world becoming a better place? This question will be asked by researchers when the first science week of the 350th anniversary celebration takes place in March. Debatt i Lund panellists will start off the week by approaching the question from different angles, followed by five days of discussions and lectures on the standard of living, human rights, war, terrorism, climate change, and more.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/world-becoming-better-place-checkpoint-sweden - 2025-11-09

Refugee influx calls for a new university roleHow can Lund University respond to the call for action with regard to the ongoing refugee influx? Tareq Emtairah, back at the IIIEE after three years working on renewable energy in the Arab region, suggests a programme facilitating for refugee students and academics to contribute to post-conflict sustainability in their home regions. When we meet in hi

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-tareq-emtairah - 2025-11-09

For many years, professor of Chinese Michael Schoenhals compiled a substantial archive containing material from the Cultural Revolution in China. He is now donating this unique collection to the Lund University Library. Michael Schoenhals. The Cultural Revolution took place from 1966 to 1976 – a period about which not much has been said for a long time in China. Michael Schoenhals began studying C

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/memories-cultural-revolution - 2025-11-09

When Jonas Hafström swings his gavel at the board meeting in June, he will do so in front of an almost entirely new University Board. He himself maintains his seat, comfortable in his role as chair which he began two years ago. Jonas Hafström, chairman of the University board. When former chair Margot Wallström resigned, in the middle of her term of office, to become Minister for Foreign Affairs,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/donald-trump-and-brexit-affects-agenda-board - 2025-11-09

Over the coming years, the Faculty of Science’s four subject libraries will be brought together under one roof. The libraries for geology, biology, physics and astronomy, and chemistry will leave their current premises and move into a shared home in the Astronomy Building, where a study centre is also planned.The relocation of the libraries is the result of several changes: an extensive densificat

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/work-relocating-100000-titles-has-begun - 2025-11-09

Patrick Nitzschner har framgångsrikt försvarat sin avhandling med titeln: "Defending what is yet to come: Towards a critical theory of democratic defense". Gratulerar! SammanfattningSäkerheten om demokratins robusthet har gett vika för en allmänt diagnostiserad demokratikris. Allt fler röster höjs för att försvara de demokratiska institutionerna mot dem som vill avskaffa dem på formellt demokratis

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/patrick-nitzschner-har-framgangsrikt-forsvarat-sin-avhandling - 2025-11-09

Vilka antagandena finns i de olika humanvetenskaperna när det gäller människors intressen? Vad har de sociala, ekonomiska och evolutionära vetenskaperna att lära av varandra om människors intressen? Dessa och fler frågor behandlas i Mikael Klintman nya bok “Human Sciences and Human Interests. Integrating the Social, Economic, and Evolutionary Sciences”. Om boken (på engelska):Within the discipline

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/klintman-om-manniskors-intressen - 2025-11-10

NYTT FRÅN VÅRA FORSKARE: Karin Aggestam, Fabio Cristiano och Lisa Strömbom har författat artikeln ”Towards agonistic peacebuilding? Exploring the antagonism-agonism nexus in the Middle East Peace Process" publicerad i Third World Quarterly.  Abstract på engelska:Many contemporary conflicts are framed as antagonistic and difficult to resolve because of their zero-sum framing among the disputants. T

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/aggestam-cristiano-och-strombom-om-agonistiskt-fredsbyggande - 2025-11-09