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This week, the Department of Communication hosted the doctoral course “The Emerging Field of Strategic Communication – in Times of Geopolitical Conflict and Crisis” (5 ECTS). PhD candidates from Lund University, Mid Sweden University, University of Jyväskylä, and Cardiff University came together to explore key geopolitical challenges in strategic communication.The course covered pressing themes, i

https://www.iko.lu.se/artikel/doctoral-course-emerging-field-strategic-communication-times-geopolitical-conflict-and-crisis - 2026-05-07

Forskare vid Lunds universitet har undersökt samband mellan exponering för PFAS och utveckling av astma. Resultaten visar att bland de barn vars mammor hade mycket hög PFAS-exponering under graviditeten var risken för astma betydligt högre än hos barn vars mammor hade lägre PFAS-exponering. PFAS (per- och polyfluoralkylsubstanser) är en stor grupp av syntetiska ämnen som kan förekomma i många prod

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/samband-mellan-mycket-hog-pfas-exponering-och-astma-hos-barn - 2026-05-08

Forskare vid Lunds universitet har undersökt samband mellan exponering för PFAS och utveckling av astma. Resultaten visar att bland de barn vars mammor hade mycket hög PFAS-exponering under graviditeten var risken för astma betydligt högre än hos barn vars mammor hade lägre PFAS-exponering. PFAS (per- och polyfluoralkylsubstanser) är en stor grupp av syntetiska ämnen som kan förekomma i många prod

https://www.lu.se/artikel/samband-mellan-mycket-hog-pfas-exponering-och-astma-hos-barn - 2026-05-08

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Curiosity, openness and compassion are words to live by for Sylvia Schwaag Serger, who will become the new deputy vice-chancellor as of next year. She believes that we all have a civic duty to be proactive but must also be aware that we might, actually, be wrong. Sylvia Schwaag-Serger, new deputy vice-chancellor at Lu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/leaving-her-comfort-zone-lund-university - 2026-05-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. NYTT FRÅN VÅRA FORSKARE: Jan Teorell har publicerat artikeln ”A Quality of Government Peace? Explaining the Onset of Militarized Interstate Disputes, 1985–2001” i tidskriften International Interactions: Empirical and Theoretical Research in International Relations. Läs mer på tandfonline.comJan Teorell Abstract på e

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/samhallsstyrningens-kvalitet-sa-val-som-demokrati-forhindrar-krig - 2026-05-07

Universitets ledningsgrupp har besökt Utrechts universitet i Nederländerna. Utrechts universitet har skrivit en nyhet om besöket "Svenska universitet uppskattar Utrechts innovationskraft". Här är översättning av deras text om besöket. Universitetsledningen kommer i nästa LU-nytt att med egna ord beskriva besöket i Utrecht. Det finns många likheter mellan Lunds universitet och Utrechts universitet.

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/utrecht-universitet-skriver-om-lus-ledningsgrupps-besok-i-utrecht - 2026-05-08

https://www.lthin.lth.se/artikel/2026/ga-pa-lunchseminarier-hos-centre-engineering-education - 2026-05-07

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/road-construction-and-sustainable-commuting-alternatives - 2026-05-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. "Buying and selling sex: Between pleasure, work and exploitation" is the title of Giula Garofalo Geymonat's new book, now in Swedish. The Gender Studies Department and Daidalos Publishers proudly invite you to a book release at the Gender studies Department on April 28 at 17:15. Prostitution is a controversial topic

https://www.genus.lu.se/artikel/meet-author-book-release - 2026-05-07

De senaste åren har de digitala vårdalternativen för patienter med knä- och höftartros ökat kraftigt – inte minst på grund av pandemin. Men hittills har det inte gjorts några studier som har jämfört effekten av de digitala vårdinsatserna med de traditionellt fysiska. I en studie som publiceras i tidskriften JAMA Network Open, har forskare jämfört de två artrosskolorna. Cirka var fjärde person över

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/digital-och-fysisk-artrosskola-ger-samma-resultat - 2026-05-07

De senaste åren har de digitala vårdalternativen för patienter med knä- och höftartros ökat kraftigt – inte minst på grund av pandemin. Men hittills har det inte gjorts några studier som har jämfört effekten av de digitala vårdinsatserna med de traditionellt fysiska. I en studie som publiceras i tidskriften JAMA Network Open, har forskare jämfört de två artrosskolorna. Cirka var fjärde person över

https://www.lu.se/artikel/digital-och-fysisk-artrosskola-ger-samma-resultat - 2026-05-08

Lewy body disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. A research group from Lund University has now shown that the disease can be detected before symptoms appear, using a spinal fluid test. The studies are published in Nature Medicine, where the researchers also demonstrate that reduced sense of smell is strongly linked to Lewy body disease even before ot

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/lewy-body-disease-can-be-detected-symptoms - 2026-05-07

Sustainability Week has attracted over 4,000 visitors to around 70 program items around Lund in previous years. The University's Sustainability Forum is now accepting expressions of interest to organize events during the week (April 13–18). Register by February 9 at the latest. The 10th Sustainability Week will be held on April 13–18, 2026, and as a university employee, you have the opportunity to

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/contribute-our-sustainability-week-reach-wide-audience-your-research - 2026-05-07

The University is extending the Edulab – Experimental Platform project by one year in order to meet future challenges in education. Edulab – Experimental Platform was established in 2022 as a way to rapidly develop new courses and programmes with a particular focus on lifelong learning. The initiative was a response to today’s fast-moving world in which the need for new expertise and interdiscipli

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/extension-edulab-experimental-platform-project - 2026-05-08

When using quizzes you might want to adjust the points to make them better match what the student deserve. Photo by Ben White on Unsplash Inflexibility Many of us are using the quiz function in Canvas, both for allowing students to practice and for exams. Canvas uses a rather inflexible way of automatically grading the answers in most cases – either the answers are completely correct or all wrong!

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/using-quizzes-give-your-students-points-they-deserve - 2026-05-07

Megan Andrews is in her second semester of the Bachelor's Programme in Design of Information Systems at the School of Economics and Management. We asked her a few questions about her experiences so far. (The interview is translated from Swedish.)What is your background? “I am originally from Canada, but moved to Sweden four years ago to live with my fiancé. In my home country, I studied psychology

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/bsc-student-portrait-megan-andrews - 2026-05-08

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At the turn of the year, Björn Badersten and Lisa Strömbom will take up their respective posts as head and assistant head of the Department of Political Science, respectively. They were both unanimously elected by the staff in mid-October, in an election held once every three years. Björn Badersten was previously assi

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/continued-academic-freedom-guiding-light-new-leadership - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. USV is the umbrella term for the University’s specialised centres which are gradually moving into the faculties. But the process is not painless – the specialised centres are keen to safeguard their identities and their low overhead costs. The faculties and departments, on the other hand, do not want to take on financ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/usv-shrinking-centres-are-moving-faculties - 2026-05-07

Academic misconduct has increased with about 200% during the past covid years. As a precaution Lund University has started a project to prevent deception and misleading in examination, whether it’s unauthorized cooperation, plagiarism, or non-allowed aids. In every study environment there is a unique culture, with boundaries to what is considered acceptable and unacceptable by the students themsel

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/ai-forces-teachers-change-way-courses-are-examined - 2026-05-07

A new collaborative research project led by researchers Torsten Krause and Barbara Schröter will investigate the global value chains of cattle (meat / leather), gold, tin and palm oil - commodities that are all imported to the European market, and originally produced in Brazil, Colombia and Indonesia. What is the project about? The project EPICC: Environmental Policy Instruments across Commodity C

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/global-value-chains-meat-gold-tin-and-palm-oil-spotlight-new-research-project - 2026-05-07