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SOCIOLOGIDAGARNA 2018: The Swedish Sociological Association's bi-annual conference titled "Sociology in a Polarized World" took place in Lund last week and was hosted by the Department of Sociology. This year's conference, March 7-9, was among the largest in the history of the association, with a peak of 268 delegates attending on International Women’s Day, March 8th. It was also among the first o

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/hundreds-sociologists-came-lund-discuss-divided-world - 2026-07-23

Don’t miss Odeum’s Christmas and Lucia concerts and the Christmas Oratorio performed by our ensembles, the Lund University Academic Orchestra, Lund University Academic Choir and Palaestra Vocal Ensemble. Book your tickets now. Lund University’s Christmas concertsCelebrate Christmas in the beautiful auditorium of the Main University Building with the Lund University Academic Choir and Lund Universi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/christmas-approaching-and-odeum-invites-you-christmas-concerts-lucia-festivities-and-bachs-christmas - 2026-07-24

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS Professor Christine Wamsler recently visited Australia to give the prestigious Dean’s lecture at the Melbourne School of Design (MSD). She was also invited to meet with researchers, practitioners and policy-makers in order to stimulate their work and open up a wider debate on urban adaptation and resilience. -

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/christine-wamsler-giving-deans-lecture-australia-and-creating-wider-debate-urban-adaptation-and - 2026-07-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Tre forskare vid Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Lunds universitet har sammanställt en antologi som ifrågasätter uppfattning om en flyktingkris år 2015. Boken undersöker även hur Tyskland, Sverige och Danmark använder byråkrati för att kontrollera, disciplinera och forma asylsökandes liv. År 2015 anlände över 1

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/hur-nordeuropeiska-valfardsstater-anvander-byrakratiskt-vald-mot-asylsokande - 2026-07-23

Panoramadagen är ett årligt seminarium som presenterar pågående forskning för nya studenter vid Rättssociologiska institutionen. Närvarande studenter får en överblick av vetenskapsproduktionen vid sin institution och möjlighet att fördjupa sin förståelse för ämnet. Prefekt Anna Lundberg inledde Panoramadagen med att uppmuntra till medkänsla.– Alla våra tankar går till dem som drabbades av den fruk

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/institutionens-forskare-presenterade-verksamheten-nya-studenter - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Is it possible to conduct research on type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and hair loss at the same time? Absolutely, says Pontus Dunér who after many years of secrecy can now lift the lid on and talk about his promising results. The common denominator is a protein that Pontus Dunér and his colleagues have worked on inte

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/hair-raising-research-could-lead-diabetes-treatment - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. One of the medical students who has begun working at Skåne University Hospital to strengthen Skåne's health service in the fight against Covid-19 is Hanna Djerf. For her, giving help where it’s needed is an obvious thing to do. She is also gaining valuable insight into how intensive care works. At the end of March, th

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/you-want-help - 2026-07-23

Lund University School of Economics and Management secures a spot on the Financial Times Master’s in Management 2020 ranking. For the first time, the Master’s in International Strategic Management ranks number 73, in fierce global competition. The Master’s in International Strategic Management was launched in 2016, and is based on a long tradition of education and research in strategic management.

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/masters-international-strategic-management-ranked-among-worlds-best-management-programmes - 2026-07-23

Researchers have identified the top 12 ways European cities have been able to curb car use. The most effective measure was applying a congestion charge, with the notable case of London, where city traffic dropped by 33% following the change. Most success stories involved both “carrots” to encourage sustainable mobility and “sticks” to restrict cars, according to the study. – Transport is a major s

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/most-effective-ways-reducing-car-traffic - 2026-07-23

In this series, we continue our reporting on the timeline of surgical treatment of late stage osteoarthritis. Today we meet Sven, who has had problems with pain and limited mobility in one of his knees for several years. After visiting his primary care health center, Sven received physical therapy and has been doing exercises at home, carefully following instructions. He has also received several

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/reportage-come-sven-his-surgery - 2026-07-23

On Friday 23 May, the university's major ceremony, the doctoral conferment, took place. During the ceremony in Lund Cathedral, the 239 doctors who have completed their doctoral studies and defended a doctoral thesis at Lund University over the past year, including some from the Department of Service Studies, were awarded their doctorates. At Friday's ceremony, the newly awarded doctorates marched

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/festive-and-solemn-universitys-doctoral-conferment - 2026-07-23

In 2022, Stefany graduated with a master's degree in information systems from the Department of Informatics at Lund University. Editor's note: this interview is from 2024.Tell us about what you do today!I am a technology graduate at Nordea in Copenhagen, during my graduate programme of 2 years I have been trying different roles such as IT project manager, business analyst and now I am trying out t

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/stefany-firera-colmenares-alumna-information-systems-2022 - 2026-07-23

The WCMM Fireside Chat is a series of articles dedicated to showcasing the remarkable work of researchers within and around the Lund Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM). Our goal is to encourage collaboration, communication, and inspiration among the scientific community by highlighting innovative research, breakthrough discoveries, and the people driving these advancements. This month

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-oksana-tymoshchuk-and-alejandro-garcia-garcia - 2026-07-23

In certain situations it is used, in others, not. We take a look at the use of the academic quarter at LUSEM today and share some background on where the tradition comes from. The classic explanation is that in times past the students did not necessarily own watches and had to rely on the church bells to know what time it was. When you heard the bells of Lund’s cathedral strike the full hour, you

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/academic-quarter-yes-no-sometimes - 2026-07-24

Among the four scholars from Lund University who have received ERC Starting Grants is Filip Lenrick, a researcher in industrial production, for the project “Bulk-like Joints by Gas Actuated Bonding”. The ERC Starting Grant is aimed at researchers in the early stages of their careers and has scientific excellence as its sole selection criterion. The researchers and their projects have been ranked t

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/erc-starting-grant-nanolundian-filip-lenrick - 2026-07-23

Christine Etzerodt Laustsen's research focuses on the involvement of professionals in research in aging and health. It is about how researchers and professionals can benefit from each other's perspectives to bridge the gap that exists between research and practice and make research more relevant and useful in practice. The involvement can look different and be to different extents, in different pa

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-sweah-dissertation-involvement-professionals-research - 2026-07-23

Professor Thoas Fioretos is the first recipient of Lunds Innovatörspris (the Lund Innovator Award), a newly established prize that recognises research that has been successfully transformed into innovation with a tangible impact on society and the environment. Fioretos receives the award for his pioneering work in blood cancer research and his ability to translate scientific discoveries into life-

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/award-winning-cancer-researcher-revolutionises-diagnosis-and-treatment-worldwide - 2026-07-23

At the School of Economics, Per Jochumzen teaches courses on mathematics and microeconomics. He believes that there are major challenges around how to handle cheating in areas where students’ knowledge cannot be tested through, for example, essays. Peter writes: In my opinion, the biggest challenge with home exams is to prevent cheating. This especially applies to situations where you want to eval

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/creating-conditions-avoid-cheating - 2026-07-23

This year, Media and Communication Studies instituted an award for exceptional master's theses in the subject. The papers given the Peter Dahlgren Excellent Dissertation Award had been publicly defended and received the highest grade."We instituted this prize to celebrate the hard work our international master programme students put into their theses every year and the amazing results that yields,

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/first-recipients-peter-dahlgren-excellent-dissertation-award - 2026-07-23

Overfishing, hunting and intensive agriculture and forestry can sometimes contribute to plants and animals becoming endangered. New research from Lund University in Sweden and University of Toronto can now show why this leads to entire populations becoming smaller in size, as well as reproducing earlier. The study is published in the journal PNAS. Researchers from Lund and Toronto are behind the s

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/why-overfishing-leads-smaller-cod - 2026-07-23