Search results

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Statins are a cholesterol-lowering drug that almost one million Swedes take to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease. But could perhaps statins also be used against breast cancer? Cancer researcher Signe Borgquist at least hopes so. Signe Borgquist and her colleagues found that statins had a tumour-inhibiting ef

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/common-drug-may-have-effect-breast-cancer - 2026-05-09

Insights from the Virtual Criminal Justice Network Conference In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the integration of communication technology and digital tools in criminal courtrooms worldwide has surged. Technologies such as video-links, AI, e-evidence, Zoom trials, and even VR courtrooms are becoming commonplace. This shift raises fundamental questions about how technology is transforming trad

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/exploring-future-criminal-justice - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Housing First model is effective, but needs more political support to increase its impact across Europe, a new Europe-wide study from the Housing First Europe Hub shows. Marcus Knutagård, researcher at Lund University School of Social Work is one of the authors of the new report that will be released on World Home

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/housing-first-effective-if-given-adequate-political-support - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 350 international top scientists are gathering in Malmö to attend the 10th international congress of the Immunology of Diabetes Society (IDS). The focus of the congress will be on how to prevent and cure type 1 diabetes. -Malmö hosting such an event underlines Lund University Diabetes Centre’s (LUDC) position at the a

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/international-scientific-congress-type-1-diabetes - 2026-05-09

Who, if not the Faculty of Medicine (i.e. us), should compete by cycle, public transport, carpool or walks to work. The competition: 28 April – 30 May. Award ceremony and party on 3 June. The University is part of the climate collaboration CoAction Lund and this spring the 25 participating organisations will compete against each other in sustainable commuting: cycling, taking public transport, car

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/lets-pull-our-weight-health-climate-competition-sustainable-commuting - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the health care system was strained already before the coronavirus crisis. Lack of intensive care units and respirators and the difficult economic situation in most African countries limit the resources to combat the pandemic. LUCSUS researcher Karin Steen, who returned from a

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/perspectives-corona-pandemic-africa - 2026-05-09

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Vad gör egentligen en försvarsadvokat i rättssalen för att visa lojalitet mot sin klient? Lisa Flower har publicerat en artikel på detta tema I ”Journal of Contemporary Ethnography”. Abstract på engelskaThe courtroom work of defense lawyers has received surprisingly little sociological attention. What does a defense

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/forsvarsadvokaternas-arbete-i-rattssalen - 2026-05-09

Meet some of the participants on this year's conference for students and researchers, from all around Sweden and abroad. Mariam Kirvalidze, PhD student, Karolinska institutet:– I look forward to learning about what others are doing. So I try to meet others from other universities in other parts of the country, whom I don't otherwise meet. In a workshop you are forced to do that, and that's good.Wh

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/voices-sweah-conference-2023 - 2026-05-09

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Våra forskare Sara Eldén och Terese Anving är medsökande till projektet ”Significant others – informal social networks between policy and everyday life” som har fått 441 000 SEK från Vetenskapsrådet. Forskningspengarna kommer att läggas på en workshop-serie där målet är att lägga grunden till ett nytt nordiskt famil

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/forskningspengar-familjeforskarnatverk - 2026-05-09

‘Outsider’ socialization: Sweden’s interactions with NATO in civil defence prior to membershipABSTRACTThis study assesses the impact of NATO socialization upon an ’outsider’ country, using Sweden in the area of civil defence as a case study. Relying on 33 interviews from 2020 and 2022 with civil servants from Swedish government agencies, the article gives a unique empirical account of practitioner

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/jana-wrange-har-publicerat-en-artikel-om-interaktioner-med-nato-inom-sveriges-civila-forsvar-innan - 2026-05-09

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Catarina Kinnvall har nyligen publicerat ett kapitel med titeln ‘Postcolonialism’ i The Routledge Handbook of Critical European Studies, redigerad av Didier Bigo, Thomas Diez, Evangelos Fanoulis, Ben Rosamond and Yannis A. Stivachtis, publicerad med Routledge. This handbook comprehensively defines and shapes the fie

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/catarina-kinnvall-om-postkolonialism - 2026-05-09

Nina Gren har genom sin forskning träffat palestinier i de ockuperade områdena. I de berättelser hon har tagit del av har ett ständigt återkommande tema varit förtvivlan och frustration, och ibland uppgivenhet och hopplöshet. Nina Gren har skrivit en artikel på detta tema i The Conversationen.  Utdrag ur artikeln (på engelska): Palestinians know by now that engaging in military attacks against Isr

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/palestinakonflikten-hur-fortvivlan-kan-driva-manniskor-till-vald-aven-om-det-aventyrar-deras-liv - 2026-05-09

https://www.covid19app.lu.se/artikel/weird-hell-covid-19-patients-who-have-symptoms-months - 2026-05-09

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/future-legends-nordic-fall-2015-open-call - 2026-05-09

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/sindre-gade-viksand-har-nyligen-publicerat-en-artikel-i-review-international-studies - 2026-05-09

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. NYTT FRÅN VÅRA FORSKARE: Jakob Skovgaard har publicerat artikeln "Greener than expected? EU finance ministries address climate finance" i tidskriften Environmental Politics. Abstract:Climate finance constitutes an integral part of the European Union’s climate policy. Yet, climate policy is increasingly addressed by

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/jakob-skovgaard-om-eus-klimatpolitik - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ”Lund is a really great city and Lund University a fantastic place to be part of. We have met so many wonderful people from all over the world at our student housing”. These enthusiastic exclamations come from Shinjini Bhattacharjee and Rupsa Ghosh, two bright MPhil students in Geography from Delhi University (DU) who

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/indian-exchange-students-praises-lund-and-lund-university - 2026-05-09

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-december-januari-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-0 - 2026-05-09

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Mikael Ottosson och Calle Rosengren har skrivit artikeln ” ‘What the hell is a high standard?’ The Swedish Employers’ Confederation and the six-hour workday debate in the mid 1970s” som har publicerats i Time & Society. Abstract på engelska:A concept that lies at the heart of political rhetoric is that of ‘workfare’

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/debatten-fran-70-talet-om-6-timmars-arbetsdag - 2026-05-09

För tio år sedan upptäckte forskare i Lund tecken på att en av fysikens mest fundamentala lagar, Coulombs lag, inte verkade solid i vatten. I experiment såg det ut som att två laddningar av samma tecken attraherade varandra. Men tack vare en superdator kan forskarna nu lägga fram en förklaringsmodell som visar att Coulombs lag inte låter sig utmanas i brådrasket. Det var i samband med ett experime

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lundaforskare-tar-hjalp-av-superdator-att-forklara-mystiska-experimentresultat - 2026-05-10