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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Tuesday October 9 at 11-13 Professor Ashok Swain i will give a talk on climate change and river disputes in South Asia at : LUMES Josephson - Room Maathai (3rd floor). Ashok Swain is a Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, UNESCO Chair of International Water Cooperation, and the Director of Research School of I

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/talk-climate-change-and-river-disputes-south-asia - 2026-04-19

Professor Deliang Chen has been elected Fellow of TWAS, the world academy of sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries. Professor Deliang Chen, University of Gothenburg and PI in BECC, has been elected Fellow of TWAS, the world academy of sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries. He was one of 44 new Fellows elected on the Academy's 26th General Meeting

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/deliang-chen-elected-fellow-world-academy-sciences-twas - 2026-04-19

Universities need to adapt to major changes in society. At the same time, they must remain true to their long-term mission of freely seeking out and disseminating knowledge. So says Johan Östling. The institution of the university as we know it today emerged during the middle ages and has survived shifts in forms of government, economic systems, war and upheaval. But how sustainable is the univers

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/universities-thousand-year-old-institutions-must-protect-their-freedom - 2026-04-20

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Information om innehåll och system sammanställt av Kerstin Andreasson. Nya e-resurserTaylor & Francis Group – ny plattform för eböckerhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/En ny plattform från Taylor & Francis kommer att ersätta CRCnetbase och Taylor & Francis eBooks. Innehåll vi haft från de gamla plattformarna migreras ti

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-1 - 2026-04-19

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Öppen access på grund av Covid-19Det är många förlag som öppnar upp sin tillgång för att möta svårigheterna på grund av Covid-19. För att det inte ska bli för många utskick om dessa resurser kommer vi att samla all information i vår ämnesguide LUBsearch & Elektroniska resurser, under fliken: Öppna resurser under Cov

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-mars-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation - 2026-04-19

The University’s researchers published no fewer than 76 articles in The Conversation in 2025 – a new record. Altogether, the University’s articles reached an audience of 1.45 million readers last year. The 76 articles represent a substantial increase from the previous year’s total of 55 and reflect the great breadth within the University. The articles cover everything from East Asia and geopolitic

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/yet-another-record-year-lu-conversation - 2026-04-20

Are you interested in applying for a STINT Teaching sabbatical for the autumn term of 2026? You can get hold of nomination forms from your Head of Department. Application deadline is 4 August. The programme aims to develop both individuals and institutions. By giving researchers and teachers international experiences based on the teaching role, rather than in the research role, STINT wants to cont

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/nomination-stint-teaching-sabbatical-2026 - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For developing further research activities in line with our diversity goals, LUCSUS has secured a stimulus funding in the name of Hedda Andersson and invited world-renowned scholar Prof. Nancy Fraser for the spring term 2021.  For developing further research activities in line with diversity goals of LUCSUS, we have s

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/world-renowned-scholar-prof-nancy-fraser-visiting-professor-lucsus-2020-2021 - 2026-04-19

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/parenting-strategies-around-childrens-education-urban-east-asia-awarded-5-million - 2026-04-19

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/solar-cells-more-efficient-thanks-new-material-standing-edge - 2026-04-19

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researcher-supporting-our-athletes-most-successful-paralympic-winter-games-long-time - 2026-04-19

BECC regularly welcomes guest researchers to work in areas within its scientific framework, with the aim to further strengthen the research and research groups. Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein is head of the Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology at the University of Freiburg in Germany, who recently finished her timer as a BECC guest researcher. Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein from th

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/alexandra-klein-work-inspiration-and-tips-her-time-guest-researcher-becc - 2026-04-19

29th of May, it will be 70 years since one of the world’s tallest mountains, Mount Everest, was climbed for the very first time. An important moment to bring attention to how glacial melt not only threatens the tourism industry in the region, but the livelihoods of over a billion people depending on the Himalayas for water, according to sustainability researcher Mine Islar. Mine Islar, senior lect

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/70-years-mount-everest-was-climbed-first-time-glacial-melt-now-threatens-more-just-tourism-industry - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. All over the world, thousands of experts are sitting entering information about their home countries into a huge democracy database. Soon, three quarters of the world’s countries will have been entered. “In my megalomaniac moments, I usually compare the database to the CERN particle accelerator. It will be as importan

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/gigantic-database-stores-information-about-democracy-worldwide - 2026-04-19

When President Emmanuel Macron visits Studentafton on Wednesday, 31 January 2024, it is Sylvia Schwaag Serger, Professor of Economic History at LUSEM, who will moderate the conversation. As proud as we are curious, we asked her a few quick questions ahead of her exciting talk. How did it come about that you will be moderating the French President Emmanuel Macron when he visits Studentafton?  “I’m

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/meeting-president-macron-quick-chat-sylvia-schwaag-serger - 2026-04-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Read Barry Ness, associate professor at LUCSUS’ travel reflection:Can place attachment be fostered through local food traditions? Can regional food dishes and cooking traditions in Japan be used to foster social sustainability in a steadily urbanizing and aging society?These were a few of the questions that a group fr

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/japan-through-lens-food-place-and-sustainability - 2026-04-19

Phasing out coal for 2 °C target requires worldwide replication of most ambitious national plans despite security and fairness concerns. Ending the use of unabated coal power is a key climate change mitigation measure. However, we do not know how fast it is feasible to phase-out coal on the global scale. Historical experience of individual countries indicates feasible coal phase-out rates, but can

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-can-we-phase-out-coal-power - 2026-04-19

High-yield food production is concentrated today in certain geographical areas, so-called "breadbaskets". But what will happen to these areas in a warmer climate? To secure food production during climate change, adapted strategies may be needed. If global warming continues, food producers may need to adapt to changing conditions. Researchers try to predict different scenarios with important crops

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/agricultural-hotspots-may-move-future-climate - 2026-04-19

On Arrival Day, 15 August, the University welcomed the new international students to Lund. In autumn 2023, 4,000 new international students have been accepted for studies at Lund University. About a quarter of those are exchange students studying at Lund for a semester or a year. The remaining 3,000 include program students at undergraduate and advanced level as well as Double degree, Joint progra

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-international-students-arrived-lund-15-august - 2026-04-20

SWEAH's research administrator, Stina Elfverson, is taking a six-month leave of absence from October 1, 2024. She is going out and seeing the world. What are you going to do?– I will work as a tour guide, which has long been my "jobby" alongside work at the university. In the past I have traveled a lot in Asia and Europe, but now I am focusing on Africa and will visit Egypt, Madagascar and Namibia

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/pausing-sweah-job-adventures-africa - 2026-04-19