Oskar Jonsson practices tandem pedaling with fellow researcher Peggy Chi, ahead of his research tour around southern Sweden. Photo: Stina Elfverson As a researcher, you sometimes have to work a little extra to get your knowledge out there. SWEAH's Impact Officer, Oskar Jonsson, has been training hard during the winter and spring. On May 4, he will embark on a 1,000-kilometer lecture tour on ageing

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/time-1000-kilometers-bike-research-tour-tandem - 2025-08-29

More than 900 students has graduated from the LUMES programme since it started in 1997. We asked some of our current students what they think about the programme, and list the top 10 best things about LUMES. Testimonials from LUMES students (2020) You learn a lot about sustainability, society, human relationships and the environment. You find friends with the same drive and passion towards making

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/top-10-best-things-about-lumes-programme - 2025-08-29

She is a new ‘Hedda’ professor, but has a long career behind her. Biologist Ellen van Donk now hopes that she can serve as a role model for female students who dream of a future career in research. Biologist Ellen van Donk is a new professor in Hedda Andersson’s name. LUM meets ecology researcher Ellen van Donk on a beautiful summer’s day. She comes from the Netherlands and is in excellent spirits

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-professor-wants-be-role-model-female-students - 2025-08-29

Having LU researchers and lecturers on site is very important to develop functioning international collaborations, according to Head of International Relations at the Faculty of Medicine Karin Frydenlund. She has recently returned from a visit to Jordan, where the collaboration between LU and the University of Jordan is growing deeper and deeper. Vice-Chancellor Per Eriksson greets Abdullah M. Al-

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/collaboration-jordan-strengthened - 2025-08-29

The more reputable the scientific journal, the more expensive it will be to publish an article with Open Access. Research publishers are riding the gravy train, but for the individual researcher the cost often comes as an unpleasant surprise, after they have spent all of their funding. Librarian Aron Lindhagen helps researchers with any questions they have concerning publishing and Open Access. Th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/expensive-publish-open-access-prestigious-journals - 2025-08-29

The forest and forest management are a hot topic in the climate debate, but there are still uncertainties in the mapping of the forest's function as a carbon sink or carbon source. In a new study, led by Patrik Vestin at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, the researchers have made measurements of greenhouse gases at clear-cutting and found that there are large net emission

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/clear-cut-forest-areas-emit-greenhouse-gases - 2025-08-29

Mycorrhiza fungi and tree roots. Photo: LU, Gunnar Menander A new research study has shed light on the underground interaction between tree roots and fungi. In order to understand how this important symbiosis came about, an international team of researchers have sequenced the genomes of different fungi that live underground. The study shows that in the course of evolution, the symbiotic fungi have

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/lost-genes-make-fungi-dependent-trees - 2025-08-29

ICOS Carbon Portal is the central data portal for a European-wide Greenhouse Gas monitoring network. It offers access to research data from ICOS scientists all over Europe, and provides facilities and IT resources supporting modelling activities for elaborated data products. Alex Vermeulen, director of the Carbon Portal Hello Alex Vermeulen! What is the Carbon Portal?– The ICOS Carbon Portal is th

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/carbon-portal-access-carbon-research-data - 2025-08-29

The annual report, which summarises the University’s activities for the previous year, has now been completed. It is produced every year and provides documentation for the Government and the Swedish National Audit Office. The 118-page report contains a comprehensive summation with figures and statements concerning tasks and attainment of goals. The annual report shows that good economic growth has

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/summing-2022 - 2025-08-30

Steven Curtis & Matthias Lehner publish open access journal article that proposes a logically-consistent definition of the sharing economy that prioritises sustainability. The sharing economy is largely promoted to facilitate access over ownership, which proponents of the sharing economy suggest leads to reduced resource consumption. However, the purported sustainability potential of the sharing e

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/publication-defining-sharing-economy-sustainability - 2025-08-29

Darin Wahl. Photo: Martin Sharman. "My research interests spiral around ideas of change in core beliefs, and in embedded behavior patterns and practices." What do you do at LUCSUS? My PhD is part of a project called GLOCULL - exploring innovation experiments in Urban Living Labs in the Food, Water, and Energy nexus. LUCSUS is one of seven partner organisations in cities around the world.What susta

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-darin-wahl-excited-about-idea-cultural-narratives-connection-sustainability - 2025-08-29

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/arrival-day-international-students-now-they-are-here - 2025-08-29

Photo:Jenny Loftrup Åsa Burman is a former doctoral student at LU who has developed a method for efficiency and stress management. In January she held a workshop for doctoral students and has also written a book entitled "Finish on time - the Doctoral Student Handbook". Here are her best tips. Work in unitsDivide your day into units and A and B tasks. You should dedicate four 45-minute sessions to

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/five-important-tips-way-thesis - 2025-08-29

Lund University has decided to apply for the European Commission’s HR Excellence in Research Award. This award is given to organisations that follow the European Charter and Code for Researchers and the principles of Open and Transparent Merit-based Recruitment. In March 2005, the European Commission issued the Recommendation on the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hr-strategy-researchers - 2025-08-29

Lund, Sweden – May 8, 2025 The MOCCA (Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia) project, funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe MSCA-SE programme (Grant No. 101085855), successfully held its Mid-Term Conference from May 6–8, 2025, at Lund University, Sweden. The event brought together over 60 scholars and practitioners from Europe and Central Asia to discuss cutting-edge

https://www.mocca.lu.se/article/mocca-mid-term-conference-explores-corruption-and-governance-central-asia - 2025-08-29

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/exploring-academic-collaboration-trade-and-sustainability-towards-climate-neutrality - 2025-08-29

Eden has changed a lot inside and out during Tomas Bergström's time as Head of Department. Photo: Ingrid Thulin Tomas Bergström is stepping down as head of department after nine years at the helm, twelve if you count his time as assistant head of department. During his time as head of department, the department grew by 50 per cent, external funding tripled, internationalisation proceeded at record

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/tomas-bergstrom-hands-over-growing-eden - 2025-08-29

Pernilla together with the research group EpiDoc, which collects data in clinical care around Portugal. Photo: Private District nurse and SWEAH PhD student Pernilla Alencar Siljehag, at Stiftelsen Stockholms läns Äldrecentrum, earlier this year received SWEAH's travel grant of SEK 20,000 to visit Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, in Portugal. Now she has returned from an almost two-week stay in Lisbon.

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/unusually-many-people-over-65-no-home-care - 2025-08-29

The most important skills Takehiro Kawahara learnt in LUMES are: knowledge related to energy systems and environmental policies, research methodology such as interviews, and collaboration within a culturally diverse group. Takehiro Kawahara graduated from the LUMES programme in 2012. He works as an Analyst at BloombergNEF, which offers advisory service based on analysis on global commodity markets

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/lumes-alumni-takehiro-kawaharas-path-graduation-research-analyst-tokyo - 2025-08-29

Meet Ellen Hillbom, the economic historian, who, in cooperation with a Dutch and a German colleague, has created an online textbook on trends in Africa’s economic history. The book, which can be downloaded free of charge from the internet, has so far reached over 4,000 readers. Ellen Hillbom. Where did you get the idea for a free digital textbook about Africa? “At a world congress that is held eve

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ellen-hillbom-about-free-digital-textbook-about-africa - 2025-08-29