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Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Han har levt med koptiska munkar i ökenkloster i Egypten, undervisat i Jerusalem och läst orientaliska språk för att bättre förstå klostrens handskrifter. Kyrkohistorikern professor Samuel Rubenson har precis avslutat ett sjuårigt forskningsprogram om tidigt klosterväsende och det har förändrat synen på munkarna i d
https://www.lu.se/artikel/nytt-ljus-pa-antikens-munkar - 2026-05-15
På bara en dryg vecka har en ny studie om hur Pfizer BioNTechs covid-19-vaccin (BNT162b2) påverkar humana leverceller i odlingsskål väckt stort intresse. Studien har hittills fått nästan 800 000 läsningar och resultaten sprids i sociala medier, där den i flera fall även misstolkas. Men vilka resultat handlar det om, och hur ska de förstås? Två av forskarna bakom studien, forskarna Yang de Marinis
https://www.lu.se/artikel/studie-om-covid-19-vaccin-vacker-uppmarksamhet - 2026-05-16
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Snart kommer knockoutmusen för TCF7L2 till LUDC. TCF7L2 är den viktigaste riskgenen för typ 2 diabetes och med musens hjälp kommer forskarna att lära sig mer om riskgenens funktioner. Knockoutmöss och andra genmodifierade djur är idag kraftfulla hjälpmedel när grundläggande sjukdomsmekanismer ska studeras. Tekniken
https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/musen-som-forandrat-forskarvarlden - 2026-05-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Negative emission technologies, or large scale carbon dioxide removal, are increasingly seen as key to slow or halt climate change. Researchers now warn that they are fraught with uncertainties, and raise questions about land use, justice and power. Wim Carton, researcher at Lund University Centre for Sustainability S
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/uncertain-future-negative-emission-technologies - 2026-05-15
ADHD is usually associated with being careless, impulsive and having difficulty concentrating. New research focused on ADHD in adults indicates a greater number of cognitive and motor symptoms, and that the effects of medication vary depending on the severity of symptoms. The results could pave the way for more personalised care and better day-to-day support. ADHD is a neuropsychiatric deficit wit
On Friday, February 28, Monica Porzionato defended her thesis "Feeling the changing climate: An affective approach to the strategic communication of floods in a tourist city". Strategic communication studies usually consider emotions as psychological effects of communication or as an influence on people's understanding of an issue. In the first case, emotions like joy or desire result from strateg
https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/successful-defence-dr-monica-porzionato - 2026-05-15
Hello Daniel Hjorth, who is about to inaugurate the new centre, Centre for Aesthetics and Business Creativity (ABC) at LUSEM 19 November at Skissernas Museum!Why is research about aesthetics and business creativity important?“Research about aesthetics and business creativity (ABC) is important since it is not only about research but has to start with research. It has to start with research since t
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/experts-view-aesthetics-and-business-creativity - 2026-05-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Peace-building, mediation and justice issues have always been on the agenda. But the researcher path was not the obvious choice for Karin Aggestam, who has now been appointed to the prestigious Pufendorf chair. She is both the first woman and the first political scientist to obtain it – and she hopes to pave the way f
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/peace-and-justice-always-agenda-new-pufendorf-professor - 2026-05-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Development Research Day is an inter-disciplinary arrangement that was initiated in order to form a meeting ground for all researchers and students at Lund University who share an interest in development issues. About Development Research Day, DRD The first DRD The event was launched in 2002 by the Department of P
https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/development-research-day-2020 - 2026-05-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Collaboration between the worlds of industry and academia promotes the dissemination of knowledge and technology in society. This is why the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) is investing SEK 30 million in industrial doctoral students. The grant covers the study period for the doctoral students and must
Data literacy is increasing its importance for current and future professionals. But what is ‘data literacy’ exactly and how do LUSEM educators work with it? We asked Blerim Emruli, Senior Lecturer in Informatics, and recently announced as one of the select participants in the Inaugural Professor Ambassador Class at Qlik. Senior Lecturer Blerim Emruli is one of seven educators from around the glob
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/data-has-power-transform-business-and-improve-society - 2026-05-15
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 - 2026-05-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By adopting methods used by activist citizen movements, municipal level politics can become more inclusive and even pave the way for sustainable transformations. Mine Islar, from LUCSUS, has studied the politics of Barcelona en Comú, an activist citizen platform that came to power in the municipality of Barcelona in 2
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/citizen-activist-movements-can-invigorate-local-politics - 2026-05-15
How do you measure biodiversity impacts from products and raw materials extracted in very different places around the world? Researcher Carla Coelho from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (MGeo), and colleagues, developed a new way to estimate the impact of mines and quarries - and how much they actually perforate their surroundings habitats. Perforation - human activity that crea
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/mining-last-wild-method-identify-mines-intact-landscapes - 2026-05-15
After graduating from the Economy and Society bachelor’s programme in 2023, Ondrej Gomola left LUSEM and cycled to downtown Lund to begin his master’s in Environmental Management and Policy at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE). His undergraduate studies had sparked a strong interest in tackling global challenges, paving the way for his next academic step. E
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/ondrej-gomola-alumnus-bsc-economy-and-society-2023 - 2026-05-15
Lund University has climbed to first place in the world in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026. The ranking includes around 2,000 higher education institutions from about 100 countries and measures how universities contribute to a sustainable future – through research, education, and the way they operate as organisations. “Humble, proud, and inspired to continue moving forward –
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-best-world-sustainability - 2026-05-16
What does it mean to be Vice-Chancellor of Lund University? Work is now underway to recruit a Vice-Chancellor who will take up the position in January 2027. But what does the role actually entail and why is it important who is Vice-Chancellor? The University’s highest academic leaderThe Vice-Chancellor works on behalf of the University Board and is the University’s highest leader för academic acti
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/what-does-vice-chancellor-actually-do - 2026-05-16
It is time to summarise 2021, a year in which nothing was the same as before, if a year can ever be like another. For me personally, it has been transformative to take over as vice-chancellor of Lund University together with a new management team: deputy vice-chancellor Lena Eskilsson and the five pro vice-chancellors Per Mickwitz, Kristina Eneroth, Ann-Kristin Wallengren, Jimmie Kristensson and V
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-ring-out-old-year-and-ring-new - 2026-05-15
Our researcher is part of the Swedish Olympic Committee’s development programme “Tomorrow’s Sports Researchers” and her research on para-athletes’ health and wellbeing aims to ensure that people with physical disabilities can play sports safely. Presently she is in China to provide support for the Swedish Paralympians at the Winter Paralympics. In terms of performance, it is Sweden’s best Winter P
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There has been no known link between diabetes and vitamin A -- until now. A new study suggests that the vitamin improves the insulin producing β-cell´s function.The researchers initially discovered that insulin-producing beta-cells contain a large quantity of a cell surface receptor for vitamin A. "There are no unnece
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/role-vitamin-diabetes - 2026-05-15
