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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.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 - 2026-05-09

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 - 2026-05-09

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 - 2026-05-09

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 - 2026-05-10

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 - 2026-05-10

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 - 2026-05-10

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

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researcher-supporting-our-athletes-most-successful-paralympic-winter-games-long-time - 2026-05-09

Raquel Garza Gómez is a Ph.D. student at Lund University, who will be defending her thesis on January 19, 2024. With a background in computational biology, Raquel's research focuses on studying the role of transposable elements in the human brain. Transposable elements refer to DNA sequences capable of moving from one part of the genome to another. Her research aims to provide a better understandi

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/transposable-elements-healthy-and-diseased-human-brain-phd-interview-raquel-garza-gomez - 2026-05-09

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 - 2026-05-09

Early in the morning there was the sound of explosions and the sky lit up. Since 24 February 2022, Lund University has stood in solidarity with Ukraine’s universities. Are there lessons to be learned from the period when Kiev’s largest university had to rapidly adapt to war and a humanitarian crisis? This is an article from LTHIn (the Faculty of Engineering). LTH and Lund University recently recei

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lessons-ukraine-running-university-while-war-rages - 2026-05-10

“Do you want to see what a box jellyfish sees and experiences when it rides a roller-coaster?” “We humans believe that what we see is reality, but it isn’t. It is an eminently human reality, filtered through our eyes. The visual world of animals shows different realities”, says Dan-Eric Nilsson. Almost 40 years have passed since Dan-Eric Nilsson arrived in Lund from Gothenburg as a doctoral studen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/animal-eyesight-needs-driven - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Nicholas Loubere at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, shares some reflections on the major achievements as well as the downsides of China’s reform period ahead of the upcoming conference “Assessing 40 Years of Reform and Opening in China” What have been the major changes in China since the reform and o

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/nicholas-loubere-china-today-40-years-after-reform-and-opening - 2026-05-09

Despite the pandemic, the mood is good among those working with international students. Richard Stenelo and Louise Corrigan think it is fantastic that so many of them have managed to arrive in Lund. “They have defied obstacles such as closed airports and vacated embassies. The most creative students seem to have made it here – and these are exactly the type of students we want”, they observe. Ther

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/international-students-managed-arrive-lund - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Many reorganisations don’t work and fail to lead to the desired outcomes. But when Malin Espersson followed the reorganisation at the Swedish Enforcement Authority for her doctoral thesis, she found the outcome to be a better work environment, higher efficiency levels and greater impartiality in the exercise of public

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/reorganisation-springboard-or-sinker-employees - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Stem cell researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new research model of the early embryonic brain. The aim of the model is to study the very earliest stages of brain to understand how different regions in the brain are formed during embryonic development. With this new insight, researchers hope to be

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-method-provides-unique-insight-development-human-brain - 2026-05-09

Some time ago, I was asked, “What does Lund University want in terms of AI and research?” At first, I was a little surprised and thought, is the University to have an explicit position on this? But then I started thinking about the University’s other clearly-stated ambitions. We want to be a “world-class university,” we want to “understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.” S

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/are-we-use-ai-when-conducting-research - 2026-05-10

Vissa ämnen skrivs det särskilt ofta i media om under sommaren. Här finns en lista över forskare vid Lunds universitet som kan svara på vanliga sommarfrågor och en rad andra ämnen som ofta är aktuella.  För experter i flera aktuella ämnen, se Experter – listor och databaser | Lunds universitet Medicin och hälsa   Sol, värme, smittor och sjukdom Höga temperaturer, värmeböljor och sjukdom Höga tempe

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitets-sommarlista-2025-massor-av-experter-pa-sommarens-fragor - 2026-05-10

Thanks to stem cell research, we now understand much more about the earliest stages of human development and what underlies many of our diseases. In recent years, the field has been revolutionised by several discoveries that have completely changed the landscape of stem cell research. Since its establishment as a strategic research centre, the Lund Stem Cell Center has become one of the strongest

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/twenty-years-revolutionary-stem-cell-research - 2026-05-10

What happens when 200 high school students step inside a research center for a full day of science? Curiosity ignites, questions multiply, and for many, new futures begin to feel possible. At the end of March, Lund Stem Cell Center welcomed students from Lars Erik Larsson gymnasiet in Lund, Söderslättsgymnasiet in Trelleborg, and Malmö Borgarskola, Malmö Latinskola, and Sjölins Gymnasium in Malmö

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/unistem-day-2026-opening-door-life-science - 2026-05-09

Hani Alsafadi defended his Ph.D. thesis on the 13th of February, 2023. With a longstanding interest in biomedical research and a passion for better understanding one of the least regenerative organs in the body, the lung, he has spent the past four years helping to uncover some of the mechanisms that may drive a lung disease currently without a cure, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. In this intervie

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/exploring-role-yap-and-taz-lung-epithelium-phd-interview-hani-alsafadi - 2026-05-09