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A new compilation containing statistics on the status of gender equality at Lund University has been presented. It shows that regarding professors, women are still in the minority at 31% (December 2022). If you compare gender regarding professors, women are still in the minority at 31% (December 2022), although the percentage of women has increased by 7% over 10 years. The percentage of newly recr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-compilation-over-gender-equality-presented - 2025-12-18

In a recent paper, Fredrik N G Andersson explores the connection between economic inequality and the environment. He discovers that the relationship is complex, varying by time, location, and the specific environmental indicator. The most pronounced correlation is found between income inequality and energy use, which subsequently impacts greenhouse gas emissions. Structural shifts in the consumpti

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/does-inequality-affect-ecological-footprint - 2025-12-18

Opinion by Matthias Lehner, postdoc at the IIIEE. Airbnb is a hugely successful American company that has managed to make us invite strangers into our own private homes. I visited New Zealand last winter and stayed with an old lady in her private home outside Nelson, and it was an exciting experience where I got to know someone I otherwise would never have met. For a small fee, I got to stay in a

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/challenge-sharing-sustainably - 2025-12-18

The Pufendorf theme DigiJustice has now completed its first semester. Two theme members and researchers from the Department of Informatics share their experiences with the theme so far. Miranda Kajtazi, Associate professor in informatics, is co-leading the current Pufendorf theme DigiJustice along with Professor in human rights studies Lena Halldenius. The Department of Informatics is also represe

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/autumn-digijustice-informatics-perspective - 2025-12-18

The SciLifeLab & Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) is the is one of the latest research initiative funded by Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation. Lund University has successfully recruited two DDLS Fellows starting now in the beginning of 2023. The practice of life science is continuously becoming more data-dependent. The amount and complexity of data is growing expo

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/scilifelab-wallenberg-national-program-data-driven-life-science - 2025-12-17

Russia has its own right-wing populist movement: the Parental Movement. While the US equivalent is protesting stricter gun control, the Russians are raging against the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. “Western lifestyle is considered a major threat to Russian traditions and normal family life”, says social anthropologist Tova Höjdestrand. She sees patterns that might explain other right-w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/russian-parental-movement-counteracting-childrens-rights - 2025-12-17

Type 2 diabetes is a complex disease that can lead to serious health problems. It is important to find ways to predict the disease to take preventive measures. A large interdisciplinary study led by Lund University has identified a biomarker in the blood that predicts type 2 diabetes several years before diagnosis. Diabetes is on the rise and over time, diabetes can lead to complications such as c

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/blood-biomarker-identified-predicts-type-2-diabetes-several-years-diagnosis - 2025-12-17

Head of Faculty Office Catrin Malmström reflects on the changes that have taken place at the Faculty office over the past year, and on the ongoing work to build a clearer structure and more coordinated support for the faculty’s activities. With new managers now in place for all functions, and several new roles strengthening both education and research support, the office has taken important steps

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/deans-corner-catrin-malmstrom-goal-more-unified-organisation-so-we-can-keep-same-pace-together - 2025-12-17

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-findings-reveal-what-may-be-triggering-disease-progression-acute-myeloid-leukemia - 2025-12-17

The WCMM Fireside Chat is a series of articles dedicated to showcasing the remarkable work of researchers within and around the Lund Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM). Our goal is to encourage collaboration, communication, and inspiration among the scientific community by highlighting innovative research, breakthrough discoveries, and the people driving these advancements. In this mo

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-wcmm-fusion-co-organisers-carolina-and-elin - 2025-12-17

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 Studies, explains what these technologies are about, and why the promises of these

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/uncertain-future-negative-emission-technologies - 2025-12-17

A new app will make it easier for people on sick leave due to anxiety and depression to get back to work. In the project mWorks, Professor Ulrika Bejerholm and her research colleagues focus on what strengths, abilities and new strategies can help people on sick leave successfully transition back to working life. The research team wishes to move away from the current focus on diagnosis and disabili

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-app-help-people-return-work-following-sick-leave-due-mental-illness - 2025-12-18

Everyone knows about source criticism, but researchers Jutta Haider and Olof Sundin want to emphasise source confidence. “There has been an intensive focus on the critical aspect. Pupils leave school with the attitude that you cannot trust anything, so source confidence is an important complement to source criticism. There must be confidence in our social institutions”, says Jutta Haider. Olof Sun

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/they-strike-blow-source-confidence - 2025-12-17

New research at Lund University shows that the biological parents’ genes affect the child's insulin function and capacity to regulate blood sugar levels and blood lipids in different ways. Such knowledge may be used to develop preventive treatments that reduce the child's risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Previous research by diabetes researcher Rashmi Prasad has shown

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-study-parents-metabolic-traits-can-affect-childs-health-over-time - 2025-12-17

Stefan Schüller's 150,000 SEK grant brought local bakers and brewers in to test whether a climate-friendly alternative to wheat can win over consumers. A new round of Sustainable Idea Exploration is open for applications until November 24, 2025. Stefan Schüller, a PhD student at LUCSUS, secured 150,000 SEK through Sustainable Idea Exploration to bridge a critical gap in perennial grain research: w

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/perennial-grain-research-moves-field-table-sustainable-idea-exploration-grant - 2025-12-17

Christopher Douse, a new group leader at the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University, has been awarded the Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award by The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. This award includes a $1.2 million grant to support his lab’s exploration of the repetitive portion of the human genome, so-called ‘genomic dark matter’, and its role in human brain development and degeneration. Repe

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/exploring-genomic-dark-matter-christopher-douse-awarded-12m-grant-chan-zuckerberg-initiative - 2025-12-17

Christopher Douse, a new group leader at the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University, has been awarded the Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award by The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. This award includes a $1.2 million grant to support his lab’s exploration of the repetitive portion of the human genome, so-called ‘genomic dark matter’, and its role in human brain development and degeneration. Repe

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/exploring-genomic-dark-matter-christopher-douse-awarded-12m-grant-chan-zuckerberg-initiative - 2025-12-17

Packed tightly together like twinkling stellar beehives, these globular clusters are made up of hundreds of thousands of stars. Now, for the first time, a team of scientists can reveal how the ancient and mysterious star systems actually form. The existence of these globular clusters, comprising millions of stars, has been known since the invention of the telescope in the 17th century. Globular cl

https://www.science.lu.se/article/scientists-solve-astronomical-riddle - 2025-12-17

Sustainability in education should be an issue for the University leadership, as well as researchers and teachers, according to Anne Jerneck and Kim Nicholas, both researchers at LUCSUS.Reflecting on Wednesday’s event for students and staff, on the theme “sustainability in education”, organised by Sustainability Forum and LUCSUS, they highlight that the role of the researcher and teacher is becomi

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/sustainability-education-should-be-issue-university-leadership-say-lucsus-researchers - 2025-12-17

In everyday life, he is a professor of economics and, once a year, he helps award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. But now Tommy Andersson is receiving an award of his own: Teacher of the Year 2025! LundaEkonomerna’s prize for best teacher is awarded annually following a vote among students at LUSEM. The Best Teacher of 2025 is Professor of Economics Tomm

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lundaekonomerna-teacher-year-award-2025 - 2025-12-18