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Earlier this fall, Milda Pucetaite was one of the 400 European researchers to receive an ERC Starting Grant for her project “Tracing single-cell scale chemical signalling between interacting soil fungi". As Milda is a member of BECC, we were curious to know a little bit more about her grant. The ERC Starting Grant is intended for early-career researchers and the only selection criterion is scienti

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/milda-pucetaite-receiving-erc-grant - 2025-12-17

Despite rules and legislation on water for all at a reasonable cost, water shortages hit the poor hardest. In slums in large cities, illegal water mafia have emerged that take advantage of people’s desperate need for water. Maryam Nastar has studied water politics in two fast growing cities, Hyderabad in India and Johannesburg in South Africa. Maryam Nastar has studied water policy in Hyderabad in

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/water-mafia-take-advantage-poor - 2025-12-17

Many of the University’s staff members state that they seldom or never use AI at work, according to a survey conducted by the Ad Hoc Group. As previously mentioned in LU News, a questionnaire on the use of AI was sent to a random selection of technical and administrative (TA) staff at the University. The survey was conducted within the framework of the University’s digitalisation and AI initiative

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ta-staff-opinions-are-divided-ai - 2025-12-18

Properly managed, the agricultural sector in Europe can contribute to many of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by improving food security, reducing poverty and enhancing biodiversity. But new research shows that indicators to measure key SDGs such as health and equality are entirely missing from the EU’s most expensive funding scheme. – What gets measured, gets managed. Fro

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-research-points-out-key-gaps-eus-largest-funding-scheme-common-agricultural-policy - 2025-12-18

. Åtta toppstudenter, ett hus i New-England-stil, svindlande natur och en vänlig småstad mötte universitetsläraren Blaženka Scheuer och hennes familj under vistelsen i USA. Nu vill hon uppmuntra fler att söka STINT:s program Teaching Sabbatical. Blaženka Scheuer berättar om sitt halvår i Williamstown, Foto: Gunnar Menander Bland mäktiga berg och stora skogar ligger pyttelilla collegestaden William

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lararutbyte-gav-ny-syn-pa-livet - 2025-12-17

– Gratis öppna jättekurser på nätet, så kallade MOOCs, kan bli dödsstöten för svenska lärosäten. Enda utvägen är att snabbt skapa framgångsrika svenska MOOCs menar LTH-professor Per Ödling. – Tyvärr tror jag vi är för sent ute. Amerikanerna har de starka varumärkena och försprånget – de kommer att slå ut oss. Per Ödling. Per Ödling var en av huvudtalarna på seminariet om MOOCs som Lunds universite

https://www.lu.se/artikel/gratis-natkurser-hot-eller-mojlighet - 2025-12-17

Collaboration, networking, career development, and wellbeing. Those are four examples of needs that the newly formed young MultiParkers working group will address. After organizing their first event, they are eager to start preparing for more events. During the pandemic, there has been an upbuild of need for social gathering and exchange of ideas and experiences. Especially young researchers who r

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/young-multiparkers-working-group-takes-shape - 2025-12-17

Amanda Moberg In Amanda Moberg´s MFA exhibition ”The paths are a pattern only the weaves can see” I was meet by numerous works, all navigating around weaving as a focus point. The works seemed to be engaged with how the notion of weaving comes from language itself and how language can be shifted into new meanings, forms and questions. In French for example, text and textile share the same etymolog

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/mfa-student-interview-series-part-vi-amanda-moberg-and-alice-ryne - 2025-12-17

Emma Kritzberg took the train to a meeting on Mallorca. A journey that took 54 hours and cost double what it would have to fly a couple of hours to the Mediterranean island. Yet, flying was never an option. She has not flown once for work or privately in the last six years, a conscious decision she took to reduce her carbon footprint. Emma Kritzberg, professor at the Department of Biology, stepped

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/54-hours-one-way-join-job-meeting-mallorca - 2025-12-18

Congratulation to Wolfgang Knecht and his collaborators, who have been awarded a grant for a LINXS theme initiative titled Pandemics and Alertness (PandA)! The theme is a “spin-off” from the Pandemics and Alertness the thematic collaboration initiative at Lund University, with a deeper focus on advancing understaning of viruses and strengthening crisis preparedness. The themes want to achieve an i

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/grant-awarded-linxs-theme-initiative-pandemics-and-alertness-panda - 2025-12-17

On 25 November, after two years of intense legal preparations, the youth organsation Aurora, submitted a litigation against the Swedish state for its insufficient climate policies – the very first of its kind in Sweden. Mark Connaughton, research assistant at LUCSUS, and member of the GAMES research project, a collaborative project led by LUCSUS with Copenhagen University and Imperial College Lond

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/aurora-climate-litigation - 2025-12-17

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/tiktok-algorithms-and-feedback-loops-new-thesis-david-bazan-royuela-explores-digital-interactions - 2025-12-17

The brain's big-eating immune cells can slow down the progression of Alzheimer's disease. This is shown by a study that is now published in Nature Aging. The brain's own immune cells are called microglia and are found in the central nervous system. They are big eaters that kill viruses, damaged cells and infectious agents they come across. It has long been known that microglial cells can be activa

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/brains-immune-cells-can-be-triggered-slow-down-alzheimers-disease - 2025-12-17

A new study have identified which blood tests are best at detecting Alzheimer’s disease during the earliest stages, and also another blood test that is optimal for detecting relevant treatment effects. These findings will speed up the development of new therapies that can slow down the disease progression. The article was originally published as a press release from the Sahlgrenska Academy, Univer

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/optimal-blood-tests-development-new-therapies-alzheimers-disease - 2025-12-17

Today two separate batches of available housing were published, one for September and one for remaining accommodations in late August. Please note that response deadlines for August rooms will be very short. Two batchesToday (19 August), the fifth batch of available housing for August 2024 was published, as well as the first batch of housing available from September. These batches have different d

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/september-and-late-august-batches-published - 2025-12-17

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/top-ranked-lusem-shines-latest-world-university-rankings - 2025-12-18

When physical geographer Daniel Metcalfe explains what he does in the simplest possible way, he says he examines holes in leaves. However, the project is far more sophisticated than that, and could lead to a better way of caring for the forests of the world in the future. Hanging bridges are practical when studying leaves in tree crowns. Photo taken in Peru. Photo: Jake Bryant Daniel Metcalfe is a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/examining-forests-world - 2025-12-17

Kimberly Nicholas was appointed professor in Sustainability Science in June 2024. After more than 15 years at Lund University, her commitment to stopping climate change is stronger than ever. “We need to keep our eyes on the prize and focus on where the problem is to address it.” What has been the most important moment in your career? I got to witness the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015. T

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/professor-kimberly-nicholas-mission-combat-climate-change - 2025-12-17

Dzhamilia Mamysheva, a 2023 graduate of LUSEM’s master’s programme in European and International Trade and Tax Law, has an inspiring career journey. From roles in international trade and supply chain management to her current position in Mars' Leadership Experience Program, she shares her post-graduation experiences, lessons from her studies, and favorite memories from Lund in our interview. Edito

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/dzhamilia-mamysheva-alumna-msc-european-and-international-trade-and-tax-law-2023 - 2025-12-18

Den 29 maj invigs Helsingborg Innovation District, en samverkansplattform och katalysator för innovation, forskning och utveckling. Innovationsdistriktet är initierat av Helsingborgs stad, Lunds universitet, Region Skåne och Sydsvenska Industri- och Handelskammaren i samarbete med näringslivet. Distriktet sträcker sig från Helsingborgs Centralstation genom stadsdelen Oceanhamnen till Lunds univers

https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/nytt-innovationsdistrikt-ska-oka-regionens-innovationskraft - 2025-12-17