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In mid-October, the vice-chancellor took the decision to implement a project entitled “The Workplace of the Future– – Sustainable and Hybrid.” The project will run until September 2022. The Covid-19 pandemic, which forced major changes to working life, is the reason why Lund University chose this year to initiate work on the Workplace of the Future. Earlier in the autumn, vice-chancellor Erik Rens

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-project-focus-lund-university-sustainable-and-hybrid-workplace - 2025-12-12

Up to 20 percent of Swedish couples have difficulty having children. Now a new research project will seek to find the answer to the riddle of infertility. In a group effort to combat involuntary childlessness, researchers within the Öresund collaboration ReproUnion are creating a register that includes 5,000 Swedish and Danish childless couples. The biobank is named ReproUnion Biobank and Infertil

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/reprounion-joins-forces-combat-involuntary-childlessness-creating-biobank - 2025-12-12

Fakulteternas hedersdoktorer för 2025 är utsedda och kommer att promoveras vid doktorspromotionen den 23 maj. Här är en sammanställning av dem och de hedersdoktorsföreläsningar som kommer att ges. Hedersdoktor, på latin doctor honoris causa, är en värdighet som delas ut av en fakultet. Till hedersdoktorer utses personer som uträttat något storartat för universitetet eller samhället, som fakulteten

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/fakulteternas-hedersdoktorer-2025 - 2025-12-12

Open access-policy vid LU I juni beslutade rektor om en ny Open access-policy för publikationer och konstnärliga verk vid LU. Policyn är nu publicerad på medarbetarwebben. Länk till policy (sv): Open access-policy för publikationer och konstnärliga verk Länk till policy (eng): Open access policy for publications and artistic works Delredovisning av samordningsuppdrag för öppen tillgång Den 4e okt

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-oktober-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-1 - 2025-12-11

Blåmesar är inte lika läraktiga som talgoxar. Men de nyfikna mesarna presterar ändå bättre än många andra fågelarter i kognitiva tester. Det visar en ny impulsstudie från Lunds universitet. Självkontroll är svårt för djur och brukar därför användas som jämförande mått när man vill undersöka allmän kognitiv förmåga hos olika arter. Det vanligaste verktyget är ”det transparenta cylindertestet”. Expe

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/blamesar-trogare-talgoxar - 2025-12-11

Det är sedan tidigare klarlagt att beröring kan utlösa stressreaktioner hos växter. Men de molekylära förklaringsmodellerna har hittills varit spartanska. Men nu har forskare hittat nya genetiska nycklar till varför växter reagerar så kraftfullt på mekanisk stimulering. När du vattnar dina trädgårdsväxter reagerar de direkt på en biokemisk nivå. Och när du låter din knivsegg kapa en rabarberstång

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lundaforskare-loser-30-arig-genetikgata-kring-vaxters-reaktioner-pa-beroring - 2025-12-12

Blåmesar är inte lika läraktiga som talgoxar. Men de nyfikna mesarna presterar ändå bättre än många andra fågelarter i kognitiva tester. Det visar en ny impulsstudie från Lunds universitet. Självkontroll är svårt för djur och brukar därför användas som jämförande mått när man vill undersöka allmän kognitiv förmåga hos olika arter. Det vanligaste verktyget är ”det transparenta cylindertestet”. Expe

https://www.lu.se/artikel/blamesar-trogare-talgoxar - 2025-12-12

Marju Orho-Melander, professor of genetic epidemiology in Malmö, has been awarded Lund University’s Fernström prize. Her research is about genetic variants that are associated with blood lipids and lipoproteins and can therefore increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Many genes exist in different variants. Sometimes, some of the variants have a negative effect, in particular if they are comb

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/lunds-fernstrom-prize-goes-research-genes - 2025-12-11

“Solutions to limit the climate impact of plastics” was the topic of this years Climathon in Lund. The 24 hour hackathon gathered 54 participants and was thereby one of the larger among the 113 Climathons held simultaneous all around the world. Climathon in Lund was organised by a consortia of five very different organisations, Lunds Universitet, Lunds Kommun, Sysav, Ideon Innovation, EIT Climate-

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2018-0 - 2025-12-11

Stortorget, the main square in the centre of Malmö, has looked the same for the past 35 years or so but the way in which the city’s inhabitants use the space has changed. These changes provide a picture of the development of the city and community, from an industrial society to a society based on services and consumption. Mattias Kärrholm. Photo: Kennet Ruona Professor of architecture Mattias Kärr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fewer-malmo-city-dwellers-take-break-stortorget - 2025-12-11

Threats against researchers are increasing, according to acting chief security officer Håkan Jönsson, who received 16 reports of threats last year. The rise is in online threats, whereas the number of disruptive or violent people on campus is dropping – probably thanks to more locked doors. “But the hidden figures are high when it comes to online threats, as most people don’t report them.” Threats

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/online-threats-against-researchers-are-rise - 2025-12-11

It has been a year since an extensive Research and Innovation Bill was introduced. The Ministry of Education, research funding bodies and higher education institutions are still busy converting it and its initiatives into action. Perhaps this is why the autumn’s budget bill now feels a little thin on ideas and forward-thinking in those parts relating to our sector. In addition, the Government has

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-budget-bill-turns-reform-focus-away-higher-education - 2025-12-12

Andreas Edsfeldt, docent i experimentell kardiologi vid Lunds universitet, får Bundy Academys stora pris 2025. Prissumman är 3 miljoner kronor, och forskningen som prisas handlar om hur hjärtkärlkomplikationer i samband med typ 2-diabetes kan förebyggas – i förlängningen både med läkemedel och förbättrad bilddiagnostik. År 2016 fick Andreas Edsfeldt Bundy Acedemys lilla pris, även då för att stude

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/2025-ars-pristagare-av-bundy-academys-stora-pris - 2025-12-12

Can fashion ever become sustainable? How do we transition to environmentally smart e-commerce? What role will universities play in future society? These are some of the subjects to be discussed during the research festival Our Future City on 7-10 June at Campus Helsingborg. The event is organised in collaboration with the daily newspapers Helsingborgs Dagblad. Our Future City can most simply be de

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainable-cities-and-communities-focus-research-festival-our-future-cityh22-7-10-june - 2025-12-12

Can insulin absorbed in small doses through food in early childhood get the immune system accustomed to insulin and thereby delay – or prevent – type 1 diabetes? Researchers hope to find the answer through POInT, a study starting in Skåne this autumn. Newborn babies in Skåne with a high risk of autoimmune diabetes (type 1 diabetes) can take part in the study. The infants from Skåne, together with

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-study-babies-skane-prevent-type-1-diabetes - 2025-12-11

High demands from industry for an online contract education course resulted in better education also on campus. This is a good example of when contract education promotes development in several different ways, according to lecturer Veronika Tarnovskaya.   Veronika Tarnovskaya and Jessica Hansson. The contracted course led to new insights about teaching and practical knowledge about e-learning, som

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/contract-education-refreshed-teaching-methods - 2025-12-11

In the dynamic world of retail, the relationship between retailers and customers relies heavily on trust and confidence. As we witness a digital revolution in retail, fuelled by the vast possibilities of data analytics, it becomes crucial to ensure that data collection aligns with consumer expectations. A recent study, led by Associate Professor Stefan Larsson from The Centre for Retail Research,

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/building-customer-trust-retail-data-practices - 2025-12-11

Identical twins share the same DNA, but one twin may suffer from type 2 diabetes while the other twin does not develop the disease. A study led by Lund University in Sweden has now discovered that there are differences in gene activity in twins where only one sibling had developed the disease. The researchers’ discovery could contribute to the development of new treatment methods. “Identical twins

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/twin-study-finds-type-2-diabetes-clues-epigenetic-changes - 2025-12-11

An increasing number of Swedes are getting tattoos and Sweden’s population is now one of the most tattooed in Europe. At the same time, the incidence of melanoma is increasing. A new epidemiological study from Lund University in Sweden suggests that tattoos could be a risk factor for melanoma. The state of research on tattoos and cancerIn view of the lack of knowledge concerning the long-term heal

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/tattoos-could-be-risk-factor-melanoma - 2025-12-11

On 20 October, the Faculty of Science will for the very first time host an Inspiration Day for teachers. It will be a full day packed with pedagogical discussions, fresh ideas for the classroom, actor training, and opportunities to meet colleagues from across the faculty. We asked Charlotta Turner, Vice Dean for First- and Second-Cycle Education, why it is so important for our teachers to join – a

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/take-chance-spark-new-ideas-your-teaching-sign-years-inspiration-day-teachers - 2025-12-11