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New article by CMES water researchers in the journal "IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters": Lake Urmia (LU) in northwestern Iran has largely shrunk over the last two decades. The emerged bare, salty soil could turn into a threatening new dust source for the densely populated region around it. Hossein Hashemi is one of the researchers from CMES/LTH: - To quantify LU as a dust source, we exam

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/dust-lake-urmia-threatening-densely-populated-region-iran - 2026-05-01

More than 34,000 people have applied for the University's programmes for the spring semester of 2026. Law tops the list of the most attractive programmes, followed by medicine and economics. A total of 34,869 people have applied for the University's programmes and courses for the spring semester of 2026, or 39,011 if courses within programmes are included. The number of first-choice applicants is

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/law-medicine-and-economics-remain-most-popular-subjects-lund-university - 2026-05-02

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Merparten av de typ 2 diabetiker som fetmaopereras tillfrisknar bara några dagar efter ingreppet, långt innan kroppsvikten minskar. Ingen vet vad det är som händer men nu har forskare på Lunds universitets Diabetescenter ett första delsvar. - Våra fynd visar på flera förändringar som en följd av operationen, ett så

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/forsta-svaret-pa-fragan-varfor-fetmaoperation-botar-diabetes - 2026-05-02

“My stay here has not only given me practical access to sources and libraries. Being in a different academic environment has also given me new ideas and perspectives on what we do in Lund.” These are the words of historian Marie Cronqvist, who moved to Berlin with her husband and children last summer. Now it will soon be time to go home, but before that LUM had time to meet them and find out about

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/finding-new-inspiration-berlin - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At the graduation ceremony for all the master students at the Faculty of Social Science earlier in June, Stella Zimpfer received the Sparbankstiftelsen award for best master thesis in strategic communication, a thesis focusing on startup branding in the Öresund region. I asked Stella a few questions about her work. St

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/stella-about-her-award-winning-master-thesis-i-hope-my-thesis-helps-get-startups-thinking-about - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a large hall on Margaretavägen in Lund, next to LDC, the air is full of the hum of computers. The supercomputers Alarik, Erik and Platon – the most powerful in southern Sweden – are busy computing complex problems that Lund University researchers are not able to solve on their own. At the moment, a simulation of a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lunarc-universitys-powerhouse - 2026-05-01

Once again, we are now seeing an increase in the spread of infection, in particular in Europe; this week, the Public Health Agency of Sweden announced new recommendations to avoid crowding, among other things. We are still offering on-campus education but everyone is to avoid crowding and large gatherings. We are carefully monitoring the situation and trying to keep the organisation updated on any

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/solving-problem-vaccination-certificates-international-researchers-and-students - 2026-05-01

Hallå där Mia H Nilsson vars projekt ”Motor-ACT: Motoriska aspekter och aktiviteter i relation till kognitiv störning och patologiska förändringar i hjärnan” har beviljats ett anslag på 3,9 miljoner från Vetenskapsrådet. - Vad innebär forskningsanslaget för projektet? Vi är otroligt tacksamma över Vetenskapsrådets stöd till detta longitudinella och multidisciplinära projekt. Att få förnyat stöd fr

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/forskningsprojektet-motor-act-far-nytt-anslag-fran-vetenskapsradet - 2026-05-01

I slutet av september besökte Karl Dahlstrand Island för att tala vid den internationella konferensen "Recognising Sexual Violence: Developing Pathways to Survivor-Centred Justice"anordnad av Islands universitet. Karl Dahlstrand har studerat brottsofferersättning i över tio år. Vid konferensen anordnad av Islands universitets Institut för genus, jämlikhet och skillnad (RIKK) presenterade han sin f

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/karl-dahlstrand-presenterade-vid-islandsk-konferens-om-sexuellt-vald - 2026-05-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Som avslutning på årets Hållbarhetsvecka blir det en späckad festivaldag med intressanta, roliga och hållbara aktiviteter lördagen 28 april kl 11-16. Återigen uppmärksammas all den kunskap och allt engagemang som finns för hållbarhetsfrågor i Lund. – I år hålls festivalen på fantastiska Stenkrossen, som i all sin ve

https://www.lu.se/artikel/hallbarhetsfestival-i-lund - 2026-05-01

In a new book: "Consumption and Society", the two authors Max Koch and Anders Rhiger Hansen contributes with an interwiew on welfare within planetary limits. Publisher: Bristol University Press. Anders Rhiger Hansen visited Lund University in January 2023 to talk to Max Koch about sustainable welfare, human needs, social inequality, and a little bit about Bourdieu. The message from Max was clear:

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/welfare-within-planetary-limits-deep-transformation-requires-holistic-approaches - 2026-05-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Transnational Justice and Gendered Vulnerability – Feminist Politics and (Im)possible Solidarities
 In this public lecture Professor Nikita Dhawan will be critically engaging with the prospects and limits of discourses of global gender equality and justice from a postcolonial perspective.Nikita Dhawan, a philosopher

https://www.genus.lu.se/artikel/public-lecture-nikita-dhawan - 2026-05-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Shai Mulinari har i artikeln ”Unhealthy marketing of pharmaceutical products: An international public health concern” undersökt hur dagens marknadsföring av läkemedel står gentemot etiska och rättsliga normer. Artikeln är publicerad i Journal of Public Health Policy. Abstract på engelska:I consider the current state

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/mulinari-om-ohalsosam-marknadsforing-av-lakemedel - 2026-05-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. NYTT FRÅN VÅRA FORSKARE: Jakob Skovgaard har publicerat artikeln "Greener than expected? EU finance ministries address climate finance" i tidskriften Environmental Politics. Abstract:Climate finance constitutes an integral part of the European Union’s climate policy. Yet, climate policy is increasingly addressed by

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/jakob-skovgaard-om-eus-klimatpolitik - 2026-05-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet slår sig in på en 38:e plats i Financial Times ranking över världens bästa masterprogram i finans. Utbildningen rankas också som den tredje mest prisvärda finansutbildning. När Financial Times på måndag presenterar sin årliga ranking över världens bästa masterprogram i finans å

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ekonomihogskolan-bland-varldens-basta-enligt-financial-times - 2026-05-02

Lund University has a large and broad range of research infrastructure on offer. Several are world-leading. Unfortunately, however, in many cases the knowledge among researchers of what is on offer is low. “There are many researchers who are unaware of what the University has and what is accessible or how the infrastructure can help their research”, says Kajsa M Paulsson who is infrastructure coor

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/find-research-infrastructures-lucris-and-develop-your-research - 2026-05-01

All employees who are not teachers must have registered their holiday in Primula by 31 March. If you are a teacher and wish to deviate from the standard holiday, which is automatically scheduled starting the Monday after Midsummer, the deadline is 30 April. Why you should start planning your holiday now:To ensure operations run smoothly in your absence If you are a teacher, you automatically get y

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/5-reasons-start-planning-your-summer-holiday - 2026-05-01

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 - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The students, wider society and the path to academic success were important points in Torbjörn von Schantz’s inauguration speech on the University’s foundation day, 28 January. After the usual pomp and ceremony, and with the vice-chancellor’s chain hanging splendidly round his neck, he expressed his thanks for the app

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-vice-chancellor-safeguard-student-influence - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CRISPR is a simple yet powerful Nobel Prize winning technology that allows sequence specific editing and manipulation of DNA sequences. The CRISPR facility at Lund Stem Cell Center is here to help you with your projects using this technology. What is CRISPR and who is it for? CRISPR started as a “traditional” gene edi

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/lund-crispr-facility-here-help - 2026-05-01