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https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/success-wcmm-lund-fellows-pals-call-2024 - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There is nothing to indicate that sexual harassment is more common at the University than in other workplaces. However, different relationships of a dependent nature complicate the situation, such as that between doctoral student and supervisor. Few people choose to report harassment. "One of the reasons is fear of pe

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/power-hierarchies-make-it-more-difficult-curb-sexual-harassment - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Knowledge that the gastrointestinal flora affects both healthy physiological processes and various disease mechanisms has increased in recent years. A study conducted at Lund University in Sweden is now published in one of the leading haematology journals, Blood Advances, and reveals a previously unknown link between

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gastrointestinal-flora-culprit-severe-lung-damage-after-blood-transfusion - 2026-07-09

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.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-best-world-sustainability - 2026-07-09

Obesity is commonly diagnosed using BMI, but this approach has several limitations. Researchers at Lund University and AstraZeneca show that integrating measurements such as body fat percentage and waist circumference captures disease risks missed by BMI alone.   In recent years, research has shown that there are several limitations with BMI alone when it comes to assessing adiposity quantity, dis

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-study-bmi-alone-does-not-fully-capture-health-risks-linked-obesity - 2026-07-09

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/call-funding-invite-international-collaborator-lund - 2026-07-09

What does a global career in tax look like after LUSEM? Oleksandr shares his journey from LUSEM student to Senior Tax Manager at Uber, and the skills that made it possible. He also offers insights and advice for students considering a future in international tax. Hi Oleksandr! You graduated from the master’s degree programme in European and International Trade and Tax Law in 2016. Can you tell us

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/oleksandr-builds-his-career-international-tax-uber - 2026-07-10

As only the second team ever, the LU team made it to the semifinals and finished sixth in this year's John Molson MBA International Case Competition – the largest case competition of its kind. What happens when four students, inexperienced in case solving, come together with their teacher and coach and in a very short time train intensely with the goal to win the world's largest case competition o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-reaches-semifinals-prestigious-mba-competition - 2026-07-09

Physical geographer Lina Eklund is tracking the destruction of Gaza week by week using satellite images. Her analyses could be significant if, once the fighting between Israel and Hamas is over, questions of possible war crimes are raised at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Lina Eklund, associate senior lecturer at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science and rese

https://www.science.lu.se/article/destruction-gaza-monitored-space - 2026-07-09

Today, on the 17 of June, the board of the Pufendorf IAS decided to accept three applications to form three new Advanced Study Groups - all starting in September 2024! These ASGs will pursue interdisciplinary research ideas within Oaths and Courts – from Forum to the Future;Neobiogenesis: The Inevitability of Life; Next Generation Healthscapes: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Care Facilities of th

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/three-new-advanced-study-groups-and-five-new-themes-2024-2025 - 2026-07-09

As you know, the WCMM Research School is one of the most important pieces of regenerative medicine training that we provide here as a centre. This year, the school is celebrating its five-year anniversary and due to that, we will pay some extra attention to the activities going on during the year. The 2023/24 WCMM Research School, which is actually the 6th class starting, had its kick off on Octob

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/kick-wcmm-research-school-2324 - 2026-07-09

https://www.science.lu.se/article/world-leading-astrophysicist-and-interdisciplinary-geographer-are-new-honorary-doctors-science - 2026-07-09

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/standardized-greenhouse-gas-measurement-helps-predict-and-mitigate-climate-change - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Friday 4 November 2016, at 14.00, Ida Sofie Matzen from the Institute of Anthropology at University of Copenhagen defends her PhD dissertation project entitled ”Extremists of Love: Cosmological Activism among Sufi Muslims in Contemporary Lahore, Pakistan”. Venue: Center for Sundhed og Samfund, Institut for Antropol

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/copenhagen-thesis-sufi-muslims-lahore - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Today Ramy Aly, Assistant Professor of Anthropology from American University in Cairo, visited CMES. He gave a talk about culture as a political tool, and censorship in Egypt today and historically. "The study of regulatory censorship is today seen as resounding dull and anachronistic. This is in part because of the w

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/culture-police-manning-barricades-allowable-art-and-culture-egypt - 2026-07-09

It is not easy to be an urban planner. Cities must be built more densely because surrounding agricultural land and nature must be protected – while at the same time health requirements are high. Over a period of five years researchers at Lund University in Sweden, have closely studied densification plans in three cities and found keys to solving this difficult equation. In short, the solution is t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/health-benefits-if-cities-are-densified-right-way - 2026-07-09

A research team at Lund University in Sweden has discovered a mechanism that helps acute myeloid leukemia cells to evade the body’s immune system. By developing an antibody that blocks the mechanism, the researchers could restore the immune system’s ability to kill the cancer cells in laboratory trials and in mice. The discovery is published in Nature Cancer. In brief:Facts about the study: peer-r

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-mechanism-revealed-how-leukemia-cells-trick-immune-system - 2026-07-09

The Bourgine lab has published a new article in Science Translational Medicine reporting the fast and standardized generation of human mini-bones/humanized ossicles, and assess to what extent they can reflect the human bone marrow microenvironment. Human ossicles consist of fully mature bone and bone marrow structures establishing a complex human mesenchymal niche with retained stem cell propertie

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/new-publication-science-translational-medicine - 2026-07-09

Now it is time to elect representatives for the Electoral College for the term 2024-03-01 – 2027-02-28. The Faculty of Social Sciences is to elect:three teachers with research expertise one representative for other staff.Nominations are to be sent to valberedning [at] sam [dot] lu [dot] se (valberedning[at]sam[dot]lu[dot]se) no later than 15 January 2024 marked “Nomination UK”.The nominee must hav

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/nominate-candidates-electoral-college - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At the graduation ceremony in the main university hall on 31 May, Alida Karlman received her BSc in Social Work, and, as the first student at the department, a Certificate of International Merit. Alida completed her work placement within the programme in the Cayman Islands, working at institutions which dealt with add

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/first-student-receives-international-certificate - 2026-07-09