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When the next semester starts, the students and teachers in Business Administration here at the School will have the privilege of collaborating with our very first Director of AI Integration, Burak Tunca. Burak Tunca is senior lecturer in Digital marketing and deeply interested in the AI developments in his field. As of the autumn semester 2024, he is also responsible for the integration of artifi

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/meet-first-director-ai-integration-education-business-administration - 2026-01-08

The Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research has been awarded to Niels Grarup of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Basic Metabolic Research at the University of Copenhagen. His research has shown that there is a genetic explanation for the increase in type 2 diabetes in Greenland. The prize, worth SEK 100 000, is donated by the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk Scandinavia. Nie

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/award-research-increased-risk-type-2-diabetes-greenland - 2026-01-07

Internationalisation has become more important – and more complex – in recent years. In a world where democracy and academic freedom are under threat, Lund University needs to take greater responsibility for its international collaboration, according to International Coordinator Pär Svensson. In recent years, the focus on internationalisation, through the Global Dynamic Engagement (GDE) approach i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/internationalisation-important-comprehensive-and-complex - 2026-01-08

Around the world, coastal communities are exposed to the impacts of climate change, for example sea level rise and coastal erosion. But local governments are often politically and economically constrained in their abilities to implement timely and needed adaptation measures. These constraints can restrict adaptation options to practices that are too little and too late, or even result in measures

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/impact-story-connecting-theory-and-practice-overcome-barriers-adaptation - 2026-01-08

Missiologist Mika Vähäkangas thinks that Scandinavians can be a little self-righteous. He says that he has become who he is in great part thanks to his research in Africa – there he learnt what he knows about compassion.  Over nearly thirty years, he first carried out missionary work and then research, teaching and fieldwork in Africa on African Christianity.    "It has always been Africa. My pare

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/africa-has-given-me-more-i-could-ever-give-back - 2026-01-07

2017 was a very productive and successful year for us at SASNET. Our researchers and staff published books, peer-reviewed articles and made over 40 public appearances. Our many followers on social media were continuously kept updated on research and other activities. During 2018 SASNET will continue to grow as Sweden's leading center for South Asian Studies. Research During 2017 SASNET has been en

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/2017-productive-year-sasnet - 2026-01-07

Can innovation strengthen research? Former NanoLund director Heiner Linke, professor of nanophysics and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, achieved this by combining research and innovation. His own attitude towards utilisation and innovation has evolved from a sense of duty to passion: “Now I think it’s genuinely exciting.” Do you see increasing integration of innovation within rese

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/best-both-worlds-heiner-linke-why-swedish-researchers-should-invest-innovation - 2026-01-07

Congratulations to Charlotte Ling who, together with Katarina Fagher and Alice Maguolo, has been awarded a grant of five million Danish kroner by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The funding will support clinical research in precision medicine, focusing on epigenetic analysis of blood samples from 13,000 individuals. Epigenetic research paves the way for tailored type 2 diabetes treatmentCharlotte Lin

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/charlotte-ling-receives-major-grant-clinical-diabetes-research - 2026-01-07

Para-athletics is growing in strength worldwide. However, behind the Paralympics that we watch on TV from our sofas there are greater challenges than those related to results. A new thesis from Lund University demonstrates how Paralympic athletes run the risk of sustaining injuries as a result of strict training as well as illnesses caused by their disability. To ensure that the athletes stay heal

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/paralympic-athletes-double-struggle-against-injuries-and-diseases - 2026-01-07

When you take a dip in a Swedish lake, it is not unusual to find you cannot see the lake bottom. Lake water coloured brown by organic material can be an inconvenience for swimming tourists, but mainly causes problems for the ecosystem and drinking water. Focusing on Lake Bolmen, researchers, public authorities and local organisations are now joining forces in a research project to find methods tha

https://www.science.lu.se/article/many-reasons-take-care-lake-water - 2026-01-07

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/role-meniscus-development-knee-osteoarthritis-research-project-funded-european-research-council - 2026-01-07

CMES doctoral researcher Joel Abdelmoez has been interviewed in Dagens Nyheter about sportswashing in Saudi Arabia. The article "Naivt att damtennis i Saudiarabien skulle leda till förbättringar för kvinnor" (English translation: "Naive to Think That Women’s Tennis in Saudi Arabia Would Lead to Improvements for Women"), written by Pelle Strandman, was published on July 11, 2023 in Dagens Nyheter (

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sportswashing-saudi-arabia - 2026-01-07

After recently presenting her dissertation in Research Policy: A scholarly quest for meaning - Negotiating scholar-activism at the intersection of structure and agency, we had a chance to find out a bit more about Farzana and her research. Farzana was born and raised in Sari, a city in the northern part of Iran, by the Caspian Sea. The family had no prior academic background, but valued  education

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-thesis-three-questions-farzana-bashiri - 2026-01-08

LUCSUS Director Emily Boyd has received a grant from Formas to organise an international conference on loss and damage in spring/summer 2019. The planned 2,5 conference will be hosted at LUCSUS and bring together leading scientists from across sustainability, ecology and climate science under a framework of loss and damage to examine definitions of extreme climate related events from a climate cha

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/conference-loss-and-damage-receives-formas-grant - 2026-01-07

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/report-faculty-board-meeting-18-september-2024 - 2026-01-07

During this year's popular science Framtidsdagarna ('Future Days') at Lund University on October 16–17, we had the chance to hear about crucial and decisive issues for the future. This year focused on future cities and 'The Future of Death.' Representing LUSEM, Markus Lahtinen, teacher and researcher at the Department of Informatics, gave a lecture. We took the opportunity to ask Markus why this r

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/experts-view-how-sensors-are-shaping-urban-landscape-future - 2026-01-07

Daniel Conley, professor of biogeochemistry at the Department of Geology, Lund University, has received EUR 2.5 million (just over SEK 26 million) for a five-year project on the impact of the evolution of diatoms on the oceans. Diatoms have a significant impact on the global biogeochemical cycle of carbon, silica and other nutrients that regulate ocean productivity and ultimately the planet's clim

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/daniel-conley-has-been-awarded-eur-25-million-five-year-project-impact-evolution-diatoms-oceans - 2026-01-07

WINGS are suggesting a rather interesting book 'Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead' by Sheryl Sandberg.SummaryThirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives.In Le

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/lean - 2026-01-07

December 4-5, nordic researchers gathered in Malmö to discuss future challenges in precision medicine, a research field where diagnosis and treatment are based on the individual´s genetic and biological conditions. Focus is on our common and increasing diseases diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and psychiatric diagnosis. "The goal of the meeting is to bring together mordic stakeholders in p

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/nordic-conference-malmo-about-precision-medicine-future - 2026-01-07

There is every reason to keep an eye on Körcentrum Syd during "Future Week" 2020 as they let three different choires interpret the theme of the week: forces in motion. Körcentrum Syd participates for the second year in Future Week and the idea for this year's project has been to let three choirs choose a composer each to interpret the theme Forces in motion through. The new choral music will be pe

https://www.arts.lu.se/article/korcentrum-syd-let-choires-interpret-theme-future-week-2020 - 2026-01-07