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Hectic for some, productive and eventful for all. We got hold of some of our Heads of Departments and asked them to give us a brief wrap up of the spring term. EconomicsLate spring is a hectic but gratifying time of the year. Among the most distinctive sources of pride for the department are the PhD graduations. This year we have had three defences within the last month, Negar Khaliliaraghi with h

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/spring-wrap-few-our-heads-departments - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Timos Karpouzoglou visited LUMES and LUCSUS on 24th November to hold a round table discussion on the ‘elephant in the room – power’. Here is his guest blog on reflecting on the round table discussion:Bringing the Elephants to the table: What is the role of power in sustainability research? We live in a warming and inc

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/elephants-room-guest-blog-timos-karpouzoglou - 2026-07-09

It's time to nominate honorary doctors for 2025! We invite all permanent members of staff to submit your nominations by 31 October 2024.
 Being awarded an honorary doctorate at our faculty is one of the finest honours we can bestow. It recognises individuals who have had a significant impact on our research, education or one of our subject areas. Take the opportunity to nominate a person you think

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/nominate-honorary-doctors-2025 - 2026-07-09

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/fire-bmc-lund-fire-extinguished-return-possible - 2026-07-09

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/ullrika-sahlin-new-reader-environmental-science - 2026-07-09

https://www.science.lu.se/article/record-size-sex-chromosome-found-two-bird-species - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 le

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/examining-forests-world - 2026-07-09

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 - 2026-07-09

Research Services will help you along the way, both with funding and support. Rolf Lood, Docent at Infectious medicine at IKVL, and currently on his way to Tanzania, is the coordinator of a project in Africa, and encourages more people to try out the role of coordinator. What is it like to be a coordinator? "Wonderful and stressful at the same time! Getting a group of about 50 researchers, represe

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/become-coordinator-eu-project - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new blood test demonstrated remarkable promise in discriminating between persons with and without Alzheimer’s disease and in persons at known genetic risk may be able to detect the disease as early as 20 years before the onset of cognitive impairment, according to a large international study published today in the J

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-blood-test-shows-great-promise-diagnosis-alzheimers-disease - 2026-07-09

They have made an outstanding professional contribution characterized by scientific excellence, significant importance for research infrastructure, or significant importance for society. LTH Faculty Board has decided that two individuals will be appointed honorary doctors in 2026. Gustaf Ramel – innovative and resilient agricultureFor several years, the Division of Water Resources Engineering at L

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/gustaf-ramel-and-margret-bauer-become-lths-honorary-doctors - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Despite the early morning, the pool is full of patients exercising in the warm water. There are laminated exercise programmes by the side of the pool depicting different exercises. Ronny Karlsson has been in the hospital for a week. A couple of months ago he was bitten by a tick and contracted TBE. He now has problems

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/perceptive-training-best-way-forward - 2026-07-09

On November 21-22, SWEAH's research conference is arranged for everyone who is active in the research school at the 13 affiliated universities – a big event and the first major event for most of the future researchers in the conference committee. Chairman Mahwish Naseer and the other junior researchers on the committee have busy days. For several months, they have planned this year's SWEAH confere

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/they-create-years-sweah-conference-chance-you-have-take - 2026-07-09

LP3 is one of three major university research infrastructures selected as university platforms by our rector. The appointment signals that these research infrastructures have high strategic importance for the entire university. The appointments are based on a number of criteria, for example the research infrastructures must have contributed to excellent research, offered broad accessibility for us

https://www.lp3.lu.se/article/lund-university-has-selected-lp3-become-university-platform - 2026-07-09

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-thesis-three-questions-anton-svensson - 2026-07-10

It took Swedish prosecutors six years to prepare the criminal case against former executives of Telia Company for paying several hundred million USD in bribes in Uzbekistan. The Sociology of Law Department's researcher Isabel Schoultz attended the trial to study the defence strategies of the accused. In September 2018, three former top executives of the Swedish telecommunications company Telia Com

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/how-corporate-executives-beat-corruption-charges-performing-unbeloning-court - 2026-07-09

Martin Moström from Retail House shares insights on the necessity for the retail sector to embrace change. Contrary to rumours, the physical store is far from obsolete; it has consistently evolved. Over the past two decades in the grocery trade, store numbers in Sweden have decreased from over 3,000 to around 1,000. This transformation is a natural part of business, but the challenge lies in how w

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/seeing-grocery-store-fresh-eyes - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Engagement with alternative health theories and a scepticism towards authorities, politicians and pharmaceutical companies seem to unite the heterogeneous group of vaccine sceptics. “Many of them are not afraid of becoming infected with infectious diseases because they are convinced it will not happen”, says ethnologi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-vaccine-sceptics-think - 2026-07-09

The role of a research administrator can look very different. For Lisette Jelivi, the focus is more on administration and less on finances. "I really enjoy my work, it's incredibly varied," she says. What does a research administrator do? "I support researchers, heads of divisions and the 74 doctoral students in "my" departments. It can be anything from handling incoming invoices in Lupin, study a

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/25-dissertations-four-years-its-fantastic-be-involved - 2026-07-09

The jury has unanimously agreed to award the Susanne Iwarsson Sohlberg Prize. To be eligible, the candidate must have built up a strong research group and initiated research of great importance for the development of gerontology. The prize will be awarded during the opening ceremony of the Nordic Gerontology Congress - 26NKG - in Odense on June 8. The prize goes to a researcher working in a Nordic

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/susanne-iwarsson-awarded-sohlberg-prize-nordic-regions-largest-prize-aging-research - 2026-07-09