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How will the VAT reduction affect consumers, according to Professor Emeritus Lars Jonung? The government and Sverigedemokraterna want to halve food VAT, cutting it from twelve to six percent in April next year. In a recent segment on Swedish Radio, Lars Jonung, Professor Emeritus of Economics at LUSEM (the Lund University School of Economics and Management), was interviewed about his reaction to t

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lower-vat-food-will-prices-really-drop - 2026-05-08

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Internationella Förintelsedagen den 27 januari uppmärksammar befrielsen av de fångar som 1945 fritogs från koncentrationslägret i Auschwitz. Vid Lunds universitet finns Ravensbrück-arkivet, en omfattande samling intervjuer med överlevande från koncentrationslägret med samma namn. Lägret var unikt i det att det byggd

https://www.lu.se/artikel/manga-backar-sma-ger-hopp-om-digitalt-ravensbruck-arkiv-0 - 2026-05-07

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/wings-and-aces-lecture - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Do you leave work full of energy and excited about what the rest of the day has to offer? If not – maybe it is worth trying to improve recovery during the working day.  Lina Ejlertsson's thesis is about recovery of staff in one of the most stressful work environments – healthcare centres. She says we have a certain am

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/recover-during-working-day - 2026-05-07

Nu är namnen på de 45 nya biträdande universitetslektorer och gästprofessorer som blir våra nya kolleger publicerade. Vi i universitetsledningen har tidigare skrivit om vilket fantastiskt intresse dessa satsningar har fått, med sammanlagt 1327 ansökningar. Och nu finns möjligheten att bekanta oss med våra nya kolleger. Våra nya kolleger kommer från många olika länder - flera från USA, men också fr

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/nu-valkomnar-vi-vara-nya-kolleger-fran-hela-varlden - 2026-05-08

The Centre for European Studies has awarded Ida Welén the 2024 honorary mention for her bachelor’s thesis “Strategic Altruism: Analyzing Development Aid for Donor Strategic Objectives. A quantitative analysis of the strategic interests influencing European aid flows”. The Centre for European Studies reached out to Ida Welén by email to ask her about the process of writing her thesis.Congratulation

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/ida-welen-receives-cfe-honorary-mention-2024 - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The scent of a madeleine dipped in lime blossom tea awakened a flood of childhood memories for the main character in Marcel Proust’s famous novel about ‘lost time’. The madeleine is an example of a clue for the memory. In Proust’s case, the clue worked subconsciously, in other cases we can use clues to consciously try

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/clues-can-awaken-hidden-memories - 2026-05-07

Five years ago, shared e-scooters arrived in big Swedish cities almost overnight. Today, they are as debated, as they are a familiar sight of the city landscape. In his doctoral thesis, Phil Justice Flores has investigated why people use shared micromobility such as e-scooters and e-bikes. His research shows that for many people, shared electric scooters are used because they contribute to positiv

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/five-years-electric-scooters-introduction-sweden-heres-why-people-use-them - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new technology has brought researchers one step closer to a future cure for Congenital Muscular Dystrophy type1A, a devastating muscle disease that affects children. The new findings are based on research by Kinga Gawlik at Lund University, Department of Experimental Medical Science, and were recently published in N

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/reversing-muscle-dystrophy - 2026-05-07

Exactly one year after Sven met the orthopedic doctor in Lund for the first time, he gets an appointment at the hospital where he is to be operated. The first appointment is for an enrollment interview, during which he will meet an orthopedic specialist, an anesthesiologist, a physiotherapist and a nurse. Sven does not meet the same orthopedic doctor as he did a year ago, but he could feel that th

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/reportage-get-ready-surgery-sven - 2026-05-07

The proposal for a renewed Campus Plan will soon be subject to a consultation round. It is an update of the current Campus Plan which will soon expire. For two years, the Campus Development Office has been drawing up the Campus Plan in collaboration with consultants and on behalf the Campus Development Council. The Campus Plan covers a lot of space – Lund University has around 540,000 square metre

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-campus-plan-be-decided-autumn - 2026-05-08

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A well visited full day with engaged and broad audience and speakers were the results of the first official BECC grand seminar jointly organized with MERGE. A grand seminar is defined as a full day filled with speakers and possibilities for discussions. November 26, BECC and MERGE jointly presented The Science and Pol

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/report-science-and-politics-15c-seminar - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. She has survived a brain tumour and hates empty phrases such as “seize the day” and “live in the present”. Despite this, after the tumour operation Ulrika Sandén both researched and wrote a book on what she calls “Contentment in the moment”, an approach to life that she assimilated during her years in Vesterålen in no

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/contentment-moment-makes-life-more-enjoyable - 2026-05-07

This three-week event will feature 35 different interactive webinars with recruitment staff, programme staff, and current students. You can join our recruitment officers for a presentation and Q&A about how to apply, subject area sessions with an open Q&A with programme staff and students from each faculty, and several live chat events with current students and alumni! Be sure to stop by and join

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/join-us-lund-university-applicant-weeks-28-november-16-december-2022 - 2026-05-07

Meet our new colleague Samson Mukanjari who recently joined the IIIEE. Originally from Zimbabwe, with a master’s degree from the University of Cape Town and a PhD from the University of Gothenburg, he has now moved to Lund with his family. Samson has a background in economics and will be working as Associate Senior Lecturer, with focus on climate policy and natural resource management. What did yo

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-samson-mukanjari - 2026-05-07

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/captivated-colour-vision-birds-and-moths - 2026-05-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. NanoLund, the Center for Nanoscience at Lund University, and LU Innovation, the hub for innovation and commercialization at Lund University would like to invite you to a free-of-charge lecture on the key aspects of innovations held by Curtis R Carlson, by most experts regarded as the "Guru on Innovations". How can y

https://www.innovation.lu.se/artikel/lu-innovation-talks-curtis-carlson - 2026-05-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Lunds universitet startar tillsammans med danska och svenska partners ett projekt på närmare 20 miljoner kronor för att hjälpa småföretagare att utveckla goda idéer. Nu ska 13 företagare projektanställas vid regionens universitet för att få experthjälp med de utmaningar de står inför. Sverige hamnar på andra plats i

https://www.lu.se/artikel/nytt-koncept-ska-ge-vitamininjektion-till-sydsvenska-foretagare - 2026-05-08

Joan Yuan, researcher and associate professor in immunology, receives the Eric K. Fernström prize for younger, particularly promising and successful researchers at Lund University in 2024. Her research is about how the immune system is formed and how it affects us throughout life. Award justification: "For her decisive discoveries that have changed our understanding of hematopoiesis and the immune

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/eric-k-fernstrom-award-young-successful-researchers-goes-joan-yuan - 2026-05-07

A project is underway that aims to make the University’s digital texts simpler and clearer for students. The project will conduct user tests and adapt texts on student support, and also strengthen competence in plain language. The focus is on writing texts that are adapted to the students’ needs and situations Why do we need plain language?Writing in plain language is important – it is required by

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-plain-language-our-webpages-helping-all-students-understand - 2026-05-08