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Professor Charlotte Ling is doing research within the field of epigenetics to understand changes in the expression of genes based on our environment and lifestyle and how these changes increase a person´s risk of catching diseases such as type 2 diabetes. She is also trying to develop epigenetic biomarkers that can forecast the development of disease, serve as an early health warning system, and b

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/i-put-together-lifelong-puzzle-epigenetics - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University represents one of the most attractive locations within structural biology in entire Northern Europe, says Pontus Gourdon, who has been awarded a Wallenberg Academy Fellows prolongation grant 2020 from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. It was the initial grant that once brought him to Lund. Wallenbe

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/adopting-long-term-research-approach-thanks-prolongation-grant - 2026-05-01

Congratulations on the defense of the dissertation "Entrepreneurial ethics: A behavioral approach to ethical dilemmas in entrepreneurship", at the department of Business Administration. After studying in Germany and the USA, and working in the UK, Marina has just completed her doctoral studies here at LUSEM.Her thesis lies at the intersection of entrepreneurship, applied ethics, and psychology. "A

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-thesis-three-questions-marina-vorholzer - 2026-05-02

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/increasing-knowledge-about-diabetes-research-ludc-diabetes-research-day-2026-33 - 2026-05-01

Although surgery is performed with a simple procedure that is performed under local anesthesia, new research by post doc Malin Zimmerman at Lund University shows that socioeconomic factors such as income, education and/or occupation, have an impact on general recovery and outcome after surgery. -The results from my research show that patients with different socioeconomic backgrounds recover and be

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/patients-low-socioeconomic-status-experience-more-symptoms-and-after-surgery-carpal-tunnel-syndrome - 2026-05-01

“Vinzent is an independent and creative researcher who shows exceptional ability in combining large historical data sets with modern quantitative methods and theoretical modelling.” This is how the researcher who wrote the best thesis of the year at LUSEM is described in the prize nomination. Congratulations, Vinzent Ostermeyer! In his doctoral thesis, titled “Why Firms Grow: The Roles of Institut

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-research-swedens-industrialisation-process-receives-lusem-award-best-doctoral-thesis-2023 - 2026-05-01

Thorsteinn Kristinsson has successfully defended his thesis Webs of World Order - A Relational Theory of Rising Powers and the Evolution of International Order. Congratulations! Abstract This dissertation advances a relational theory of rising powers and their influence on international order. The emergence of new great powers and the relative decline of incumbent ones is an inherent feature of wo

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/thorsteinn-kristinsson-has-successfully-defended-his-thesis - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New episode of our podcast Advancing Sustainable Solutions Sustainable finance, non-financial disclosures, ESG, oh my! The world of sustainable finance may seem dark and scary. But, in this episode, we introduce many key concepts through dialogue as well as discuss how sustainable finance contributes to wider sustaina

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/sustainable-finance-investing-our-future - 2026-05-01

Markus is getting ready for the defense of his dissertation "Transforming Foundations: Structural Change and Development Dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa (1960–2024)" on 22 November. He has been doing his research at the department of Economic History. You are about to defend your thesis, what is it about?The thesis explores sub-Saharan Africa’s recent development dynamics in a long-run historical c

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-thesis-three-questions-bertus-markus-melles - 2026-05-01

...who has been nominated by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) to be the Swedish representative in the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Cryosphere working group. The scientific core elements of IASC are its five Working Groups. The main function of the working groups is to encourage and support science-led international programs by offering opportunities for planning and

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/congratulations-margareta-johansson - 2026-05-01

At the end of October, around 45 teachers from across the Faculty of Science gathered for a joint inspiration day at LINXS in Science Village – the first of its kind. The aim was to offer new perspectives on teaching, inspire participants, and encourage colleagues to share their experiences."The most important thing for me was that we actually met," says Charlotta Turner, Vice-Dean for first and s

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/full-day-teachers-faculty-science-led-inspiration-play-and-learning - 2026-05-01

On Saturday 6 May, Lund's inner city was filled with 6255 runners who ran (or walked) Lundaloppet. Many of the participants were employees from the university, almost 792 people were participating, which meant that we made up a large part of the race. See your colleagues' results and pictures from the day. The winner of the entire Lundaloppet race was a LU's representative, Nicolas Fiessinger. He

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/794-employees-participated-lundaloppet-see-their-results - 2026-05-02

On 26 October, Times Higher Education (THE) published its Rankings by Subject. Lund University does very well in comparison to higher education institutions around the world. We are ranked best in Sweden in THE’s subject areas Law, Business and Economics, Social Sciences, and Arts and Humanities. Regarding Law, we are ranked 38th in the world.Our ranking improved in seven of the eleven subjects an

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-best-sweden-four-subjects-according-times-higher-education-2024 - 2026-05-02

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The proceedings from the Focus Asia titled "E-Governance in Asia: Strengthening transparency and accountability?" are now available. 12-13 November 2015 the Centre arranged Focus Asia: E-Governance in Asia: Strengthening transparency and accountability?From a critical perspective the symposium examined the state-of-th

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/proceedings-focus-asia - 2026-05-01

Eager to explore digital educational collaborations with partners from around the world? Join us at our upcoming workshop! On 29 November, between 9:00-15:00, Casey Dinger and Leslie Alvarez from the University of Denver will be hosting a workshop on Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). COIL is a digital collaboration between educational institutions in at least two different countr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/explore-global-digital-educational-collaborations - 2026-05-02

An evolutionary perspective should be taken into account to ensure long-term crop pollination. This is the conclusion of an article published by BECC and CEC-affiliated researchers at Lund University. The researchers build on recent findings that evolutionary processes, in response to landscape change, are happening faster than previously thought. The article presents a model that can help us unde

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/effects-landscape-change-evolution-pollinators - 2026-05-01

An evolutionary perspective should be taken into account to ensure long-term crop pollination. This is the conclusion of an article published by BECC and CEC-affiliated researchers at Lund University. The researchers build on recent findings that evolutionary processes, in response to landscape change, are happening faster than previously thought. The article presents a model that can help us unde

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/effects-landscape-change-evolution-pollinators - 2026-05-01

Catarina Kinnvall has together with co-author Pasko Kisić Merino (Karlstad University) published the article ‘Governing Emotions: Hybrid media, Ontological Insecurity and the Normalisation of Far-Right Fantasies’ in Alternatives: Global, Local, Political. Abstract Focusing on the debates on ‘due impartiality’ provided to far-right leaders in Swedish media, this article uses a Lacanian approach to

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/catarina-kinnvall-governing-emotions-hybrid-media-ontological-insecurity-and-normalisation-far-right - 2026-05-01

A Business law professor at LUSEM who has been catching the eyes of the media in cases about gambling addiction, and also done some heavy lifting in teaching and research about EU law, Jörgen Hettne is leaving the university to become Judge at the EU General Court in Luxemburg. Jörgen Hettne explains that the General Court is part of the same institution as the EU Court of Justice and situated in

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lusem-professor-new-judge-eu-general-court - 2026-05-02

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS researchers will be part of the upcoming 2020 Virtual Forum on Earth System Governance, where they will be organising a session on migration and climate change. LUCSUS and the University of Liége will be facilitating an innovative session on 16th of September, 2020 at 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (CEST) in the 2020 Virtua

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/2020-virtual-forum-earth-system-governance - 2026-05-01