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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 2017 was a very productive and successful year for us at SASNET.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'

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/2017-productive-year-sasnet - 2026-05-05

For the next four years, Camilla Davids from Namibia will share her time between Lund and Cape Town thanks to the "Double PhD-programme”. With the guidance of supervisors Gabriela Godaly and Reto Guler, Davids will focus on a project on alternative treatment methods for tuberculosis, an important research area at a time when antibiotic resistance is on the rise globally. When the call for seeding

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/camilla-davids-shares-her-time-between-lund-and-cape-town - 2026-05-05

Rachel Forsyth of the Unit for Educational Services has been selected to be one of the EU's experts in the Digital Education Content (DEC) Expert Group, which is a sub-group of the EEA, the European Education Area. What issues does DEC work with, specifically? “The Digital Education Content (DEC) expert group has been set up by the European Commission. The group works with the Digital Education Ac

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rachel-forsyth-elected-eu-digital-education-content-expert-group - 2026-05-06

Now it is decided that two of the graduate school's PhD students receive SWEAH travel grants from the spring call. Stina Larsson, Linköping University, is granted 30 000 SEK to visit the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, in June-July 2026. PhD student Mattias Antar, from the same university, is granted 50 000 SEK to visit the University of Pennsylvania, USA, i

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/research-trips-singapore-and-usa - 2026-05-05

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/welcome-meet-sweah-nkg-odense-8-10-june - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Call for papers for the panel on "Producing and consuming photography in South Asia" at the 25th ECSAS conference. ECSAS 2018 is taking place at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France, from 24 to 27 July 2018. This panel seeks contributions pertaining to the history of the commercial pract

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-panel-photography-south-asia - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The members of the University Board have been appointed for the period 1 May 2020–30 April 2023. There are four new members. Chair and external members appointed by the Government:Former ambassador Jonas Hafström (chair)District court chief judge Gudrun Antemar (new)CFO Ingrid Bengtsson-RijavecR&D director Torbjörn Lu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-board-members-have-been-appointed - 2026-05-05

Every spring, Huntington Disease Center in Lund traditionally hosts an information night on Huntington disease. This year is no exception! The program is set for the evening:Staff from the clinical team and representatives from the patients’ organization, RHS, as well as HD researchers, will give talks about different aspects of the the disease and the current research. And, as always, there will

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/welcome-info-night-hd-22-april-2024 - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The research project Post Conflict Futures had its first workshop 1-3 September as part of the scenario building project on the future of Syria organised by the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) and the Center for Middle East Studies (CMES).More than 30 Syrian scholars met to colle

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/first-scenario-building-workshop-post-conflict-futures-initiative - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Contagion spreads in various ways, with airborne viruses being especially difficult to protect oneself against. Norovirus, or the winter vomiting bug as it is sometimes known, is just such a virus. Carl-Johan Fraenkel, infectious disease and healthcare hygiene specialist, is currently defending his thesis at Lund Univ

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-track-spread-norovirus-hospitals - 2026-05-05

Hello there, Pål Stenmark, Professor of Structural Biochemistry at the Department of Experimental Medical Science. You’ve just been honoured with the 2021 Lindblomska Award from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for you discovery of a new botox poison that wards off malaria mosquitoes! Can you really use botox against mosquitoes? – The botox used by humans doesn’t work on insects, but we’ve no

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/botox-ward-mosquitoes - 2026-05-05

A new mini LUCSUS documentary, The Beans Of/For Change, introduces the challenges and opportunities around specialty coffee in Colombia. It is based on research results from field visits to Antioquia and Quindío in Colombia, as part of the FORMAS-supported project, Unravelling climate change impacts on migrant farmworkers in agrifood production. Dianne Kok has produced and edited the documentary.

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/documentary-beans-offor-change-shines-light-challenges-and-opportunities-around-specialty-coffee - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new research project aims to contribute to greater understanding between Central Asian and EU business and legal cultures, and lower the risk of foreign companies becoming involved in corruption. To achieve this, about a dozen universities in Europe and Central Asia are involved in an extensive exchange scheme of re

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/sociology-law-department-leads-unique-effort-facilitate-business-between-eu-and-central-asia - 2026-05-05

In June 2022, LUCSUS will co-organise a 5-day intensive PhD course focusing on climate change mitigation and the politics of 'Net Zero' and carbon removal. As the climate crisis intensifies, the scientific and political conversation on climate change mitigation is taking novel forms, giving rise to a range of possible new climate futures. An increasingly important aspect of this is the ambition, a

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-phd-course-politics-net-zero-and-carbon-removal - 2026-05-05

Genetics are one of the keys to understanding neurodegenerative disease. That is why MultiPark researchers with expertise in genetics gather across research groups. Genetics of neurodegenerative diseases is a new special interest group (SIG) addressing scientific and technological needs to unravel the genetics behind diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Andreas Puschmann tells about how h

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/genetics-neurodegenerative-diseases-special-interest-group - 2026-05-05

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Var lär man sig mest engelska på kortast tid, i Sverige eller Vietnam? Svenska barn är bättre på att kommunicera, medan vietnamesiska barn är bättre på att göra korrekta meningar och förstå språkregler. Det visar en studie av barn i 11-12-årsåldern som är gjord av doktoranden Vi Thanh Son vid Lunds universitet. – Sv

https://www.lu.se/artikel/hur-lar-sig-barn-bast-ett-andra-sprak - 2026-05-04

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Stroke är en av de vanligaste orsakerna till funktionshinder. Ca 30 000 personer om året drabbas. Vad händer med dem som får det i arbetsför ålder? Sociologen Maria Norstedt vid Lunds universitet har studerat hur livet efter stroke ter sig för människor som drabbas i relativt unga år. Varje år drabbas cirka 6 000 pe

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/livet-efter-en-stroke - 2026-05-05

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Under sitt korta Sverigebesök kreerades den uppmärksammade amerikanska domaren Ruth Bader Ginsburg till jubelhedersdoktor vid Juridiska fakulteten under en högtidlig ceremoni i Stockholm. Då hedersgästen inte hade möjlighet att resa till Lund, hölls ceremonin istället vid Svea hovrätt i Stockholm. Ceremonin följdes

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ruth-bader-ginsburg-kreerad-till-jubelhedersdoktor - 2026-05-06

For the first time in the University’s history, a Vice-Chancellor’s decision exists concerning how we are to work on educational qualifications throughout the entire University, as reported in the previous LU News. Half of the University’s faculties have offered the opportunity to apply for recognition as an excellent teaching practitioner or similar for several years. A framework is now being int

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-now-forefront-work-educational-qualifications-higher-education - 2026-05-06

Fifteen years ago, the first doctoral students began their education at CEC. Since then, there have been 240 PhD students from CEC and ClimBEco, the research school hosted by CEC. This week, about 60 of them gathered for a joint alumni celebration with networking, workshops and lectures at AF-borgen in Lund. The alumni of CEC and ClimBEco are now in very different fields, some have researched and

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-and-climbeco-alumni-come-together-celebration-and-networking - 2026-05-05