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On January 24, Zamir Aiylchyev (from the Anti-Corruption Business Council under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic) led a seminar for 150 students at the Grand Conference Hall of Bishkek State University. The seminar focused on the topic, "Comparative Analysis of Anti-Corruption Practices in the Baltic States and Kyrgyzstan." During the event, Aiylchyev shared insights from his secondment at the

https://www.mocca.lu.se/article/scientific-seminar-students-bishkek-state-university - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Three doctor’s theses will be defended during the same week: Hayford Ayerakwa (June 7), Niclas Lavesson (June 8) and Noura Alkhalili (June 9). Wed 7 June 1-3 pm.Hayford AyerakwaPlanting to feed the city? Agricultural production, food security and multi-spatial livelihoods among urban households in GhanaOpponent: Dr Pa

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/three-phd-defenses-june-2017 - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This autumn, Lund University will offer its first three free open online courses, known as MOOCs. They will be in green economy, global health and European business law. Despite this decision, opinions are still partially divided. Some see MOOCs as a motor for development that will rejuvenate and adapt higher educatio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/green-light-three-moocs - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Water is essential to all human life on earth. Today, over two billion people live in countries experiencing high water stress – risking both health and food security. As populations and the demand for water grow, this situation is likely to worsen.  Emma Johansson’s research focuses on water, agriculture and particip

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/world-water-day-2020-perspectives-water-agriculture-consumption-and-climate-change - 2026-05-05

They come from different academic disciplines but have all ended up at the Centre for Economic Demography at Lund University. Join Ingrid van Dijk, Finn Hedefalk and Björn Eriksson in a conversation about the conditions for early-career researchers, learning from senior colleagues, and passing the torch on. “One of the most enjoyable parts of our work is learning from others.” These words belong t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/knowledge-transfer-way-forward-early-career-researchers - 2026-05-06

They come from different academic disciplines but have all ended up at the Centre for Economic Demography at Lund University. Join Ingrid van Dijk, Finn Hedefalk and Björn Eriksson in a conversation about the conditions for early-career researchers, learning from senior colleagues, and passing the torch on. “One of the most enjoyable parts of our work is learning from others.” These words belong t

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/knowledge-transfer-way-forward-early-career-researchers - 2026-05-05

“Novel nonlinear optical platforms for advanced materials” – and ”Beyond binary quantum communication”. Those are the two projects that brought associate senior lecturers Anne-Lise Viotti and Armin Tavakoli, both PI:s at NanoLund, to being appointed Research Leaders of the Future by SSF, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research. For the ninth time, the Foundation for Strategic Research has ap

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/anne-lise-viotti-and-armin-tavakoli-are-appointed-research-leaders-future - 2026-05-05

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/leisure-time-ordeal-enjoy - 2026-05-05

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-becc-newsletter - 2026-05-05

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/welcome-open-house-cmes - 2026-05-05

A half-year after the diploma programme New Welfare Services – Sustainable Service Design as a driver for regional development came to an end some of the participants share how it has made an impact on their work. The course participants in the film describes how the programme changed their mindset and how they handle situations in their work, but also how it has contributed to organisational chan

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/impact-new-welfare-services-programme-uganda - 2026-05-05

CMES researchers Maria Malmström and Mark Levine facilitated a workshop on sound, trauma and politics in the Middle East during the week-long experimental Listening Academy workshop in July 2021. The Listening Academy was organized as part of the Listening Biennial, an international exhibition and event program presented at Errant Sound in Berlin during the summer of 2021. The Listening Academy pr

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sound-trauma-and-politics-middle-east - 2026-05-05

At Lund University's grand annual ceremony, the Student Award for Excellence in Teaching was presented to Oriana Quaglietta Bernal, Department of Sociology. Oriana Quaglietta Bernal completed her PhD last year and was surprised that she has already been awarded the prize. At the award ceremony, held at the University’s annual academic ceremony on 26 January, she was joined by a Nobel laureate and

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/oriana-quaglietta-bernal-awarded-honourable-teacher-prize - 2026-05-05

At Lund University's grand annual ceremony, the Student Award for Excellence in Teaching was presented to Oriana Quaglietta Bernal, Department of Sociology. Oriana Quaglietta Bernal completed her PhD last year and was surprised that she has already been awarded the prize. At the award ceremony, held at the University’s annual academic ceremony on 26 January, she was joined by a Nobel laureate and

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/oriana-quaglietta-bernal-awarded-honourable-teacher-prize - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Bioenergy is the largest form of renewable energy worldwide. It actually generates more energy than wind, solar and hydropower combined. In the coming decades a huge increase in demand of biomass for energy purposes is expected. Where will this biomass come from and what are the impacts of this increased usage? Is thi

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/debate-bioenergy-what-are-possibilities-and-trade-offs - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Corn starch, with elements of heavy metals, powdered brick, amphetamines, ink, wall paint or furniture polish. This is what can be found in falsified medicines, a market currently considered more profitable than that of drug crime. Professor of Ethnology Susanne Lundin. Photo: Kennet Ruona Some defective medicines wer

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/industry-worth-billions-puts-lives-risk - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. MERGE welcomes proposals for short research projects within the vision and aims of MERGE for the years 2018-19.This is a call from Lund University where partners are invited as long as a co-founding attestation is provided. The call is up to 1 million SEK and aims at a continued consolidation of the collaboration betw

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/call-open-merge-short-projects-and-merge-workshop-grants - 2026-05-05

SWEAH PhD student Pernilla Alencar Siljehag has received an invitation from Latin America's leading and largest institution in public health, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil. – The research group I am going to visit is running a gigantic population study involving six major federal universities. It is reminiscent of the SNAC study, which I am using data from here in Sweden, but in multi-form

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/traveling-and-learning-about-vulnerability-violence-and-grassroots-activism - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New Lund students are generally younger and have better educated parents than the average Swedish student. This emerges from the figures in a new LU report. Despite a series of initiatives to attract more students from non-academic backgrounds in recent decades, there is little progress. Now a major regional approach

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/initiatives-aimed-children-widen-participation - 2026-05-05

The sustainability project Sustainable Future Hub at the Lund University School of Economics and Management is now starting the Change Maker Future Track. In October, the initiative kicks off with a series of live calls with well-known sustainability profiles. Students, staff and the general public are welcome to the webinars. How to do business that impact the world with Rebecka Carlsson In the f

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/inspiration-activists-and-leading-creators-lusems-new-sustainability-track - 2026-05-05