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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Vice-Chancellor of Lund University has appointed two new professors to the Malmö Art Academy. We welcome Emily Wardill and Fredrik Værslev to the academy. Emily Wardill is employed as a professor of free art, focusing on material-based films and narrative structures.Emily Wardill (born in 1977) is one of the world

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/two-new-professors-malmo-art-academy - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Thursday 10 November 9.15-17.00, The Afrint research group and Development Geography in Lund warmly welcome you to the Development Research Day 2016, at Geocentrum I in Lund. The Development Research Day is an annual event at Lund University bringing together all fields working on development to share and discuss t

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/development-research-day-2016 - 2026-04-25

New vacancies have been published for student accommodations. N.B. Short application period! Application is open until 23 January. Start of these contracts will be 1 February 2025. Earlier today we published a new batch of available accommodation in our housing account pages.To apply for this housing please log in to your housing account and choose the housing options your are interested in on or

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/new-vacancies-published-contract-start-1-february - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Six researchers from Lund University Diabetes Centre have recieved prestigous grants from the European Research Council (ERC). In order to celebrate the success we invited the public to an open seminar. Some of the talks can be reviewed here (in Swedish). Forskning för bättre folkhälsa:Framsteg inom typ 2-diabetes, fe

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/successful-research-funded-european-research-council - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LU is a member of Scholars at Risk and SAR Sweden, which has received support from the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation worth an additional SEK 5 million. The funding can be applied for to co-fund the hosting of SAR researchers in the humanities and social sciences. For LU, this means we gain access to further c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/scholars-risk-sar-receives-extra-sek-5-million - 2026-04-25

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Svante Pääbo for his “discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution”. We had the great pleasure to listen to Svante Pääbo in a fantastic presentation entitled “Archaic Genomics” at the NMMP event in Ystad in May this year. His research team develops method

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/nobel-prize-physiology-or-medicine-2022 - 2026-04-25

Around 100 select astronomy books dating from 1545 to 1799 have been relocated from the Astronomy Library to the University Library. LUM was there as the books were packed away, and again, several months later, after they had been quarantined and it was time to catalogue, encapsulate and put them in storage. Next year, the rarest volumes will be digitalised and perhaps even be displayed. Outside A

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/star-studded-tomes-astronomy-library-move-new-home - 2026-04-24

CASE researchers Björn Slaug and Susanne Iwarsson have shown that their instrument for assessing accessibility in housing for the elderly also works in Japan - even though it was originally developed according to Swedish conditions. Swedish research contributes to improving public health in Japan.– Through long-term and careful work, we have been able to transfer it to a very different cultural co

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/japan-takes-help-case-developed-research-tool - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 20-22 September 2016, the Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) successfully organized a conference entitled ”Modern Matters: Negotiating the Future of Everyday Life in South Asia” at Lund University. The conference attracted more than 60 researchers, Swedish and European, but a large number of them also cam

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-conference-modernity-south-asia-successfully-completed - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A recent report by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) identifies 24 places across the world that are hotspots for deforestation - and where forests are under threat. A staggering over 43 million of hectares were lost in these areas between 2004 and 2017 - an area roughly the size of Morocco. Torsten Krause, who research

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/torsten-krause-comments-wwf-report-deforestation-fronts - 2026-04-25

Students from our international master’s programme and acting programme year 1 and 2 will participate in this years edition of Malmö Community Biennal. The Malmö Community Biennal return for its third time to shine a light on creative projects, productions and ideas that are being generated by and with local communities – challenging the division between ‘professional’ and ‘non-professional.’ Make

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/our-students-participate-malmo-community-biennal-2023 - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Research groups in close collaboration in Malmö have shed light on the pathway whereby a common genetic risk variant leads to impaired mitochondrial function of insulin cells. The variant in question impairs the capacity to secrete insulin and increases the risk of developing diabetes. The discovery is published in th

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/disturbance-cellular-power-plant-increases-risk-diabetes - 2026-04-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In October, LUCSUS will host a conference on Loss and Damage (L&D) from climate change. Discussions to advance research on L&D are urgently needed, says LUCSUS Director Emily Boyd, since many challenges remain for the scientific and policy community on how L&D should be conceptualised, how best to measure, quantify an

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/dates-set-conference-loss-and-damage-ld-will-be-explored-through-five-interrelated-lenses - 2026-04-25

Many lung patients face a critical shortage of organs for transplantation. To address this challenge, the ‘The Bridge - Lungs for Life’ initiative led by Professor Sandra Lindstedt at the Skåne University Hospital in Lund and Lund University will establish a centralized Danish-Swedish "renovation facility" for damaged lungs – a first-of-its-kind endeavor in Europe. Lung transplantation is the prim

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/bridge-lungs-life-eu-funding-supports-oresund-lung-transplant-initiative - 2026-04-25

Henrik Smith receives the Marsh Awards for Ecology by the British Ecological Society. The prize recognizes his long-standing contributions to advancing ecological research and strengthening the connection between science and society. He himself highlights the need for public engagement in science — the days of letting hefty reports collect dust are behind us. The motivation for the Marsh Awards fo

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/henrik-smith-receives-award-has-message-academia - 2026-04-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Vin, dricksglas och fint kött från yngre slaktdjur och vilt hade svartbröderna i det dominikanska konventet från 1200-talet som låg ett stenkast från Lunds domkyrka. Det visar de fynd som arkeologerna har hittat vid den stora utgrävning som just nu pågår vid Stora Algatan. Längs med Stora Algatan har arkeologerna fu

https://www.lu.se/artikel/graver-fram-spar-efter-bryggeri-professorsbostad-och-studentkasern - 2026-04-24

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Journalister är välkomna att kontakta följande forskare på Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet. De kan kommentera Ekonomipriset och dess mottagare utifrån sina expertområden. Måndagen den 14 oktober 2019, offentliggörs årets pristagare i Sveriges Riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne.Till

https://www.lu.se/artikel/experter-som-kan-kommentera-nobelpriset-i-ekonomi - 2026-04-24

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Många vet att Max IV och ESS är världsledande anläggningar inom sina respektive områden och att de kan användas för att studera olika material in i minsta detalj. Men hur många vet vad som skiljer dem åt? Här vill vi ge en översiktlig bild. Hur var det nu med protoner, neutroner och elektroner? En atom består av pro

https://www.lu.se/artikel/allt-du-skams-att-du-inte-visste-om-max-iv-och-ess - 2026-04-24

Två forskare vid medicinska fakulteten får anslag, 61 miljoner, för forskning om immunologiskt långtidsminne och omprogrammering av tumörceller. Forskningen ska leda till effektivare vaccinationsstrategier och immunterapier. Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse har beviljat 835 miljoner kronor till 30 olika projekt inom medicin, naturvetenskap och teknik som bedöms ha potential att bana väg för fr

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/yuan-och-pereira-far-anslag-av-wallenbergstiftelse - 2026-04-24

Under de senaste åren har såväl forskare vid Lunds universitet som flera andra internationella forskargrupper framgångsrikt publicerat nya rön kring tidig och korrekt diagnostik av demenssjukdomar. Men fortsatt tar diagnostiken lång tid och kräver dyr och avancerad teknik. Nu har lundaforskarna utvecklat en prognostisk algoritm som väger samman enklare blodprov med snabba minnestester för att med

https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/ny-studie-enkelt-diagnostiskt-verktyg-forutsager-risken-alzheimer-pa-individniva - 2026-04-25