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On the 8th of June, the graduation ceremony for our Master's students was arranged by the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Lund University Main Building. During the ceremony, two theses were awarded the honorary award from the department for their excellent work. The ceremony began with live music and speeches by the Dean, Christofer Edling, and student Janine Pröll. Following that, Malin Zilling

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/two-master-theses-received-honorary-award - 2026-10-05

The 21st of August we conducted a traditional nailing ceremony as the departments doctoral student Carin Rehncrona nailed her doctors thesis ”Payments: Understanding the use of retail payment service platforms in the era of digitalisation”. Carin is defending her thesis during a dissertation the 13th of September. In a world that is becoming more and more interconnected by digitalisation, platform

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/carin-rehncrona-nailed-her-dissertation - 2026-10-05

The digital transformation of our world and the use of innovative digital technologies, including AI, reshape economic, social, political, and cultural interactions in most areas of life. While digital technologies may offer possibilities for development and action, they also raise concerns about integrity, privacy, and democratic values. Also: the benefits and risks of digital technology are not

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/welcome-conference-digijustice-human-rights-age-ai-15-may - 2026-10-05

At its meeting on 17 June, the Faculty Board decided on the allocation of undergraduate and Master’s-level education assignments to the departments, in accordance with the allocation model adopted by the Board at its meeting in April.The Board also decided to establish a doctoral programme in chemistry, replacing the current eight doctoral subjects in chemistry. The new general syllabus will apply

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/summary-faculty-science-board-meeting-17-june-2026 - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 23 June 2017 the Conference "Subaltern Women’s Narratives: Subversion, Resilience, and Shifting Responses" will be held at the University of Sheffield, Uk. Abstract deadline is 23 April. This conference aims to look at the material histories and lives of subaltern women. In her 1988 essay ‘Can the Subaltern Speak?’

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sheffield-conference-subaltern-womens-narratives - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. March 25 – April 30, 2017 Opening Friday, March 24, 5–7 PM The exhibition Museet/The Museum/المتحف marks the conclusion of a collaboration between the Malmö Art Academy and Malmö Konstmuseum. During the 2016–17 school year, eleven students have completed a course that combines fine art and theory in a study of the art

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/exhibition-museetthe-museumalmthf - 2026-10-05

Right now, two new course starts are planned under SWEAH's auspices next year. All SWEAH courses are open to all PhD students, nationally and internationally, but SWEAH affiliates are given preference. Doctoral students connected to SWEAH's research school undertake to participate in at least two of the courses on aging and health that make up SWEAH's Core Curriculum during the connection period.

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/time-plan-spring-semester - 2026-10-05

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Efficiency of Different Moringa oleifera (Lam.) Varieties as Natural Coagulants for Urban Wastewater Treatment", available in the journal Sustainability. There is a great need to find cheaper but still efficient treatment methods for wastewater. This study aimed to test the purifying performance of three different Moringa oleifera 

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/coagulants-urban-wastewater-treatment-tunisia - 2026-10-05

Researchers at IIIEE have been running the capacity development program Innovation in Governance for Urban Nature-Based Solutions for five consecutive years. The SI-funded program has come to an end, but its legacy thrives in various ways. The program has engaged public administration professionals in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, focusing on nature-based solutions (NBS) to me

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/successful-capacity-building-nature-based-transformation-cities - 2026-10-05

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lunch-showing-12-june-new-exhibition-museum-fauna - 2026-10-06

Interview with CMES researcher Svante Lundgren about antisemitism in relation to Israel and Palestine. The original article, in Swedish, was published on 8 November 2023 as part of the LU Newsletter Apropå. Every violent escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has led to an increase in antisemitism in many countries. This is also the case with the current war between Israel and Hamas, argue

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/increased-antisemitism-linked-israel-and-palestine - 2026-10-05

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, some shopping geographies had difficulties while others proved to be more resilient. Devrim Umut Aslan discusses what we can learn from these resilient places. A global pandemic hit the world, radically changing how shoppers shop and how they move around in cities. Sweden’s handling of the pandemic had been rather ‘relaxed’; it had not enforced any strict lock-downs

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/how-maintain-town-centre-retail-times-crisis - 2026-10-05

With over 40 exhibitors and thousands of visitors, this year’s ATLAS Career Fair was the largest to date! The annual career fair, organised by LUNA – the Science Student Union – with support from the Faculty of Science, brings together students, PhD candidates, companies and organisations with a shared focus: creating opportunities for the natural scientists of the future.ATLAS offers undergraduat

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/record-interest-years-atlas-career-fair - 2026-10-05

With a background in Marine Geology and a passion for connecting past ocean conditions to today’s environmental challenges, Professor Helena Filipsson is stepping into the role of Assistant Head of Department at MGeo. In her new position, she will focus on strengthening scientific infrastructure, supporting research, and building collaborations that help the department grow in visibility and impac

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/meet-helena-filipsson-new-assistant-head-mgeo-focus-scientific-infrastructure - 2026-10-05

Researchers led by Lund University in Sweden have assisted microbiologists in Ukraine in investigating bacterial resistance among the war-wounded patients treated in hospitals. The results, which were recently published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, reveal that many of the patients were affected by bacteria that exhibited an extremely high level of antibiotic resistance. “I am quite thick-ski

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/alarming-antibiotic-resistance-discovered-war-torn-ukraine - 2026-10-05

Researchers at Lund University and Washington University have identified a blood marker that reflects the amount of Alzheimer’s pathology in the brain. This discovery may play a key role in determining who is most likely to benefit from the new Alzheimer’s drugs. In brief:A newly discovered blood marker, MTBR-tau243, can reveal how much Alzheimer’s disease pathology is present in the brain. The hi

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-reliable-blood-marker-reveals-extent-alzheimers-pathology-brain - 2026-10-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Isabel Schoultz at the Sociology of Law Department has studied how two major Swedish companies have defended themselves against accusations of corporate crime. When corruption accusations against Swedish telecommunications provider Telia surfaced in 2012, regarding the acquisition of its business permit in Uzbekistan,

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/corporate-strategies-legitimise-potentially-criminal-business-actions - 2026-10-05

Lund University’s fastest growing online course can have up to a thousand new participants every week. ‘AI, business and the future of work’ is a success story – but behind it lies many hours of hard work. “In total, we have probably spent 8,000 hours preparing and producing the course,” says Anamaria Dutceac Segesten, currently senior lecturer in European Studies and deputy dean of the Joint Facu

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/tens-thousands-sign-ai-related-mooc - 2026-10-05

More than four out of ten doctoral students experience stress, anxiety and depression. This autumn, the doctoral students’ union will redouble efforts to improve wellbeing and prevent poor mental health. Measures include the establishment of a new role, which will focus on preventing and tackling ill health and will work closely with the doctoral student ombudsman and the occupational health servi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/steps-prevent-mental-ill-health-among-doctoral-students - 2026-10-06

How blood-clotting proteins arrange themselves at fluid interfaces may be more complex than previously thought. New research presented by Glenn Coope et al., using neutron reflectometry and complementary techniques, shows that fibrinogen does not simply tilt into a single layer, as previously believed, but instead forms multiple, distinct layers – a discovery with implications for wound healing, l

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/bringing-understanding-how-fibrinogen-behaves - 2026-10-05