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During the winter break, we received the tragic news that Karl Dahlstrand passed away unexpectedly. Karl studied law and criminology at Stockholm University and graduated in sociology of law at Lund University in 2007. He defended his doctoral thesis at the Sociology of Law in 2012. His dissertation "Kränkning och upprättelse: En rättssociologisk studie av kränkningsersättning till brottsoffer" re

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/our-friend-and-colleague-karl-dahlstrand-has-passed-away - 2026-01-09

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/mine-islar-receives-funding-studying-climate-change-and-biodiversity-himalayas - 2026-01-09

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-report-south-asia-initiative-eu-india-relations-africa - 2026-01-09

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/upcoming-sasnet-online-event-kashmir-postcolony - 2026-01-09

A warming experiment in a subarctic birch forest resulted many times higher release of BVOCs. Not to be neglected in the climate discussions, says one of the researchers behind the study. Ecosystems and the climate change response, as well as the feedbacks of these, are complicated to fully understand and to map out. As the currently ongoing climate change amplifies the temperature, plants respond

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/warming-simulation-increased-plant-volatile-defence - 2026-01-09

From physical diplomas, signed by the Dean to a printable PDF version. The change has stirred emotions among students and the student organisation Ateneum has made its opinion known on message boards around the school. Starting this spring students at Lund University will be receiving their degree certificates as a PDF rather than the traditional printed version with their Dean's signature. Lund U

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/pdf-diplomas-stir-emotions - 2026-01-09

Following a donation by Carl O. Springer, Lund Observatory purchaised an optomechanical GOTO projector and started a Planetarium back in 1978. 40 years later there may not be much left of the original installation, but the planetarium is as popular as ever. The planetarium was first established at Lund Observtory when it was located in the Lund city park (Gamla observatoriet - Stadsparken).  As Lu

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/lund-university-planetarium-celebrates-its-40-years - 2026-01-09

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/socioeconomic-circumstances-shape-childrens-connection-nature-more-where-they-live - 2026-01-09

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/two-iiiee-researchers-appointed-ipccs-seventh-assessment-report - 2026-01-09

The IIIEE is launching a new project investigating how and why high-income earners decide whether to invest in climate solutions. High-income earners play a major role in shaping global carbon emissions and are responsible for nearly half of all emissions worldwide. Their investment choices alone account for a large share of their overall carbon footprint, showing how influential their financial d

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-project-behavioural-finance-and-climate-investments - 2026-01-09

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sylvia-schwaag-serger-appointed-new-deputy-vice-chancellor - 2026-01-09

Ylva van Meeningen will enter the stage in a tough competition to show her skills. Forskar Grand Prix is a competition in presenting science in the most catching way, in few minutes. The audience in Lund will be hundreds of students at Polhemsskolan in Lund, on October 7th.There will also be an expert jury of three people.Ylva will present her research on BVOC: the communication of plants and its

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/ylva-van-meeningen-researcher-grand-prix - 2026-01-09

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/teeth-give-away-climate-history - 2026-01-09

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/devrim-umut-aslan-nailed-his-dissertation - 2026-01-09

Middle Eastern research news from Lund University Message from the director The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is an exceptionally dynamic area that has undergone great changes politically as well as economically during the latest decades. The region is likely to continue to display rapid and sudden developments during coming decades. Demographically the region will almost double its populati

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-8-february-2020 - 2026-01-09

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/successful-research-funded-european-research-council - 2026-01-09

https://www.law.lu.se/article/mock-trial-against-stig-engstrom-murder-olof-palme - 2026-01-09

In an event organised by the Skåne County Administrative Board as part of the Sustainability Week in Lund, IIIEE researchers Oksana Mont and Andrius Plepys presented results from the ongoing EU project 1.5°C lifestyles. About 200 decision-makers participated in the event. On Friday, 12 April nearly 200 decision-makers participated in the event organised as part of the Lund Sustainability Week by t

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/almost-200-policy-makers-heard-results-and-recommendations-eu-15deg-lifestyles - 2026-01-09

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/3-millon-sek-research-project - 2026-01-09

The different pathways for future energy systems may technologically look very much the same, but they differ fundamentally when it comes to ownership, distribution of profits and what local values are created. How this is played out in practice is discussed in this new article by Anna-Riikka Kojonsaari and Jenny Palm. New decentralized energy-generation technologies have turned economies of scale

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/distributed-energy-systems-and-energy-communities-under-negotiation - 2026-01-09