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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Although patient influence in healthcare has gradually started to increase, the role of the patient's next of kin is still very limited. Despite the fact that the disease affects the whole family, public healthcare often does not utilise the patient's relatives as a resource. A lot has happened in cancer care since Ma

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/role-relatives-needs-be-highlighted-cancer-care - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship!  These concepts are now being taken seriously in first, second and third cycle programmes. LUM sat down with students taking the elective "Interdisciplinary project development" and the compulsory PhD course on knowledge in collaboration at the Faculty of Medicine.  Mari

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/entrepreneurship-timetable - 2026-10-09

https://www.science.lu.se/article/nocturnal-pollinators-just-important-their-daytime-colleagues - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The scent of a madeleine dipped in lime blossom tea awakened a flood of childhood memories for the main character in Marcel Proust’s famous novel about ‘lost time’. The madeleine is an example of a clue for the memory. In Proust’s case, the clue worked subconsciously, in other cases we can use clues to consciously try

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/clues-can-awaken-hidden-memories - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A researcher who made invisible female labour visible and had her hypotheses that efficiency thinking in healthcare is neither good nor cheap confirmed when her own husband became ill. Rosmari Eliasson-Lappalainen is a pioneer in elderly research. Photo: Gunnar Menander You could say that Rosmari Eliasson-Lappalainen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/efficiency-mindset-inappropriate-elderly-care - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Afrint research group and Development Geography in Lund warmly welcome you to the Development Research Day 2016: End hunger and achieve food security by 2030. The Development Research Day is an annual event at Lund University bringing together all fields working on development to share and discuss their research w

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/development-research-day-2016 - 2026-10-09

LUCSUS researchers are participating in this year’s United Nations Climate Change conference, COP30, in Belém, Brazil. Three ongoing research areas at LUCSUS will be highlighted at side events at the COP: immobility in climate adaptation, environmental human right defenders in the Amazon and inner-outer transformation for climate action. The associated projects: ITACHA (Immobility in a Changing Cl

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-cop30-belem-brazil - 2026-10-09

LUSEM has claimed first place at the John Molson MBA International Case Competition in Montréal — one of the world’s most prestigious international case competitions. The winning team – Hanna Simona Allas, Lina Meyer, Karl Enocson and James Raymond-Paul – together with their case coach Mats Urde, delivered an outstanding performance in a highly competitive international setting. The victory marks

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-wins-john-molson-mba-international-case-competition - 2026-10-10

One of the biggest perks of teaching at university? Supervising students and seeing them grow into their role. That is at least according to senior lecturers Olof Hallonsten and Anna Jonsson. Detectives with magnifying glasses and catching and preparing a fish. Those are two of the metaphors that Anna Jonsson and Olof Hallonsten use to explain the relationship between supervisor and student, the v

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/comic-strips-and-metaphors-help-students-reflect - 2026-10-10

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new technology has brought researchers one step closer to a future cure for Congenital Muscular Dystrophy type1A, a devastating muscle disease that affects children. The new findings are based on research by Kinga Gawlik at Lund University, Department of Experimental Medical Science, and were recently published in N

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/reversing-muscle-dystrophy - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Three researchers joined the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM LU) during the spring. In total, there are now 24 research team leaders recruited to the WCMM at Lund University – 14 clinical researchers and 10 basic researchers. Together, they drive forward research within regenerative m

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/three-new-researchers-wcmm - 2026-10-09

This year’s largest grant from the IngaBritt och Arne Lundbergs Forskningsstiftelse goes to Vinay S. Swaminathan at Lund University. He is awarded five million SEK for his research on how healthy breast tissue develops into tumors and spreads. Vinay S. Swaminathan’s research group has developed 3D models that mimics the tumor microenvironment in the laboratory. The technology opens new opportuniti

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/healthy-sick-3d - 2026-10-09

How can a tiny genetic change alter the body´s sugar balance? At Lund University, researchers have used stem cells to create two versions of the same cell – one carrying the genetic variant and one without – to see how melatonin affects insulin-producing cells and contributes to development of type 2 diabetes. Study summarySkin cells from a person carrying a risk gene for type 2 diabetes were “rep

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/stem-cell-technology-reveals-new-insights-melatonin-and-diabetes - 2026-10-09

Researchers from Lund University interested in understanding how aging affects the brain have made a new discovery that will help make it easier to study age-related brain diseases and potential treatments in the future. The key to this? human skin cells. The human brain is often likened to the night sky. Look up and one will see billions upon billions of stars. Our brains are similar in that with

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/how-our-skin-cells-might-be-key-better-understanding-human-brain - 2026-10-09

How should societies adapt to rising seas, floods, and other climate threats? These questions are explored in a new study by LUCSUS researchers. It reveals that the answer is broader than just improved policies – it's about rethinking the very role of law itself. Researchers Ebba Brink, Ana Maria Vargas Falla and Emily Boyd examine how socio-legal processes shape climate vulnerability and resistan

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/rethinking-laws-climate-adaptation-exploring-resistance-flooded-cartagena - 2026-10-09

During spring, a faculty group has worked on developing alternatives for a new organisation for the Faculty's research infrastructure. Kajsa M Paulsson has led the work and tells more. Why does the Faculty want to reorganise the research infrastructure?"A large number of the Faculty's research infrastructures have expressed that they want more dialogue with the Faculty management and increased opp

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/open-hearing-our-research-infrastructure-238-more-sustainable-and-efficient-organisation-way - 2026-10-09

How can a tiny genetic change alter the body´s sugar balance? At Lund University, researchers have used stem cells to create two versions of the same cell – one carrying the genetic variant and one without – to see how melatonin affects insulin-producing cells and contributes to development of type 2 diabetes. Study summarySkin cells from a person carrying a risk gene for type 2 diabetes were “rep

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/stem-cell-technology-reveals-new-insights-melatonin-and-diabetes - 2026-10-09

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/celebrities-cause-10000-times-more-carbon-emissions-flying-average-person - 2026-10-09

After graduating from International Strategic Management at LUSEM, Sofie Bjerling has built a career combining business strategy with sustainability. Today, she helps companies turn sustainability data and frameworks into meaningful business action. Editor's note: this interview is from 2024.Sofie, tell us about what you do today!I'm working with sustainability data and encourage companies to meas

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/sofie-combines-business-strategy-and-sustainability-drive-change - 2026-10-09

After graduating from the Economy and Society bachelor’s programme in 2023, Ondrej Gomola left LUSEM and cycled to downtown Lund to begin his master’s in Environmental Management and Policy at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE). His undergraduate studies had sparked a strong interest in tackling global challenges, paving the way for his next academic step. E

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/studying-past-shape-future-ondrejs-journey-environmental-policy - 2026-10-09