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Grant money for two projects

Jakob Skovgaard, Åsa Knaggård and Roger Hildingsson have received funding from the Research Council Formas for the project "Putting a price on carbon emissions: what makes states adopt carbon pricing policies?". The project will answer the question which factors influence states to adopt carbon pricing policies (carbon taxes and emissions trading systems), by mapping the states and sub- and supran

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/grant-money-two-projects - 2026-01-09

Is foreign policy adjusting to media logic?

NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Douglas Brommesson has published a new book together with Ann-Marie Ekengren at the University of Gothenburg called The Mediatization of Foreign Policy, Political Decision-making and Humanitarian Intervention and published by Palgrave Macmillan. More information about the book is available here: http://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137544605This book provides a systematic

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/foreign-policy-adjusting-media-logic - 2026-01-09

Karin Aggestam first woman and political scientist appointed the Pufendorf chair

Peace-building, mediation and justice issues are on the agenda for Karin Aggestam who holds the prestigious Pufendorf chair, which provides the holder the opportunity to devote most of her time to research. – The chair is a research position but I have made sure to retain some teaching. Interaction with the students is very rewarding, says Karin Aggestam to the magazine LUM, Lund University Magazi

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/karin-aggestam-first-woman-and-political-scientist-appointed-pufendorf-chair-0 - 2026-01-09

Climate change means early flight start - risk of fewer bumblebees and reduced pollination

With the arrival of spring, bumblebee queens take their first wing beat of the season and set out to find new nesting sites. But they are flying earlier in the year as a result of warmer climate and changing agricultural landscape, new research shows. – The risk is that we will lose additional bumblebee species and have reduced pollination of crops and wild plants, says researcher Maria Blasi Rome

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/climate-change-means-early-flight-start-risk-fewer-bumblebees-and-reduced-pollination - 2026-01-09

SCORAI Europe Conference at IIIEE 8-10 April

On 8-10 April 2025, the IIIEE is hosting a conference with more than 500 researchers and practitioners working with sustainable consumption. The conference is arranged by SCORAI Europe 2025 in Lund and online participation is possible. SCORAI (Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative) is an international knowledge network dedicated to fostering a flourishing and ecologically-sound so

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/scorai-europe-conference-iiiee-8-10-april - 2026-01-09

Coming soon: strong authentication

The University is now taking the next step towards a more secure IT environment. To protect ourselves against today's increased threats, secure passwords alone are not enough; we also need strong authentication to log in to our IT services. According to a Vice-Chancellor’s decision on 16 January this year, strong authentication is to be used for the shared IT services at Lund University. Strong au

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/coming-soon-strong-authentication - 2026-01-10

She found a sanctuary in Lund

A desire to be able to freely carry out research and the chance to provide her daughter with a good education led Pinar Dinc to leave Turkey. It is a journey that is not over yet. However, with another prestigious research grant from Formas she feels secure in Lund for the next three years.   “I would be able to begin research on anything at all in Turkey, however, if I were to present results tha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/she-found-sanctuary-lund - 2026-01-09

New Blood Test Shows Great Promise in the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease

A new blood test demonstrated remarkable promise in discriminating between persons with and without Alzheimer’s disease and in persons at known genetic risk may be able to detect the disease as early as 20 years before the onset of cognitive impairment, according to a large international study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and simultaneously presented at

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-blood-test-shows-great-promise-diagnosis-alzheimers-disease - 2026-01-09

Study offers clues to why leukemia develops in infants

Researchers at Lund University have identified a previously unknown precursor stage of leukemia. The discovery may help explain why an especially aggressive form of blood cancer initiates already during fetal life. When we think of cancer, we usually imagine a disease that develops over many years in adults. But for one particular group of leukemia – acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) – it is quit

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/study-offers-clues-why-leukemia-develops-infants - 2026-01-09

New way of measuring BMI can predict the risk of type 2 diabetes in individuals of normal weight

Obesity and excess weight increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but individuals of normal weight can also develop the disease. Researchers at Lund University have discovered that it is possible to identify at-risk individuals by measuring BMI in a new way. The authors of the study have identified metabolic alterations associated with obesity that can increase the risk of developing type

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-way-measuring-bmi-can-predict-risk-type-2-diabetes-individuals-normal-weight - 2026-01-09