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Times Higher Education (THE) published their latest ranking on 28 September. Lund University made 106th place, an improvement of 13 places compared with last year. The ranking is based on thirteen indicators within five areas. Factors that weigh heavily are the evaluation surveys sent to teaching staff and researchers from other higher education institutions who list the fifteen most important uni

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-106th-place-times-higher-educations-ranking - 2026-10-08

Huge congratulations to our postdoctoral researcher Gwendoline Schaff for her archievement for the project "Shared forms of housing for climate transformation: a systems mapping knowledge synthesis." The project will be a new collaboration between ABM-LU represented by Ivette Arroyo and Gwendoline Schaff and RISE represented by Shane Carnohan. We are very pleased with the very positive review they

https://www.architecture.lth.se/article/formas-grant-awarded - 2026-10-07

We’re excited to share highlights from the latest edition of the WCMM & DDLS Leadership Seminar Series, an initiative designed to empower our WCMM PIs with leadership skills essential for shaping the future of science. These seminars have focused on leadership at higher levels of decision-making, a crucial dimension for those looking to influence policy, funding priorities, and strategic research

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-ddls-leadership-seminar-series-exploring-innovation - 2026-10-07

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/researchers-receive-prestigious-erc-grant - 2026-10-07

Video games have captured the spotlight for decades, sparking debates about their impact on players since the early 1990s. Played by over 3 billion people worldwide, this report acknowledges video games' political and ideological dimensions and their potential for being used for strategic communication and propaganda purposes. It attempts to better understand how influence takes place through gami

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/video-games-tool-malign-foreign-interference-and-info-influence - 2026-10-07

Our warmest congratulations to Magnus Johansson, who successfully defended his thesis in Media and Communication Studies: ‘Parenting in screen times. Negotiations, practices and experiences in everyday family life’ at the Faculty of Social Sciences on Friday, 12 September. The thesis deals with parenting and screen time from a moral perspective. Through interviews with parents, the study shows how

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/magnus-johansson-successfully-defended-his-thesis - 2026-10-07

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/visit-uzbek-embassy-lund-university - 2026-10-07

Congratulations to Tristan Bakx, BECC-doctoral student, who has published his first paper from his PhD. The researchers studied temporal and spatial scale effects on carbon stocks and financial value, showing that early carbon storage led to higher costs than late carbon storage, which should be considered in potential climate policies. Increasing carbon stock in standing forests is one of the pro

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/temporal-and-spatial-scale-effects-carbon-stocks-and-financial-value - 2026-10-07

To create a functional urban environment for people, the environment and biodiversity, cities need to make careful considerations. Urban densification can be positive, for example in terms of reducing car traffic and providing better services to more people. At the same time, it can be at the expense of green spaces and human health. Johanna Alkan Olsson is a senior lecturer at CEC and has been re

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/five-challenges-and-tips-creating-functional-urban-environment-when-densifying-cities - 2026-10-07

The course “Climate Change: a question of justice?” will be held in English and is free and open for registration now. The MOOC focuses on social science perspectives of climate change and features well-known experts and activists in the field of climate justice. Course start is September 28th. BECC researchers Johannes Stripple, Fariborz Zelli, Tobias Nielsen and Angela Oels from the Department o

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-online-course-subject-climate-change-and-justice - 2026-10-07

The study coordinator is part of the graduate school's management team and convenes the graduate school's pedagogical working group. Cecilia Petterson is an assistant senior lecturer at one of the partner universities - Örebro University. She will work as a study coordinator within the framework of her employment there, on behalf of SWEAH. - It is very nice that we are now getting a study coordina

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/cecilia-petterson-sweahs-new-study-coordinator - 2026-10-07

Last September was the application deadline for new PhD students who want to join the SWEAH research school next year. A total of 14 applications were received, from 5 men and 9 women at 5 of the 13 partner universities; Dalarna University, Karolinska Institutet, Linköping University, Lund University and Umeå University. Two of the applications were not complete and will therefore not be processed

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/now-new-doctoral-students-are-reviewed - 2026-10-07

Simone Battista has successfully defended his doctoral thesis, concluding his time as a doctoral student. We interviewed Simone Battista a few years ago during his work, please read more about it here. In his dissertation, which comprises four studies, the quality of care for individuals with osteoarthritis has been investigated. This quality of care depends not only on healthcare professionals’ k

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/doctoral-thesis-quality-oa-care - 2026-10-07

Research on osteoarthritis receives a significant boost as the founder and owner of Artrosportalen, Professor Martin Englund, is awarded one of the newly established medical prizes from the Greta and Johan Kocks Foundations – an award worth one million SEK. The prize is given to outstanding medical researchers with strong future potential, and Englund is highlighted as an internationally influenti

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/prestigious-award-one-million-sek-leading-osteoarthritis-researcher-lund - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CEC is one of the actors behind a new international education programme with the purpose to strengthen innovation in the public sector and support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The target group is public service professionals in Indonesia and Turkey, and it is now open for applications. The programme is a par

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-provides-education-co-design-and-inclusive-public-environments - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Each year, the analysis company Clarivate Analytics identifies the world’s most influential researchers ─ the select few who have been most frequently cited by their peers over the last decade. The list includes three names from Lund University, and Sara Linse, principal investigator at NanoLund, is one of them. The H

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/sara-linse-among-worlds-most-cited-researchers - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By studying cold atoms, researchers have in a unique way been able to observe a precursor to a quantum phase transition, and thereby study physical processes that can be compared to the Higgs mechanism. The discovery can, among other things, provide more knowledge about quantum mechanical processes that are similar to

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/observing-emergence-quantum-phase-transition-shell-shell - 2026-10-07

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/kimberly-dick-thelander-named-wallenberg-scholar - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Jan Sundquist, Professor at the Center for Primary Health Care Research, a collaboration between Lund University and Region Skåne, has been awarded a $3 million grant by the National Institutes of Health, NIH, USA. The grant is awarded for research of heredity and the importance of the environment regarding the opioid

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/opioid-epidemic-and-other-drug-abuse - 2026-10-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Tuesday October 9 at 11-13 Professor Ashok Swain i will give a talk on climate change and river disputes in South Asia at : LUMES Josephson - Room Maathai (3rd floor). Ashok Swain is a Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, UNESCO Chair of International Water Cooperation, and the Director of Research School of I

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/talk-climate-change-and-river-disputes-south-asia - 2026-10-07