By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 13 December 2024 Last year he was teacher of the year at LUSEM and now Björn Svensson is recognized by the university as a whole, alongside Per Carlsson at the department of Biology “Honestly I didn’t even know about the nomination until the day before the announcement that I would receive the prize. It’s a pretty

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/lusem-teacher-awarded-lund-students-prize-excellence-teaching-2025 - 2025-06-05

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 19 December 2024 The SURCO project looks at the effects of droughts, poverty and migration in two rural regions of northern Colombia, and is directed by Andrés Palacio, Associate Professor in Economic History at LUSEM. Using expertise from disciplines such as economic history, biology, economics, ecology, geography

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/water-scarcity-rural-colombia - 2025-06-05

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 19 December 2024 The first edition of Lund University Magazine – LUM – was published 1968. Now the university management proposes to close the newspaper, in both physical and digital form. In January, the University director will make a decision on adopting a new remit and organisation for Corporate Communication w

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/university-management-proposes-closing-down-lum - 2025-06-05

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 19 December 2024 All 66 297 passwords to LU accounts were changed in the first two weeks of December as part of the University’s password campaign. Thank you to everyone who changed their password. Together, we are making Lund University more secure.Learn more on LU Staff Pages

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/tens-thousands-passwords-changed-heres-what-do-if-your-password-reset - 2025-06-05

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 19 December 2024 Lund University continues its climb towards the top of the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability, which ranks sustainable development at universities around the world. The University is now ranked 3rd in the world out of approximately 1,750 ranked universities. This places the University sec

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/university-ranked-third-world-qs-sustainability-ranking-0 - 2025-06-05

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 20 January 2025 As Nick Ford at the Department of Economic History prepares the defense of his doctoral dissertation "Origins of the knowledge economy: Higher education and Scandinavia's development, ca. 1800–1929", we had a chance to ask him a few questions. You are about to defend your thesis, what is it about?My

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-thesis-three-questions-nicholas-ford - 2025-06-05

By christel [dot] holmberg [at] ub [dot] lu [dot] se (Christel Holmberg) - published 23 October 2023 Autumnal greenery covers the beautiful facade of Lund University Library. Photographer Gideon Horn. We are renovating the inside of the building next year, making room for more and better study spaces. By 2025, functional and beautiful study spaces will be available for you. Starting this year, Aka

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/more-functional-and-beautiful-study-environment-lund-university-library - 2025-06-05

By christel [dot] holmberg [at] ub [dot] lu [dot] se (Christel Holmberg) - published 11 December 2023 Studies in the Wallengren reading room. Photographer Johan Bävman. Do you know that we are renovating next year, making room for more and better study spaces? The coming year will be noisy with few study spaces. Studying at UB will be inconvenient during the renovation, but the result will be wort

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/prepare-year-limited-study-spaces - 2025-06-05

Published 16 October 2019 Gabriel Norevik with a nightjar (Photo: Aron Hejdström) A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the presence or absence of moonlight has a considerable bearing on when migratory birds take flight in the autumn. Together with colleagues at the Department of Biology at Lund University, Gabriel Norevik studied European nightjars (Caprimulgus europaeus) and how

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/moon-determines-when-migratory-birds-head-south - 2025-06-05

Published 17 October 2019 Martin Leijnse (Photo: Kennet Ruona) Martin Leijnse, researcher in solid state physics at Lund University in Sweden, has received a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) synergy grant worth EUR 1.5 million. He shares the total grant amount of EUR 10 million with three researchers from the University of Copenhagen. The four researchers have worked together previously

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/erc-grant-research-unusual-quantum-state - 2025-06-05

Published 23 October 2019 Photo: Mostphotos The jet-setting habits of Bill Gates and Paris Hilton mean that they produce an astonishing 10,000 times more carbon emissions from flying than the average person. This was the conclusion of my research mining their social media accounts (tweets, Instagram and Facebook posts) as well as those of a number of other celebrities for clues as to where they we

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/these-celebrities-cause-10000-times-more-carbon-emissions-flying-average-person - 2025-06-05

Published 28 October 2019 Photo: Mostphotos International sustainability policies set out clear goals for protecting ecosystems and biodiversity, but how to actually achieve these goals remains elusive in practice, as biodiversity loss continues at an alarming rate. A new study published in the journal Nature Sustainability by an international team of 32 scientists identifies key knowledge gaps th

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/clear-goals-murky-path-ecosystem-sustainability-key-knowledge-gaps-identified - 2025-06-05

Published 29 October 2019 Olivier Van Aken (Photo: Johan Joelsson) An international study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden and The University of Western Australia shows that the pressure from water droplets on a leaf surface triggers stress hormones like jasmonic acid. These cellular changes become apparent very quickly and can could make plants better equipped to withstand disease

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/impact-water-droplets-leaves-quickly-triggers-stress-responses-plants - 2025-06-05

Published 30 October 2019 (Photo: iStock) Endurance running is often seen as a welcome escape from everyday life. But extraordinary experiences, such as running ultra-marathons, are not untouched by the competitive nature of contemporary consumer culture, a new thesis from Lund University in Sweden argues. The at times romanticized notion of experiencing complete freedom through running, co-exists

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-attracts-people-endurance-running - 2025-06-05

Published 31 October 2019 Albert Salehi (Photo: Sara Liedholm) Insulin which is released by pancreatic beta-cells is the main regulator of blood sugar. Previous and current studies by a research group at Lund University in Sweden have identified around hundred different receptors on the surface of the beta-cells, with a diverse functional impact on the beta-cells. Now researchers at Lund Universit

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/key-mechanism-insulin-release-cholesterol-metabolite-found - 2025-06-05

Published 7 November 2019 Black hole (Illustration: LL Calçada/M Kornmesser/ESO) An international research team have discovered a peculiar object circling a red giant star. The celestial body is invisible but still has a strong impact on the star’s orbit. With the help of data simulations carried out at Lund University, the researchers have now been able to establish that the mysterious companion

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-researchers-have-tracked-black-hole-near-red-giant-star - 2025-06-05

Published 11 November 2019 Controlling smartphones by a simple swipe of your hand is the latest innovation to be introduced to phone owners. However, radar sensors with higher accuracy would take the concept from gimmick to practical usefulness, according to researchers at Lund University in Sweden. They have developed a method that could detect much finer gestures – while also using a lot less po

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-unique-technology-will-make-gesture-control-more-accurate - 2025-06-05

Published 12 November 2019 An international study led from Lund University in Sweden shows that 30 per cent of the energy in a certain type of light-absorbing iron molecule disappears in a previously unknown manner. By closing this loophole, the researchers hope to contribute to the development of more efficient solar cells using this iron-based solar cell. The sun is an unlimited source of pure a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/iron-based-solar-cells-track-becoming-more-efficient - 2025-06-05

Published 13 November 2019 Joan Yuan (Photo: Åsa Hansdotter) Directly after birth, the immune system completes production of a subtype of antibody-producing immune cells, B-1, that are to last for a lifetime. No more B1-cells are formed after that point. However, these cells are self-reactive – they produce not only antibodies against foreign substances, but also against the body’s own substances,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-self-reactive-immune-cells-are-allowed-develop - 2025-06-05

Published 26 November 2019 The race: Vasaloppet Half as many diagnosed with depression, a delayed manifestation of Parkinson’s, a reduced risk of developing vascular dementia - but not Alzheimer’s. These connections were discovered by researchers when they compared 200 000 people who had participated in a long-distance cross-country ski race between 1989 and 2010 with a matched cohort of the gener

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/skiers-had-lower-incidence-depression-and-vascular-dementia-not-alzheimers - 2025-06-05