Publicerad 18 december 2024 Petter Karlssons avhandling "Becoming an Addict means Coming Home: Narcotics Anonymous and the Genesis of the Global Drug Ethic" är spikad! Avhandlingen finns för akademi och allmänhet att ta del av i Forskningsportalen:Becoming an Addict Means Coming Home: Narcotics Anonymous and the Genesis of the Global Drug Ethic - Lunds universitetDisputationen äger rum fredag den

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Publicerad 14 januari 2025 Vi lever allt längre och andelen personer som är över 65 år ökar. Det gör äldrefrågan till en stor och viktig samhällsfråga: Vilka krav ställer det på socialt arbete med äldre? Om detta handlar Håkan Jönsons och Tove Harnetts omarbetade utgåva av klassikern Socialt arbete med äldre. Äldrefrågan är en stor och viktig samhällsfråga. Både antalet och andelen som räknas som

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Av sandra [dot] jeppsson [at] soch [dot] lu [dot] se (Sandra Jeppsson) - publicerad 15 januari 2025 Sara Hultqvist och Jayeon Lee (red) har skrivit en viktig grundbok om socialförsäkringar för socionomer. Den får sin givna plats i socionomutbildningen som en uppdaterad grundbok som beskriver konsekvenserna av de senaste decenniernas systemförändringar. Man skulle kanske kunna tro att en bok om soc

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Publicerad 27 oktober 2014 Professor Kerstin Svensson och lektor Torbjörn Hjort, med flera, intervjuas i Sociala nätets jubileumspodcast, med anledningar av att FORSA fyller 30 år, Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift 20 år och SocialVetenskap.se 10 år. I podcasten får du veta att man inte får slå forskning i huvudet på folk. Samtalen rör också hur synen på socialt arbete förändrats genom åren och därmed

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Av sandra [dot] jeppsson [at] soch [dot] lu [dot] se (Sandra Jeppsson) - publicerad 15 januari 2025 Projektdeltagarna samlade inför konferensens öppnande. Onsdag 8 januari till fredag 10 januari samlades nästan 40 forskare och yrkesverksamma socionomer till det tredje internationella Global-ANSWER-konferensen i Granada. Projektdeltagarna är aktiva inom området socialt arbete och mobilitet och har

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Published 25 March 2020 Charlotta Johnsson (Photo: Tiina Meri) In the current extraordinary situation, voluntary initiatives and ideas have taken off at Lund University, at several different faculties. Everyone is helping where they can. In times of significant pressures on society, many people want to contribute to ensure the functioning of healthcare and education.  When it became apparent that

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Published 26 March 2020 While taking air measurements, Jakob Löndahl and his research colleagues wear the same protection as the staff caring for coronavirus patients – masks, face visors, gloves and protective aprons. Photo: Sara Thuresson There are many questions concerning the coronavirus and infection prevention that need to be answered as soon as possible. One of the key questions is: Is the

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Published 26 March 2020 Protective visor parts that have been 3D-printed Skåne University Hospital’s 3D Printing Centre normally produces surgical equipment and anatomical models used in health care. However, they are now producing protective visors instead, as there is a shortage at hospitals in the region. The centre, run by Region Skåne and linked to Lund University, hopes to do even more, and

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Published 27 March 2020 We find ourselves in trying times. Much of what we know and take for granted is being turned on its head. Around the world, we see the spread of the coronavirus affecting country after country. As an international student, you are far away from your loved ones at a time when your studies, mobility, travel and socialising are being severely tested. Many are also observing th

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Published 27 March 2020 The (1980s) Servo Ventilator that Björn Jonson developed in the 1960s. On the right: Björn Jonson today, busy with the development of a ventilator for COVID 19. Image source: The Medical History Society of Southern Sweden and private photo. ‘With age comes wisdom’ is an old proverb well suited to Björn Jonson, professor emeritus in clinical physiology who is about to turn 8

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Published 30 March 2020 Jonas Björk and Anna Axmon The frustration with not being able to contribute to the difficult situation surrounding the covid-19 pandemic led researchers at LUPOP to launch a matchmaking initiative. Their idea is to help researchers with clinical background, now needed in healthcare, by supporting their research and application work. As COVID-19 spreads throughout the world

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Published 30 March 2020 This article was written by Paul W Franks, Professor in Genetic Epidemiology at Lund University, and Peter Nilsson, Professor of Epidemiology at Lund University for The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/uk). It was published on March 27th 2020. A growing number of Swedish doctors and scientists are raising alarm over the Swedish government’s approach to COVID-19. Un

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Published 31 March 2020 Olle Melander and Anne L’Huillier. (Photo: Mikael Risedal and Magnus Bergström) Two Lund researchers have received the prestigious European Research Council’s (ERC) Advanced Grant of approximately SEK 25 million each: Anne L’Huillier, professor of Atomic Physics and Olle Melander, professor of Internal Medicine and consultant at Skåne University Hospital. The grants are for

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By emma [dot] holm [at] education [dot] lu [dot] se (Emma Holm) - published 31 March 2020 Photo: Emil Langvad Many of the patients who become seriously ill with COVID-19 suffer from respiratory failure. Therefore, Lund University will train nurses within Region Skåne in advanced care for respiratory failure starting Wednesday. For healthcare, a big challenge is finding staff with the right skill s

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Published 2 April 2020 Our students and teachers share their stories on how to learn and teach in Sweden during the coronavirus outbreak. Better than expected, but not without its challenges, especially socially. That’s how a couple of our students and staff tell the story of how we went from campus education to distance learning methods in a matter of days. Wednesday 18 March. The campus is still

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Published 8 April 2020 Transplanted nerve cells (transplant up to the right), which were produced from human skin cells, send their nerve fibres to the cerebral cortex on the opposite side of the brain in a stroke-afflicted rat. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have succeeded in restoring mobility and sensation of touch in stroke-afflicted rats by reprogramming human skin cells to become n

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Published 14 April 2020 Photo: Hampus Du Rietz In recent years, RNA molecules, with the ability to affect or turn off pathogenic genes, have become promising drug candidates in several areas. However, it has been a challenge to develop techniques to deliver the RNA molecules into the cells where they have an effect. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now developed a sensitive technique

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Published 14 April 2020 Photo: Jenny Power Currently, all around the world, urgent research initiatives are underway in the fight against Covid-19 to find both better treatments as well as a vaccine that creates immunity. At Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, researchers have quickly launched two dedicated SARS-Cov2 labs, which are now conducting research on samples from coronavirus patients. T

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Published 15 April 2020 Springtails (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) The earthy smell in spring when the fields are ploughed and the garden soil in flower beds is dug over has a previously unknown purpose. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and other institutions have examined the soil smell and were able to show that it is linked to intrica

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Published 17 April 2020 Some of the nurses taking the fast-track course (Photo: Ulla Wingren) Patients who have been so ill they have needed intensive care often have a long recovery ahead of them – both physically and mentally. The problems that can develop include unpleasant memories of nightmares and hallucinations. Previous favourite foods can suddenly taste awful. Many intensive care patients

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