By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 7 October 2021 The open access market i lucrative. Not all magasines are genuine. Illustration: David Parkins The idea of publishing research findings in open access journals is in many ways an asset in the research community. Unfortunately, it has also entailed the emergence of many unprofessional agents on the market

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/watch-out-predators - 2025-07-07

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 7 October 2021 Aprile Clark says that the university libraries can help to find out if an OA magasine is genuine or not. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter The idea of publishing research findings in open access journals is in many ways an asset in the research community. Unfortunately, it has also entailed the emergence of many un

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/always-check-magasine-carefully - 2025-07-07

By jan [dot] olsson [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 7 October 2021 Cyber attacks against universities have skyrocketed during the pandemic. The blackmailers often succeed. Photo: Shutterstock Cyberattacks against the University have sharply increased over the past two years. They mainly take the form of email attacks, known as phishing, which aim to penetrate and take over ent

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dramatic-increase-cyber-attacks-against-universities - 2025-07-07

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 7 October 2021 Jan Astermark has done research in coagulation medicine since the beginning of the '90s. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter A lot has happened in coagulation medicine since Jan Astermark first started his research in the 1980s. The most recent progress is in gene therapy and the first patients with severe haemophilia

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/promising-results-new-gene-therapy-method - 2025-07-07

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 7 October 2021 Niclas Nilsson does not need injections after being treated with gene therapy for haemophilia . Photo: Åsa Hansdotter If you look carefully at Niclas Nilsson’s hands and arms, you can still see the scars from all the injections he has received through the years for his haemophilia, although they have fad

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/i-wore-hockey-helmet-until-i-was-four-years-old - 2025-07-07

By gisela [dot] lindberg [at] kansliht [dot] lu [dot] se (Gisela Lindberg) - published 7 October 2021 Stephan Reber with two of the alligators he works with. Photo: Kennet Ruona “Toke is shy but does the most exploring of all of them, while Siggi is relaxed and friendly. But you have to know them to be able to work with them”, says cognitive scientist Stephan Reber. He is not talking about his col

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/alligators-are-key-world-dinosaurs - 2025-07-07

By maria [dot] blad [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Blad) - published 11 October 2021 In connection with the ongoing main University building renovation project, the National Property Board (SFV) discovered during an inspection that the building’s four sphinxes are in such poor condition that they must be taken down and recast. This is to prevent the risk of injury to passers-by from f

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/main-university-buildings-sphinxes-are-be-renovated - 2025-07-07

By backa_elias [dot] bondpa [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Backa Elias Bondpä) - published 3 October 2021 There is now a blog devoted to the work on “Introducing a management system for information security”, which will enable you to follow information security developments at the University. Among other things, you can read about the information security course recently taken by the Univer

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-information-security-blog - 2025-07-07

Published 8 October 2021 I attended a LERU meeting to discuss issues relating to education strategies, lifelong learning, exchanges of experience for improvements in teaching, and the challenges of interdisciplinary programmes. On 7-8 October, there was a two-day meeting in Utrecht of the policy group Teaching and Learning in LERU (League of European Research Universities), which includes vice-cha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/taking-train-leru-meeting-utrecht - 2025-07-07

Published 10 October 2021 To achieve the University’s goal of reducing emissions that have an impact on the climate, we need to make changes throughout the organisation. One of these adjustments is to choose more sustainable travel options, now that opportunities to travel are opening up again. One way is to choose the train when travelling within Europe. The University’s travel agent is constantl

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/choose-train-europe - 2025-07-07

Published 26 October 2021 During autumn 2020, a higher education institution review of Lund University was launched, focusing on the extent to which the University’s systematic quality assurance work functions satisfactorily in relation to the criteria set by the Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ). Now a decision and statement from the assessment group have been announced. UKÄ reviewed Lund

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/results-announced-swedish-higher-education-authoritys-review-higher-education-institutions - 2025-07-07

By Hanna [dot] Voog [at] ub [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Voog) - published 23 October 2021 LU’s updated Research Portal (portal.research.lu.se) with a new design and many new functions was launched on 19 October. The aim of the Research Portal is to present a collective picture to external and internal visitors of the research being carried out at Lund University. Via the Research Portal, you can see

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-portal-has-new-design - 2025-07-07

Published 27 October 2021 The challenges we need to continue working on in education are mobility between higher education institutions, lifelong learning and how we can intertwine research and education. A small delegation from Lund University travelled to Porto for the Annual Summit 2021 to discuss future challenges and opportunities. The issues under discussion included mobility between higher

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/discussions-euglohs-annual-summit - 2025-07-07

Published 27 October 2021 The EU is now focusing efforts on innovation work – and it is also important for LU to pick up the pace! The question “How can a university sharpen up its innovation environment”, was on the agenda at the LERU meeting “Policy group enterprise and innovation” recently. Universities in Europe have started to position themselves more clearly in terms of the role the universi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/innovation-work-european-perspective - 2025-07-07

By Charlotte [dot] Hedin [at] hr [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Hedin) - published 25 October 2021 On 14 October, the vice-chancellor approved the overall goals for the University’s work environment management for the next few years. The goals are within four focus areas:   Sick leave statistics Managers’ preparedness Organisational and social work environment Student health The goals are based on t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/overall-work-environment-goals-lund-university-2021-2023 - 2025-07-07

Av anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - publicerad 22 augusti 2024 Barn i områden med lägre socioekonomi får ut mest av natursatsningar, särskilt om de inte har någon natur in på knuten där de bor, säger forskaren Johan Kjellberg Jensen. Foto: Anna Avdeeva/iStockphoto Inkomst- och utbildningsnivån i uppväxtmiljön är det som avgör barns relation till naturen, och

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/socioekonomi-formar-barns-relation-till-naturen-oavsett-var-de-bor - 2025-07-07

Av anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - publicerad 2 oktober 2024 António Guterres, FN:s generalsekreterare, talar på COP15 i Montreal, Kanada. Foto: Maria Blasi 2022 fick världens länder ett ”Parisavtal för naturen”, det så kallade Kunming-Montréal-ramverket som förhandlades fram under toppmötet COP15 i Kanada. Nu är det snart dags för uppföljarmötet, COP16 i C

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/spaningar-infor-cop16-i-colombia - 2025-07-07

Av sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - publicerad 17 oktober 2024 Skärpta miljökrav och alternativa inkomstkällor för befolkningen behövs för att stoppa avskogningen i Amazonas, visar Jesica López avhandling. Foto: Sara Håkansson I den colombianska regnskogen breder boskapsskötseln ut sig och leder till skogsbränder och avskogning. Det hotar både miljö, klimat och ur

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/ny-avhandling-lyfter-fram-hallbara-losningar-att-skydda-amazonas-regnskog - 2025-07-07

Av therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - publicerad 8 oktober 2024 HYway ska bidra med viktig information till beslutsfattare och intressenter om både risker och nyttor för klimatet som en storskalig vätgasanvändning kan medföra. Vätgas förväntas spela en viktig roll i övergången till ett klimatneutralt samhälle. Även om vätgas inte är en växthusgas med direkt inverkan på klim

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/nytt-projekt-fyller-kunskapsluckor-om-vatgasutslappens-inverkan-pa-klimatet - 2025-07-07

Av therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - publicerad 11 oktober 2024 Det behövs långsiktigt effektiva metoder för att hejda kusterosionens negativa effekter. Inom projektet LIFE Coast Adapt har forskare från Lunds universitet tillsammans med tjänstepersoner från Region Skåne och flera skånska kustkommuner testat olika naturbaserade metoder för att bidra till en praxis på område

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/samverkan-ledde-fram-till-metoder-som-kan-skydda-vara-strandmiljoer-fran-kusterosion - 2025-07-07