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The virus winter season has struck – and COVID-19 is still part of everyday life. However, unlike during the pandemic, we now know more about how it spreads through the air we breathe. Research from Lund University in Sweden shows that it only takes a few minutes in the same room as an infected person to catch the virus. The aerosol researchers mapped the infectiousness of the virus in some forty

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/heres-how-easily-you-can-catch-covid-19-through-air - 2026-05-05

The packing crates are emptied, new furniture is in place, the art is hung, and the tech is working. The Offices of the Vice-Chancellor and staff have moved into the King’s House. The new entrance opens onto the University Square and the fountain. Behind the doors of the University’s oldest building, there’s a definite air of new and modern. You are greeted first by an exhibition about the buildin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-beginning-kings-house - 2026-05-06

With extensive experience in international education, Monika Vranic now starts her new job as Head of the International Office at LTH. In the interview, she shares her perspective on the role, the importance of strong collaboration, and how the office will serve as a practical support for the faculty’s students and researchers in a global context. Why did you want to become Head of the Internation

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/monika-vranic-new-head-international-office - 2026-05-05

Two CASE researchers, Wenqian Xu and Oskar Jonsson, have each received a "seed money grant" in the profile area Proactive Ageing's first internal call. Researcher Oskar Jonsson leads the one project, which was granted SEK 250,000 in the call: "Inclusive Living Environments to Attract the Joy of Movement and Promote Physical Activity for Proactive Ageing: Theory and Method Development and Full-scal

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/ai-and-movement-focus-profile-areas-seed-money-grant - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Over the past 50 years, the water in lakes and watercourses has turned increasingly brown. The so-called browning has a negative impact on both drinking water production and ecosystems. If nothing is done, the water is likely to turn even browner – however, there is hope. Supported by a new study, researchers from Lun

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-changes-land-use-could-reduce-browning-lakes - 2026-05-05

Sierd de Vries is an associate professor at the department of Hydraulic Engineering at Delft University (Netherlands), and will be working as a guest researcher with the Theme Coastal Perspectives. What is your background and research interests?I work on the creation of sustainable coastal landscapes. With my background in coastal engineering and coastal sciences, I study how Nature Based Solution

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/meet-guest-researcher-sierd-de-vries - 2026-05-05

What does your work consist of? As a coordinator, I have an overarching perspective since I work with all the faculty’s programmes. My job is partly to coordinating all written exams in the QPS system, and optimise the processes around this, and partly to provide training and support to the faculty's teachers and administrators. Currently I am focused on the written exams, but further on I will wo

https://www.qps.education.lu.se/en/article/frida-reisdal-exam-coordinator-faculty-medicine - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An exciting, interesting and well-visited BECC annual meeting went off October 17-18 at Falkenberg Grand Hotel. The program was filled with lessons from the past and implications for the future regarding biodiversity conservation and policy. The meeting ended with perspectives from a climate journalist and his great t

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-yearly-meeting - 2026-05-05

LU Accommodation has now sent out the first 500 or so housing offers. In the beginning of next week we will send out approximately 250 more. Tenants who have not yet received an offer are urged to seek housing through other means, if they do not have a guarantee. Today (Friday 14 June) approximately 500 housing offers were sent out. At the same time a couple dozen applications were removed from th

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/first-student-housing-offers-sent - 2026-05-05

Sahana Subramanian recently completed her master’s degree at Lund University. Her thesis “Expanding Freedoms and Improving Commons through Labour”, studies Kerala’s Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme and, for this, she received this year’s SASNET Best South Asia Thesis Award.  Sahana Subramanian, recently admitted as a doctoral student at LUCSUS, was introduced to the concept of ‘urban em

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sahana-subramanian-urban-india-facing-twin-crisis - 2026-05-05

On 27 April, the Government decided that Ingrid Petersson will be the new Chairperson of Lund University. She has had a long career in the public sector and on boards and among other roles has been Director General of the Formas research council (2013-2022). Ingrid Petersson took up the position on 1 May 2023. “Lund University is a strong research university and Ingrid Petersson is warmly welcomed

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ingrid-petersson-new-chairperson-lund-university - 2026-05-06

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/gothenburg-they-know-lund-university-has-been-successful-horizon-europe - 2026-05-06

Innovation is on the rise at Lund University. More and more researchers want to see how their research can be put to use through new treatments, products or services that reach society. In 2025, 161 ideas came in from researchers seeking support, compared to 125 the previous year. In total, almost 850 students and researchers received support from LU Innovation during the year. In 2025, LU Innovat

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/record-number-lund-university-researchers-interested-innovation - 2026-05-06

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As of the new year, a new University management team will take over the helm. For the next term of office, 2021-2026, the University will be led by vice-chancellor Erik Renström and deputy vice-chancellor Lena Eskilsson, together with five pro vice-chancellors and the University director. “The choice of pro vice-chanc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-university-management-2021-2026 - 2026-05-05

Hur ska man värdera naturen och de livsviktiga ekosystemtjänster den förser oss med? Och, vilka för- och nackdelar finns det med olika värderingsmodeller? Dessa frågor står i fokus när IPBES, FN:s panel för biologisk mångfald, släpper en ny rapport den 11 juli. IPBES kan beskrivas som en motsvarighet till FN:s klimatpanel IPCC, men med biologisk mångfald och ekosystemtjänster i fokus. Panelen har

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/hur-ska-naturen-varderas-ny-rapport-pa-vag-fran-ipbes - 2026-05-05

Vi är glada att kunna presentera institutionens seminarieserie för våren 2025, som kommer att bjuda på en spännande rad talare från hela världen. Seminarierna äger rum varje torsdag kl. 13.15 i Blå hallen i Ekologibyggnaden. Efter föreläsningarna finns det möjlighet för fika och mingel.Nedan hittar du det fullständiga schemat för våren 2025:Alla länkar, utom den till BLAM, leder till personliga we

https://www.biologi.lu.se/internt/artikel/seminarieserien-varen-2025-klar - 2026-05-05

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Våra forskare, Devrim Umut Aslan och Cecilia Fredriksson, har precis kommit med en ny bok om handelsstaden i förvandling. Vi frågade Devrim om han kunde berätta lite om boken. Den här boken tar sin utgångspunkt i den förändrade relationen mellan handel och städer. De senaste decennierna har detaljhandeln förändrats

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/ny-bok-handelsstad-i-forvandling - 2026-05-05

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Planerar du att resa utomlands? Om det tidigare gick att spontansläntra in på Louvren, Uffizierna eller till Frihetsgudinnan så måste de självskrivna besöken idag bokas på förhand. Allt fler reser. Nu börjar invånarna i vissa populära destinationer få nog av besöks­horderna. Ett nytt, tvärvetenskapligt forskningspro

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/turistinvasioner-i-populara-stader-studeras-i-nytt-projekt - 2026-05-05

Torvfri odlingsjord, filter för läkemedelsrester och mötesplatser för psykisk hälsa. Fyra nya projekt har beviljats medel från universitetets Hållbarhetsfond för att hitta hållbara lösningar som kan testas i praktiken. Utlysningen The Sustainable Proposal Testbed riktar sig till alla anställda vid universitetet och är en möjlighet att skapa en mer hållbar arbetsplats och testa hållbarhetspotential

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/fyra-nya-projekt-finansieras-av-hallbarhetsfonden - 2026-05-06

Ten years have passed since the countries of the world signed the Paris Agreement. Political scientist Fariborz Zelli sums up the surprises – both positive and negative – in climate policy over the past ten years and also looks ahead. What has been the biggest success of the Paris Agreement so far?I would say the biggest success is that the UN has succeeded in keeping its central role in global cl

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/decade-paris-agreement-brings-progress-and-setbacks - 2026-05-05