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What inner capacities do we need to support a more sustainable society? During the past decades, focus has been on addressing societal crises through external – technical, economic or medical – solutions. But in order to create real change, we must also tackle the underlying root causes: our broken relationship to nature, other people and not least ourselves. Our current sustainability crises are

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/inner-journey-towards-sustainable-future - 2025-11-24

He is our least known celebrity – a man of power who took the initiative for Lund University and was literally ‘prepared for both’. The 17th century bishop Peder Winstrup is an exciting historical person – and corpse – that will now be studied in a major interdisciplinary project. For many years, a beautiful coffin has stood in the crypt of the Cathedral. In it lies 17th century bishop Peder Winst

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/old-bishop-winstrup-returns-academy - 2025-11-23

Eat-Lancet-kommissionen föreslog 2019 en globalt hållbar hälsosam kost som innehåller främst växtbaserad föda. Bevis för att denna kost skulle förhindra hjärtinfarkt eller annan allvarlig hjärtsjukdom har hittills varit väldigt begränsade. Nu har en studie vid Lunds universitet undersökt sambandet mellan EAT-Lancet-kosten och risken för just dessa sjukdomar. Kohortstudien Malmö Kost Cancer (MKC),

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/hur-risken-allvarlig-hjartsjukdom-paverkas-hos-individer-som-foljer-en-viss-kost - 2025-11-23

Masteruppsatser som utmärker sig genom originalitet och akademisk kvalitet, som ger ny kunskap med stark relevans och praktiska konsekvenser för samhället i samband med den gröna omställningen - det är de kvaliteter som belönas med SSCEN Sustainability Prize for Master´s theses. Vinnarna för 2024 är nu utvalda av juryn och priset tilldelas ett examensarbete utfört vid Lunds Tekniska Högskola respe

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/vinnarna-av-sscens-hallbarhetspris-masteruppsatser-2024 - 2025-11-24

MOCCA: The Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia project delivered one-week methods workshop on “Interdisciplinary Approaches and Methods to Understanding and Combatting Corruption: Theory, Practice and Policy-Making”. The workshop, held at Lund University, Sweden, from 18 November to 22 November 2024, brought together researchers, policymakers, and academics to advance the fight against

https://www.mocca.lu.se/article/mocca-workshop-interdisciplinary-approaches-and-methods-understanding-and-combatting-corruption - 2025-11-23

For her pioneering work in attosecond physics, Anne L’Huillier is one of the three new laureates of the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in basic science, a prize from the BBVA Foundation. The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences goes in this fifteenth edition to Anne L’Huillier (Lund University, Sweden), Paul Corkum (University of Ottawa, Canada) and Ferenc Krausz (Max Planc

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/anne-lhuillier-new-frontiers-knowledge-awardee - 2025-11-23

Jishnu J.R, Ph.D Scholar from the Department of Law at University of Kerala in India, recently travelled back to Kerala after a month in Lund. Jishnu is pursuing his Ph.D on "Copyright and trademark aspects of social media" at University of Kerala and was here as a guest-reseacher at the Department of Law and SASNET. Jishnu has not only a interest in property and cyber laws but a keen interest in

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/jishnu-jr-guest-researcher-lund-university - 2025-11-23

Agroecology is a better alternative than large-scale agriculture, both for the climate and for small farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to researcher Ellinor Isgren from Lund University in Sweden. This agricultural model preserves biodiversity and safeguards food supply while avoiding soil depletion. “We must consider other, alternative models for developing agriculture, particularly in coun

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/agroecology-better-alternative-sub-saharan-africa - 2025-11-23

Lund University has achieved third place globally in the QS Sustainability Rankings, according to a press release issued by the university on Tuesday. The QS World University Rankings: Sustainability evaluates approximately 1,750 institutions worldwide on their contributions to sustainable development. Lund University ranks first in Sweden, second in Europe, and third globally. Henrik Smith, Profe

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/henrik-smith-systematic-efforts-behind-lund-universitys-top-sustainability-ranking - 2025-11-24

Mohamed Eldeeb defended his Ph.D. thesis on June 9, 2023. With a passion for scientific discovery with clinical impact, Mohamed has dedicated the last four years to unraveling the mysteries as to why some children develop pediatric leukemia and others don’t. His research shed light on the mechanisms that prevent and suppress leukemia initiation, paving the way for more effective and targeted treat

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/mechanisms-initiation-and-suppression-pediatric-leukemia-phd-interview-mohamed-eldeeb - 2025-11-23

Sociala och ekonomiska faktorer har lett till en dramatisk ökning av typ 2-diabetes och fetma över hela världen. I en artikel i den vetenskapliga tidskiften Science redogör Paul Franks professor vid Lunds universitet och Mark McCarthy professor vid universitetet i Oxford för vad vi vet om den verkliga orsaken och samspelet mellan gener och livsstil. Genom att studera hur våra gener reagerar på mil

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/typ-2-diabetes-och-fetma-vad-vet-vi-egentligen - 2025-11-23

Professorerna Marta Pertegás Sender och Jeremias Adams-Prassl har utsetts till fakultetens hedersdoktorer. Marta Pertegás SenderProfessor Marta Pertegás Sender, universitetet i Maastricht, inledde sin karriär inom akademin som doktorand i Leuven och disputerade år 2000 på en avhandling om gränsöverskridande patentintrång. Som nydisputerad arbetade Marta som lärare och forskare vid universitetet i

https://www.jur.lu.se/artikel/hedersdoktorer-2025 - 2025-11-23

CASE-forskarna Kiran Maini Gerhardsson och Oskar Jonsson deltog på internationella konferensen Age-friendly cities på FN-kvarteret i Köpenhamn den 2-3 november. Det handlar alltså om åldersvänliga städer, men man fokuserar inte specifikt på äldre personer. – Jag gillar de initiativ som är inriktade på både äldre och yngre generationer, som placeringen av en träffpunkt för seniorer vid en skolgård

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/sa-kan-stader-och-lander-bli-mer-aldersvanliga - 2025-11-23

Despite a widespread and outdated view of older people, and an abundance of stereotypes, awareness of what is known as ageism is limited. A new short guide gives tips for how you can use your communication to counter discrimination against older people. The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations (UN) have been highlighting ageism for almost 20 years. Put simply, ageism can be descr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/6-ways-combat-ageism - 2025-11-24

How should societies adapt to rising seas, floods, and other climate threats? These questions are explored in a new study by LUCSUS researchers. It reveals that the answer is broader than just improved policies – it's about rethinking the very role of law itself. Researchers Ebba Brink, Ana Maria Vargas Falla and Emily Boyd examine how socio-legal processes shape climate vulnerability and resistan

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/rethinking-laws-climate-adaptation-exploring-resistance-flooded-cartagena - 2025-11-23

The social stigma surrounding HIV is still strong in many parts of the world. Children living with HIV in Ethiopia are at high risk of receiving inadequate treatment – or no treatment at all – on account of deeply rooted prejudice. The most considerable risk can be found among very small children, who do not receive proper treatment right away. Ethiopia is one of the 35 countries identified by the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/social-stigma-obstacle-successful-treatment-children-hiv-ethiopia - 2025-11-23

Engagement with alternative health theories and a scepticism towards authorities, politicians and pharmaceutical companies seem to unite the heterogeneous group of vaccine sceptics. “Many of them are not afraid of becoming infected with infectious diseases because they are convinced it will not happen”, says ethnologist and media studies researcher Mia-Marie Hammarlin, who is in the early phase of

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-vaccine-sceptics-think - 2025-11-24

In late October 2016, the Swedish Research Council decided upon project grants within Humanities. Two projects given a grant relates to South Asian studies, from Uppsala University and Stockholm University. Within Medicine, one project grant from Uppsala University was given a grant relate to South Asian studies. List of South Asia related projects 2016Stockholm University  Dr. Johanna Lundström G

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/research-council-grants-south-asia-related-projects - 2025-11-23

Precisionsmedicin innebär att rätt patient ska få rätt behandling i rätt tid. Vad betyder det för personer med typ 2-diabetes? Forskare vid Lunds universitets diabetescentrum (LUDC) undersöker hur sjukdomen utvecklas för att ta fram mer träffsäkra behandlingar. Epigenetiken kan bli ett användbart verktyg för att individanpassa diabetesvården. Personer med typ 1-diabetes och typ 2-diabetes klumpas

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/epigenetiken-och-genetiken-ger-nya-svar-pa-hur-diabetesvarden-kan-individanpassas - 2025-11-23

Återvinningsindustrin för metaller växer, inte minst genom nya metaller i elektroniska komponenter. Lundaforskare har undersökt inandningsluften på 13 återvinningsföretag i Sverige. Bland resultaten syns höga blyhalter och ett stort antal metaller i blodet hos dem som arbetar med återvinningen. Olika former av metaller ingår i, och är en förutsättning för, tillverkningen av de flesta produkter i d

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/skadlig-exponering-vid-metallatervinning - 2025-11-24