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We spoke with Alex Vermeulen, Director of the ICOS ERIC Carbon Portal, about the latest World Meteorological Organization report, the Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, for which Alex serves as editor. Published in October – in time to provide the latest data to the COP30 meeting – the report describes the largest year-on-year rise in CO₂ levels since records began in the 1950s. Alex shares his thoughts on
Generativ AI förändrar snabbt hur vi arbetar, lär och skapar kunskap. För att möta denna utveckling har en ny AI-policy tagits fram som ska ge medarbetare och studenter vägledande principer för hur tekniken ska användas på ett ansvarsfullt, etiskt och transparent sätt. Vad innebär policyn?Policyn slår fast att generativ AI ska vara ett stöd, inte en ersättning, för användarnas kompetens och kreati
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/ny-ai-policy-ska-ge-vagledning - 2026-07-10
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Leadership is our greatest challenge for the future. We will not be getting more money, so we must learn to use what we have in the best possible way. That means we must look at the whole picture, which requires a new type of leadership.” Torbjörn von Schantz. That’s the view of Torbjörn von Schantz, who is now appro
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/torbjorn-von-schantz-leadership-our-greatest-challenge-future - 2026-07-09
Emil Ygland Rödström is defending his thesis on the 20th of November. His research is about clinical, genetical, and biochemical biomarkers for the prognosis of Parkinson’s disease patients. Here, he tells us more about the discoveries and his time as a Ph.D. student in the Clinical Neurogenetics group at MultiPark. What is your research about? My thesis work consists of two different parts. In th
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-emil-ygland - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Giving up research has never been an option for Ronald Kröger, professor in biology with a specialisation in fish lenses and dog noses. “I conduct research with all of my heart!” He is, however, at least as dependent on his brain – and it has really suffered. It is nearly five years since the Saturday morning when Ron
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nose-noses - 2026-07-09
Universitetet återvänder till Almedalsveckan med ett brett program för att stärka det offentliga samtalet om högre utbildning och forskning. Sedan universitetets första medverkan 2009 har engagemanget vuxit, och i år deltar ett 50-tal medarbetare. Programmet bjuder på samtal om allt från beredskap och AI till framtidens mat. – Universiteten spelar en viktig roll i en demokrati. Det gör det särskil
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/ai-kris-och-kvant-lunds-universitet-i-almedalen - 2026-07-10
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Fyra tidigare Teman återvänder till hösten för att återigen arbeta vid institutet, nu som Teman 2.0. Teman som tidigare varit verksamma vid institutet har under 2021 getts en chans att under höstterminen återvända till institutet för tänka fritt en gång till. Vi utlyste Tema 2.0 under våren och intresset för att åte
https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/tidigare-teman-kommer-tillbaka-med-nya-ideer - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease is often difficult, as several other conditions can cause similar symptoms. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered a blood marker that can accurately diagnose Alzheimer’s in the early stages of the disease. ‟This is a major breakthrough. I believe this blood test ca
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/blood-test-enables-early-diagnosis-alzheimers-disease - 2026-07-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. When the city of Copenhagen decided to build a new underground station in the Assistens Cemetery where many famous Danes are buried, they had to remove part of the entire north-eastern corner of the cemetery and re-bury the people who had been laid to rest in this area. This presented a unique opportunity for archaeol
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-study-1000-modern-burials - 2026-07-09
Läkare ska hålla så kallade brytpunktssamtal i livets slutskede med obotligt sjuka patienter. Men många gånger ges inga sådana samtal, visar en ny studie vid Lunds universitet. Ett tidsperspektiv skulle kunna hjälpa läkarna att förstå vad patienterna behöver. – Ett ramverk för samtal utifrån år, månader och dagar skulle underlätta för att låta samtal om livets slutskede vara den process det är. De
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/patienter-gar-miste-om-samtal-i-livets-slutskede - 2026-07-09
Solo living in your own home places a greater strain on the planet’s resources than living with others, as everyone needs their own appliances – a toaster, a washing machine and so on. The Nordic countries stand out: almost half of all households are solo living households. Sustainability researcher Tullia Jack interviewed people who live alone about the reasons for this and hopes for new forms of
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/why-we-live-alone-and-what-it-means-climate-and-our-sense-community - 2026-07-09
International Business students from LUSEM secured third place in the Nordic Case Challenge, an international competition that brings together Nordic universities to develop real-world business skills through practice-oriented problem solving. In the Nordic Case Challenge business students get a possibility to learn core skills required in business life in a unique, practice oriented and needs-bas
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-students-won-third-place-nordic-case-challenge-2025 - 2026-07-10
Meet Ioana-Gabriela Deneș from Romania, currently studying the Master's program i Service Managament, Tourism. Why did you choose Lund University and your programme? I was interested in Tourism programmes, so I did some research online and found this one which seemed quite interesting. I also got accepted to an Austrian university, but I decided to come to Lund, mainly because of its reputation, a
https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/agora-and-stampus-make-sure-your-student-experience-constantly-its-peak - 2026-07-09
Researchers have developed a model that can calculate individual countries' carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning using observations from space. The new results could be put to use within the Earth observation programme Copernicus, when satellites will be sent into space in the coming years. At the COP26 climate summit, the nations of the world agreed on a new document that for the fir
https://www.science.lu.se/article/satellites-enable-monitoring-carbon-dioxide-emissions - 2026-07-09
Researchers have developed a model that can calculate individual countries' carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning using observations from space. The new results could be put to use within the Earth observation programme Copernicus, when satellites will be sent into space in the coming years. At the COP26 climate summit, the nations of the world agreed on a new document that for the fir
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/satellites-enable-monitoring-co2-emissions - 2026-07-09
The coast is changing. The sea is encroaching further inland, and the shoreline of childhood memory no longer looks the same. Climate change is impacting beaches and the sea, but time is also a factor. Someone who knows a lot about changes to the Skåne coastline is Caroline Hallin. She is a coastal engineer whose research focuses on erosion, storm surges and nature-adapted coastal protection at th
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/interdisciplinary-research-school-skanes-beaches - 2026-07-09
Lunds universitet har inlett året starkt i The Conversation, den internationella plattformen där forskare skriver om forskning och analyserar aktuella samhällsfrågor. I år har redan 21 artiklar publicerats. Det innebär att 2025 kan bli ännu ett rekordår. Forskare från flera fakulteter har bidragit till årets produktiva start. Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten står för åtta av de publicerade artikla
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/rivstart-universitetet-i-conversation-2025 - 2026-07-10
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. I december blev Sveriges plastutredning färdig. Och på EU-nivå finns en ny plaststrategi med bla direktiv om ett förbud mot engångsartiklar som sugrör, bestick och tallrikar. Ett bra ramverk men plastdebatten måste nyanseras. Det menar statsvetaren Tobias Nielsen som ingår i ett forskningsprogram om hållbar plastanv
https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/plastdebatten-maste-nyanseras - 2026-07-09
