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The world’s smallest flightless bird can be found on Inaccessible Island in the middle of the South Atlantic. Less than 100 years ago, researchers believed that this species of bird once wandered there on land extensions now submerged in water, and therefore named it Atlantisia. In a new study led by biologists at Lund University in Sweden, the researchers have now shown that the ancestors of the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-solve-mystery-bird-atlantis - 2025-12-19

Patrik Olsson and Rustam Urinboyev visited Tashkent in Uzbekistan in October to give policy advise on crime prevention and anti-corruption issues and were interviewed by Uzbek television. Two of our researchers in Sociology of Law, Senior Lecturer Patrik Olsson and Senior Research Fellow Rustam Urinboyev, are currently invited to give policy advise to the Academy of General Prosecutor’s Office of

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/uzbek-tv-reports-our-researchers-crime-prevention-and-anti-corruption-work-country - 2025-12-19

On Friday, February 15, Alicia Fjällhed defended her thesis, "Strategic moral communication: A metatheoretical and methodological response to the normative perspective on strategic communication," which challenges the assumption that strategic communication is immoral. The basis for understanding strategic communication as immoral, a notion prevalent among many social scientists, Alicia Fjällhed s

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/alicia-fjallhed-successfully-defends-her-doctoral-thesis - 2025-12-19

It’s time to nominate the Faculty's Honorary doctors for 2026. In recent years, other faculties have appointed Honorary doctors such as Nobel Prize winner Jon Fosse, musician Timbuktu and actress Pernilla August. We at the Faculty of Medicine now want to find more of our own "stars" and associate them with us through Honorary doctorates. Do you have a prominent person in your network who you think

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/do-you-have-honorary-doctor-stand-nominate-now - 2025-12-20

Are you interested in the future of the Faculty? Take part in the election of the Nomination Committee for the Faculty of Medicine. If you are eligible to vote, you will receive your ballot by email. Cast your vote no later than 1 December. The mandate for the current Dean, Deputy Dean and Faculty Board expires at the end of 2026. The process of proposing candidates for these roles begins with the

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/help-shape-future-our-faculty - 2025-12-20

The European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS) successfully hosted its highly anticipated regional conference, "Power, People, and Cultural Change in an Ever-Evolving Central Asia," held from September 21 to 24, 2023 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event brought together esteemed scholars, researchers, practitioners, and enthusiasts from across the globe to delve into the multifaceted dynamics

https://www.mocca.lu.se/article/mocca-project-participants-presented-their-research-escas-2023-regional-conference - 2025-12-19

The Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM) at Lund University is seeking outstanding young researchers to join our research community. We are looking for talented individuals with international research experience who are ready to make ground-breaking contributions in molecular medicine. Take your research career to the next level with the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine! Apply n

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/join-wallenberg-centre-molecular-medicine-lund-university-fellow - 2025-12-19

On January 18th the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions (SUHF) organized an information and discussion meeting about the profile areas. The general sentiment was that the new task provided surprisingly little direction for how the financing of the profile areas should be developed. On January 13th the Swedish government (U2022/00168) gave the Swedish Research Council and the other

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/national-level-funding-profile-areas-has-moved-forward - 2025-12-20

The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research has granted SEK 47 million for four years to Mistra REES. The aim of the programme is to facilitate the transition by Swedish manufacturing industry to a circular economy. Business and academia collaborate to facilitate the transition by Swedish manufacturing industry to more resource-efficient solutions.Mistra REES, where “REES” is an ac

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/mistra-continue-funding-research-circular-economy-transition - 2025-12-20

NASA Swift satellite and AI unravel the distance of the farthest gamma-ray bursts. In this project, LUSEM Statistics Professor Malgorzata Bogdan, consulted on the choice of statistical methods and the interpretation of the results. The research article was published in Astrophysical Journal Letters on 24 May. Astronomers are now using AI, quite literally, to measure the expansion of our universe.

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/predicting-redshifts-distant-astronomical-objects-machine-learning - 2025-12-20

The Faculty of Medicine has reviewed its communications activities and made some changes. They have reorganised their ways of working and have even reworked their internal website, Intramed. 2022 saw the reorganisation of the communication activities at the Faculty, taking as its starting point an analysis made from  2019-2020 of the situation as it was then, including proposals for improvements.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-internal-website-staff-faculty-medicine-has-made-difference - 2025-12-20

Jiao Dong defended her Ph.D. thesis on the 8th of February 2023. Inspired by the memory of patients she met during her time as a student studying oral surgery in China, she has spent the past four years researching a regenerative medicine strategy that can be used to repair the function of the salivary gland. In this interview, we learn more about her innovative research efforts, the inspiration b

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/bioengineering-and-cell-derived-strategies-salivary-gland-regeneration-phd-interview-jiao-dong - 2025-12-19

"Mastery of the law gives you power. And I want to use that power to support the vulnerable" says Sofia Åkerman, doctoral student at the Department of Law with personal experience of vulnerability and self-harming behaviour. She survived, but several of her friends did not. The Lego bricks occupy a central position in the middle of the living-room floor of Sofia Åkerman's home, a terraced house in

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/using-law-fight-vulnerable - 2025-12-20

Plant protection products are used in agriculture for more predictable and better harvests. Honeybees and other flower-visiting insects are exposed to residues of these substances when they collect pollen and nectar in the landscape. According to a new study from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Lund University, pollen was found to contain high concentrations of many subst

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/pollinators-exposure-pesticides-swedish-agricultural-landscape - 2025-12-19

“I am a political activist and want to broaden and deepen the subject of film studies”, says Chris Holmlund, who is spending the spring as a visiting professor at Lund University. She is a prominent figure in the world’s largest organisation for film researchers and in that capacity will represent Lund University at conferences worldwide. Chris Holmlund is a professor of film studies, women’s stud

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/visiting-professor-film-studies-prominent-among-film-researchers - 2025-12-19

Lund University and partners have been awarded a grant of € 6 million from the European Commission to develop innovation policies for the cultural and creative industries. New innovation policies are needed to support ecosystems in the sector with better access to funding and incubators so that more ideas can be realised. The ekip project starts 1 June. Complex innovation processes involve many ac

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-innovation-policies-will-support-ecosystems-creatives - 2025-12-20

A physically active life can reduce the risk of developing anxiety disorders, according to a study from Lund University that tracked almost 400,000 Swedes. The researchers also examined the role of physical performance in developing anxiety. Mental illness is increasing in society and in an attempt to curb this trend, the government is investing in, among other things, getting Swedes to move more.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/active-lifestyle-can-reduce-risk-anxiety - 2025-12-19

Olof the bird – a stuffed bird of prey with a stern expression – currently stands in the heart of The Science Student Union (LUNA), keeping watch over students’ discussions and union activities. But few are eager to get too close. A sign next to him warns that his plumage contains arsenic.  The warning has become a talking point – is Olof really so toxic that he should be placed behind protective

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/stuffed-bird-olof-full-arsenic-new-measuring-device-gives-us-answers - 2025-12-19

Each year, around 350 children in Sweden are diagnosed with cancer. Thanks to progress in research and treatment, six out of seven children today survive. But unlike cancer in adults, we don't know what causes most childhood cancers to develop. This spring Barncancerfonden, the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation, awarded SEK 64 million to 29 researchers across the country. The funding includes po

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/three-researchers-receive-barncancerfonden-funding-investigate-causes-childhood-leukemia - 2025-12-19

Researchers from Sweden, Germany, Brazil and the USA have developed a financial mechanism to support the protection of the world’s natural heritage. In a recent study, they developed three different design options for an intergovernmental biodiversity financing mechanism. Asking, what would happen if money was given to countries for providing protected areas, they simulated where the money would f

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/what-if-we-paid-countries-protect-biodiversity - 2025-12-19