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During the 8th - 11 th August 2022, the Development Research School held its first doctoral course in Methodology and Field Studies. It took place in Sogakope, Ghana. The doctoral course was organised by the Institute of Statistical, Economic and Social Research (ISSER), in collaboration with the School of Graduate Studies, University of Ghana, universities of Lund, Gothenburg and Uppsala for doct

https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/successful-completion-our-first-course-ghana - 2026-06-07

On January 13th, London-based designers Guillaume Couche & Richard Shackleton held a guest lecture at the Department of Informatics. The guest lecture was delivered to students enrolled in the course Human-Computer Interaction - Design, part of the Master's Programme in Information Systems. The industry experts were invited by Lecturer and Course director Markus Lahtinen.Guillaume, who first visit

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/industry-experts-inspire-students-interface-design - 2026-06-08

During his more than 50-year career, diabetes researcher Åke Lernmark has made several significant discoveries that have increased knowledge about type 1 diabetes. His research contributes to creating conditions for a national screening programme in Sweden. In Sweden, around 1,000 children and an equal number of adults develop type 1 diabetes each year. The disease has major consequences for the f

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/scientist-who-paving-way-screening-type-1-diabetes - 2026-06-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “The increased risk of diabetes has previously been explained by the fact that cystic fibrosis causes damage to the pancreas, where the blood-sugar regulating hormone insulin is produced. We are the first research group to show that the mutated gene that causes cystic fibrosis also plays an important role in the relea

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/cystic-fibrosis-and-diabetes-link-explained - 2026-06-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University is following the Government and Public Health Authority’s new recommendations regarding measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. The University has therefore decided that education and examinations should be conducted using online alternatives (distance education) from 18 March. University fac

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/students-transition-distance-education-march-18-2020 - 2026-06-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a new study, Lund University economic historian Erik Bengtsson debunks the myth that Sweden was destined to become a social democratic country. Instead, he argues that it was actually against all odds, as Sweden in the early 1900s was one of the western world’s most unequal countries – and the least democratic in w

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-sweden-went-least-democratic-welfare-state - 2026-06-07

COP16 in Cali, Colombia, is the first Conference of the Parties since the adoption of the landmark Biodiversity Plan in 2022 in which countries pledged to save 30 percent of Earth’s land and sea for nature by 2030. PhD student Valentina Lomanto is attending COP, which takes place 21 October – 1 November 2024, as a representative for the LUCSUS project Environmental Human Rights Defenders. In this

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/what-are-ideal-outcomes-cop16 - 2026-06-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On December 12, 2018, Anna Lindberg, affiliated researcher at SASNET, attended an International Conference on Afghanistan, organized in Stockholm by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA). The aim of the conference was to address local Afghani perspectives on peace building, and explore the role of development pa

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/report-international-conference-afghanistan - 2026-06-07

PhD student Steinunn Knúts Önnudóttir not only has a background as a director, writer, theologian, life coach and actor. When she started her PhD in Lund, she was also an academic dean in her native Iceland. With the question 'How little is enough?' she has explored how little it really takes to create an artistic, transformative experience. Friday is the day of her defence. Steinunn Knúts Önnudót

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/how-little-does-it-take-create-artistic-experience - 2026-06-07

Central Asian Law project organized the conference titled “Understanding legal cultures in Central Asia” on 6-8 November in Istanbul, Turkey. The conference focused on the discussion of the interconnections between international actors, domestic institutions, business actors, as well as informal institutions and norms and how their interplay shape the governance, legal culture and business environ

https://www.centralasianlaw.lu.se/article/conference-understanding-legal-cultures-central-asia-6-8-november-2021 - 2026-06-07

Central Asian Law project organized the conference titled “Understanding legal cultures in Central Asia” on 6-8 November in Istanbul, Turkey. The conference focused on the discussion of the interconnections between international actors, domestic institutions, business actors, as well as informal institutions and norms and how their interplay shape the governance, legal culture and business environ

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/conference-understanding-legal-cultures-central-asia-6-8-november-2021 - 2026-06-07

Director Barry Ness and Deputy Director Torsten Krause are deeply honoured and proud of Lund University’s remarkable achievement of securing the top position in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026. The ranking includes around 2,000 higher education institutions from about 100 countries and measures how universities contribute to a sustainable future – through research, education,

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-director-and-deputy-director-reflect-lund-universitys-top-ranking-sustainability - 2026-06-07

Pathologists and coroners are now commonplace in crime novels and TV crime series and are often depicted as slightly odd people. Elisabet Englund has worked at the Division of Pathology in Lund for over 40 years. She has often been told that she is a little ‘too happy’ to be a pathologist. “Yes, there is a stereotype of people who work with dead people, which perhaps contributes to the mystificati

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/death-our-textbook-life - 2026-06-08

The University’s researchers published no fewer than 76 articles in The Conversation in 2025 – a new record. Altogether, the University’s articles reached an audience of 1.45 million readers last year. The 76 articles represent a substantial increase from the previous year’s total of 55 and reflect the great breadth within the University. The articles cover everything from East Asia and geopolitic

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/yet-another-record-year-lu-conversation - 2026-06-08

Just over two weeks after the climate summit in Egypt, the leaders of the world’s countries are meeting again, this time to address another acute crisis facing humanity – the loss of biodiversity. The issue is less well-known than the climate crisis and no framework corresponding to the Paris agreement is in place – something that many people hope the December summit in Montreal will rectify. It i

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/it-time-put-biodiversity-agenda-five-lund-researchers-challenges-cop15 - 2026-06-07

The UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) global assessment on nature highlights that 1 million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. Dr. Mine Islar, one of the lead athors of the report, and senior lecturer and researcher at LUCSUS, explains the significance of the report’s findings, which was released today, 6th May 201

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/mine-islar-comments-ipbes-global-assessment-loss-biodiversity-crucial-climate-change - 2026-06-07

Welcome to another WCMM Fireside Chat, a series of articles dedicated to highlighting the work of researchers within and around the WCMM in Lund to promote collaboration and communication. We had a chat with the clinical WCMM researcher Gustav Smith, who to say the least, has a busy schedule. This time we present our chat with Gustav Smith, a clinician, group leader and former director at WCMTM in

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-gustav-smith - 2026-06-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund researchers have every reason to be proud regarding competition for EU grants. LU is the best in Sweden in terms of total funding and in the top three with the Karolinska Institute (KI) and Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) regarding the number of participations in different projects.  “We have the most ERC gra

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-top-eu-league-best-sweden-obtaining-grants - 2026-06-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "Now I dare to rejoice a little", says Sven Lidin, dean of the Faculty of Science. "The uphill task that establishment in Brunnshög had become at times is now much easier, as the whole Department of Chemistry has agreed to join in the move." Another person breathing a sigh of relief is Leif Bülow, who is in his fourth

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chemists-jump-science-village-bandwagon - 2026-06-07

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have conducted a clinical study to show how a woman’s genetic profile provides information on which hormone treatment is most effective for in vitro fertilisation (IVF). The researchers have now developed a simple oral swab test that shows which hormone therapy is the best option for IVF treatment About 15 per cent of all couples of reproductive age are inv

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/higher-success-rate-using-simple-oral-swab-test-ivf - 2026-06-07