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Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have investigated the link between osteoarthritis and mortality in an epidemiological study. It was shown that the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease was higher for people with osteoarthritis than for the rest of the population. Using population registers, the researchers studied approximately 469 000 people living in Skåne, Sweden, who in 2003 were

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/osteoarthritis-linked-higher-risk-dying-cardiovascular-disease - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Mikael Dolsten, head of research at Pfizer, who led the development of Pfizer’s and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, will take up the appointment of visiting professor of Pharmacology at Lund University in Sweden on 1 January 2021. “During my years as a student and researcher in Lund I had many mentors who inspired me. I

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mikael-dolsten-head-research-pfizer-appointed-visiting-professor-lund-university - 2026-07-21

The 2026 Jeffrey L. Morby Prize has been awarded to researchers from Lund University and Washington University for a study published in Nature Medicine. The paper describes a blood test capable of detecting changes in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Oskar Hansson, Professor of Neurology, and Gemma Salvadó, Research Associate – both at Lund University – are co-authors of the article:

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/drop-blood-can-detect-alzheimers-international-award - 2026-07-21

Over five years, the EU invests SEK 163 million in the POLARIN research project. The aim is to promote interdisciplinary research in both polar regions. Physical geographer Dr Margareta Johansson is one of the researchers who will work in the project. Why is this polar research project needed?- The ongoing climate change is noted most clearly at our northernmost and southernmost latitudes. We ther

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/eu-lifts-polar-research-arctic-and-antarctica - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Zaal Kokaia, Professor within the Department of Clinical Sciences and Director of Lund Stem Cell Center, has been awarded Georgia’s most prestigious scientific prize - the National Prize in Science. The award comes as a result of his outstanding contribution to world class scientific research and was presented to Prof

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/prestigious-scientific-prize-awarded-director-lund-stem-cell-center - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Mikael Dolsten, head of research at Pfizer, who led the development of Pfizer’s and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, will take up the appointment of visiting professor of Pharmacology at Lund University in Sweden on 1 January 2021. “During my years as a student and researcher in Lund I had many mentors who inspired me. I

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/mikael-dolsten-appointed-visiting-professor-lund-university - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) and the Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) at Lund University are launching a collaboration focusing on India and South Asia. The long-term collaboration will include both research and analysis and aims at building a strong research environment of internati

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/india-and-south-asia-focus-new-collaboration-between-swedish-institute-international-affairs-and - 2026-07-21

Bulgaria is on its way to adopting the euro. Joakim Zander, Senior Lecturer in Business Law at LUSEM, explains what this means. What does it mean for a country to switch to the euro? In a recent interview with Swedish Radio (Sveriges Radio), Joakim Zander, Senior Lecturer in Business Law at LUSEM, discussed Bulgaria’s transition into the euro area.On 1 January 2026, Bulgaria will officially adopt

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lev-euro-what-happens-when-bulgaria-changes-currency - 2026-07-22

It is not easy to make ends meet for many smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Everyday life is a complex management of many activities, especially for women, such as providing, preparing and cooking food; provide water and energy for cooking; manage farm activities; rearing children; and not least ensure that the family is healthy. Ill-health can easily tip families into abject poverty. Imp

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/impact-story-building-capacity-and-improving-everyday-life-sub-saharan-africa - 2026-07-21

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/cultural-treasures-skissernas-museum-main-attraction-paris-exhibition - 2026-07-21

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/two-world-leading-researchers-receivs-erc-advanced-grant - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The company builder and patron Bo Hjelt has become honorary doctor at the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University. The doctoral conferment ceremony was held in Lund on May 24. Bo Hjelt (born 1935) was born and raised in Sweden. He studied economics in Geneva. After being employed at the metal works company, Svenska Met

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/bo-hjelt-honorary-doctor-lund-university - 2026-07-21

The Department of Service Studies welcomes Marta Baltruszewicz and Diana Ivanova, two visiting researchers who will be part of our research environment for a couple of weeks. They are the first of five pairs of visiting researchers. Thanks to an internationalisation initiative at the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Department of Service Studies has been able to apply for funding to invite internat

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/department-invites-international-guest-researchers - 2026-07-21

On 30 June, some of our buildings will change address. This is to make it easier for the emergency services to find us. The small road that goes past the Ecology Building and continues behind the Biology Building has been named Kontaktvägen. This means that the main entrance to the Ecology Building is at Kontaktvägen 10. The main entrance to the Biology Building will remain on Sölvegatan but will

https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/we-are-changing-address - 2026-07-21

Each month, we publish a short update on the department’s air travel. In January, flying corresponded to 0.10 tonnes of CO2e per full-time employee. That is close to the level we need to stay at to reach our departmental target: to halve emissions from air travel compared with 2024, an important step towards contributing to the Paris Agreement’s 2030 goals. But this figure should be interpreted wi

https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/departments-air-travel-january-2026 - 2026-07-21

Professor Anders Hedenström receives SEK 22,9 million from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Together with his colleagues Susanne Åkesson and Christoffer Johansson he will take a holistic approach to the factors that affect migratory birds and their flight from one part of the world to another. The project runs over a 5-year period. For birds, flying takes a lot of energy. Therefore, it is ext

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/sek-229-million-holistic-approach-migratory-birds - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By the end of 2019 it emerged that there were work environment problems in the astronomy section of the Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, also known as Lund Observatory. The then head of department had received a significant number of complaints from staff members about bullying and harassment. The Facu

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/work-environment-lund-observatory - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CMES guest researcher Defne Kadıoğlu Polat just published a chapter in the book "German-Turkish Relations Revisited: The European Dimension, Domestic and Foreign Politics and Transnational Dynamics". "In recent years, dialogue between Germany and Turkey has increasingly become subject to political, academic and public

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/creatively-displaced-impact-neoliberal-urban-policies-immigrants-turkey-berlin - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sara Virkelyst, project manager at the Planning office of the Office of the Vice-Chancellor, and Johan Lind, finance officer at the Department Office of Clinical Sciences, are awarded the Lund University’s Administrative Prize 2019. Sara Virkelyst och Johan Lind will each receive SEK 15 000 for their own professional

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-administrative-prize-2019 - 2026-07-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A Three Day PhD and Early Career Academic Workshop on Social Policy in Developing Contexts will be hold in New Delhi on 24th -26th May 2017. Venue: Willow, Habitat World, at India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. The workshop aims to encapsulate some of the most recent cutting-edge discussions emerging in the fi

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/delhi-workshop-social-policy-developing-contexts - 2026-07-21