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On Friday the 4 March, the university's anniversary was celebrated. Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström began with a speech on the current world situation: Honoured emeriti vice-chancellors, honoured deans, students, colleagues and guests, In the foreword to the annual academic ceremony programme, you will see a summary of what this speech was intended to be about. Today, after a dark week that will cha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/speech-annual-academic-ceremony-4-march-2022 - 2026-06-19

The Nomination Committee has proposed that, from the turn of the year, LTH should be led for three years by Margaret McNamee and Ulf Ellervik. Working together and deciding who should do what was uncontroversial, say the candidates for the positions of Dean and Deputy Dean of LTH. In the almost fully seated IKDC lecture hall, LTH students and staff had gathered to listen to the Nomination Committe

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/partnership-shared-vision-lth - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ninety thousand people die in Sweden every year. Despite 80 percent of Sweden’s population stating they would like to donate their organs after death, fewer than 200 people actually become organ donors each year. Why? This is due to, among other reasons, our limited legislation and organs not being made available beca

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/overstretched-intensive-care-leads-fewer-donations - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The number of cases of disease caused by Leishmania, a parasite that is spread via bites by sand flies which are mainly found in tropical and subtropical areas and in countries around the Mediterranean, has increased in Sweden. The most serious form of the disease usually leads to death if untreated. First published:

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/study-shows-increase-parasite-disease-sweden - 2026-06-19

In spring 2025, Lund University Bioimaging Centre (LBIC) will give a graduate course in Preclinical Imaging. The course aims to give PhD students, post-docs, researchers and others theoretical and practical experiences of LBICs preclinical imaging modalities. It will provide a base which helps to incorporate different imaging technologies into the scientific questions to be answered within biomedi

https://www.lbic.lu.se/article/attend-our-graduate-course-preclinical-imaging-1 - 2026-06-21

I år blir Leif Salford jubeldoktor. Dessutom kan han lägga ytterligare en i det närmaste unik titel till sin lista – jubelövermarskalk. För femtio år sedan hade han nämligen ansvaret för sin egen promotion! Leif Salford, professor emeritus i neurokirurgi, har verkat inom akademin i hela sitt vuxna liv. Som forskare, lärare – och festfixare. För finns det en anledning att fira ska det firas, det är

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/dubbelt-jubel - 2026-06-20

En representant från det strategiska forskningsområdet (SFO) EpiHealth har pratat med Martin L. Olsson, som är fakultetsledningsrepresentant för EpiHealth styrelsen och vice dekan med särskilt ansvar för forskningsinfrastruktur och strategiska frågor vid Medicinska fakulteten. Martin är också professor i transfusionsmedicin vid Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin och konsult inom transfusionsmedi

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/artikel/den-genetiskt-uppgraderade-epihealth-kohorten-ar-en-guldgruva-som-kan-hjalpa-fler-forskare-att - 2026-06-21

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/honorary-lecturer-feng-zhang-crispr-research-treasure-hunt-nature - 2026-06-19

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 - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Over 50% of the global population lives in cities, and those cities all share the same pressing challenge: how can they provide economic prosperity and social cohesion in a sustainable way? One way of finding answers to that question is urban living labs, a type of testbed where social and technical innovations are te

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/book-release-urban-living-labs-experimenting-city-futures - 2026-06-19

A record number of PhD students, around 25, from 10 of SWEAH's 13 partner universities, participated in the spring SWEAH PhD Student Days at Kristianstad University last week. It was a replay of the popular theme "Introduction to Writing Retreats". As usual, the doctoral students networked, shared experiences and learned new things during a lecture on how AI can be used in scientific writing, and

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/popular-theme-attracted-many-sweahs-phd-student-days - 2026-06-19

This year, the Helsingborg Chamber of Commerce has established new excellence grants for researchers working at REAL – the Centre for Trade and Logistics at Lund University. On 5 May, the awards ceremony took place, at which 11 researchers from Lund University received their grants. The researchers receive grants for their publications in leading scientific journals. By supporting academic progres

https://www.real.lu.se/en/article/excellence-grants-were-awarded-researchers-fields-trade-and-logistics - 2026-06-21

The Sustainable Development Goal number 8, ‘Decent work and economic growth’, is based on the idea that decent employment opportunities create fair globalization and reduce poverty. But the goal is often seen as conflicting with other goals. How can economic growth be ensured while also ensuring a sustainable planet? Lund University (LU) is one of the top-ranking academic institutions in the world

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/workshop-12-september-decent-work-and-economic-growth-possibility-or-miss - 2026-06-20

In the past year, there has been much discussion about drugs developed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes that have also been shown to be effective for those wishing to lose weight. At the annual conference of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) last spring, results were presented from a randomized clinical trial with the popular drug semaglutide for the treatment of overwe

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/drug-provided-pain-relief-knee-osteoarthritis - 2026-06-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Almost 300,000 people worldwide develop malignant melanoma each year. The disease is the most serious form of skin cancer and the number of cases reported annually is increasing, making skin cancer one of Sweden’s most common forms of cancer. A research team at Lund University in Sweden has studied a protein that regu

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/protein-linked-aggressive-skin-cancer - 2026-06-21

On 15-17 May 2024, SMHI, the strategic research areas MERGE and BECC, and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research invite you to the second Swedish Climate Symposium in Norrköping. A symposium for increased scientific understanding of climate change and its environmental and societal consequences. Climate change strongly affects natural systems and humanity. In Sweden, the effects of climate change a

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/now-you-can-submit-your-contribution-swedish-climate-symposium - 2026-06-21

Central Asian Law project delivered another workshop on the “Shadow economy, business environment and legal cultures in Central Asia”. The workshop took place at Lund University in Sweden on July 5-8, 2022. The workshop, that was held over 4 days, turned into a platform for the project participants to work on their research, exchange ideas and discuss the latest news and developments in Central As

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/project-workshop-shadow-economy-business-environment-and-legal-cultures-central-asia - 2026-06-21

On 15-17 May 2024, SMHI, the strategic research areas MERGE and BECC, and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research invite you to the second Swedish Climate Symposium in Norrköping. A symposium for increased scientific understanding of climate change and its environmental and societal consequences. Climate change strongly affects natural systems and humanity. In Sweden, the effects of climate change a

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/now-you-can-submit-your-contribution-swedish-climate-symposium - 2026-06-21

Dealing with heat is about more than implementing technical solutions such as cold rooms, access to water, green areas and communication systems. Equally, if not more, important is to strengthen social networks, reduce income disparities and eliminate social vulnerability. Sustainability researcher Maryam Nastar comments on the heat wave in Canada and North America based on her research on extreme

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/reduced-inequality-and-better-social-networks-crucial-dealing-heatwaves - 2026-06-19

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 - 2026-06-19