Published 10 June 2013 Infant mortality in Malawi is among the highest in the world. In a new EU-funded project, researchers from Lund, Cork and Oxford will develop new mobile technology to help health care staff in the country diagnose and treat serious diseases earlier and more effectively. In rural Malawi, aid organisations’ health care staff use a disease manual called IMCI, developed by the W

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mobile-will-save-childrens-lives-malawi - 2025-07-07

Published 11 April 2019 A team of former Lund University students have developed a smart plant wall, that can be monitored via an app and therefore minimizes the amount of maintenance needed. The smart wall measures things like indoor temperature, humidity and water levels to make sure the plants are thriving - and therefore improving the indoor environment. Erik Wilson, a Lund University Master’s

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By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von Arnold) - published 4 May 2023 On 9 May, we will have the honour to have the Right Livelihood Award Laureate, Marthe Wandou, joining us for a dialogue on human rights education, the environment, and the prevention of violence against children. Jurist Marthe Wandou is a Cameroonian gender and peace activist who has worked to pre

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/right-livelihood-award-laureate-marthe-wandou-visits-lucsus - 2025-07-07

Published 11 April 2024 Isabel Bramsen is the recipient of this year's Diploma Prize. The prize is worth DKK 150,000 and is awarded to young people who are expected to make a valuable contribution to Danish society. Congratulations Isabel! About the award winner and motivationIn the world we live in, the Hartmann Foundation believes that it is important to stimulate the work for peace and conflict

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/isabel-bramsen-receives-hartmann-foundations-diploma-award - 2025-07-07

Published 26 September 2023 The annual negotiation game and role play is part of the European Governance course within the first semester of Lund’s long-standing and highly successful Masters in European Affairs (MEA). The European Council meeting of EU heads of state and government was hosted by the Department of Political Science, Lund university this week with great success. Guided by the Spani

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/european-council-negotiations-success-lund-masters-students - 2025-07-07

Published 7 November 2023 All the faculties have now concluded their elections of new deans and faculty boards. At some faculties the present dean will continue, but in most cases new people will take up the posts. See the list below of the new faculty managements for the next term of office 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026. School of Economics and Management Joakim Gullstrand and Andreas Ingham

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-deans-faculties - 2025-07-08

By anna [dot] mansfeld [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Mansfeld) - published 12 March 2025 The University is now launching a new round of excellence initiatives to bolster the recruitment of top international researchers through the Wallenberg Academy Fellows (WAF) programme. With this initiative, the University aims to foster its international research presence and provide early-career

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-round-excellence-initiatives-early-career-researchers-and-wallenberg-academy-fellows-2027 - 2025-07-08

Published 28 February 2024 The annual report for 2023 has now been finalised and submitted to the Government. It reports that the University continues to develop positively, with lots of reasons to be cheerful. The annual report summarises the University's activities with a complete set of figures and reports on the remit and achievement of objectives. The year 2023 saw the University receive its

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/annual-report-2023-now-complete - 2025-07-08

Published 20 November 2023 Six of the most innovative ideas and projects currently underway at Lund University received this year’s Lund University and Sparbanken Skåne’s Future Innovations Award. The winners shared a total of SEK 500,000 between them. The projects included an energy storage system using spent car batteries and a new method for assessing a patient’s risk of stroke. The Future Inno

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/six-innovative-ideas-lund-receive-prize - 2025-07-08

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Published 31 May 2022 Faith, Nahid, David and Pamla came from Africa to Lund to learn more about innovation, transformation and resilience for sustainable development. Photo: Anna Löthman 18 people came from Africa to Lund to learn more about innovation, transformation and resilience for sustainable development. Why come all this way? And what knowledge will they bring back? Meet Pamla, Faith, Nah

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By maria [dot] lindh [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Lindh) - published 2 April 2020 The dog Kevin is both a family member and a research object. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg-Bärg 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 depe

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By anna [dot] lothman [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Löthman) - published 29 May 2022 Faith, Nahid, David and Pamla came from Africa to Lund to learn more about innovation, transformation and resilience for sustainable development. Photo: Anna Löthman 18 delegates traveled from Africa to Lund to learn more about innovation, transformation and resilience for sustainable development. Why come all

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/africa-lund-joining-course-lusem - 2025-07-07

Published 30 November 2022 Photo: Kaleni/Pixabay Just over two weeks after the UN 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 hop

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/un-conference-it-time-biodiversity-take-centre-stage - 2025-07-07

By sanna [dot] trygg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 25 July 2023 “What are the fundamental mechanical causes of osteoarthritis? And how can we slow or reverse its progression? These are the questions asked by professors Martin Englund and Hanna Isaksson. Photo: Johan Persson. Through molecular studies of knee tissue and advanced synchrotron radiation imaging techniq

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/causes-osteoarthritis-mapped-new-biobank - 2025-07-07

Published 5 September 2024 Sociologist Lisa Flower, biologist Øystein Opedal, economic historian Ingrid van Dijk and linguist Karolin Obert have received the prestigious grant from the EU. Their research focuses on video links in court cases, plant adaptation to pollinators, health inequalities over time, and language change in hunter-gatherer societies as they move around. The ERC Starting Grant

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/four-researchers-lund-university-receive-erc-starting-grant - 2025-07-07