Published 20 March 2017 At a pub in Yokohama, history of religions scholar Andreas Johansson by chance came in contact with the Japanese mafia, the Yakuza. For two weeks, he was hanging out with the mafia, and will soon publish a book on the tattoos of the Yakuza and what they symbolise. It requires over 200 hours of painful pricks by hand, with a metal pin attached to a bamboo stick, to achieve t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researcher-intrigued-mafia-tattoos-japanese-mafia-photographed-lund-researcher - 2025-07-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 20 April 2021 Photo by Charbel Karam on Unsplash After a long economic crisis, Lebanon is on the brink of ruin. The currency has lost much in value and people's savings have been eaten up. The crisis in the country is also taking place at the political and social level. Despite this, the corrupt elite continues to rule

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/will-lebanon-survive-crisis - 2025-07-29

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 5 July 2024 The common reed is considered a weed, but in the farmed landscape it can benefit biodiversity as its seeds become food for insects and its pollen is a mummy for some pollinators. Here it grows beautifully in a spring barley field. One of the world's greatest challenges is to feed the world's population in a sustain

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/organic-farms-potential-higher-yields - 2025-07-29

By Maria Lindh - published 6 April 2021 The precise construction design for Science Village is still unclear, with the possible exception of the common Space (in the background) which will be the first building to be erected in the area. This will house a reception, restaurant and exhibition ab "Now I dare to rejoice a little", says Sven Lidin, dean of the Faculty of Science. "The uphill task that

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chemists-jump-science-village-bandwagon - 2025-07-29

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 31 May 2021 "There is so much freedom and so many opportunities here – it is a fantastic place. But if my main task is to be smart, there must be the conditions for it." says Jimmie Kristensson. Photo: Kennet Ruona Enjoying your job is a condition for both academic success and freedom, according to pro vice-cha

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By anna [dot] lothman [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Löthman) - published 17 February 2021 Photo: Håkan Röjder and private. Leadership Academy at LUSEM is a leadership programme for students at Lund University based on the idea that students in leading positions can learn, both from each other, but also from experienced leadership researchers and business managers. The training equips young lead

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/leadership-academy-learning-challenging-context - 2025-07-29

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 22 June 2022 Art and culture can touch us on new levels that provide new perspectives and new issues. Photo: iStockphoto Art and culture have the capacity to make us aware of our relationship to ourselves and others, our world and our time. Using existential sustainability as an umbrella term, we can investigate new angl

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/art-and-culture-bring-us-existential-awareness - 2025-07-29

Published 7 November 2022 Nicaragua after the deadly hurricane ETA in 2020 (Photo: Delmer Membreno / EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid) The UNFCCC climate meeting COP27 is currently taking place in Egypt. With evidence growing that green house gas emissions are making extreme events occur more frequently, and with greater intensity, loss and damage has emerged as one of the most important t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cop27-climate-compensation-poorer-countries-must-top-agenda - 2025-07-29

Published 8 April 2022 Photo: Mostphotos The new UN climate report shows that the zero emissions goal for 2050 is achievable. However, it will require major changes in all sectors – not least in industry, which currently accounts for a large proportion of global emissions. The researchers identified several sustainable paths forward, but some sectors – above all in plastics and chemicals – are sti

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/climate-researcher-there-are-sustainable-paths-forward-basic-material-sector - 2025-07-29

By evelina [dot] linden [at] luhm [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 22 December 2022 Nanotubes act like a Velcro strip to which the blood stem cell sticks. Photo: Martin Hjort. Stem cells from umbilical cords in Skåne are improved with nanotubes. By cross-pollinating nanotechnology with stem cell biology, researchers are creating gentle methods to ensure that more cells perform better

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/kind-methods-mean-happy-cells - 2025-07-29

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 28 August 2023 Using new 3D technology, models of the objects are made and placed in the underwater positions where they are found. It helps Paola Derudas to reflect and test her hypothesis. The screen shows Gribshunden that sank in 1495. Photo: Bodil Malmström In the past, it has been common practice to perform anal

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/past-comes-alive-3d - 2025-07-29

Published 13 September 2023 (Photo montage: Logo by Financial Times, photo by Charlotte Carlberg Bärg.) Lund University School of Economics and Management has done it again! The school has been ranked #44 in the world in the Financial Times' prestigious annual ranking of 100 Master’s programmes in Management. This marks a climb of 13 spots compared with last year. Lund University's Master’s progra

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-climbs-even-higher-financial-times-ranking - 2025-07-29

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 5 June 2023 Using resistance as a lens can shed light on entrenched vulnerabilities that underlie climate risks, and on continuing power struggles, according to researchers Ebba Brink, Ana Maria Vargas Falla and Emily Boyd. Why do some people oppose interventions meant to protect them from climate hazards, and what forms of re

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-research-maps-how-and-where-people-resist-climate-adaptation - 2025-07-29

Published 17 February 2023 Nanotubes act like a Velcro strip to which the blood stem cell sticks. Photo: Martin Hjort. Stem cells from umbilical cords in Skåne are improved with nanotubes. By cross-pollinating nanotechnology with stem cell biology, researchers are creating gentle methods to ensure that more cells perform better. Blood stem cells are altered without showing that they have been modi

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/kind-methods-mean-happy-cells - 2025-07-29

Published 26 June 2013 Using harmless viruses to insert genes that produce healthy, healing substances into the brain... transplanting cells, possibly from the patient’s own skin... or, most sci-fi of all, controlling special treated nerve cells with light signals in the brain. These are three different paths to a possible treatment for epilepsy that are being tested by a research group in Lund. T

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Published 28 March 2014 This autumn she was awarded SEK 22 million in ERC grants for her Alzheimer’s research. In addition, she is a member of the Nobel Prize committee for chemistry, she has written children’s books, won the veterans’ European Championship in orienteering and is director of Humlegården, a day centre for people with autism. Meet Professor of Chemistry Sara Snogerup Linse. Sara Sno

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By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 4 September 2020 Previous forest fires in the Amazon. Photo: markhillary/flickr. The official figures for forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon in August 2020 show a slight decrease from last year. But researchers at the Brazil's Space Research Institute, Inpe, warn that data may need to be corrected so much that they instead r

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/researcher-torsten-krause-comments-fires-brazilian-amazon-august-2020 - 2025-07-29

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 3 June 2021 The project can contribute towards making the respective value chains more transparent, in terms of actors and governance structures, as well as documenting justice aspects say Torsten Krause and Barbara Schröter. Photo: Torsten Krause. A new collaborative research project led by researchers Torsten Krause and Barb

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/global-value-chains-meat-gold-tin-and-palm-oil-spotlight-new-research-project - 2025-07-29

Published 7 November 2023 In the middle of October, the first project partner meeting was held in Helsingborg. The project is about shared and sustainable mobility in new housing developments, and was hosted by Lund University, Campus Helsingborg and the City of Helsingborg. The goal of the project is to create innovative conditions for new residential areas with the preservation of green spaces t

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/reduced-number-parking-spaces-favour-green-meeting-places-new-eu-project - 2025-07-29

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 1 June 2022 Sebastian Palmqvist. The Bundy Academy’s 2022 major prize amounting to SEK 3 million is awarded to Sebastian Palmqvist, Associate Professor of Clinical Memory Research at Lund University and Senior Physician at the Memory Clinic at Skåne University Hospital, for his research on improved diagnostics of Alzheimer’s d

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/awardees-2022-bundy-academy-major-prize - 2025-07-29