https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/triple-success-prestigious-eu-grant-round - 2025-08-23

Photo: Pixaby With the market for fossil fuels in decline, the oil industry is investing heavily in the chemical and plastics industry instead. The strategy seems to be working: the plastics industry is growing faster than the global economy. Multibillion-dollar subsidies from states and publicly funded banks, combined with weak legislation, are reasons behind the rapid growth, according to a new

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/us-europe-subsidize-rapidly-expanding-petrochemical-industry - 2025-08-23

"There is a difference between teaching with or to. I want to talk with the students, not to or about them. Learning takes place when they are engaged with the material. Quite simply, we do it together", says Nadja Sörgärde. Photo:Kennet Ruona Senior lecturer, Nadja Sörgärde, has received the students' award for excellence in teaching. Her students praise her extraordinary level of engagement. She

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/students-are-co-producers - 2025-08-23

Variety, belonging and a feeling of manageability are factors that contribute to recovery at work. Do you leave work full of energy and excited about what the rest of the day has to offer? If not – maybe it is worth trying to improve recovery during the working day.  Lina Ejlertsson's thesis is about recovery of staff in one of the most stressful work environments – healthcare centres. She says we

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/recover-during-working-day - 2025-08-23

Vice-chancellor Torbjörn von Schantz Vice-Chancellor Torbjörn von Schantz is convinced that leadership at the University is a momentous question. “If we are perceived as being incapable of making uncomfortable decisions, there is a risk that we will see the same changes here as in other places such as Denmark – that collegial leadership is replaced by pure New Public Management.” One example is th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/vice-chancellor-its-important-managers-be-able-make-uncomfortable-decisions - 2025-08-23

Håkan Håkansson, Anders Scherstén and Robin Gullstrand browse geological images of the Dolomite mountain range in northeast Italy. Photo:Kennet Ruona In 2016, a forgotten archival treasure was found in the cellar of the Department of Geology. The material included a unique map of Iceland from 1844 and a geological map of the whole of New Zealand dated 1869. Now 322 works have been restored and pla

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/forgotten-treasure-trove-maps-restored-its-former-glory - 2025-08-23

Together with Sara Linse, professor of biochemistry and Oskar Hansson, professor of clinical memory research, Johannes Rousk is one of three LU-researchers on the list of the world’s most influential researchers. Photo: Kathrine Rousk Johannes Rousk is one of the world’s most cited and influential researchers, according to the analytics company Clarivate. If you ask him, the road to success was ma

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-luck-strategy-behind-most-cited-research - 2025-08-23

Lund University is investing SEK 100 million in an interdisciplinary research programme focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. The programme is to attract international research expertise and to bring about the establishment of more internationally leading research environments in sustainability. “With its breadth and cutting edge, Lund University has unique opportunities to tackle c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-investing-sek-100-million-international-research-programme-sustainable-development - 2025-08-23

The researchers move around the virtual room, with their avatars, analysing what is written on enormous sheets of paper appearing like works of art in an exhibition. Few people look forward to digital meetings, but the researchers at Design Sciences do just that. They have found meeting places that give them energy and smart structure. He is holding a virtual cup of coffee and looks a little like

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-fun-meet-avatars - 2025-08-23

The thin, semi-transparent film of nanowires is incredibly flexible. This one was photographed by researcher Yang Chen. The ability to capture the largest possible part of the spectrum of sunlight – with as little material as possible. Physics professor Magnus Borgström is dedicated to finding more efficient ways of utilising solar energy. The ordinary solar cells currently on the market can conve

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hunting-worlds-best-solar-cell - 2025-08-23

The BIOPATH consortium consists of a carefully composed team of research specialists in sustainable finance and biodiversity as well as influential partners from industry, the financial system and public authorities. The research programme ”Pathways towards an efficient alignment of the financial system with the needs of biodiversity (BIOPATH)”, with Lund University as host, has been granted fundi

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/50-million-susanne-arvidsson-and-her-team - 2025-08-23

Elsa Trolle Önnerfors, from the Faculty of Law. Photo:Jenny Loftrup The first phase was filled with creativity and collective effort. Elsa Trolle Önnerfors was surprised by how smooth the transition to distance education was. However, now the focus is more on how students are feeling and on perseverance – for how long is unknown "I used a year's worth of creativity in the first few weeks, and lear

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-phase-requires-stamina-and-consideration - 2025-08-23

Daniel Göransson, one of the digital heroes, ensures the technology functions between the external assessors, Pro vice-chancellor Stacey Ristinmaa Sörensen (far bottom left of the screen) and Vice-Chancellor Torbjörn von Schantz (top right) Photo: M Lindh So say Mats Benner and Freddy Ståhlberg after having reviewed both self-evaluations and assessor reports. The RQ20 Research Quality Evaluation P

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rq20-research-still-evaluated-despite-pandemic-obstacles - 2025-08-23

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/importance-extended-writing-time - 2025-08-23

A laboratory expert in action in the Cell and Gene Therapy Core Facility. Earlier this year, Stem Cell Center, in partnership with MultiPark, brought together three core facilities into one - The Cell and Gene Therapy Core Facility - aiming to support advanced science at the highest international level. This new infrastructure includes the previous AAV vector lab, and much more! Equipped with the

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-cell-and-gene-therapy-core-facility-opening - 2025-08-23

Many steps needs to be taken to bring a novel stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s Disease, STEM-PD, from the lab to the clinic. Illustration by Katrine Bech Lauritzen. A recent publication by MultiPark researchers at Lund University’s Lund Stem Cell Center gives a closer look at the making of a novel stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s Disease, STEM-PD, which has been approved for a Phase I/IIa clinic

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/closer-look-making-novel-stem-cell-therapy-parkinsons-disease - 2025-08-23

Charlotte Ling and Lena Eliasson from Lund University Diabetes Centre are part of the organising committee for the conference. Photo: Petra Olsson International researchers who study islets of Langerhans met for a conference in Malmö in June. Studies of insulin-producing cells help us understand disease mechanisms in diabetes. Lund University Diabetes Centre and the strategic research area EXODIAB

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/international-islet-cell-researchers-met-conference-malmo - 2025-08-23

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/nanowire-transistor-integrated-memory-enable-future-supercomputers - 2025-08-23

Boy cycling to school through smog in Indonesia (Photo: Aulia Erlangga) How vulnerable is humanity in the face of climate change? And how have people around the world already been impacted? These are some of the questions to be answered on 28 February by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Two researchers from Lund University participated in the final report – Martina Angela Carett

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/un-climate-report-how-vulnerable-are-we-and-how-can-we-adapt - 2025-08-23

Thomas Sewerin has studied how a world-leading research environment handles conflict.  Photo: Adam Severin He has advised management groups across the University for three decades. Now, the psychologist and leadership consultant Thomas Sewerin has defended his PhD – on leadership in academia. Among other things, he has looked at how disagreements can pave the way for both failure and success.  In

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/many-constructive-disagreements-successful-research-group - 2025-08-23