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18 delegates traveled 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, Nahed and David and learn more about their thoughts on the four weeks course. And on the LundaCarnival 😁 When Senior lecturer in Economic history Martin Andersson learned that a new c

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/africa-lund-joining-course-lusem - 2026-07-07

A discussion on semiconductors was on the agenda in Almedalen. The dialogue, hosted by LTH at Lund University, addressed how Sweden can contribute to the efforts being made in Europe. One of the conclusions of the discussion was "the crisper the proposal – the more policy influence". Semiconductors are a strategically important component of today's and tomorrow's society. The technology is needed

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2024/crisp-proposal-requested-during-almedalen-talk-semiconductors - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Patients with diabetes or Parkinson’s disease can be cured with stem cells at a clinic in China. Multiple sclerosis, stroke and cerebral palsy are treated at a stem cell clinic in Mexico, and in Thailand, the deadly disease ALS can be cured with stem cells... at least according to advertising from these and other clin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hyped-hope-shady-stem-cell-clinics-take-advantage-desperate-patients - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This year, Sweden celebrates a century of democracy and fair elections are seen as self-evident. How did our democracy develop and how did we get rid of election fraud? One of your researchers has now examined the country’s election fraud history and its underlying causes – from 1719 to the early 1900s. The conclusion

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/how-sweden-became-one-worlds-most-stable-democracies - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Former doctoral student Firas Jumaah and supervisor Charlotta Turner have had a special bond since 2014, when Jumaah and his family got caught up in the first ISIS lightning offensive in Iraq.  Employing far-reaching means, Charlotta Turner managed to get them back to Lund unharmed. Now they have written a book togeth

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-she-became-professor-hardcore - 2026-07-07

“True crime” has exploded in popularity and crime and punishment dominates the headlines. Linnea Wegerstad, senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law, opposes the tendency to label people who have committed crimes as monsters. Linnea Wegerstad researches sexual offences and has a background as a judge in training. She was about halfway through this training when she chose to return to academia. A seni

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mind-legal-scholar - 2026-07-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Magnus Winberg ansvarar för 500 LU-servrar i tre olika hallar. Men kanske är det ändå i handbollshallarna som han trivs bäst. Som speaker, DJ och hejaklacksledare för Ankaret, Lugi och nu senast för landslaget under handbolls-VM vet han hur man drar igång en fest på läktaren. Senaste semesterresan gick till Köpenham

https://www.lu.se/artikel/hejaklacksprofil-med-it-intresse - 2026-07-07

Two Lund University climate scientists, Kimberly Nicholas, who has acted as an observer at two global climate summits, and Markku Rummukainen, Sweden’s IPCC representative, talk about what comes next following the recent IPCC report. What do you view as the next steps following what was concluded in the IPCC report? Kimberly: Something the report makes absolutely clear is that to stop warming, hum

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/what-comes-next-after-ipcc-climate-change-report - 2026-07-07

Apply for an Advanced Study Group no later than November 10 and for a Theme no later than December 9. The Pufendorf IAS stimulates interdisciplinary research within Lund University. The Institute supports researchers working together across disciplinary borders to develop new areas of research. The Institute announces yearly calls for application to Themes and Advanced Study Groups. Researchers/te

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/calls-interdisciplinary-applications-pufendorf-institute-advanced-studies - 2026-07-07

What can 100,000 SEK in research funding lead to? For Yulia Vakulenko and her research group at Campus Helsingborg, Lund University, the answer turned out to be new knowledge, new methods, and international recognition from OpenAI. The research group, led by Yulia Vakulenko and based at REAL – the Centre for Retail and Logistics at Lund University – has received a Token of Appreciation from OpenAI

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/seed-funding-global-recognition-researchers-acknowledged-openai - 2026-07-07

The Pufendorf IAS stimulates interdisciplinary research within Lund University. The Institute supports researchers working together across disciplinary borders to develop new areas of research. The Institute announces yearly calls for application to Themes and Advanced Study Groups. Researchers/teaching staff (with PhD or equiv.) employed by Lund University are now invited to apply for Themes and

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/call-applications-pufendorf-institute-advanced-studies - 2026-07-07

Ett fullsatt rum med forskare, näringslivsrepresentanter och studenter samlades för att diskutera desinformation som ett växande hot mot vetenskap, tillit och demokratiska processer. Seminariet, organiserat av Agenda 2030 Graduate School tillsammans med Centrum för beredskap och resiliens, lyfte desinformation som en av vår tids centrala samhällsutmaningar. Panelen betonade att desinformation – fa

https://www.luprep.lu.se/artikel/desinformation-hot-missuppfattningar-och-vetenskapens-roll - 2026-07-07

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/faculty-management-strengthens-links-linxs - 2026-07-07

On the first of August, former Head of HR at Medfak, Mikael Rydahl, became Head of Med-service, BIKT, CCM and the University Veterinarian. The new management model will synchronise services and provide a better and more adapted service for all employees. "With a joint manager for the service units, management and dialogue between the dean, management, other users and the service operations are sim

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-yet-old-manager-coordinates-our-services-our-goal-flexible-fast-cost-effective-problem-solving - 2026-07-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Climathon is an annual 24 hour hackathon for climate solutions. The format was launched by Climate-KIC 2015 and has spread rapidly across the globe. In 2017, 104 cities participated in 6 continents, all at the same time 27 October, 10:00 to 10:00 the following day. Lund University organized Climathon in Lund 2017 toge

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2017 - 2026-07-07

Several Nobel laureates, renowned scientists, and successful biotech entrepreneurs are coming to Lund in May to participate in the Lund Spring Symposium, an international symposium on drug research. Medications are the physician's primary tool when treating their patients, and understanding how drugs work is fundamental to being a good doctor, according to Lars Grundemar, adjunct professor of clin

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/superstars-coming-lund-drug-and-pharmaceutical-symposium - 2026-07-07

Her journey has taken her from medieval archaeology to leading assignments in evaluation, education, and research. Now Tina Josefson is bringing her experience and passion for structure, dialogue, and creativity to LTH. Her agenda right now is to listen, learn, and continue exploring the faculty. Tina Josefson has been Head of faculty office at LTH since May 2025. But her academic career began twe

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/medieval-thinking-academy-future-meet-lths-new-head-faculty-office - 2026-07-07

CMES PhD researcher Joel W. Abdelmoez recently returned from fieldwork in Tunisia. Tell us, why Tunisia? As a PhD student in political science with a focus on comparative politics in the Middle East, I investigate feminist activism and gender politics in the Middle East and North Africa, with a particular focus on Tunisia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. What interests me is largely that feminism is usual

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/joel-w-abdelmoez-fieldwork-tunisia - 2026-07-07

Dr. Oskar Löfgren, who works interdisciplinary between remote sensing and botany to understand plant communities and their ecology, has been awarded for his thesis. "Plants can provide an overall picture of the habitat's characteristics that physically measured environmental variables cannot. Analyzing many species at the same time is important: each species contributes its own explanatory model f

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/award-winning-thesis-combines-remote-sensing-and-botany - 2026-07-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Arkeologen Johanna Bergqvist har i sin avhandling vid Lunds universitet undersökt läkekonsten och läkaryrkets utveckling under medeltiden och renässansen. Tvärtemot vad man tidigare har trott var klostrens läkekonst inte spridd till resten av samhället. Men redan under tidig medeltid fanns i städerna en erfarenhetsb

https://www.lu.se/artikel/digerdod-slog-ut-kunskap-om-lakekonst - 2026-07-08