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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. - The idea is to use the great public interest that the Climate Summit in Paris in December 2015 will stir up to educate the masses on climate change, says Angela Oels to Riksbankens website rj.se and continues:- A MOOC (massive open online course) is basically a lecture series of different speakers that is broadcaste

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/angela-oels-visiting-researcher-starts-mooc-climate-justice - 2026-05-17

Me time, couple time and more free time in everyday life. Many people wish they had more time – but is there a sustainable approach to time? Historian David Larsson Heidenblad is looking for the answer. In many Swedish homes there is a well-thumbed copy of Bodil Jönsson’s book Ten Thoughts about Time, a book that sold over 600,000 copies 20 years ago. In the book, the author discussed clock time,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sustainable-relationship-time-it-possible - 2026-05-17

Males and females are affected in different ways by cooperation and competition in social groups – something that could determine which group sizes work best. According to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, this depends to a large extent quite simply on females and males having different interests. Over a seven-year period, the researchers studied ostriches in differently sized groups in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/differences-male-and-female-ostriches-could-explain-how-they-form-groups - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Mikael Dolsten was an advisor to President Obama, worked with Joe Biden on Cancer Moonshot, was involved in the R&D for some 30 drugs – and he is now leading the development of Pfizer’s and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine as head of research at Pfizer. It is an impressive career to say the least, and it started in Lund

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mikael-dolsten-head-research-pfizer-appointed-visiting-professor-lund-university-0 - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As resistance to existing antibiotics increases, new approaches to serious bacterial infections are needed. Now researchers at Lund University in Sweden, together with colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) in the US, have investigated one such alternative. “We were able to show that a tai

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/specially-designed-protein-fights-several-species-bacteria - 2026-05-17

Virtual reality might be the closest we can get to a time machine. For instance, it can be used to experience historical communities – such as the Iron Age city of Uppåkra in southern Sweden, according to LU researcher Mattias Wallergård. Mattias Wallergård has done research on virtual reality and its applications for the past 20 years. He works at the Virtual Reality Lab at Lund University, and b

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/vr-helps-us-experience-historical-places - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Being new in the government of Ukraine is like learning to ride a bike that is broken, while someone is throwing stones at you, and you are trying to fix the bike at the same time”, said Inna Sovsun, Ukraine’s First Deputy Minister of Education and a former Lund University student. She was only 29 when she was asked

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ukraine-first-deputy-minister-education-back-lund-day - 2026-05-17

Increased use of solar cells in the future requires higher efficiency and lower production costs. Innovative research from the interdisciplinary centre NanoLund wants to optimize the nanowires so that sunlight can be harvested more efficiently. Meet three young international researchers in the PhD4Energy project, working on hunting the sun. Solar energy, which reaches our earth every day, correspo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sunhunters-knowledge-collect-light - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In late October, Lund University arranged a follow-up seminar in Rwanda on children’s rights at school. Some 30 representatives from the school sector in six different countries in West and East Africa participated and presented change projects that they have been working on with professional supervision for almost a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-helps-strengthen-school-pupils-rights-africa-1 - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. March for Science is a citizens’ initiative from the United States, launched by private citizens and researchers who want to stand up for the importance of science and research-based knowledge in society. Particular emphasis is placed on the conception that science knows no borders and that its strength and characteri

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/march-science - 2026-05-17

The year is 2072, and the worst storm in two hundred years is about to hit Scania, in the south of Sweden. In Skanör-Falsterbo, a family is celebrating Christmas when the storm alarm sounds. The waves draw closer to the house, and the family dash towards the nearby church. What happens next is the result of many decades of decisions: did we work together, or did the lines of conflict become even d

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/soundwalk-imagines-climate-future - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Edouard Berrocal, a researcher in combustion physics at Lund University, has been awarded one of the most prestigious grants available to young researchers: an ERC Starting Grant. The grant is worth EUR 1.5 million and will enable him to spend the next five years investigating what happens in the crucial moment at the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/erc-starting-grant-researcher-combustion - 2026-05-17

Can the arts and culture affect your wellbeing? The link between culture and health is an area attracting more and more interest. Max Liljefors, professor of art history at Lund University, was tasked by Region Skåne with identifying ways in which their extensive art collection can be put to better use. “There has been a shift in perspective when it comes to how we can give patients access to cult

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/art-displaying-right-art-healthcare-settings - 2026-05-17

On October 31st, representatives from across the globe will gather in Glasgow for two weeks to attend the UN climate change conference COP26. Expectations are high following last year's cancelled conference, and the IPCC report released in August. What can we expect from the meeting? Five Lund researchers give answers. How far do countries' climate ambitions go? As part of the Paris Agreement in 2

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/glasgow-climate-summit-what-it-about-and-why-does-it-matter - 2026-05-17

Five Lund University students have been declared to be some of the world's brightest business minds, landing a top six position in the prestigious Hult Prize competition in London. Five university friends from different backgrounds, nationalities and study programmes came together in a cold December to crack a fairly hard nut – solving one of the planet's biggest challenges in early childhood educ

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-students-make-top-six-hult-prize-competition - 2026-05-17

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranks-top-10-global-sustainability-ranking - 2026-05-17

While many negotiators think the ongoing United Nations’ climate conference COP26 in Glasgow should already be considered successful due to global decisions having been made, Greta Thunberg and other climate activists argue that the summit is primarily a PR event which has excluded many groups from the negotiations. Doctoral student of ethnology at Lund University Billy Jones, is an accredited obs

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cop26-climate-conference-inclusion-focus-observer - 2026-05-17

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-top-100 - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Today the Financial Times presented its ranking of the world’s best Master’s degree programmes in finance. Lund University School of Economics and Management is ranked 38th in the world, having been featured for the first time on the list this year. When the Financial Times presented its annual ranking of the world’s

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-school-economics-and-management-ranked-among-worlds-best - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Despite creative efforts to tackle it, belief in conspiracy theories, alternative facts and fake news show no sign of abating. This is clearly a huge problem, as seen when it comes to climate change, vaccines and expertise in general – with anti-scientific attitudes increasingly influencing politics. So why can’t we s

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/conspiracy-theories-how-belief-rooted-evolution-not-ignorance - 2026-05-17