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During the past week some of the institutions researches with focus on retail attended the Nordic Retail and Wholesale conference (NRWC) to present their research. Krisitna Bäckström, senior lecturer at our department, won the award for best paper. For the eigth time the NRWC was arranged by the Nordic Retail and Wholesale Association, this time at Tampere University. NRWC is a science conference

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/kristina-backstrom-awarded-research-conference-finland - 2026-05-27

Making independent decisions about your body and your life is a big part of being a human being in Sweden today. Part of this is taking care of your sexual health and choosing whether and when to have children. In heterosexual relationships, this is a task that often falls on the person who can get pregnant. The ideal, according to new research, is different and involves an equal distribution of c

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/share-unshareable-strong-equality-ideal-young-peoples-contraceptive-work - 2026-05-27

Simon Boas, who wrote a candid account of living with cancer, passed away on July 15 at the age of 47. In a recent BBC interview, the former aid worker told the reporter: “My pain is under control and I’m terribly happy – it sounds weird to say, but I’m as happy as I’ve ever been in my life.”It may seem odd that a person could be happy as the end draws near, but in my experience as a clinical psyc

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/why-are-some-people-happy-when-they-are-dying - 2026-05-27

Every year, doctoral students at the Department of Service Studies go on a writing retreat to focus on their theses and strengthen the community. This year, the trip went to Smygehus Havsbad in Smygehamn, where the doctoral students had the chance to both work and relax. The retreat is an annual tradition that gives doctoral students a chance to focus on their work in a relaxing environment. This

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/doctoral-students-service-studies-annual-writing-retreat-sea - 2026-05-27

Have you been thinking about a research problem perfect for an interdisciplinary research group to explore? Perhaps you think that it needs to be more mature in order to pursue funding? Look no further - here's your chance. Pufendorf IAS launches the yearly call for applications to start a Theme here at Lund University's beautiful incubator for new interdisciplinary research. Welcome to Pufendorf

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/launch-call-applications-start-theme-pufendorf-institute-advanced-studies-8-september - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Take a leading role in Europe’s future center of Materials Science – apply for the position. At Lund University we are currently building Europe’s future center for materials research. It will combine, within a single campus area:• Excellent university-based materials research;• Lund Nano Lab, part of the national inf

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/wanted-professor-materials-science - 2026-05-27

The agreement for Inspera, which is used for digital examinations at Lund University, has been extended for another four years. This means that both teachers and students can continue to use the tool until September 2028. Inspera facilitates grading and contributes to a more secure examination environment. Meanwhile, preparations for a new procurement process for future needs are underway. Photo:

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/agreement-inspera-extended-continued-opportunity-digital-exams - 2026-05-27

The exhibition “Coded Threads” traces threads from the origin of the digital, the woven fabric, into today’s and tomorrow’s digital realities. The loom is the basis of binary coding: the thread can go over or under the warp, be a one or a zero. The thread is coded and acquires meaning – becomes an image, a pattern, a calculation, an algorithm. Everything can become data through the thread in the w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lunchtime-viewing-exhibition-coded-threads-skissernas-museum - 2026-05-28

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Sömnen är livsviktig för hälsan. Som SWEAH-doktorand har Johan Skoog undersökt hur sömnstörningar påverkar äldre människors minne. Resultaten ger ökat stöd för att bättre sömn kan minska risken för att utveckla demenssjukdomar. ”Allt har sin tid, berättandet sin, och så även sömnen.” Hans nyligen framlagda avhandlin

https://sweah.lu.se/artikel/resa-genom-somnens-rike-ger-nya-ledtradar-om-somnproblem-hos-aldre - 2026-05-27

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Utvecklingen av ett läkemedel mot typ 1-diabetes, baserat på autoantigenet GAD65, fick ett avbräck sedan den avgörande kliniska prövningen inte visade tillräckligt tydlig effekt. En tänkbar orsak kan vara årstidsvariationer i immunsystemet, skriver de ansvariga för studien i tidskriften New England Journal of Medici

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/vi-tror-fortfarande-pa-diabetesvaccinet - 2026-05-27

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Höga krav från näringslivet på en online-uppdragsutbildning ledde till att även utbildning på campus fick ett lyft. Ett gott exempel på när uppdragsutbildning driver utveckling på flera sätt, menar läraren Veronika Tarnovskaya. Jessica Hansson och Veronika Tarnovskaya har varit med och utvecklat den webbaserade uppd

https://www.lu.se/artikel/digital-uppdragsutbildning-fornyade-undervisningen - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 epi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-paths-treatment-epilepsy - 2026-05-27

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Med sin presentation om Alzheimers sjukdom vann Keivan Javanshiri, doktorand vid Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper i Lund och AT-läkare på Skånes universitetssjukhus, årets deltävling i Forskar Grand Prix. Det är en tävling där Lundaforskare tävlar om vem som kan göra den mest begripliga, inspirerande och intre

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/keivan-javanshiri-vann-arets-deltavling-i-forskar-grand-prix - 2026-05-28

Are you curious about or want to share experiences about the evaluation of education and get more tools and inspiration? Register for the Faculty's annual quality conference, no later than 1 November. Jenni Erlandsson, Quality Coordinator, who is involved in arranging the Faculty's annual quality conference, Forum Kvalitet, tells us more about the conference and the Faculty's quality assurance wor

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/facultys-quality-conference-wants-engage-more-people-teaching-quality - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We spend 90 per cent of our time indoors. We can both exercise and shop without taking a step outdoors and the indoor trend is on the increase, despite the fact that we have little understanding of the air we are breathing. “The health effects may not be detected for a number of years”, says LTH researcher Aneta Wierz

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-good-our-indoor-environment - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Consumers are demanding cheaper clothing while more are becoming aware and reassessing their consumption: second hand rather than “fast fashion”. The sustainability challenges of clothing companies often have to do with long supply chains – and the consumers’ demands. But together, consumers, businesses and politician

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-trends-fashion-industry-fast-and-cheap-sustainable - 2026-05-27

The search is on for 25 researchers from around the world in Lund University’s largest ever international recruitment drive. The main focus will be on AI research and other cutting-edge fields. Lund University’s body of researchers is getting reinforcements. If all goes according to plan, no fewer than 25 new researchers from all over the world will arrive in Lund this autumn. The recruitment targ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/largest-global-researcher-recruitment-drive-ever - 2026-05-28

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Being younger women working in a division with all male senior professors has not bothered Anna Andersson and Kajsa Paulsson. They describe the division as unusually free from internal competition. Kajsa Paulsson and Anna Andersson. “Researchers always compete over money to some extent, but we are not that competitive

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/little-internal-competition-leads-good-atmosphere - 2026-05-27

In their latest study, published in Nature Communications, the Parmar Lab has established midbrain organoids using silk microfibers as scaffolds, offering a refined in vitro model of human midbrain development. They have studied their silk midbrain organoids using single cell sequencing, proteomics and functional assessment in order to shed light on the developmental trajectory, maturation and sub

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/human-midbrain-organoids-grown-silk-recapitulate-midbrain-development-and-support-functionally - 2026-05-27

What are the latest contributions to sustainability research, and who is working on the Global Goals? It is now possible to search for researchers, organisations, research output and projects that relate to the UN’s global goals. At the beginning of October, sustainability labels were launched to the public in Lund University’s Research Portal. The tagging can be used as one of many filters when l

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/53-910-taggings-sustainable-goals-universitys-research-output - 2026-05-28