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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The mountainsides are on fire. In the village below, activities are in full swing: women and men working in the fields, fishing in the river, and herding cattle along the grassy wetlands. The painting took four days to produce during fieldwork in Tanzania. Emma Johansson Li, a researcher in physical geography, has ded

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/physical-geographer-uses-art-her-research - 2026-05-23

Professor Martha Bailey and the Swedish Riksbank’s First Deputy Governor Anna Breman have been appointed 2024 honorary doctors at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM). American economist and economic historianMartha Bailey is a Professor of Economics at the University of California (UCLA). She also works at the prestigious National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Baile

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/leading-us-economist-and-first-deputy-governor-riksbank-new-honorary-doctors - 2026-05-23

Professor Martha Bailey and the Swedish Riksbank’s First Deputy Governor Anna Breman have been appointed 2024 honorary doctors at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM). American economist and economic historianMartha Bailey is a Professor of Economics at the University of California (UCLA). She also works at the prestigious National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Baile

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/leading-us-economist-and-first-deputy-governor-riksbank-new-honorary-doctors - 2026-05-23

Open-call for composers and sound-artists affiliated with Inter Arts Center/Lund University (including alumni) Lithuanian Composers’ Union, together with Druskininkai Artists‘ residency and Culture Moves Europe programme, invites artists to apply for the international residency, gathering artists from Austria, Sweden, and Ukraine to compose new works for Jauna muzika contemporary music festival, w

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/one-month-residency-lithuania - 2026-05-23

This course is intended for students with intermediate knowledge of programming in Python and basic knowledge of partial differential equations (PDEs) who would like to learn techniques how to solve such problems numerically. ObjectiveThis course is intended for students with intermediate knowledge of programming in Python and basic knowledge of partial differential equations (PDEs) who would like

https://www.compute.lu.se/article/solving-pdes-dune-fem-vt2022-30-ects - 2026-05-23

In memory of the nuclear physicist Lise Meitner, the Gothenburg Physics Centre since 2006 awards a prize to a scientist who made a breakthrough discovery in physics. Next week, Anne L’Huillier is given the prize at a ceremony in Gothenburg. The Gothenburg Physics Centre proudly presents Anne L’Huillier as the laureate of the Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award 2020. Anne L’Huillier, professor of Atom Ph

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/gothenburg-lise-meitner-award-anne-lhuillier - 2026-05-23

In memory of the nuclear physicist Lise Meitner, the Gothenburg Physics Centre since 2006 awards a prize to a scientist who made a breakthrough discovery in physics. Next week, Anne L’Huillier is given the prize at a ceremony in Gothenburg. The Gothenburg Physics Centre proudly presents Anne L’Huillier as the laureate of the Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award 2020. Anne L’Huillier, professor of Atom Ph

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/gothenburg-lise-meitner-award-anne-lhuillier - 2026-05-23

Eric Warrant, a professor at the Department of Biology, has received an ERC Advanced Grant for his project “Incredible journeys: How do multiple sensory cues allow animal migrants to precisely navigate to a distant goal?” Congratulations Eric, how does it feel?“Very gratifying! This is my second Advanced Grant and it feels like a good confirmation that we are on the right path with our research.”C

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/biology-professor-receives-prestigious-eu-grant - 2026-05-23

Last week, for the first time ever, the Education Board and the Research Board held a joint workshop. The theme for the workshop was how to intertwine research and education and the goal was to create a clearer overall picture of what issues need to be discussed and dealt with. Pro Vice-Chancellor Per Mickwitz and I initiated the workshop in our capacities as chair of the Research Board and chair

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-and-education-should-be-more-intertwined - 2026-05-24

EUGLOH Week at Lund University was organised between 9 and 12 May, with participants from the alliance’s five member universities in France, Portugal, Germany, Sweden and Hungary. Many of the participants also attended the virtual workshop that took place over two days in February. EUGLOH Week is based on the concept of Staff Week, which is organised in many parts of the world and where actual exc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eugloh-week-internationalisation-and-exchange-home - 2026-05-24

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Growing up in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, he knew that one wrong word could get you killed; as a forced recruit, he came close to death many times. But after three Master’s degrees, Dara Maghdid has earned a PhD with his investigation of cultural differences in the teaching of mathematics. Now he wants to thank Lund Univer

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/phd-mathematics-against-all-odds - 2026-05-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Is there any underlying biological explanation for why men are responsible for such a large proportion of sexual assaults compared to women? Or, from a biological point of view, could women just as easily have been the ones to commit this type of harassment and assault, if the social and historical power structure wer

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/biology-could-partially-explain-sexual-abuse-power - 2026-05-23

Ett hem som äldre upplever som meningsfullt bidrar till deras välbefinnande. I stället för antal rum och höjd på trösklar, är det känslomässiga aspekter som samhället borde fokusera på. Och hellre proaktiva än reaktiva satsningar. Det framkommer i veckans avhandling av Frida Nordeström, doktorand i profilområdet Proaktivt åldrande. – Jag hoppas resultaten slår an hur fler tänker kring proaktiva bo

https://www.case.lu.se/artikel/ny-forskning-lyfter-vikten-av-satsningar-pa-55-plussare - 2026-05-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Som diagnos är diabetesformen MODY ovanlig, patienterna får ofta en annan vanligare diabetesdiagnos och andra är odiagnostiserade. Eftersom behandlingen skiljer sig åt vid de olika MODY-formerna är rätt diagnos viktig. Här en omarbetad och förkortad text som ST-läkaren Jonas Bengtsson vid labmedicin, klinisk kemi i

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/diabetesformen-mody-hur-manga-missar-vi - 2026-05-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. RQ20, the new major research quality evaluation, is underway! It is based on self-evaluations and will involve around 5 000 members of staff. In contrast to the last time, in 2008, there is no extra money for the fields of research that come out best. There will be no grades or gold stars. “However, the evaluation wil

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-be-evaluated-without-grades-or-gold-stars - 2026-05-23

Är påminnelser via sms en effektiv strategi för att öka följsamheten till behandling för ungdomar som lever med HIV i Etiopien? Det har ett forskarteam från forskargruppen Barns och familjers hälsa undersökt i samarbete med Arba Minch University i Etiopien. Etiopien är ett av de 35 länder som Världshälsoorganisationen WHO har ringat in som är i särskilt behov av stärkt HIV-prevention. Dålig följsa

https://www.barnfamiljhalsa.lu.se/nyhet/210910 - 2026-05-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Ketevan Bolkvadze har, tillsammans med Marina Povitkina från Göteborgs universitet, publicerat artikeln "Fresh Pipes with Dirty Water: How quality of government shapes the provision of public goods in democracies". Artikeln har publicerats i tidskriften ”European Journal of Political Research”. Om artikeln (på engel

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/tillhandahallande-av-offentliga-varor-i-demokratier - 2026-05-23

The EAT-Lancet diet is a framework designed to promote environmental sustainability while also preventing common diseases such as type 2 diabetes. How do we know if the diet actually works? An international research team studied seven dietary scores and found that two of them were particularly good at evaluating adherence to the diet. Reliable diet scores are important when developing sustainable

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/research-paves-way-sustainable-dietary-recommendations - 2026-05-23

With 10,000 new cases a year, prostate cancer is the most common cancer type in Sweden. To create equal, accessible and high-quality prostate cancer care, Region Skåne has introduced Organised prostate cancer testing, OPT. "Anyone who wants to should be allowed to be tested for prostate cancer. Studies show that early detection lowers long-term mortality", says Anders Bjartell, one of Sweden’s lea

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/organised-prostate-cancer-testing-provide-more-equal-care - 2026-05-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Vad påverkar sannolikheten att en individ ansluter sig till en radikal grupp? Hanna Bäck och Niklas Altermark har, tillsammans med Emma Bäck och Holly Knapton, studerat den frågan i en experimentell studie. Resultaten av studien visar att när en individ upplever social exkludering så är sannolikheten högre att hen a

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/back-och-altermark-om-radikalisering - 2026-05-23