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I den långvariga konflikten i Israel och Palestina är det de oskyldiga civila som betalar det högsta priset. Oavsett vad den andra sidan gjort ska den internationella humanitära rätten alltid upprätthållas. Det understryker folkrättsforskaren Alberto Rinaldi. Hamas attack mot Israel den 7 oktober var startskottet för det pågående och senaste kriget som krävt tusentals liv. På tre veckor har det dö

https://www.lu.se/artikel/misstankta-krigsbrott-i-israel-och-palestina - 2026-05-02

During his Ph.D. studies, Alexander Svanbergsson has established a modelling system to screen for factors affecting the aggregation of alpha-synuclein in Parkinson’s disease. On the 3rd of December, it is time for him to defend his work supervised by Prof. Jia-Yi Li. Now, Alexander tells us about his research in the research group Neural Plasticity and Repair at MultiPark. What is your research ab

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-alexander-svanbergsson - 2026-05-01

Vissa ämnen skrivs det särskilt ofta i media om under sommaren. Här finns en lista över forskare vid Lunds universitet som kan svara på vanliga sommarfrågor och en rad andra ämnen som ofta är aktuella. För experter i flera aktuella ämnen, se Experter – listor och databaser  Medicin och hälsa Sol, värme, smittor och sjukdomKlimat, luftföroreningar, värmeböljor och hälsaFysisk aktivitet, träning och

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitets-sommarexpertlista-2024 - 2026-05-02

For the past year, Henrik Smith has been a member of the Climate Policy Council, which recently launched its report for. Henrik is a professor in Animal Ecology at CEC and the Department of Biology and the coordinator of BECC. At the report launch, he especially highlighted the importance of handling both the climate crisis and the biodiversity crisis at the same time. The Climate Policy Council e

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/henrik-smith-reflections-release-swedish-climate-councils-report - 2026-05-01

During last autumn and winter a team of researchers, PhD students and master students from Lund University and Leuphana University, Lüneburg, joined forces to undertake a student-driven quantitative review on temporal changes in ecosystem services. While the primary outcome of this collaboration will be a review to be published in an international scientific journal, the true added value of the st

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/student-driven-quantitative-review-temporal-changes-ecosystem-services - 2026-05-01

“External engagement is at the centre of what happens at Leeds University Business School (LUBS), be it with partner companies, NGOs or alumni. It’s a bridge between these levels and the students, researchers and teachers at our school and a high priority of our’s”, says Anna France, relationship manager at LUBS. Together with her colleague David Gardner, operations manager of external engagement,

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/leeds-comes-lund - 2026-05-01

An EU directive on platform work will soon be released, a directive that has been criticized by both labor market parties and all parties in the Swedish parliament. Annamaria Westregård, associate professor in Business Law dives into the intricacies of platform work in her new book. In her book "Platform Workers and Self-Employed in Swedish Law," Annamaria Westregård, a researcher in commercial la

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/platform-worker-employee-or-entrepreneur - 2026-05-01

Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson recently presented the government’s budget bill. It contains reduced grants but also some additional funding for Lund University. Elisabeth Svantesson spoke of the economic winter in which Sweden now finds itself, and the importance of pushing down inflation, while households and public services need support. The recession is not expected to be over until 2026

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-lund-university-affected-budget-bill - 2026-05-02

Patients suffering from myocardial infarction who receive early add-on lipid-lowering medication have a significantly better prognosis than those who receive add-on treatment late, or not all. Based on the results of a study from Lund University in Sweden, many new heart attacks, strokes and deaths could be prevented. Cardiovascular disease is by far the most common cause of death worldwide, and m

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/simple-medication-can-save-lives-cardiac-patients - 2026-05-01

Congratulations Anna Blom, Professor of Medical Protein Chemistry at Lund University and the recipient of the Swedish Society of Medicine’s Berzelius Medal in Gold 2021 for innovative research in the field of medical chemistry. How does it feel to receive this prestigious award? – It’s a great honour for me to be awarded the Berzelius Medal and for our research to receive such notice. I began my p

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/anna-blom-receives-2021-berzelius-medal-advances-medical-chemistry - 2026-05-01

A groundbreaking study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the Australian Bogong moth uses the stars and the Milky Way as a compass during its annual 1,000-kilometre journey to cool inland caves. It also reveals that the Earth’s magnetic field plays an important role in the enigmatic moth’s navigation. It is absolutely amazing considering the length of the journey. It’s the equivalent of a h

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/moths-use-stars-and-earths-magnetic-field-compass - 2026-05-01

Earlier this fall, Milda Pucetaite was one of the 400 European researchers to receive an ERC Starting Grant for her project “Tracing single-cell scale chemical signalling between interacting soil fungi". As Milda is a member of BECC, we were curious to know a little bit more about her grant. The ERC Starting Grant is intended for early-career researchers and the only selection criterion is scienti

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/milda-pucetaite-receiving-erc-grant - 2026-05-01

Marketed as the early bird among the new leadership of the faculty, Andreas Inghammar tends to be at the office from eight o’clock whereas Joakim Gullstrand would be the sleepy head showing up at 8.05. We got a chance to meet our new Deputy Dean and find out more about him. “I’m one of those people who hated, really hated the pandemic. It’s because I love being here, being available, meeting peopl

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/andreas-inghammar-singing-sailor-and-new-deputy-dean - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ana Maria Vargas has been awarded the FALF-prize for best doctoral thesis in Sweden 2016 in the field of work and working environment. Her thesis is called "Outside the Law - An Ethnographic Study of Street Vendors In Bogota". The jury consisting of the board of FALF, forum for working life research, motivates the cho

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/award-winning-account-street-vendors-and-rickshaws-bogota - 2026-05-01

It is always exciting to move into a new student apartment. You might think that all student apartments look pretty much the same, both in terms of layout and interior design, but that is far from the truth. At Furutorpsgatan student accommodation, Ellen Tössberg lives in a one-bedroom apartment of twenty square meters. The apartment may be small, but it has a lot of personality. When I enter Elle

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/welcome-home-ellen - 2026-05-01

Emissions from our air travel decreased in 2024, compared with the previous year. Air travel accounts for the main part of our emissions from business travel and therefore the total climate impact of our business travel has decreased, even though emissions from car travel have increased. Every year, in connection with its annual report, the University submits a report on our environmental manageme

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/greenhouse-gas-emissions-our-business-travel-have-decreased - 2026-05-02

A large amount of lungs donated cannot be used for transplantation. Researchers at Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University in Sweden and Skåne University Hospital have conducted an animal study bringing hope that more donor lungs could be used in the future. The researchers have launched a pilot study to investigate whether the treatment will have the same positive effects on human beings. About 19

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-treatment-could-result-more-donor-lungs - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University have contributed to creating a new, updated version of a global climate model that will increase understanding of global warming. Through the new model, one can now look at how land use and changes to vegetation can influence, and be influenced by, climate change. It is the first time th

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/unique-climate-modeling-vegetation-focus - 2026-05-01

Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) has now received its reaccreditation through both the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) and The Association of MBAs (AMBA). Thereby, the School holds its position in the ranks of top business schools worldwide awarded with a “Triple Crown”. The triple accreditation, or the Triple Crown, is the combination of accreditations held b

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/lusem-reaffirms-its-triple-crown-accreditation - 2026-05-01

Each year, Lund Stem Cell Center presents one of its members with its Article of the Year Award. This year three distinguished nominees contended for the title. Among them, Marie Jönsson, representing the research group Molecular Neurogenetics, was awarded Article of the Year 2021, for their work in revealing how the activation of ancient viruses during brain development causes inflammation. In th

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/scc-article-year-award-goes - 2026-05-01