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Edouard Berrocal, a university lecturer at the Department of Physics, has developed a new method to test hazy liquids using scattered light. Read about how he combines his academic career with his role as the founder of Spec-Imaging AB. Spec-Imaging is the company that builds on Edouard Berrocal’s research. Previously, it was often not possible to make reliable measurements of hazy, or what are ca

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-discoveries-groundbreaking-products - 2026-07-24

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Urban sharing of assets, spaces and skills has emerged as a promising future solution to sustainability challenges faced by cities. It is also the subject of a new project by Oksana Mont, professor in sustainable consumption and production at IIIEE, who recently received the Swedish Foundations’ Starting Grant – a new

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/urban-sharing-promising-future-solution-sustainability-challenges-cities - 2026-07-23

Primitive stoves and diesel engines produce soot particles, besides being bad for your health, have a negative effect on the climate. By affecting the atmosphere’s ability to form cloud droplets and ice particles, soot can dislodge the radiation balance. This according to doctoral student John Falk, who is currently working on his dissertation about cloud droplet and ice particle formation in clou

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/ice-particles-clouds-can-affect-climate - 2026-07-23

Primitive stoves and diesel engines produce soot particles, besides being bad for your health, have a negative effect on the climate. By affecting the atmosphere’s ability to form cloud droplets and ice particles, soot can dislodge the radiation balance. This according to doctoral student John Falk, who is currently working on his dissertation about cloud droplet and ice particle formation in clou

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/iceparticles-clouds-can-affect-climate - 2026-07-23

This year, Media and Communication Studies instituted an award for exceptional master's theses in the subject. The papers given the Peter Dahlgren Excellent Dissertation Award had been publicly defended and received the highest grade."We instituted this prize to celebrate the hard work our international master programme students put into their theses every year and the amazing results that yields,

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/first-recipients-peter-dahlgren-excellent-dissertation-award - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University Diabetes Centre has entered into a collaboration with the Regeneron Genetics Center LLC (RGC) and the University of Helsinki involving exome-sequencing and whole genome array genotyping of greater than 9,000 individuals. The collaboration will involve the largest sequencing study in diabetes families t

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/lund-initiates-genetic-sequencing-study-diabetes-families-provide-new-insights-what-causes-disease - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The number of managers at the University who have consulted the Occupational Health Service for preventive purposes has risen during the pandemic. "It is easy to feel that you are losing control when things change quickly and you don't know exactly how your employees are coping at home", says Anne Link, head of the Oc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-people-need-help-cope-working-home - 2026-07-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Studenter från Lunds universitet befinner sig på olika platser runt om i världen för att bedriva utbytesstudier, praktik eller fältarbete. En del av dem har åkt hem till Sverige under coronakrisen, medan andra stannar kvar. Vi har bett några av dem ge en bild av deras situation där de befinner sig på olika platser i

https://www.lu.se/artikel/studenter-utomlands-berattar-om-livet-under-coronakrisen - 2026-07-24

On Tuesday, the new PhD students from partner universities around the country, who have joined the graduate school in 2025, met for the first time. During the introduction day in Lund, they got to meet SWEAH's management and PhD students who have been active in the graduate school since before. Together, the newly admitted PhD students have knowledge and experience from large parts of the world, f

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/here-are-sweahs-new-phd-students - 2026-07-23

Øystein Opedal was one of 494 European researchers to receive an ERC Starting Grant for his project “POLLCLIM: Plant adaptation in a changing pollination climate“. As Øystein is a member of BECC, we were curious to know a little bit more about his grant. The ERC Starting Grant is intended for early-career researchers and the only selection criterion is scientific excellence. After undergoing peer

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/oystein-opedal-receiving-erc-grant - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Steven Curtis & Matthias Lehner publish open access journal article that proposes a logically-consistent definition of the sharing economy that prioritises sustainability. The sharing economy is largely promoted to facilitate access over ownership, which proponents of the sharing economy suggest leads to reduced resou

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/publication-defining-sharing-economy-sustainability - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Friday, we invited our new masterstudents to join Fresher´s Day at the Department of Service Management. Fresher´s day is an opportunity for the students to get to know each other better and also to get to know their SI-leaders, since this day is done in collaboration with the SI leaders on the first day of SI-mett

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/freshers-day-our-new-students - 2026-07-23

This week, the Department of Communication hosted the doctoral course “The Emerging Field of Strategic Communication – in Times of Geopolitical Conflict and Crisis” (5 ECTS). PhD candidates from Lund University, Mid Sweden University, University of Jyväskylä, and Cardiff University came together to explore key geopolitical challenges in strategic communication.The course covered pressing themes, i

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/doctoral-course-emerging-field-strategic-communication-times-geopolitical-conflict-and-crisis - 2026-07-23

Congratulations all admitted students and welcome to the Department of Sociology! There are four international master's programmes at the Department of Sociology: Cultural Criminology (SACCR), Human Resources, Sociology (SASCO) and Social Anthropology (SASAN). We also collaborate with other departments on several master's programmes and one bachelor's programme in English.Do not miss important inf

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/admitted-one-our-international-masters-programmes-starting-autumn - 2026-07-23

Antikonsumtion, Hållbar turism, Politikens polarisering och det nya ledarskapet. Programpunkterna på årets upplaga av Framtidsveckan är lika högaktuella som relevanta. Vill du vara med? Du kan delta fysiskt eller digitalt. Under Framtidsveckan lyfter Lunds universitet angelägna och avgörande frågor för framtiden. Varmt välkommen att lyssna på fördjupande samtal där våra forskare samtalar om en rad

https://www.isk.lu.se/artikel/under-framtidsveckan-finns-vara-forskare-pa-plats-anmal-dig-nu - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Right now, the EUGLOH photo competition is in progress and all students and staff at Lund University are welcome to participate! How has the pandemic affected our campus? Take pictures showing Lund University right now in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. First prize is a camera.Read more about the photo competi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eugloh-photo-competition-students-and-staff - 2026-07-23

The NanoLund spin-off company AlixLabs has been selected as a winning entrant from the third batch of the IC Taiwan Grand Challenge, an international competition that recognizes groundbreaking innovations in semiconductor and related technologies. Out of a highly competitive global field, AlixLabs was selected for its Atomic Layer Etch Pitch Splitting (APS™) technology – a breakthrough equipment s

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/alixlabs-wins-ic-taiwan-grand-challenge - 2026-07-23

Idag är Alzheimers sjukdom den vanligaste dödsorsaken för personer med Downs syndrom. Forskare vid Lunds universitet har därför, i samarbete med Alzheimer’s Biomarker Consortium – Down Syndrome i USA, undersökt biomarkörer i blodplasman hos denna grupp. Dessa markörer kan hjälpa till att förutsäga framtida förändringar i hjärnan och kognitiv nedsättning vid Alzheimers sjukdom, för personer med Dow

https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/blodprov-kan-forutse-demens-vid-downs-syndrom - 2026-07-23

Idag är Alzheimers sjukdom den vanligaste dödsorsaken för personer med Downs syndrom. Forskare vid Lunds universitet har därför, i samarbete med Alzheimer’s Biomarker Consortium – Down Syndrome i USA, undersökt biomarkörer i blodplasman hos denna grupp. Dessa markörer kan hjälpa till att förutsäga framtida förändringar i hjärnan och kognitiv nedsättning vid Alzheimers sjukdom, för personer med Dow

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/blodprov-kan-forutse-demens-vid-downs-syndrom - 2026-07-24

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Division of Risk Management and Societal Resilience, LTH, Lund University and SASNET invites you to apply for a Summer School 17-21 September 2018 on Gender, Disasters and Climate Risk. With risks posed by extreme weather events and climate-induced disasters placed on top spots on the list of Global risks, achieving w

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/summer-school-gender-disasters-and-climate-risk - 2026-07-23