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Read the director’s message, explore the latest research news, discover upcoming events, and browse our recent publications. Read full newsletter here!Season's greetings from the team at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies!CMES organised several major events during the latter part of the autumn semester. A topical public seminar was co-organised with Peace and Conflict Studies, focusing

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-55-0 - 2026-07-13

Interview with CMES researchers Nina Gren and Svante Lundgren about suspected war crimes in Israel and Palestine. The original article, in Swedish, was published on 7 November 2023 as part of the LU Newsletter Apropå. In the long-running conflict in Israel and Palestine, it is the innocent civilians who pay the highest price. No matter what the other side has done, international humanitarian law m

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/suspected-war-crimes-israel-and-palestine - 2026-07-13

The fire that broke out Saturday 25 May in a solar cell system on the roof of BMC in Lund has now been extinguished and the rescue service has announced that it is possible to use the premises again. It is once again possible to work on the site, with the exception of the rooms on B15 which are closed until further notice and B14 is only open to those who have their workplace there. No person was

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/fire-bmc-lund-fire-extinguished-return-possible - 2026-07-13

The project, "A unified web experience for education", is now going into an intense phase at all Lund University faculties. The aim of the project is to create a university-wide, modern and quality-assured service website that guides prospective students in their choice of education. Today, information about the university's programmes and courses is spread across many different websites at univer

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/moving-towards-unified-web-experience-students - 2026-07-13

Dhalion Biotech, a new WCMM spin-off, is transforming bone cancer research. Founded by WCMM Fellow Paul Bourgine and his team, the startup uses human bone organoids to develop advanced tools for cancer modeling and drug testing. WCMM Fellow Paul Bourgine, alongside co-founders Dimitra Zacharaki and Alejandro García García, both researchers in his group, has launched Dhalion Biotech, an innovative

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fellow-launches-biotech-startup-advancing-bone-cancer-research - 2026-07-13

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/ulf-johansson-joins-swedish-retail-and-wholesale-council - 2026-07-13

Den årliga Hållbarhetsveckan i Lund närmar sig, med ett rikt program även i år. Från Konstnärliga fakulteten hittar vi musik, performance och konstnärlig forskning i interaktiva evenemang som vill mer än att informera - de vill beröra.Hållbarhet är ett mångfacetterat område som sträcker sig långt bortom naturvetenskapen. Begreppet omfattar även konstnärliga, existentiella och sociala perspektiv. F

https://www.mhm.lu.se/artikel/hallbarhet-som-gar-att-kanna-konstnarliga-perspektiv-under-hallbarhetsveckan-i-lund - 2026-07-13

Den årliga Hållbarhetsveckan i Lund närmar sig, med ett rikt program även i år. Från Konstnärliga fakulteten hittar vi musik, performance och konstnärlig forskning i interaktiva evenemang som vill mer än att informera - de vill beröra.Hållbarhet är ett mångfacetterat område som sträcker sig långt bortom naturvetenskapen. Begreppet omfattar även konstnärliga, existentiella och sociala perspektiv. F

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/hallbarhet-som-gar-att-kanna-konstnarliga-perspektiv-under-hallbarhetsveckan-i-lund - 2026-07-13

Trots skärpta straff och ökade resurser till rättsväsendet visar forskningen inga tecken på att detta leder till minskad kriminalitet. – Vi vill problematisera att straff skulle vara det bästa alternativet, säger Tova Bennet, straffrättsforskare vid Lunds universitet. De senaste femton åren har hårdare straff blivit ett populärt verktyg i den svenska kriminalpolitiken. Det är alltså inte endast un

https://www.lu.se/artikel/inget-stod-i-forskningen-hardare-straff - 2026-07-14

The Paralympics, the parasport's equivalent of the Olympics, is currently in full swing with 4400 athletes from 184 countries. Jan Lexell, a researcher at Medfak, is on site for the fifth time and has overall medical responsibility during the Games. Jan Lexell started working with parasport and the Paralympics 15 years ago, and between 2010 and 2018 he was Chief Medical Officer for the Swedish tea

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/paralympics-paris-our-man-site-great-commitment - 2026-07-13

Doctoral student Pernilla Danielsson has written a thesis entitled ‘User Orientation in Welfare Services: Challenges from a Public Service Logic Perspective’. On April 9, the thesis was officially nailed, and Pernilla is now ready to defend her work at her public defence, which will take place on April 24. In her thesis, Pernilla Danielsson examines the conditions for user-oriented work in the wel

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/nailing-ceremony-pernilla-danielsson - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Fifteen engineers from Syria have enrolled as students at the Lund Faculty of Engineering (LTH). For one year, they will top up their degrees with Swedish university credits and take an intensive language course in Swedish. The idea is to create a shortcut to employment for people who are relatively new in Sweden. “Lu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/finally-mohammad-can-begin-studying-lth - 2026-07-13

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 - 2026-07-13

There is now an updated platform for strategic work which will guide our initiatives between 2025 and 2027. This update is an important part of our efforts to remain relevant and competitive in a rapidly changing world. The world around us is becoming increasingly unpredictable and complex, and in order to meet the new challenges we must act more quickly and in new ways. The platform for strategic

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/updated-platform-strategic-work-initiatives-international-impact - 2026-07-14

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The graduating master students from the Department of Strategic Communication took part in a digital Farewell reception at the Department on Monday June 7 and then attended the digital graduation ceremony at the Faculty of Social Sciences on Wednesday June 9. Two days filled with speeches, cheers and celebrations. The

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/graduation-ceremony-master-programme - 2026-07-13

The Vice-Chancellor has decided that the first part of the ‘Coordinated examination service’ project will start with a budget of SEK 13.8 million. The project is tasked with initiating coordinated administration and scheduling, organising a pool of exam invigilators and starting work on the construction of a dedicated examinations building. The project is based on the wishes and organisational req

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-efficient-exam-management-coordinated-examination-service-project - 2026-07-13

Together with Maziar Mohammadi (Tarbiat Modares University) and Alireza Motevalli (Tarbiat Modares University), CMES researchers Seyed Amir Naghibi and Hossein Hashemi have authored the article "Human-induced arsenic pollution modeling in surface waters - An integrated approach using machine learning algorithms and environmental factors", available online in the Journal of Environmental Management

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/arsenic-pollution-modeling-surface-waters-iran - 2026-07-13

In 2020, the UN General Assembly received a report on academic freedom from the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. Based on the report, a working group has consulted widely and drafted 9 ’Principles for Implementing the Right of Academic Freedom’. These principles are now released to guide the protection of academic freedom. Dis

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/seminar-8-april-principles-implementing-and-safeguarding-academic-freedom - 2026-07-14

Inspiring, diverse, and multidisciplinary! DevRes2024, hosted by Lund University, brought together 200 researchers and practitioners from 16 different countries, for a two-day conference in October. DevRes 2024 was hosted by Lund University on 21 - 23 October, and the conference theme was “Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals in a polarized world”. DevRes is a bi-annual conference gathering

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/devres2024-inspiring-diverse-and-multidisciplinary - 2026-07-13

Research has shown that only one out of three individuals with osteoarthritis receives appropriate care. Doctoral candidate Simone Battista aims to explore why many osteoarthritis patients are not offered the right treatment. Simultaneously, he seeks to understand how aware individuals with osteoarthritis are of available treatments to alleviate osteoarthritis symptoms. This study is a collaborati

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/italian-doctoral-student-wants-find-out-why-so-few-osteoarthritis-patients-receive-proper-care - 2026-07-13