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In the autumn, I hope we in the university management can focus on the core issues that we want to drive forward. It has been a very unusual start for the new University Management, strongly characterised by the ongoing pandemic. I hope that developments now go in the right direction and that within the University Management we can focus more on the core issues that we want to drive forward. The c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/intensified-focus-strategic-issues-education - 2026-06-15

Children in preschool and primary school will now be able to learn more about insects, birds, flowers and plants, how valuable they are and how we humans can protect nature. The collaborative project ‘Natural Nations’ is introducing biodiversity in the curriculum. In the past, knowledge of species and the natural world was part of general knowledge and was passed down through generations. Today, t

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/children-and-biologists-research-biodiversity-together - 2026-06-15

Researchers have successfully mapped the entire genome of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle. The breakthrough paves the way for new research into bark beetles and better prospects for effective pest control of a species that can destroy more than 100 million cubic metres of spruce forest during a single year in Europe and Asia. Mapping the genome of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle enables a far deep

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/entire-genome-common-forest-pest-now-revealed - 2026-06-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Three first-year Master students at the Master’s programme in Strategic communication have been selected to present their papers at the European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA) congress to be held in October 2021. The students have worked on their papers during the course “Qualitative met

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/master-students-presenting-papers-academic-conference-euprera - 2026-06-15

Israel is in shock. The most basic task of a country's defence forces is to guard and protect its borders. Yet the Israeli army was caught completely off guard when thousands of terrorists entered the country to murder and take hostages. Read the interview with Karin Aggestam, Professor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Advanced Middle East Studies and expert on the Israeli-Palestin

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/war-between-israel-and-hamas - 2026-06-15

Since April, the second part of a sustainable mobility project, which is to examine all staff and students’ travel habits to and from campus, has been underway. The aim of the project is to reduce the negative impact of our travel to and from work/studies on sustainability and the environment. Lund University currently has around 8,000 employees and 46,000 students, which means a lot of people tra

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-do-you-get-work - 2026-06-16

One in three patients is asked about their lifestyle habits when they visit the outpatient healthcare clinics. This figure really ought to be higher, according to Professors Hanne Tønnesen and Inger Kristensson Hallström, who are in charge of the WHO Collaborating Centre at Lund University. Lifestyle should concern the health care system even more than it does today,stresses Hanne Tønnesen: “We qu

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/who-mission-creating-evidence-how-health-care-can-prevent-disease - 2026-06-15

Narrative medicine provides tools for clinicians to read patients better. 2022 Sandblom Prize Lecture will be given by pioneering Professor Rita Charon of Columbia University on the discipline that uses the arts to improve understanding. Clinicians trained in narrative medicine are more able to listen for what their patients tell them, to see from others’ perspectives – including patients and fami

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/sandblom-prize-expanding-creativity-clinical-worlds-through-narrative-medicine - 2026-06-15

In 2022, the world's nations achieved a "Paris Agreement for nature" — the Kunming-Montreal Framework, negotiated during COP15 in Canada. Now, the follow-up meeting, COP16, is set to take place in Cali, Colombia. What is Sweden’s position ahead of this meeting, and what policy processes are underway for the implementation of the framework? And where does research fit into all of this? We posed a f

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/policy-insights-ahead-cop16-colombia - 2026-06-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Two universities within 20 km of each other will become a reality next year when the higher education institution in Malmö will receive full university status. What this will mean for Lund is unclear. Will the university in Malmö be a complement or a competitor? In Lund, the feeling is cautiously optimistic. Huset Ork

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/complement-or-competitor - 2026-06-15

Researchers from Lund University interested in understanding how aging affects the brain have made a new discovery that will help make it easier to study age-related brain diseases and potential treatments in the future. The key to this? human skin cells. The human brain is often likened to the night sky. Look up and one will see billions upon billions of stars. Our brains are similar in that with

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-our-skin-cells-might-be-key-better-understanding-human-brain - 2026-06-15

Researchers from Lund University interested in understanding how aging affects the brain have made a new discovery that will help make it easier to study age-related brain diseases and potential treatments in the future. The key to this? human skin cells. The human brain is often likened to the night sky. Look up and one will see billions upon billions of stars. Our brains are similar in that with

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/how-our-skin-cells-might-be-key-better-understanding-human-brain - 2026-06-15

You have to respect the fact that collaboration takes time and is not always so easy to achieve, according to Louise Bringselius, who recently started the Institute for Public Affairs together with researchers from the Faculty of Social Sciences and the School of Economics and Management. During her years as a research leader for the Trust Delegation, Louise Bringselius built a large network among

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-tool-researchers-take-part-public-debate - 2026-06-15

Better treatment with the Mange PD tool. A biobank that opens up for discoveries about disease development. Keys to life satisfaction in people with Parkinson’s disease. New insights into toxic protein aggregation. And a more detailed knowledge of abnormal movement patterns with artificial intelligence. Just to mention a few of all news related to Parkinson’s disease from the strategic research ar

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/world-parkinsons-day-five-promising-research-projects-multipark - 2026-06-15

The course “Climate Change: a question of justice?” will be held in English and is free and open for registration now. The MOOC focuses on social science perspectives of climate change and features well-known experts and activists in the field of climate justice. Course start is September 28th. BECC researchers Johannes Stripple, Fariborz Zelli, Tobias Nielsen and Angela Oels from the Department o

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-online-course-subject-climate-change-and-justice - 2026-06-15

NextG2Com theme leader Emma Söderberg was one of the hosts of a thought-provoking workshop on perceptual engineering. Perceptual engineering explores how technology can be designed to investigate and alter our perception, how we experience and interpret the world. The keynote speaker at the fika-to-fika event was researcher Jas Brooks from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), who presented

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/insight-perceptual-engineering - 2026-06-15

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 | Lunds universitet Medicin och hälsa   Sol, värme, smittor och sjukdom Höga temperaturer, värmeböljor och sjukdom Höga tempe

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitets-sommarlista-2025-massor-av-experter-pa-sommarens-fragor - 2026-06-16

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/all-employees-sustainable-proposal-testbed - 2026-06-15

We are happy to announce a call for papers for the next issue of the Asia in Focus journal—published by the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University—with a planned publication date in early summer 2026. Submission deadline: November 14th We are happy to announce a call for papers for the next issue of the Asia in Focus journal—published by the Centre for East and South-East As

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/call-papers-asia-focus-issue-no-12 - 2026-06-15

Deadline: 14 November 2025, 12:00 CET For the first time, Lund University and the MAX IV Laboratory are launching a joint artist-in-residence programme. This residency programme invites Nordic artists from all disciplines to explore the interface between art and cutting-edge research. What’s offered: 4-week residency (Jan–May 2026)200,000 SEK in funding (artist fee, travel, accommodation, producti

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/call-artist-residence-max-iv-lund-university - 2026-06-15