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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Curiosity and the desire to learn are strong driving forces behind Almut Kelber’s research and her work as Pro Dean for research at the Faculty of Science. Almut Kelber says that knowledge about the animals’ solutions can also provide answers to general problems. “In my work as pro dean, it is important that I also co

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/captivated-colour-vision-birds-and-moths - 2026-07-05

Unfair, ineffective, and inefficient. These are some of the moral objections to increasing fuel prices in Sweden. A new study from Lund University identifies how social movements are resisting green transition policies through moral reasoning and argues that their concerns must be both recognised and responded to, in order to achieve a low-carbon future. – If politicians want different climate pol

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/moral-resistance-green-transitions-focuses-unfairness-inefficiency-and-ineffectiveness - 2026-07-05

As 2025 gets under way, the University, and I dare say the whole higher education sector, has got off to a flying start. The reason for this flying start is, of course, the Research and Innovation Bill that was presented just before Christmas and has since been analysed from all angles. The analysis will continue, as the parts that are still unclear take shape in the Spring Budget or in new direct

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/flying-start-2025 - 2026-07-06

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New research from Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies shows that children’s relationships with nature are not only important for their wellbeing but also for future sustainable forest management. The study also shows that different socioeconomic factors affect children’s experiences of and relationships

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/childrens-relationship-nature-key-future-sustainable-forest-management - 2026-07-05

When research findings are ready to make the leap from the lab to the patient, the requirements become much stricter. That is precisely where many promising projects start to falter. “We want to be the bridge between research and the patient, so that promising projects don’t get stuck in that difficult transition,” says Sara Nolbrant, director of the new pre-GMP facility. And with that, she disapp

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/training-ground-cell-and-gene-therapies-new-pre-gmp-facility-aims-smooth-path-idea-patient - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There are delicious smells emanating from the kitchen at the Malmö apartment of nutrition physiologist, Louise Brunkwall. Today, she is making pasta and vegetable sauce for lunch. A clean up before the interview with LUM means she can no longer find anything in the kitchen cupboards: “Usually there is always some kind

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/help-your-body-outwit-reptile-brain - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Article in The Conversation by Paul Franks, professor of genetic epidemiology and Peter M Nilsson, professor of internal medicine - epidemiology at Lund University. A growing number of Swedish doctors and scientists are raising alarm over the Swedish government’s approach to COVID-19. Unlike its Nordic neighbours, Swe

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/sweden-under-fire-relaxed-coronavirus-approach-heres-science-behind-it - 2026-07-05

When research findings are ready to make the leap from the lab to the patient, the requirements become much stricter. That is precisely where many promising projects start to falter. “We want to be the bridge between research and the patient, so that promising projects don’t get stuck in that difficult transition,” says Sara Nolbrant, director of the new pre-GMP facility. And with that, she disapp

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/training-ground-cell-and-gene-therapies-new-pre-gmp-facility-aims-smooth-path-idea-patient - 2026-07-05

When research findings are ready to make the leap from the lab to the patient, the requirements become much stricter. That is precisely where many promising projects start to falter. “We want to be the bridge between research and the patient, so that promising projects don’t get stuck in that difficult transition,” says Sara Nolbrant, director of the new pre-GMP facility. And with that, she disapp

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/training-ground-cell-and-gene-therapies-new-pre-gmp-facility-aims-smooth-path-idea-patient - 2026-07-05

Industrial policy is seeing a revival, but it does hardly address Circular Economy. New research from IIIEE, published in Sustainable Production and Consumption, shows how the necessary circular transition in industry can be supported by new types of industrial policies. This exploratory contribution aims to gain an understanding on how an industrial policy for Circular Economy (CE) transition in

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-research-shows-how-circular-economy-can-be-supported-new-industrial-policies - 2026-07-05

The dissertation is called: Statistical Aspects of Group Dynamics – Multilevel Methods for Emergent Processes in Teams. She explains that the thesis develops new statistical methods to help researchers better capture how teams evolve. “They are not static entities: trust can build or erode, members can leave or join, and events can strengthen or disrupt collaboration. Understanding these dynamics

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-thesis-statistics-yvette-baurne - 2026-07-06

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Swedish healthcare is supposed to be guided by a principle of need, treating the most urgent cases first. Political reforms in recent decades have also introduced freedom of choice as a guiding principle. The rise of online doctor services on the healthcare market has made it clear that the two principles clash, sugge

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/online-doctors-expose-deficiencies-swedish-healthcare-system - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at the Department of Strategic Communication investigate the significance of communication for things like branding, crises, change and opinion-forming. In cooperation with the City of Helsingborg and the Swedish Association of Communication Professionals, Campus Helsingborg is running the project “The Com

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/significance-communication-success - 2026-07-05

Can music only be experienced in a fleeting moment in time? In Bertrand Chavarria-Aldrete’s, researcher and teaching staff member, research he has investigated how music can be materialised. Through the course Plastic Extension of Music, students have the opportunity to try out his research in practice. Bertrand Chavarria-Aldrete’s doctoral thesis is about allowing music to leave the instrument an

https://www.mhm.lu.se/en/article/research-gives-music-physical-form-bertrand-chavarria-aldretes-plastic-extension - 2026-07-05

Every year, the Bo and Kerstin Hjelt Diabetes Foundation awards three diabetes researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) each a project grant of 47,500 euro. One of the researchers awarded a grant this year studies atherosclerotic plaques in patients with type 2 diabetes. These patients are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease due to plaque rupture compared to people without t

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/type-2-diabetes-researchers-receive-support-hjelt-diabetes-foundation - 2026-07-05

In this post, we’ve put together a few tips for reading featuring BECC members attending COP30 in Belém. A decade of the Paris Agreement brings progress and setbacksTen years have passed since the countries of the world signed the Paris Agreement. Political scientist Fariborz Zelli, also member of the BECC board, sums up the surprises – both positive and negative – in climate policy over the past

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-members-cop-30 - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers have for the first time found a connection between the immune systems of different bird species, and the various climatic conditions in which they live. The researchers at Lund University in Sweden believe that as the climate changes, some birds may be exposed to diseases that they are not equipped to hand

https://www.science.lu.se/article/immune-systems-not-prepared-climate-change - 2026-07-05

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article on GIS-based groundwater vulnerability assessment in Iran published in the journal Water. CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Groundwater Vulnerability to Nitrate Contamination from Fertilizers Using Modified DRASTIC Frameworks" together with Maryam Torkashvand (Islamic Azad University), Aminreza Neshat

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/groundwater-vulnerability-assessment-iran - 2026-07-05

Sophia New is the new lecturer and tutor at the MA program Performing Arts as Critical Practice at Malmö Theatre Academy. Previous to her role here, Sophia has been the course Leader for MA programmes at Wimbledon College of the Arts, UAL. We took the opportunity to ask Sophia New a few questions to get to know her better.  Hi Sophia!  Please tell us how you found your calling in the theatre, and

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/get-know-sophia-new-new-lecturer-ma-program - 2026-07-05

There will be another five million Swedish kronor for CASE's research. Project leader Björn Slaug and the co-applicants recently received a grant from Forte for the welfare project SUN-AGE: Supporting neighborhood and living environments for aging populations, which will begin after the turn of the year and run until 2026. What does a grant of this size mean? – Now we can finally get started and c

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/another-million-grant-research-about-active-living - 2026-07-05