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At the Lise Meitner seminar 2025, two new Lise Meitner professors were introduced, while the main lecture looked back on 100 years of female excellence in the field of Automatic Control. Professor Carolyn Beck Carolyn Beck is a professor at the University of Illinois and an expert in control theory and dynamic systems over networks, with applications ranging from epidemics and financial risks to e

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/new-and-old-role-models - 2026-07-13

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/using-quizzes-give-your-students-points-they-deserve - 2026-07-13

Anders Uhlin has together with Håkan Johansson and Malin Arvidson published the article “Capital and Closure in the EU Field. Advancement in the European Economic and Social Committee” in Journal of Common Market Studies. The article explores what it takes to advance to the top of an EU institution (the European Economic and Social Committee). The article combines Bourdieu’s theories of field and

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/uhlin-career-advancement-eu-institution - 2026-07-13

There has been a record-breaking number of applicants for Lund University’s international recruitment drive. The original total of 25 advertised positions has been increased to 45 – researchers from some of the world’s leading universities who are now heading to Lund. As part of Lund University’s global excellence initiative, the Faculty of Law has hired an assistant professor and three visiting p

https://www.law.lu.se/article/unprecedented-interest-international-recruitment-faculty-law-welcomes-four-leading-researchers - 2026-07-13

Due to a vacancy in the Nominating Committee a by-election is now being held. You have until 26 November to cast your vote. The task of the faculty's Nominating Committee is to prepare nominations and to establish suggestions of candidates for the positions of dean and deputy dean as well as for the Faculty Board and the University Electoral College. As Magnus Jirström is leaving his position in t

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/vote-election-nominating-committee - 2026-07-13

A large study led by Lund University in Sweden has shown that people with Alzheimer's disease can now be identified before they experience any symptoms. It is now also possible to predict who will deteriorate within the next few years. The study is published in Nature Medicine, and is very timely in light of the recent development of new drugs for Alzheimer's disease. It has long been known that t

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/alzheimers-disease-can-be-diagnosed-symptoms-emerge - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The latest issue of "Made in China: A Quarterly on Chinese Labour, Civil Society, and Rights" has been published, with contributions from Nicholas Loubere and Stefan Brehm. On 12 May 2008, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Wenchuan county, Sichuan province. Felt as far as Beijing, the tremors caused horrific damage: 69,2

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-issue-made-china-published-0 - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. She has survived a brain tumour and hates empty phrases such as “seize the day” and “live in the present”. Despite this, after the tumour operation Ulrika Sandén both researched and wrote a book on what she calls “Contentment in the moment”, an approach to life that she assimilated during her years in Vesterålen in no

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/contentment-moment-makes-life-more-enjoyable - 2026-07-13

Solar storms and the particles they release result in spectacular phenomena such as auroras, but they can also pose a serious risk to our society. In extreme cases they have caused major power outages, and they could also lead to breakdowns of satellites and communication systems. According to a study published today in Nature Communications, solar storms could be much more powerful than previousl

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/traces-enormous-solar-storms-ice-greenland-and-antarctica - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Solar storms and the particles they release result in spectacular phenomena such as auroras, but they can also pose a serious risk to our society. In extreme cases they have caused major power outages, and they could also lead to breakdowns of satellites and communication systems.According to a study published today i

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/traces-enormous-solar-storms-ice-greenland-and-antarctica - 2026-07-13

The Faculty of Social Sciences will during the autumn term elect a new dean, deputy dean and Faculty Board for the upcoming three-year term (1 January 2027 - 31 December 2029). The Faculty Nominating Committee now wishes to receive nominations to these positions no later than 26 June. The Faculty Board is composed of the dean, deputy dean, six teaching staff with research expertise, two other staf

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/time-nominate-candidates-positions-dean-deputy-dean-and-members-faculty-board-2027-2029 - 2026-07-13

The Nordic-Baltic Sound Residency Network gathers institutions, programmes and shares opportunities for international sound artists on behalf of 8 network partners. Representing a growing number of partners in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Lithuania, The Nordic-Baltic Sound Residency Network is an initiative across the Nordics and Baltics. The partners within the network all offer residency program

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/new-nordic-baltic-sound-residency-network-connecting-opportunities-sound-artists-across-borders - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Catarina Kinnvall and Tereza Capelos have co-edited the special issue “The Psychology of Extremist Identification” (volume 26 Issue 1, 2021) in the journal European Psychologist. The special issue aims to widen the analysis of extremism to account for the unresolved puzzles that continue to plague practitioners, polic

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kinnvall-how-extremism-can-be-prevented - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Farshid Jalalvand has a PhD in infection biology and vaccine development, and he has appeared frequently in the media during the debate on the Covid-19 vaccine. “When you work, as I do, with vaccines and you understand how they work, it feels important to try to explain it so that people can take decisions based on so

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-everyones-responsibility-get-vaccinated - 2026-07-13

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Vilket samband finns mellan mat och dryck med tillsatt socker och allvarlig hjärtsjukdom? Frågan är tidigare dåligt belyst i forskningen, men nu finns för första gången en mer omfattande studie från Lunds universitet som bidrar med ledtrådar. Fokus i den aktuella studien är på sackaros. Sackaros finns naturligt i fr

https://www.lu.se/artikel/nya-ron-om-sockrad-kost-och-allvarlig-hjartsjukdom - 2026-07-14

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Odeum welcomes all new and old students! Hälsningsgillet, which takes place every semester in the AF castle, is an old cherished tradition in Lund. This year, Hälsningsgillet changes its format and becomes digital. Take the chance to meet people, associations, unions, nations and companies and visit Hälsningsgillet's

https://www.odeum.lu.se/en/article/digital-halsningsgillet - 2026-07-13

This autumn offers a rich musical programme with concerts both at Brunnshög in Science Village Hall and in Palaestra et Odeum. Visiting ensembles, University musicians and thematic events create a varied and inspiring concert season – from classical masterpieces to choral collaborations and lunchtime performances. Science Village Hall, Brunnshög:6 September – Sister orchestra of the Academic Orche

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/odeums-autumn-programme-2025 - 2026-07-14

I en tid då forskare ständigt måste anpassa sig till nya digitala verktyg, ökade krav på synlighet och snabba tekniska förändringar, är det lätt att känna sig överväldigad. För att möta dessa utmaningar har naturvetenskapliga biblioteket tagit initiativet att lansera kunskapsserien "Quick Bites for Researchers". Serien är ett digitalt möte där fakultetens forskande personal, inklusive doktorander,

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/internt/artikel/vara-bibliotekarier-guidar-forskare-med-digitala-kunskapsbitar - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUMES student, Hanna Geschewski, has just come back to Sweden after she was temporarily stranded in Nepal during fieldwork for her thesis. In this interview, she reflects on the impact of the corona outbreak on her own studies, and on the society in Nepal, where the socio-economic consequences of global and national m

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/reflections-corona-pandemic-lumes-student-hanna-geschewski - 2026-07-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUMES student, Hanna Geschewski, has just come back to Sweden after she was temporarily stranded in Nepal during fieldwork for her thesis. In this interview, she reflects on the impact of the corona outbreak on her own studies, and on the society in Nepal, where the socio-economic consequences of global and national m

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/interview-lumes-student-hanna-geschewski-about-impact-corona-pandemic-nepal - 2026-07-13