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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Corn starch, with elements of heavy metals, powdered brick, amphetamines, ink, wall paint or furniture polish. This is what can be found in falsified medicines, a market currently considered more profitable than that of drug crime. Professor of Ethnology Susanne Lundin. Photo: Kennet Ruona Some defective medicines wer

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/industry-worth-billions-puts-lives-risk - 2026-06-09

Renewable and affordable energy is key for societal and economic growth, and for achieving national and global climate goals. Research from LUCSUS is mapping the energy transition in Nepal and has identified how increasing energy access is closely linked to a new political awakening in the country.  "Nepal is a very interesting case study since it has been held up as a case for how a country can t

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/double-transition-energy-nepal - 2026-06-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Do you have experience with Life Science? Are you looking for new challenges? Then you can't afford to miss this event! This unique Career Fair will exclusively target Life Science competences. We are gathering the most interesting companies under one roof and giving professionals the opportunity to actively promote t

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/science-skills-career-fair - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The eminent London universities UCL and Imperial College, as well as the University Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris and Chalmers in Sweden, have all concentrated their focus on areas of research excellence and global challenges. Lund University should draw inspiration from their example, in the view of Pro Vice-Chance

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-must-concentrate-focus-strong-areas-research - 2026-06-11

The basis of the legislation is that permanent employment becomes an even stronger norm and fixed-term employment is more quickly converted to permanent employment. The time is 1 year of fixed-term employment instead of the previous 2 years and is counted retroactively from the first of March this year. What do the new rules mean for our various employment types? General fixed-term employment (ALV

https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/new-employment-rules-come-force-first-october - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Petra Östergren is a social anthropologist who has received SEK 3 million to participate in a major new EU project about how to tackle human trafficking by studying demand. Around 15 researchers from eight countries are taking part in the project, the goal of which is to reduce the suffering that results from the wors

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/human-trafficking-primarily-about-prostitution - 2026-06-11

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/jubliee-concludes-kick - 2026-06-11

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/malmo-trilogy-shepherdess-and-other-exilic-vernaculars - 2026-06-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers are now asking the question the other way around. They want to know why some diabetic patients do not develop complications. What is protecting them? The PROLONG study may provide the answer. - The majority of diabetics will over time develop severe or lethal complications, but 10-15 percent never do. They

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/why-are-some-diabetics-free-complications - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET published a report by Muhammed Niyas Ashraf, Doctoral Fellow at Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, Freie Universität Berlin. Abstract:This paper offers a social history of the relationship between Islamic reform and malayāḷi Muslim in the context of colonial Kerala. Kerala Muslims are one o

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-sasnet-publication-islamic-reformism - 2026-06-11

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet har utsett årets hedersdoktorer: civilekonomen Anders Dahlvig och professor emeritus lrvine Lapsley. De har båda engagerat sig i fakultetens arbete och bidragit till dess utveckling. De promoveras vid en högtidlig ceremoni i Lunds domkyrka den 24 maj. Anders DahlvigAnders Dahlv

https://www.lu.se/artikel/anders-dahlvig-och-irvine-lapsley-blir-ekonomihogskolans-nya-hedersdoktorer - 2026-06-09

Around the world, glaciers are retreating at unprecedented rates due to climate change. On January 21, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (IYGP). Mine Islar, who leads the ongoing glacier research at LUCSUS, presented at the launch event in Geneva. Why is 2025 designated as a glacier preservation year?– 2025 is seen as a tipping point

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/2025-international-year-glaciers-preservation-research-lucsus-studies-impacts-glacial-melt - 2026-06-09

Alexander Pietras, cancerforskare vid Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin, forskar på den allra mest aggressiva formen av hjärntumör – glioblastom. Nu tilldelas ett han 20 miljoner över fem år från Europeiska forskningsrådet, ERC. Anlaget är ett så kallat ERC Consolidator Grants (CoG) är prestigefyllt och svårt att få då det söks i internationell konkurrens med sökande från hela världen men med e

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/han-ska-undersoka-mikromiljon-i-hjarntumorer - 2026-06-09

Genom att fånga upp en svag signal från yttre rymden har ett forskarlag kunnat studera atmosfären hos en exoplanet 300 ljusår från jorden. Studien visar att himlakroppens gashölje innehåller en specifik isotop av kol, vilket tyder på att den bildats långt från sin värdstjärna. Exoplaneter är planeter som befinner sig i andra solsystem än vårt eget. Den första bekräftade upptäckten gjordes 1995. Se

https://www.lu.se/artikel/forskare-har-forsta-gangen-upptackt-kolisotoper-i-en-exoplanets-atmosfar - 2026-06-10

Ett drygt år har Lunicore, ett av Nordens största studentdrivna konsultbolag, haft regionkontor i Helsingborg. Melitta, Trelleborg och Sölvesborgshem är några av företagen som anlitar studentkonsulter från Lunds universitet. Inför år 2020 vill Lunicore fördubbla sin omsättning och öka antalet medarbetare från dagens omkring 85 konsulter till 200.– Alla projekt är välkomna. Vi bidrar med den senast

https://www.lu.se/artikel/studentkonsulter-starker-skanes-naringsliv - 2026-06-11

Mammography screening supported by artificial intelligence (AI) is a safe alternative to today’s conventional double reading by radiologists and can reduce heavy workloads for doctors. This has now been shown in an interim analysis of a prospective, randomised controlled trial, which addressed the clinical safety of using AI in mammography screening. The trial, led by researchers from Lund Univers

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/ai-supported-mammography-screening-found-be-safe - 2026-06-11

Mammography screening supported by artificial intelligence (AI) is a safe alternative to today’s conventional double reading by radiologists and can reduce heavy workloads for doctors. This has now been shown in an interim analysis of a prospective, randomised controlled trial, which addressed the clinical safety of using AI in mammography screening. The trial, led by researchers from Lund Univers

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/ai-supported-mammography-screening-found-be-safe - 2026-06-11

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/workshop-series-sustainability-effect-research - 2026-06-11

Den 24–25 april 2024 deltar Hugo Fitipaldi, postdoktor och forskare vid Lund universitets diabetescentrum, vid Data Innovation Summit på Kistamässan i Stockholm. Vid konferensen kommer Hugo att presentera data och resultat från COVID Symptom Study Sverige. Data Innovation Summit är den största konferensen inom data och AI i Norden och här samlas representanter från industri, handel, ideella organi

https://www.covid19app.lu.se/artikel/covid-symptom-study-vid-data-innovation-summit - 2026-06-09

For the first time in the University’s history, there is a common Strategy for Education. Our changing world means that we all need to think and act in order to meet the University’s challenges. No one knows exactly how the world around us will develop and we therefore need to help out. The Strategy for Education is to guide all those working in education. The Strategy for Education has been drawn

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/first-strategy-education-act-compass - 2026-06-10