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“Lundensare” Nobel Prize winner Arvid Carlsson (1923-2018) did not receive the prestigious Nobel Prize while living or working in Lund – but he is an alumnus! Carlsson grew up in Lund (which could clearly be heard in his Lund accent) and in 1951 he became a doctor of medicine at Lund University. He was employed as an associate professor of pharmacology and in 1959 he left for Gothenburg, where he
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 - 2026-06-03
On Thursday, 11 June 2015, Lund University arranged a side-event at the Bonn Climate Change Conference. Tobias Nielsen, BECC PhD student, was one of the speakers. The Bonn Climate Change Conference side-event "Carbon footprints for effective climate policy on international trade" was arranged by Lund University on 11 June 2015.Chair Karin Bäckstrand, Stockholm University, introduced the event. Mag
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/report-carbon-footprints-effective-climate-policy-international-trade - 2026-06-03
SWEAH's course in Lund, where also British postdocs and doctoral students have participated, is over. We check the travel fever of some of the Swedish PhD students and alumni who will go to Stirling in UK in September for continued knowledge exchange there. Anna Nivestam, SWEAH-alumna (SAIN), Kristianstad UniversityHow has the collaboration been with the British participants in the course?– The e
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/way-scotland-together-we-can-find-common-solutions - 2026-06-03
Clearcutting is often considered negative for biodiversity, which is why continuous cover forestry is seen as a more favourable alternative. But could it be that clearcutting - with proper management from a landscape perspective - could favour certain species? Recently, it has become increasingly common to find birds and butterflies on clearcuts, species that normally thrive in areas such as hayfi
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/managing-clearcuts-favour-certain-species - 2026-06-03
Researchers use LUNARC in different ways, for example to work with larger datasets, run computational analyses, or access specialised software and environments. LUNARC is currently exploring how web-based research environments can better support different research practices across disciplines at Lund University. As part of this work, we are organising a small, exploratory workshop where researche
https://www.lunarc.lu.se/article/supporting-research-practice-workflows-challenges-and-needs-may-2026 - 2026-06-03
Last year he was teacher of the year at LUSEM and now Björn Svensson is recognized by the university as a whole, alongside Per Carlsson at the department of Biology “Honestly I didn’t even know about the nomination until the day before the announcement that I would receive the prize. It’s a pretty big surprise and I am very happy and honored. I mean it’s always nice when you get recognition for yo
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-teacher-awarded-lund-students-prize-excellence-teaching-2025 - 2026-06-03
Pathologists and coroners are now commonplace in crime novels and TV crime series and are often depicted as slightly odd people. Elisabet Englund has worked at the Division of Pathology in Lund for over 40 years. She has often been told that she is a little ‘too happy’ to be a pathologist. “Yes, there is a stereotype of people who work with dead people, which perhaps contributes to the mystificati
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/death-our-textbook-life - 2026-06-04
Offshore wind power is presented as one of the solutions to solve the energy crisis in southern Sweden. But the issue has been met with a "not in my backyard” attitude, as many municipalities say no to the government's decision. LUCSUS researcher Henner Busch, shares his thoughts on how to involve local communities and create a more just energy transition. Earlier this autumn, the Swedish governme
In his thesis work, Lund University Master's student Daniel Diaz Rivas shows that is possible to reconstruct the time-dependent polarization of a very short pulse using a dispersion scan technique. Rivas recently recieved a price for best Master's thesis by PhotonicsSweden. Hi Daniel, congratulations to the award! Could you tell us a little bit about your thesis. What is it about? - My thesis is d
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/daniel-diaz-rivas-awarded-best-masters-thesis-photonics-2022 - 2026-06-03
Stefan Schüller's 150,000 SEK grant brought local bakers and brewers in to test whether a climate-friendly alternative to wheat can win over consumers. A new round of Sustainable Idea Exploration is open for applications until November 24, 2025. Stefan Schüller, a PhD student at LUCSUS, secured 150,000 SEK through Sustainable Idea Exploration to bridge a critical gap in perennial grain research: w
https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/perennial-grain-research-moves-field-table-sustainable-idea-exploration-grant - 2026-06-03
Right now, IT Security is seeing an increase in attempted fraud. Knowledge is the best way to become a safer computer user, both at work and at home. And acquiring that knowledge is a quick process. Increase in cases of so-called CEO fraud The IT Security Division has seen a recent increase in the number of CEO fraud cases. Many people have contacted LU Servicedesk to report suspicious emails. For
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/protect-yourself-your-information-and-your-work-knowledge - 2026-06-04
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In this short interview, LUCSUS researcher Diego Galafassi talks on sustainability challenges, his previous research, and his recent article about climate art. What do you do at LUCSUS?I’m a post-doctoral researcher, co-PI of the project Arts4SDGs, which explores the role that arts and arts-based approaches to knowled
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/research-interview-diego-galafassi-works-art-sdgs - 2026-06-03
The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to professors Daron Acemoglu of MIT, Simon Johnson also of MIT and James Robinson of Chicago University. “For studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity” "Three well-known and widely read Nobel laureates in Economic Sciences, relevant to several fields. The book “Why Nations Fail” by Acemoglu
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/nobel-economics-prize - 2026-06-03
How can research results be communicated beyond academic texts? Gender researchers Elin Lundell and Mia Liinason have chosen a new approach: translating their research into an animated film. Theoretical starting pointThe article on which the film is based analyses how boundaries between religion and secularism are constructed and maintained in contemporary Sweden. The study takes its starting poin
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/research-becomes-animated-film-theory-and-method-moving-images - 2026-06-03
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Tusentals svenskar med nedsatt njurfunktion får regelbunden dialysbehandling. Fyra av fem får bloddialys, vilken kräver sjukhusbesök flera dagar i veckan. Övriga patienter får påsdialys (peritonealdialys) - där bukhinnan används för att rena blodet - och som de själva kan sköta i hemmet, antingen manuellt eller auto
https://www.lu.se/artikel/lundaforskare-vill-ta-fram-effektivare-dialysbehandling - 2026-06-03
Hållbarhetsveckan 2026 bjöd på ett intensivt och välbesökt program när Lund fylldes av samtal, möten och aktiviteter med fokus på hållbar utveckling. Under sex dagar anordnades 73 programpunkter med mer än 4000 besökare. De många programpunkterna organiserades av ett ännu större antal engagerade arrangörer från både Lunds universitet och Lunds kommun. Det breda deltagandet och det starka engageman
https://www.hallbarhet.lu.se/artikel/4000-besokare-nar-hallbarhetsveckan-fyllde-10-ar - 2026-06-03
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Forskning från Lunds universitet kan förklara varför typ 2-diabetes i större utsträckning ärvs från mamman. Arvsanlag i en tidigare känd riskgen, THADA, har visat sig vara dominanta om de kommit från mamman medan om de kommit från pappan haft mindre eller ingen påverkan på barnets sjukdomsrisk. - Vår forskning bidra
https://www.lu.se/artikel/mammans-roll-vid-typ-2-diabetes - 2026-06-04
UNESCO has added the unique archive of 500 in-depth interviews with Holocaust survivors to the Memory of the World Register. It recognises the Ravensbrück Archive as an example of a cultural heritage of great value to humanity. The University Library manages this documentary heritage and keeps the archive protected and digitally accessible to all. On 10 April, UNESCO decided to add the Ravensbrück
https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/ravensbruck-archive-receives-memory-world-status - 2026-06-03
