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Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Idag riktas omvärldens blickar allt oftare mot Afrika. Odlingsmark och nya fyndigheter av olja, gas och mineraler gör kontinenten intressant igen, inte bara för de gamla kolonialmakterna och USA utan även för Kina och Indien. Enligt devisen ”trade no aid” ska handel och inte bistånd lyfta Afrikas fattiga. Samtidigt

https://www.lu.se/artikel/pressinbjudan-den-nya-kapplopningen-om-afrikas-resurser-plundring-eller-utveckling - 2026-06-01

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/centre-east-and-south-east-asian-studies-are-hiring-one-or-two-researchers - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. BEAt-DKD (“Biomarker Enterprise to Attack Diabetic Kidney Disease”), a unique public private partnership funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), member companies from the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and the sta

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/beat-dkd-innovative-medicines-initiative-project-precision-medicine-dkd - 2026-05-31

In the middle of October, the first project partner meeting was held in Helsingborg. The project is about shared and sustainable mobility in new housing developments, and was hosted by Lund University, Campus Helsingborg and the City of Helsingborg. The goal of the project is to create innovative conditions for new residential areas with the preservation of green spaces that enables valuable natur

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/reduced-number-parking-spaces-favour-green-meeting-places-new-eu-project - 2026-05-31

For the 10th time, Lund University is organising Sustainability Week together with Lund Municipality. With over 70 events over six days, sustainability topics will be highlighted in different ways within social, ecological and economic sustainability. It is a week of discussion and action, serious issues and hopeful visions of the future. LTH organizes its own events and participates in those orga

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/sustainability-week-2026-lths-program - 2026-05-31

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Varannan gravid kvinna som behöver kejsarsnitt har inte möjlighet att få det. Fortfarande saknar de flesta människor i världen tillgång till säker kirurgi, med miljontals dödsfall och funktionshinder som följd varje år. Som barnkirurg ville Lars Hagander hitta sätt att hjälpa och han har också åkt världen över för a

https://www.lu.se/artikel/kirurgbrist-hotar-varldshalsan - 2026-05-31

Läckta dokument från en påverkansaktör knuten till Kreml avslöjar att den uppmärksammade ryska desinformationskampanjen Doppelgänger bara är en liten del av ett mycket större informationskrig. Bakom står ett växande nätverk av PR-byråer, influencers och kampanjmakare som driver Rysslands påverkan gentemot väst. En analys av över 3 000 interna läckta dokument blottlägger hur verklighet och desinfor

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/ryska-paverkanskampanjer-mer-avancerade-man-tidigare-trott - 2026-05-31

Hur påverkas föräldrar och barn av att delta i screeningstudier för typ 1-diabetes? Det är en fråga som doktoranden Jessica Melin har undersökt i en doktorsavhandling som läggs fram vid Lunds universitet. Resultaten kan användas för att identifiera de familjer som behöver rätt stöd för att minska deras oro och öka deras nöjdhet med sitt deltagande. Forskare vid Lunds universitets diabetescentrum (

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/hur-paverkas-foraldrar-och-barn-av-att-delta-i-screeningstudier - 2026-05-31

Bibiana Prinoth has been awarded the Oscar II Scholarship 2026 for the best thesis at the Faculty of Science. The scholarship recognises the most prominent thesis presented during the past two years within each field at Lund University. In her work, Bibiana Prinoth studies distant and extreme planetary atmospheres using advanced spectroscopy, opening up new possibilities for understanding how plan

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/thesis-exploring-extreme-exoplanet-atmospheres-awarded-oscar-ii-scholarship - 2026-05-31

The silencing of social leaders in Colombia who are defending their territories leads to a historical erasure of social struggles, a decreased capacity to progress environmental and human rights, and risks jeopardizing the goal of a stable and durable peace. This is according to a new study from LUCSUS. – The fight for land and the environment is also a fight for human rights, traditions, shared m

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/silencing-social-leaders-colombia-leads-historical-erasure-social-struggle - 2026-05-31

Through Global Dynamic Engagement (GDE), we strengthen and develop the University's international impact. Just before Christmas, the Vice-Chancellor decided on new roadmaps for 2025 for all geographical areas where the university is active. The roadmaps are based on continuous analysis of the world around us and describe prioritised activities in research, education, and innovation. They guide the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/global-dynamic-engagement-roadmaps-2025-now-published - 2026-06-01

For a long time, there has been a lack of concentrated efforts among researchers focusing on taxation, but that is about to change. On June 5th, plans for a new Taxation Centre will be presented. "The idea of an interdisciplinary taxation centre and the need for it have existed for many years, and several of us researchers were given the opportunity to concretize our thoughts—especially regarding

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-taxation-centre - 2026-06-01

https://www.science.lu.se/article/aggressive-female-fish-put-stop-mating-may-lead-new-species - 2026-05-31

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/aggressive-female-fish-put-stop-mating-may-lead-new-species - 2026-05-31

Curious, calm, clear, solution-oriented, and enjoys collaboration. That is how CCM's newly appointed organisational development advisor, research group leader Sebastian Albinsson, describes himself. "An important part of the role is to be a link between researchers and CCM staff, so that expectations, needs, and working methods are clear and well established." The assignment, which is at 20 percen

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-organisational-development-advisor-link-between-researchers-and-ccm-staff - 2026-05-31

For over 60 years, scientists have tried to determine whether plants are pollinated primarily during the day or at night — without reaching a clear conclusion. Now, a major research review from Lund University in Sweden has revealed that nighttime pollinators play just as significant a role as daytime species in 90 percent of the cases studied. Most of us know how important bees, birds, and butter

https://www.science.lu.se/article/nocturnal-pollinators-just-important-their-daytime-colleagues - 2026-05-31

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC) now announces funding for one doctoral studentship, where the doctoral student is admitted to the PhD programme in Environmental Science at the Faculty of Science, and is enrolled in the Agenda 2030 graduate school. The Centre for Environmental and Climate Science

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/project-funding-researchers-apply-doctoral-studentship-environmental-science-within-agenda-2030 - 2026-05-31

Psykiska och kognitiva symtom kommer tidigt vid Huntingtons sjukdom och är ofta de svåraste symtomen i sjukdomen, vittnar berörda. Ändå har forskningen, i sin jakt på behandling, främst fokuserat på sjukdomens rörelsestörningar, ett senare symtom. Ny forskning visar att känslohjärnan påverkas tidigare i sjukdomsförloppet och därför bör ges mer fokus vid utvecklingen av nya behandlingar. Artikeln p

https://www.lu.se/artikel/kanslohjarnan-en-nyckel-i-kampen-mot-huntingtons-sjukdom - 2026-06-01

For the past year, Henrik Smith has been a member of the Climate Policy Council, which recently launched its report for. Henrik is a professor in Animal Ecology at CEC and the Department of Biology and the coordinator of BECC. At the report launch, he especially highlighted the importance of handling both the climate crisis and the biodiversity crisis at the same time. The Climate Policy Council e

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/henrik-smith-reflections-release-swedish-climate-councils-report - 2026-05-31

The Centre for European Studies at Lund University (CFE) announces the availability of grants for preparing research applications. This funding opportunity is divided into two calls (spring and autumn). The grant is to be used during the spring and/or autumn semester 2024. The application must have a clear connection to European matters. It should be based on a perspective (historical or current)

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/grants-preparing-research-applications-3 - 2026-05-31