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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Within 100 years, approximately half of the 6,000 languages in the world will become extinct. A window to the past is currently being opened in Lund, where you can listen to languages that are no longer spoken thanks to a special resource for digital language documentation. Niclas Burenhult. Every two weeks, a languag
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/language-collectors - 2026-05-21
Associate Professor Sébastien Tutenges and Researcher Susanne Boethius of the Department of Sociology at Lund University are Editor-in-Chief and Co-Editor of the Nordic Journal of Criminology since the turn of the year. Looking forward to the new job! In an interview for The Nordic Research Council for Criminology (NSfK), the new Editor-in-Chief Sébastien Tutenges says he very much looks forward t
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/new-editors-nordic-journal-criminology - 2026-05-21
Those who have been PhD students at SWEAH graduate school have built up a broad network during their doctoral studies, and many continue the collaboration between the partner universities as alumni and researchers. Last week, some SWEAH alumni met to write a joint article. They obviously don't want to reveal exactly what it will be about before publication. But they are happy to highlight the rewa
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-alumni-new-joint-project - 2026-05-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Join our International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), with the aim to find pathways towards low-carbon and resource efficient sustainable futures. Director of the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE)Join our International Institute for Industrial Environment
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/are-you-our-new-director-iiiee - 2026-05-21
Studies of the gut microbiota can provide new knowledge about human health and how the risk of developing various diseases is affected. Marju Orho-Melander at Lund University is one of the authors of two new articles in Nature Genetics which have discovered several new gene variants in the human genome which may influence which bacteria are found in the gut. Some of the new gene variants can be li
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/mapping-gene-variants-which-affect-gut-microbiota-and-disease-risk - 2026-05-21
Studies of the gut microbiota can provide new knowledge about human health and how the risk of developing various diseases is affected. Marju Orho-Melander at Lund University is one of the authors of two new articles in Nature Genetics which have discovered several new gene variants in the human genome which may influence which bacteria are found in the gut. Some of the new gene variants can be li
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/mapping-gene-variants-which-affect-gut-microbiota-and-disease-risk - 2026-05-21
With panels, tastings, workshops, and exhibitions, LUCSUS researchers will contribute to the Agroecology Forum 2025 across multiple formats. The conference takes place in Malmö, Sweden, from October 2 to 4. The Agroecology Europe Forum 2025 aims to shape the future of food systems through agroecology. This year’s theme will highlight collaboration, integration and action to accelerate agroecologic
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-researchers-bring-food-futures-focus-upcoming-conference - 2026-05-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On August 29th, Margareta Johansson, researcher at our department, was interviewed in SVT news program Aktuellt. The topic was how ongoing climate changes are affecting alpine regions in Sweden. Climate changes are occurring with twice the speed in northern Sweden, compared with the rest of the country. When compared
Although not yet decided, we have good reasons to believe that the funding of the 43 Strategic Research Areas (SRAs) including BECC will continue. As a result, we are now preparing for the long-term future, including a new internal structure where Challenged Themes replace the former Clusters with the aim to increase the integration between disciplines. At the BECC 2015 annual meeting, we discusse
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-research-organisation-becc-clusters-grand-challenge-themes - 2026-05-21
We are thrilled to announce the Department's Autumn 2025 Seminar Series, featuring an exciting lineup of speakers from across the globe. The seminars will take place every Thursday at 13:15 in the Blue Hall in the Ecology Building. After the talks, there will be time for fika and mingling.Here is the complete schedule for autumn 2025:All links lead to external websites.DateContentSpeakerAffiliatio
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/autumn-2025-seminar-series-announced - 2026-05-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Whither the Winds The Malmö Art Academy, at the Occasion of Lund University’s 350th JubileeLunds konsthall, 20 May – 17 September 2017Opening Friday, 19 May at 6–8pm6.30 pmÅsa Nacking, director of Lunds konsthall gives a welcomeGöran Bexell, senior professor at Lund University, inaugurates the exhibitionGertrud Sandq
https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/whither-winds-lunds-konsthall - 2026-05-21
The fields of the humanities and arts remain under-represented within ageing research. That is one of the findings in a new publication, based on the content of a gerontology congress last year. The rapidly ageing population in our changing world requires the creation of inclusive, supportive and sustainable societies. According to one of the main authors, SWEAH doctor Isabelle von Saenger, Karoli
SWEAH affiliated Hanna Mac Innes is one of the organizers of a symposium with Professor Merril Silverstein, Professor Kieran Walsh and Professor Sigurveig Sigurðardóttir, March 24 in Göteborg. The symposium will also be held online, and the Zoom link will be available the day before. Hanna, can you explain the connection between these professors and SWEAH? The people attending the symposium is my
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/symposium-social-aging - 2026-05-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Goran Basic has published a new article (in Bosnian) linked to the project War Sociology: ”Pomirenje i nepomirljivost u pričama preživjelih poslije rata u Bosni i Hercegovini” (Reconciliation and implacability in narratives of survivors after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina). The article is published in the journal
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/conditions-reconciliation-bosnia-and-herzegovina - 2026-05-21
Can a bee’s brain teach us to build better computers? Bees navigate with remarkable precision using less than one hundredth of a watt of energy, while today’s navigation chips often use over 7 watts and weigh about 80 times as much as a bee. In an interview with Horizon, Anders Mikkelsen, coordinator of the European Innovation Council-funded project InsectNeuroNano, tells us about how nature’s nav
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/how-bee-brains-are-shaping-next-generation-computer-chips - 2026-05-21
The University has the opportunity to nominate up to three candidates for participation in the application round for STINT Teaching Sabbatical 2023. STINT Teaching Sabbatical is a programme that offers researchers and university lecturers to spend an autumn semester at one of STINT's eleven partner universities in the USA, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. The programme aims to develop both individu
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-internal-nomination-exchange-through-stint-teaching-sabbatical - 2026-05-22
The stolen data from the data breach in Adato has, according to Miljödata AB, been published on Darknet. Continue to be vigilant if contacted by strangers or in an unusual way. Due to the current situation, you as an employee are advised to be particularly vigilant if you are contacted by people or companies that you have not previously had contact with, or if the contact takes place in an unusual
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/be-vigilant-outsmart-hackers-159-do-not-click-unknown-links - 2026-05-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Martin Chautari (MC) is organizing the Chautari Annual Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal on 22-23 April 2018. The aim of this conference is to promote research culture in the humanities and social sciences in Nepal. Submit abstract before 20 November. MC invites submission of abstracts of research papers or abstracts of
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-paperspanels-chautari-annual-conference-nepal - 2026-05-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Thursday 18 January 16.15 Professor Nishi Mitra vom Berg, will hold a talk entitled: “Universities as Workplace: Gender Discrimination and Work-Life Balance.” at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES seminar room, Finngatan 16, Lund). The event is open to everyone and as usual we will serve fika! Prof Nishi M
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/talk-gender-discriminations-universities-india-brazil-and-south-africa - 2026-05-21
