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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET announces two travel grants for Lund University students to the Centre for Research & Education for Social Transformation (CREST) in Kerala, India. These grants are dedicated for students on BA, MA or PhD level who are planning to do fieldwork in South Asia during 2017. The field work can be conducted elsewhere

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/travel-grants-lund-university-students-crest-kerala - 2026-05-19

On Thursday (5 March), Ann-Christine Hartzén, Associate Professor in Business Law at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM), will present at a parliamentary research seminar in Stockholm.Her presentation focuses on the recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union on the Minimum Wage Directive and its implications for EU cooperation. The directive has been the sub

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/invited-swedish-parliament-speak-eu-minimum-wage-directive - 2026-05-20

Insulin secretion into the bloodstream requires a protein called CD59. New research led by Lund University shows that the two protein variants that are responsible for this function of CD59 are affected in diabetes. The study has been recently published in PNAS. Insulin affects many bodily functions, and is required for survival. It causes cells to take up glucose from the blood, storage of energy

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/newly-discovered-protein-variants-are-key-insulin-secretion - 2026-05-19

Insulin secretion into the bloodstream requires a protein called CD59. New research led by Lund University shows that the two protein variants that are responsible for this function of CD59 are affected in diabetes. The study has been recently published in PNAS. Insulin affects many bodily functions, and is required for survival. It causes cells to take up glucose from the blood, storage of energy

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/newly-discovered-protein-variants-are-key-insulin-secretion - 2026-05-19

Continuity in healthcare can improve health outcomes of patients by ensuring that patient-specific information is not lost in translation between providers, and by improving the appropriate follow-up care. Yet, little is known about how patients cope with the sudden and permanent loss of a main provider in healthcare, such as a primary care practice. The findings in a new PhD thesis from Lund Univ

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/closures-primary-care-practices-lead-reduction-doctor-visits - 2026-05-19

Isolation is a major problem for many in Academia. To counteract this among researchers and doctoral students alike, the working group for diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) within the Lund Stem Cell Center invited an expert in the field to Lund, earlier this spring. If we foster a greater sense of belonging, we can boost feelings of safety and connection, ultimately leading to improvements i

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/wellbeing-and-belonging-promote-success-academia - 2026-05-19

The WCMM centre has got yet another new doctor! Cecilia Skoug, PhD graduate from Joao Duartes group, defended her thesis “Bioactive lipids as neuroprotective targets in type 2 diabetes” on the 1st of March in Belfragesalen at BMC. In her thesis, Cecilia has explored the change in the lipidome and the consequences for brain function in type 2 diabetes (T2D). In metabolic diseases, such as obesity a

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/new-wcmm-doctor-1 - 2026-05-19

Lund University offers commissioned education programs aimed at companies, organisations and authorities to develop their business and staff. One such program – Innovation in Governance for Urban Nature-based Solutions - is developed by the IIIEE in collaboration with LUCE (Lund University Commissioned Education). This summer, the IIIEE and LUCE had the pleasure of welcoming alumni and current par

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/successful-sweden-week-programme-innovation-governance-urban-nature-based-solutions - 2026-05-19

The first call for applications, Sustainable Idea Exploration, within the University’s Sustainability Fund opened during the autumn. The aim is to explore the innovative potential of sustainability-related research projects at an early stage. Four projects have now been granted funding. One of the projekts addresses text mining for environmental science and was applied for by Sonja Aits, Departmen

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/project-text-mining-environmental-science-gets-funding-universitys-sustainability-fund - 2026-05-19

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/ann-christine-hartzen-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-05-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The notification of the date of the defence and "posting" of Ivan Gusics thesis "War, peace & the city: urban conflict over peace(s) in the postwar cities of Belfast, Mitrovica, and Mostar." was held on Thursday, September 21, at 3:15 PM in Edens lobby. The academic tradition of nailing ones thesis to a board ("spikni

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ivan-gusics-doctoral-thesis-posted - 2026-05-19

Some years ago, Sven Bjerstedt researched the forgotten Finnish American musician and composer Einar Swan (1903–40) who wrote the immortal song, “When Your Lover Has Gone”. Bjerstedt published an 80-page biography )and participated in one-hour TV and radio documentaries on Einar Swan.Recently, Finland’s former prime minister Esko Aho translated Bjerstedt’s Swan biography into Finnish and included

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/finnish-translation-sven-bjerstedts-research-about-composer-einar-swan - 2026-05-19

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/thomas-holst-awarded-lunas-pedagogical-prize - 2026-05-19

Alexander Pietras, Associate Professor at Lund University, have been awarded an European Research Council Consolidator Grant (ERC-CoG) for the project - RESISTANCEPROGRAMS. The research group will explore and exploite the post-radiotherapy brain microenvironment for therapeutic opportunities in malignant brain tumors. Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the deadliest form of brain tumor, occurs in both

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/euroupean-research-council-consolidator-grant-alexander-pietras - 2026-05-19

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/smoluchowski-award-maria-messing - 2026-05-19

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/all-case-emergency-information-now-same-webpage - 2026-05-20

Lisa Strömbom, together with Gustav Agneman (LU and Trondheim University) and Angelica Rettberg (Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá), has published the article “Do Apologies Promote the Reintegration of former combatants? Lessons from a Video Experiment in Colombia” in Journal of Peace Research. The article tests the common proposition inherent in transitional justice theory and practice which holds

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/strombom-agneman-och-rettberg-journal-peace-research-apologies-and-reintegration-former-combatants - 2026-05-19

Kompetensportalen, Lucat, Lupin, Lubas and LUCRIS. Those are the names of some of Lund University’s administrative systems. They are now also the names of five new bacteriophages that have recently been discovered in the ponds of Lund University’s Botanical Gardens. Bacteriophages – often abbreviated to phages – are viruses that attack bacteria. Phages are astonishingly effective assassins – these

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/fishing-phages-lund-universitys-botanical-gardens - 2026-05-19

On February 25 the new UN-initiated network SDSN (Sustainable Development Solutions Network Northern Europe) is launched. BECC researcher Thomas Sterner is one of the speakers. The University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology are hosting the network through GMV Centre for Environment and Sustainability. Welcome to the seminar "Science-based transformations 2030", February, 25th.

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/launch-network-sdsn-northern-europe-gothenburg - 2026-05-19

Every year the world adds more renewables than the year before. But is this growth on track to achieve climate targets? And what would it take to get there? In a paper published in Nature Energy Professor Aleh Cherp and co-authors analyse wind and solar power in the 60 largest countries. They show that in every country the growth of renewable electricity initially accelerates, then stabilises and

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/can-renewables-grow-fast-enough - 2026-05-19