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On 9 May, we will have the honour to have the Right Livelihood Award Laureate, Marthe Wandou, joining us for a dialogue on human rights education, the environment, and the prevention of violence against children. Jurist Marthe Wandou is a Cameroonian gender and peace activist who has worked to prevent and fight sexual violence against children, particularly girls, as well as care for survivors of

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/right-livelihood-award-laureate-marthe-wandou-visits-lucsus - 2026-05-15

The Jubilee Fund of the First Nordic St John's Lodge Foundation was established in 1867 with the purpose of supporting promising young people in their education in science, art or crafts. This year's grant recipients from Malmö Art Academy are alumnis Juju Bento, Kristyan Nicholson and Irene Kaltenborn. Congratulations!   Read more about the Jubilee Fund and see all of this year's granteesMotivati

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/alumni-juju-bento-kristyan-nicholson-and-irene-kaltenborn-receives-jubilee-grant-2024 - 2026-05-15

Sustainable use of IT products can make a big difference but the uptake is far from quick. The EU average for circular material use (material resources stemming from recycled waste materials, including all different sectors/industries and materials) is currently less than 12 percent, according to Eurostat (by 2021). The Netherlands has the highest rate, at 34 percent. For electrical and electronic

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/what-portion-our-it-products-circular - 2026-05-15

After years of waiting, the Historical Museum and Skissernas Museum will at last have a joint storage facility in Hasslanda (Stora Råby). The “Open Collections” project aims to ensure the preservation of over 11 million artefacts as well as make our historical and artistic legacy more accessible to all. “The collections of the Historical Museum and Skissernas Museum, and the University’s art colle

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-repository-universitys-open-collections - 2026-05-16

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. - The closing party with polonaise and night walks together with all promovendi who sang various songs for the statues in one of the Helsinki parks was a special experience. Our Professor emeritus Anders Lindroth, was conferred an honorary doctorate at the Univeristy of Helsinki last week. The following motivation is

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/professor-anders-lindroth-honorary-doctor-univeristy-helsinki - 2026-05-15

Ville Maisi and Martin Bech have been awarded prestigious ERC Consolidator Grants. Over a five-year period, the two researchers will conduct projects focusing on the detection of microwave photons and X-ray microscopy. Ville Maisi, senior lecturer at the Deparment of Physics at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering (LTH) and researcher at NanoLund, is to receive SEK 28 million for his project,

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/erc-consolidator-grants-detection-microwave-photons-and-x-ray-microscopy - 2026-05-15

https://www.law.lu.se/article/new-associate-professor-public-law - 2026-05-15

Forest management in the climate debate is splitting the forest community of researchers, forest owners, organisations and companies. Which way is the right way to go to make forestry work to help to counteract climate change? Several of our researchers appear in this, and professor emeritus Anders Lindroth explains his view on today´s forest management. Swedish National television program Vetensk

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/our-researchers-battle-forest - 2026-05-15

At deadline 1 April 2023, Make Sound received many interesting applications for a residency at IAC. Three projects have now been selected. Congratulations to Jonas Olesen, Sóley Sigurjónsdóttir and Matthew Grouse! Jonas Olesen is a Danish composer and sound artist. Formerly lecturer in electronic composition and history at the Danish Institute for Electronic Music (DIEM), and coordinator of the Sc

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/make-sound-artists-selected - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In recent work involving NanoLund's Lars Samuelson, Hongqi Xu and Sören Jeppesen closely collaborating with a group at University of Tokyo/RIKEN in Japan and a group at Peking University in China describes how they have successfully realized a double nanowire Josephson junction device and discovered an enhancement of

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/double-nanowire-josephson-junction-device-frontier-physics-research - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sweden has got its first seven Tesla MRI scanner. The 40 ton scanner had to be lowered into place at the Lund University Bioimaging Centre (LBIC) at Skåne University Hospital. Until now, the most powerful MRI scanners in Sweden that are used on humans have had a magnetic field of three Tesla. The weather was kind when

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-host-strongest-mri-scanner-sweden - 2026-05-15

The first part of the Coordinated Examination Service project has been in full swing since March this year with, among other things, responsibility for the staffing of exam invigilators for all exams in the Annex (MA8, MA9, MA10). At the start of 2024 it will be time for the next stage of the work towards creating a smooth running, fair and coordinated exam management system that includes more ven

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/coordinated-examination-service-project-continues - 2026-05-16

Academic freedom is a fundamental prerequisite for our activities. It is also an area that engages many employees. We could be better at highlighting ongoing work but also at allowing more scope to discuss and draw attention to issues concerning academic freedom. During the autumn, the Ethics Advisory Board was given a new remit and has been renamed the Council for Ethics and Academic Freedom. Las

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/increased-focus-academic-freedom - 2026-05-15

Sociologist of religion Linnea Jensdotter conducts research on the role of religion in politics. She has analysed 20,000 Facebook comments on articles from Sweden’s biggest news sites. Her analysis shows that religion is becoming more politicised. Some comments point to religion to assert “Swedish values”. Others display a genuine interest and a willingness to discuss. “What surprised me was that

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/religion-politicised-social-media - 2026-05-16

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Insulin which is released by pancreatic beta-cells is the main regulator of blood sugar. Previous and current studies by a research group at Lund University in Sweden have identified around hundred different receptors on the surface of the beta-cells, with a diverse functional impact on the beta-cells. Now researchers

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/key-mechanism-insulin-release-cholesterol-metabolite-found - 2026-05-15

Per Augustsson, Enrico Ronchi, Mikkel Brydegaard, Andreas Nord och Yafa Shanneik har tilldelats det prestigefyllda anslaget ERC Consolidator Grant. Enrico Ronchi, forskare i brandteknik, utvecklar nya sätt att skapa en inkluderande evakueringsdesign för byggnader. Det handlar om att hitta nya sätt för nödutrymningsvägar som är anpassade även för utsatta grupper som äldre och personer med funktions

https://www.lu.se/artikel/fem-lundaforskare-far-erc-consolidator-grant - 2026-05-16

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/tea-tabla-indian-brunch-concert-malmo - 2026-05-15

Dear staff members, In times like these marked by so much uncertainty in the world, the upcoming festive season is a welcome break, allowing time for reflection and relaxation. It is an impossible task to sum up everything that has happened at a university during a year, but the international context has been a focal point for work at the management level. This year, we have worked to equip oursel

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-time-review-2023-and-look-ahead-next-year - 2026-05-16

PhD student Juan Antonio Samper hopes that his research some day can play a role in emancipatory causes currently happening in the territory of Putumayo, and make a difference for social life in specific places. He explores the relationship between collective identity and place, and the ways in which this relation is mobilised by different groups in the Colombian Andean-Amazonia to resist extracti

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/phd-student-juan-antonio-samper-explores-relationship-between-collective-identity-and-place - 2026-05-15

In 2025, the Faculty of Science launched a new doctoral programme in computational science to meet the growing demand for advanced computational methods in research. This initiative aims to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and train doctoral students in handling and analysing large datasets across fields such as medicine, environmental science, and engineering. The doctoral programme was cr

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/faculty-invests-computational-science-new-doctoral-programme-meets-growing-demand-advanced-analysis - 2026-05-15