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Interest in type 1 diabetes screening is growing as methods improve and new treatments become available to more patients. New research at Lund University demonstrates how screening for autoimmune diseases can be carried out on a large-scale basis. A new treatment that can delay the onset of type 1 diabetes has been approved for use in the United States. If the treatment Teplizumab becomes availabl

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-method-allows-large-scale-screening-autoimmune-diseases - 2026-05-09

What is your research about? My research is part of a larger project, "Mobilizing farmer organisations for sustainable agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa." My focus is to examine the emergence and growth of smallholder farmers' organisations in Ghana and how they employ collective action in their engagement with government and private investors to safeguard the interest of smallholder

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/phd-student-bernard-ekumah-studies-smallholder-farmers-organisations-and-large-scale-land - 2026-05-09

An artwork based on the MAX IV Laboratory control system is about to land on the Moon. Filip Persson, Assistant Head of Accelerator Operations at MAX IV, has created the ’MAX IV Control System’ – a digital artwork visualising the connections within the MAX IV control system. By transforming data into imagery, Filip has produced an art piece that resembles galaxies and star clusters – as a tribute

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/max-iv-artwork-heading-moon - 2026-05-08

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/four-year-national-doctoral-programme-virus-infections-and-pandemics - 2026-05-09

IAC is happy to unveil a powerful upgrade to its spatial sound recording capabilities – a new audio equipment with a focus on capturing the movement of sound in space. This initiative builds on PhD student Yann Coppier’s technique, which he describes as “invisible choreography”, a method for recording spatial interactions and sonic gestures that preserves their dynamic presence.The newly purchased

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/new-equipment-spatial-sound-recording-iac - 2026-05-09

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/consecutive-el-ninos-are-happening-more-often-and-result-more-devastating-new-research - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Jakob Skovgaard has published the article "Policy coherence and organizational cultures: Energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction targets” in the journal Environmental Policy and Governance. The article concerns the role of the organizational cultures of two of the European Commission’s Directorate-Generals, res

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/skovgaard-policy-coherence-and-eu-climate-and-energy-policies - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Fabio Cristiano, Lund University, and Emilio Distretti, London Metropolitan University, have co-authored the article “Along the Lines of the Occupation: Playing at Diminished Reality in East Jerusalem” for the journal Conflict and Society. Abstract:Augmented reality enables video game experiences that are increasingly

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/article-explores-pokemon-go-imaginary-east-jerusalem - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Join us for a digital seminar on the occasion of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 100th anniversary, post-colonial leader and the founder of Bangladesh. Register here to attend the Zoom Webinar.The speakers will also present Anisur Rahman's book Jag är Sheikh Mujib. Bengali-Swedish author Rahman's epic monologue I

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/upcoming-seminar-sheikh-mujib-icon-postcolonial-liberation - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The South Asia across the Nordic Region Conference (SANR) 2019 took place on June 11 and 12 in Uppsala and had participants from various Swedish and foreign academic institutions. The 2019 SANR conference was hosted by Sasnet/Lund University, the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI), Stockholm, and Swedish

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-co-hosted-successful-nordic-south-asian-conference - 2026-05-09

Bioenergy plays a vital role in the transition to a fossil-free society. However, the "unused" agricultural land, so-called marginal land, deemed suitable for bioenergy cultivation in southern Sweden is practically nonexistent, according to a new study from Lund University. Much of the land is already in use, for example, for horse grazing. "Our study shows that the potential for bioenergy product

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/land-identified-crucial-swedish-bioenergy-already-occupied-new-study-shows - 2026-05-09

A recent review article in Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems proposed a new conceptual model on nitrogen (N) cycle responses to elevated CO2: gross N mineralization is stimulated in N-limited ecosystems only, but not in phosphorus limited ones. Authors are BECC researchers Tobias Rütting and Louise C. Andresen. The researchers have conducted a meta-analysis on gross N transformations in free air

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-article-about-climate-change-effects-soil-nitrogen-dynamics - 2026-05-09

Paul Bourgine and his group have been awarded the prestigious EIC Pathfinder grant for the establishment of a consortium named "The BuonMarrow project". The consortium is led by Prof. Marco Rasponi's research group at the Politecnico di Milano. Currently, lung cancer relapse is only diagnosed late by radiological evidence as other tools are lacking, which drastically reduces patients’ survival pro

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/bourgine-group-awarded-eic-pathfinder-grant - 2026-05-09

In a new Swedish study by Lund University, researchers looked at how common it is with comorbidities in osteoarthritis of the knee and/or hip. The study was published in the American journal Arthritis Care & Research. The study analyzed data collected from the province of Scania's population between the years 1998 and 2017. Newly diagnosed osteoarthritis patients were at a slightly higher risk of

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/common-comorbidities-osteoarthritis - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Governance of nature-based solutions in the city at the intersection of justice and equity. A NATURVATION inspired special issue been has published in “Cities”. On the one hand the volume provides a diagnosis of the justice implications embedded in recent efforts to renature cities.  Placed in the breadth of existing

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/special-issue-nature-based-solutions-journal-cities - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How do different societies deal with bullying and degrading behavior at schools? Antoinette Hetzler and Colm Flaherty investigate this by examining the ways in which Sweden and the US attempt to guarantee the social rights of students at school. Their article has just appeared in the European Journal of Cultural and P

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/hetzler-and-flaherty-guaranteeing-social-rights-students-us-and-swedish-schools - 2026-05-09

This years first nailing ceremony took place at the department when Rui Liu nailed her thesis "Tinkered care: Assembling Medicine Consumption in Grey Zones". The topic is medical and health services, and falsified medical products. The aim of the dissertation is to advance knowledge about care as situated practices within and beyond medical institutional settings. It addresses the phenomenon of su

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/rui-liu-nailed-her-dissertation - 2026-05-09

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/ruth-pottgen-awarded-tage-erlander-prize-science-and-technology-2025 - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Jan Teorell has published the article ”A Quality of Government Peace? Explaining the Onset of Militarized Interstate Disputes, 1985–2001” in the journal International Interactions: Empirical and Theoretical Research in International Relations. AbstractThat democracies do not wage wars against

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/quality-government-well-influence-democracy-prevents-war - 2026-05-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The review summarizes key findings of 53 peer-reviewed publications, published in English in the period 1994–2020 identified with the search terms “global learning” and “sustainable development”, sustainability or GLSD, respectively.   Despite continued efforts by educators, UN declarations and numerous international

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/global-learning-sustainable-development-historical-review-cmes-helen-avery - 2026-05-09