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The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies in collaboration with Doc Lounge invites you to a presentation of the photographic exhibition “Wildfires in the Anthropocene” and screening of Alexander Abaturov's documentary film “Paradise”, followed by an open discussion. Registration is required to attend. Wildfires are now a frequent phenomenon perceived as a global threat that puts the future of l

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/photo-exhibition-and-film-screening-world-burning-20-paradise - 2026-05-07

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "A Combination of Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms and Machine Learning Methods Improves the Prediction of Groundwater Level" together with Zahra Kayhomayoon (Payame Noor University), Faezeh Babaian (Islamic Azad University Tehran), Sami Ghordoyee Milan (University of Tehran) and Naser Arya Azar (University of Tabriz). The arti

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/predicting-groundwater-levels-iran - 2026-05-07

CMES congratulates Samir Abu Eid, Middle East correspondent for Swedish Television, for being awarded an Honorary Doctorate at the Faculty of Social Sciences! Samir Abu Eid is a journalist and foreign correspondent. He has been associated with Swedish Television (SVT) and TV4 since the early 2000s and has appeared in the program "Korrespondenterna" and the coverage of the 2016 US election. Current

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/journalist-samir-abu-eid-awarded-honorary-doctorate-lund-university - 2026-05-07

Four researchers from the department participated in the “Feminist Festival” in Malmö this weekend. Martina Angela Caretta held a keynote speech titled What do gender and intersectionality have to do with the environment? A feminist talk on climate justice. In her talk, she provided examples from her own research in East Africa, the USA, and Latin America on how gender and intersectionality are fu

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/researchers-shed-light-feminist-geography-festival - 2026-05-07

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/martin-l-olsson-receives-presidents-award - 2026-05-07

The Faculty Board decided not to proceed with the establishment of Stage 2 in Science Village in accordance with the proposal on critical mass, and therefore does not support continued planning of NanoLab Science Village (Stage 1). An investigation into the renovation of the Physics Building (Fysicum) will be prioritised. In parallel, a forward-looking review of the long-term development of physic

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/summary-faculty-science-board-meeting-17-december-2025 - 2026-05-07

Editor's note: this interview is from 2024.Over the last few years, Melissa has introduced frameworks she learnt during the programme to her colleagues to lead new thinking and innovation from within. For example, on a practical level, the module on entrepreneurial marketing was most useful as she could leverage customer journey and value mapping to better understand end users. Learning about co-c

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/melissa-dogo-alumnus-msc-entrpreneurship-and-innovation-2021 - 2026-05-08

From 1 January 2026, a new collective bargaining agreement on working hours for researchers and associate researchers at the University will take effect. As part of the agreement, these groups will transition to annual working hours. The annual working hours entail a total of between 1,700 and 1,756 hours over the course of a calendar year, depending on the number of annual leave days. The workloa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-collective-bargaining-agreement-working-hours-researchers - 2026-05-08

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Many of us have noticed the increasing frequency of climate protests organised by Extinction Rebellion (XR) across Sweden. What do these protests represent? Is this just another group of tree-huggers being a public nuisance? Or is this a needed development in taking our climate goals further? Lund University researche

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/blog-post-what-can-we-learn-xr-movement - 2026-05-07

The SciLifeLab research community is a dynamic, interdisciplinary network of scientists from various fields within molecular life sciences, united by the goal of addressing critical challenges in health, biodiversity, and sustainability. With a unique mandate to promote biology-, technology-, and data-driven excellence in life sciences, SciLifeLab fosters collaboration and innovation, driving brea

https://www.compchem.lu.se/article/marie-skepo-has-been-appointed-scilifelab-group-leader - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Are you a Skåne-based entrepreneur or part of a startup working to make a positive impact on the planet? SoPact, part of the School of Social Work, is a startup accelerator for social ventures – entrepreneurs working to solve social, cultural or environmental needs in society. SoPact is open for applications for their

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/sopact-open-applications - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Oxana Klementieva and her colleagues in Lund and at Synchrotron SOLEIL in France have used a new method, optical photothermal spectroscopy (O-PTIR) to study protein structures in neurons from mice affected by early stage Alzheimer’s disease. “We saw that the structure of the protein changes in different ways depending

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/new-imaging-method-sheds-light-alzheimers-disease - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SAMarbete March 7 2018 - A day for all social scientist students at Lund University! Soon it is time for SAMarbete 2018! The 7th of March, Eden will have been transformed into a meeting place for students and representatives from organisations. Take the chance to meet potential employees and get inspired for your futu

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/samarbete-2018 - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The study aims to assess under what social, economic and spatial conditions that processes of urbanization at the lowest level of the urban hierarchy can promote the livelihoods and welfare of residents in small towns. Together with Ola Hall from the Department and colleagues at the University of Dar es Salaam, Makere

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/agnes-andersson-djurfeldt-has-been-awarded-funding-vetenskapsradet-study-lower-level-urbanization - 2026-05-07

Registration will soon open for a new pedagogical course at the Faculty of Social Sciences. The course focuses on active learning as a central strategy to promote student-centred learning and teaching. The course is offered during the autumn semester and is primarily aimed at teachers and doctoral students at the Faculty of Social Sciences. In this course, you will, among other things, learn pract

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/active-learning-social-science-new-course-teachers-and-doctoral-students - 2026-05-07

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/creativity-forum-medicum-mental-health-focus - 2026-05-07

We now welcome the visiting professors recruited to the Faculty of Science through last year's international call for applications. Their collective expertise and international experience will strengthen the academic environment and create conditions for continued development in research, education and collaboration. To provide an overall picture of their backgrounds and assignments, all participa

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/our-new-visiting-professors-and-their-expertise - 2026-05-07

Despite cooling, net autumn release of carbon dioxide from ecosystems have increased, according to research from an international research group. The results come from a large study of ecosystems in North America and Eurasia, which since 2004 have had a decreasing temperature trend in the autumn, despite the fact that average temperatures are rising globally. Hans Chen, climate researcher from the

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/increased-carbon-dioxide-release-ecosystems-despite-negative-temperature-trends - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers involved in NanoLund have succeeded in producing nanotubes from a single building block using so-called molecular self-recognition. The tube can also change shape depending on the surrounding environment. The results can contribute to the future development of transport channels for drugs through the cell

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanotubes-build-themselves - 2026-05-07

In June, pediatric cancer experts from 16 countries gathered in Brussels for the annual meeting of the NOPHO-DB-SHIP consortium—an EU-wide collaboration working to improve outcomes for children with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). In Sweden, the trial is coordinated by Lund University and Skåne University Hospital. At the center of this collaboration is the CHIP-AML22 trial—an international phase II

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/brussels-meeting-advancing-personalised-treatment-childhood-aml-across-europe - 2026-05-07