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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A forest management method different to those practised today would contribute to greater welfare and wellbeing for society in general, compared with current methods that mainly benefit the forestry industry. This has been shown in a new study by two researchers from Lund University in Sweden. There is an intensive de

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/another-type-forest-management-would-provide-greater-values-society - 2026-05-07

Hatred towards political opponents can be more polarizing than policy differences – and populism is shaping the erosion of support for Ukraine in the war against Russia. Professor Jonathan Polk and Dr. Alexander Ryan delivered a lecture in December on what divides voters and parties in Europe. What is affective polarization, and why does it matter? Alexander Ryan, postdoctoral researcher at Lund U

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/affective-polarization-populism-and-european-party-support-ukraine - 2026-05-07

One result of climate change is that spring is arriving earlier. However, migratory birds are not keeping up with these developments and arrive too late for the peak in food availability when it is time for breeding. By getting the birds to fly a little further north, researchers in Lund, Sweden, and the Netherlands have observed that these birds can give their chicks a better start in life. Globa

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/migratory-birds-can-be-taught-adjust-climate-change - 2026-05-07

Why do some people believe that most others can be trusted, while others don’t? And how does trust change over time? In his recently defended doctoral thesis, Alexander Saaranen studies social trust, and his findings show that our teenage years may be more important than previously thought. On Thursday 12 June Alexander Saaranen successfully defended his thesis “Trust in time” and is now a doctor

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/alexander-saaranens-thesis-uncovers-what-makes-us-trust - 2026-05-07

Hatred towards political opponents can be more polarizing than policy differences – and populism is shaping the erosion of support for Ukraine in the war against Russia. Professor Jonathan Polk and Dr. Alexander Ryan delivered a lecture in December on what divides voters and parties in Europe. What is affective polarization, and why does it matter? Alexander Ryan, postdoctoral researcher at Lund U

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/affective-polarization-populism-and-european-party-support-ukraine - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In this year's Göteborg Book Fair there will be two seminars with a South Asian theme. One is a dialogue on contemporary literature in Bangladesh and the other is a talk with Arundhati Roy on her new book, which deals with modern Indian history. SASNET director Andreas Johansson will also be at the fair talking about

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/south-asia-goteborg-book-fair-2017 - 2026-05-07

Diabetes researchers Allan Vaag and Lena Eliasson are the new coordinators of Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) and the strategic research area EXODIAB (Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden). Over the next years, they will work to strengthen and further develop ongoing collaborations. Coordinator Allan Vaag and Vice Coordinator Lena Eliasson are new leaders since the beginning of the yea

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-coordinators-strategic-research-area-diabetes - 2026-05-07

Normally, Nobel Symposia are quite rare, therefore it is quite remarkable that NanoLund researchers were the main organizers of two symposia that took place nearly at the same time. The Nobel Symposium NS 173: “Exploring complex molecular and condensed phase processes and functions by multidimensional spectroscopy from THz to X-rays” was held August 7–11, 2022 in Båstad. The Nobel Symposium NS166:

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/two-nobel-symposia-held-southern-sweden-within-one-month - 2026-05-07

CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi has co-authored an article published in the journal Chemosphere. The article, "Transport and retention of functionalized graphene oxide nanoparticles in saturated/unsaturated porous media: Effects of flow velocity, ionic strength and initial particle concentration", was authored by Mahsa Shahi (Lund University), Mohammad Reza Alavi Moghaddam (Amirkabir University of

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/nanoparticle-infection-soils-and-groundwater - 2026-05-07

Planning for this autumn's interdisciplinary ageing and health conference is in full swing. SWEAH is once again organizing a two-day conference, this time on the theme "Exchange of Insights: Connecting Research on Ageing and Health with Societal Needs". SWEAH alumnus Wenqian Xu at Lund University is convenor of the conference committee. He is now busy applying for funding, inviting keynote speaker

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/chance-policymakers-and-others-learn-about-latest-research-ageing-and-health - 2026-05-07

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sylvia-schwaag-serger-provide-expertise-development-next-eu-framework-programme - 2026-05-08

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eleven-research-infrastructures-share-sek-20-million - 2026-05-08

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ”Lund is a really great city and Lund University a fantastic place to be part of. We have met so many wonderful people from all over the world at our student housing”. These enthusiastic exclamations come from Shinjini Bhattacharjee and Rupsa Ghosh, two bright MPhil students in Geography from Delhi University (DU) who

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/indian-exchange-students-praises-lund-and-lund-university - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Centre invites Swedish and Nordic Ph.D. students with a focus on East and South-East Asia to spend 1 month at the Centre during the fall of 2019. We are able to pay for accommodation at the University Guest House for one month for up to two PhD candidates who needs housing, and will in addition provide office spac

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/calls-visiting-phd-students-1 - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University has allocated almost SEK 500 000 of strategic education funding for a new course created in a collaboration between the faculties of Law and Medicine and Loyola Law School in the US. The course will be on how to ensure legal protection of innovations at the intersection of law and medical technology, a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/law-and-medicine-create-innovation-course - 2026-05-07

The term affective polarization refers to the extent to which citizens feel more negatively toward other political parties than toward their own. Researchers do not know much about the link between news media coverage and affective polarization. One way to better understand affective polarization is to measure the effects of it, for example by setting up scientific experiments. Unlike just a few y

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/conference-about-affective-polarization-hosted-department-and-nordic-map-network - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University is celebrating 350 years of education and research with €350,000 in scholarships! Win a scholarship for your Master’s programme by showing that you share Lund University's vision to understand, explain and improve the world and the human condition. The scholarship can be applied to over 100 different M

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/join-lund-university-350-jubilee-scholarship-competition - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new LUCC Coordinator has been appointed by the Dean of Faculty of Medicine at Lund University. Professor Sophia Zackrisson has been appointed as the new LUCC coordinator for a 3-year period and she will replace Kristian Pietras as coordinator from March 1st 2021. Nomination of coordinator candidates took place durin

https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/new-lucc-coordinator - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Fariborz Zelli will chair the Earth System Governance conference in Nairobi on December 7-9. This year’s conference, the seventh in the series, is the first one in Africa. The overarching theme “Confronting Complexity and Inequality” will be discussed in panel and plenary sessions over three days. Environmental govern

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/zelli-will-chair-leading-environmental-governance-conference-nairobi - 2026-05-07

On 27 May, the Swedish government presented its five-step plan for adaptation and easing of the restrictions applied due to the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the new recommendations is for digital learning no longer to be the default mode for higher education. This means that it will be possible to conduct education on site at universities and colleges as of 1 June. The reason why this is happening no

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/digital-learning-will-no-longer-be-recommended-default-mode - 2026-05-07