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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Patrik Olsson and Rustam Urinboyev visited Tashkent in Uzbekistan in October to give policy advise on crime prevention and anti-corruption issues and were interviewed by Uzbek television. Two of our researchers in Sociology of Law, Senior Lecturer Patrik Olsson and Senior Research Fellow Rustam Urinboyev, are currentl
What is the link between atherosclerosis and gut and mouth bacteria? Researchers behind a large new study have found several new connections. In the long term, this knowledge can benefit people with type 2 diabetes, a group with an increased risk of developing atherosclerosis. In atherosclerosis, fat and calcium have accumulated in the artery walls over time, forming so called atherosclerotic plaq
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/gut-and-mouth-bacteria-give-researchers-new-clues-about-atherosclerosis - 2026-05-09
In a newly published article in Global Environmental Change, LUCSUS Professor Christine Wamsler and colleagues map out existing research on internal and external transformations. Drawing upon the results, they propose a model and roadmap for advancing sustainability and climate-related research, policy, and practice. The linkage between internal and external (systems) change for sustainability is
It took Swedish prosecutors six years to prepare the criminal case against former executives of Telia Company for paying several hundred million USD in bribes in Uzbekistan. The Sociology of Law Department's researcher Isabel Schoultz attended the trial to study the defence strategies of the accused. In September 2018, three former top executives of the Swedish telecommunications company Telia Com
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/how-corporate-executives-beat-corruption-charges-performing-unbeloning-court - 2026-05-09
Much research on diabetes focuses on understanding what happens when the insulin-producing cells are destroyed. Researchers at Lund University have instead chosen to investigate what protects the insulin-producing cells. Their research shows that a protein of the immune system protects the insulin-producing cells from inflammation and death. The study, published in PNAS, is an example of basic res
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/protein-protects-insulin-producing-cells - 2026-05-09
CMES affiliated researcher Sarah Anne Rennick has written a review of a book about youth activists in Egypt's 2011 revolution. The reviewed book is called Tahrir’s Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution, written by Rusha Latif (2022, American University in Cairo Press). Sarah's review was published in The Middle East Journal. The book explores the trajectories of Egyptian youth activists during
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-review-egypts-leaderless-revolution - 2026-05-09
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has elected two new members of the Academy’s class for medical sciences. One of them is Malin Parmar, Professor of Cellular Neuroscience at Lund University. Together with her research group, Malin Parmar has conducted several groundbreaking studies on stem cells that have led to the development of new treatments for patients with Parkinson’s disease. Using kno
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/malin-parmar-elected-royal-swedish-academy-sciences - 2026-05-09
This year's excursion for the students at the department specialising in tourism offered both sunshine and memorable experiences. For the second year in a row, both bachelor and master students participated, which created a wonderful dynamic and strengthened the community between the programmes. The trip went to Helsingborg's twin town Pärnu in Estonia, with a stop in the capital Tallinn - a city
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/sun-studies-and-student-community-field-trip-estonia - 2026-05-09
SASNET invites Lund University PhD students to apply for two travel grants. The deadline is the 31st of January 2023. Each grant amounts to a maximum value of 25 000 SEK (direct costs) and shall be used to cover travel expenses such as flight tickets, accommodation, and visa fees. Eligibility criteria You are a PhD student presently enrolled at Lund University You plan to travel during 2023 for a
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/south-asia-travel-grants-lund-university-phd-students - 2026-05-09
Activity support from The Network for Computational Science at the Faculty of Science PurposeFunding of a visiting researcher to have a seminar or workshopWho can apply?Any employee of the Faculty of Science BackgroundThe Faculty of Science has provided 100 000 SEK during 2026 to the Network for joint activities in Computational Science. We have decided to use some of this funding to support resea
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/call-visiting-researchers-computational-science-2026 - 2026-05-09
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond has awarded Alezini Loxa just over SEK 4.4 million for the project Revisiting the Normative Foundations of EU Migration Law. Alezini Loxa is one of five researchers selected for this year’s RJ Pro Futura program, carried out in collaboration with the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS).About the projectEU law is structured around a fundamental distinction between
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The School of Business and Law at The University of Agder invites applications for up to seven full-time fixed-term appointments as PhD Research Fellows in International Management. Application closing date: 15 May 2017. The main profile is that the positions are located in Kristiansand, Norway, and that the PhD-perio
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/phd-research-fellowships-international-management - 2026-05-09
The results are in and it’s time to announce the winners of Lund Stem Cell Center Image Competition 2020. We are pleased to announce the winners of the Lund Stem Cell Center Image competition 2020 are:First place: Grasping at straws – Ludwig Schmiderer and Martin Hjort, Larsson group and NanolundSecond place: Floating – Maciej Ciesla, Bellodi groupThird place: Million dollars worth of antibodies –
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/image-competition-2020-results - 2026-05-10
Welcome to visit the University during the autumn holidays! We offer everything from ghost walks to fossil shows and tours about the mysteries of the universe. The Botanical GardenGo on a guided tour among witch plants, trees with magical properties, Chinese cat poop and evil fruits. Or help make a scary magic potion.Magical and strange in Botan – botan.lu.se (in Swedis)Botan's opening hours and m
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/autumn-holidays-university-0 - 2026-05-10
A computational science hub, COSHE, has been established at Lund University. The aim is to become a creative hub for computational science with a focus on interdisciplinary research in the fields of health, climate and the environment. COSHE works with machine learning, statistical learning methods, physical system modeling and quantum computing. The research groups behind COSHE already have parti
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/computational-science-hub-sharpen-research-environment-and-health - 2026-05-09
Deep interviews with patients who are at an early stage of Parkinson’s disease show that acceptance was a prerequisite for a maintained life satisfaction despite the disease. The study was conducted by health science researchers from the strategic research area MultiPark at Lund University. People living with Parkinson's disease deal with symptoms and impairments due to the progression of the dise
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/acceptance-key-life-satisfaction-persons-parkinsons-disease - 2026-05-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Cancer patients responded better to immunotherapy and had a better prognosis if their melanoma tumours contained specific clusters of B cells, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. The study is published in Nature. Immunotherapy strengthens the immune system so that it can fight cancer more effecti
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/b-cells-linked-effective-cancer-immunotherapy - 2026-05-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Summaries from two recent ClimBEco events, Annual Meeting and Greenhouse Gas Summer School. ClimBEco annual meetingA warm thank you to all partcipants in the ClimBEco Annual Meeting in Höllviken, August 24-25! After an inspiring and thought-provoking mini-workshop about assertive communcation and the ClimBEco mentorsh
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/highlights-climbeco - 2026-05-09
Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift recently published a special issue on the Middle East after twenty years of the war on terror with contributions from CMES researchers Lina Eklund, Isabell Schierenbeck, Karin Aggestam, Linda Eitrem Holmgren, and Lisa Strömbom. The special issue was edited by Anders Persson and includes the following articles written (in Swedish) by CMES researchers and affiliated resea
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-and-20-years-war-terror - 2026-05-09
