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Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. För några månader sedan visade LUDC-forskare att det finns en koppling mellan sömnhormonet melatonin och typ 2 diabetes. Det oväntade fyndet väcker många frågor vilka nu ska tacklas med stöd av ett europeiskt forskningsanslag och en speciell mus. - Vi vet nu att melatoninreceptorn har betydelse för diabetesrisken me

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/musen-ska-avsloja-somnhormonets-roll-vid-diabetes - 2026-07-17

Hur kan fåglar undvika att krocka när de flyger i täta lövverk och i andra trånga miljöer med många hinder? Och vad innebär det för fåglarna att flyga i sådana komplexa miljöer? De frågorna funderade Per Henningsson vid Lunds universitet på innan han gjorde slag i saken och tog hjälp av familjens egen tama undulat för att ta reda på svaren. Nu publiceras studien i Royal Society Open Science. Pande

https://www.lu.se/artikel/restriktioner-mojliggjorde-unik-fagelstudie - 2026-07-18

 Årsmötet för det europeiska universitetssamarbetet EUGLOH arrangeras i Lund i mitten av juni. Förberedelserna har pågått i månader och prorektor Lena Eskilsson hoppas att många ska ta chansen att skapa nya internationella kontakter. – Det är en möjlighet att visa upp internt vad EUGLOH är och öka engagemanget, säger hon. Mellan den 12 och 14 juni samlas internationella forskare, studenter, lärare

https://www.lu.se/artikel/europeiskt-natverk-global-halsa-haller-arsmote-i-lund - 2026-07-18

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/royal-physiographic-society-gives-sten-von-friesen-prize-armin-tavakoli - 2026-07-17

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/external-login-canvas - 2026-07-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Despite rules and legislation on water for all at a reasonable cost, water shortages hit the poor hardest. In slums in large cities, illegal water mafia have emerged that take advantage of people’s desperate need for water. Maryam Nastar has studied water politics in two fast growing cities, Hyderabad in India and Joh

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/water-mafia-take-advantage-poor - 2026-07-17

By using the faculty's data storage and handling platform, LUSEC, you reduce the risk of data breaches and espionage that can have catastrophic consequences. The service is offered at cost. "The more people who use LUSEC, the cheaper it will be for everyone," says Lars Nilsson, IT engineer at the Division for Support for Research and Learning. Why are you now charging for LUSEC? "LUSEC was origina

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/lusec-reduces-risk-data-breaches-and-spying - 2026-07-17

https://www.lp3.lu.se/article/article-about-lp3-lund-university-magazine - 2026-07-17

Two lecturers at the Malmö Academy of Music, Ann-Sofi Härstedt and Elin Waileth Wikström, have been awarded development grants from the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts to revive and further develop a nearly forgotten technique – a form of breathing and movement training that was once central to artistic education in Sweden. Together, they have developed a new stand-alone course that highlights

https://www.mhm.lu.se/en/article/breathing-movement-and-artistic-foundation-revived-legacy-malmo-academy-music - 2026-07-17

The battle for real democracy in the Middle East will largely be decided in schools. The role of education in a democracy was also the theme of a workshop in Alexandria, where Swedish researchers met their Egyptian counterparts. The USI network organised the event on a hot topic in a country that needs to fight for democracy if it is to take root.   “Democracy in Egypt isn’t going to work unless p

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/battle-democracy-decided-schools - 2026-07-17

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Som styrelseordförande i Crafoordska stiftelsen har Ebba Fischer bland annat medverkat till inrättandet av en professur i ämnet mänskliga rättigheter och stöttat flera initiativ med inriktning på konst, musik och historia. 2014 utnämndes hon till hedersdoktor vid Lunds universitets humanistiska fakultet. Som en av g

https://www.lu.se/artikel/filantrop-med-oga-studenternas-basta - 2026-07-17

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/graduate-leaders-we-need-invite-young-people - 2026-07-17

During the spring, the Purchasing and Procurement Office will gradually take over responsibility for all procurements over SEK 700,000. The previous threshold (below which no support was available) was SEK 1.5 million. A new procedure is being introduced, which means that procurements worth over SEK 700,000 will be carried out with support from procurement officers in the Division of Finances. The

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/threshold-procurement-support-being-reduced - 2026-07-18

The coast is changing. The sea is encroaching further inland, and the shoreline of childhood memory no longer looks the same. Climate change is impacting beaches and the sea, but time is also a factor. Someone who knows a lot about changes to the Skåne coastline is Caroline Hallin. She is a coastal engineer whose research focuses on erosion, storm surges and nature-adapted coastal protection at th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/interdisciplinary-research-school-skanes-beaches - 2026-07-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The main University building is to become a hub for the organisation! That is the vision proposed by project manager Louise Pierce, who is responsible for repurposing the now almost empty building in Lundagård park. In only three years, it is to be buzzing with activity in the form of students, employees and visitors.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-plan-university-building-materializes - 2026-07-17

A picture says more than a thousand words. LUCSUS postdoctoral researcher, Emma Johansson, uses art as a research method to create impacts beyond academia among farmers, pastoralists, organisations and policy makers in Tanzania and Sweden. An artist herself, physical geographer, Emma Johansson, has used paintings in her research for more than seven years; since she first visited Tanzania for her P

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/impact-story-creating-impact-through-art - 2026-07-17

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/alumni-oscar-eriksson-furunes-recieves-hostutstillingsprisen-oslo - 2026-07-17

CMES researcher Joel Abdelmoez will defend PhD thesis. On December 19, 2025, at 10.15 a.m, at Eden, Lund, Joel Abdelmoez  will defend the PhD thesis titled, Time, Difference, and the Transnational. Feminist Activism and Solidarities in Egypt and Tunisia.Opponent: Prof. Laleh Khalili, University of ExeterAbstract:This dissertation explores possibilities and challenges to the formation of transnatio

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/phd-viva-time-difference-and-transnational-feminist-activism-and-solidarities-egypt-and-tunisia - 2026-07-17

On 1 December, the University’s insurance with Kammarkollegiet was renewed, which means changed rules for the storage and handling of all lithium-ion batteries used for transportation, such as electric bicycles, scooters etc, and other lithium-ion batteries with a capacity of more than 10 Ah. The new rules mean, among other things, that if you ride an electric bike to work, you must store your bat

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/if-you-ride-e-bike-work - 2026-07-18

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A prestigious award to Olle Melander, researcher at Lund University Diabetes Centre and physician at Skåne University Hospital in Malmö. He is awarded the prestigious award Peter Sleight Award 2010. The award, which is handed out by the European Society of Hypertension, consists apart from the honor, also by 10.000 eu

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/prestigious-award-cardiovascular-research - 2026-07-17