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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.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 - 2026-07-03

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 - 2026-07-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Enjay is a rising star among the Climate-KIC Startup Accelerator companies. Read more about the latest developments. Enjay is developing a heat pump that can reuse the heat in exhaust air from restaurant kitchens. Up until now, this heat has been wasted. Reuse has not been possible due to the large amounts of fat and

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/things-are-going-well-enjay - 2026-07-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET is pleased to welcome Dr. Amrita Ghosh from Linnaeus University and Dr. Phu Doma Lama from Lund University as new affiliated researchers. Amrita Ghosh has a Masters in English from Rutgers University, NJ and a PhD in Postcolonial literature and theory, specializing in Partition Literature, from Drew University,

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/two-new-affiliated-researchers-sasnet - 2026-07-03

From 1 January 2026, new guidelines for business travel apply. The rules are broadly the same as before, except with regards to air travel. The new guidelines mean that you are to choose biofuel where this is possible and avoid connecting flights. This is to reduce climate impact. Regulations and general recommendations have been collated into a single document to make it easier to find informatio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-guidelines-business-travel-and-new-options-rail-travel-europe - 2026-07-04

Det märkliga rymdobjektet ’Oumuamua tog forskarvärlden med storm för nio år sedan. I kölvattnet av dess passage nära vår planet har frågorna varit många. Nyligen startade en internationell satsning för att leta efter fler besökare från andra solsystem. En natt i oktober 2017 utför ett teleskop på Hawaii sitt rutinmässiga arbete med att skanna av himlavalvet. Dagen efter upptäcker en av forskarna e

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/jakten-pa-besokare-fran-andra-solsystem - 2026-07-03

En hemlig lista på 774 nazikollaboratörer är på väg att avslöjas och har skapat politisk storm i Kanada. Bakom upptäckten står bland andra Per Anders Rudling, historiker från Lunds universitet. Ottawa, 22 september 2023: Ukrainas president Zelenskij är på besök i Kanadas parlament. Talmannen ber en 98-årig inbjuden kanadensisk veteran som stred mot ryssarna under andra världskriget att ställa sig

https://www.lu.se/artikel/nazikollaboratorer-avslojas-efter-80-ar - 2026-07-04

Det märkliga rymdobjektet ’Oumuamua tog forskarvärlden med storm för nio år sedan. I kölvattnet av dess passage nära vår planet har frågorna varit många. Nyligen startade en internationell satsning för att leta efter fler besökare från andra solsystem. En natt i oktober 2017 utför ett teleskop på Hawaii sitt rutinmässiga arbete med att skanna av himlavalvet. Dagen efter upptäcker en av forskarna e

https://www.lu.se/artikel/jakten-pa-besokare-fran-andra-solsystem - 2026-07-04

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 - 2026-07-03

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 - 2026-07-03

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 - 2026-07-03

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eleven-research-infrastructures-share-sek-20-million - 2026-07-03

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sylvia-schwaag-serger-provide-expertise-development-next-eu-framework-programme - 2026-07-04

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 - 2026-07-03

What started as a discovery in Lund Nano Lab ten years ago is now turning into a sustainable path for the semiconductor industry. AlixLabs recently closed a €14.1 million Series A funding round, and aims to build a new generation of semiconductor manufacturing solutions. “Lund Nano Lab has been foundational. AlixLabs would not exist without it. The lab provided the infrastructure, expertise, and l

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/alixlabs-scales-eu14m-investment - 2026-07-03

The next-door neighbour whose home you’ve never been inside. That was how Jason Diakité, also known as hip hop artist Timbuktu, felt about the University while growing up in Lund. Today, he feels differently – having been awarded an honorary doctorate and now taking his seat as one of LU’s external Cultural Council members. Inside the historic Old Bishop’s House, final preparations are underway fo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/timbuktu-universitys-cultural-council-glimpse-under-bonnet - 2026-07-04

Social anthropologist Petra Östergren’s research rethinks prostitution policies and receives international response and praise. Her chapter "From zero-tolerance to full integration. Rethinking prostitution policies" has now been published in The Sage Handbook of Global Sexuality. According to professor Hendrik Wagenaar at Kings College in London it is a "seminal typology of prostitution policies"

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/governing-sex-work-new-way-categorizing-prostitution-policy-may-be-standard-years-come - 2026-07-03

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 - 2026-07-03

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 - 2026-07-03

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 - 2026-07-03