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From the Vice-Chancellor’s blog: For several years, Lund University and many other stakeholders within the sector and beyond have been calling on the Government to alter and simplify immigration legislation and its regulations for researchers and doctoral students. Sweden and its universities are competing in a highly competitive international study and labour market, and there have been far too m

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-immigration-rules-researchers-and-doctoral-students-welcomed - 2026-07-02

Every year, the Bo and Kerstin Hjelt Diabetes Foundation awards three diabetes researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) each a project grant of 47,500 euro. One of the researchers awarded a grant this year studies atherosclerotic plaques in patients with type 2 diabetes. These patients are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease due to plaque rupture compared to people without t

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/type-2-diabetes-researchers-receive-support-hjelt-diabetes-foundation - 2026-07-01

Sofia graduated from Lund University’s master’s program in Economic Growth, Population and Development in 2022 and has since built a career in international relations, currently working as an Adviser at the UN Headquarters in New York. In our interview, Sofia shares her journey from studies to the UN, reflecting on what inspired her to choose this path and the experiences that prepared her for it.

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/sofia-brannstrom-alumna-msc-economic-growth-population-and-development-2022 - 2026-07-01

By combining satellite data, mathematical and statistical ecosystem modeling, and artificial intelligence, it is now possible to generate earlier and more reliable crop yield forecasts—an essential step toward ensuring future food security in a changing climate. This is demonstrated in a new doctoral thesis by Xueying Li, PhD at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, and membe

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/more-reliable-crop-forecasts-ai-and-satellite-data - 2026-07-01

By combining satellite data, mathematical and statistical ecosystem modeling, and artificial intelligence, it is now possible to generate earlier and more reliable crop yield forecasts—an essential step toward ensuring future food security in a changing climate. This is demonstrated in a new doctoral thesis by Xueying Li, PhD at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, and membe

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/more-reliable-crop-forecasts-ai-and-satellite-data - 2026-07-01

Every year Agora, the Helsingborg section of the Social Science Union, organises a job fair at Campus Helsingborg, where students have the opportunity to network and make contact with future employers. This year's edition will take place on 5 February. Inspiring, interactive and worthwhile - three words that sum up the upcoming event Agora Day at Campus Helsingborg, according to this year's projec

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/inspiring-opportunities-students-and-companies-agora-day - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How have you persuaded 5 000 lorry drivers to get involved in a project on cabotage – and what is it? “Cabotage is domestic transport carried out by foreign carriers. This could be freight or passenger transport. Within the EU, there is a narrower definition as given in the ‘CMR waybill’ that accompanies transported g

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/meet-henrik-sternberg-researcher-newly-established-logistics-centre-relog-campus-helsingborg - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Inter Arts Centre (IAC) in Malmö provides a forum enabling all parts of the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts to conduct research together and create joint projects. Its objective is to find new approaches and to achieve collective results which are greater than the sum of their parts. An example of the Centre’s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/experimental-art-across-boundaries - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As of January 1, 2021, Maj Hasager will be the new Rector at Malmö Art Academy. Gertrud Sandqvist, who has been Rector at Malmö Art Academy since 2011 (she also held the post between 1995 and 2007), then becomes vice rector at the school. Below, Gertrud herself writes about the handover of the post. After 22 years as

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/gertrud-sandqvist-hands-over-maj-hasager - 2026-07-01

Markus is currently enrolled on our one-year international Master's Programme in Information Systems. He majored in Cyber Security at The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA. Having completed his first semester with us, we asked him a few questions about his experience so far. Why did you choose Lund?“Professionally, I chose Lund because of the University’s academic reputation and long history

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/msc-student-portrait-markus-richardson - 2026-07-02

How will the VAT reduction affect consumers, according to Professor Emeritus Lars Jonung? The government and Sverigedemokraterna want to halve food VAT, cutting it from twelve to six percent in April next year. In a recent segment on Swedish Radio, Lars Jonung, Professor Emeritus of Economics at LUSEM (the Lund University School of Economics and Management), was interviewed about his reaction to t

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lower-vat-food-will-prices-really-drop - 2026-07-02

On 22 September, the Swedish Chips Competence Centre (SCCC) will open in The Loop in Lund. With Lund University as the host partner, researchers, start-ups and industry partners are coming together to strengthen Sweden's and Europe's position in semiconductor technology. A shared vision for Swedish and European semiconductor technologySemiconductor technology is crucial for everything from mobile

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sccc-takes-centre-stage-national-semiconductor-centre-opens - 2026-07-02

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Det senaste decenniet har kunskapen om hur våra gener påverkas av vår livsstil - ett forskningsfält som kallas epigenetik - ökat explosionsartat. Forskare vid Lunds universitets Diabetescentrum har sammanfattat det vetenskapliga kunskapsläget inom epigenetik kopplat till fetma och typ 2-diabetes i en reviewartikel d

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/sa-paverkar-livsstilen-vara-gener - 2026-07-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Vissa ämnen skrivs det särskilt ofta i media om under sommaren. Här finns en lista över forskare vid Lunds universitet som kan svara på vanliga sommarfrågor. Medicin, mat och hälsaInfektioner, bakterier och virus Infektionssjukdomar, bakterier, virus, vaccinationer, antibiotikaresistens, sepsis. Per Björkman, profes

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitets-sommarlista-2018-massor-av-experter-pa-sommarens-fragor - 2026-07-02

På fysiska institutionen är hon Stina Loo, utbildningsadministratör på grundutbildningen. Men hon kan också titulera sig som språkvetare, egenföretagare och tv-personlighet. Och nu, med en dröm som gått i uppfyllelse: Författare. Boken ”Hitta din historia – släktforskning för alla” som Stina skrivit tillsammans med Ingeborg Arvastsson släpps i början av september. Förhoppningen är att boken kan in

https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/stina-gor-historien-levande-med-ny-bok - 2026-07-01

Forskare vid Lunds universitet visar i en klinisk studie hur kvinnans genprofil ger svar om vilken hormonbehandling som är mest effektiv vid in vitrofertilisering (IVF), i dagligt tal kallat provrörsbefruktning. Nu har forskarna utvecklat ett enkelt svabbtest för provtagning i munnen som visar vilken hormonbehandling som är bästa alternativet vid IVF-behandling. Ungefär 15 procent av alla par i fe

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/fler-bebisar-med-enkelt-munsvabbtest-infor-ivf - 2026-07-02

Forskare vid Lunds universitet visar i en klinisk studie hur kvinnans genprofil ger svar om vilken hormonbehandling som är mest effektiv vid in vitrofertilisering (IVF), i dagligt tal kallat provrörsbefruktning. Nu har forskarna utvecklat ett enkelt svabbtest för provtagning i munnen som visar vilken hormonbehandling som är bästa alternativet vid IVF-behandling. Ungefär 15 procent av alla par i fe

https://www.lu.se/artikel/fler-bebisar-med-enkelt-munsvabbtest-infor-ivf - 2026-07-02

Christopher Douse, Associate Professor at Lund University’s Faculty of Medicine and group leader at the Lund Stem Cell Center, has been awarded a Consolidator Grant from the Swedish Society for Medical Research (SSMF). The five-year, SEK 11 million award will support his team’s research into how repetitive DNA sequences linked to neurological diseases are controlled in the development of the human

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/decoding-repetitive-genome-christopher-douse-awarded-consolidator-grant-ssmf - 2026-07-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Vissa ämnen skrivs det särskilt ofta i media om under sommaren. Här finns en lista över forskare vid Lunds universitet som kan svara på vanliga sommarfrågor och en rad andra ämnen som ofta är aktuella. För experter på coronakrisen, se vår separata expertlista: https://www.lu.se/article/expertlista-for-press-och-medi

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitets-sommarlista-2020-massor-av-experter-pa-sommarens-fragor - 2026-07-02

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During a unique rescue operation, Lund University sent armed security forces into an Islamic State (IS) warzone to rescue a doctoral student and his family. For several years, Firas Jumaah, his supervisor Charlotta Turner and former chief security officer, Per Gustafson, have kept quiet on the events; however, now the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rescue-operation - 2026-07-01