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A new project has been initiated to strengthen work on academic freedom and clarify the University’s role in society. The project, which will run until the end of 2026, aims to create a common understanding of what academic freedom entails and how it can be safeguarded in practice. Why is academic freedom important?Academic freedom is a fundamental pillar of research and education. It means that u

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-project-will-strengthen-academic-freedom-lund-university - 2026-07-02

CMES Visiting Fulbright Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye has been interviewed about the war in Gaza and the need for new leadership as the only way forward. The war in Gaza will end when Israel realises that its two goals are mutually exclusive - it will not be able to both destroy Hamas and free the hostages. This is what the new visiting Fulbright professor at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern St

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-visiting-fulbright-professor-dalia-dassa-kaye-war-gaza - 2026-07-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. On Friday May 15:th, two of our phd students, Hui Zhao and Rickard Andersson, nailed down their thesis’. Nailing is a Swedish academic ritual in connection with the presentation of a doctoral dissertation. Three weeks before the dissertation, the thesis must be published, and from this date, the University must prov

https://www.isk.lu.se/artikel/double-nailing-dissertations-strategic-communication - 2026-07-01

TorTalk is a speech synthesiser for which the university has held computer licenses for many years. Now the app is also available. This increases accessibility, since you can now have all kinds of texts read aloud, in different kinds of situations and environments. Photo: Johan Bävman. Who is TorTalk for? TorTalk is a speech synthesis programme that you can install on your computer or download to

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/lund-university-now-holds-license-tortalk-app - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An international study led from Lund University in Sweden shows that 30 per cent of the energy in a certain type of light-absorbing iron molecule disappears in a previously unknown manner. By closing this loophole, the researchers hope to contribute to the development of more efficient solar cells using this iron-base

https://www.science.lu.se/article/iron-based-solar-cells-track-becoming-more-efficient - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Few people look forward to digital meetings, but the researchers at Design Sciences do just that. They have found meeting places that give them energy and smart structure. He is holding a virtual cup of coffee and looks a little like a figure in the Sims computer game. “Now, running remote meetings feels creative and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-fun-meet-avatars - 2026-07-01

Professor Michael Edgerton is a composer directing the Artistic Research programme at Malmö Academy of Music who has made a name for himself within the field of Artistic Research in Music by being at the forefront of vocal exploration. His compositions have received performances and recognition around the world, and he has just released a new CD with the pianist Moritz Ernst on the label Perfect N

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/meet-michael-edgerton - 2026-07-01

What happens when 200 high school students step inside a research center for a full day of science? Curiosity ignites, questions multiply, and for many, new futures begin to feel possible. At the end of March, Lund Stem Cell Center welcomed students from Lars Erik Larsson gymnasiet in Lund, Söderslättsgymnasiet in Trelleborg, and Malmö Borgarskola, Malmö Latinskola, and Sjölins Gymnasium in Malmö

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/unistem-day-2026-opening-door-life-science - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meet Jean-Pierre Filiu, Professor in Middle East Studies at Sciences Po., who visited Lund last week during the conference “Everyday Life in the Middle East”, hosted by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University. He is a former diplomat with long experience from the Middle East. This summer he visited Syri

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/syria-waiting-enough-enough - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Åsa Burman is a former doctoral student at LU who has developed a method for efficiency and stress management. In January she held a workshop for doctoral students and has also written a book entitled "Finish on time - the Doctoral Student Handbook". Here are her best tips. Work in unitsDivide your day into units and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/five-important-tips-way-thesis - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In Skåne, newborn babies can be screened for type 1 diabetes and celiac disease (gluten intolerance). More than expected have been found to have an increased risk of developing these diseases, and about thirty children have already been recruited for research studies aimed at lowering this risk. Large-scale screening

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/screening-finds-children-high-risk-type-1-diabetes-and-celiac-disease - 2026-07-01

The Academy of Music has the great pleasure of being able to distribute more than SEK 900,000 at the end of the school year in the form of various scholarships to the school's students. An important and tax-free addition to many students' wallets for the summer, which creates new opportunities, for example for further studies, instrument purchases or recordings.The Academy of Music has met one of

https://www.mhm.lu.se/en/article/malmo-academy-music-awards-almost-one-million-sek-scholarships - 2026-07-01

David Gisselsson Nord and Tony Ingesson both love spy novels and have a nerdy interest in history. Their shared curiosity resulted in an interdisciplinary collaboration about how it might be possible to inspire smarter cancer treatment with the help of methods from espionage and intelligence analysis. Tony Ingesson finds it fairly easy to show a bit of attitude in front of the camera. David Gissel

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/cancer-researcher-and-intelligence-expert - 2026-07-02

David Gisselsson Nord and Tony Ingesson both love spy novels and have a nerdy interest in history. Their shared curiosity resulted in an interdisciplinary collaboration about how it might be possible to inspire smarter cancer treatment with the help of methods from espionage and intelligence analysis. Tony Ingesson finds it fairly easy to show a bit of attitude in front of the camera. David Gissel

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/cancer-researcher-and-intelligence-expert - 2026-07-01

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Risken är att en stor del av all kommunikation på sociala medier är olaglig. I juli kom EU-domstolen med den så kallade Schrems II-domen, som skulle kunna få stora konsekvenser för bland andra Facebook och Instagram. Läget är mycket oklart i nuläget, säger juristprofessor Vilhelm Persson. Bakgrunden är GDPR-reglerin

https://www.lu.se/artikel/eu-dom-kan-fa-oanade-konsekvenser-sociala-medier - 2026-07-02

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During the pandemic, the free COVID Symptom Study app has helped researchers understand the complexity and spread of the corona virus better. “The study has exceeded our expectations since its launch in Sweden in April 2020. Participants from all over Sweden got involved and many of them have spent one minute every da

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/study-tracks-spread-covid-19-sweden - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ...Jean-Robert Vialle (to the left t the photo) and Jean-Michel Tresallet who are making a documentary about the economic battle for the world’s international students. Tell us about your film project on higher education? “We are making a 90 minute documentary on where higher education is headed. Higher education is c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/meet-french-film-makers - 2026-07-01

When humans are ill, we tend to be less active. This also applies to wild animals, but so far, it has not been known how long the reduced activity lasts or which activities are affected the most. New research from Lund University in Sweden shows that birds' activity decreases for up to three weeks when they become ill - something that could mean the difference between life and death. The researche

https://www.science.lu.se/article/disease-affects-blackbirds-more-previously-thought - 2026-07-01

A new paper explores the current use of satellite technology in forest-risk commodity (e.g. palm oil or cocoa) supply chains, combining dynamic capabilities theory and a multi-tier SSCM framework. Sustainability issues typically occur far upstream in companies’ supply chains, yet companies have limited visibility into these distant supply tiers and often do not know their indirect suppliers. With

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/solutions-space-new-research-satellite-technology-and-supply-chains - 2026-07-01

Varje våldsam upptrappning av Israel-Palestina-konflikten har lett till ökad antisemitism i många länder. Så är också fallet i samband med det nu pågående kriget mellan Israel och Hamas. Det menar Svante Lundgren, religionshistoriker med fokus på Mellanöstern. – Det här är inget nytt utan har pågått i decennier. Varje gång det hettar till blir det aktivitet också här. Nu är stridigheterna dock mer

https://www.lu.se/artikel/okad-antisemitism-kopplad-till-israel-och-palestina - 2026-07-02