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It is halftime for Vice-chancellor Erik Renström and his team. Three years of his term of office have passed, and three remain. Here in LUM, he sums up the first-half performance, looks ahead and explains how he approaches a job in which everyone wants a bit of his time. Word is that he is always on time to meetings, but almost never arrives early. Heading up the stairs to his office on the second

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/halftime-vice-chancellor-erik-renstrom - 2026-05-08

We have been given the opportunity to continue our reportage series where we have interviewed Amanda Sjögren about her work. We have been given the opportunity to continue our reportage series where we interviewed Amanda Sjögren about her work. Earlier this year, we wrote about Ph.D. student Amanda Sjögren, who started her position at Lund University in the spring of 2022. Now, a little over a yea

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/reportage-one-year-phd-student - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Urban Living Labs: Visiting researcher James Evans in search of success factors Can urban living labs create more sustainable urban development? Manchester researcher James Evans and colleagues at the IIIEE are studying and comparing four Scandinavian cases, seeking common drivers of success – and of failure.  – Today

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-visiting-iiiee-researcher-james-evans - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The potential of ecodesign:Increasing efficiency by requirement From a sustainability point of view, the EU Ecodesign Directive has been very successful in improving the environmental performance of products – but there is more work to do. IIIEE researcher Carl Dalhammar is currently searching for concrete suggestions

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-carl-dalhammar - 2026-05-08

The program is called "Longer-living older adults: Multidisciplinary approaches to a growing area of research on aging" and is hosted by the Nova Scotia Centre on Aging at Mount Saint Vincent University and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Institute of Aging. The SWEAH PhD Aber Sharon Kagwa, a second year PhD. student at the Division of Nursing, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/three-sweah-affiliated-researchers-are-going-canada-summer-program-aging-spa-2023 - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The forest investigation recently submitted to the Swedish government gives suggestions on creating synergies between international and national commitments on biodiversity and a growing circular bioeconomy. A new report by CEC researchers concludes that forests and forestry also play multiple, key roles for climate c

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/forestry-plays-key-role-swedens-climate-change-mitigation - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lars Palm is the new head of Lund University’s division for commissioned education, LUCE. His most recent position was at Tetra Pak where he worked for nearly 20 years. However, his connection to the University is strong. It was here that he graduated with a Master of Engineering degree, later completing a PhD in Meas

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-job-lars-palm-head-division-lund-university-commissioned-education-luce - 2026-05-07

Skolmaten ger inte bara mättnad för stunden. Den ger också långsiktiga fördelar på skolelevernas hälsa, utbildning och livsinkomst. Det visar forskare i nationalekonomi och medicin i en ny studie, publicerad i ansedda The Review of Economic Studies. Hälsoskillnader uppstår tidigt i livet och spelar en stor roll för vilken ekonomi man får som vuxen. Ändå finns det få vetenskapliga studier gällande

https://www.lu.se/artikel/skolmaten-pa-60-talet-gav-eleverna-hogre-inkomst-genom-livet-visar-ny-studie - 2026-05-08

Looksmaxing. Gigekonomi. Stress över att vara lyckad i andras ögon. Dagens unga vuxna – generation Z – har en utbredd psykisk ohälsa, men saknar kunskap om hur de ska kunna må bättre. Samtidigt brister vården och stödet för gruppen som är i början av vuxenlivet. Det vill forskare i Lund belysa – och ändra på, med hjälp av en e-hälsoapp. I ett år har forskarna kartlagt den psykiska hälsan hos perso

https://www.lu.se/artikel/gen-z-i-fokus-nar-lundaforskare-utvecklar-ny-e-halsoapp - 2026-05-08

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. One of the two recent Lund University jubilee stamps depicts the young diabetes researchers Anna Edlund and Jones Ofori. They are pleased to be featured on the stamps – but it was a complete surprise to them both. “Obviously we knew that our picture had been taken. A couple of years ago, there was a photographer here

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/unknowing-researchers-became-stamp - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How do bees always find their way home, not to mention in a straight line? What is it about the insect brain that allows them to navigate so easily? Could we copy that function? A step in this direction has now been taken by a group of scientists in a project combining the fields of biology, physics, nanoscience and i

https://www.science.lu.se/article/mimicking-navigation-insect-brain - 2026-05-07

The administrative prize is awarded annually for excellent administrative initiatives of an innovative nature that have contributed to the University’s development or for exceptional service and efficiency. The recipients of the 2022 prize are Magnus Svensson, head of division at the Faculty of Law and Sahar Valizadeh, project manager for Project/Devops (LDC). They will each receive SEK 15 000 for

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/recipients-2022-administrative-prize - 2026-05-07

To address the unique needs of Sweden's innovative and fast-growing startups and scaleups, a new collaborative initiative called Sweden Startup Nation has been established. This initiative aims to serve as an independent, national knowledge hub that enhances understanding of startups, scaleups, and their ecosystem through comprehensive data collection, analysis, and accessibility. The initiative i

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/new-initiative-strengthen-swedens-startups-and-scaleups - 2026-05-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Studenter från Lunds universitet befinner sig på olika platser runt om i världen för att bedriva utbytesstudier, praktik eller fältarbete. En del av dem har åkt hem till Sverige under coronakrisen, medan andra stannar kvar. Vi har bett några av dem ge en bild av deras situation där de befinner sig på olika platser i

https://www.lu.se/artikel/studenter-utomlands-berattar-om-livet-under-coronakrisen - 2026-05-08

Kajsa Brolin explores how our genes and environment affect the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. March 27, she defends her Ph.D. project partly based on MultiPark’s biobank sample collection. Here, she tells about the newly discovered genetic risk factor that might be specific to people in the southern part of Sweden. And is coffee really protective? Tell us about your research! “My research

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/genes-and-environment-pd-phd-interview-kajsa-brolin - 2026-05-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Donationskampanjen, ministerbesök, årsbokslutet, besök från Greifswald, rektorskonferens, Studieverkstaden, Open Arena 5, LERU, uppsatsvinnare och kungabesök är några av punkterna i detta rektorsbrev. Donationskampanjen. Förra fredagen drog donationskampanjen igång och det blev en lyckad invigning. Många kom under m

https://www.lu.se/artikel/rektorsbrev-3-februari - 2026-05-08

During its away day, the central administration’s management group (consisting of the heads of the faculty offices and the heads of division in the central administration) discussed the administration’s development areas – both what has been done so far and what remains to be developed. The central administration’s plan of operations highlights the following development areas for 2020 – 2022. To d

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/developing-central-administrations-support-and-work - 2026-05-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Hur ser ett fossilfritt samhälle ut? På vilket sätt skulle samhället och landskap förändras om allt fler människor valde att enbart äta vegetariskt? Och hur skulle det vara att leva i Skåne om temperaturen stiger med flera grader? Såväl forskare som myndigheter och företag försöker förstå vad klimatförändringarna ko

https://www.lu.se/artikel/samverkanstema-hur-ska-vi-forsta-klimatforandringarna - 2026-05-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Många av de personer som har genetiska förutsättningar att utveckla förmaksflimmer, med kraftigt ökad risk för stroke som följd, kan upptäckas genom ett blodprov. Det visar ny forskning från Lunds universitet. Över 200 000 svenskar har förmaksflimmer. Antalet drabbade ökar påtagligt, vilket bland annat antas bero på

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/gentest-visar-risk-formaksflimmer-och-stroke - 2026-05-07

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Den 16-17 november ger Ekonomihögskolan en stor 2-dagars konferens på temat hållbarhet. Konferensen "Sustainable Business, Reporting and Assurance" lockar deltagare från stora delar av världen till Ekonomihögskolan för att delta i ett forum där ledande forskare, praktiker, politiker och beslutsfattare samlas för att

https://www.lu.se/artikel/internationell-hallbarhetskonferens-vid-ekonomihogskolan-i-lund - 2026-05-07