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The Director General of the National Board of Trade (‘Kommerskollegium’), Anders Ahnlid, visited Lund on 30 March 2022. At a seminar organized by the Centre for European Studies, he presented an overview of how the global trading system came into being, evolved during and after the Cold War, and might develop in light of the challenges imposed upon it by the current war in Ukraine. Anders, who has

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/global-trading-system-war-war - 2026-06-11

When the Swedish Research Council announced funding for so-called "centres of excellence" almost three years ago, a total of 15 new initiatives were approved across Sweden. Only one of them was awarded to Lund: COMMONS – Commonalities in biomembrane and biomolecular interactions.A year has now passed since COMMONS was inaugurated with a ceremony at the Department of Chemistry. What has happened si

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/commons-centre-excellence-focus-common-ground - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Forum Medicum – the new major construction of the Faculty of Medicine at the top of Sölvegatan – will become a reality. For a while, things looked bad, but by making small adjustments here and there, the project can now be pursued to begin construction in the winter of 2018/2019. The idea of Forum Medicum is to establ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/after-slimming-down-construction-plans-forum-medicum-now-underway - 2026-06-11

Michail Nektarios Mostratos is a second-year student in the MSc Service Management, in the Culture & Creativity specialisation. He talked with us about how extracurriculars have shaped his student life. Michail Nektarios has always been curious about the creative industries and wanted to make the most of his time in Lund by exploring real-world projects alongside his studies. He hopes to work with

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/making-most-student-life-through-extracurricular-activities - 2026-06-11

Asgard Therapeutics, in partnership with Lund University and Herlev Hospital, has been awarded €2.5 million for an EIC Transition project from the European Innovation Council. EIC Transition is a funding program under Horizon Europe aimed at validating and demonstrating a specific technology in a relevant environment while also developing business and market readiness.The project is coordinated by

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/innovative-cancer-cell-therapy-project-lands-eu25-million-eic-funding - 2026-06-11

When planning for food in times of crisis – what foodstuffs do we imagine? Many think of tin cans and freeze-dried food, but the fact is that if a crisis occurs, it is not stockpiled cans that will save us. Food preparedness is a subject being taken up by researchers from the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) at Almedalen Week, one of their reflections being  how local growing of crops that do not need

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/preparedness-more-stockpiling-pantry-provisions - 2026-06-12

The UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) global assessment on nature highlights that 1 million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. Dr. Mine Islar, one of the lead athors of the report, and senior lecturer and researcher at LUCSUS, explains the significance of the report’s findings, which was released today, 6th May 201

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/mine-islar-comments-ipbes-global-assessment-loss-biodiversity-crucial-climate-change - 2026-06-11

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/what-does-vice-chancellor-actually-do - 2026-06-12

Our doctoral students spend years developing their research projects. We want to highlight their work and share the ideas behind their dissertations. Andreas Erlström is our latest doctoral candidate to successfully defend his thesis. Congratulations! We were curious to learn more about his research and what it was like to work on it. Here, Andreas shares insights from his doctoral journey and the

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/looking-regional-perspectives-wage-inequality-sweden-insights-doctoral-thesis - 2026-06-11

We are now announcing the opportunity for project support of up to SEK 150,000 (including overhead costs) to enable artists, artistic researchers and researchers from other scientific disciplines to learn from each other in an open dialogue and exploratory environment.  The aim of ArtCollab is to enable artists, artistic researchers, and researchers from other scientific disciplines to learn from

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/call-project-funding-artcollab - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PORTRAIT. Michael Edgerton is a composer, world citizen and since the summer of 2019, Professor of Artistic Research at the Malmö Academy of Music. How come you decided to apply for a job in Sweden and move here? - In 2002, I began to work with guitarist Stefan Östersjö and then later ensemble Ars Nova, and the Stockh

https://www.mhm.lu.se/en/article/unusual-sounds-complex-contexts - 2026-06-11

Ett av våra Teman har, tillsammans med sin nuvarande International Fellow, kommit fram till att de redan ett par månader in i terminen vill prata med fler om det som de arbetar med, nämligen Neurotechnologies. Välkomna alltså till ett öppet evenemang här på Pufendorfinstitutet den 20 november! Internationella gäster och tvärvetenskap Hela idén med ett Tema här på Pufendorfinstitutet är att forskar

https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/snabbt-ur-startgroparna - 2026-06-11

I början på juni hade Teaterhögskolan den stora glädjen att få besök av Konstnärliga fakultetens hedersdoktor Terry O'Connor (UK), professor, performer och skådespelare. Besöket i Sverige inleddes med en öppen föreläsning den 1 juni på Bryggeriteatern med titeln The Playful Labour of Improvisation and Collaboration - A performer’s tale of experimental possibilities. Den 3 juni var det därefter pro

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/hedersdoktor-terry-oconnor-promoverades-i-domkyrkan - 2026-06-11

Från nervositet till stolthet – så kan arrangörernas resa beskrivas när världens ekonomiskhistoriker intog Lund. Resultatet blev en kongress som på flera sätt skrev in sig i universitetets historia. I slutet av juli arrangerade Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet den största akademiska kongressen i universitetets historia. World Economic History Congress (WEHC) samlade 1 200 forskare från 60 lä

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/rekordstor-forskarkongress-i-ekonomisk-historia - 2026-06-12

The Econometric Game in Amsterdam is a competition known as the ”World Championship in Econometrics”. In 2021 LUSEM won the game and now it is time again! LUSEM was represented by a team of four: two first-year PhD students in Economics, Christina Maschmann and Tilman Bretschneider, as well as two master’s students Ida Haggren and Benjámin Olivér Maday who are currently embracing their final month

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-team-wins-world-championship-econometrics-0 - 2026-06-11

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Astronomers have discovered what appears to be the remnants of a planet orbiting a dead star in a disc of debris formed from destroyed planets. The planetary fragment could offer clues into the fate of our own Solar System in the far-off future. According to a new study published in Science, researchers have found a s

https://www.science.lu.se/article/remains-planet-found-orbiting-dead-star - 2026-06-11

Rachel Forsyth of the Unit for Educational Services has been selected to be one of the EU's experts in the Digital Education Content (DEC) Expert Group, which is a sub-group of the EEA, the European Education Area. What issues does DEC work with, specifically? “The Digital Education Content (DEC) expert group has been set up by the European Commission. The group works with the Digital Education Ac

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rachel-forsyth-elected-eu-digital-education-content-expert-group - 2026-06-12

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Alzheimers sjukdom är en komplex och svårdiagnostiserad sjukdom eftersom symtomen överlappar med andra liknande sjukdomar. Men nu har forskare funnit en markör i blodet som mer exakt kan diagnostisera Alzheimer i de tidiga stadierna av sjukdomen. – Detta är ett stort genombrott och jag tror att detta blodprov kan an

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/blodprov-ger-tillforlitlig-och-tidig-diagnos-av-alzheimers-sjukdom - 2026-06-11

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Genom att använda metoder från folkrörelser kan kommunalpolitik bli mer inkluderande och till och med bana väg för hållbara samhällsomvandlingar. Mine Islar vid Lunds universitet har studerat Barcelona en Comú, en plattform för folkrörelser som kom till makten i Barcelonas stadsfullmäktige 2015. Mine Islar, från Lun

https://www.lu.se/artikel/folkrorelser-kan-fornya-lokalpolitik-och-bana-vag-samhallsforandringar - 2026-06-11

Alzheimers sjukdom är en komplex och svårdiagnostiserad sjukdom eftersom symtomen överlappar med andra liknande sjukdomar. Men nu har forskare funnit en markör i blodet som mer exakt kan diagnostisera Alzheimer i de tidiga stadierna av sjukdomen. – Detta är ett stort genombrott och jag tror att detta blodprov kan användas kliniskt inom bara några år, säger Oskar Hansson, professor i neurologi vid

https://www.lu.se/artikel/blodprov-ger-tillforlitlig-och-tidig-diagnos-av-alzheimers-sjukdom - 2026-06-12