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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A particle physicist involved in popular education and who made a number of global discoveries in her research portfolio and a professor of theoretical physical chemistry who has developed theoretical models in the area straddling chemistry and physics. Melissa Franklin and Clifford Woodward have been appointed honora
“Important contributions include insights into potential strategies that developing countries may deploy to meet the proliferating regulations formulated and enforced by international organisations.” This is how Wenjun Wen’s thesis is described by the Research Education Council at LUSEM in their motivation for why he is commended with the annual LUSEM thesis prize. The thesis “Rethinking Accountin
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-research-accounting-professionalisation-china-receives-lusem-2021-thesis-prize - 2026-05-29
With a background in Marine Geology and a passion for connecting past ocean conditions to today’s environmental challenges, Professor Helena Filipsson is stepping into the role of Assistant Head of Department at MGeo. In her new position, she will focus on strengthening scientific infrastructure, supporting research, and building collaborations that help the department grow in visibility and impac
https://www.mgeo.lu.se/internal/article/meet-helena-filipsson-new-assistant-head-mgeo-focus-scientific-infrastructure - 2026-05-29
What we eat and drink impacts people and the environment in many ways – thanks to the way food is produced, transported and used. New guidelines for purchasing foodstuffs raise our ambitions and clarify the University’s role on issues of sustainable food production. The target is to increase the proportion of food that is vegetarian and in season, and for food wastage to be reduced. Food is a sust
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/vegetarian-food-become-default-offering-meetings-and-conferences - 2026-05-30
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 - 2026-05-30
As part of the work with Global Dynamic Engagement (GDE), Lund University is announcing calls for funding to stimulate collaboration and activities that strengthen our international impact in research, education, innovation and cooperation. The purpose of the seed funds is to pave the way for new collaborations with leading international universities and create exchanges of experience that furthe
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-funding-international-collaborations-and-activities-2026 - 2026-05-30
CMES Deputy Director has co-authored an article on agricultural water in Iran published in Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Large discrepancy between future demand and supply of agricultural water in northwestern Iran; evidence from WEAP-MODFLOW-machine learning under the CMIP6 scenario" together with Mostafa Rahimi Jamnan
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/agricultural-water-iran-0 - 2026-05-29
A new interactive guide identifies the most effective actions you can take for the climate. The interest has been so great that the server hosting the guide crashed temporarily. In 2017, Kimberly Nicholas, professor of sustainability studies at Lund University, attracted considerable international attention with a research study that listed the four lifestyle choices that most effectively reduce a
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-guide-making-biggest-climate-difference - 2026-05-29
This year’s largest grant from the IngaBritt och Arne Lundbergs Forskningsstiftelse goes to Vinay S. Swaminathan at Lund University. He is awarded five million SEK for his research on how healthy breast tissue develops into tumors and spreads. Vinay S. Swaminathan’s research group has developed 3D models that mimics the tumor microenvironment in the laboratory. The technology opens new opportuniti
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/healthy-sick-3d - 2026-05-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Refugee influx calls for a new university roleHow can Lund University respond to the call for action with regard to the ongoing refugee influx? Tareq Emtairah, back at the IIIEE after three years working on renewable energy in the Arab region, suggests a programme facilitating for refugee students and academics to con
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-tareq-emtairah - 2026-05-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Administrative Prize is awarded annually for outstanding administrative efforts of an innovative nature that have contributed to the University’s development, or for extraordinary service and efficiency. The recipients of the 2020 prize are research funding adviser Sophie Hydén Picasso at the Division of Research,
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/recipients-lund-university-administrative-prize - 2026-05-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS researcher Vasna Ramasar has been appointed as fellow to the SIGHT Fellow Programme in Global Health Leadership. The programme aims to promote an emerging generation of global health leaders, based at research institutions in Sweden, by focusing on the gaps in relation to leadership skills and international ne
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/tackling-agenda-2030-through-sight-fellows-programme-global-health-leadership - 2026-05-29
Two distinguished researchers at the Department of Physics have been promoted to professors at Lund University: David Silvermyr, specialising in high-energy heavy-ion physics, and Rainer Timm, an expert in surface physics. Their research spans from the most extreme states of matter to atomic-level interfaces in next-generation electronics. David Silvermyr – Exploring the most extreme states of mat
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/quarks-nanostructures-two-physicists-appointed-professors-lund-university - 2026-05-29
A comprehensive decision has been negotiated during the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. The agreement, which calls for a tripling of renewable energy, energy efficiency and the transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, was finalised last week. Markku Rummukainen, Professor of Climatology at CEC and Sweden's contact person for the IPCC, participated digitally and comments the decisions
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/global-climate-deal-renewables-and-net-zero-energy-systems - 2026-05-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For the Spring semester 2016, SASA awarded travel grant to Otso Harju, Masters student in Asian Studies at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, for the fieldwork for his Master thesis. The work took place in New Delhi in the spring of 2016. The thesis has now been published. During his fieldwork in the In
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lund-student-published-paper-domestic-workers-delhi - 2026-05-29
The Institute announces yearly calls for application to Themes and Advanced Study Groups. Researchers/teaching staff (with PhD or equiv.) employed by Lund University are now invited to apply for Themes and Advanced Study Groups, starting in 2025. The Pufendorf IAS stimulates interdisciplinary research within Lund University. The Institute supports researchers working together across disciplinary b
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/call-applications-pufendorf-institute-advanced-studies - 2026-05-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Andra Jugånaru comes from the threatened CEU university in Hungary. After three months as a visiting doctoral student at LU, she is not sure whether she will have any university to return to. Andra Jugånaru and Samuel Rubenson. Photo: Jenny Loftrup “If the university is closed down, it is a very big step backwards, a
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-community-deplores-threat-closure-hungarian-ceu - 2026-05-29
