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Vice-Chancellor’s blog: On 23 May, I once again had the honour of giving the doctoral degree conferment speech in Lund’s beautiful cathedral. This year the starting point of the speech was interaction, such as that between the reason-based Age of Enlightenment and the emotionally-driven Romantic era. The interaction between sense and sensibility not only shapes our private life, but also cultural

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sense-and-sensibility-conferment-and-ceremony - 2026-05-08

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meet Ellen Hillbom, the economic historian, who, in cooperation with a Dutch and a German colleague, has created an online textbook on trends in Africa’s economic history. The book, which can be downloaded free of charge from the internet, has so far reached over 4,000 readers. Ellen Hillbom. Where did you get the ide

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ellen-hillbom-about-free-digital-textbook-about-africa - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In her first year seminar on 17th September, Kelly Dorkenoo, PhD at LUCSUS, will highlight her research on negative impacts of climate change in Cambodia. She aims to identify potential pathways to address disproportionate losses and damages from climate change at different levels in society.  What is your research ab

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/phd-kelly-dorkenoo-focuses-negative-impacts-climate-change-cambodia - 2026-05-07

Spearheaded by Lund University’s Department of Business Law and supported by the Embassy of Sweden in China, this was the first high-level Swedish scholarly delegation, focusing on sustainable development after the Covid-19 pandemic to visit China. The visit, involving week-long events from 18th – 22nd March 2024, centered around the “Sino-Swedish Colloquium on Global Sustainability Governance”. I

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-leads-swedish-scholarly-delegation-china - 2026-05-07

Swedish women talk about the shame, threats and fear that went into telling someone about being abused by their partner in this new article "Revealing hidden realities: disclosing domestic abuse to informal others" published by Susanne Boethius and Malin Åkerström in the Nordic Journal of Criminology, and available as Open Access. One in three women Violence against women in close relationships is

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/women-hesitate-when-revealing-domestic-abuse - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. When the snow is gone, it does not take too long before a familiar spring sound reappears - the bumblebee buzz. Since bumblebees are well adapted to cold climates, many of the species are negatively affected by a warmer climate. Researchers at Lund University now ask for the public's help in reporting the first bumble

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/find-first-bumblebee-spring - 2026-05-07

EpiHealth has decided to support the next generation researchers in epidemiology through seeding funding that will cover salary costs for preparation of a project application and a research plan targeting national funding bodies. One of the five recipients is Karl Gisslander. His project is about the rare but life-threatening disease anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated vasculiti

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/seed-money-karl-gisslanders-project-about-anca-associated-vasculitis - 2026-05-07

What is the role of individual and society when it comes to changing our behavior patterns? Oksana Mont and Maria Wolrath Söderberg argue for going beyond the traditional dichotomy towards seeing linkages and dependencies. The Swedish National coordinator för Agenda 2030 has initiated a podcast series on sustainable consumption and production. In the podcast series of ten episodes, different persp

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/examining-importance-individuals-well-society-changes-behavior-patterns - 2026-05-07

Large-scale installation with projection on the façade of the public library of two of the largest Buddha statues that were destroyed by the Taliban; a performative celebration of solidarity and remembrance. In March 2001, the Taliban blew up two of the largest Buddha statues in Afghanistan's Bamiyan valley. In 2013, cultural practitioners projected the statues onto the empty mountain wall as an a

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/ma-students-malmo-theatre-academy-part-malmos-forbidden-culture-week - 2026-05-07

Dung beetles are among the strongest animals in the world. They also possess an exceptional ability to cooperate. Research shows that female and male spider dung beetles together are able to move large dung balls across difficult obstacles. However, same-sex attempts to do the same always ended in aggressive fights. Dung beetles live in and on animal droppings. By breaking down organic substances,

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/beetles-cooperate-tricky-dung-moves - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The new book by Reza Banakar, Driving Culture in Iran: Law and Society on the Roads of the Islamic Republic, argues that Iranians’ driving behaviour is an indicator of how they have historically related to each other and to their society at large, and how they have maintained a form of social order through law, cultur

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/banakar-explores-dangerous-driving-habits-iran - 2026-05-07

Researcher Paul Bourgine has been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant to further study immunotherapies in cancer treatment. Can you describe your research?"ImmunhOss is built on the hypothesis that our bone marrow tightly regulates inflammation and immunosuppression. Now, what cells are involved, how they organise, and if they can have a dual role remains a mystery. Here we will develop

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/paul-bourgine-awarded-erc-consolidator-grant - 2026-05-07

Imagine you had to get surgery due to esophagus cancer. Initially, you seem to recover well, but suddenly you are rushed to emergency surgery. The wound has failed to heal and the inflammation has caused severe, life-threatening sepsis. What if this could have been prevented? What if your doctors could have seen the problem in the wound days before the severe problem occurred, and been able to fix

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/method-measuring-healing-after-surgery - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Oskar Hansson is professor of neurology at Lund University and us author of one of the most cited articles in geriatrics in the last 10 years, the The list of “Classic Papers” was produced by Google Scholar. The article, which was published in Lancet Neurology in 2006, came in fourth with nearly 1,400 citations. It is

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/congratulations-oskar-hansson-author-one-most-cited-articles-geriatrics-last-10-years - 2026-05-07

Dung beetles are among the strongest animals in the world. They also possess an exceptional ability to cooperate. Research shows that female and male spider dung beetles together are able to move large dung balls across difficult obstacles. However, same-sex attempts to do the same always ended in aggressive fights. Dung beetles live in and on animal droppings. By breaking down organic substances,

https://www.science.lu.se/article/beetles-cooperate-tricky-dung-moves - 2026-05-07

The career program Wallenberg Academy Fellows is the largest private investment in young researchers in Sweden. It provides the most promising young researchers with long-term resources, giving them excellent opportunities to establish themselves and build up their research groups. Wallenberg Academy Fellows is designed for young researchers and was launched by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Founda

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/daniella-rylander-ottosson-has-been-admitted-wallenberg-academy-fellow - 2026-05-07

CMES researchers continue to make an impact on The Conversation, contributing to Lund University’s record-breaking article count in 2024. Last year, Lund University experienced a record year in terms of articles published on The Conversation - an international news site that provides researchers with the opportunity to reach a broad audience. With 55 articles from 50 Lund University researchers, t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-reaches-global-readers-conversation - 2026-05-07

The building that houses the University Library has been named the most beautiful in Lund and Sweden several times. After the renovation, we hope you feel that the inside of the building harmonises with the outside. See a glimpse of how it turned out here. The University Library boasts a stunning exterior. But the inside may not have been as impressive as the outside. We addressed this in the reno

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/renovated-library-awaits-you-autumn - 2026-05-07

Dung beetles are among the strongest animals in the world. They also possess an exceptional ability to cooperate. Research shows that female and male spider dung beetles together are able to move large dung balls across difficult obstacles. However, same-sex attempts to do the same always ended in aggressive fights. Dung beetles live in and on animal droppings. By breaking down organic substances,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/beetles-cooperate-tricky-dung-moves - 2026-05-07

As a foreign citizen, what do you need to think about when you take up a position at the University? What terms of employment apply for those undertaking third-cycle studies? What are the different academic positions and what is the process when you apply to become a professor? For those wanting to pursue an academic career, all the different terms, policies and specific conditions can sometimes f

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-hr-information-makes-things-clearer-academic-staff - 2026-05-08