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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Compared with other migratory birds, the common swift follows a very unusual pattern when it migrates from the breeding areas in Europe to its wintering locations south of the Sahara. This is what researchers have observed in a major eleven-year international study of the birds. “Our study is very significant for unde

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/rare-pattern-observed-migrating-common-swifts - 2026-05-07

It is Thursday morning and time for the miniature brains to have lunch. The temperature in the cell incubator is a comfortable 37 degrees, perfect for a tiny brain. Anna Falk prepares the nutrient solution that the cells need to grow. These are cells that have made the remarkable transformation from skin cells to stem cells and then to brain neurons. The small model of the brain is called an organ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/feeding-time-miniature-brains - 2026-05-08

How can we stop global warming? Simple: we need to stop burning fossil fuels. Unfortunately, it is difficult to replace fossil fuels in all parts of society. In this project, we develop laser techniques that can help us understand the how energy is produced when different things burn, which will help developing new, clean biofuels. There are some areas in society where burning things is the best/e

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/lasers-will-help-us-discover-fuels-tomorrow - 2026-05-07

With a focus on justice and transformative change, PhD candidate Natalia Rubiano wants to contribute to fill some of the knowledge gaps in the space of Carbon Removal and Negative Emissions. Read more about her research, which sustainability challenges she finds most interesting and how she as a researcher addresses those challenges. What do you explore in your research? My PhD project seeks to ex

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/phd-student-natalia-rubiano-studies-social-and-ecological-implications-negative-emissions - 2026-05-07

As part of the work with Global Dynamic Engagement (GDE), Lund University is announcing four calls for funding to stimulate collaboration and activities that strengthen our international impact in research, education, innovation and cooperation. Deadline for application is 17 April and funded activities should be completed no later than 31 July 2026. A fifth call with deadline 31 March is already

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/international-impact-actions-current-calls-2025 - 2026-05-07

Colourful illustrations shone in Forum Medicum's foyer when WCMM inaugurated Fusion 2025 – an exhibition format where art and science meet. Last autumn, WCMM announced a competition in which researchers at WCMM units around Sweden were invited to contribute their best scientific illustrations. 21 entries were submitted and on Friday it was time for the opening in Forum Medicum's foyer. In addition

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/marvel-forum-medicum-art-meets-science-wcmm-fusion-2025-exibit - 2026-05-07

Valdemar Holt, Department of Political Science at Lund University, has written the essay "Alienation suspected". The essay examines – based on party leader debates in the Riksdag – the Social Democrats' and Moderaterna's views on the concept of exclusion between 2010 and 2022. From the prize committee's motivation: The essay contains an impressive qualitative analysis of how the discourse on the c

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/valdemar-holt-department-political-science-winner-swedish-parliaments-essay-competition-2022 - 2026-05-07

Extreme poverty is still an urgent issue around the world. Four universities have initiated a new research school on sustainable development and poverty reduction to address the challenge. The research school will be coordinated via Lund University. The new research school, which has been granted six million SEK from the Swedish Research Council, aims to offer novel, interdisciplinary and high-qua

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-research-school-strengthens-focus-poverty-reduction - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Dr. Ming-Chee Ang (better known to the students as Ming), the centre’s post-doctoral fellow (2013-2015) and currently a research fellow, has published her doctoral dissertation-turn-monograph, Institutions and Social Mobilization: The Chinese Education Movement in Malaysia, 1951-2011, in December 2014. According to As

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-monograph-dr-ming-chee-ang - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Friday 20th November Helen Eriksson is defending her thesis with the title "Harmonisation of 3D geodata – a prerequisite for a digital information flow for applications in the planning and building sector" Interview with Helen Eriksson, author of the thesisTell us short about who you are and how you came to be a do

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/thesis-about-harmonisation-3d-geodata-planning-and-building - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Associate Professor Yuliya Voytenko Palgan has produced six videos to showcase the role of cities in regulating the Sharing Economy. Associate Professor Yuliya Voytenko Palgan at the IIIEE has worked to understand the role of cities in regulating the Sharing Economy. She has produced six videos to describe several rol

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/role-cities-regulating-sharing-economy - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. BOOK RELEASE: Sweden and the Revival of the Capitalist Welfare State The popular French economist Thomas Piketty emphasizes capitalism's seemingly inevitable tendency to create an unequal wealth distribution – and advocates a global progressive tax on capital.In his new book, Sweden and the Revival of the Capitalist W

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/does-swedish-model-prove-thomas-piketty-wrong - 2026-05-07

Tropical forest canopies play a crucial role in the biosphere’s carbon, water, and energy cycles. Despite this, they are often treated as uniform in climate system models. A new study now reveals that canopy traits vary significantly across different regions, which could have major implications for how we understand and model forest functions in a changing climate. By combining field data from ove

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/unique-mapping-canopy-diversity-tropical-forests - 2026-05-07

CMES researcher Pinar Dinc has co-authored the article "From resolution to resecuritization: populist communication of the AKP’s Kurdish peace process in Turkey" together with Ozge Ozduzen (University of Sheffield) published in the journal New Perspectives on Turkey. This article contributes to the existing literature on the populist online communication of governments. We look at the role of the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/erdogan-twitter-and-kurdish-peace-process - 2026-05-07

What about the potentially unwanted Christmas gifts? The products that are returned to the seller in e-commerce are likely to be thrown away instead of being resold. This is a research finding that has been picked up and shared in Swedish radio, just in time for Christmas. For some type of consumer products such as clothing and small electronics reselling returned articles is more expensive than p

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/media-attention-unused-products-going-straight-waste - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Special Area Studies course “The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child, Children's Rights, and Global Health” starts for the first time on November 5. In the brand new, inter-European course, students learn how the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child interplays with global health, and internati

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/child-rights-and-global-health-interplay-new-course - 2026-05-07

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has elected two new members of the Academy’s class for medical sciences. One of them is Malin Parmar, Professor of Cellular Neuroscience at Lund University, and Principal Investigator at Lund Stem Cell Center. Together with her research group, Malin Parmar has conducted several groundbreaking studies on stem cells that have led to the development of new treatm

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/malin-parmar-elected-royal-swedish-academy-sciences - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Alex Davis, Baruch Fischhoff and co-workers at CMU presented one conference paper and two posters at the Annual Meeting of the Society for General Internal Medicine in Hollywood, Florida. The presentations dealt with new results regarding comparisons between human and automated assessments of risk of patient deteriora

https://www.vbe.lu.se/article/vbe-presentations-society-general-internal-medicine - 2026-05-07

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/lisa-strombom-abraham-accords-implications-peace-middle-east - 2026-05-07

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/christelle-prinz-appointed-committee-engineering-sciences - 2026-05-07