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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In order to avoid water conflicts and to stimulate food production in sub-Saharan Africa, large-scale land acquisition should be regulated and focus on food production. These are the conclusions of a new doctoral thesis from Lund University in Sweden. Emma Johansson’s thesis investigates how land use is affected by la
Fredrik Höök, Ruby Davtyan, Heiner Linke, Pontus Nordenfeldt, and Kenneth Wärnmark are all on the brand new list where the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences has highlighted research projects with potential societal impact. The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) has, for more than a century, been a meeting place for Sweden’s future. IVA builds bridges between the busine
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolundians-iva-100-list - 2026-07-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Cognitive scientists at Lund University and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have demonstrated that experimentally induced changes in political attitudes can last over time. Notably, participants’ who verbally motivated these ”false attitudes” exhibited the largest changes. This is the first time a lasting effect of th
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/induced-changes-political-attitude-can-last-over-time - 2026-07-17
Photo: Damian Zaleski on Unsplash Canvas has a new Rich Content Editor which aims to make your life a bit easier when it comes to editing and formatting text, adding images and working with embedding different type of files. You can find the Editor almost anywhere you have the option to write such as in Announcements, Discussions, Pages, Assignments and Quizzes. The new Editor - an overview The w
https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/new-rich-content-editor-here - 2026-07-17
The current telephony contract will end on 31 March 2026, and a call for tenders is now being launched so that a new contract can enter into force the following day. The new contract will involve changes taking place. Therefore, a project is now being launched to get everything in place. Find out what you need to do to be ready. Two suppliers become oneLund University's current telephony solution
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-procurement-telephony-underway-landline-telephones-are-being-phased-out - 2026-07-18
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On June 11th and 12th medial students Benjamin Sjögren and Yousef Hamid successfully presented their master thesis.Benjamin's thesis investigated non-invasive hyperspectral imaging in skin cancer diagnostics. Skin cancer is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide. In order to improve patient survival through
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Moving from South America, learning Swedish and getting your medical degree approved in Sweden represent a major challenge. Mariana Reza Felix and Marcelo Petri recently started a new training programme for doctors with a foreign license to practise medicine, and must adapt their internationally-acquired skills to the
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/doctors-new-borders - 2026-07-17
Ny teknik kan underlätta äldre personers aktivitet, men då måste de involveras i teknikutvecklingen. Det framgår i en ny avhandling av William Son Galanza, SWEAH-doktorand i forskargruppen Tillämpad gerontologi i Lund, som har tagit fram en AI-modell som kan kategorisera äldres vardagsaktiviteter. Den äldre befolkningen växer och teknikanvändningen ökar. – Teknik bidrar till bättre livskvalitet om
https://sweah.lu.se/artikel/battre-koll-pa-aldres-vardagsaktiviteter-med-ai - 2026-07-17
BECC regularly welcomes guest researchers to work in areas within its scientific framework, with the aim to further strengthen the research and research groups. Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein is head of the Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology at the University of Freiburg in Germany, who recently finished her timer as a BECC guest researcher. Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein from th
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/alexandra-klein-work-inspiration-and-tips-her-time-guest-researcher-becc - 2026-07-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) was ranked as one of Sweden's three best research environments in the medical sciences in the Final Evaluation of the Linnaeus funding program. - It was really gratifying to read the report. We are very proud to see how the long-term efforts have paid off and positioned LUDC amon
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/ludc-top-ranked-national-evaluation - 2026-07-17
Göran Jönsson, professor of molecular oncology, receives SEK 31 million from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to enhance the effect of immunotherapy in the treatment of cancer patients. About 30 per cent of patients with metastatic melanoma benefit from immunotherapy. At the same time, this means that 70 per cent of all melanoma patients still have no effective treatment option. Göran Jöns
https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/sek-31-million-enhance-effect-immunotherapy-treatment-cancer-patients - 2026-07-17
Between 2015 and 2020 it became significantly harder to be granted sick insurance in Sweden. Altermark and Plesner examine the lived experiences for chronically ill people of losing financial support. They show that consequences often are drastic, as people experience economic crisis. This in turn gives rise to stress and uncertainty with regards to the future that often contributes to deteriorati
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/altermark-and-plesner-how-welfare-cutbacks-condition-narratives-sickness - 2026-07-17
All teaching staff must submit a report concerning secondary employment by 31 March at the latest. Teaching staff who do not hold secondary employment are also to report this. Reporting and assessment is done in Primula. Be careful to choose the current year (2024) in the report. Heads of department are to have assessed and explained decisions on secondary employment by 30 April at the latest. Tea
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-teaching-staff-report-secondary-employment - 2026-07-18
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The vice-chancellor has approved a new university-wide strategy for Lund University’s Strategic Research Areas (17 September). The strategy includes a vision and strategic goals for Lund University’s Strategic Research Areas (SRAs) for the period 2020 to 2030. The allocation of roles and responsibilities is stated for
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-strategy-strategic-research-areas-2020-2030 - 2026-07-17
Giulia Beneventi has investigated the role of RNA modifications and post-transcriptional control in cancer and stem cells. In this interview, she tells us about her research and what is it like to be a PhD student in newly established group. Giulia defends her thesis on the 8th of December. What have you been working with during your PhD studies? The main aim of my PhD project was to unravel pos
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-giulia-beneventi - 2026-07-17
Father and son collected soda cans, begged and froze in a tent. Now they both work in our restaurant kitchen. Marian Hristov is 26 and tries hard not to think about what it was like back then. When he collected soda cans, begged and lived in a tent."It wasn't good," he says in fine Swedish when we meet in the warmth of Stamstället in Forum Medicum, after the lunch session."I'm quite shy, it was ha
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/stamstallet-life-bright-side-now-father-and-son - 2026-07-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The digital platform Child Rights Online has now been launched in 14 countries and will provide teachers and aspiring teachers with a better understanding of the Convention on the Rights of the Child to offer children and young people a more inclusive and equal schooling. In recent years, the Child Rights Institute at
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/better-knowledge-child-rights-when-14-countries-contribute-digital-platform - 2026-07-17
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Utvecklingen av nya gentekniker som CRISPR-Cas9 har skapat en revolution inom biologisk och medicinsk forskning. De innebär möjligheter att göra riktade förändringar i arvsmassan på nästan alla slags organismer, från bakterier till människor. Tekniken innebär givetvis nya möjligheter men också risker och väcker fråg
https://www.pi.lu.se/artikel/seminarium-mojligheter-och-risker-med-den-nya-gentekniken - 2026-07-17
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. På femton dagar cyklade Josefin Palmén med en grupp andra träningsentusiaster från Barcelona till Wien. Målet var diabeteskonferensen EASD. - Nästa år ska vi cykla från Wien till Stockholm. Bilder från racet på mHealth Grand tours hemsida ser ut att vara tagna från musikalsuccén “Sound of music”. Den som läser Josef
https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/pa-cykel-mellan-barcelona-och-wien - 2026-07-17
