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A new international study led by Lund University examines what happened to population levels after the Kikai-Akahoya volcanic eruption in prehistoric Japan. The results, published in Science Advances, paint a more complex picture than what has previously been believed. The Kikai-Akahoya eruption took place in Japan some 7,300 years ago.  At the time, Jomon foraging communities lived in Japan, surv

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-one-earths-worst-volcanic-disasters-affected-societies - 2026-11-01

Contact details for researchers participating at the COP17 Biodiversity Summit in Yerevan, Armenia, from 19 to 30 October. Peatlands, permafrost and the carbon cycle Nitin Chaudhary , researcher in physical geography, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Areas of expertise: peatlands, permafrost, climate system modelling, the carbon cycle, Arctic ecosystems, and climate-biosphere intera

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-researchers-participating-cop17 - 2026-11-01

Young people who experience bullying because of their weight feel that their schools do not take the problem seriously enough. In some cases, they change their own behaviour to avoid harassment, according to a new study from Lund University. The interviews reveal how weight-based bullying shapes young people's everyday lives, self-image, and relationships. At the same time, several participants fe

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/when-schools-fail-act-weight-based-bullying-can-continue - 2026-11-01

Tourism in disadvantaged areas can facilitate new encounters and offer a more nuanced view of places that have long been associated with crime and social issues. However, for this to happen, local residents must be involved in the development process. This is the conclusion of research from Lund University. The phenomenon of 'slum tourism' has long been debated internationally. At its worst, it ca

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/tourism-can-benefit-disadvantaged-neighbourhoods - 2026-11-01

On 23 October, Lund University will hold its annual inauguration ceremony for new professors, during which 31 new professors will be formally inaugurated at a ceremonial event in The Great Hall at the AF Building. The inauguration is one of the university’s three annual academic ceremonies. The event is open to the public and no advance registration is required . The new professors will be formall

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-appoint-31-new-professors - 2026-11-01

A new international study, led by Lund University and Nagoya University, Japan, shows that changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease may affect how rapidly ALS progresses. In time, the findings may contribute to more reliable individual prognoses and better-designed clinical trials. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a serious neurodegenerative disease in which the nerve cells that control t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/alzheimer-related-changes-brain-may-affect-prognosis-als - 2026-11-01

Humans and chimpanzees share almost all their genes. Despite this, our brains have developed in different ways. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now shown that a viral pandemic dating back several million years is likely to be part of the explanation. Pandemics can arise wherever animal or human populations are sufficiently large, and they are not confined to the modern age. Johan Jak

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ancient-virus-chimpanzee-dna-switches-gene-active-humans - 2026-11-01

Donor Ebba Fischer and researchers Mikael Dolsten and Karl Johan Åström have, in various ways, had an important impact on research, education and society. They have now been awarded Lund University’s Gold Medal – the University’s highest honour. Lund University’s Gold Medal is awarded to individuals who have made particularly significant contributions to the University and society. “This year’s me

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/three-awarded-lund-universitys-gold-medal-significant-contributions - 2026-11-01

He has served as an adviser to the Obama administration, worked with Joe Biden on the Cancer Moonshot initiative, and helped develop around 50 medicines and vaccines, including Pfizer’s Covid vaccine. Mikael Dolsten has now been awarded Lund University’s Gold Medal – and is helping the next generation of researchers to test their ideas. In the spring of 2020, Mikael Dolsten was head of research an

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mikael-dolsten-and-art-staying-curious - 2026-11-01

During the 18 years Ebba Fischer was chair of the Crafoord Foundation, the Foundation allocated SEK 1.9 billion, a large proportion of which went to Lund University. Ebba Fischer has now been awarded Lund University’s Gold Medal in recognition of the significant contributions she and the Foundation have made to the University’s activities and development. Since its inception in 1980, the Crafoord

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ebba-fischer-universitys-best-interests-heart - 2026-11-01

Karl Johan Åström came from IBM in California to establish the subject of automatic control at the newly founded Lund Institute of Technology, which later became Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering. Just over 60 years later, he is regarded as one of the world’s most influential researchers in his field. He has now been awarded Lund University’s Gold Medal. When Karl Johan Åström was offered a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/karl-johan-astrom-international-doyen-automatic-control - 2026-11-01

Are the leaders of civil society idealists who have emerged from grassroots movements, or careerists with close ties to politics and business? Researchers at Lund University and the University of Gothenburg have mapped the power elites within civil society in four European countries and found significant national differences. Civil society is founded on ideals of inclusion and popular participatio

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-book-analyses-european-civil-society - 2026-11-01

When researchers at Lund University investigated how the molecule UM171 works, a molecule used to make blood stem cells multiply, they made an unexpected connection. The results provide new insights into how one of the most common malignant brain tumours in children could be treated in the future. UM171 is a synthetic molecule developed by researchers at Université de Montréal. In stem cell resear

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unexpected-discovery-reveals-mechanism-behind-brain-tumour-development - 2026-11-01

When red blood cells break down, they release heme, a component of hemoglobin, that can contribute to inflammation and damage tissues and blood vessels. Researchers at Lund University have now identified a mechanism by which heme activates an inflammatory reaction in the blood. They were also able to block this pathway in experimental models. The findings could have implications for diseases and c

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/damaged-red-blood-cells-can-trigger-inflammation - 2026-11-01

Honey bees have long been the model species for studying insect vision. However, new research from Lund University shows that several smaller bee species might actually have sharper eyesight. The honey bee has held a special place in vision research. It is one of the best-studied insects, and much of what scientists know about how bees perceive the world is based on studies of honey bees. The hone

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/bees-see-world-more-ways-previously-thought - 2026-11-01

Astronomers at Lund University in Sweden have found evidence of exocomets – comets in other solar systems – orbiting a young star similar to our Sun. The observations point to a possible mechanism for how water might be transported from the cold outer regions of the planetary system to regions where planets form. The PDS 70 planetary system is just over five million years old and lies around 370 l

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/comets-may-have-transported-water-young-planetary-system - 2026-11-01

Soon, 6,000 people will attend the European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) in Malmö, Sweden. Among the participants are researchers from Lund University and other parts of the world - many of whom are global leaders within AI. “The interest has been very big this year. It is fantastic that we can bring so many leading AI researchers together, both for Lund University and for the region,” say

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/conference-brings-ai-researchers-around-world-together - 2026-11-01

Lund University has matched its previous record, with six researchers awarded the prestigious ERC Starting Grant. They are Eleni Karageorgiou from the Faculty of Law, Camilo Ronderos from the Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Anders Reinholdt from the Faculty of Science, and three researchers from the Faculty of Engineering: Axel Henningsson, Kim Cuong Le, and Susanna de Rezende. The ERC Start

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/six-researchers-awarded-erc-starting-grants - 2026-11-01

Researchers at Lund University have developed a new type of light-emitting diode based on thin branched nanowires, which could offer significantly higher efficiency and lower production costs than current technology. By controlling where in the structure the light is generated, the researchers have reduced the losses that would otherwise limit the amount of light that can be utilised. In the mater

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-type-led-light-could-bring-significant-efficiency-gains - 2026-11-01

This week, the Nordic UNESCO meeting is being held in Lund. One reason the meeting is happening here is Lund’s four UNESCO connections, including the Ravensbrück Archive, which was added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register in 2025. Last year was something of a milestone year for Lund’s UNESCO affiliations. The Ravensbrück archive at Lund University Library was added to the Memory of the World

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-host-nordic-unesco-meeting - 2026-11-01