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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. – Sanitation is a major challenge in India. It is partly to do with the high population density, there are more people sharing the same space, and a historically higher cultural and religious acceptance of poor sanitation, says Sara Gabrielsson from Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, LUCSUS. Her resear

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/sanitation-more-toilets-informal-settlements-india-need-community-based-ownership-and-state-action - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In his homeland, Syria, he was a museum director – but today there is not much left of the National Archaeological Museum in Raqqa after it was plundered by IS. “I try to do what I can to save the cultural heritage”, says Anas Al Khabour. He is the second researcher to have found their way to Lund via Scholars at Risk

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fighting-save-syrias-cultural-heritage - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A research initiative at LUCSUS examines how inner dimensions and transformation can support people to live more sustainably and drive change. Addressing (the causes and effects of) climate change is one of the most important societal challenges of our time. The demands for political action are becoming stronger from

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/inner-dimensions-and-transformation-can-support-people-live-more-sustainably-and-drive-change - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A changing climate means that citizens will have to take more action to safeguard their lives and property from extreme weather events. At the same time, there are great differences in people’s capacities and resources to do so. In a new PhD dissertation from LUCSUS, researcher Ebba Brink asserts that it is about time

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/swedish-citizens-need-more-support-handle-effects-climate-change - 2026-05-17

The date for the annual salary review is 1 October, and the new salary applies from this date. You will receive it retroactively when the University starts paying the new salaries. Discussions are ongoing between Saco-S and the University about the implementation of the new salaries. Lund University and Saco-S are in negotiations regarding the process for this year's salary review. The new salarie

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/years-salary-review-imminent-there-disagreement-between-saco-s-and-employer-about-arrangements-it - 2026-05-18

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. ”Bakom varje framgångsrik man står en kvinna”, säger ett gammalt talesätt. Hur är det då med framgångsrika kvinnor? Och hur är det med par där båda är framgångsrika – hur får de familjelivet att fungera? LUM har träffat Olle Melander och Marju Orho-Melander, som är bland universitetets mest pris- och anslagsbelönade

https://www.lu.se/artikel/planering-och-o-framgangsrikt-forskarpar - 2026-05-17

In 2025, children within the TEDDY study will submit their final samples at research clinics in Sweden, Finland, Germany and the United States. The international study has provided a lot of new knowledge about type 1 diabetes and how the disease develops. Analysis of the samples will continue with the aim of preventing the disease. Sweden and Finland are the two top countries for incidence rates o

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-knowledge-about-type-1-diabetes-large-scale-teddy-study-will-soon-be-completed - 2026-05-17

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Hur ska universiteten finansieras i framtiden? Universitet runt om i Europa skär ner och säger upp folk. Samtidigt satsar Sverige på forskning, men inte på högre utbildning. LUM diskuterar LU:s ekonomi med planeringschef Tim Ekberg. Planeringschef Tim Ekberg är inte orolig för att LU ska tvingas gå igenom ett stålba

https://www.lu.se/artikel/forskningen-far-mer-pengar-i-framtiden-utbildningen-mindre - 2026-05-17

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Vårtal, Kungshuset, fler internationella studenter, UAB-besök, filmpremiär, fler sökande, U21, LERU och besök från Roma Tre är några av punkterna i detta rektorsbrev. Siste april och 1 maj var som vanligt fyllda av traditioner. Firandet siste april med studenterna innehöll tre lysande inslag: vårtalet av LUS vice or

https://www.lu.se/artikel/rektorsbrev-5-maj - 2026-05-18

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. From internal training courses for university lecturers in which the participants take a deep dive into case method teaching, to dedicated conferences and competitions. The alternatives to traditional classroom teaching are increasing and one of them is known as case method teaching, with assignments based on real sit

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-case-method-teaching-spreads-one-lecturer-another - 2026-05-17

The war in Gaza has caused conflict at universities in Sweden and abroad. Overcoming the differences between protestors and university managements and within groups of employees is likely to take time. We met with both Lund University’s Vice-Chancellor and protestors from the encampment in Lundagård. In this edition of LUM, they share their visions of how to move forward. We have also interviewed

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/after-palestinagard-way-forward - 2026-05-18

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Det sjukdomsalstrande proteinet tau tycks ansamlas fortare hos kvinnor än män. Det visar en studie från Lunds universitets strategiska forskningsområde MultiPark och Skånes universitetssjukhus. Studien har publicerats i den vetenskapliga tidskriften Brain. Runt 100 000 svenskar lider av Alzheimers sjukdom som är den

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/snabbare-ansamling-av-alzheimers-protein-hos-kvinnor - 2026-05-17

I en ny långtidsstudie från Lunds universitet har forskare undersökt kopplingen mellan förändringar av beta-amyloid och tau i hjärnan. Två ämnen starkt kopplade till Alzheimers sjukdom. I studien som är publicerad i Science Advances tror forskarna att de har hittat svar som kan förklara en del av mekanismerna bakom sjukdomen. De båda proteinerna beta-amyloid och tau har betydelse för utvecklingen

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ny-hjarnstudie-ger-bild-av-alzheimer-langt-fore-utvecklad-sjukdom - 2026-05-18

Det sjukdomsalstrande proteinet tau tycks ansamlas fortare hos kvinnor än män. Det visar en studie från Lunds universitets strategiska forskningsområde MultiPark och Skånes universitetssjukhus. Studien publicerades nyligen i den vetenskapliga tidskriften Brain. Runt 100 000 svenskar lider av Alzheimers sjukdom som är den vanligaste formen av demens. Fler kvinnor än män drabbas av minnesproblem på

https://www.lu.se/artikel/snabbare-ansamling-av-alzheimers-protein-hos-kvinnor - 2026-05-18

An observational study from Lund University in Sweden examining sugar consumption has attracted considerable international attention. The study shows that sweetened beverages have a greater negative impact on health than other sources of sugar. They significantly increased the risk of ischaemic stroke, heart failure, atrial fibrillation and abdominal aortic aneurysm. Of the 70,000 Swedes who took

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/questions-and-answers-lund-university-sugar-study - 2026-05-17

In 2025, children within the TEDDY study will submit their final samples at research clinics in Sweden, Finland, Germany and the United States. The international study has provided a lot of new knowledge about type 1 diabetes and how the disease develops. Analysis of the samples will continue with the aim of preventing the disease. Sweden and Finland are the two top countries for incidence rates o

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-knowledge-about-type-1-diabetes-large-scale-teddy-study-will-soon-be-completed - 2026-05-17

When LINXS moved from its old premises at Ideon to The Loop in Science Village in March, the institute became the first research environment from Lund University to make the move to Brunnshög. Since then, activities have more than doubled, new collaborations have emerged, and the team’s mood is distinctly optimistic.I met with Anna Ntinidou, Head of Administration, Noomi Egan, Communications Offic

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/home-linxs-pioneer-paving-way-science-village - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Is it possible to conduct research on type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and hair loss at the same time? Absolutely, says Pontus Dunér who after many years of secrecy can now lift the lid on and talk about his promising results. The common denominator is a protein that Pontus Dunér and his colleagues have worked on inte

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/hair-raising-research-could-lead-diabetes-treatment - 2026-05-17

"Mastery of the law gives you power. And I want to use that power to support the vulnerable" says Sofia Åkerman, doctoral student at the Department of Law with personal experience of vulnerability and self-harming behaviour. She survived, but several of her friends did not. The Lego bricks occupy a central position in the middle of the living-room floor of Sofia Åkerman's home, a terraced house in

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/using-law-fight-vulnerable - 2026-05-17

Last year's Nobel celebration was a digital version, but this year David Julius, who won the Nobel prize in Medicine or Physiology in 2021, will travel to Stockholm for the festivities. In this interview he talks about what such a prize leads to, about the joy of curiosity-driven research that, although lacking guardrails, is full of creativity and opportunities – and about the similarity between

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/his-interest-natural-products-led-nobel-prize - 2026-05-17