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The Vice-Chancellor has now decided on a revised Sustainability Plan for 2023-2026. The revised plan contains concrete measures with a high level of ambition. It is hoped that the revised plan will help the University achieve the ambitious goals set out in the 2019 Sustainability Strategy. The work on the revision has involved many bodies across the University: the Education Board, Research Board,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-will-work-broadly-sustainability-coming-years - 2025-12-20

The Central Administration’s aim is to offer the best possible support for the University’s operations. In order to do this, we need to continuously review the organisation and working methods so that optimum support is provided while balancing the budget. Based on this, a number of changes are being made. One example is that the major part of the support relating to contract education will be mov

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/central-administration-transition - 2025-12-20

CMES researcher Lina Eklund has written an article (in Swedish) on climate, drought and conflict in Syria 2000-2022, published in a special issue of Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift focusing on the Middle East. English Title "Climate and conflict in Syria: a spatial perspective of drought, agriculture and vulerability in Syria during the period 2000–2022" Swedish Title "Klimat och konflikt i Syrien: Et

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/climate-drought-and-conflict-syria - 2025-12-19

To create a functional urban environment for people, the environment and biodiversity, cities need to make careful considerations. Urban densification can be positive, for example in terms of reducing car traffic and providing better services to more people. At the same time, it can be at the expense of green spaces and human health. Johanna Alkan Olsson is a senior lecturer at CEC and has been re

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/five-challenges-and-tips-creating-functional-urban-environment-when-densifying-cities - 2025-12-19

Alumna Mette Riise is one of the participants in the Danish television program 'Kunstnerkolonien' broadcasted on DR. The program brings together six prominent artists to create an artist colony in the iconic location of Ravello on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. After 14 days, the artists showcase the works they have created during their stay. In her artistic exploration, Mette Riise delves into questi

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/alumna-mette-riise-kunstnerkolonien - 2025-12-19

The “Inequalities, Peace and Conflict in Turkey” workshop aims to shed light on the patterns and mechanisms of inequalities and their impact on societal conflicts in Turkey. We invite papers that tackle the issues of inequalities, peace, and conflict in Turkey from a broader perspective, including social, economic, political and spatial features. Date and place: 9-10 December 2019 Stockholm Univer

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/call-papers-workshop-inequalities-peace-and-conflict-turkey - 2025-12-19

Since its launch by Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law back in 2016, the festival has become a tradition which we have consistently supported. This year, we at CMES, support the festival with our MA in Middle Eastern Studies students playing an active role as student ambassadors and through the Centre hosting a Q&A session between Johanna Caminati Engström (LUMID) and

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-proud-be-swedish-human-rights-film-festival-partner-organization-once-more-year - 2025-12-19

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/social-sciences-climb-rankings - 2025-12-19

A new article authored by Maria Frederika Malmström, "Making and unmaking masculinities in Cairo through sonic infrastructural violence", was recently published in the journal Urban Studies.  Maria Frederika Malmström's article explores the Egyptian state’s production of desired manhood and destruction of unwanted masculinities in relation to home and displacement through audio-focused analysis an

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/masculinities-and-infrastructural-violence-cairo - 2025-12-20

On Tuesday October 9 at 11-13 Professor Ashok Swain i will give a talk on climate change and river disputes in South Asia at : LUMES Josephson - Room Maathai (3rd floor). Ashok Swain is a Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, UNESCO Chair of International Water Cooperation, and the Director of Research School of International Water Cooperation at Uppsala University, Sweden. He received his Ph.

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/talk-climate-change-and-river-disputes-south-asia - 2025-12-20

A Nobel laureate and a pioneer have been appointed honorary doctors 2023 at our faculty. On May 24, they offer their insights into the sensitivities of body and mind in an open lecture. In this lecture you will hear the 2023 honorary doctors of the Faculty of Medicine, Nobel laureate professor David Julius and professor Rita Charon each talk about their research and what it has taught them about t

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/understanding-sensitivities-body-and-mind-open-lecture-2023-honorary-doctors-faculty-medicine - 2025-12-19

Maria Messing receives a grant from Future Research Leaders, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research. Nano Design meets Organic Chemistry for Greener Catalysts is the name of the research program led by Maria Messing, funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research. This is the summary of the project:   One of the seventeen sustainable development goals is concerned with sustainable cons

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolundian-gets-grant-greener-catalysts - 2025-12-19

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 deterioration, regarding assessment of patient risk between doctors having different degre

https://www.vbe.lu.se/article/vbe-presentations-society-general-internal-medicine - 2025-12-19

Arctic climate change research relies on field measurements and samples that are too scarce, and patchy at best. The researchers in the BECC action group looked at thousands of scientific studies, and found that around 30% of cited studies were clustered around only two research stations in the vast Arctic region. A paper in Nature Ecology & Evoloution was one of the result from the action group "

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/agpatchy-field-sampling-biases-understanding-climate-change-impacts-across-arctic - 2025-12-19

She wants to shed new light on the dark matter that has long baffled the world of research. Now, researcher in particle physics Caterina Doglioni is receiving 2 million euro from the European Research Council (ERC). Caterina Doglioni, assistant senior lecturer in particle physics, is receiving around 2 million euro to build up a research team over five years to look for new particles that could of

https://www.science.lu.se/article/prestigious-grant-particle-physicist - 2025-12-19

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/contested-global-governance - 2025-12-19

Our latest study on COVID-19 transmission risk among healthcare professionals, a collaboration between Prof Magnus Rasmussen (Dep. of Infection Medicine) and Associate Professor Yang De Marinis (Dep. of Clinical Sciences).  The study was conducted on ~500 healthcare professionals and staff members from 9 units at the Skåne University Hospital in Malmö and Lund, as well as non-medicine related depa

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/study-covid-19-among-healthcare-professionals - 2025-12-19

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/karin-aggestam-has-been-appointed-new-director-centre-middle-eastern-studies - 2025-12-19

The Faculty of Social Sciences is now planning a new course for those who teach social science research methods and want to explore new ways to develop their pedagogy and strengthen students' learning. The course "Teaching and Learning Research Methods in Social Sciences" will be both practically and theoretically grounded in order to provide the conditions for reflecting together on challenges an

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/do-you-want-develop-your-skills-teacher-research-methods - 2025-12-19

CMES researchers Mo Hamza and Sinem Kavak have co-authored an article published in Frontiers in Human Dynamics. The article, "Refugee agency in secondary mobility decision-making: a systematic literature review", was written by Sinem Kavak (CMES & LUCSUS), Mo Hamza (CMES & Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety), Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen (University of Copenhagen) and Russell A. Stone (Un

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/refugee-agency-mobility-decision-making - 2025-12-19