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“Do you want to see what a box jellyfish sees and experiences when it rides a roller-coaster?” “We humans believe that what we see is reality, but it isn’t. It is an eminently human reality, filtered through our eyes. The visual world of animals shows different realities”, says Dan-Eric Nilsson. Almost 40 years have passed since Dan-Eric Nilsson arrived in Lund from Gothenburg as a doctoral studen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/animal-eyesight-needs-driven - 2025-11-11

30 November 2016, 4-6 pmThe Promise of the RealLIZ TOMLINSenior LecturerHead of Drama and Theatre ArtsDepartment of Drama and Theatre ArtsUniversity of Birmingham, UKThis seminar will look at the recent trend, in UK performance, of positioning ‘real’people as participants in performances in which the material depends entirely on thecontribution of those taking part. Analysis of Kaleider's The Mone

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/hogre-seminarium-med-liz-tomlin - 2025-11-11

Två klimatforskare vid Lunds universitet, Kimberly Nicholas, som har närvarat som observatör vid två globala klimatmöten, och Markku Rummukainen, Sveriges representant i FN:s klimatpanel IPCC, berättar vad som händer efter lanseringen av den senaste klimatrapporten. Vad ser du som nästa steg efter vad som framkom i IPCC-rapporten? Kimberly: Något som är helt tydligt i rapporten är att människan må

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/vad-hander-nu-efter-klimatrapporten-fran-ipcc - 2025-11-11

Två klimatforskare vid Lunds universitet, Kimberly Nicholas, som har närvarat som observatör vid två globala klimatmöten, och Markku Rummukainen, Sveriges representant i FN:s klimatpanel IPCC, berättar vad som händer efter lanseringen av den senaste klimatrapporten. Vad ser du som nästa steg efter vad som framkom i IPCC-rapporten? Kimberly: Något som är helt tydligt i rapporten är att människan må

https://www.lu.se/artikel/vad-hander-nu-efter-klimatrapporten-fran-ipcc - 2025-11-12

OUTREACH: Professor Annica Kronsell höll ett föredrag om Experimentell kollaborativ styrning av hållbara städer (“Collaborative urban sustainability governance through experimentation”), som arrangerades av Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne torsdagen 23 mars. Från affishen:Innovations in urban governance such as Urban Living Labs (ULL) are expected to accelerate the

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/kronsell-talade-i-melbourne-om-mer-hallbara-och-klimattaliga-stader - 2025-11-11

Professorn i socialt arbete Mimi Abramovitz samt professorn i politisk psykologi Leonie Huddy har utsetts till hedersdoktorer vid Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Lunds universitet. Den 26 maj promoveras de i Lunds domkyrka. Mimi Abramovitz är idag verksam vid City University of New York. Hennes akademiska arbete har enligt Samhällsvetenskapliga fakultetens motivering fått ett stort genomslag

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/en-expert-pa-amerikansk-patriotism-och-en-valfardsforskare-utses-till-hedersdoktorer - 2025-11-11

Professorn i socialt arbete Mimi Abramovitz samt professorn i politisk psykologi Leonie Huddy har utsetts till hedersdoktorer vid Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Lunds universitet. Den 26 maj promoveras de i Lunds domkyrka. Mimi Abramovitz innehar idag Bertha Capen Reynolds professur i Socialt arbete vid Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College, vid City University of New York. Hennes

https://www.lu.se/artikel/en-expert-pa-amerikansk-patriotism-och-en-valfardsforskare-utses-till-hedersdoktorer - 2025-11-12

Tisdagen den 19 februari kl 13.00–15.00 gästas Musikhögskolan av den amerikanska jazzstjärnan Sharón Clark, som håller i föreläsningen "The Roots of Jazz". Föreläsningen/konserten äger rum i Lilla salen och är öppen för alla intresserade.För ytterligare information – kontakta Almaz Yebio, almaz [dot] yebio [at] mhm [dot] lu [dot] se (almaz[dot]yebio[at]mhm[dot]lu[dot]se)Varmt välkomna!ProgrammeAme

https://www.mhm.lu.se/artikel/celebert-besok-av-amerikanska-jazzsangerskan-sharon-clark - 2025-11-11

Clay is described as an ancient material with a great future. “The potential areas of application are huge,” says an enthusiastic Marie Skepö, professor of theoretical chemistry whom we recently welcomed as an affiliated faculty member of NanoLund. Clay is a material that has been used since ancient times for protecting, building, and carrying things. If we learn more about how to change various p

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/new-nanolundian-investigating-clay-materials-atomistic-level - 2025-11-11

A research group at Lund University has succeeded in creating a hydrogen-producing system using an iron complex as a light-absorbing dye. The new discovery could be an important piece of the puzzle for large-scale, environmentally friendly hydrogen production in the future. Hydrogen is a highly efficient energy carrier that can be used to transport, store and provide energy. The gas, which consist

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/first-step-towards-large-scale-fossil-free-hydrogen-production - 2025-11-11

Tullia Jack har försvarat sin avhandling i ämnet sociologi med avhandlingen "Negotiating Conventions: cleanliness, sustainability and everyday life" idag, 19 december klockan 13 i Palaestras hörsal i Lund. Fakultetsopponent var professor Alan Warde, Department of Sociology, University of Manchester.Abstract (utdrag):Cleanliness has seen a rapid increase in both developed and developing countries,

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/tullia-jack-har-disputerat - 2025-11-11

Hakim Abdi is amongst other things physical geographer, researcher, and keen bird watcher, currently featured in the new issue of the Swedish astonomy magazine Populär Astronomi. So what has physical geography to do with space? Hello Hakim... ...why is a Physical geographer featured in an astronomy magazine? This interview / profile comes after the Swedish Astronomical Society's festival called "A

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/we-live-golden-age-satellite-research - 2025-11-11

Allt fler samhällsfunktioner påverkas av digitaliseringen och den snabba teknikutvecklingen. Vid Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten startar man nu därför en tankesmedja med fokus på teknik. Sociologen Carola Aili är en av initiativtagarna. Sociologen Carola Aili är en av initiativtagarna till tankesmedjan. Varför behövs en tankesmedja med samhällsvetenskapliga perspektiv på teknik?  – Det finns mång

https://www.lu.se/artikel/tankesmedja-med-teknikfokus-hos-samhallsvetarna - 2025-11-12

On the second day of COP26, more than 100 global leaders, representing 85% of the world's forests, pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade. The Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forest and Land Use will cover forests totaling more than 13 million square miles. Sustainability researcher and deforestation expert, Torsten Krause, at Lund University for Su

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/researcher-torsten-krause-comments-world-leaders-pledge-end-deforestation-2030 - 2025-11-11

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/copenhagen-adi-conference-2017 - 2025-11-11

A large number of road construction projects are underway in and around Lund, affecting commuters’ ability to reach their workplaces. More disruptions are expected in spring 2026 when the Swedish Transport Administration begins work on the E22 between the Gastelyckan and Lund North interchanges. Roadworks present challenges but also opportunities to be inspired to find alternatives to driving. The

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/road-construction-around-lund-continues-tips-alternative-commuting-options - 2025-11-12

Lund researchers have every reason to be proud regarding competition for EU grants. LU is the best in Sweden in terms of total funding and in the top three with the Karolinska Institute (KI) and Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) regarding the number of participations in different projects.  “We have the most ERC grants in Sweden, and within the humanities and social sciences there are special ef

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-top-eu-league-best-sweden-obtaining-grants - 2025-11-11

In patients with symptoms such as irregular heartbeats, dizziness, or fainting, or in individuals that physicians suspect may have atrial fibrillation, many days of ECGs may be required for diagnosis – “long-term ECG recordings”. These recordings must then undergo a time-consuming and human resource-intensive review to identify heart rhythm abnormalities. In a large international study, researcher

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/ai-better-humans-analysing-long-term-ecg-recordings - 2025-11-11

In English:  New salaries for doctoral students in the year´s salary review Doktorander får en höjd månadslön om 1 000 kronor (vid heltidsanställning) från och med den 1 oktober 2020. Detta är resultatet av de kollektiva förhandlingar som Lunds universitet har genomfört med Saco-S och OFR/S gällande nya löner för doktorander i samband med årets lönerevisionsarbete. Höjningen omfattar en förlängd r

https://www.hr-webben.lu.se/artikel/nya-loner-doktorander-i-arets-lonerevision - 2025-11-11

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 - 2025-11-11