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Data literacy is increasing its importance for current and future professionals. But what is ‘data literacy’ exactly and how do LUSEM educators work with it? We asked Blerim Emruli, Senior Lecturer in Informatics, and recently announced as one of the select participants in the Inaugural Professor Ambassador Class at Qlik. Senior Lecturer Blerim Emruli is one of seven educators from around the glob

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/data-has-power-transform-business-and-improve-society - 2026-06-05

Christopher Douse, Associate Professor at Lund University’s Faculty of Medicine and group leader at the Lund Stem Cell Center, has been awarded a Consolidator Grant from the Swedish Society for Medical Research (SSMF). The five-year, SEK 11 million award will support his team’s research into how repetitive DNA sequences linked to neurological diseases are controlled in the development of the human

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/decoding-repetitive-genome-christopher-douse-awarded-consolidator-grant-ssmf - 2026-06-05

In an event on Europe Day 2025, Maria Strömvik from the Centre for European Studies spoke on the importance of the Öresund Bridge as an example of European integration. Together with students who shared personal experiences she criticised the border controls and outlined a number of scenarios that could be instrumental for their abolishment. On May 9, Europe celebrates Europe Day. This year marks

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/bridging-border-bewtween-sweden-and-denmark - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUMES alumni Sophia Speckhahn and Annabel Schickner from batch 19 visited LUMES to share their stories about life after LUMES, from graduation to getting their first jobs. Today they are both working with sustainability within different sectors in Germany. Find out what they think are the most important skills they ga

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/meet-lumes-alumni-sophia-speckhahn-and-annabel-schickner-batch-19 - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During 7-8 of May, 80 researchers within MERGE and BECC met to learn about the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and how their research can be linked, and contribute, to the implementation of the goals. We are just as far from reaching the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) as Burkina Faso. We just have different

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/spring-meeting-2019-merge-becc-jointly-sustainable-development-goals - 2026-06-05

“Toke is shy but does the most exploring of all of them, while Siggi is relaxed and friendly. But you have to know them to be able to work with them”, says cognitive scientist Stephan Reber. He is not talking about his colleagues but the alligators now on site in Ystad zoo, where the researchers have a specially adapted facility to study the animals’ behaviour. The heat and humidity hit you as soo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/alligators-are-key-world-dinosaurs - 2026-06-05

Since his graduation from the master’s programme in Management in 2018, alumnus Glenn Lio has been on quite the adventure, from military training in Taiwan to rubbing elbows with business leaders in chambers of commerce. Personal reflection, the vivid student life and the importance of community are Glenn’s key learnings from his LUSEM days and experiences he still finds great use for in his job a

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/glenn-connecting-global-business-communities-taipei - 2026-06-05

LUCSUS research is global in scope and covers many topics and countries. Last year, in 2024, researchers conducted field work in places such as India, Nepal, Ghana, Colombia, USA and Kenya. Visiting the home of perennial research in Kansa, USALUCSUS researchers Elina Andersson, Lennart Olsson and Stefan Schuller, who are all working in the PERENNIAL project, participated in the project’s annual me

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/read-about-lucsus-fieldwork-2024 - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Within 100 years, approximately half of the 6,000 languages in the world will become extinct. A window to the past is currently being opened in Lund, where you can listen to languages that are no longer spoken thanks to a special resource for digital language documentation. Niclas Burenhult. Every two weeks, a languag

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/language-collectors - 2026-06-05

Wobbling and laughing, a few of the girls glide over the ice. They are holding hands in a chain. If one falls, they all go down. They are thirteen recently arrived girls and five volunteers in the Save the Children project, Girl to Girl, who are meeting on a Sunday at the ice rink in Lund. One of the volunteers is studying Human Rights as an activity for the Certificate of International Merits (CI

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/students-dont-need-pack-their-bags-gain-international-qualifications - 2026-06-05

After graduating from the Economy and Society bachelor’s programme in 2023, Ondrej Gomola left LUSEM and cycled to downtown Lund to begin his master’s in Environmental Management and Policy at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE). His undergraduate studies had sparked a strong interest in tackling global challenges, paving the way for his next academic step. E

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/ondrej-gomola-alumnus-bsc-economy-and-society-2023 - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS researchers will be part of the upcoming 2020 Virtual Forum on Earth System Governance, where they will be organising a session on migration and climate change. LUCSUS and the University of Liége will be facilitating an innovative session on 16th of September, 2020 at 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (CEST) in the 2020 Virtua

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/2020-virtual-forum-earth-system-governance - 2026-06-05

Lund University has established the Lund University Centre for Preparedness and Resilience (LUPREP) with the aim of bringing together the University’s research and education in total defence, crisis preparedness and societal resilience. The centre is based at Campus Helsingborg and serves as a cross-faculty platform where researchers from across the University meet to address complex societal chal

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/natural-science-perspectives-preparedness-and-resilience-sought - 2026-06-05

CCT, Consumer Culture Theory, annually arrange an international conference on consumer culture. This year it was organized on 27-30 June by the School of Economics and Management at Lund University. The conference was attended by 317 participants from 25 different countries. Four researchers from Service Studies contributed to the conference. Dystopia or utopia – how does it affect consumer behavi

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/fashion-textile-care-cryptocurrency-and-seaweed-cct-conference - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For over 20 years, a team of researchers at Lund University has worked on developing a drug against preeclampsia – a serious disorder which annually affects around 9 million pregnant women worldwide and is one of the main causes of death in both mothers and unborn babies. Now the researchers have published a study in

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/clinical-trials-beginning-possible-preeclampsia-treatment - 2026-06-05

The discussion on the University’s establishment in Science Village has continued this year, but with a new focus. During the year, the project group for Stage 2, following a proposal from the Light and materials profile area, analysed possible scopes, needs for laboratories and logistics. With the help of architects, an initial drawing has been produced of a building, which could be located next

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/light-and-materials-focus-universitys-establishment-science-village - 2026-06-06

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Entry phones can cause problems. For elderly people with a visual impairment or reduced mobility, getting into one’s flat can suddenly become a challenge. However, researchers can also experience problems. One person who knows is occupational therapist Elina Taurina, who has mapped environmental obstacles for elderly

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/swedish-elderly-research-exported-latvia - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The scent of a madeleine dipped in lime blossom tea awakened a flood of childhood memories for the main character in Marcel Proust’s famous novel about ‘lost time’. The madeleine is an example of a clue for the memory. In Proust’s case, the clue worked subconsciously, in other cases we can use clues to consciously try

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/clues-can-awaken-hidden-memories - 2026-06-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. With a research focus on the development and application of in vitro models to study human brain evolution and disease, PhD student Daniela Grassi will be defending her thesis on Thursday 23rd of April 2020. Here, Daniela tells us about her research in the Molecular Neurogenetics group, led by Johan Jakobsson, and her

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview-daniela-grassi - 2026-06-05

The Helsingborg Chamber of Commerce wishes to recognise the researchers at the Centre for Trade and Logistics (REAL), Lund University, who have produced outstanding academic publications over the past year. This is being done through a new excellence grant. By supporting academic progress, the aim is to strengthen research excellence in this field. For many years, the Helsingborg Chamber of Commer

https://www.real.lu.se/en/article/excellence-scholarship-designed-promote-quality-and-research-progress-fields-trade-and-logistics - 2026-06-05