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Just over two weeks after the climate summit in Egypt, the leaders of the world’s countries are meeting again, this time to address another acute crisis facing humanity – the loss of biodiversity. The issue is less well-known than the climate crisis and no framework corresponding to the Paris agreement is in place – something that many people hope the December summit in Montreal will rectify. It i

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/it-time-put-biodiversity-agenda-five-lund-researchers-challenges-cop15 - 2026-04-23

Economic conditions influence whether and when people choose to have children. A new report from the Swedish government inquiry A Future with Children, led by LUSEM economist Åsa Hansson, shows how financial risks – particularly for women – may be contributing to declining birth rates. Fewer children are being born in Sweden, and economic conditions may play a larger role than previously assumed.

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/economic-security-shapes-decisions-about-having-children - 2026-04-24

On 5 May, join us in marking World Press Freedom Day through a discussion on Media, Power, and Technology in South Asia. Join the discussion on how politics, technology, and digitalization are reshaping media, journalism, and access to information. We hereby invite you to a symposium marking UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2026, where you will meet journalists and experts addressing the critical ch

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/can-tech-save-press-freedom-symposium-press-freedom-5-may - 2026-04-23

On October 6-8 MERGE researchers and PhD students will have the opportunity to meet in Kalmar. Welcome to the MERGE Autumn Meeting in Kalmar 6-8 October 2014.We are looking forward to meet all MERGE researchers in Kalmar for three exciting days of presentations and discussions on our MERGE science. We are now at the end of the first 5-year period of MERGE and at the door of a new time of collabora

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/welcome-merge-autumn-meeting-2014 - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Three conferences will be held in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the United Kingdom supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF) in 2017 and 2018. The name is "Comparative Peacebuilding in Asia - Liberal and Illiberal Transitions from Ethnic Conflict and

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/conference-comparative-peacebuilding-asia - 2026-04-23

At the end of October, around 45 teachers from across the Faculty of Science gathered for a joint inspiration day at LINXS in Science Village – the first of its kind. The aim was to offer new perspectives on teaching, inspire participants, and encourage colleagues to share their experiences."The most important thing for me was that we actually met," says Charlotta Turner, Vice-Dean for first and s

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/full-day-teachers-faculty-science-led-inspiration-play-and-learning - 2026-04-23

Matilde Negrini’s thesis project has been to develop and characterize a rat model of Parkinson’s disease. November 4, she defends her thesis. Here, she talks about her project and most proud moments during her Ph.D. journey. Tell us about your research! My project has been to develop and characterize a rat model of Parkinson’s disease based on the Parkinson’s-related protein alpha-synuclein. This

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/modelling-parkinsons-disease-phd-interview-matilde-negrini - 2026-04-23

Hur mäter man hur produkter och råvaror som utvinns på vitt skilda platser runt om i världen påverkar den biologiska mångfalden? Forskaren Carla Coelho från Miljö-och geovetenskapliga institutionen (MGeo) har tillsammans med sina kollegor utvecklat en ny metod för att uppskatta gruvors och stenbrotts påverkan – och i vilken utsträckning de faktiskt skadar livsmiljöerna i omgivningen. Perforering -

https://www.mgeo.lu.se/artikel/gruvdrift-i-de-sista-ororda-omradena-en-metod-att-identifiera-gruvor-i-ororda-landskap - 2026-04-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. När ett barn får diagnosen typ 1 diabetes anpassar sig föräldrarna ganska snabbt till situationen. Men känslor av sorg, ilska och skuld lever kvar flera år efter insjuknandet. ”Jag har anpassat mig men inte accepterat.” säger en pappa vars son har diabetes. Forskare från Health and Social Care Research Centre vid un

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/diabetesforaldrars-kroniska-sorg - 2026-04-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Einar Smith får Sparbanksstiftelsen Skånes stipendium för sitt examensarbete. En prospektiv studie som visar att metaboliten ergothioneine, oberoende av andra riskfaktorer, kan kopplas till minskad risk för hjärt-kärlsjukdom och för tidig död. Studien är publicerad i BMJ Heart. Vetenskaplig evidens kring kostråd och

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/samband-mellan-markor-halsosam-kost-och-minskad-risk-hjart-karlsjukdom-gav-stipendium - 2026-04-24

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Forskare har identifierat en antioxidant – rikligt förekommande i broccoli – som en ny antidiabetisk substans. En patientstudie visar på signifikant lägre blodsockernivåer hos deltagare som åt broccoliextrakt med höga halter av sulforafan. – Mycket talar för att det här kan bli ett värdefullt tillägg till existerand

https://www.lu.se/artikel/broccoli-i-fokus-nar-ny-substans-mot-diabetes-identifierats - 2026-04-23

‘Conditionals’ is a solo exhibition presenting new works by Alejandro Cesarco, Adjunct Professor in Fine Arts at Malmö Art Academy. "A conditional sentence is formed by a main clause (the consequence), a conjunction (if), and a conditional clause (the condition). There are four standard types of conditionals. Cesarco's exhibition proceeds from the given to the not given, comparing what is with wha

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/adjunct-professor-alejandro-cesarco-gives-solo-exhibiton-conditionals-berlin - 2026-04-23

När ett barn visar sig ha nedsatt hörsel – tänk då på att orsaken kan vara mitokondriell sjukdom. Det rådet ger Lundaforskare som tillsammans med amerikanska kollegor undersökt ett ovanligt stort antal personer med mitokondriell sjukdom. De har sett att det är avgörande var i DNA mutationen finns för när hörselnedsättningen debuterar. På det amerikanska sjukhuset Children´s hospital of Philadelphi

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/typ-av-mutation-styr-horselnedsattning-vid-mitokondriell-sjukdom - 2026-04-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Första januari 2019 stod i Sverige 666 personer i kö för att få en ny njure, många av dem var diabetiker. En del hinner bli mycket sjuka, några hinner dö, innan det finns en lämplig njure att transplantera. Trots en ökning av antalet donatorer de senaste åren är organbristen konstant och värre än i många andra lände

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/njurtransplantation-battre-dialys - 2026-04-24

CMES researchers Amir Naghibi, Hossein Hashemi, Pengxiang Zhao, Sara Brogaard, Lina Eklund and Ali Mansourian have co-authored an article on dust storm source susceptibility, published in the journal Atmospheric Pollution Research. The article, "Spatiotemporal variability of dust storm source susceptibility during wet and dry periods: The Tigris-Euphrates River Basin", was also co-written by Husse

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/dust-storm-source-susceptibility-tigris-euphrates-river-basin - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Unfamiliarity with the local language and regulations make immigrants vulnerable to over-indebtedness. The condition puts them at risk of social and financial exclusion, which negatively affects their integration in the host country. Indebtedness among European households rose considerably during the economic crisis o

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/how-economic-insecurity-hinders-integration-immigrants - 2026-04-23

Meet new guest researcher Professor Simon Clegg, University of East Anglia (U.K.) and University of California, Davis (U.S.A.). His main research focus is on the fundamental physical chemistry of atmospheric aerosol particles, and on the development of chemical speciation models of seawater and other natural waters. Simon is working with MERGE until the end of November. Simon will be working mainl

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/new-guest-researcher-focus-aerosols-water - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “On a smaller scale, biofuels can be a good alternative for public transport, but we cannot solve the climate issue by simply replacing fossil fuels with biofuels. Instead, we must reduce our energy consumption, as the total energy consumption within road transports is not decreasing”, explains David Harnesk, research

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/eu-biofuel-regulation-not-sustainable-long-term - 2026-04-23

The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) recently visited the AI and Society research group at LTH and AI Lund to discuss artificial intelligence. In addition to the latest research, the meeting focused on multidisciplinary perspectives, transparency, and how the authority can collaborate with academia to ensure that AI is developed in a responsible manner. IMY plays a central role in is

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/ai-and-innovation-agenda-when-imy-visits-lund - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Thursday 15 June, 2017 a workshop entitled: "Studying Refugees in Northern Europe" was held at The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University. SASNET researcher Admir Skodo participated and presented a paper. The workshop was organized by Dalia Abdelhady, Nina Gren and Martin Joormann. The participants form

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/workshop-lund-refugees-northern-europe - 2026-04-23