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Dialogue, collaboration and collegiality are at the heart of what makes our Faculty strong. In her Dean’s letter, Agnes shares reflections from this autumn’s dialogues and thanks colleagues across the Faculty for their ongoing engagement and contributions. Dear colleagues, We have just concluded this year’s dialogues with departments and centres at the Faculty – fifteen altogether. The dialogues a

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/deans-letter-october-2026 - 2026-10-09

The inaugural PhD Conference of the Swedish Development Research Network (SweDev) was organized by the School of Global Studies (SGS), University of Gothenburg, on 1-2 December 2022. The conference provided doctoral students with an open and inclusive space to meet and discuss their work with their peers. - As a participant of the SweDev PhD conference in 2022 I was enlightened with new perspectiv

https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/swedevs-first-phd-conference-space-critical-and-dynamic-discussion - 2026-10-09

A €1.8 million EU grant will fund new research into the challenges of promoting good governance and the rule of law in non-Western societies. In May, the European Commission's HORIZON Programme confirmed the funding for Rustamjon Urinboyev's research and training program "The Political Economy of Legal and Governance Reform in Non-Western Societies: Insights from Central Asia". The project starts

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-grant-backs-research-alternative-non-western-legal-and-governance-institutions - 2026-10-09

Devil's Claw (Harpagophytum procumbens) is a plant in the sesame family native South Africa that has long been used as a herbal medicine to treat a number of different diseases. The plant is believed to be able to reduce joint pain and joint stiffness as it is said to have analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties. However, the actual properties of devil's claw are yet not fully understood. There

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/devils-claw-herbal-medicine-continued-uncertain-effect-oa-pain - 2026-10-09

Lund University has been ranked the best in the world in sustainability in the QS World University Rankings. Already in 2007, the Department of Architecture and the Built Environment pioneered global engagement in sustainability when founding the international Master’s programme Sustainable Urban Design (SUDes). Lund University has been ranked the best in the world in sustainability in the QS Worl

https://www.architecture.lth.se/article/lund-university-ranked-best-world-sustainability-sustainable-urban-design-sudes-was-pioneer - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Teaching students at Armenia's oldest and foremost university is a grateful and rewarding task. Svante Lundgren from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies speaks of experience. Yerevan State University is Armenia's oldest, largest and most prestigious university. It turns one hundred years this year and was thus found

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lectures-armenia-very-much-appreciated - 2026-10-09

Researchers from Lund University in Sweden collected wild flatworms from Malmö’s largest park, Pildammsparken. These creatures are masters at regenerating after injury. Now, for the first time, the worms’ unique ability to regenerate has been harnessed to help accelerate wound healing in human skin models. A research team at Lund University was recently contacted by researchers at a Korean skincar

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/wild-flatworms-heal-wounds - 2026-10-09

What is actually true or false about osteoarthritis? Is it a disease that only affects older people? Is exercising bad when you’re in pain? Martin Englund, professor of orthopaedics and founder of Artrosportalen, joins Studio 65 to talk about truths and myths surrounding osteoarthritis. His colleague Eva Ekvall Hansson, professor of physiotherapy, also takes part in the discussion.Babben Larsson a

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/programme-about-osteoarthritis - 2026-10-09

When history meets present-day science fascinating things reveal themselves. In such a case, a sample of chain mail from the 15th-century Danish flagship, Gribshunden, was recently analyzed at MAX IV’s NanoMAX beamline. Researchers from Lund University want to know more about the structural and chemical makeup of the metal to give us a window into Sweden’s past, and NanoLundians Jesper Wallentin a

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/x-ray-eyes-artifact-shipwreck-gribshunden - 2026-10-09

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/locked-lockdown - 2026-10-09

You will recognize them by the black uni tees, the 15 young summer workers now on site at BMC (mainly) who work hard to put all in place after the intense moving carousels. On the command bridge: Joel Johansson and Zippo Prajz, both at Medservice. Sure are busy and hot summer work days for 15 hard-working extra workers at Medfak right now. – They´re doing work at HSC as well as in buildings E, F,

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/swarm-summer-workers-putting-life-medfak-order - 2026-10-10

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Petter Narby defended his dissertation ”Time of Crisis: Order, Politics, Temporality.” yesterday at one o'clock in Edens Hörsal, The Department of Political Science, Lund. Discussant: Kimberly Hutchings, London School of Economics. AbstractCrises are common and problematic features of contemporary politics. Thought as

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/petter-narby-has-defended-his-thesis - 2026-10-09

In 2022, Sweden became the first country in the world to allow body checking in women's ice hockey. Major hockey nations are now following Lund University's research on the consequences of tougher plays on the ice. A first study shows that almost nine out of ten players in the Swedish women's hockey league are in favour of body checking – regardless of their own size. “We found that interesting. T

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/swedish-female-ice-hockey-players-favour-body-checking - 2026-10-09

The “Staying on the ground” movement initiated in Sweden has gained rising influence internationally, indicating the start of an important shift in not just attitudes but also culture regarding travel behaviors and visions of living well under climate change. A recently published paper by LUCSUS PhD  candidate Sara Ullström, LUCSUS researcher Kimberly Nicholas and political scientist Johannes Stri

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-did-flying-go-luxury-aspiration-contested-norm-sweden - 2026-10-09

A new thesis explores the effects of loss and damage associated with climate change in small-scale tropical fisheries—a sector at the frontline of climate change impacts and crucial to sustaining livelihoods, way of life, and food security. With Martinique (France) as a case study, the research shows that loss and damage must be understood as a complex and contextual multidimensional issue—one tha

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/beyond-economics-rethinking-loss-and-damage-tropical-fisheries-new-phd-thesis - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Young Connectors of the Future (YCF) is an intercultural leadership programme initiated by the Swedish Institute, 2016 run for the third or fourth time. The programme is directed towards young people with leadership talents from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka who represent different sectors of

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/successful-swedish-institute-leadership-programme-young-southasians - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At the turn of the year, Björn Badersten and Lisa Strömbom will take up their respective posts as head and assistant head of the Department of Political Science, respectively. They were both unanimously elected by the staff in mid-October, in an election held once every three years. Björn Badersten was previously assi

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/continued-academic-freedom-guiding-light-new-leadership - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In late June, the vice-chancellor made a decision concerning the issues that are to be worked on jointly within LU on the basis of RQ20. These issues are: recruitment and career paths, research infrastructure, interdisciplinary research, profiling and strong research environments, as well as follow-ups. Now, it is tim

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/autumn-starts-where-spring-finished-rq20 - 2026-10-09

Patricia Gerdes, a postdoctoral researcher specializing in transposable elements and their impact on the human genome, has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) program. The grant will support a research project which focuses on understanding the role of transposable elements in human brain evolution, shedding light on healthy and disordered brain fu

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/cracking-code-human-brain-evolution-patricia-gerdes-awarded-msca-fellowship - 2026-10-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In 2016, a forgotten archival treasure was found in the cellar of the Department of Geology. The material included a unique map of Iceland from 1844 and a geological map of the whole of New Zealand dated 1869. Now 322 works have been restored and plans are afoot for an exhibition. Through arched windows, a pale Novemb

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/forgotten-treasure-trove-maps-restored-its-former-glory - 2026-10-09