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The Centre for European Studies has awarded Calam Gallacher Roig the best thesis award for his master’s thesis “Love thy European Neighbour – but not for long? The Framing of Ukrainian Immigration Among German Mainstream Right and Far Right Parties". CFE called him up in Germany to talk about his thesis. Congratulations on winning the CFE award for best thesis with a European theme 2024! What are

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/calam-gallacher-roig-receives-cfe-best-thesis-award-2024 - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ghana’s “overall best student 2018” is studying Sociology of Law in Lund. Labiks’s story shows how far hard work and perseverance can get you. Ghana’s Inter Tertiary Excellence Award 2018 for Overall Best Student 4th Year in the academia category went to Thomas Duke Labik Amanquandor, who is studying the second semest

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/student-our-masters-programme-earns-prestigious-award-after-years-struggle-high-school-exam - 2026-07-09

The economic sanctions against Russian following the invasion of Ukraine are having spillover effects in Central Asia. With the prospect of economic and social strain forcing Russian employers to lay off migrant workers, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan are preparing to receive high numbers of newly unemployed men. The fall of the  Russian rouble in March - as a consequence of Western sancti

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/central-asian-migrant-workers-risk-mass-unemployment - 2026-07-09

At the start of the new year, the Agenda 2030 Graduate School at Lund University welcomed thirteen new PhD candidates from seven faculties. This exciting addition to the Graduate School expands the school's interdisciplinary research efforts. The candidates' research cover a wide range of topics, from waste management and energy transition to biodiversity and the effects of a warming climate on ch

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/thirteen-new-phd-students-join-agenda-2030-graduate-school - 2026-07-09

Fredrik Nilsson successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on May 10, 2023. For the last four years, Fredrik has explored the use of patient-specific cells in cell replacement therapy for Parkinson's disease to identify strategies to safeguard these transplanted cells from disease-related degeneration. In this interview, he tells us about his findings, their potential implications for future therapies

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/investigating-cell-replacement-therapy-parkinsons-disease-phd-interview-fredrik-nilsson - 2026-07-09

Each year, around 350 children in Sweden are diagnosed with cancer. Thanks to progress in research and treatment, six out of seven children today survive. But unlike cancer in adults, we don't know what causes most childhood cancers to develop. This spring Barncancerfonden, the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation, awarded SEK 64 million to 29 researchers across the country. The funding includes po

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/three-researchers-receive-barncancerfonden-funding-investigate-causes-childhood-leukemia - 2026-07-09

Solitary bees that ingested the pesticide clothianidin when foraging from rapeseed flowers became slower. In addition, the strawberries pollinated by these bees were smaller. This is shown by a new study from Lund University in Sweden. Strawberries are known to become bigger if bees have visited their flowers, but how strawberry growth is affected if the bees have been exposed to neonicotinoid ins

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/strawberries-were-smaller-when-bees-ingested-pesticides - 2026-07-09

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 - 2026-07-09

Digital tools and teaching are the focus of a new unit aimed at coordinating and developing assistance, support and training for learning environments – digital as well as campus-based. The unit is a permanent continuation of the project Teaching and Learning online. The unit’s director is Bo-Anders Jönsson. Foto: Charlesdeluvio from Unsplash.com Today’s students have good digital skills and expec

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/our-central-unit-teaching-support-now-place - 2026-07-09

Digital tools and teaching are the focus of a new unit aimed at coordinating and developing assistance, support and training for learning environments – digital as well as campus-based. The unit is a permanent continuation of the project Teaching and Learning online. The unit’s director is Bo-Anders Jönsson. Today’s students have good digital skills and expect a seamless education, in which the ph

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-central-unit-teaching-support-now-place - 2026-07-09

Soon, Lund will be filled with anticipation, colour and the glitz of the carnival. The Lund Carnival is fast approaching – with skits, singing, satire and that very special blend of camaraderie and madness that only the carnival can create. In workshops and rehearsal rooms, new memories are being made: lines are being polished, sets are being built, and laughter echoes far beyond the carnival area

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/joy-carnival-student-life-part-our-very-essence - 2026-07-10

Veterinarian in charge Anders Forslid is retiring after 30 years working to improve the welfare of research animals at Lund University. He has witnessed a paradigm shift in animal health and animal experiments, and the way animal testing and humans’ obligations are viewed has changed. When Anders Forslid started out as a laboratory animal veterinarian at Lund University, he received a fairly cool

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/if-we-are-going-have-animal-testing-then-we-have-do-it-well - 2026-07-10

Dive into the exciting world of physics here in Lund – from the tiniest building blocks of matter to the mysteries of the cosmos. Join us for fun experiments and demonstrations, where you can, among other things, try out a scanning electron microscope or slow down time with a high-speed camera. This year’s event also features research presentations (in English or Swedish), the chance to visit Lund

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/quantum-physics-and-double-anniversary-kulturnatten - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Alicia N'Guetta is a PhD student working across two LUCSUS projects, MaCoBios and DICE. Her research focuses on climate change adaptation, livelihood, loss and damage, and gender in Martinique, an overseas department of France situated in the Caribbean Sea. Using a gender lens, she will explore how climate change impa

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/alicia-nguetta-uses-gender-lens-study-impacts-climate-change-marine-coastal-ecosystems - 2026-07-09

The first round of admissions to this spring’s courses and programmes is now complete. In total, 12,996 students have been offered a place, which equates to around a third of the total number of applicants (35,842). Of those admitted, around 1,632 have got onto programmes, while 11,552 have been offered places on freestanding courses. Approximately 218 people have been admitted to both a programme

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/almost-13000-students-admitted-spring-semester - 2026-07-10

Young women who spend all their spare time shopping. Lost, superficial souls with no purpose in life? Or creative and productive people? Emma Samsioe, who has spent several years studying their behaviour, wants to show a more nuanced picture of the phenomenon. Emma Samsioe. It all started when Emma Samsioe was out shopping and noticed the young girls who mostly seemed to be just hanging out in the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fast-fashion-constant-search-latest-thing - 2026-07-09

High school students from all over the Skåne region will be visiting Lund University to spend a whole day discussing the current state of stem cell research, discovering what it is like to work in a research setting, and exploring the exciting future possibilities that stem cells have to offer. Building on the success of the previous five years, Lund Stem Cell Center is hosting UniStem Day March 6

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/continued-interest-stem-cells-among-high-school-students - 2026-07-09

Kajsa Brolin explores how our genes and environment affect the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. March 27, she defends her Ph.D. project partly based on MultiPark’s biobank sample collection. Here, she tells about the newly discovered genetic risk factor that might be specific to people in the southern part of Sweden. And is coffee really protective? Tell us about your research! “My research

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/genes-and-environment-pd-phd-interview-kajsa-brolin - 2026-07-09

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https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/vad-innebar-egentligen-impact-factor - 2026-07-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. He has advised management groups across the University for three decades. Now, the psychologist and leadership consultant Thomas Sewerin has defended his PhD – on leadership in academia. Among other things, he has looked at how disagreements can pave the way for both failure and success.  In one of the four case studi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/many-constructive-disagreements-successful-research-group - 2026-07-09