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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The research quality evaluation, RQ20, is now in full swing. The evaluation-fatigue that project leaders Freddy Ståhlberg and Mats Benner expected to see among their university colleagues has not materialised. “We have encountered a strong engagement and interest!” The 200 or so external advisors for the 32 panels are
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/strong-engagement-rq20 - 2026-07-21
Missiologist Mika Vähäkangas thinks that Scandinavians can be a little self-righteous. He says that he has become who he is in great part thanks to his research in Africa – there he learnt what he knows about compassion. Over nearly thirty years, he first carried out missionary work and then research, teaching and fieldwork in Africa on African Christianity. "It has always been Africa. My pare
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/africa-has-given-me-more-i-could-ever-give-back - 2026-07-21
No 45, 17 September 2025 In this newsletter we advertise a wide variety of NAISS training events, scheduled for the autumn term. Since last time we have added an Introduction to Python on HPC systems.An overview on our events is available on the NAISS website.OverviewNAISS trainingOnline workshops: Mondays with Matlab, 23 SeptemberOnline training seminar: Introduction seminar for Alvis users, 1 O
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-0 - 2026-07-21
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Många sökande, Lunds universitet växer, Arrival Day, MOOC-seminarium, professorsinstallation, Jordanienbesök, stipendieceremoni, Innovation in Mind, Medicon Village, Lärosäten Syd och Shanghairanking är några av punkterna i detta rektorsbrev. Varmt välkomna tillbaka till en ny termin! Vi hoppas att sommaren har vari
https://www.lu.se/artikel/rektorsbrev-2-september - 2026-07-22
Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) made fireworks at the 2024 John Molson MBA International Case Competition, securing 3rd place in the final. Teacher Mats Urde received the award for Coach of the Year, and the LUSEM team alternate student joined the Global Team which was awarded the Team Spirit Award. The John Molson MBA International Case Competition was established in 19
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/outstanding-results-lusem-worlds-biggest-business-case-competition - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Just like self-driving cars, we can expect autonomous ships to become more common in the coming years. However, two safety challenges which need to be solved along the way, and which are different for ships compared to cars, are navigation without GPS and remote control. In his research, Mårten Lager has developed use
https://www.ai.lu.se/article/improving-conditions-autonomous-ships - 2026-07-21
New blood tests for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease are making early diagnosis increasingly feasible. However, the fact that the markers being measured change long before any symptoms develop represents a challenge. Research led by Lund University in Sweden shows that a previously unused blood marker, when combined with those markers already in use, can significantly reduce the risk of misleading d
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-blood-marker-reduces-risk-false-diagnosis-alzheimers-disease - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Three major MERGE projects have data going into the new database PANGAEA LandClim II(VR, 2017-2020).This project is a collaboration between LNU, LU (dynamic vegetation modelling and spatial statistical modelling), SU (ESM EC Earth) and SMHI (regional models RCA4 and HARMONIE). The project is a development from the for
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/database-pangaea-now-public - 2026-07-21
New blood tests for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease are making early diagnosis increasingly feasible. However, the fact that the markers being measured change long before any symptoms develop represents a challenge. Research led by Lund University in Sweden shows that a previously unused blood marker, when combined with those markers already in use, can significantly reduce the risk of misleading d
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-blood-marker-reduces-risk-false-diagnosis-alzheimers-disease - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed an algorithm that combines data from a simple blood test and brief memory tests, to predict with great accuracy who will develop Alzheimer's disease in the future. The findings are published in Nature Medicine. Approximately 20-30% of patients with Alzheimer's di
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/simple-diagnostic-tool-predicts-individual-risk-alzheimers - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A record donation of SEK 350 million from the IKEA Foundation has secured the future of the School of Industrial Design at Lund University. It is not the first time that the school has received a major donation from IKEA. It all started at a meeting over a lot of coffee and snuff between Ingvar Kamprad and Thomas Joha
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/shared-vision-about-good-design-everyone-behind-huge-donations - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Following criticism from the Swedish Research Council for delays and unclear leadership at MAX IV, the organisation is now headed in the right direction. Efficiency has increased through stricter deadlines, clearer priorities among the projects and increased clarity in the decision chains. “We are on the right path an
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/max-iv-sees-light-end-tunnel - 2026-07-21
Martin L. Olsson has received the International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Presidential Award, the highest international honour in transfusion medicine. The award is presented every two years to a researcher who has made outstanding contributions to transfusion medicine. Martin L. Olsson is recognised for translational research on red blood cells, following 35 years of work mapping the g
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/prestigious-international-award-martin-l-olsson - 2026-07-21
In healthcare, treatments developed for broad patient groups are often used. This is not always an effective approach. Sweden’s innovation agency Vinnova has therefore distributed research grants to eleven Swedish innovation environments whose research aims to develop more individually adapted healthcare for patients. The stem cell researchers at the IndiCell innovation environment have been award
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/sek-40-million-innovation-environment-customised-stem-cell-treatments - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Science should be able to be reproduced, but in reality this is a step that is often overlooked. Researcher Burak Tunca at the School of Economics and Management sees several possible measures that could make research better – and more open. “Researchers should always pre-register their studies and be open with their
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/do-it-again-and-do-it-right - 2026-07-21
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Högt blodtryck skadar våra blodkärl. Det skadar också vårt hjärta, vår hjärna och våra njurar. Ett högt blodtryck ökar också risken att drabbas av hjärtinfarkt och stroke. Exakt varför högt blodtryck är farligt vet man dock inte. – Skälet till det är att vi länge haft effektiva blodtryckssänkande mediciner, och då h
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/hogtryck-pa-blodigt-allvar-karlforskare-vill-intensifiera-jakten-pa-orsakerna - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A scientific collaboration organised by the Department of Food Science, Copenhagen University in association with Danish Ministry of External Affairs, Danish Ministry of Food and Environment, Danish Embassy in India and Indian Embassy in Denmark. A scientific workshop was organised on 6th and 7th of September the Depa
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/report-indo-danish-workshop - 2026-07-21
This Regional Outlook focuses on the role of satellite imagery in shaping our understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the physical damage it has caused the landscape. On 7 October 2023, Hamas carried out a large scale attack against Israel, causing over 1 000 fatalities, taking more than 200 hostages and firing thousands of rockets into Israeli territory. At the time of writing, Isr
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-monitoring-israels-destruction-gaza-space - 2026-07-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Students tackled overconsumption through setting up a centre for borrowing household items; devised an action plan to ensure that our universities become more sustainable, and explored the potential for art to affect social norms around flying. The Knowledge to Action, K2A, course is all about bringing your theoretica
https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/2019-knowledge-action-projects - 2026-07-21
DIABETES. After more than a decade of stagnation, there is a major surge in kidney research effort. New drugs and biomarkers make it possible to detect and slow the progression of the disease earlier – something that long seemed unattainable. This will impact people with diabetes, for whom kidney damage is a serious long-term complication. “We are entering a new era. What is happening now is simil
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/hope-kidney-care - 2026-07-21
