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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The teacher representatives on the board of the Department of Political Science in response to Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein's guest editorial in SvD concerning gender distribution among authors on course reading lists. In a guest editorial in the daily SvD on 7 November, Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein expresses indignat

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/guideline-gender-distribution-does-not-influence-course-content - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Royal climate change researcher Harriet Bulkeley doesn’t believe that directives from above cause us to change our behaviour. On the other hand, she believes in the creative and fumbling environmental experiments that she has seen popping up in cities around the world. Now she is going to study climate-friendly initia

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/green-cities-grow-roots - 2026-05-15

This year, the Centre for European Studies has awarded the 2023 Best Thesis Award to Olof Bärtås for his master's thesis called “European discoveries: Cultural Europeanization on Swedish culture pages 1977-1989”. We sat down with Olof to talk about his thesis-writing process and asked him if he had any tips for future thesis writers.Hello Olof. What are you up to right now?I am currently living in

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/olof-bartas-receives-cfes-best-thesis-award-2023 - 2026-05-15

The countdown has begun. From 2–9 May, Lund University will welcome young science talents from across Europe as they arrive to take part in the European Olympiad of Experimental Science (EOES) 2026. For Jonas Forshamn, teacher at Kitas Gymnasium in Gothenburg and Director of EOES 2026, it is all starting to feel very real.“It’s incredibly exciting now that it’s just around the corner. We are both

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/young-science-talents-gather-lund-eoes-2026 - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 15 per cent of the population – almost one in seven Swedes – suffer from digestive problems in the form of bloating, abdominal pain, constipation and diarrhoea. But since these problems are not life-threatening, and the status of the digestive tract is low, medical researchers and funders have shown only moderate inte

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-gives-hope-gastric-patients - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Love poems, playing cards and secret notes. For half a millennium, people who have attended mass at Lund Cathedral have found ways to pass the time when the sermons felt too slow. In a few years, the Lund University Historical Museum will introduce a new cabinet of curiosities, containing notes and strange objects whi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hidden-treasures-choir-stalls-made-exhibition - 2026-05-15

Eleven research centers across four thematic areas have been awarded funding in Forte's call for Research center grants 2025. Two of these centers will be led from Lund University, focusing on the themes of severe mental illness and women’s health and disease. The two new research centers at Lund University that have been granted long-term funding from Forte will be led by Ulrika Bejerholm in the

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/forte-research-center-grants-2025 - 2026-05-15

First-born children are at lower risk of heart attack and stroke than their siblings – provided that the number of siblings does not exceed three; then it is the other way around. And people without siblings have a higher risk of heart attack and stroke later in life compared to those who have siblings. These are among the findings of a new population study from Lund University published in BMJ Op

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/number-siblings-may-be-linked-risk-cardiovascular-disease - 2026-05-15

Toxins and chemicals are a major threat to our environment. The "third crisis" - the chemical crisis - is often forgotten when we talk about the climate and endangered species. Ahead of Biodiversity Day on 22 May, Maria Hansson, a researcher at Lund University, offers tips on how to create a non-toxic environment in your own garden, benefiting all its inhabitants, big and small. Synthetically prod

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/five-ways-create-toxin-free-garden - 2026-05-15

The idea that research results should be simplified and related to a media logic when being communicated to the public is challenged in a new report on research communication. “It is just as important, if not more so, to provide an understanding of what lies behind the results – of the knowledge and the methods used,” says organisational researcher Anna Jonsson. She has been involved in the recent

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/background-results-important-when-communicating-research - 2026-05-16

Major roadworks around Lund will soon affect commuting options for those who work in Lund but live outside the city. The road projects affect the E22 at the Lund Södra interchange and road 108 between Staffanstorp and Lund. At certain times there will be planned total road closures during the period 2025 to 2026. To provide commuting staff members with support and information about what is happeni

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-soon-time-total-closures-e22-and-road-108 - 2026-05-16

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PhD student Franziska Olm has been developing a microfluidic-based acoustophoresis method to process stem cell preparations label-free, a technique with great research and clinical potential. In this interview, Franziska tells us about her PhD project, her time at Lund Stem Cell Center and her plans following her thes

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview-franziska-olm - 2026-05-15

En ny opinionsundersökning visar att svenskar är positiva till hårdare regler för plastanvändning för att komma åt problemen med plast. Ett guldläge för beslutsfattare att driva igenom en mer långtgående plastpolitik, menar forskare på Statsvetenskapliga institutionen. –  Vår undersökning visar att svenskar tycker att nuvarande plasthantering innebär stora miljöproblem, och att man gärna ser hårda

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/guldlage-en-strangare-plastpolitik - 2026-05-15

Hållbarhetsveckan är ett årligt evenemang där Lunds universitet och Lunds kommun bjuder in till aktiviteter kring hållbarhet! Det är en vecka fylld med diskussioner och föreläsningar, allvarliga frågeställningar och hoppfulla framtidsvisioner. Här hittar du alla veckans evenemang med medverkande från Centrum- för miljö och klimatvetenskap. Måndag 8 april - fredag 12 aprilPå spaning efter de Global

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/vara-arrangemang-pa-hallbarhetsveckan-i-lund-2024 - 2026-05-15

Högre handelshinder för omvärlden och minskad export till USA väntas om Donald Trump vinner. Effekterna av Kamala Harris vinst är i jämförelse betydligt lättare att hantera. Det menar ekonomiforskaren Maria Persson. I valkampanjen inför det amerikanska presidentvalet har Donald Trump fokuserat på internationell ekonomi. Det handlar i huvudsak om två övergripande frågor. – Ett förslag är som bekant

https://www.lu.se/artikel/sa-paverkas-ekonomin-av-usa-valet - 2026-05-16

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Här kommer ett utökat Ekonominytt med följande innehåll:Slopad kompensationsrätt för ingående moms vid representation för myndigheterBakomliggande information ändrad för konto 57323 Måltid arbetsmöteÅterbetalning av utländsk moms från EU-landSkatt på kemikalier i viss elektronikNamnbyte på aktiviteterLista makulerad

https://www.ekonomiwebben.lu.se/artikel/nytt-om-representation-kemikalieskatt-fakturor-med-mera - 2026-05-15

Jul och nyår är familjens högtider med glädje, fest, omtanke och gemenskap. Men för många kan det istället innebära en tid av ensamhet, ekonomisk utsatthet och ökad risk för alkohol- och spelberoende. Men det finns hjälp att få mot beroendesjukdomar. Det visar inte minst en ny forskningsstudie om spelberoende. Rent evolutionärt har hjärnans belöningssystem haft till uppgift att motivera oss att gö

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/personer-med-beroende-extra-utsatta-under-jul-och-nyarshelgerna - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A recent report by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) identifies 24 places across the world that are hotspots for deforestation - and where forests are under threat. A staggering over 43 million of hectares were lost in these areas between 2004 and 2017 - an area roughly the size of Morocco. Torsten Krause, who research

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/torsten-krause-comments-wwf-report-deforestation-fronts - 2026-05-15

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/potential-impact-ai-tools-assessment - 2026-05-15

Jiao Dong defended her Ph.D. thesis on the 8th of February 2023. Inspired by the memory of patients she met during her time as a student studying oral surgery in China, she has spent the past four years researching a regenerative medicine strategy that can be used to repair the function of the salivary gland. In this interview, we learn more about her innovative research efforts, the inspiration b

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/bioengineering-and-cell-derived-strategies-salivary-gland-regeneration-phd-interview-jiao-dong - 2026-05-15