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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new collaborative research project led by researchers Torsten Krause and Barbara Schröter will investigate the global value chains of cattle (meat / leather), gold, tin and palm oil - commodities that are all imported to the European market, and originally produced in Brazil, Colombia and Indonesia. What is the proj

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/global-value-chains-meat-gold-tin-and-palm-oil-spotlight-new-research-project - 2026-07-17

The next-door neighbour whose home you’ve never been inside. That was how Jason Diakité, also known as hip hop artist Timbuktu, felt about the University while growing up in Lund. Today, he feels differently – having been awarded an honorary doctorate and now taking his seat as one of LU’s external Cultural Council members. Inside the historic Old Bishop’s House, final preparations are underway fo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/timbuktu-universitys-cultural-council-glimpse-under-bonnet - 2026-07-18

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Doktorspromotionen, UR-föreläsningar, paneldebatt, Debatt i Lund, samordning av cancerforskningen, invigning av MAPCI, LERU, Lärosäten Syd, ReLog, nytt tomtsrättsavtal för ML4, Medicon Village och besök från Kina är några av punkterna i detta rektorsbrev. Doktorspromotionen äger rum i dag. Denna högtidsstund är allt

https://www.lu.se/artikel/rektorsbrev-31-maj - 2026-07-18

In May, Salma Mahamed, Gustavo Cadenas Delascio, Marta Pitino and Ismail Bazine participated in our third doctoral course, coordinated by the University of Gothenburg: ‘Making Foreign Aid Work: Managing tensions between top-down and bottom-up approaches’. The participants took part in online literature seminars, but also our onsite workshop in Gothenburg.  The course brought together both doctoral

https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/salma-mahamed-i-found-it-very-meaningful-discuss-practitioners-field - 2026-07-17

Generative AI is a topic that currently engages many of us. It is present in corridor conversations, in our teaching and in the way we work. Even if not all the work is yet visible, a great deal is happening – both at the university-wide level and here at the Faculty – to understand what this means for our programmes and how we can best embrace AI in our activities.For the Faculty leadership, this

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/deans-corner-charlotta-turner-ai-education-taking-next-step - 2026-07-17

Biologists Michael Bok and Cecilia Nilsson have been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant to further study how not to disrupt animal flight and the evolution of eyesight. Michael Bok, researcher, Lund Vision GroupCan you describe your research?I study the evolution of eyes and visual systems. This new grant attempts to discover how advanced visual abilities like colour and polarisation v

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/lund-university-researchers-awarded-major-eu-grant - 2026-07-17

Livet i staden är hårt – om du är fågelunge påverkas du tydligt av en viss typ av luftförorening, samt av vilka träd som finns i närheten av boet, visar ny forskning från Lund. Bakom studien ligger ett nytt mer detaljerat sätt att undersöka vilka faktorer i urban miljö som ger en effekt på fåglar och djur. Städer är generellt en tuff miljö för fåglar och andra djur att leva i, men varför det är så

https://www.lu.se/artikel/fagelungar-i-staden-paverkas-tydligt-av-luftfororeningar-och-vilka-trad-de-omges-av - 2026-07-18

Den vanligaste cancerformen hos barn är en viss typ av lymfatisk leukemi. Idag överlever de flesta barn som drabbas, men behandlingen är tung. I ett försök att hitta en mer skonsam behandling har forskare vid Lunds universitet utvecklat en immunterapi som i avancerade experimentella modeller effektivt dödar cancerceller i en undergrupp av leukemi. För bara 80 år sedan dog i stort sett alla barn me

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-teknik-oppnar-upp-nya-terapier-vid-leukemi-hos-barn - 2026-07-18

Livet i staden är hårt – om du är fågelunge påverkas du tydligt av en viss typ av luftförorening, samt av vilka träd som finns i närheten av boet, visar ny forskning från Lund. Bakom studien ligger ett nytt mer detaljerat sätt att undersöka vilka faktorer i urban miljö som ger en effekt på fåglar och djur. Städer är generellt en tuff miljö för fåglar och andra djur att leva i, men varför det är så

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/fagelungar-i-staden-paverkas-tydligt-av-luftfororeningar-och-vilka-trad-de-omges-av - 2026-07-17

Vad avgör egentligen hur mycket vi litar på andra? Och hur förändras den tilliten över tid? I sin nyligen försvarade doktorsavhandling i sociologi undersöker Alexander Saaranen just detta, och hans resultat visar att tonåren spelar en större roll än man tidigare trott. Torsdagen den 12 juni försvarade Alexander Saaranen framgångsrikt sin avhandling ”Trust in time” och är nu doktor i sociologi. Avh

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/alexander-saaranens-avhandling-avslojar-hur-tillit-formas - 2026-07-17

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Kan vanligt vatten förebygga typ 2-diabetes? Vad spelar våra tarmbakterier för roll för att vi ska bli sjuka? Kan vi påverka våra gener? Lunds universitet välkomnar allmänheten till ett öppet seminarium med föreläsningar om forskning för bättre folkhälsa. Den 13 mars uppmärksammar Lunds universitet Europeiska forskn

https://www.lu.se/artikel/forskning-battre-folkhalsa-framsteg-inom-typ-2-diabetes-fetma-och-hjartsjukdomar - 2026-07-17

Three questions for Juanita Francis, who successfully defended her thesis in Pure and Applied Biochemistry at Lund University's Faculty of Engineering (LTH). What inspired you to pursue this research topic, and how has your understanding of it evolved throughout your PhD journey?Well, I can definitely say it’s not because I like spiders! But what they can do, efficiently producing high-performance

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/silk-seeds-juanita-franciss-phd-journey - 2026-07-17

EUGLOH Week at Lund University was organised between 9 and 12 May, with participants from the alliance’s five member universities in France, Portugal, Germany, Sweden and Hungary. Many of the participants also attended the virtual workshop that took place over two days in February. EUGLOH Week is based on the concept of Staff Week, which is organised in many parts of the world and where actual exc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eugloh-week-internationalisation-and-exchange-home - 2026-07-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Solutions to limit the climate impact of plastics” was the topic of this years Climathon in Lund. The 24 hour hackathon gathered 54 participants and was thereby one of the larger among the 113 Climathons held simultaneous all around the world. Climathon in Lund was organised by a consortia of five very different orga

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2018-0 - 2026-07-17

In Spring 2023, Daniel graduated with a bachelor's degree in information systems from the Department of Informatics at Lund University. We interviewed him about his successes in the labour market. (The below interview is translated from Swedish)Tell us about what you do today!“I work at Montell & Partners, which is a consulting firm specialising in Management and IT. I started working here part-ti

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/daniel-tomic-lindvall-alumnus-bsc-design-information-systems-2023 - 2026-07-17

Annabell Merkel is one step closer to her PhD after completing her thesis nailing ceremony. She has written a thesis entitled ‘Valorising seaweed: Novel food valuation in everyday encounters’, which explores what makes raw materials regarded as food and how seaweed can make that transition in the Swedish food market. The public defence will take place on 22 May. "Novel foods, often positioned as s

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/annabell-merkel-nailed-her-thesis - 2026-07-17

Do your students (and yourself) think that your lecture is too long and tedious in the online classroom? Don´t worry - you can now easily add interactivity through the voting/poll tool Mentimeter. The long wait is over and now employees and students can log in to Mentimeter with their LU credentials. With Mentimeter you can add a layer of interactivity in your lecture, both in the classroom as wel

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/time-vote-now-we-have-mentimeter - 2026-07-17

Fidelity Investments handles financial services all over the world and is on many finance students' wish list of future employers. Active members of Lund University Finance Society (LINC), have for several years in a row secured at place at the company’s popular summer internship in London. Sebastian Lindeborg is studying Ekonomie kandidatprogrammet (Bachelor's in Business and Economy) and is goin

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/top-internship-finance-goes-annually-cambridge-oxford-and-lund - 2026-07-17

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/test-cyclists-best-tips-bike-commuting - 2026-07-18

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. He was selling carpets on Mårtenstorget in Lund, applying for all kinds of jobs and answered an advert from the Department of Clinical Immunology, Lund University, for a lab technician job. He didn´t get the job. Instead he was asked if he wanted to start a Ph.D. A few weeks ago immunology professor William Agace was

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/carpets-market-academy-professor - 2026-07-17