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It is halftime for Vice-chancellor Erik Renström and his team. Three years of his term of office have passed, and three remain. Here in LUM, he sums up the first-half performance, looks ahead and explains how he approaches a job in which everyone wants a bit of his time. Word is that he is always on time to meetings, but almost never arrives early. Heading up the stairs to his office on the second

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/halftime-vice-chancellor-erik-renstrom - 2026-07-16

LUCSUS researchers spent the last four years collaborating with Indigenous communities in Colombia to document how traditional knowledge can support biocultural diversity and wildlife in the Amazon. The project culminated in a final workshop in February 2026. Global discussions on protecting the Amazon rainforest often focus on carbon storage and forest cover. In a recent study, Torsten Krause and

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/long-term-study-highlights-indigenous-role-protecting-amazon-wildlife - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. She is a chemist. He is a medic. Together they are behind some of the major breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research in recent times. Sara Linse and Oskar Hansson hope to be able to lay the foundations for the medicines and diagnostic methods of the future. It is one of those unusually clear mornings in late Nove

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/top-duo-want-solve-mystery-alzheimers - 2026-07-15

Idag vet forskarna det mesta om vilka gener som gör att vi föds med just vår blodgrupp. Däremot är inte mycket känt om vad som styr mängden blodgruppsmolekyler hos personer med samma eller liknande blodgrupp. Och det kan spela roll för transfusionssäkerheten. Nu har en forskargrupp i Lund utvecklat ett verktyg som ger svar – och på kuppen löst en 50-årig blodgåta. Studien där det bioinformatiska v

https://www.lu.se/artikel/nytt-bioinformatik-verktyg-loser-50-arigt-blodgruppsmysterium - 2026-07-16

Idag vet forskarna det mesta om vilka gener som gör att vi föds med just vår blodgrupp. Däremot är inte mycket känt om vad som styr mängden blodgruppsmolekyler hos personer med samma eller liknande blodgrupp. Och det kan spela roll för transfusionssäkerheten. Nu har en forskargrupp i Lund utvecklat ett verktyg som ger svar – och på kuppen löst en 50-årig blodgåta. Studien där det bioinformatiska v

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/nytt-bioinformatik-verktyg-loser-50-arigt-blodgruppsmysterium - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 1.5 million Swedes and 850 million people globally suffer from migraines, a condition that Lars Edvinsson has been researching for almost forty years. Practically every day over the past year, he has received thank you letters from all over the world from patients whose lives have been transformed thanks to new medica

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/migraine-researcher-who-bucked-trend - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Collaborations between the public sector and academia are increasingly common, and are often highlighted as the way forward for strategic climate planning. But how are practitioners and academics to work together to achieve results? Researchers at LUCSUS are investigating how a model can benefit transdisciplinary sust

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/structuring-collaboration-between-municipalities-and-academics-testing-model-transdisciplinary - 2026-07-15

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 - 2026-07-15

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/lgbtqi-conversations-about-inclusive-workplace - 2026-07-15

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 and member of BECC, offers tips on how to create a non-toxic environment in your own garden, benefiting all its inhabitants, big and small.

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/five-ways-create-toxin-free-garden - 2026-07-15

Twelve participants were selected from a total of 32 applications, from applicants based internationally as well as within Sweden. The selection process was tough as we received many great applications and we could see a strong benefit for most of the applicants in attending the workshops. However, after some deliberation, the selection panel selected twelve outstanding applications from applicant

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/spatial-audio-workshop-participants-selected - 2026-07-15

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/tailored-educational-programmes-promote-librarians-resilience - 2026-07-15

Welcome to an Open House at CMES on 6 September (14:00-16:00) to learn more about the courses we offer! Application deadline: 6 September CMES offers two Arabic language courses during the fall of 2023:  Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners, Part I Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic, Part I The courses are exclusively offered for Lund University students and staff interested in working and conduc

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-arabic-courses-and-open-house-cmes-september - 2026-07-15

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/tinder-cultural-collaboration - 2026-07-16

Who approves your research agreement? What are the rules on secondary employment? What actually needs to be registered in the registration system? There are many rules that researchers employed by a public authority such as Lund University need to take into account. In order to help you get clarity about the many sets of rules surrounding research, the University has produced an online guide to fo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/now-easier-researchers-do-things-correctly - 2026-07-16

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/swedish-society-hematology-has-awarded-maria-jassinskaja-thesis-year - 2026-07-15

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/everyone-must-be-included-crisis-planning - 2026-07-15

PhD student Stefan Schüller is researching the prospects of a perennial revolution in agriculture as part of the PERENNIAL project. He is motivated by how perennial systems can address many of the problems connected to agriculture, and hopes to challenge incumbent power structures and spur radical transformations in food and farming in his research. What attracted you to LUCSUS and this PhD?Workin

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/phd-student-stefan-schuller-explores-prospects-perennial-revolution-agriculture - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Pulmonary fibrosis is a severe and life shortening chronic condition. Although most people experience mild symptoms of COVID-19, some patients develop serious and life-threatening conditions with severe lung damage. In order to influence the outcome of the disease, lung researchers in Lund are currently establishing m

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/identification-prognostic-markers-development-chronic-lung-fibrosis-covid-19-patients - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During her PhD studies Shelby Shrigley has been exploring patient-specific cell replacement therapy for Parkinson's disease. Defending her PhD thesis on March 12th, here Shelby tells us about her research within the Developmental and Regenerative Neurobiology research group led by Prof. Malin Parmar and her time spent

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-shelby-shrigley - 2026-07-16