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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At a pub in Yokohama, history of religions scholar Andreas Johansson by chance came in contact with the Japanese mafia, the Yakuza. For two weeks, he was hanging out with the mafia, and will soon publish a book on the tattoos of the Yakuza and what they symbolise. It requires over 200 hours of painful pricks by hand,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researcher-intrigued-mafia-tattoos-japanese-mafia-photographed-lund-researcher - 2026-07-15

On Tuesday, June 21st, we had our first book-club! Twenty-five eager and a little bit angry (this book evokes emotion) women gathered at Geocentrum II to discuss Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez (read more below). It was a very nice and inspirational afternoon lead by our hosts and organisers Rebecca and Amber. Did I mention there was also lunch and fika!!  For our next book club we will b

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/wings-first-book-club - 2026-07-15

Sabine Konings’ Ph.D. project sheds light on the role of different genetic variants of apolipoprotein E in early Alzheimer’s disease development. January 27, she defends her thesis. In this interview, she shares the most important findings as a Ph.D. student in the Experimental Dementia group. Tell us about your research! Apolipoprotein E4 (ApoE4) is the major genetic risk factor for developing la

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-sabine-konings - 2026-07-15

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-thesis-three-questions-bertus-markus-melles - 2026-07-15

The Research Panorama Day is an annual relay seminar presenting ongoing research at the Sociology of Law Department for new students. It is an opportunity for students to get an overview of the production of science at their current department and deepen their understanding of the subject. The 2024 iteration of the Research Panorama Day featured presentations of several new research projects. One

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/new-projects-presented-sociology-law-departments-research-panorama-day - 2026-07-15

A record number of PhD students, around 25, from 10 of SWEAH's 13 partner universities, participated in the spring SWEAH PhD Student Days at Kristianstad University last week. It was a replay of the popular theme "Introduction to Writing Retreats". As usual, the doctoral students networked, shared experiences and learned new things during a lecture on how AI can be used in scientific writing, and

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/popular-theme-attracted-many-sweahs-phd-student-days - 2026-07-15

When using quizzes you might want to adjust the points to make them better match what the student deserve. Photo by Ben White on Unsplash Inflexibility Many of us are using the quiz function in Canvas, both for allowing students to practice and for exams. Canvas uses a rather inflexible way of automatically grading the answers in most cases – either the answers are completely correct or all wrong!

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/using-quizzes-give-your-students-points-they-deserve - 2026-07-15

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/lil-valentin-far-utmarkelse-vetenskapliga-bidrag-inom-obstetrik-och-gynekologi - 2026-07-16

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The POInT clinic at the Clinical Research Centre (CRC) in Malmö welcomes parents with their young children. One of the research nurses who sees them is Annika Björne Fors, who coordinates all sample-taking and appointments related to the study. The clinic is located one floor above the main entrance and belongs to bot

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/intersection-healthcare-and-academia - 2026-07-15

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/capstone-project-successfully-concluded-creating-impact-while-studying - 2026-07-15

During this semester activities for both doctoral students and postdocs, from all faculties, continues to be offered. Take the change to meet your colleagues from all over the university and explore and develop your career path, inside or outside academia. Among the activities you can find a lunch seminar on research output and innovation, a workshop on time management, as well as get an insight i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/joint-career-development-academic-staff - 2026-07-15

Digitalisation and AI affect us all – whether we work in research, teaching, administration or management. In order to face the future with the right tools and knowledge, we have formed an Ad hoc group to support our employees in developing their expertise in digitalisation and AI.We are launching an AI course for all staff as the semester gets underway. It is a basic course, aimed at those who ar

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-ad-hoc-ai-group-bolster-staff-expertise-digitalisation-and-ai - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For the first time, a unique study conducted at Lund University in Sweden has tracked the meteorite flux to Earth over the past 500 million years. Contrary to current theories, researchers have determined that major collisions in the asteroid belt have not generally affected the number of impacts with Earth to any gre

https://www.science.lu.se/article/earths-meteorite-impacts-over-past-500-million-years-tracked - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For the first time, a unique study conducted at Lund University in Sweden has tracked the meteorite flux to Earth over the past 500 million years. Contrary to current theories, researchers have determined that major collisions in the asteroid belt have not generally affected the number of impacts with Earth to any gre

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/earths-meteorite-impacts-over-past-500-million-years-tracked - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Friday 10 February 2017, 8.00-9.30 SASNET together with Media Evolution invites you to a morning with conversation about how professional roles and workplace is reshaping and how we can find ways to work toward a kinder Internet. Venue: Media Evolution City, Stora Varvsgatan 6A, 211 19 Malmö. What can one of the wo

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/worlds-best-morning-digital-dos-and-donts - 2026-07-15

Learn about key concepts used in document management and watch a presentation of the University’s Records Management Plan. Find out how what to bear in mind and how to handle public records as well as how to prepare them for archiving. - Course in Swedish Please note this cours is in Swedish, if there is a high demand to have it in English please let us know.Time and place: 5 November 09:00-11:30,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/handling-public-records-practice - 2026-07-16

Here you will find information about the latest updates in LUCRIS, along with a reminder to connect your ORCiD to LUCRIS. Make your datasets visiblePublish your datasets Just like other research outputs, research datasets are published and disseminated in the repository that is most appropriate for the individual researcher and their field. Questions about where a dataset should be published are a

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/new-updates-lucris - 2026-07-15

Evelina Hagberg has received the Centre for European studies' best thesis award 2022, for her Master’s thesis “…Thanks, but I’ll bypass: How state gatekeeping impacts regional bypassing in the EU”. The thesis analyses regional government mobilisation and participation in the EU. Evelina distinguishes between so called bypassing, when regions work directly to influence the EU level, as well as nati

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/evelina-hagberg-receives-cfes-best-thesis-award-2022 - 2026-07-15

The one year presidency of Simon Anderberg draws to a close and on 16 July he hands over the president’s club to Tova Mark. We had an opportunity to meet up with them both in Skånis and of course we leapt at it. Simon, how has the last year matched your expectations?I’m not sure what I expected, but we are at a good place as an organisation. We did not have any radical changes planned, instead we

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/one-president-another-lundaekonomerna - 2026-07-15

Are you interested in the future of the Faculty? Take part in the election of the Nomination Committee for the Faculty of Medicine. If you are eligible to vote, you will receive your ballot by email. Cast your vote no later than 1 December. The mandate for the current Dean, Deputy Dean and Faculty Board expires at the end of 2026. The process of proposing candidates for these roles begins with the

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/help-shape-future-our-faculty - 2026-07-15