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Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Lunds universitets styrelse föreslår att professor Torbjörn von Schantz blir ny rektor från och med årsskiftet. Torbjörn von Schantz. Foto: Jenny Svenna-Gillner – En utmärkt person att leda Lunds universitet, säger Margot Wallström om rektorskandidaten. Foto: Kennet Ruona Torbjörn von Schantz har varit en av fyra sl

https://www.lu.se/artikel/en-utmarkt-person-att-leda-lunds-universitet - 2026-07-03

Med hjälp av röntgen- och neutronspridning har ett forskarlag i Lund lyckats kartlägga fibrillstrukturen hos proteinet beta-amyloid 42 som bidrar till Alzheimers sjukdom. Den nya kunskapen kan bli en viktig pusselbit i den framtida jakten på effektiva läkemedel. Vid Alzheimers sjukdom förtvinar nervcellerna i hjärnan vilket leder till minnesproblem och svårigheter att tolka intryck. Till en början

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ny-detaljkunskap-om-skadligt-protein-kan-bli-anvandbar-i-kampen-mot-alzheimers - 2026-07-04

How can artificial intelligence help us better predict the future of our planet? That was the central question when researchers from across Europe gathered at Lund University earlier this summer for the second full consortium meeting of AI4PEX—a four-year Horizon Europe research project focused on improving Earth System Models (ESMs) using the latest AI methods. Organised by the Max Planck Institu

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/lund-hosts-international-ai4pex-meeting-advance-earth-system-modelling-artificial-intelligence - 2026-07-03

A review of the subject of Physics at Lund University is now being initiated. The aim is to gather input from an external expert panel on how the subject can be developed going forward. Particular focus will be placed on how organisational changes can strengthen the discipline and enhance its international impact.Physics at Lund University is currently represented at the Faculty of Engineering (LT

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/subject-physics-be-reviewed-expert-panel - 2026-07-03

Welcome to the second edition of the "WCMM Fireside Chat" series, an ongoing initiative designed to showcase and highlight the work of researchers affiliated with or connected to WCMM in Lund. The idea is to foster an environment of collaboration and open communication through the WCMM Fireside Chat. In this edition, we turn our spotlight to Nicholas Leigh, a distinguished fellow in Regenerative I

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-nicholas-leigh - 2026-07-03

During the week beginning with December 4, all mailboxes will be migrated to a new e-mail service, Exchange online. The benefit of moving to Microsoft's online servers, instead of e-mails going through e-mail servers at Lund University, is that we get access to better monitoring and management systems for malicious e-mails. As a user, you will not notice any difference, except that the text ***SPA

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/better-handling-malicious-e-mails-upgrade-lus-central-e-mail-service - 2026-07-03

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolund-annual-report-2022 - 2026-07-03

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/survey-examines-transition-distance-education - 2026-07-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University, through the Centre for Language and Literature, offers the course ”Written English for Scholarly Publication”, which is open for any academic staff member (e.g. doctoral students, researchers, post-docs, lecturers, and professors) in any area of study who want to improve their written English for scho

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/got-sneaky-feeling-your-english-not-good-enough-scholarly-publication - 2026-07-03

Meet some of the participants on this year's conference for students and researchers, from all around Sweden and abroad. Mariam Kirvalidze, PhD student, Karolinska institutet:– I look forward to learning about what others are doing. So I try to meet others from other universities in other parts of the country, whom I don't otherwise meet. In a workshop you are forced to do that, and that's good.Wh

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/voices-sweah-conference-2023 - 2026-07-03

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/seminar-how-merit-yourself-become-docent-application-process - 2026-07-03

The 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, in Memory of Alfred Nobel goes to professors Joel Mokyr at Northwestern University, Philippe Aghion at LSE, and Peter Howitt at Brown University. They deal with the theme of continuous economic growth. For Professor Mokyr’s part he has used historical sources to explain what has sustained economic growth over the last two hundred years. He emp

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/creative-destruction-gets-prize - 2026-07-04

This year’s largest grant from the IngaBritt and Arne Lundberg Research Foundation goes to WCMM Fellow Vinay Swaminathan at Lund University, who has been awarded SEK 5 million for a project that aims to uncover how healthy breast tissue develops into tumours and spreads. Swaminathan’s research group studies the early stages of cancer development using advanced 3D tissue models that mimic the tumou

https://www.lbic.lu.se/article/wcmm-fellow-vinay-swaminathan-sek-5-million-ingabritt-and-arne-lundberg-research-foundation - 2026-07-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Social and economic factors have led to a dramatic rise in type 2 diabetes and obesity around the world. In a review in Science, Mark McCarthy, professor at the University of Oxford, UK, and Paul Franks, professor at Lund University, Sweden, examine the knowledge of the actual causes and the interplay between genetics

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/type-2-diabetes-and-obesity-what-do-we-really-know - 2026-07-03

Turning scientific knowledge into solutions that improve people’s lives is the ultimate goal of research. But the path from novel scientific data to an innovation that may impact health care is long; many promising ideas never get a fair chance. For 16 years, MultiPark Innovation has supported researchers in their first efforts in transforming discoveries into inventions that may benefit patients

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/multipark-innovation-grants-have-generated-inventions-2011 - 2026-07-03

The 14th of October Micol Mieli defended her doctorate dissertation, Smartphoned Tourists in the Phygital Tourist Experience. The thesis explores the smartphones role in the tourist experience, how the experience become phygital (both physical and digital) and the concept of planned serendipity. About the thesis The thesis aim is to explore the smartphones role in the tourist experience, in partic

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-thesis-regarding-phygital-tourist-experience - 2026-07-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS Professor Christine Wamsler recently visited Australia to give the prestigious Dean’s lecture at the Melbourne School of Design (MSD). She was also invited to meet with researchers, practitioners and policy-makers in order to stimulate their work and open up a wider debate on urban adaptation and resilience. -

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/christine-wamsler-giving-deans-lecture-australia-and-creating-wider-debate-urban-adaptation-and - 2026-07-03

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 - 2026-07-03

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 - 2026-07-03

In the Arctic, the climate is warming faster than almost anywhere else on Earth. This is changing both the landscape and the ecosystems. Hanna Marsh, who recently completed her PhD, has investigated in her thesis how vegetation in the north is affected and what this means for nature’s carbon dioxide uptake. What have you been researching?'I have investigated how vegetation in the Arctic and other

https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/five-questions-hanna-marsh-climate-change-arctic - 2026-07-03