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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new book, edited by Cecilia Cassinger, Andrea Lucarelli, and Szilvia Gyimóthy, explores the mobility of Nordic brand imaginaries and the global relevance of Nordic place branding practices. The edited volume unpacks the specificity of Nordic brand imaginaries, practices, and their political consequences. The contrib

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/new-book-nordic-place-branding - 2026-05-17

By integrating data from Inside Airbnb and other sources, students in the Master’s Programme in Information Systems create apps that support decision-making and provide actionable insights. We spoke with two student groups to learn more about the project. As part of the Master’s Programme in Information Systems, students enrolled in the mandatory course Business Intelligence are diving deep into t

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/students-create-apps-integrating-data-airbnb-and-beyond - 2026-05-16

Karin Smirnoff, andraårsstudent på Författarskolan vid Lunds universitet har fått vara med om det många författare drömmer om och få får uppleva. Hennes debutroman Jag for ner till bror är nominerad till årets Augustpris i den skönlitterära kategorin. Det betyder att en expertjury vaskat fram den och fem andra verk ur årets utgivning och att den nu läses av 21 elektorer, lika många bibliotekarier

https://www.lu.se/artikel/student-nominerad-till-arets-augustpris - 2026-05-15

Inflammatory responses in the brain have long been suspected of playing a role in Alzheimer’s disease, but are challenging to monitor in the living human brain. An international collaboration including researchers at MultiPark, Lund University has made it possible to detect elevated levels of Galectin-3, a protein expressed in the immune cells inside the brain. The results were published in Acta N

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/biomarker-reveals-inflammatory-changes-brain-alzheimers-disease - 2026-05-15

Under den pågående CoViD-19 pandemin har förståelsen för virusets proteiner varit en central del i forskningen om SARS-CoV-2, eftersom det är genom proteinkontakter som viruset invaderar människans celler. På flera universitet i Sverige finns faciliteter som producerar proteiner för olika forskningsprojekt och som ingår i ett nätverk kallat Protein Produktion Sverige (PPS). PPS har genom sitt nati

https://www.lp3.lu.se/article/med-proteiner-som-nycklar-till-sars-cov-2-sa-har-vi-lart-oss-mer-om-viruset - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A warmer global climate can cause mutations to have more severe consequences for the health of organisms through their detrimental effect on protein function. This may have major repercussions for an organisms’ ability to adapt to, and survive in, the altered habitats of the future. This is shown in a new research stu

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/warmer-climate-may-make-new-mutations-more-harmful - 2026-05-15

CMES is arranging three seminars on the Middle East next week in Almedalsveckan in Gotland. Middle East beyond the Islamic state. What happens now?  Swedish municipalities after IS - to work with returnees and prevent new travelers to terrorist groups.  Culture, religion, honor and clan. How do we understand the Middle East?   Mellanöstern bortom Islamiska staten. Vad händer nu? 3/7 2019 10:00 - 1

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-almedalen-final-programme - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What makes for a successful transition to a low-carbon energy system? Local involvement, perceived fairness and information sharing, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. The researchers studied two cases, one in Samsø (Denmark) and one in Feldheim (Germany) of successful implementation of low-carb

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-local-communities-can-transition-sustainable-energy-systems - 2026-05-15

The Polar regions play a crucial role in balancing global climate – with the poles heating up much faster than the rest of the world. Yet, climate projections for the Polar regions still have significant uncertainties. This is hampering efforts to curb climate change and deal with the effects we already see at play not only within the Polar regions, but also in Europe and the rest of the world. Po

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/exploring-future-climates-polar-regions - 2026-05-17

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Ellen Palms år som utbytesstudent i Chile började lite oväntat med en studentstrejk som la utbildningen på is i två månader. Men hon ägnade tiden år att bekanta sig med landet och putsa på sin spanska, och tycker i efterhand att den oväntade starten blev riktigt lyckad. Ellen Palm är utbytesstudent i Chile. Ellen Pa

https://www.lu.se/artikel/utbytesaret-i-chile-inleddes-med-tva-manaders-studentstrejk - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Forum for Asian Studies at Stockholm University organized an Open Seminar entitled ”Reinventing Social Democracy - Implications for the Global South and Scandinavia” on Wednesday 5 October 2016, 18.00-20.00. Venue: Medelhavsmuseet, Fredsgatan 2, Stockholm. Among the speakers were Niraja G. Jayal (photo) from the C

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/stockholm-seminar-social-democracy-and-its-implications-global-south - 2026-05-15

Isabel Bramsen has published a new chapter on the role of emotions and emotional energy in conflict, repression and violence in The Oxford Handbook of Emotions in International Relations. AbstractEmotions play a significant role in shaping human interaction, not least in the context of conflict and violence. This chapter delves into the intricate interplay between emotional energy, protest, repres

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bramsen-role-emotions-and-emotional-energy-conflict-repression-and-violence - 2026-05-15

Associate senior lecturer Paul Bourgine and his team has generated a “cell-based but cell-free” biomaterial harboring the necessary signals for complete bone regeneration The field of tissue engineering for replacement therapies faces multiple challenges, including reproducible performance and scalability towards industrial production. Paul Bourgine and his research group at the SCC have come up w

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/towards-establishment-human-tissue-factory-programming-cells-building-units - 2026-05-17

https://www.wings.lu.se/article/seminar-erc-gender-policy-and-action-claudia-jesus-rydin-3rd-nov - 2026-05-17

Plattform för strategiarbete 2023–2024 Rektor har under januari beslutat om ett par olika strategidokument som rör bl.a öppen vetenskap. I Plattform för strategiarbete 2023-2024 betonas vikten av en fungerande infrastruktur för bl.a. tillgängliggörande av forskningsdata. Vidare ska universitetet: Arbeta proaktivt för att säkerställa att öppen vetenskap stödjer forskares möjligheter till nydanande

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-februari-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-2 - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Catarina Kinnvall has written the article "Borders and Fear: Insecurity, Gender and the Far Right in Europe", recently published in the Journal of Contemporary European Studies. Abstract:In this article I analyze how far right movements and parties in Europe are challenging European notions o

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kinnvall-european-far-right - 2026-05-15

CMES Researcher Pinar Dinc has written an article published in the Conversation on the future of the self-governing region in Syria’s north-east, after the fall of the Assad regime. AbstractAfter more than a decade of brutal civil war, it took Islamist militants just 11 days to sweep through Syria and topple the regime of Bashar al-Assad. The offensive, which has been driven by the Turkish-backed

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/syrias-self-governing-democratic-north-east-comes-under-attack-country-flux - 2026-05-15

Focusing on the concept of the rule of law, the article looks at how China employs established legal terms like the rule of law to make itself more understandable to the international community. However, this willingness to adopt familiar terminology does not necessarily translate to strict adherence to their original definitions. Martin Lavička, visiting research fellow at the Centre for East and

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-martin-lavicka-has-published-new-article-hague-journal-rule-law - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. IIIEE researchers Yuliya Voytenko and Kes McCormick have joined a group of international researchers to act as guest editors for a Special Issue on smart and sustainable cities in the Local Environment journal. The special issues brings together a diverse collection of papers that explore the relationship between urba

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researchers-guest-editors-special-issue-smart-and-sustainable-cities - 2026-05-15

The presence of wheelchair users may affect the evacuation decision of others. Researchers at CASE have investigated how exit choice is influenced by the presence of wheelchair users, and the design of the exits. Virtual Reality was used to design an experiment.  – Results show that exit choice was positively influenced by other people choosing the exit. Especially when the other person was a whee

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/exit-choice-and-wheelchair-users - 2026-05-17