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Diving headlong into the matter of economic inequalities in Kenya, Economic History doctoral student Valeria Lukkari looks at what factors drive these disparities. You are about to defend your thesis “Economic Disparities in Colonial Kenya – Income Inequality and Wage Differentiation”, what is the thesis about?My thesis project reconstructs and explains the long-run income inequality trends in Ken

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-thesis-three-questions-valeria-lukkari - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) in New Delhi, India encourages visiting scholars to apply for their visiting fellowships program. The director of SASNET, Andreas Johansson, met with the director of West Asian (Middle Eastern) Centre at IDSA, Meena Roy Singh (picture), during his visit in October

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-visiting-fellows-institute-defence-studies-and-analyses-new-delhi - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Funded by Knut and Alice Wallenbers foundation, the director of SASNET Andreas Johansson traveled to University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to explore the possibility for future research collaborations. Andreas had several meetings at UCSB. First he had meetings with people connected with the Global Studies de

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/andreas-johansson-visited-ucsb - 2026-06-29

Join LUCSUS at this year's Sustainability Week. We are organising and participating in events on climate litigation, science and activism, and the role of the arts in the climate crisis. Sustainability week is an annual event in Lund organised as a joint venture by Lund University and Lund municipality. The week serves as a platform for bringing together ideas, for cross-disciplinary collaboration

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/join-lucsus-sustainability-week-17-22-april - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Goran Basic has published an article on the ideal victim and competition for victimhood in the stories after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The article is in Serbian. ”Idealna žrtva i nadmetanje za dobijanje statusa žrtve u pričama preživjelih rata u Bosni i Hercegovini”. Temida, 18(2), 2015: 7-30.See article on l

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/competition-victimhood - 2026-06-29

Beneath our feet, there is a bustling world of life that is crucial to both food and climate. Yet we often take this hidden ecosystem for granted. With new technology, research and culture, soil ecologist Edith Hammer and her colleagues, together with artist duo (p)Art of the Biomass, are opening a whole new window to the underground and a world few of us have seen. Edith Hammer is a soil ecologis

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/window-underground-where-soil-science-meets-culture - 2026-06-29

Beneath our feet, there is a bustling world of life that is crucial to both food and climate. Yet we often take this hidden ecosystem for granted. With new technology, research and culture, soil ecologist Edith Hammer and her colleagues, together with artist duo (p)Art of the Biomass, are opening a whole new window to the underground and a world few of us have seen. Edith Hammer is a soil ecologis

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/window-underground-where-soil-science-meets-culture - 2026-06-29

Forskare vid Lunds universitets Epilepsicentrum har med hjälp av en neuropeptid lyckats minska anfallsliknande aktivitet i vävnad från patienter med läkemedelsresistent epilepsi. En utmaning när forskare studerar hjärnans sjukdomar är att det av förklarliga skäl är svårt att få tag i mänsklig hjärnvävnad att utföra experiment på. Därför används experimentella modeller, till exempel musstudier, men

https://www.lu.se/artikel/peptid-minskade-epileptiska-anfall-i-mansklig-hjarnvavnad - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A film production is under way about service user participation in education and research in Europe. The resulting film will be screened at the opening of the conference "Social Work Education in Europe: towards 2025", which will be held in Milan, this summer. The School of Social Work at Lund University is involved i

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/film-covers-integration-service-users-education - 2026-06-29

Since February 2024, Strategic Communication alumnus Tom Samuelsson has served as Press Secretary to Sweden’s Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, with a focus on foreign and security policy. You often see him in the background on Swedish news. He is not the one speaking on camera, but he plays a key role in ensuring the message is communicated clearly and effectively. One of Tom Samuelsson’s most mem

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/alumni-focus-tom-samuelsson - 2026-06-29

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 - 2026-06-30

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. From the 1 of November there is a new Climate-KIC project coordinator at the Lund University working actively with involving research at the University in the different Climate-KIC initiatives. During the first months the position will be held temporarily by Olof Blomqvist. Here is a short interview with Olof. Intervi

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/new-climate-kic-coordinator-lund-university - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In his homeland, Syria, he was a museum director – but today there is not much left of the National Archaeological Museum in Raqqa after it was plundered by IS. “I try to do what I can to save the cultural heritage”, says Anas Al Khabour. He is the second researcher to have found their way to Lund via Scholars at Risk

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fighting-save-syrias-cultural-heritage - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Hanna Bäck was promotet to professor by decison of chancellor Torbjörn von Schantz on February 26, 2015. The promotion was based on positive reviews of Bäck's work, by for instance Kaare Strøm: In sum, Hanna Bäck has produced a significant body of important and excellent scholarship. Her publications are works of high

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hanna-back-promoted-professor - 2026-06-29

A large population study from Lund University in Sweden has shown that more sustainable dietary habits are linked to health benefits, such as a reduced risk of premature death from cardiovascular disease and cancer. The study is published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. “Our results indicate that dietary guidelines that are beneficial for both planetary health and personal health do

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/environmentally-sustainable-diet-linked-health-benefits - 2026-06-29

On 18 April, the final day of Sustainability Week in Lund, Iury Salustiano Trojaborg and Juan Samper will present Sustainability at a Crossroads in the Lund Botanical Garden. This event combines an artistic performance with a lecture, inviting the audience to explore sustainability through the body, emotions and reflection. The programme will also feature a capoeira group from Malmö performing thi

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/beyond-facts-artistic-take-sustainability - 2026-06-29

The impact party politics has on the circulation of information about COVID-19 is the topic of a new article in the Canadian Journal of Political Science. Doctoral Student of Social Anthropology Isabelle Johansson has together with researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside published the article titled: ”The Partisan Impact on Local Government Dissemination of COVID-19 Information: Assess

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/how-do-politics-impact-access-information-about-covid-19 - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During 2019 Hanna Geschewski and Ulrika Andersson will work at SASNET as student assistants with different tasks regarding communication and seminars. Hanna Geschewski is pursuing her Master’s in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science (LUMES). Hanna spent nine years in Nepal and India. Hanna was able to gras

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/hanna-geschewski-and-ulrika-andersson-join-sasnet-student-assistants - 2026-06-29

On November 6, the university's first Nobel Prize winner was celebrated and the University Hall was filled with prominent guests, staff and students. Everyone wanted to pay tribute to Anne L'Huillier. Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström was delighted to see everyone who wanted to come and celebrate Lund University's first Nobel Prize winner on this unique occasion. The atmosphere in the University Hall

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-celebrated-its-first-nobel-prize-cannons-and-tributes - 2026-06-30

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At the Academy of Music in Malmö, Peter Spissky from Czechoslovakia found an opportunity to develop his interest in baroque music – a genre that didn’t suit the political system in his homeland. Through his research on how gestures taken from speech, acting and dance can be compressed into the movement of the bow, he

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/bowing-swing - 2026-06-29