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How do you measure biodiversity impacts from products and raw materials extracted in very different places around the world? Researcher Carla Coelho from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (MGeo), and colleagues, developed a new way to estimate the impact of mines and quarries - and how much they actually perforate their surroundings habitats. Perforation - human activity that crea

https://www.mgeo.lu.se/en/article/mining-last-wild-method-identify-mines-intact-landscapes - 2026-06-19

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 - 2026-06-20

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University is strong in terms of publications. Stellenbosch University has very good equipment. Doctoral student Ahmed Fawzy is part of a research group in Chemical Physics that is collaborating with South Africa to find efficient catalysts in chemical processes. Ahmed Fawzy is a doctoral student in Lund, but use

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mutual-collaboration-gives-strength-research - 2026-06-19

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/2022-phd-positions-human-geography - 2026-06-19

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. NYTT FRÅN VÅRA FORSKARE: Ole Elgström har tillsammans med Natalia Chaban och Olga Gulyaeva författat artikeln "Russian images of the European Union: Before and after Maidan", som nu publicerats i tidskriften Foreign Policy Analysis. Abstract på engelska:This article probes into scope conditions for image change, inv

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/ryska-bilder-av-den-europeiska-unionen - 2026-06-19

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. The Human Ecology Division invites everyone to two guest lectures by Sarah Benabou: From the Grand Narrative to the Political Economy of Biodiversity Conservation  Date and time: 28 October, 11.00–13.00.Venue: LUX hörsal (Luxn), LUX-huset. A Case Study in Neoliberal Conservation: The International Development of Vol

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/sarah-benabou-political-economy-conservation - 2026-06-19

The Development Office has produced a campaign called “Give research as a Christmas present”, which is being arranged for the second year running. The primary message of the campaign is that you can make a difference by simply making a donation. In practical terms it could concern helping to reveal Uppåkra’s historical secrets or supporting the development of cures for serious viral diseases. Prov

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/christmas-present-campaign-support-lus-research - 2026-06-20

Laura Betancur Alarcón graduated from LUMES in 2019. Today she is pursuing a PhD at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin at the Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys). For the last nine years she has worked in the environmental sector in various roles as researcher, writer, lecturer, and journalist for different organisations in academia, media, and i

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/lumes-alumni-laura-betancur-alarcon-now-phd-student-investigating-social-ecological-relations - 2026-06-19

Compared with other migratory birds, the common swift follows a very unusual pattern when it migrates from the breeding areas in Europe to its wintering locations south of the Sahara. This is what researchers have observed in a major eleven-year international study of the birds. “Our study is very significant for understanding how organisms, in this case the common swift, can migrate from one part

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/rare-pattern-observed-migrating-common-swifts - 2026-06-19

Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Sweden, have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding a joint initiative on immunotherapy, a rapidly developing field within cancer research, among other areas. The aim is to accelerate work on new immunotherapies and develop joint strategies to translate research into patient benefit. Immunotherapy harnesses the body’s own immune system to figh

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-initiative-aims-take-immunotherapy-research-patient-benefit - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PhD student Martina De Santis will be defending her thesis titled ‘Next generation bioengineering of lung tissue for transplantation’ on Friday 19th February 2021. In this interview, Martina tells us about her research in the Lung Bioengineering and Regeneration group and time spent at Lund Stem Cell Center. Can you t

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-martina-de-santis - 2026-06-20

Meet our new colleague Georgios Pardalis who recently joined the IIIEE. Originally from Thessaloniki, Greece, with master’s degrees from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gävle and a PhD from Linnaeus University, he has now moved to Lund. Georgios has a background in Building Technology and Industrial Economics, and will be working as Associate Senior Lecturer, with focus on

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-georgios-pardalis - 2026-06-19

The first two days in Uppsala included a course on machine learning in epidemiology. The third day was a conference day with presentations from the large Swedish cohorts. PhD student Josefine Andreasson participated all three days and was a bit surprised: "Machine learning is more accessible than I thought!" Josefine Andreasson is a PhD student in epidemiology and population studies (EPI@Lund), an

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/lessons-learnt-8th-swedish-cohort-meeting-uppsala - 2026-06-19

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-thesis-three-questions-steve-berggren-clausen - 2026-06-19

A meeting at the kitchen table, with lots of coffee and snus. And a donation of SEK 250 million. That’s what happened when Ingvar Kamprad met LTH’s dean in 1998 to talk about the future of industrial design education at the University. The kitchen table belonged to the then dean of LTH Thomas Johannesson, who had invited the founder of IKEA to his house to discuss a collaboration between the desig

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ingvar-kamprad-design-center-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary - 2026-06-20

Malin Parmar is the stem cell researcher whose research was turned into a cartoon on ERC’s initiative; she found that it turned out better and more fun than she could have imagined. However, from the research world, she has had mixed reactions about prioritising a cartoon project. Malin Parmar, Professor of developmental and regenerative neurobiology. Some colleagues find this type of activity uns

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/you-can-have-fun-while-still-being-ultraserious - 2026-06-19

In her teaching in organization and leadership at Lund University School of Economics and Management, Nadja Sörgärde works in line with what is called "blended learning". Here she talks about how she thinks about course design and use of video in teaching. Photo: Surface on Unsplash.com and Johan Bävman. My idea is that the students should be given the best possible conditions for deep learning an

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/blended-learning-practice - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Few people look forward to digital meetings, but the researchers at Design Sciences do just that. They have found meeting places that give them energy and smart structure. He is holding a virtual cup of coffee and looks a little like a figure in the Sims computer game. “Now, running remote meetings feels creative and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-fun-meet-avatars - 2026-06-19

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/close-encounters-faculty-thursday-emv-holds-open-house - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “I’m committed to the students and their education and I want to make the best I can with the help of the tools we have at our disposal”, says Igor Martins, teacher at School of Economics and Management, Lund University. Since Igor is such a popular teacher he was asked to share his best tips for teaching. Igor was as

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/tips-using-digital-tools-your-course-teacher-year - 2026-06-19