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Nair Ferreira Barbosa da Costa, kindly called Voinha in the family, was married off at 14. She gave birth to thirteen children, had to leave her first four children behind, fled 1500 miles to escape an abusive marriage and later became a single mother. "I had the guts. If I decided to do something, I would just do it." Now, Agenda 2030 PhD student Iury Salustiano Trojaborg's interviews with her gr
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Three first-year Master students at the Master’s programme in Strategic communication have been selected to present their papers at the European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA) congress to be held in October 2021. The students have worked on their papers during the course “Qualitative met
https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/master-students-presenting-papers-academic-conference-euprera - 2026-06-15
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Spikningen av Ann-Christine Hartzéns avhandling ”The European Social Dialogue in Perspective: Its future potential as an autopoietic system and lessons from the global maritime system of industrial relations” ägde rum på Rättssociologiska institutionen kl 13.00, fredagen den 25 augusti. Ann-Christine Hartzén dispute
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/ann-christine-hartzens-avhandling-spikad - 2026-06-15
Maryam Nastar, researcher at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), and Rashmi B. Prasad, Associate Professor at Lund University Diabetes Centre, receive the first two SASNET grants intended to support individual researchers at Lund University in their writing of research applications. Maryam Nastar, (Mal)Adaptation to extreme urban heat: At what cost, to whom? The proposed re
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/two-new-sasnet-grants-support-writing-research-applications - 2026-06-15
It is important to look up from time to time and be inspired by research areas other than your own. "Cross-fertilisation between different medical research fields may lead to unexpected and groundbreaking results for the prepared mind". "The Lund Spring Symposium offers just such inspiration”, says the organiser, Professor Lars Grundemar, who urges our researchers not to miss this unique opportuni
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 - 2026-06-16
The project "A Nation and its Fault Lines" was launched in June 2021 and is led by SASNET researchers Dr. Amrita Ghosh and Dr. Isha Dubey. The project focuses on the historical ruptures within the Indian nation since the Partition of 1947, 1971 and the present, which includes the long Kashmir conflict as a painful legacy of colonial border demarcations and the construction of the two nation-states
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-sasnet-research-project-partition-and-its-aftereffects - 2026-06-15
CMES Visiting Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye has authored an article on the Israeli-Saudi deal and the United States published in Foreign Affairs Magazine. The United States appears to be seriously probing a Middle East deal that would normalize relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel. According to the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and other reporting, U.S. President Joe Biden harbors amb
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/case-against-israeli-saudi-deal - 2026-06-15
A new landing page brings together the internal sustainability work being carried out at the University. The page provides information on how you, as an employee, can contribute to a sustainable workplace and what the University is doing. The new webpage will give all staff members a good overview on and greater awareness of the sustainability work that is being carried out. You can find out about
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-united-webpage-sustainability-work - 2026-06-16
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On the 16 and 17 of September 2016 Ivanna Read and Tatiana Proskurina, Master students at the International Master programme in Strategic Communication (year 1) had the opportunity to attend the welcome event for the Swedish Institute (SI) Scholars. The Ceremony was held in Stockholm City Conference Center, where arou
“Vinzent is an independent and creative researcher who shows exceptional ability in combining large historical data sets with modern quantitative methods and theoretical modelling.” This is how the researcher who wrote the best thesis of the year at LUSEM is described in the prize nomination. Congratulations, Vinzent Ostermeyer! In his doctoral thesis, titled “Why Firms Grow: The Roles of Institut
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/vinzent-ostermeyer-wrote-best-doctoral-thesis-lusem-2023 - 2026-06-15
Since joining us at LUSEM in January Maria makes sure our alumns are up to date with the goings on at the School through our external newsletter, events and by keeping in touch with them through LinkedIn and of course though the Alumni Network. Joining the Alumni network is easy. After your studies at LUSEM, you basically sign up and stay in touch for as long as you like. Some are really active an
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/maria-johansson-our-alumni-relations-manager - 2026-06-15
Two lecturers at the Malmö Academy of Music, Ann-Sofi Härstedt and Elin Waileth Wikström, have been awarded development grants from the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts to revive and further develop a nearly forgotten technique – a form of breathing and movement training that was once central to artistic education in Sweden. Together, they have developed a new stand-alone course that highlights
https://www.mhm.lu.se/en/article/breathing-movement-and-artistic-foundation-revived-legacy-malmo-academy-music - 2026-06-15
Thirty-nine new members are elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, and Tommy Andersson, Professor of Economics at LUSEM, will now be one of them. With approximately 1,300 academy members and 250 member companies, IVA (the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences) is an independent expert body that, based on scientific grounds, drives debate on societal issues concerning
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/tommy-andersson-new-member-royal-swedish-academy-engineering-sciences-iva - 2026-06-16
The purpose of Dr. Pejchar's visit is to advance science at the intersection of biodiversity, ecosystem services and agriculture in collaboration with BECC researchers. Dr. Liba Pejchar brings expertise in several emerging topics in BECC at the intersection of biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being. Her lively research program explores innovative strategies for conserving and restor
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It may seem as if senior lecturer Patrik Olsson is only doing one of two things this semester: lecturing, or sitting deep under thousands of pages of take-home exams, reading and grading. It turns out he is not. In the end of November, senior lecturer Patrik Olsson went on a digital tour covering half the planet withi
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/patrik-olsson-globetrots-peru-uzbekistan-five-days-global-conference-tour - 2026-06-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Wednesday 23 November 2016, Liaqat Javed, Executive Director for the Backwards Rehabilitation and Improvement Commission Pakistan (BRIC), visited SASNET at Lund University. Javed had come to Lund - as part of a Sweden tour - on invitation from the regional outfit of ABF, Sweden’s largest adult non-profit educationa
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/pakistani-activist-against-bonded-labour-visited-sasnet - 2026-06-15
Johan Gustafsson, a researcher in medical radiation physics at the Faculty of Science, delivered his docent lecture last week, attracting around 40 attendees keen to learn more. In this interview, he talks about the theme of the lecture and his research. You have just given your docent lecture, “What a Martian traveler needs to know about radiation” – how did it go, and how does it feel now?It fee
https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/docent-lecturer-provided-depth-look-mars-travel-and-radiation-risks - 2026-06-15
Do you want to be better at summing up what is important about your research and receive help and support to present your results? If so, perhaps you would like to take part in this year’s Researchers’ Grand Prix. It is a competition in which you present your research in a way that is as easily accessible and engaging as possible – in only four minutes. The researcher who wins the University’s com
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/improve-your-research-presentation-and-participate-years-researchers-grand-prix-3 - 2026-06-16
Around 100 select astronomy books dating from 1545 to 1799 have been relocated from the Astronomy Library to the University Library. LUM was there as the books were packed away, and again, several months later, after they had been quarantined and it was time to catalogue, encapsulate and put them in storage. Next year, the rarest volumes will be digitalised and perhaps even be displayed. Outside A
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/star-studded-tomes-astronomy-library-move-new-home - 2026-06-16
