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UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science I veckan kom UNESCO:s rekommendationer rörande öppen vetenskap. Man har identifierat sju "key objectives and areas of action", nämligen: Promoting a common understanding of open science, associated benefits and challenges, as well as diverse paths to open science Developing an enabling policy environment for open science Investing in open science infrastructur

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-december-januari-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-0 - 2026-05-27

Swedish healthcare is supposed to be guided by a principle of need, treating the most urgent cases first. Political reforms in recent decades have also introduced freedom of choice as a guiding principle. The rise of online doctor services on the healthcare market has made it clear that the two principles clash, suggests sociologist of law Peter Bergwall, who recently defended his dissertation on

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/online-doctors-expose-deficiencies-swedish-healthcare-system - 2026-05-27

No 52, 12 January 2026 The NAISS training team wishes everyone a Happy New YearWelcome to the first NAISS training newsletter of the new year 2026.  In this edition we list training events from NAISS and other sources which we expect to be of interest to the NAISS community.   Our events aimed at new users have been bundled into the NAISS introduction training week from 2 - 6 February.   The week

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-5 - 2026-05-27

By combining satellite data, mathematical and statistical ecosystem modeling, and artificial intelligence, it is now possible to generate earlier and more reliable crop yield forecasts—an essential step toward ensuring future food security in a changing climate. This is demonstrated in a new doctoral thesis by Xueying Li, PhD at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, and membe

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/more-reliable-crop-forecasts-ai-and-satellite-data - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund researcher Mauno Vihinen has received a grant from the Cancer Foundation to develop AI methods that in the long run enable improved cancer diagnosis. One of the researchers who has received a grant from the Cancer Foundation is Mauno Vihinen, professor of medical structural biology at the Department of Experiment

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/improved-and-tailored-prediction-methods-cancer - 2026-05-27

By combining satellite data, mathematical and statistical ecosystem modeling, and artificial intelligence, it is now possible to generate earlier and more reliable crop yield forecasts—an essential step toward ensuring future food security in a changing climate. This is demonstrated in a new doctoral thesis by Xueying Li, PhD at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, and membe

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/more-reliable-crop-forecasts-ai-and-satellite-data - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The time has now run out for applications for the vice-chancellor position and it is time for the recruitment group to select suitable candidates for interviews. This work will take place throughout the spring. LUM has talked to staff at different levels within several faculties about how they view the role of vice-ch

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/vice-chancellor-wishlist-central-administrator - 2026-05-27

How can youth movements influence and promote democratisation and social justice in the Middle East? Can researchers support and contribute to democratic reform? These are questions that political scientist Sarah Anne Rennick is working on as a researcher at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies. Sarah Anne Rennick is a familiar face among political scientists in Lund. She received her do

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sarah-anne-rennicks-research-profiled-lund-university-magazine - 2026-05-27

When it comes to some people, one can't help but think of the old quote Veni Vidi Vici*. And about Saonee Sarker, Professor of Informatics at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM), this is fitting: She came in the middle of the pandemic and quickly became a part of LUSEM, she saw the possibilities of the department and the School, and yes, absolutely... conquered. Now she is l

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/saonee-sarker-new-dean-virginia-tech-pamplin-college-business - 2026-05-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Einar Smith is being awarded the Swedish Savings Bank Foundation scholarship for his thesis. A prospective study which demonstrates that the metabolite ergothioneine, independent of other risk factors, can be linked to a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and premature death. The study is published in BMJ Heart. E

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/connection-between-markers-healthy-diet-and-reduced-risk-cardiovascular-disease-resulted-scholarship - 2026-05-27

A lot has happened in coagulation medicine since Jan Astermark first started his research in the 1980s. The most recent progress is in gene therapy and the first patients with severe haemophilia who were treated in Malmö last year. “It is fantastically exciting to work in a research field where so much is happening. The research and the progress in treatment that have taken place in recent decades

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/promising-results-new-gene-therapy-method - 2026-05-27

Young women who spend all their spare time shopping. Lost, superficial souls with no purpose in life? Or creative and productive people? Emma Samsioe, who has spent several years studying their behaviour, wants to show a more nuanced picture of the phenomenon. Emma Samsioe. It all started when Emma Samsioe was out shopping and noticed the young girls who mostly seemed to be just hanging out in the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fast-fashion-constant-search-latest-thing - 2026-05-27

Increasing attention is being paid to the impact of honey bees on wild bees. In a new report from Lund University in Sweden, researchers observed that honey bees compete with wild bees for flower resources, and that more research and knowledge are needed to create the conditions for coexistence between bee-keeping and the conservation of wild bees in Sweden over the long term. In recent years, the

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/wild-bees-and-honey-bees-compete-food - 2026-05-27

On January 13th, London-based designers Guillaume Couche & Richard Shackleton held a guest lecture at the Department of Informatics. The guest lecture was delivered to students enrolled in the course Human-Computer Interaction - Design, part of the Master's Programme in Information Systems. The industry experts were invited by Lecturer and Course director Markus Lahtinen.Guillaume, who first visit

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/industry-experts-inspire-students-interface-design - 2026-05-28

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anna Berglund at the Department of Sociology defended her doctoral thesis in social anthropology ”Ambiguous hopes: an ethnographic study of agricultural modernisation in a Rwandan village” on Friday 4th October. For her PhD project, Anna Berglund spent 13 months in a Rwandan village studying the consequences of agricu

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/anna-berglund-successfully-defends-her-doctoral-thesis - 2026-05-27

Associate Professor Dalia Abdelhady has studied how a Turkish newspaper's attempts to write inclusive portrayals of Syrian refugees still contributed to politicising and "othering" them as a group. In a paper published in Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies, Dalia Abdelhady studies portrayals of Syrian refugees in the Turkish newspaper Zaman from 2011 to 20

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/turning-refugees-politics-impedes-their-social-integration - 2026-05-27

From historical hardships to modern resurgence. In a recent co-hosted SASNET seminar, Professor Knut A Jacobsen uncovered the story of Hindu diasporas and their influence on sacred spaces beyond South Asia. On 20 March, Professor Knut A. Jacobsen from the University of Bergen visited Lund to hold a seminar on the subject of “Hindu Diasporas and Hindu Sacralization of Space Beyond South Asia”. Prof

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/beyond-south-asia-diasporas-and-sacred-geography-hinduism - 2026-05-27

Odeum’s autumn programme includes lots of exciting concerts and conversations about music. The autumn’s events begin with a European guest performance as our own ensembles welcome the German national youth choir, Bundesjugendchor, (14 September). A little later in the autumn, yet another first-class performance awaits when the distinguished S:t Jacobs Vocal Ensemble from Stockholm visit the Lund C

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/experience-odeums-series-concerts-and-events-autumn - 2026-05-28

This year’s first interdisciplinary CASE Scientific Session yesterday, about digital technology, was a collaboration between the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Medicine. And gathered more researchers than usual to these sessions. PhD students from the latter, Samantha Svärdh and William son Galanza, presented their preliminary findings on their work with technologies used in care for older adul

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/hot-topic-ai-and-digital-technology-older-adults - 2026-05-27

On 31 March, the news arrived that many had been waiting for since last autumn, when the University submitted its applications to the Swedish Research Council’s eight new Strategic Research Areas (SRAs). Last year saw a great deal of effort go into the delicate work of coordinating researchers, faculty members and partner universities during what was a short window in which the call for proposals

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/great-easter-treat-sras - 2026-05-28