Search results

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease that usually requires lifelong treatment. A central goal for many diabetes researchers is to develop new cell therapies that can cure the disease. The Bo and Kerstin Hjelt Diabetes Foundation provides support to two diabetes researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre who contribute with new knowledge to this research field. Type 1 diabetes is a condition wh

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/hjelt-diabetes-foundation-supports-research-can-pave-way-new-cell-therapies - 2026-06-19

Diabetes researcher Joao Duarte specialices in studying what happens in the brain in diabetes. In his research, he is also investigating how diet changes can improve brain function in connection with diabetes. He will be awarded this year's Medeon stipend on the World Diabetes Day Skåne event in Malmö on November 14. "I hope that my research can contribute to an increased awareness of the importan

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/praised-research-diabetes-and-dementia - 2026-06-19

Diabetes researcher Joao Duarte specialices in studying what happens in the brain in diabetes. In his research, he is also investigating how diet changes can improve brain function in connection with diabetes. He will be awarded this year's Medeon stipend on the World Diabetes Day Skåne event in Malmö on November 14. "I hope that my research can contribute to an increased awareness of the importan

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/praised-research-diabetes-and-dementia - 2026-06-19

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/harrowing-state-womens-rights-lebanon - 2026-06-19

Johannes Cairns has joined Lund University’s Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM) as the latest DDLS Fellow. Cairns brings cutting-edge expertise in laboratory-guided evolution, genetic engineering, and bioinformatics to tackle one of medicine’s most pressing challenges: antibiotic resistance. His work will combine experimental microbiology with quantitative genomics to better understan

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/welcome-wcmm-johannes-cairns-joins-new-ddls-fellow - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. David Wästerfors and Malin Åkerström have each written a chapter concerning youth welfare in the book "Den motspänstiga akademikern" (The Opposing Academic), a volume in honor of Professor Ingrid Sahlin at the School of Social Sciences in Lund. The chapters are Eyes for Violence (David Wästerfors) and Mötesstrider och

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/dark-gazes-and-meeting-distress-youth-homes - 2026-06-19

It will be a major challenge for the higher education institutions to satisfy the government’s request for new forms of lifelong learning. We must ascertain what the University can develop and which parts of lifelong learning we are going to focus on. Lifelong learning (3L) has become an increasingly prioritised issue for both companies and organisations. But why has this become such an important

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/what-role-can-higher-education-institutions-play-future-lifelong-learning - 2026-06-19

From physical diplomas, signed by the Dean to a printable PDF version. The change has stirred emotions among students and the student organisation Ateneum has made its opinion known on message boards around the school. Starting this spring students at Lund University will be receiving their degree certificates as a PDF rather than the traditional printed version with their Dean's signature. Lund U

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/pdf-diplomas-stir-emotions - 2026-06-19

The Vice-Chancellor has taken a decision on a new funding model for publication fees. For a while now, the University Library has had to pay increasing costs for publication fees. This is a result of the national library consortium for e-media licensing, (Bibsam), by Government remit, going over to signing publishing agreements with both reading and publication rights. The publishing agreements ha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-funding-model-publication-fees - 2026-06-20

At the intersection of aesthetics and economy, the Centre for Aesthetics and Business Creativity (ABC) is transforming innovation by making aesthetics, economic and technology conversant in an organisational context. We spoke with postdoctoral researchers Alexandra Huang-Kokina and Robin Porsfelt, two new voices helping to shape the Centre's ambitious vision, from immersive AI-driven opera to reim

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/where-art-meets-innovation-inside-abc-centre - 2026-06-20

Åsa have been selected as a Lead Author for the writing of the Methodology Report entitled “2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories”. Åsa Kasimir have been selected by the Bureau of IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI) as a Lead Author for the writing of the Methodology Report entitled “2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/asa-kasimir-selected-be-ipcc-lead-author - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "The economy decimated, Lebanon was falling apart at the seams. Then came the August 4 explosion in the Beirut port, and the medical, economic and social catastrophe took on gargantuan proportions. The dead have not been counted yet, as many are still under the rubble, but over 5,000 are wounded. More than 300,000 are

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/im-devastated-beirut-city-i-thought-i-hated-cmes-rola-el-husseini-conversation - 2026-06-19

Åsa have been selected as a Lead Author for the writing of the Methodology Report entitled “2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories”. Åsa Kasimir have been selected by the Bureau of IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI) as a Lead Author for the writing of the Methodology Report entitled “2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/asa-kasimir-selected-be-ipcc-lead-author - 2026-06-19

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/method-measuring-healing-after-surgery - 2026-06-19

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease that usually requires lifelong treatment. A central goal for many diabetes researchers is to develop new cell therapies that can cure the disease. The Bo and Kerstin Hjelt Diabetes Foundation now provides support two diabetes researchers at Lund University working to learn more about diabetes. Among them is Associate Professor Isabella Artner, from the Lund Uni

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/hjelt-diabetes-foundation-supports-research-can-pave-way-new-cell-therapies - 2026-06-19

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/two-candidates-second-interview-post-vice-chancellor - 2026-06-19

Professors of literature Torbjörn Forslid and Anders Ohlsson helped bring the concept of shared reading to Sweden. They have now received funding from LU Innovation to develop and adapt it for use in upper-secondary schools. Shared reading is originally a British concept, which essentially involves a reading circle with reading aloud taking place in groups. When the group meets, the leader reads a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/received-help-improve-experience-reading - 2026-06-20

Do your students (and yourself) think that your lecture is too long and tedious in the online classroom? Don´t worry - you can now easily add interactivity through the voting/poll tool Mentimeter. The long wait is over and now employees and students can log in to Mentimeter with their LU credentials. With Mentimeter you can add a layer of interactivity in your lecture, both in the classroom as wel

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/time-vote-now-we-have-mentimeter - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Middle Eastern research news from Lund University. Words from the directorThe covid-19 has turned teaching, research, and ordinary university activities upside down. Still, we do not see the end of it. But the most important lesson to be learned is to adapt to future pandemics and increase resilience of society and un

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-10-april-2020 - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The company builder and patron Bo Hjelt has become honorary doctor at the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University. The doctoral conferment ceremony was held in Lund on May 24. Bo Hjelt (born 1935) was born and raised in Sweden. He studied economics in Geneva. After being employed at the metal works company, Svenska Met

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/bo-hjelt-honorary-doctor-lund-university - 2026-06-19