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If you have suffered an occupational injury or an incident, you must report it in the IA system. It´s important for many reasons (see fact box) for instance so it doesn't happen again and so that you will receive compensation. Our HR specialist Nina Månsson, explains. "A risk observation could be an incorrectly placed chemical or an unclear instruction. An incident: a lamp falls from the ceiling i
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Med en mjuk plast kläs insidan av tunntarmen in vilket förhindrar att maten absorberas. Principen, som är helt ny, kan bli ett alternativ till fetmaoperationer, har nu fått CE-godkännande i EU. Insättandet av plastbarriären är enkelt och tar inte mer än 30 minuter. EndoBarrier heter plastbarriären som mest kan likna
https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/inplastad-tarm-mot-fetma-och-typ-2-diabetes - 2026-05-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A growing movement is fighting to protect the winter pasturelands of indigenous Sámi reindeer herders. At the same time there is an intense debate on trade-offs within forestry. Sustainability scientist David Harnesk is studying social and political movements surrounding reindeer husbandry and how these are affected b
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/historical-perspectives-and-mobilization-important-future-reindeer-winter-pastures - 2026-05-19
The institute welcomes two new Advanced Study Groups, starting in February 2024: (Un-)natural borders; and Aesthetics in Business Creativity (ABC). The Advanced Study Group (Un-)natural borders: Multi-disciplinary perspectives on the boundaries of European integration, sets out to explore how natural conditions determine the features and boundaries of European integration, and how European integra
https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/two-new-advanced-study-groups - 2026-05-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Hampus Nilsson, now a PhD-student at the CEC, is being awarded for his master thesis on how to predict and prevent urban flooding. The Swedish Hydrological Council (SHR) has appointed Hampus Nilsson's master thesis from LTH and Lund University's GIS Center to be the best master thesis within hydrology in 2017. Hampus
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/master-thesis-awarded-world-water-day - 2026-05-19
Partners från hela Europa samlas i Lund den 1-2 juni för att starta den nya europeiska policyplattformen ekip. Ekip ska på uppdrag av EU-kommissionen utveckla policyrekommendationer för att främja innovation inom de kulturella och kreativa näringarna. – Vi behöver kulturella och kreativa kompetenser för att lyckas med den gröna omställningen. Den här typen av kompetens spelar en avgörande roll för
https://www.lu.se/artikel/ny-innovationsplattform-starker-kulturella-och-kreativa-naringar - 2026-05-20
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 - 2026-05-19
Take the chance and learn how to build and implement a COIL course that can give all students in the program international and cultural experience. At the end of November, Casey Dinger and Leslie Alvarez from University of Denver will be visiting Lund University in order to share their knowledge and experience about Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) courses. COIL is a cross-border
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/denver-uni-visit-workshop-cross-border-course-collabs - 2026-05-19
During a few hot summer days in June, representatives from all the EUGLOH universities gathered at Paris-Saclay for the big Annual Summit. EUGLOH, the European University Alliance for Global Health, is part of the EU-funded European Universities programme in which Lund University participates together with Université Paris-Saclay (France), University of Szeged (Hungary), University of Porto (Portu
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/continued-funding-eugloh-programme-and-new-partner-universities - 2026-05-20
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A well visited full day with engaged and broad audience and speakers were the results of the first official BECC grand seminar jointly organized with MERGE. A grand seminar is defined as a full day filled with speakers and possibilities for discussions. November 26, BECC and MERGE jointly presented The Science and Pol
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/report-science-and-politics-15c-seminar - 2026-05-19
Dhalion Biotech, a new WCMM spin-off, is transforming bone cancer research. Founded by WCMM Fellow Paul Bourgine and his team, the startup uses human bone organoids to develop advanced tools for cancer modeling and drug testing. WCMM Fellow Paul Bourgine, alongside co-founders Dimitra Zacharaki and Alejandro García García, both researchers in his group, has launched Dhalion Biotech, an innovative
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fellow-launches-biotech-startup-advancing-bone-cancer-research - 2026-05-19
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An international research team have discovered a peculiar object circling a red giant star. The celestial body is invisible but still has a strong impact on the star’s orbit. With the help of data simulations carried out at Lund University, the researchers have now been able to establish that the mysterious companion
https://www.science.lu.se/article/lund-researchers-have-tracked-black-hole-near-red-giant-star - 2026-05-19
Dear Faculty,Well, where do I start? It feels overwhelming, honourable and exciting to be new at work. Right now, it could be summed up by saying that the new office is still quite empty, while the calendar is filled up. It will be an exciting year and it feels inspiring and fun to now be able to work with a new management team and get to work closely with our departments and heads of department.T
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/dear-faculty-letter-new-dean - 2026-05-19
Researchers at Lund University’s Lund Stem Cell Center have made new strides in understanding why some patients with chronic myeloid leukemia respond better to treatment than others. Their study, recently published in eLife, suggests that the amount of healthy blood stem cells at diagnosis could be a key factor in predicting how well patients will respond to standard therapies. Chronic myeloid leu
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “We have to become much better at actively pursuing human rights issues in the public debate”, says Morten Kjaerum who since last spring is new director at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Lund. His goal is to make the Institute more visible: within the University, locally, nationally and internationally. Morten Kjae
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/raoul-wallenberg-institute-has-become-more-visible-public-debate - 2026-05-19
Did you know that about 70% of rare diseases begin in childhood? How about that 1 in 5 cancers are considered a rare disease? Or that nearly three-quarters of all rare diseases are genetic diseases? With more than 6,000 rare diseases known to impact the lives of an estimated 300 million people around the world – rare diseases are all too common. Limited knowledge of these diseases often res
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/shining-spotlight-rare-disease-research - 2026-05-19
Skill School är Samhällsvetenskapligt Metodcentrums workshopserie som vänder sig till alla doktorander och seniora forskare vid Lunds universitet. Under september och oktober erbjuds åtta spännande workshoppar som kommer att stärka dina färdigheter och ge dig möjlighet att nätverka med andra metodintresserade från hela universitetet. Initiativet riktar sig till akademisk personal från alla fakulte
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/ga-skill-school-en-workshopserie-metodintresserade - 2026-05-20
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Nästa vecka besöker Kevin Anderson Lunds universitet och medverkar i flera olika arrangemang. Professor Kevin Anderson från England är en av världens ledande experter på klimatfrågan. Han har skrivit ett antal uppmärksammade artiklar om hur bråttom det är att agera och minska våra utsläpp av växthusgaser. För allmän
https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/klimatforskaren-kevin-anderson-besoker-lund - 2026-05-19
Universitetet återvänder till Almedalsveckan med ett brett program för att stärka det offentliga samtalet om högre utbildning och forskning. Sedan universitetets första medverkan 2009 har engagemanget vuxit, och i år deltar ett 50-tal medarbetare. Programmet bjuder på samtal om allt från beredskap och AI till framtidens mat. – Universiteten spelar en viktig roll i en demokrati. Det gör det särskil
https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/ai-kris-och-kvant-lunds-universitet-i-almedalen - 2026-05-20
Nio seniora forskare från fem olika fakulteter vid Lunds universitet har beviljats tre miljoner kronor för ett nytt tvärvetenskapligt initiativ för att förbättra den tidiga diagnosen Alzheimers sjukdom. Fyra av dem är forskningsledare från det strategiska forskningsområdet MultiPark vid den medicinska fakulteten. Samarbetet involverar också Region Skåne, Lunds kommun och flera viktiga partners frå
