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How will the VAT reduction affect consumers, according to Professor Emeritus Lars Jonung? The government and Sverigedemokraterna want to halve food VAT, cutting it from twelve to six percent in April next year. In a recent segment on Swedish Radio, Lars Jonung, Professor Emeritus of Economics at LUSEM (the Lund University School of Economics and Management), was interviewed about his reaction to t

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lower-vat-food-will-prices-really-drop - 2026-05-16

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. I jämförelse med traditionell mammografi (2D) minskar 3D-mammografi antalet bröstcancerfall som diagnostiseras mellan screeningtillfällena, så kallad intervallcancer. Det visar nya resultat från en stor screeningstudie genomförd vid Lunds universitet och Skånes universitetssjukhus. Fynden är publicerade i tidskrifte

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/3d-mammografi-minskar-antalet-fall-av-intervallcancer - 2026-05-15

I jämförelse med traditionell mammografi (2D) minskar 3D-mammografi antalet bröstcancerfall som diagnostiseras mellan screeningtillfällena, så kallad intervallcancer. Det visar nya resultat från en stor screeningstudie genomförd vid Lunds universitet och Skånes universitetssjukhus. Fynden är publicerade i tidskriften Radiology. – Få fall av intervallcancer tyder på att 3D‑mammografi, så kallad brö

https://www.lu.se/artikel/3d-mammografi-minskar-antalet-fall-av-intervallcancer - 2026-05-16

Raquel Garza Gómez is a Ph.D. student at Lund University, who will be defending her thesis on January 19, 2024. With a background in computational biology, Raquel's research focuses on studying the role of transposable elements in the human brain. Transposable elements refer to DNA sequences capable of moving from one part of the genome to another. Her research aims to provide a better understandi

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/transposable-elements-healthy-and-diseased-human-brain-phd-interview-raquel-garza-gomez - 2026-05-15

Anna Nivestam's research is about health-promoting aspects of preventive home visits to older people, from an individual and a societal perspective. With the help of register data from a project for preventive home visits, she has, among other things, identified factors that may be associated with good health and which physical aspects can prevent older people from participating in social contexts

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-sweah-research-shows-several-health-promoting-effects-preventive-home-visits - 2026-05-15

With almost one year left for the end of the project “Central Asian Law: legal cultures and business environments in Central Asia”, the participants of the project are working hard to finalise their research publications. Project workshop was organised in Istanbul on January 3-4, 2023 and gathered all project participants in one place to present, discuss and prepare research papers for publication

https://www.centralasianlaw.lu.se/article/central-asian-law-project-workshop-held-istanbul-january-3-4-2023 - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The new law on accessibility to digital public service requires Lund University’s digital documents to be adapted for accessibility. After extensive work, the university-wide document templates are now adapted according to the new requirements and can be downloaded from the University’s Image and Media Bank. A general

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-document-templates-must-meet-accessibility-requirements - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How do bees always find their way home, not to mention in a straight line? What is it about the insect brain that allows them to navigate so easily? Could we copy that function? A step in this direction has now been taken by a group of scientists in a project combining the fields of biology, physics, nanoscience and i

https://www.science.lu.se/article/mimicking-navigation-insect-brain - 2026-05-15

At the School of Aviation in Ljungbyhed, any direct consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine are yet to be felt. However, Head of Department Johan Bergström says that it may only be a matter of time. He mentions Ukrainian interests who wish to train instructors who will in turn be active in Ukraine, training drone pilots on location.“This is the kind of thing we monitor, and are prepared for. If we

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/higher-level-drone-pilot-training - 2026-05-16

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Increasing digitalisation and computerisation can lead to socio-legal governance problems and a dominating artificial intelligence. The Research Handbook on the Sociology of Law is here. Thirty-five authors have contributed to the book’s 30 chapters, covering historical, theoretical and methodological aspects of the s

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/we-need-sociology-algorithms - 2026-05-15

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

https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/tre-miljoner-till-ett-nytt-tematiskt-samverkansinitiativ-om-tidig-diagnos-och-prognos-av-alzheimers - 2026-05-15

Drygt 104 miljoner kronor till projekt inom cancerforskning och 22 miljoner till kliniska behandlingsstudier vid Lunds universitet när Cancerfonden delar ut anslag för 2024. 2024 har varit ett rekordår i anslagsutdelning för Cancerfonden. Totalt har de under året delat ut en miljard till cancerforskning inom olika fält: 209 forskningsprojekt och 15 kliniska studier medel för sin fortsatta forsknin

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/cancerfondens-anslag-till-framsta-cancerforskningen - 2026-05-16

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/looking-forward-new-year-2024 - 2026-05-15

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/winners-cfe-best-thesis-awards-2024 - 2026-05-15

Professorn i socialt arbete Mimi Abramovitz samt professorn i politisk psykologi Leonie Huddy har utsetts till hedersdoktorer vid Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Lunds universitet. Den 26 maj promoveras de i Lunds domkyrka. Mimi Abramovitz är idag verksam vid City University of New York. Hennes akademiska arbete har enligt Samhällsvetenskapliga fakultetens motivering fått ett stort genomslag

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/en-expert-pa-amerikansk-patriotism-och-en-valfardsforskare-utses-till-hedersdoktorer - 2026-05-15

Professorn i socialt arbete Mimi Abramovitz samt professorn i politisk psykologi Leonie Huddy har utsetts till hedersdoktorer vid Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Lunds universitet. Den 26 maj promoveras de i Lunds domkyrka. Mimi Abramovitz innehar idag Bertha Capen Reynolds professur i Socialt arbete vid Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College, vid City University of New York. Hennes

https://www.lu.se/artikel/en-expert-pa-amerikansk-patriotism-och-en-valfardsforskare-utses-till-hedersdoktorer - 2026-05-16

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Färre antal läkarbesök, lägre andel personer som kommer till akutmottagningen ”i onödan” och mindre hjälp av anhöriga i hemmet. Det är resultatet av ett forskningsprojekt vid Lunds universitet där sjuksköterskan och doktoranden Magnus Sandberg, har undersökt effekterna av en modell, så kallad Case management, för sk

https://www.lu.se/artikel/samordnad-vard-ger-farre-lakarbesok - 2026-05-16

Academic misconduct has increased with about 200% during the past covid years. As a precaution Lund University has started a project to prevent deception and misleading in examination, whether it’s unauthorized cooperation, plagiarism, or non-allowed aids. In every study environment there is a unique culture, with boundaries to what is considered acceptable and unacceptable by the students themsel

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/ai-forces-teachers-change-way-courses-are-examined - 2026-05-15

Several of the Faculty's departments will elect a new department board this year. It is a long process that is preceded by nominations and elections to a nomination committee. In parallel, the process of appointing a new Head of Department is also ongoing. But what does the board do and why is it important to participate in the process? Here is what our Heads of department say. Why is it important

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/department-board-drives-development-and-reviews-management - 2026-05-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Eva Nordmark was 62 when she received her Alzheimer’s diagnosis. But rather than life ending, it gave her the chance to reclaim parts of her life that she had not previously had time for. It is a sunny autumn day at the Humlamaden rehab centre outside Veberöd, and the stable is full of life and activity. The 32-year-o

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-memory-fails - 2026-05-15