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Salem Thawaba, Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at Birzeit University in Palestine, visited Lund at the end of April. He was there to participate in teaching activities and discuss potential collaborations with Lina Eklund from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (MGeo). On 30 April, he held a seminar entitled “Colonisation and ever-shifting borders: A Case from the West Bank”

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researcher-highlights-effects-border-changes-west-bank - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The dream of finding the “diabetes gene” is dead. However, partly thanks to Leif Groop – professor and multiple award recipient for his ground-breaking research – we will look at type 2 diabetes in a whole new way in the future. He is now retiring, and in an interview with diabetesportalen.se he looks back on his even

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/time-burie-lada-interview-leif-groop - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Swedish Cancer Foundation, Cancerfonden, has announced the researchers it will be supporting in its most recent round of funding and Lund Stem Cell Center was especially successful, with seven scientists awarded a total of almost 30 million SEK. Cristian Bellodi, a research team leader from the Division of Molecul

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/cancerfonden-supports-research-role-rna-modification-cancer-development - 2026-06-25

Salem Thawaba, professor i arkitektur och stadsplanering vid Birzeituniversitetet i Palestina, besökte Lund i slutet av april. Han var där för att delta i undervisningsverksamhet och diskutera fortsatt samverkan med Lina Eklund från Miljö-och geovetenskapliga institutionen (MGeo). Den 30 april höll han ett seminarie med titeln ”Kolonisering och ständigt skiftande gränser: Ett fall från Västbanken”

https://www.mgeo.lu.se/artikel/forskare-belyser-effekterna-av-forandrade-granser-pa-vastbanken - 2026-06-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. En rekordstor donation på 350 miljoner kronor från IKEA Foundation har tryggat framtiden för Industridesignskolan. Det är inte första gången som skolan får ta emot en jättedonation från IKEA. Det hela började med ett möte med mycket kaffe och snus mellan Ingvar Kamprad och Thomas Johannesson, tidigare rektor vid LTH

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lattad-skolchef-efter-jattedonation-0 - 2026-06-25

PhD student Lina Lefstad is passionate about working towards just climate change mitigation. She is excited about how we as a society can use CCS technology in the most just and effective way for the technology to genuinely contribute to decarbonisation and emissions reductions. What do you explore in your PhD-project?  My PhD is part of a broader project called “Burying problems? Carbon capture a

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/phd-student-lina-lefstad-studies-how-carbon-capture-and-storage-technology-used-and-envisioned - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Staffan Michelson defended his doctoral thesis in Sociology of Law ”Empowerment and Private Law. Civil Impetus for Sustainable Development” Friday 30th November at one o'clock in the room Pufendorfsalen at the Faculty of Law, in Lund. The dissertation is the result of a study of private law viewed as a source of power

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/staffan-michelson-has-defended-his-thesis - 2026-06-25

Arrival Day, taking place on 18 August, is Lund University’s official welcome day for new international students. We estimate that around 1,500 students will arrive on this day. Already at Copenhagen Airport, students are met by staff and mentors who guide them all the way to AF Borgen, where the main welcome event takes place. Arrival Day offers several important services that are only available

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/18-august-world-arrives-lund-help-us-welcome-it - 2026-06-26

Have you been thinking about a research problem perfect for an interdisciplinary research group to explore? Perhaps you think that it needs to be more mature in order to pursue funding? Look no further - here's your chance. Pufendorf IAS launches the yearly call for applications to start a Theme here at Lund University's beautiful incubator for new interdisciplinary research. Welcome to Pufendorf

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/launch-call-applications-start-theme-pufendorf-institute-advanced-studies-8-september - 2026-06-25

When in life we gain weight can have a significant impact on our health many years later. In a study involving over 600,000 people, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have investigated how changes in weight between the ages of 17 and 60 are linked to the risk of dying from various diseases. The results show a clear pattern: weight gain early in adulthood has the greatest impact. It has long

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/early-weight-gain-can-have-lifelong-consequences - 2026-06-25

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In recently published studies, researchers at Lund University and Skåne University Hospital in Sweden have produced new prediction models for improved personalised treatment of lymph nodes in breast cancer patients. The latest results that have now been published in Clinical Cancer Research and BMC Cancer show that up

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/fewer-lymph-node-operations-breast-cancer-patients-new-prediction-models - 2026-06-25

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. PANORAMADAG: Forskare och studenter samlades idag i en fullpackad Lux aula i Lund för en förmiddag ägnad ämnet rättssociologi och rättssociologisk forskning, den årliga Panoramadagen. Studenter som läser rättssociologi, både inom kriminologiprogrammet och som fristående kurs, får under denna förmiddag höra instituti

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/intressant-tycker-studenter-om-inblick-i-rattssociologisk-forskning - 2026-06-25

Her journey has taken her from medieval archaeology to leading assignments in evaluation, education, and research. Now Tina Josefson is bringing her experience and passion for structure, dialogue, and creativity to LTH. Her agenda right now is to listen, learn, and continue exploring the faculty. Tina Josefson has been Head of faculty office at LTH since May 2025. But her academic career began twe

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/medieval-thinking-academy-future-meet-lths-new-head-faculty-office - 2026-06-25

To all current and prospective 1st year PhD students in Bioinformatics,   You are invited to apply to MedBioInfo, the National Graduate School in Medical Bioinformatics, established to provide advanced training in bioinformatics to the next generation of world-class life-science researchers.  Our 43 affiliated faculty members include most of the leading bioinformaticians in Sweden, and we also dra

https://www.lubi.lu.se/article/application-open-medbioinfo-national-graduate-school-medical-bioinformatics - 2026-06-25

Mohamad Hariri is studying a bachelor’s in Business and Economics and the past 10 weeks he has done an internship at Nordea in Malmö. LUSEM Career Services had the opportunity to visit him at Nordea to learn more about what a typical day as an intern looks like. What have you been doing during your internship?”I’ve mainly been writing a report on customers who have left the bank, and why they deci

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/internship-experience-nordea - 2026-06-25

Digitalisation and AI affect us all – whether we work in research, teaching, administration or management. In order to face the future with the right tools and knowledge, we have formed an Ad hoc group to support our employees in developing their expertise in digitalisation and AI. We are launching an AI course for all staff as the semester gets underway. It is a basic course, aimed at those who a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-ad-hoc-ai-group-bolster-staff-expertise-digitalisation-and-ai - 2026-06-26

On the 9 October, Times Higher Education (THE) published its latest ranking and Lund University has retained its position at 95. “It’s very gratifying that we have retained our position, despite tougher global competition. A university is never better than its staff and students. This is therefore an acknowledgement of the skilled work everyone performs to create a top-class university and confirm

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-top-100-times-higher-education-ranking - 2026-06-26

There is considerable interest in generative AI among the University's technical and administrative staff, according to a survey sent out by the Ad hoc group. Almost half of the approximately 1,200 randomly selected employees responded to the survey. “We were delighted with the high response rate, which shows that generative AI is a topic that people are passionate about,” says Nathalie Stenbeck,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/great-enthusiasm-and-lots-questions-about-ai - 2026-06-26

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The expression “Sweden’s green gold” has a new meaning. Forests are now not only to provide timber and paper – but also save the climate. Chemical engineering researcher Christian Hulteberg has managed to transform a residual product from pulp manufacturing into a liquid that is chemically identical to petrol. The pla

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/he-pumps-petrol-trees - 2026-06-25

Hani Alsafadi defended his Ph.D. thesis on the 13th of February, 2023. With a longstanding interest in biomedical research and a passion for better understanding one of the least regenerative organs in the body, the lung, he has spent the past four years helping to uncover some of the mechanisms that may drive a lung disease currently without a cure, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. In this intervie

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/exploring-role-yap-and-taz-lung-epithelium-phd-interview-hani-alsafadi - 2026-06-25