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The research at the department of Service Studies takes its starting point in current societal problems where the service sector is in focus. It questions, provides new perspectives and show sustainable options moving forward in the service society. In a series of videos we have asked representatives from each research group at the department to describe how their research is working with societal

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/research-department-service-studies - 2026-06-23

A new thesis in Service Studies has been completed at the department. Marcus Persson has written "How is leadership enacted?: Sacralization in everyday interactions at a care and elderly care administration". Marcus will defend his work at the public defence on 24 March. "The answer to the question of why certain everyday interactions can be interpreted as examples of how leadership is exercised c

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/marcus-persson-nailed-his-dissertation - 2026-06-23

On 5–6 March 2026, the CARE consortium gathered in Helsingborg, Sweden, for its General Project Meeting. Bringing together partners from across Europe, the meeting marked an important mid-term milestone – a moment to reflect on progress, exchange experiences and shape the next phase of implementation. Hosted and organised by Lund University, the two-day meeting combined interactive workshops, stra

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/reflecting-learning-and-moving-forward-care-partners-meet-helsingborg - 2026-06-23

What constitutes leadership? The idea of leadership is often that of a strong individual offering positive solutions and heroic deeds. But this is difficult to demonstrate in everyday interactions without falling into arguments that could be criticised, given that leadership is practised all the time and everywhere. In his thesis “How is leadership enacted?: Sacralization in everyday interactions

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/how-leadership-enacted-new-thesis-examines-leadership-everyday-situations - 2026-06-23

Doctoral student Pernilla Danielsson has written a thesis entitled ‘User Orientation in Welfare Services: Challenges from a Public Service Logic Perspective’. On April 9, the thesis was officially nailed, and Pernilla is now ready to defend her work at her public defence, which will take place on April 24. In her thesis, Pernilla Danielsson examines the conditions for user-oriented work in the wel

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/nailing-ceremony-pernilla-danielsson - 2026-06-23

In a article in The Conversation, Associate Professor Tullia Jack argues that Sweden’s communal laundry rooms (laundry rooms in apartment blocks) protect tenants from rising energy costs. Yet despite being an example of sustainable and social infrastructure, they are becoming increasingly rare in new developments. "People in many parts of the world are worried about rocketing energy bills as the c

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/swedens-communal-laundry-room-save-resources-and-tenants-money - 2026-06-23

On 23-24 April, this year's edition of the Retail and Wholesale Challenge took place, a competition where university students get to take on a sharp case from the business world. The winners were Devina Chudasama and Alexis Matta, students at the master's program in Service Management with a specialisation in supply chain management. The competition is organised by the Swedish Retail and Wholesale

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/student-challenge-goal-improving-helsingborg-city-center - 2026-06-23

Annabell Merkel is one step closer to her PhD after completing her thesis nailing ceremony. She has written a thesis entitled ‘Valorising seaweed: Novel food valuation in everyday encounters’, which explores what makes raw materials regarded as food and how seaweed can make that transition in the Swedish food market. The public defence will take place on 22 May. "Novel foods, often positioned as s

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/annabell-merkel-nailed-her-thesis - 2026-06-23

11th of May Lund University had the pleasure of welcoming prospective and admitted students to explore our campus, meet our community, and learn what it’s like to study at one of Europe’s leading universities. It was a full day of activities designed to answer questions and serve as an introduction to life in Lund and Helsingborg. Together with current students, Department of Service Studies, Depa

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/sneak-peek-campus-helsingborg - 2026-06-23

Sustainability researcher Tullia Jack has interviewed people living alone about why they do so. A common thread among many of them was that living alone had not been an active choice. "Many of the people I interviewed would have liked to live with someone else. Ideally a romantic partner, but also friends or in a shared house. Living alone was simply something that had happened,” says Tullia Jack.

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/reason-we-live-alone-and-what-it-means-environment-and-community - 2026-06-23

What obstacles stand in the way of user-centred working, and what is needed to succeed? Many organisations want to adopt a user-centred approach, but a new doctoral thesis shows that success is elusive when conflicting demands and a lack of organisational support throw a spanner in the works. Today, there is considerable pressure on organisations to work in a user-centred way. There is talk of use

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/putting-user-centre-harder-expected - 2026-06-23

On 29 May, 290 doctoral graduates and 16 honorary doctors were conferred in hats and wreaths during Lund University’s grand ceremony, the doctoral degree conferment ceremony. Four doctoral graduates from the Department of Service Studies took part. In a solemn ceremony at Lund Cathedral, the doctoral students who completed their doctoral studies in the past year and successfully defended their doc

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/time-celebrate-our-new-doctors - 2026-06-23

On June 11, our graduating master's students gathered for a ceremony at AF-Borgen in Lund to receive their diplomas and celebrate their achievements. We also presented the award for the best thesis in Service Management. Best thesis in Service ManagementAs is tradition, we awarded the prize for the best thesis in Service Management. This year's winners were Elizaveta Striuchkova & Simas Vaitkus fo

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/graduation-ceremony-master-students - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Oskar Hansson, professor of neurology at Lund University and cheif physician at Skåne University Hospital, is included in this year´s list of highly cited researchers that Web of Science compiles each year.Read the article (in Swedish) on the Faculty of Medicine website.

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/congratulations-oskar-hansson-list-highly-cited-2019 - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Half as many diagnosed with depression, a delayed manifestation of Parkinson’s, a reduced risk of developing vascular dementia - but not Alzheimer’s. These connections were discovered by researchers when they compared 200 000 people who had participated in a long-distance cross-country ski race between 1989 and 2010 w

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/skiers-had-lower-incidence-depression-and-vascular-dementia-not-alzheimers - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Neuroscientists at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new technology that engineers the shell of a virus to deliver gene therapy to the exact cell type in the body that needs to be treated. The researchers believe that the new technology can be likened to dramatically accelerating evolution from millions of ye

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/high-tech-method-uniquely-targeted-gene-therapy-developed - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease is often difficult, as several other conditions can cause similar symptoms. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered a blood marker that can accurately diagnose Alzheimer’s in the early stages of the disease.Read the full article here

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/blood-test-enables-early-diagnosis-alzheimers-disease - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. To understand what happens in the brain when Alzheimer's disease develops, researchers need to be able to study the molecular structures in the neurons affected by Alzheimer's disease. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have tested a new imaging method for this purpose. The research is published in the journal A

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-imaging-method-sheds-light-alzheimers-disease - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Hela Sverige riskerar att få en liknande situation som den på Stockholms äldreboenden om vi inte gör mer för att minska spridningen av viruset på boendena. Det skriver flera debattörer, som lägger fram fem förslag.Länk till artikel

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/detta-bor-goras-att-skydda-aldre-pa-boenden - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Stem cell researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new research model of the early embryonic brain. The aim of the model is to study the very earliest stages of brain to understand how different regions in the brain are formed during embryonic development. With this new insight, researchers hope to be

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-method-provides-unique-insight-development-human-brain - 2026-06-23