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The Nature Medicine Commission on Data-Driven Obesity Management will bring together global experts and datasets to tackle the growing burden of obesity-related noncommunicable diseases through data-driven decision support. “Our goal is to generate evidence that supports better and more equitable care for people living with obesity worldwide,” says the Commission Chair and Professor Paul Franks at
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. One in three people with diabetes will face some form of renal impairment in the course of their lives. Studies conducted by researchers at the Lund University Diabetes Centre may lead to the development of an entirely new principle for treating type 2 diabetes and preventing kidney damage in the future. Previous anal
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-findings-can-lead-new-principle-treating-diabetic-kidney-damage - 2026-08-21
A new Lancet Commission on Precision Health has been launched to develop a comprehensive framework for integrating precision approaches into health systems worldwide. The Commission is chaired by Professor Paul Franks, Lund University, and will examine how precision approaches can improve healthcare effectiveness, cost-efficiency, equity, and scalability across resource settings and global regions
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/lund-university-professor-leads-lancet-commission-precision-medicine - 2026-08-21
Studies of fat cells can help increase the knowledge of how weight loss treatments affect individuals with obesity. But fat cells are difficult to study because they are fragile and prone to break easily. Diabetes researcher Karin Stenkula receives a new grant for a project which will use new technique to study how fat cells are affected in connection with weight loss. Diabetes researcher Karin St
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/research-fat-cells-receives-support-hjelt-diabetes-foundation - 2026-08-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. One in three people with diabetes will face some form of renal impairment in the course of their lives. Studies conducted by researchers at the Lund University Diabetes Centre may lead to the development of an entirely new principle for treating type 2 diabetes and preventing kidney damage in the future. Previous anal
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-findings-can-lead-new-principle-treating-diabetic-kidney-damage-0 - 2026-08-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The European Research Council makes a large investment in diabetes research. A project led by Professor Paul Franks at Lund University Diabetes Centre is to develop methods that can be used in the design of preventive treatment for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. - Through this project we will use function
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/focus-personalized-treatment-type-2-diabetes-and-cardiovascular-disease - 2026-08-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Read what our researcher Dr. Paul O’Shea has to say about the North Korea crises. You can find the article here (in Swedish)The article was published in Lund University's new newsletter, called "Apropå", aimed at journalists and members of the interested public as a way to highlight research in relation to topical ev
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/north-korea-crisis-parties-want-maintain-status-quo - 2026-08-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Listen to the interview of Dr Astrid Norén-Nilsson by Prof Duncan McCargo about her book, which was shortlisted for the EuroSEAS Social Science Book Prize 2017. Dr Astrid Norén-Nilsson was interviewed by Professor Duncan McCargo for New Books in Southeast Asian Studies on the sidelines of the 2017 EuroSEAS conference
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/cambodias-second-kingdom-nation-imagination-and-democracy-new-books-network - 2026-08-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The latest issue of "Made in China: A Quarterly on Chinese Labour, Civil Society, and Rights" has been published, with contributions from Nicholas Loubere and Astrid Norén-Nilsson. In today’s globalised and interconnected world, Chinese labour issues have become much more than merely a local matter. With China’s polit
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-issue-made-china-published - 2026-08-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At the recent Lund University Homecoming Weekend the Centre arranged an event where we invited three alumni to share their experiences. One of the alumni was Sune Petersen who graduated from the Masters Programme in Asian Studies in 2015 and is now a Project Administrator at DIGNITY - Danish Institute Against Torture.
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/meet-alumnus-sune-petersen - 2026-08-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Do Chinese cities compete for investments with lax environmental law enforcement? This article by Stefan Brehm and Jesper Svensson offers a tentative answer by analysing political and economic factors shaping spatial patterns of compliance with environmental transparency legislation. Do Chinese cities compete for inve
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Niall Duggan graduated from the Masters Programme in Asian Studies in 2007. He is now the Director of the MSC International Public Policy and Diplomacy at Department of Government, University College Cork, Ireland (UCC). Why did you decide to study the Master’s programme in Asian Studies at Lund University?After finis
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/meet-alumnus-niall-duggan - 2026-08-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Associate Professor Erik Mobrand from the Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University, will be a visiting scholar at the Centre from January to mid-February 2018. Trained in political science, Erik has a regional focus on Korea and China. His research and teaching areas cover development studie
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/visiting-scholar - 2026-08-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Grants awarded from the Swedish Research Council. Dr Astrid Norén Nilsson at the Centre has together with Professor Anders Uhlin received a grant from the Swedish Research Council. They will over the coming three years work on a project on civil society in Cambodia and Indonesia.Dr Darcy Pan from the department of ant
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/grants-research-cambodia-and-china - 2026-08-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Dr Astrid Norén-Nilsson has written a country review on Cambodia in a new book titled "Routledge Handbook of Civil Society in Asia". The chapter examines competing understandings of Cambodian civil society through the prisms of civil society and the state; the role of the international donor community; and the re-emer
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/book-chapter-cambodian-civil-society - 2026-08-21
Stefan Brehm and Nicholas Loubere have co-authored an article on the Chinese social credit system for The Conversation. The Chinese government’s ongoing attempts to create a social credit system aimed at rating the trustworthiness of people and companies is often depicted as something uniquely Chinese. In this article Stefan Brehm and Nicholas Loubere argue that Chinese social credit is a phenomen
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/article-chinese-social-credit-conversation - 2026-08-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Nicholas Loubere at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, shares some reflections on the major achievements as well as the downsides of China’s reform period ahead of the upcoming conference “Assessing 40 Years of Reform and Opening in China” What have been the major changes in China since the reform and o
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/nicholas-loubere-china-today-40-years-after-reform-and-opening - 2026-08-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Associate professor Ji Fangfang from the Institute of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing, is a visiting scholar at the Centre during March. Her research focuses on Internet publicness in China and media globalization. Her stay at the Centre is funded by the Birgit Ra
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/visiting-scholar-0 - 2026-08-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Centre invites Swedish and Nordic Ph.D. students with an interest in East and South-East Asia to spend 1-2 months at the Centre during the fall 2018. While we are not able to offer any funding we will provide office space, access to the library, as well as possibilities to organize research seminars.Interested Ph.
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/calls-visiting-phd-students - 2026-08-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. John Hennessey who graduated from the Centre in 2011 successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis at the Linné University, Växsjö on 9 March . The thesis studies Japanese colonial history and is entitled, Rule by Association: Japan in the Global Trans-Imperial Culture, 1868–1912.Professor Alexis Dudden, University of Connec
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/former-master-student-john-hennessey-defends-phd-thesis-history - 2026-08-21
