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Pathologists and coroners are now commonplace in crime novels and TV crime series and are often depicted as slightly odd people. Elisabet Englund has worked at the Division of Pathology in Lund for over 40 years. She has often been told that she is a little ‘too happy’ to be a pathologist. “Yes, there is a stereotype of people who work with dead people, which perhaps contributes to the mystificati
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/death-our-textbook-life - 2026-07-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “How are you, what seems to be the problem?” asks Ahmed, who is playing Doctor Ali. “Well, I have had a stomach ache for a few days”, says 26 year-old Sadeq who is playing the patient, 50 year-old Bengt. “Can you describe your symptoms?” asks Ahmed/Doctor Ali, and Sadeq/Bengt explains about pain, nausea and vomiting.
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/recent-arrivals-practise-their-swedish-medics-language-cafe - 2026-07-05
Region Skåne's biobank is part of Biobank Sweden. On July 1 2023, the new biobank law came into force, and in connection with this, the procedures for how you apply to gain access to the biobank's samples were updated. If you plan to use biobank samples for your research project where Lund University is the research principal, a biobank agreement with Region Skåne's biobank is required. A biobank
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/how-make-your-biobank-application - 2026-07-05
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. 26–27 oktober arrangeras Climathon i Lund, en global 24-timmars klimatförändrings-hackathon som sker samtidigt i över 100 städer runt om i världen. Lösningarna som arbetas fram fokuserar på att minska plastens klimatpåverkan. Studenter, forskare, entreprenörer och andra intresserade kommer att ägna ett helt dygn åt
https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/climathon-ska-minska-plastproblem - 2026-07-05
How long does it take to comfort someone? Does an egg need to be fried rather than boiled? LUM invited home care researchers from the School of Social Work and the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) for a conversation. They are meeting for the first time; their discussions cover stress, responsibility and participation. Their common goal is better home care, but they approach the issue from different pe
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/one-persons-workplace-anothers-home - 2026-07-06
Att äta ost och grädde med hög fetthalt kan ha ett samband med en lägre risk för att utveckla demens. Det visar en ny stor studie vid Lunds universitet. Forskarna analyserade kostvanor hos drygt 27 000 personer och kopplade dessa till förekomsten av demens under en uppföljningstid på upp till 25 år. Debatten om fettsnåla dieter har länge format våra hälsoråd och påverkat hur vi ser på mat och häls
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/fet-ost-kopplas-till-lagre-risk-demens - 2026-07-06
As of 1 September, the Geology Library will be located on the second floor of the Astronomy Building, accessible to both students and staff.The library has moved from Geocentrum and now occupies the space where the Astronomy Library was previously located. This move is part of a broader strategic initiative to gradually co-locate all four of the Faculty’s subject libraries in the Astronomy Buildin
The sustainability project Sustainable Future Hub at the Lund University School of Economics and Management is now starting the Change Maker Future Track. In October, the initiative kicks off with a series of live calls with well-known sustainability profiles. Students, staff and the general public are welcome to the webinars. How to do business that impact the world with Rebecka Carlsson In the f
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/inspiration-activists-and-leading-creators-lusems-new-sustainability-track - 2026-07-05
For a researcher to be successful, he or she not only needs to produce good research – it also has to gain exposure. However, there is competition for space in scientific and popular science journals. This has led to the growth of a grey area with unprofessional journals that take payment from researchers who want their work to appear. Kristoffer Holmqvist recommends the information on the Univers
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/unprofessional-open-access-publishing-new-industry - 2026-07-05
All Lund University employees and students are welcome to participate. Info sessions: 25/3 & 16/4. Applications are open until May 5. The Future Innovations Award celebrates groundbreaking ideas from Lund University. Ideas with the potential to change our world. It has now opened for applications for 2025. Since its start in 2017, it has become an important platform for developing and showcasing i
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/future-innovations-award-2025-competition-opens-over-1-million-sek-prizes - 2026-07-05
LU researchers Lea Fünfschilling and Carmelo D’Agostino have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant each, for their research on innovation and knowledge dynamics and automated vehicles respectively. The ERC Starting Grant is aimed at researchers in the early stages of their career, and scientific excellence is the only selection criterion. This year, more than 4,000 researchers in Europe applied for t
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/two-lu-researchers-receive-erc-starting-grants - 2026-07-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Former doctoral student Firas Jumaah and supervisor Charlotta Turner have had a special bond since 2014, when Jumaah and his family got caught up in the first ISIS lightning offensive in Iraq. Employing far-reaching means, Charlotta Turner managed to get them back to Lund unharmed. Now they have written a book togeth
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-she-became-professor-hardcore - 2026-07-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A chance meeting in a Yokohama pub led Lund University researcher Andreas Johansson straight to the heart of the Japanese Yakuza mafia. For two weeks, he was “embedded” with a well-known Yakuza clan, enabling him to document their tattoos through photography. He is now releasing his book of photos ”Yakuza Tattoo”. In
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-glimpse-world-japanese-mafia-tattoos - 2026-07-05
Populism has gained significant momentum in recent decades. In all parts of the world, we see successes for both right- and left-wing parties with populist discourses, especially on the European continent. On November 21, an international symposium was organized at the School of Economics and Management in Lund, with funding from the Centre for European Studies, to analyze and discuss the impact o
https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/recent-development-and-impact-populism-european-labour-law - 2026-07-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Monday October 12th, all campus activity was cancelled due to a threat to the university, which the police judged needed to be taken seriously. After it turned out the threat had been distributed to several other higher educational institutions as well, a decision has been taken to reopen the university. Activities
https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/campus-teaching-cancelled-october-12th-due-threat - 2026-07-05
