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That life is not fair is hardly news. But that inequalities are at risk of increasing as we seek to improve the health of the population is perhaps unexpected. Health economics is a way of evaluating the potential health benefits of different interventions, setting them against the economic cost and their impact on society. Over two million people in Sweden are currently living with cardiovascular
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/unfair-life - 2026-07-18
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What do muffins and space travel have in common? Answer: They affect our genes through altered DNA methylation patterns. Two researchers who studied this recently met at the public defence of a doctoral thesis at Lund University. Andrew Feinberg from Johns Hopkins University's School of Medicine in Baltimore, USA, has
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/big-data-muffins-and-space-travel - 2026-07-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Last year, the Disciplinary Board at Lund University found 64 students guilty. The most common form of cheating is plagiarism. “It is important to report it”, says Maria Bangura director of studies at the School of Social Work. “Departments have a great responsibility to ensure that students have the required skills
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/director-studies-important-report-students-who-cheat - 2026-07-17
The results of the election in September may have an impact on academic freedom and the independence of universities from political power. The principle of keeping an arm's length between politics and higher education and research is increasingly being called into question. “I think we are currently in a situation in which the most important thing is not for universities to receive more money, but
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/academic-freedom-under-threat - 2026-07-17
It will be a big change in many ways for David Fenyö as he now gets the possibility to return to Sweden after 34 years in the US. Thanks to a grant of SEK 50 million from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, he can now move his research in precision medicine to Lund University. And he is familiar with Sweden from childhood. “We came from Hungary to Sweden when I was five years old and spoke H
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/1st-avenue-new-york-solvegatan-lund - 2026-07-17
Given the current warming climate, many of us have wondered if snow around Christmas time is slowly becoming a thing of the past. We asked Alex Vermeulen, Director of the ICOS Carbon Portal at Lund University, what Europeans can expect going forward. Only one thing seems certain: the weather will change in unpredictable ways, with more extreme weather likely. Around what time will Europeans experi
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/can-europeans-still-dream-about-white-christmas - 2026-07-17
More than half of teenage girls experienced heavy bleeding and 40 per cent had an iron deficiency. The research, led from Lund University in Sweden, also shows that young teenage girls who experience heavy menstrual bleeding – and are therefore at greater risk of iron deficiency – can be identified using a simple questionnaire. As many as half of the teenage girls in the study published in PLOS On
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Sara Nolbrant, from the Developmental and Regenerative Neurobiology lab, will be defending her PhD thesis on Friday 31st of January. Researching in the group led by Malin Parmar, Sara has been directing and dissecting the fate of dopaminergic neurons with the aim developing cell replacement therapy for the treatment o
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-interview-sara-nolbrant - 2026-07-17
Current knowledge of food safety is based on traditional foods that include animal products. Corresponding knowledge of plant-based foods lags behind. “There is a naive belief that plant-based food is safer than animal-based food. Unfortunately, this is not the case,” says Jenny Schelin, a researcher on food safety at Lund University in Sweden. “Plant-based foods are just as vulnerable to the same
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researcher-challenges-myth-plant-based-food-safer - 2026-07-17
Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University in Sweden found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate the environmental pollutants found in urban environments. Previous research has investigated the presence of heavy metals in hedgehogs from other urban areas in Europe and
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/surprising-number-environmental-pollutants-hedgehogs - 2026-07-17
Last month, Ella Quist defended her Ph.D. thesis. After beginning her research journey as a master’s student within our Ph.D. Preparatory Program, she dedicated the last several years to developing more efficient methods that can be used to generate functional and mature astrocytes for disease modeling of neurological disorders. In this interview, we learn more about her efforts to facilitate futu
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/generating-human-astrocytes-disease-modeling-phd-interview-ella-quist - 2026-07-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Is there any underlying biological explanation for why men are responsible for such a large proportion of sexual assaults compared to women? Or, from a biological point of view, could women just as easily have been the ones to commit this type of harassment and assault, if the social and historical power structure wer
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/biology-could-partially-explain-sexual-abuse-power - 2026-07-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 800 people in Sweden are currently on the waiting list to receive donated organs, but there are too few organs. Nearly one person dies each week in Sweden while on the waiting list. How can this lack of donor organs in Sweden be solved? Researchers Darcy Wagner, Department of Experimental Medical Science, and Sandra L
Lund University School of Economics and Management has done it again! The school has been ranked #44 in the world in the Financial Times' prestigious annual ranking of 100 Master’s programmes in Management. This marks a climb of 13 spots compared with last year. Lund University's Master’s programme in International Strategic Management has seen a steady rise in the ranking; in 2022 the programme c
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-climbs-even-higher-financial-times-ranking - 2026-07-17
Han Somsen has newly been appointed professor in environmental law at the Faculty of Law. He is best known for his recommendation that bird-killing cats should be kept indoors. “Humans see themselves as the kings of the hill, which extends to their cats. If you question this, many people get very angry. I got death threats,” says Han Somsen. Han Somsen’s latest position was as professor at Tilburg
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/law-professor-who-wants-put-nature-above-law - 2026-07-18
USA och EU har sedan det andra världskriget haft en nära förbindelse, men de senaste åren har den transatlantiska relationen försämrats avsevärt. Med Donald Trump åter i maktens korridorer tyder allt på ytterligare utmaningar i samarbetet. Han har redan hotat med tullar mot EU, föreslagit att erövra Grönland från Danmark och antytt att han kan dra tillbaka det amerikanska stödet till Ukraina. Den
https://www.cfe.lu.se/artikel/trump-och-europa - 2026-07-17
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As a PhD student in the MaCoBios project, Fabiola Espinoza Córdova aims to explore how we can reframe adaptation to climate change in coastal communities towards more sustainable and just pathways. She believes that impacts on marine and coastal ecosystems linked to climate change are not only driven by global warming
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/fabiola-espinoza-cordova-studies-climate-change-adaptation-coastal-communities - 2026-07-17
Carin Alegre Castegren When entering the lower gallery (KHM1) of Malmö Art Academy to see the MFA exhibition entitled “Tremeluz” by Carin Maria Alegre Castegren, I was met by numerous paintings, which all seemed to be in a state of flux. They had a lightness to them, an openness as well as something allusive. When reading the exhibition text, it was clear that Castegren had been thinking of light
https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/mfa-student-interview-series-part-iii-carin-alegre-castegren-and-my-sjoberg-0 - 2026-07-17
Deadline for application is noon on Friday 10 October 2025. InvitationeSSENCE@LU now invites proposals for new projects. Applicants may request 2 years of funding, starting 1 January 2026. We anticipate being able to fund at least five grants with a maximum of 600 kSEK/year (including overhead). The funding could be used, for example, for part-financing a PhD student or a postdoc in Lund.The resea
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/essencelu-call-proposals-autumn-2025 - 2026-07-17
The war in Gaza is testing alliances and shaking up politics, both globally and regionally. What does this mean for the West's relationship with the Middle East? How are inter-regional dynamics affected? And what is the impact of the war in Israel? Read an interview with Karin Aggestam, Political Scientist and Director of the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies. What geopolitical consequenc
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/geopolitics-and-diplomacy-wake-gaza-war - 2026-07-17
