Photo by Gautier Salles on Unsplash. Utlysningen ’Sustainable Idea Exploration’ är en möjlighet för forskare vid Lunds universitet att utforska den innovativa potentialen i sin forskning och finansiera aktiviteter utanför ramen för befintliga forskningsprojekt. Syftet är att stödja utvecklingen av tidiga innovativa idéer från forskningsprojekt som kan bidra till hållbar utveckling. Fyra projekt ha

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/fyra-projekt-beviljas-medel-hallbarhetsrelaterad-forskning - 2025-08-28

– Sexuella trakasserier är också ett betydande arbetsmiljöproblem och även en jämställdhetsfråga av stor betydelse, menar Per-Olof Östergren. Foto: iStock Sexuella trakasserier på arbetsplatsen är en vanlig företeelse inom universiteten och drabbar uppskattningsvis var fjärde kvinna och var tolfte man under deras yrkesliv. Men det finns fortfarande en betydande tystnadskultur inom akademin. En omf

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/tystnadskultur-kring-sexuella-trakasserier - 2025-08-28

– Även med den enklare analysmetoden ger blodprovet svar med hög träffsäkerhet för alzheimerpatologi, säger Sebastian Palmqvist. Foto: iStock Enklare analysmetod av blodprov för Alzheimers sjukdom har testats i en stor multicenterstudie, ledd från Lunds universitet. – Detta är ett viktigt steg för att kunna föra in enkla blodprovstester för Alzheimers sjukdom i vården globalt, säger forskarna bako

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/storre-mojligheter-att-testa-alzheimers-med-ny-analysmetod - 2025-08-28

Hanna Thorsson och kollegor har utvecklat en immunterapi som i avancerade experimentella modeller effektivt dödar cancerceller i en undergrupp av leukemi. Studierna ingår i Thorssons avhandling som hon lägger fram 2 maj. Foto: Agata Garpenlind. Den vanligaste cancerformen hos barn är en viss typ av lymfatisk leukemi. Idag överlever de flesta barn som drabbas, men behandlingen är tung. I ett försök

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-teknik-oppnar-upp-nya-terapier-vid-leukemi-hos-barn - 2025-08-28

Foto: Raphael Nogueira/Unsplash SWEAH PhD student Pernilla Alencar Siljehag has received an invitation from Latin America's leading and largest institution in public health, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil. – The research group I am going to visit is running a gigantic population study involving six major federal universities. It is reminiscent of the SNAC study, which I am using data from h

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/traveling-and-learning-about-vulnerability-violence-and-grassroots-activism - 2025-08-27

90 MSEK goes to Lund when research initiative WISE invests half a billion SEK in material science for increased sustainability – the largest investment in material science in Sweden. Photo: Kennet Ruona WISE, the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability, is the largest-ever investment in materials science in Sweden and is financed by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. WISE

https://www.sentio.lu.se/article/tremendous-impact-transformation-towards-sustainable-future - 2025-08-27

In our Annual Report for 2023, we have gathered highlights from the year from research, policy and engagement. We also outline key events within our PhD programme and our Education. Read the Word from our Director Barry Ness, and download our Annual Report 2023. LUCSUS Annual Report 2023Read about our development as a centre, and highlights within research, policy and impact during the year.Read t

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/read-lucsus-annual-report-2023 - 2025-08-27

A new study has identified the four actions that would have the greatest impact on an individual’s greenhouse gas emissions: eating a plant-based diet, avoiding air travel, living car free, and having fewer children. The comprehensive study analysed 39 peer-reviewed articles, carbon calculators and government sources to quantify the most high-impact personal lifestyle choices in developed countrie

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/four-lifestyle-choices-most-reduce-your-carbon-footprint - 2025-08-27

Markku Rummukainen. Photo: Kennet Ruona. The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released a synthesis report summarizing the reports of recent years. Markku Rummukainen, Sweden's contact person for the IPCC and also Professor of Climatology at the Center for Environmental and Climate Science at Lund University, answers five question about the new report. What does the new syn

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-climate-report-near-term-action-crucial - 2025-08-27

Elin Hård af Segerstad, dietitian specialised in pediatrics and researcher at Lund University. She works clinically at Skåne University Hospital in Malmö. Photo: Tove Gilvad The results of an observational study from Lund University in Sweden are clear: up to the age of two, a more fibre-rich diet seems to reduce the risk of coeliac disease. A particularly clear link was seen when children had eat

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-research-track-higher-amounts-dietary-fibre-age-two-can-reduce-later-risk-coeliac-disease - 2025-08-27

90 MSEK goes to Lund when research initiative WISE invests half a billion SEK in material science for increased sustainability – the largest investment in material science in Sweden. Photo: Kennet Ruona WISE, the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability, is the largest-ever investment in materials science in Sweden and is financed by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. WISE

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/tremendous-impact-transformation-towards-sustainable-future - 2025-08-27

Yana Litins'ka, Jonas Björk and Malin Inghammar.(Photo: Åsa Hansdotter) Researchers at Lund University want to use AI methods, population registers, mobile data and novel data sources to develop and evaluate applications that can be used to detect and combat pandemics in the future. A large collaborative project is funded by Vinnova, Sweden’s innovation agency. During the corona pandemic, it has b

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ai-help-combat-future-pandemics - 2025-08-27

"There is a difference between teaching with or to. I want to talk with the students, not to or about them. Learning takes place when they are engaged with the material. Quite simply, we do it together", says Nadja Sörgärde. Photo:Kennet Ruona Senior lecturer, Nadja Sörgärde, has received the students' award for excellence in teaching. Her students praise her extraordinary level of engagement. She

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/students-are-co-producers - 2025-08-27

Variety, belonging and a feeling of manageability are factors that contribute to recovery at work. Do you leave work full of energy and excited about what the rest of the day has to offer? If not – maybe it is worth trying to improve recovery during the working day.  Lina Ejlertsson's thesis is about recovery of staff in one of the most stressful work environments – healthcare centres. She says we

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/recover-during-working-day - 2025-08-27

Photo:Vchal/Shutterstock Infertility is now a condition as common as diabetes. On the one hand, women are waiting until they are older to have children, which makes it more difficult to get pregnant, but some studies also indicate a drastic decline in sperm counts in men over the past 50 years. Repro Union 2.0 is a Danish-Swedish initiative to reduce infertility in the EU. Aleksander Giwercman, a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eu-infertility-project-focuses-men - 2025-08-27

Is Lund University doing the right things in the right way? That is the big question that project managers Freddy Ståhlberg and Mats Benner want RQ20 to answer (RQ stands for Research Quality). Photo: Kennet Ruona och Johan Bävman RQ20, the new major research quality evaluation, is underway! It is based on self-evaluations and will involve around 5 000 members of staff. In contrast to the last tim

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-be-evaluated-without-grades-or-gold-stars - 2025-08-27

Vice-chancellor Torbjörn von Schantz Vice-Chancellor Torbjörn von Schantz is convinced that leadership at the University is a momentous question. “If we are perceived as being incapable of making uncomfortable decisions, there is a risk that we will see the same changes here as in other places such as Denmark – that collegial leadership is replaced by pure New Public Management.” One example is th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/vice-chancellor-its-important-managers-be-able-make-uncomfortable-decisions - 2025-08-27

Gate to Harvard. Photo: Willy Gobetz Melissa Franklin is a guest professor from Harvard University who compares her environment at Fysicum with the tv-series Friends and Seinfeld. Here she shares her views on similarities and differences between the universities. When a colleague on my 3000 person experiment at CERN whom I didn’t know, Torsten Akesson, emailed suggesting I visit the Lund Universit

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/crossing-border-scania - 2025-08-27

Tommy Andersson Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg Kidney exchange, refugee placements and choosing schools. Separate things but with the common denominator that, with digitalisation's new tools, it is possible to save both time and money – and to save lives.  "I don't like it when I see things that are wrong which research could solve. Then it is up to me to take my responsibility and tell politician

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/algorithm-maker-saving-lives - 2025-08-27

“Today’s guidelines recommend stepwise addition of lipid-lowering treatment. But it’s often the case that this escalation takes too long, it’s ineffective and patients are lost to follow-up", says Margrét LeósdóttirPhoto: Åsa Hansdotter Patients suffering from myocardial infarction who receive early add-on lipid-lowering medication have a significantly better prognosis than those who receive add-o

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/simple-medication-can-save-lives-cardiac-patients - 2025-08-27