Erik Wengström wishes faculties would have a source of money that could be readily available for certain research. Photo: Håkan Röjder Covid-19 turned parts of the ordinary research process upside down. Economist Erik Wengström is among those who have studied Swedes’ behaviour during the pandemic from the centre of events. But the current funding system risks putting a spanner in the works. His wi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/call-speedy-action-finance-highly-topical-research - 2025-08-25

Illustration: Catrin Jakobsson Many of us have worked more remotely during the pandemic than we ever dreamed of doing. Informatics researcher Saonee Sarker has been studying IT-enabled collaboration and its impact on work-life balance for many years, but mainly with a focus on the IT sector. Today, she sees how that industry's digital settings has moved to encompass us all. The bookshelves in Saon

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hybrid-workplace-future - 2025-08-25

Trion Anabella Aguilera, Wojciech Potrzebowski, Sophie Hellstrand koordinerar aktiviteterna på SciLifeLab i Lund. Foto: Ingemar Hultquist När SciLifeLab växer blir effektiva samarbeten avgörande för att hålla ihop och utveckla verksamheten. De tre koordinatorerna Anabella, Wojtek och Sophie har en central roll i detta arbete. Vi träffar Anabella, Sophie och Wojtek – de tre nya koordinatorerna vid

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/scilifelab-vaxer-nya-koordinatorer-i-lund-tar-over-rodret - 2025-08-25

Forskarna såg såg en tydlig association mellan östrogenbehandling och alla tre hudcancerformerna – melanom, skivepitelcancer och basalcellscancer. Foto: iStock Forskare vid Lunds universitet har i en ny studie funnit ett tydligt samband mellan östrogenbehandling och de tre vanligaste typerna av hudcancer. Att effektivt kunna behandla klimakteriebesvär är viktigt för många kvinnors mående. Men, kon

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/tydligt-samband-mellan-ostrogenbehandling-och-hudcancer - 2025-08-26

Farshid Jalalvand researches how to develop safe vaccines to prevent respiratory tract infections that cause ear and eye inflammation. Photo: Mahendar Kadari Farshid Jalalvand has a PhD in infection biology and vaccine development, and he has appeared frequently in the media during the debate on the Covid-19 vaccine. “When you work, as I do, with vaccines and you understand how they work, it feels

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-everyones-responsibility-get-vaccinated - 2025-08-25

Sofia Åkerman received thousands of emails from sufferers and their relatives after The Zebra Girl was published, which prompted her to remain committed. Photo:Kennet Ruona "Mastery of the law gives you power. And I want to use that power to support the vulnerable" says Sofia Åkerman, doctoral student at the Department of Law with personal experience of vulnerability and self-harming behaviour. Sh

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/using-law-fight-vulnerable - 2025-08-25

Children taking part in the TEDDY study in Sweden have an increased risk of developing type 1 diabetes and are screened for the disease. Research nurse Jessica Melin takes a blood sample from one of the participants. Photograph: Kennet Ruona Why do some people develop type 1 diabetes and others do not? Worldwide, researchers are now collaborating to find the answer to this complex question.Diabete

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/blood-testing-children-leads-better-understanding-type-1-diabetes - 2025-08-25

"I am proud that I came all the way here and that I managed it all myself – from applying for grants to organising housing and a good school and making friends", Pinar Dina says.Photo: Kennet Ruona A desire to be able to freely carry out research and the chance to provide her daughter with a good education led Pinar Dinc to leave Turkey. It is a journey that is not over yet. However, with another

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/she-found-sanctuary-lund - 2025-08-25

Future Faculty´s Saema Ansar, Anders Rasmussen and Nicole van Der Burg. Photo: Agata Garpenlind. Three members share their take-aways from getting involved in an organization committed to bringing forward the voice of young researchers and teachers at the Faculty. Register for the anniversary on May 2, no later than April 20. Anders Rasmussen, 40, Associate Professor in Neuroscience & PI, Future F

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/celebrating-20-years-future-faculty-has-taught-me-how-navigate-academia - 2025-08-25

Children taking part in the TEDDY study in Sweden have an increased risk of developing type 1 diabetes and are screened for the disease. Research nurse Jessica Melin takes a blood sample from one of the participants. Photograph: Kennet Ruona Why do some people develop type 1 diabetes and others do not? Worldwide, researchers are now collaborating to find the answer to this complex question. Diabet

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/blood-testing-children-leads-better-understanding-type-1-diabetes - 2025-08-25

Recently Dick Harrison had his 105th book published. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg Dick Harrison is 57 years old and has written 105 books. He lectures all over the country, is a regular expert on TV and radio, runs a podcast, and writes articles for magazines and two columns a week in one of Sweden’s largest newspapers. “Teaching is my calling, though, the thing closest to my identity.” It’s win

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dick-harrison-brand - 2025-08-26

A lot has been done and more is on its way the next three years. Photo: Nathan Dumlao/Unsplash och Charlotte Carlberg Bärg It is halftime for Vice-chancellor Erik Renström and his team. Three years of his term of office have passed, and three remain. Here in LUM, he sums up the first-half performance, looks ahead and explains how he approaches a job in which everyone wants a bit of his time. Word

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/halftime-vice-chancellor-erik-renstrom - 2025-08-26

Course participants of 'Innovation, Transformation, and Resilience for Sustainable Development' gathered in front of LUSEM’s main entrance. Photo: Private What surprises a course participant from Africa on a short visit in Lund and to LUSEM? And what made the strongest impressions? Takes to bring back? And what about the group dynamic with new acquaintances from many different parts of the same co

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/what-we-learned-and-will-take-home - 2025-08-25

Barnen som deltar i TEDDY-studien i Sverige har förhöjd risk att utveckla typ 1-diabetes och screenas för sjukdomen. Forskningssjuksköterskan Jessica Melin tar ett blodprov på en av deltagarna. Foto: Kennet Ruona Vad är det som gör att vissa får typ 1-diabetes medan andra inte får sjukdomen? Forskare runtom i världen söker gemensamt efter ett svar på den svårlösta frågan. Diabetesforskare vid Lund

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/barnens-blodprover-okar-kunskapen-om-utvecklingen-av-typ-1-diabetes - 2025-08-25

Since 2020 Steinunn Knúts Önnudóttir has been a PhD student at the Malmö Theatre Academy and is now defending her dissertation project: “How Little Is Enough? Sustainable Methods of Performance for Transformative Encounters.” Part of her PhD defence is the exposition at IAC during the Malmö Gallery Weekend (26 September to 3 October 2024).In her PhD project Steinunn has been exploring sustainable

https://www.thm.lu.se/artikel/how-little-enough-meet-steinunn-knuts-onnudottir-get-possible-answers - 2025-08-25

Ulrika Sandén, taking a break from driving her motorcycle. Photo:Kennet Ruona. She has survived a brain tumour and hates empty phrases such as “seize the day” and “live in the present”. Despite this, after the tumour operation Ulrika Sandén both researched and wrote a book on what she calls “Contentment in the moment”, an approach to life that she assimilated during her years in Vesterålen in nort

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/contentment-moment-makes-life-more-enjoyable - 2025-08-25

Photo: TeamDAF/Istockphoto On October 31st, representatives from across the globe will gather in Glasgow for two weeks to attend the UN climate change conference COP26. Expectations are high following last year's cancelled conference, and the IPCC report released in August. What can we expect from the meeting? Five Lund researchers give answers. How far do countries' climate ambitions go? As part

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/glasgow-climate-summit-what-it-about-and-why-does-it-matter - 2025-08-25

Bild: TeamDAF/Istockphoto. Den 31 oktober samlas representanter från världens alla hörn i Glasgow för att delta i FN:s stora klimattoppmöte COP26 som ska pågå i två veckor. Förväntningarna är skyhöga efter fjolårets inställda konferens och den alarmerande rapport som FN:s klimatpanel IPCC släppte i augusti. Men vad kan vi egentligen förvänta oss av mötet? Vad står på spel och vad har utkomsten för

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/klimattoppmotet-i-glasgow-vad-handlar-det-om-och-vad-spelar-det-roll - 2025-08-25

Foto: Petra Francke Rektor beslutade 2022 om fem forskningsområden som ska vara universitetets profilområden fram till 2030. Förhoppningen då var att regeringen snabbt skulle sjösätta planerna på att profilera landets lärosäten och skjuta till mångmiljonbelopp. Men regeringsskiftet hösten 2022 innebar istället utredning och analys och fortfarande är det oklart om den nationella satsningen blir ver

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/profilomraden-fast-i-limbo - 2025-08-26

Selma Maric learned to read before she was two and speaks five languages.  " I think I am just quick to make connections and see links: sort of like having good reflexes, it goes fast!” she laughs. Selma Maric is a woman who is not afraid of departures and she has not followed the classic path into the research world. “I have never shied away from ending things if something else shows up. I only h

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/refugee-experience-coloured-researchers-worldview - 2025-08-25