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Explore this topic in a recently published article (a systematic Scoping Review) by researchers Vasna Ramasar, Martina Angela Caretta and Muriel Côte from the department. This systematic review, which was partially funded by FORMAS grant to Ramasar and Caretta and a internal small grant at the The Department of Human Geography, Lund University, showcases their research interests around extractivis

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/resistance-extractivism-induced-water-insecurity-does-gender-have-role-it - 2025-11-21

Johan Miörner, a researcher at the department, has co-authored a report on behalf of the research institute EAWAG. The report looks at how sustainable cities should develop strategies and practices to reduce water consumption and manage wastewater more sustainably to meet the challenges of climate change. The authors have reviewed six global cities that are already actively developing effective pr

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/less-water-consumption-and-sustainable-wastewater-management-new-report-shows-how-cities-should - 2025-11-21

The Storsjöodjuret, a mythical cryptid* with its roots in Jämtland, was mentioned for the first time as early as the year 1643 and is now being brought up to date again in a new doctoral thesis in human ecology. In the thesis, the author Sanna Händén-Svensson examines how perspectives such as social, cultural, historical and the local affect the shaping of the Storsjöodjuret. The aim of the study

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/new-human-ecology-thesis-storsjoodjur-cryptid-borderland-between-reality-and-imagined - 2025-11-21

Welcome to Lund University. Which university did you recently come from?– I came from Loughborough University in the UK, where I had been since 2010. Prior to that I was based at the University of Copenhagen for 17 years, hence speak fluent Danish. What is (or has been) the main focus of your research? – My research focuses primarily on low-income housing and livelihoods in urban areas of the glob

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/meet-katherine-gough - 2025-11-21

Over Christmas and New Year, we look forward to a much-needed rest, both for students and department staff. From December 21, 2024 - January 6, 2025, our premises are therefore completely closed. Regular opening hours are valid from January 7, 2025. The Student office opens January 7, as well. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/opening-hours-during-holidays - 2025-11-21

Congratulations to Hanna Bach who defended her thesis "Navigating Sustainable Shipping - Multi-scalar Transition Dynamics in the Maritime Shipping Sector." We took the opportunity to ask Hanna some questions about her research. Why did you choose to focus on the maritime shipping sector? What was it about the subject that interested you from the start?- The sea, boats and ships, and especially sai

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/hanna-bach-defended-thesis-sustainable-transition-maritime-shipping-sector - 2025-11-21

Thomas Malm, Professor of Human Ecology, has published the anthology On Interdisciplinary Paths - Thoughts and Memories. This collection of essays focuses mainly on Oceania, the part of the world where Thomas has traveled and researched the most. The book takes readers on a journey through time and space and in a highly interdisciplinary trajectory. This aligns with Thomas' research career, which

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/thomas-malm-publishes-anthology-his-life-researcher - 2025-11-21

The Department is hiring a PhD student in economic geography. The position is connected to research projects that focus on innovation and socio-technical transitions in the urban water management sector – globally and in select high- and middle-income cities. The doctoral candidate program amounts to 240 credits (equivalent to four years of full-time study). It formally ends with the doctoral cand

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/new-phd-position-economic-geography - 2025-11-21

Four researchers from the department participated in the “Feminist Festival” in Malmö this weekend. Martina Angela Caretta held a keynote speech titled What do gender and intersectionality have to do with the environment? A feminist talk on climate justice. In her talk, she provided examples from her own research in East Africa, the USA, and Latin America on how gender and intersectionality are fu

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/researchers-shed-light-feminist-geography-festival - 2025-11-21

The incretin hormones GLP-1 and GIP act like the yin and yang on the body´s blood vessels. While GLP-1 has been associated with protective effects according to new research GIP can contribute to an increased risk of stroke. The findings are published in the scientific journal Diabetes. The incretin hormones GIP and GLP-1 are released from the intestine after eating to stimulate insulin secretion f

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/yin-yang-balancing-act-blood-vessels - 2025-11-21

Do you eat a lot of chicken, pasta, cheese, dressing and oils? Or are you one of those who consume a lot of yogurt with cereal, but stay away from coffee and meat? Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have studied different food patterns and found that some consumption patterns are healthier than others. The result may perhaps not seem particularly sensational. It seems that what we usually re

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/what-your-food-pattern - 2025-11-21

Seminar during the politician week in Visby, Sweden, about screening for autoimmune type 1 diabetes. See the presentations and panel discussion in Swedish again afterwards.  Participants:
Åke Lernmark, Lund UniversitetMarkus Lundgren, Lund UniversitetLinda Ahlkvist, TrialNet, Lund Universitet
Jeanette Åkerström Kördel, GPPAD, Lund Universitet
Jenni Nordborg, Regeringskansliets nya samverkanskontor

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/screening-autoimmune-type-1-diabetes - 2025-11-21

Review in Diabetologia (2017). Authors: Simon E Regnell and Åke Lernmark. Link to the publication:Early prediction of autoimmune (type 1) diabetes    Åke Lernmark More about Åke Lernmark

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/early-prediction-autoimmune-typ1-1-diabetes - 2025-11-21

What are the challenges within diabetes research today? And what are the strenghts of Lund university Diabetes Centre (LUDC) to meet those challenges? - Diabetes today is one of the largest global health problems that we have. I think that one of the main challenges we have is to make sure that we consider the patient and make sure we have proper therapies to offer, says Maria Gomez, coordinator L

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/exodiabludc-irc-powerhouse-diabetes-research - 2025-11-21

Who will be the winner of the Leif C. Groop award for outstanding diabetes research 2018? Deadline for nominations October 31. Nomination form, instructions and information about previous winners

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/leif-c-groop-award-time-nomination - 2025-11-21

The islets of Langerhans in the pancreas contain not only insulin-producing cells, but also four other hormone-producing cell types. Using a new method, researchers are to study their interaction by mapping previously unknown genetic networks. “It will give us new possibilities to direct medicines at new targets”, says associate professor Nils Wierup who will present the first part of the study at

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/mapping-mechanisms-behind-type-2-diabetes - 2025-11-21

Tord Ajanki started diabetesportalen.se just over a decade ago. Now he is to relinquish the editorship and retire. “It feels strange, good in one way, but it’s difficult to stop doing something that you have been involved in for so long”, he says. Tord Ajanki initially trained as a nurse.  “My wife and I wanted to save the world! We were going to do the training and work abroad as aid workers, and

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/father-diabetesportalense-retires - 2025-11-21

The complement proteins that circulate in our blood are an important part of our immune system. They help identify bacteria, viruses and other harmful organisms, making it easier for our white blood cells to find and neutralise dangerous microbes. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered a previously unknown function of the central complement protein, C3, which describes how C3

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-function-key-component-immune-system-discovered - 2025-11-21

The TEDDY Study has increased our knowledge about what happens prior to the onset of autoimmune diabetes (type 1 diabetes) and has shown that a stomach infection can trigger coeliac disease. Lund University in Sweden has now received just over SEK 40 million from the American National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue the TEDDY Study for another five years. “We have large volumes of data to a

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/international-diabetes-study-receives-sek-40-million-continue - 2025-11-21

Can insulin absorbed in small doses through food in early childhood get the immune system accustomed to insulin and thereby delay – or prevent – type 1 diabetes? Researchers hope to find the answer through POInT, a study starting in Skåne this autumn. Newborn babies in Skåne with a high risk of autoimmune diabetes (type 1 diabetes) can take part in the study. The infants from Skåne, together with

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-study-babies-skane-prevent-type-1-diabetes - 2025-11-21