By evelina [dot] hagberg [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Hagberg) - published 23 June 2021 Last year, the Centre for European Studies launched Viewpoint Europe, a new publication where researchers write policy-oriented reports. The first report was on the Swedish government's lack of consultation with interest organisations on EU-related matters. Recently, the second report was published, deta

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/write-viewpoint-europe - 2025-04-21

By simon [dot] barajas_lamo [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Simon Barajas Lamo) - published 29 March 2022 The Centre for European Studies at Lund University (CFE) announces the availability of grants for preparing research applications. The Centre has allocated 400.000 SEK (plus LKP) for this purpose during 2022 which will be divided into two calls (spring and autumn). This is the first call. The gran

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/grants-preparing-research-applications-0 - 2025-04-21

By evelina [dot] hagberg [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Hagberg) - published 11 November 2021 The Centre for European Studies at Lund University (CFE) regularly awards smaller travel grants to students who would benefit from carrying out field studies in connection with their Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis. The overall theme of the thesis must be related to European affairs, broadly interprete

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/apply-now-student-travel-grants - 2025-04-21

By evelina [dot] hagberg [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Hagberg) - published 9 December 2021 The single market of the EU is often hailed as the number one success story of European integration, and it is one of the reasons why the EU is seen as a law-making machine. Single market laws are partly focused on competition law, which sets out to ban state aid and other interventionist practices in

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/how-can-eu-fix-global-trade - 2025-04-21

By simon [dot] barajas_lamo [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Simon Barajas Lamo) - published 8 February 2022 Agnes Baude (photo). The Centre for European Studies has awarded the 2021 Best Thesis Award to Agnes Baude for her Master of Law thesis on the European Arrest warrant and the rule of law. Agnes Baude’s thesis is called “Protecting the European Union Rule of Law through national court scrutiny? –

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/baude-receives-best-thesis-award-2021 - 2025-04-21

By simon [dot] barajas_lamo [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Simon Barajas Lamo) - published 8 February 2022 Olivia Rachwol (photo). The Centre for European Studies has awarded Olivia Rachwol the 2021 honorary mention for her Master of Cultural Sciences thesis on Conspiracy Theories in Polish Daily newspapers. Olivia Rachwol’s study is called “Conspiracy Theories and the Polarized Polish Press: Systemi

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/rachwols-masters-thesis-receives-honourable-mention - 2025-04-21

By simon [dot] barajas_lamo [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Simon Barajas Lamo) - published 9 June 2022 How do you apply for a job at the European Commission and what skills are in demand? And what is it like to work for the Commission? In March 2022, Helena Larsson Haug, Senior Expert at the European Commission’s Directorate-General Competition (DG COMP), visited Lund and shared her experiences and t

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/working-european-commission - 2025-04-21

By simon [dot] barajas_lamo [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Simon Barajas Lamo) - published 9 June 2022 The Director General of the National Board of Trade (‘Kommerskollegium’), Anders Ahnlid, visited Lund on 30 March 2022. At a seminar organized by the Centre for European Studies, he presented an overview of how the global trading system came into being, evolved during and after the Cold War, and mig

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/global-trading-system-war-war - 2025-04-21

Published 29 August 2024 There is now an opportunity to participate in an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) exchange between the Department of Geology and the Department of Geosciences at National Taiwan University (NTU). Exciting opportunities await! More information will be available soon, but you can already find general information about Erasmus exchanges on LU's international websi

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/possibilities-erasmus-icm-exchange-taiwan - 2025-04-21

Published 11 November 2024 “Cretaceous Diatom Database: A tool for investigating early diatom evolution"Authors: Karolina Bryłka, Matt P. Ashworth, Andrew J. Alverson, Daniel J. ConleyJournal: Journal of PhycologyDOI: 10.1111/jpy.13499https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13499In this article we present first comprehensive database of the Cretaceous Diatoms. We combined two views: palaeontology and phylogen

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/karolina-brylka-and-co-authors-cover-latest-volume-journal-phycology - 2025-04-21

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https://www.geology.lu.se/article/miguel-marx-analysed-soft-tissue-183-million-year-old-jurassic-plesiosaur - 2025-04-21

Published 17 June 2020 The 2021 Tage Erlander visiting professorship has been awarded Beth Parker, professor in hydrogeology at Guelph University, Canada. During her time in Sweden, professor Beth Parker will be active mainly at Lund University. https://www.vr.se/english/applying-for-funding/decisions/2020-05-28-tage-erlander-visiting-professorship.html

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/beth-parker-2021-tage-erlander-visiting-professor-will-work-department-geology - 2025-04-21

Published 30 June 2020 Photo: Lena Björk Blixt   Daniel Conley is investigating the seas of ancient times. His sights are set on finding a moment in time when the chemistry of the oceans changed completely, when the diatoms became common, which changed the Earth's ecosystem. In addition to be a major food source, the algae absorb large quantities of silicon from the oceans. They absorb carbon dio

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/daniel-conley-investigating-seas-ancient-times - 2025-04-21

Published 2 December 2020 In its yearly call for infrastructure projects, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (an independent foundation for the advancement of the humanities and social sciences) has awarded 7.7 MSEK to the National Swedish Laboratory for Wood Anatomy and Dendrochronology at the Department of Geology. The project, which is based on collaboration with Humlab in Umeå and dendrochronology labo

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/old-wood-new-light - 2025-04-21

Published 11 December 2020 Charlotte Sparrenbom has been awarded the Lund students' pedagogical prize for outstanding contributions to education. The Vice Chancellor appoints three prize winners for the entire university on the basis of proposals from the student unions' nomination process. Lotta receives a diploma and a prize of SEK 25,000 for study trips in the service. Read more in Lundagård..

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/charlotte-sparrenbom-has-been-awarded-lund-students-pedagogical-prize-outstanding-contributions - 2025-04-21

By anders [dot] schersten [at] geol [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Scherstén) - published 19 March 2021 The terrestrial silicon (Si) cycle determines the amount of Si transported to the oceans. In this study we use Si isotopes measured in diatoms to show how human activity influences the Si budget of Lake Tiefer See (Germany) within the last 4300 years. Deforestation and crop harvest in the catchment a

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/carla-nantke-publishes-study-where-they-track-human-activities-during-last-4300-years-studying-si - 2025-04-21

By josefin [dot] martell [at] geol [dot] lu [dot] se (Josefin Martell) - published 29 March 2021 Press Release Scientific Study in Meteoritics & Planetary Science

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/new-study-shows-lake-mien-was-formed-meteoric-impact - 2025-04-21

By gert [dot] pettersson [at] geol [dot] lu [dot] se (Gert Pettersson) - published 22 April 2021 This Friday (23 April 2021) is the official opening for submissions to the new journal Interdisciplinary Egyptology. Co-founded by Dr Amber Hood, one of our geoarchaeologists/archaeological scientists at the Department of Geology, this is an exciting new initiative that she has been working on with her

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/official-launch-new-journal-interdisciplinary-egyptology-co-founded-dr-amber-hood-one-our - 2025-04-21

By karl [dot] ljung [at] geol [dot] lu [dot] se (Karl Ljung) - published 30 April 2021 Photo: Karl Ljung Research has shed new light on the impact of humans on Earth’s biodiversity. The findings suggest that the rate of change in an ecosystem’s plant-life increases significantly during the years following human settlement, with the most dramatic changes occurring in locations colonized in the last

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/study-reveals-extent-human-impact-worlds-plant-life - 2025-04-21

By johannes [dot] edvardsson [at] geol [dot] lu [dot] se (Johannes Edvardsson) - published 22 June 2021 The annual dendrochronological conference TRACE 2021 (Tree-Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) has for the first time ever been hosted by a University in Scandinavia. The event, which due to the Corona pandemic was virtual, had 273 participants from 37 countries. During the days befor

https://www.geology.lu.se/article/annual-dendrochronological-conference-trace-2021-tree-rings-archaeology-climatology-and-ecology-has - 2025-04-21