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Magdalena Bexell on the discussions about new UN millennium development goals

Published 1 July 2015 Magdalena Bexell has contributed the chapter "The Post-2015 Consultations: Fig Leaf Policy or Test Bed for Innovation?" in the newly published book "Global Trends. Prospects for World Society" Abstract:The United Nations (UN)-led global consultations on new development goals, which will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), started in 2012. In comparison with the c

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/magdalena-bexell-discussions-about-new-un-millennium-development-goals - 2025-04-05

Björkdahl and Gusic on the problems of liberal peacebuilding

Published 21 July 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl and Ivan Gusic have published ”'Global' Norms and ’Local' Agency: Frictional Peacebuilding in Kosovo" in Journal of International Relations and Development. Abstract:This article explores how the ‘liberal democratic peace package’ is received in post-conflict spaces. As such, it is part of a critical peace research agenda that raise

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-and-gusic-problems-liberal-peacebuilding - 2025-04-05

Jakob Skovgaard on EU climate policy

Published 26 July 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Jakob Skovgaard has published the article "Greener than expected? EU finance ministries address climate finance" in the journal Environmental Politics. Abstract:Climate finance constitutes an integral part of the European Union’s climate policy. Yet, climate policy is increasingly addressed by non-environmental institutions. In examining the transfe

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/jakob-skovgaard-eu-climate-policy - 2025-04-05

Journals hosted at the department increase impact factors

Published 4 August 2015 The department is currently hosting two respectable journals. And both of them are doing well under the stewardship. Both "Cooperation and Conflict", edited by Annika Björkdahl, Martin Hall, Ted Svensson, Lisa Strömbom and Maysam Behravesh, and "Political Psychology", edited by Catarina Kinnvall and Hanna Bäck, have increased their impact factors and climbed in the rankings

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/journals-hosted-department-increase-impact-factors - 2025-04-05

Kinnvall on the European Far Right

Published 10 August 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Catarina Kinnvall has written the article "Borders and Fear: Insecurity, Gender and the Far Right in Europe", recently published in the Journal of Contemporary European Studies. Abstract:In this article I analyze how far right movements and parties in Europe are challenging European notions of open borders and the freedom of movement through activ

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kinnvall-european-far-right - 2025-04-05

Teorell on democracy and the size of polities

Published 12 August 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Jan Teorell has published the article "Demography and Democracy: A Global, District-level Analysis of Electoral Contestation" in American Political Science Review. Among the co-authors is John Gerring (Boston University). Abstract:"According to the classical perspective, polity size and democracy are inversely related. In this article, we argue th

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/teorell-democracy-and-size-polities - 2025-04-05

Kinnvall on narratives regarding security

Published 14 August 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Catarina Kinnvall is the co-author and co-editor of an introductory essay to a special issue of Political Psychology. The introduction of the essay:Narratives are the stories people construct to make sense of their reality. Narratives help usunderstand who we are, where we come from, and the implications of that for our current lives. At acollecti

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kinnvall-narratives-regarding-security - 2025-04-05

Collaboration project on breast cancer cells

Published 21 November 2019 NanoLund Member Thomas Laurell works with Emma Niméus from the Medical Faculty on a method to separate cells from breastcancer tumor tissue according to size, density and mechanical properties. The goal is to learn more about the properties of different cell types and to use this knowledge for better and more targeted treatments.Read more in the Lund University article (

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/collaboration-project-breast-cancer-cells - 2025-04-05

Theatre on Nanoplastics

Published 15 November 2019  Tommy Cedervall and fellow researchers are setting up a theatre play and a workshop in collaboration with the theatre Sagohuset in Lund, targeted  towards high school students.The play is a one man show by actor Torbjörn Lindberg, and was developed through dialog with the group of researchers. The play ends with a fact-based workshop where the researchers and the audien

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/theatre-nanoplastics - 2025-04-05

Iron-based solar cells on track to becoming more efficient

Published 11 November 2019 An international study led from Lund University in Sweden shows that 30 per cent of the energy in a certain type of light-absorbing iron molecule disappears in a previously unknown manner. By closing this loophole, the researchers hope to contribute to the development of more efficient solar cells using this iron-based solar cell.The sun is an unlimited source of pure an

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/iron-based-solar-cells-track-becoming-more-efficient - 2025-04-05

Tommy Cedervall interviewed on nanoplastic

Published 1 October 2019 Tommy Cedervall has been interviewed about nanoplastics on two different occations during September. WHO issued a report on an analysis of current research related to microplastics in drinking-water and Tommy was interviewed on the need for more research because we do not yet know how nanoplastics affect humans and nature.Later a research report from McGill University conc

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/tommy-cedervall-interviewed-nanoplastic - 2025-04-05

Martin Leijnse involved in awarded ERC Synergy Grant

Published 11 October 2019 Martin Leijnse and three researchers from University of Copenhagen have received in total 10 million Euro for an ERC Synergy project called ‘Foundations of nonlocal and nonabelian condensed-matter systems'. Here, nonlocal means that quasiparticles encode a quantum state that is hidden from any local measurement, while nonabelian means that exchange of quasiparticles chang

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/martin-leijnse-involved-awarded-erc-synergy-grant - 2025-04-05

Double nanowire Josephson junction device in the frontier of physics research

Published 14 October 2019 In recent work involving NanoLund's Lars Samuelson, Hongqi Xu and Sören Jeppesen closely collaborating with a group at University of Tokyo/RIKEN in Japan and a group at Peking University in China describes how they have successfully realized a double nanowire Josephson junction device and discovered an enhancement of supercurrent arising from coherent splits of Cooper pai

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/double-nanowire-josephson-junction-device-frontier-physics-research - 2025-04-05

KAW project funding for Kennet Wärnmark

Published 1 October 2019 The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation announced on October 1st that Kenneth Wärnmark wins one of 20 prestigious grants for ground-breaking research projects. The grant of 35 MSEK over five years is to support the project “Photofunctional iron complexes”, aiming to harvest solar energy with iron-based molecules.Kenneth will give a talk on the project on October 17th at 1

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/kaw-project-funding-kennet-warnmark - 2025-04-05

Smoluchowski Award to Maria Messing

Published 27 August 2019 Associate Professor Maria Messing received the Smoluchowski Award August 27, 2019, during the Annual European Aerosol Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden.The Smoluchowski Award, named after the physicist Marian Smoluchowski (1872 – 1917) is awarded annually to one or two young researchers (under 40 years of age) who has/have significantly contributed to the field of aerosol s

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/smoluchowski-award-maria-messing - 2025-04-05

Luke Hankin new Head of Lund Nano Lab

Published 15 August 2019 We are very happy to announce that Luke Hankin is starting today as new Head of laboratory for Lund Nano Lab, succeeding Maria Huffman. Luke comes from a position as Engineering Director at Sol Voltaics where he has lead a team of 20 people. He was responsible for lab construction, equipment development, clean room, chemistry labs, IT and safety. Prior to that he has held

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/luke-hankin-new-head-lund-nano-lab - 2025-04-05