Published 24 November 2023 Mats Fred, Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren and Lina Berglund-Snodgrass (SLU) have received a 4-year grant from Formas for the project ”NavRISK: Achieving sustainability through risk-taking? The navigating between risk and and stability in urban experiments in planning”. Congratulations! SummaryThe notion that we must go beyond business-as-usual and innovate to achieve climate- an

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Published 1 February 2017 The book "Sri Lanka: The Struggle for Peace in the Aftermath of War" edited by Amarnath Amarasingam and Daniel Bass was recently published. The paperback is now available from Hurst in the UK and Oxford University Press in the US. Even though Sri Lanka’s protracted civil war came to a bloody conclusion in May 2009, prospects for a sustainable peace remain uncertain. The S

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-book-post-war-sri-lanka - 2025-07-13

Published 16 November 2014 Roger Hildingsson will defend his dissertation Governing Decarbonisation. The State and the New Politics of Climate Change December 5 i the Eden main auditorium (faculty opponent: professor James Meadowcroft). AbstractThis dissertation examines the “new climate politics of decarbonisation” and the role of the state as a site for progressive climate action. This new polit

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Published 6 December 2014 Roger Hildingsson defended his dissertation "Governing Decarbonisation. The State and the New Politics of Climate Change" yesterday in Edens Hörsal, The Department of Political Science, Lund. Roger HildingssonDiscussant: Professor James Meadowcroft.AbstractThis dissertation examines the “new climate politics of decarbonisation” and the role of the state as a site for prog

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Published 18 December 2019 The placement of the position is to be divided between the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies and the Division of Human Rights. The candidate needs to have written a Ph.D. thesis with a focus on some aspect of Human Rights in East and South-East Asia. Very good and documented knowledge of English is required as well as relevant knowledge in an Asian language, d

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/applications-open-two-year-appointment-postdoc-human-rights-east-and-south-east-asia - 2025-07-13

Published 11 November 2019 For a decade now, the Rehabilitation Medicine research group’s work on spinal cord injuries (SCI’s) has had a far-reaching impact. In many areas, this is research at the global cutting edge; not least, in terms of following the same group of individuals as they live – and age – with spinal cord injuries. Research group leader Jan Lexell is preparing to flex the group’s a

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lund-research-spinal-cord-injuries-continues-have-global-impact - 2025-07-13

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 20 March 2023 Kajsa Brolin defends her thesis 27 March 2023. Photo: Kennet Ruona Kajsa Brolin explores how our genes and environment affect the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. March 27, she defends her Ph.D. project partly based on MultiPark’s biobank sample collection. Here, she tells about the newly disco

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/genes-and-environment-pd-phd-interview-kajsa-brolin - 2025-07-13

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 19 March 2023 Climate risks are cross-boundary, cross-scale, and multi-dimensional, and how we adapt to these risks requires an understanding of who and what is vulnerable, as well as who has the capability to adapt, notes researcher Murray Scown. A new research project led by LUCSUS is exploring how power and politics interse

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-lucsus-research-project-seeks-shed-light-power-dynamics-climate-change-adaptation - 2025-07-13

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 9 December 2020 CMES Spyros Sofos was awarded a PhD in Regional and Cross-cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen after the examination of his thesis entitled “The Meanings of the People in Turkish Politics: A Genealogy” on Monday 7 December. The Meanings of the People in Turkish Politics: A Genealogy This the

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Published 27 February 2024 Photos from the procession at the ceremony 2023. The Faculties’ honorary doctors for 2024 have been announced. They will be honoured at the doctoral degree conferment ceremony on 31 May 2024. Below is a summary of each faculty's choice of honorary doctors. Lund University School of Economics and Management Martha Bailey (to the left) and Anna Breman will both attend the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/faculties-honorary-doctors-2024 - 2025-07-14

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 5 May 2021 LUMES alumni Georgia Verkuylen, graduated from the LUMES programme in 2018. Today, she works as a Reporting Analyst in Australia. In this interview, you can read about her career pathway and what skills and experiences from the LUMES progamme she values the most in her current job. What do you do today? Where do you

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/lumes-alumni-georgia-verkuylens-path-become-reporting-analyst - 2025-07-13

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia on Arnold) - published 13 June 2022 Image by Svensk kolinlagring from the farm Måttgårds regenerativa, in Halland, Sweden. The agricultural sector and industrial food system is a major contributor to climate change, and biodiversity loss, and particularly vulnerable to its impacts. It is therefore essential to re-think how the agri

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-study-envisioning-sustainable-carbon-sequestration-swedish-farmland - 2025-07-13

Av petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - publicerad 25 oktober 2022 Helena Elding Larsson tilldelas årets Medeonstipendium för sina långvariga forskningsinsatser inom typ 1-diabetes. Stipendiet delas ut under Världsdiabetesdagen Skåne. Foto: Johan Persson Helena Elding Larsson har sett många framsteg inom diabetesvården sedan hon inledde sin karriär som diabetesforskare oc

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Av petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - publicerad 2 maj 2022 Illustration: iStock/Alexander Ryabintsev Fetma och övervikt innebär en ökad risk för att utveckla typ 2-diabetes, men normalviktiga får också sjukdomen. Forskare vid Lunds universitet har upptäckt att det går att identifiera individer med normal vikt som är i riskzonen genom att mäta BMI på ett nytt sätt. De h

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/metabolt-bmi-nytt-satt-att-forutspa-risken-typ-2-diabetes-hos-normalviktiga - 2025-07-13

Av petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - publicerad 25 oktober 2022 Helena Elding Larsson tilldelas årets Medeonstipendium för sina långvariga forskningsinsatser inom typ 1-diabetes. Stipendiet delas ut under Världsdiabetesdagen Skåne. Foto: Johan Persson Helena Elding Larsson har sett många framsteg inom diabetesvården sedan hon inledde sin karriär som diabetesforskare oc

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/diabetesforskaren-helena-elding-larsson-vill-forhindra-att-typ-1-diabetes-bryter-ut - 2025-07-13

Av tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - publicerad 28 april 2020 Proteinerna beta-amyloid och tau har betydelse för utvecklingen av Alzheimers sjukdom. Forskare studerat hur proteinerna förändras över tid i hjärnan. Bildkälla: Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren I en ny långtidsstudie från Lunds universitet har forskare undersökt kopplingen mellan förändringar av beta-amyloid och tau

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Av petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Medicinska fakulteten) - publicerad 2 maj 2022 Illustration: iStock/Alexander Ryabintsev Fetma och övervikt innebär en ökad risk för att utveckla typ 2-diabetes, men normalviktiga får också sjukdomen. Forskare vid Lunds universitet har upptäckt att det går att identifiera individer med normal vikt som är i riskzonen genom att mäta BMI på ett nytt s

https://www.lu.se/artikel/metabolt-bmi-nytt-satt-att-forutspa-risken-typ-2-diabetes-hos-normalviktiga - 2025-07-14

Av emma [dot] lord [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (Emma Lord) - publicerad 8 juni 2022 Kriminologistudenterna 2022 utanför LUX där avslutningsceremonin hölls torsdagen 2 juni. Foto: Emma Lord Ett 60-tal studenter från kandidatprogrammet i kriminologi fick i torsdags ta med sig tre anhöriga var för att fira avslutningsceremoni i LUX aula på Helgonavägen i Lund som var fullsmockad! – Grattis, ni är de f

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/antligen-kunde-kriminologistudenterna-samlas-igen-avslutningsceremoni - 2025-07-13

Av lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - publicerad 19 juni 2024 Hindrar eller möjliggör omgivningen för äldre individer med olika typer av funktionsnedsättningar? Nu fördjupas ett kanadenssvensk forskningssamarbete för att lära mer om detta. Foto: Lill Eriksson Även om Sverige har kommit långt, finns det alltid mer att göra för att skapa ett mer inkluderande samhälle. D

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By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 17 February 2022 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

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hybrid-workplace-future - 2025-07-13