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Caroline Karlsson has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'The Prohibitive Condition: The Performativity of the Incest Taboo and its Incestuous Remainders'. Congratulations! AbstractThis dissertation explores the political nature of the incest taboo, with an analytical focus on its object of prohibition: incest. From the perspective of political philosophy, the incest taboo appears as proble

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/caroline-karlsson-has-successfully-defended-her-thesis - 2025-12-23

Isabel Bramsen is the recipient of this year's Diploma Prize. The prize is worth DKK 150,000 and is awarded to young people who are expected to make a valuable contribution to Danish society. Congratulations Isabel! About the award winner and motivationIn the world we live in, the Hartmann Foundation believes that it is important to stimulate the work for peace and conflict resolution, and with th

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/isabel-bramsen-receives-hartmann-foundations-diploma-award - 2025-12-23

The 14th of October Micol Mieli defended her doctorate dissertation, Smartphoned Tourists in the Phygital Tourist Experience. The thesis explores the smartphones role in the tourist experience, how the experience become phygital (both physical and digital) and the concept of planned serendipity. About the thesis The thesis aim is to explore the smartphones role in the tourist experience, in partic

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-thesis-regarding-phygital-tourist-experience - 2025-12-23

Tullia Jack at the Department of Sociology has defended her doctoral thesis in sociology ”Negotiating Conventions: cleanliness, sustainability and everyday life” today, 19 December at one o'clock in the Palaestra auditorium in Lund. Discussant: Professor Alan Warde, Department of Sociology, University of ManchesterPart of AbstractCleanliness has seen a rapid increase in both developed and developi

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/tullia-jack-has-defended-her-thesis-0 - 2025-12-23

Two research projects involving a total of 9 postdocs received a total of SEK 32.7 million in the second round of Lund University’s research programme for excellence, focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. In March 2021, Lund University announced SEK100 million in new funding for a research programme for excellence, focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development for the years 20

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nine-new-postdocs-through-excellence-programme-sustainable-development - 2025-12-24

The annual report for 2023 has now been finalised and submitted to the Government. It reports that the University continues to develop positively, with lots of reasons to be cheerful. The annual report summarises the University's activities with a complete set of figures and reports on the remit and achievement of objectives. The year 2023 saw the University receive its first Nobel Prize through A

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/annual-report-2023-now-complete - 2025-12-24

During the spring - April and May - a lot of exciting things are happening in research communication for researchers! There are several opportunities for you as a researcher to learn more about how to communicate your research. Pitch your idea to the Conversation – April session Researchers get exclusive time with an editor to discuss their article proposal. Each meeting is 20 minutes long. When?

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/curious-about-conversation - 2025-12-24

We are following Amanda Sjögren during her Ph.D. to learn more about what she does at work and to find out the aim of her research. Researchers often start their careers with a Ph.D. Earlier this year, Amanda Sjögren began her Ph.D. in Lund at the clinical epidemiology unit, orthopedics, Lund University. During her Ph.D., we will get the opportunity to get an insight into her work and what she's a

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/reportage-get-know-phd-student-who-wants-contribute-oa-molecular-level - 2025-12-23

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/researchers-develop-first-ai-based-method-dating-archeological-remains - 2025-12-23

Title: HPV testing, methylation and genotyping in cervical cancer screening and treatment follow-up. Segerfalksalen, BMC A10, Sölvegatan 17 i Lund or Zoom: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/67644898519Tid: 09:00Opponent: Ulf Gyllensten (Professor)Summary, in EnglishHPV testing has a higher sensitivity than cytology for identification of women at risk of cancer. Primary HPV testing was introduced in the orga

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/612-thesis-defense-ylva-lindroth - 2025-12-23

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/not-too-fast-not-too-slow-perfect-pace-migrating-birds - 2025-12-23

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/honeybees-crowd-out-bumblebees-even-flower-rich-heathlands - 2025-12-23

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/driving-sustainability-change-times-restriction - 2025-12-23

Together with Sparbanken Skåne, LU Innovation awards an annual prize to ideas that are good enough to become the innovations of the future. This year, Elaine M'Nkubitu, student at the EMP programme at the IIIEE, is one of the winners. Her idea is to turn organic waste into affordable and sustainable fertilizer in Kenya, where she grew up. Congratulations Elaine! You’re one of the winners of the Fu

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/student-elaine-mnkubitu-one-winners-future-innovation-prize - 2025-12-23

CASE PhD student Christina Heller just had her Mid-way review: "Simulation models as a tool to compare housing policies for a population aging in place". Housing policies can be instrumental in addressing several major public health issues. - Thus, there is an urgent need to develop sustainable housing policies to accommodate the growing number of seniors in accessible home environments. In order

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/urgent-need-develop-sustainable-housing-policies-older-people-their-home-environments - 2025-12-23

https://www.arts.lu.se/article/new-and-exciting-collaboration-between-ess-and-academy-music - 2025-12-23

Eleven postdocs from around the world, with a particular interest in research in ageing and health, visited Lund University at the beginning of the new year. Mentoring programs, constructive feedback on project proposals, CV and career plans were on the agenda when the national research school SWEAH arranged a workshop. The workshop on mentoring on 25th January was held by licensed psychologist Ka

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/so-can-alumni-structure-their-research-career - 2025-12-23

Growing concerns over the threat posed by deceptive and false information have prompted the UK government to focus efforts on countering disinformation. Since 2018 a research team at ISK have supported the UK Government Communication Service (GCS) in this regard by developing a counter-disinformation toolkit. The RESIST Disinformation Toolkit provides a step-by-step approach to countering disinfor

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/resist-toolkit-isk-supports-uk-government-countering-disinformation - 2025-12-23

During the past couple of months, the Department has had the pleasure of welcoming Lindsey Blumell as a visiting research fellow. Ms. Blumell is doing her doctorate (PhD) at Texas Tech University, USA; her research focuses on the investigation of primarily NGO (Non Governmental Organisation) journalism in a digital age, international communication within the public sphere, and human rights. In res

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/lindsey-blumell-visiting-research-fellow-field-social-media-and-human-rights - 2025-12-23

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/demographic-changes-increase-risk-natural-fires - 2025-12-23