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Professor Thoas Fioretos is the first recipient of Lunds Innovatörspris (the Lund Innovator Award), a newly established prize that recognises research that has been successfully transformed into innovation with a tangible impact on society and the environment. Fioretos receives the award for his pioneering work in blood cancer research and his ability to translate scientific discoveries into life-
The City of Helsingborg and Lund University, initiators of the Helsingborg Innovation District, are signing a new strategic partnership that further strengthens their collaboration. The agreement marks an important milestone in a joint effort to promote education, research, innovation, and growth. Lund University has been operating in Helsingborg since the 1990s. At the turn of the millennium, the
https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/lund-university-and-city-helsingborg-enter-strategic-partnership - 2026-01-17
The Helsingborg Trade Association wants to recognise the researchers at the Centre for Retail and Logistics (REAL), Lund University, who have made outstanding scientific publications over the past year. This is done through a new excellence scholarship. By supporting academic progress, the aim is to strengthen research excellence in the field. The Helsingborg Trade Association has for many years s
https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/excellence-scholarship-promote-quality-and-research-progress-retail-and-logistics - 2026-01-17
The book and journal collections at the Social Sciences Faculty Library are updated regularly and you can influence what is purchased. We have met the librarians Linda, Linnéa and Filip who explained how the purchasing process works. How do you keep the library's collections current and relevant?We have a user-oriented purchasing policy and welcome suggestions for books, journals and databases fro
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/submit-purchase-requests-library - 2026-01-17
LUCSUS organises two events at the Future week at Lund University, discussing the future of social movements and the future of traveling, in the light of both the climate crisis and the coronavirus pandemic. The events will take place both onsite and online. 14 October 15.00-16.00: The future of traveling, mobility and flyingFlying, or rather flying less, has been in the public debate for the las
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lund-university-future-week-12-18-october - 2026-01-17
We have spoken to and asked some questions to Andrea Dell’Isola, a physiotherapist and associate Proffesor at Lund University. Andrea trained to become a physiotherapist in Italy and specialized in orthopedic rehabilitation. He worked clinically as a physiotherapist for several years before starting his doctoral studies and his research career in 2015. Andrea's research primarily focuses on osteoa
https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/reportage-andrea-dellisola-physiotherapist-and-associate-professor - 2026-01-17
NOTE This call is closed, but there will be a new one soon. Check the webpage for new dates. Lund University and SRA EpiHealth has decided to support the next generation researchers in epidemiology through a call for project seeding funding that will cover salary costs for preparation of a project application and a research plan targeting national funding bodies. A total amount of 1 000 000 SEK is
The climate crisis has received less media coverage during the corona pandemic despite that many think the climate challenges demand equally urgent attention. During the coming two weeks the United Nations gather the world in the Climate Dialogues 2020 “to increase the momentum for greater climate ambition” in an online format. Our climate researcher Markku Rummukainen comments on the event. When
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/global-climate-dialogues-boost-climate-work - 2026-01-17
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-almedalen-2023 - 2026-01-17
Two CASE researchers, Wenqian Xu and Oskar Jonsson, have each received a "seed money grant" in the profile area Proactive Ageing's first internal call. Researcher Oskar Jonsson leads the one project, which was granted SEK 250,000 in the call: "Inclusive Living Environments to Attract the Joy of Movement and Promote Physical Activity for Proactive Ageing: Theory and Method Development and Full-scal
https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/ai-and-movement-focus-profile-areas-seed-money-grant - 2026-01-17
A few questions to CASE's young future researchers before the big conference in Stockholm this week. Samantha Svärdh, PhD student for the research group Applied Gerontology, Center for Ageing and Supportive Environments (CASE). How will you participate at NKG?– I will be doing a poster presentation about one of the sub-studies in my PhD project. The sub-study focuses on user experiences of welfare
https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/their-way-nordic-highlight-year - 2026-01-17
Three CASE-researchers visited South Korea last week. They met with several colleagues from Korea University in Seoul to progress their work to develop joint projects, following a series of online meetings during the past year. Read their travelogue here. During our stay, we had the possibility to visit two companies that provide subsidized housing for persons with low incomes. The majority of the
https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/visiting-super-ageing-society-asia - 2026-01-17
Long life is common among bird parents that get help with childcare. This finding comes from researchers at the universities of Lund and Oxford who reviewed data from more than 9,000 studies. Being a parent can be tough. In general, animals that care for many offspring die young, at least in species where parents are not helped by others. However, in some species things are different and parents r
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/bird-parents-receive-help-live-longer - 2026-01-17
For the first time, researchers have been able to prove that city lights limit the ability of nocturnal animals to navigate by natural light in the night sky. Instead, they are forced to use streetlamps, neon light or floodlights to orient themselves. The findings are published in Current Biology. Some animals, including migratory birds, seals and moths, use light from the moon, stars and Milky Wa
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/artificial-light-disrupts-dung-beetles-sense-direction - 2026-01-17
