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The University will hold its first Future Week in October. It is to become an annual event in which researchers from the entire University will offer the general public lectures, panel discussions and debates intended to stimulate reflection about major future issues. The theme for this year’s week is adaptations – what do we have to do? What do we want to do? And what would we like to avoid? Hist
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/future-starts-october-0 - 2025-12-09
The work to find a new vice-chancellor has begun. The recruitment committee, which now consists of equal numbers of members from the Electoral College and the University Board (with the chair of the board having the casting vote), has started the process of producing a person specification. At the turn of the year, applications will be open for the position as Torbjörn von Schantz's successor. Fol
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/search-new-vice-chancellor-underway - 2025-12-09
Summer, sun and annual leave! Read through the recommendations below so that you will be able to wind down properly during your time off. Some weeks before your vacations Enter your annual leave into Primula (don't applies for teachers) Submit outstanding travel expense reports Primula Take the opportunity to register your documents before the summer holidays so that your colleagues can easily fin
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/what-bear-mind-your-summer-vacation - 2025-12-10
How can youth movements influence and promote democratisation and social justice in the Middle East? Can researchers support and contribute to democratic reform? These are questions that political scientist Sarah Anne Rennick is working on as a researcher at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies. Sarah Anne Rennick is a familiar face among political scientists in Lund. She received her do
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sarah-anne-rennicks-research-profiled-lund-university-magazine - 2025-12-10
Lund University School of Economics and Management received two prestigious accreditation messages during the summer. We are now accredited for five years by both EQUIS and AMBA, and hence belong to the top 1 per cent of Business Schools globally that hold both accreditations. John Abrahamson, Chair of the Faculty Board, and Lars Ljungälv, Chair of the Senior Corporate Advisory board for the Schoo
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/school-acquires-double-accreditations-holds-high-international-standard - 2025-12-10
In recent years, researchers have discovered around 70 genetic risk variants for diabetes, but still TCF7L2, known as the diabetes gene, is the gene that carries with it the largest risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Using a new method called exon skipping, Ola Hansson at Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) wants to learn more about TCF7L2 by studying new ways of delaying the onset of type 2 d
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/method-which-repairs-damaged-genes - 2025-12-09
“The increased risk of diabetes has previously been explained by the fact that cystic fibrosis causes damage to the pancreas, where the blood-sugar regulating hormone insulin is produced. We are the first research group to show that the mutated gene that causes cystic fibrosis also plays an important role in the release of insulin. The risk of diabetes is not only explained by the destruction of t
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/cystic-fibrosis-and-diabetes-link-explained - 2025-12-09
"We are seeing an increase in the intensity of extreme climate events, as well as growing inequality. There is an urgency to look at the intersections between climate change and parameters such as class, gender, ethnicity and soco-economic background", says Director Emily Boyd. She is leading the four yearlong project, Recasting the disproportionate impacts of climate change extremes, DICE. It lo
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/project-dice-linking-climate-change-and-extreme-events-inequality - 2025-12-10
“Better communication between different waste actors is paramount”. LUCSUS researchers present policy brief on how to address challenges linked to urban solid waste management in Kisumu, Kenya. The collection and handling of municipal solid waste pose a significant challenge in urban Kisumu. The demand for more sustainable waste handling and treatment strategies in the city has become more acute b
Funding for EduLab – the University’s experimental platform for developing courses and programmes – is being extended until 2026. The aim of EduLab is to provide a fast track for developing new course concepts by linking different parts of the University and finding fruitful collaborations. Off-the-wall ideas are welcome. EduLab is tasked with meeting the challenges faced by the University in term
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/edulab-experimental-platform-receive-continued-funding - 2025-12-10
According to a travel survey conducted last autumn, better public transport and secure bicycle parking at the workplace are the main measures needed to reduce car commuting. There are also differences in travel patterns between faculties. "The travel survey provides a valuable insight into the commuters’ wishes on what can facilitate sustainable travel in their everyday lives. Now we can weave thi
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/depth-report-employees-commutes-lund - 2025-12-10
Directly after birth, the immune system completes production of a subtype of antibody-producing immune cells, B-1, that are to last for a lifetime. No more B1-cells are formed after that point. However, these cells are self-reactive – they produce not only antibodies against foreign substances, but also against the body’s own substances, and it is unclear why the immune system allows for the devel
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-self-reactive-immune-cells-are-allowed-develop - 2025-12-10
Those who find themselves at Lund BMC can now discover exciting new artwork highlighting the visual side of research. Created by researchers from the Faculty of Medicine, these images were part of ‘The invisible body – art in science’ exhibition held in Stockholm. Here, Christine Karlsson - director of the Research School in Stem Cell Biology at Lund Stem Cell Centre - provides us with more inform
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/striking-research-images-decorate-lund-biomedical-center - 2025-12-10
Appropriate buildings, leading research infrastructure, good logistics and attractive outdoor environments are the conditions for being able to conduct world-leading research, provide the best conceivable teaching and pursue successful external engagement. Our campus is important. However, we are not the only ones who decide how our campus is to develop. The University does not own its buildings,
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-working-even-better-campus-2050-horizon - 2025-12-10
