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During the past week some of the institutions researches with focus on retail attended the Nordic Retail and Wholesale conference (NRWC) to present their research. Krisitna Bäckström, senior lecturer at our department, won the award for best paper. For the eigth time the NRWC was arranged by the Nordic Retail and Wholesale Association, this time at Tampere University. NRWC is a science conference

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/kristina-backstrom-awarded-research-conference-finland - 2026-01-07

Tell us, why Tunisia? As a PhD student in political science with a focus on comparative politics in the Middle East, I investigate feminist activism and gender politics in the Middle East and North Africa, with a particular focus on Tunisia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. What interests me is largely that feminism is usually seen as a European or Western "product" that is exported to the rest of the worl

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hi-there-joel-w-abdelmoez-just-back-fieldwork-tunisia - 2026-01-07

On Wednesday 15 February 2017, 13.15-14.45 Robert Phillipson and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas held a lecture entitled: "Is ‘global’ English compatible with local language ecologies and principles of language rights, or a neoimperialist project?" at the Centre for Languages and Literature (SOL, room H339). The lecture was jointly organised by the Centre for Languages and Literature and SASNET at Lund Unive

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/watch-lecture-tove-skutnabb-kangas-and-robert-philipson - 2026-01-07

As part of efforts to modernise its healthcare services, Russia is striving to improve radiation protection. Lund University is helping towards a successful outcome. Aleksandr Vodovatov has a key role in work to establish national guidelines for x-radiation at Russian hospitals. He is carrying out part of his research project at Lund University. Many people in Russia are x-rayed considerably more

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/doctoral-student-set-improve-radiation-protection-russian-healthcare - 2026-01-07

He advocated family planning and contraceptives already four decades before Elise Ottesen-Jensen. He was in a common-law marriage, was interested in social problems, and supported the women’s suffrage movement – and today his theories control the design of monetary policy in the West. Knut Wicksell, pioneering Professor of Economics in Lund 1901–1916, was a man ahead of his time. Knut Wicksell wit

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/economist-whom-world-was-not-prepared - 2026-01-07

For twenty years now, LTH has educated students in the programme Master of Science in Engineering Nanoscience. It’s an education that blurs the boundaries between traditional fields of knowledge such as biology, physics, chemistry, materials science, and electronics. “It felt very solemn and nice to celebrate 20 years. The students I talked to thought it was inspiring to hear alumni talk about the

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/no-longer-just-buzzword-science-fiction - 2026-01-07

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/progress-investigation-ultrafast-electron-dynamics-using-short-light-pulses - 2026-01-07

A new study from Lund confirms that pesticides commonly used in farmland significantly harm bumblebees. Data from 106 sites across eight European countries show that despite tightened pesticide regulations, more needs to be done. Despite claims of the world's most rigorous risk assessment process, the use of approved pesticides in European agricultural landscapes still negatively affects non-targe

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/commonly-used-pesticides-are-still-harming-pollinators - 2026-01-07

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/global-climate-deal-renewables-and-net-zero-energy-systems - 2026-01-07

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/100-million-sek-personalized-medicine-diabetes - 2026-01-07

The annual event Almedalen Week in Visby is about to begin. Lund University is present and will highlight our global challenges – such as air pollution and food poverty. The program also inspires hope of finding solutions in external engagement between academia and society. Christina Isaxon at NanoLund participates in a panel discussion named “Clean air for everyone?” and an interview organized by

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/christina-isaxon-discusses-air-pollution-almedalen - 2026-01-07

Climate change has become one of the defining social and environmental challenges of our time. In light of the public and political attention that the issue has gained, the need for informed and critical perspectives on this important topic is more urgent than ever.  At LUCSUS, we believe that climate change knowledge needs to be integrated in all aspects of society in order to facilitate the tran

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/new-course-climate-change-and-society - 2026-01-07

On Thursday, 11 June 2015, Lund University arranged a side-event at the Bonn Climate Change Conference. Tobias Nielsen, BECC PhD student, was one of the speakers. The Bonn Climate Change Conference side-event "Carbon footprints for effective climate policy on international trade" was arranged by Lund University on 11 June 2015.Chair Karin Bäckstrand, Stockholm University, introduced the event. Mag

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/report-carbon-footprints-effective-climate-policy-international-trade - 2026-01-07

Maj Hasager is herself educated at Malmö Art Academy and has for the past nine years been teaching at the Master's Program. From January 1, she will take on the role as Rector. What are your feelings about your new assignment? -I feel great joy, recognition and trust being elected as Rector, and I look forward to entering the role. Trust is key when it comes to conducting artistic education. The f

https://www.arts.lu.se/article/maj-hasager-elected-new-rector-malmo-art-academy - 2026-01-07

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/emilia-viklund-winner-poster-competition-during-sweah-milestone-conference - 2026-01-07

The title of Mahwish Naseer´s thesis is "Why do older adults seek emergency care? Impact of contextual factors, care, health, and social relations". One important finding is that older people who were discharged home, instead of being admitted to inpatient care from the emergency department, were at higher risk of emergency care revisit within 30 days of the initial visit. What is your research ab

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-light-factors-explaining-older-peoples-emergency-care-use - 2026-01-07

https://www.odeum.lu.se/en/article/odeum-interviewing - 2026-01-07

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

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/call-proposals-seed-funding-preparing-application-and-research-plan-writing-research-area - 2026-01-07

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 - 2026-01-07

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 - 2026-01-07