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Christopher Douse, a new group leader at the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University, has been awarded the Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award by The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. This award includes a $1.2 million grant to support his lab’s exploration of the repetitive portion of the human genome, so-called ‘genomic dark matter’, and its role in human brain development and degeneration. Repe
Efforts to combat climate change tend to focus on supply-side changes, such as shifting to renewable or cleaner energy. In a Special Issue in the Energy Efficiency Journal that follows the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 ˚C, researchers argue that demand-side approaches can play a crucial role given the aspirational target outlined in the Paris Agreement. “We need to aggressively redu
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/can-we-limit-global-warming-15-degc - 2025-10-28
Carbon offsetting is an environmental strategy based on financing climate measures in developing countries to compensate for greenhouse gas emissions in industrialised countries. In recent years, it has become a popular strategy among companies as well as private individuals to reduce their carbon footprint.Tree-planting has become one of the most popular – albeit most controversial – forms of the
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/planting-trees-africa-dubious-environmental-strategy-study - 2025-10-27
Lund University School of Economics and Management secures a spot on the Financial Times Master’s in Management 2020 ranking. For the first time, the Master’s in International Strategic Management ranks number 73, in fierce global competition. The Master’s in International Strategic Management was launched in 2016, and is based on a long tradition of education and research in strategic management.
A former student had heard that our senior lecturer in statistics, Pierre Carbonnier was about to retire after this semester. Would we do a feature on him? The student remembered him fondly and added that his mother had also had Pierre as a teacher and thought he was pretty awesome. Few, if any statistics teachers can claim to have reached and inspired more students than Pierre Carbonnier, who has
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/44-years-teaching-stats-dont-lie - 2025-10-27
Researchers have identified the top 12 ways European cities have been able to curb car use. The most effective measure was applying a congestion charge, with the notable case of London, where city traffic dropped by 33% following the change. Most success stories involved both “carrots” to encourage sustainable mobility and “sticks” to restrict cars, according to the study. – Transport is a major s
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/most-effective-ways-reducing-car-traffic - 2025-10-27
Inspiring, diverse, and multidisciplinary! DevRes2024, hosted by Lund University, brought together 200 researchers and practitioners from 16 different countries, for a two-day conference in October. DevRes 2024 was hosted by Lund University on 21 - 23 October, and the conference theme was “Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals in a polarized world”. DevRes is a bi-annual conference gathering
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/devres2024-inspiring-diverse-and-multidisciplinary - 2025-10-27
Vegetarian to become the standard, meat a special dietary request. That is the result of the Department of Biology and the Department of Psychology striking a blow for reduced meat consumption. The aim is to reduce the University's climate impact. Vegetarian food shall be the first option for catering and other activities where food is pre-ordered. This is what both department boards have decided
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/departments-choose-sustainable-food-meat-become-special-dietary-reques - 2025-10-27
Threats against researchers are increasing, according to acting chief security officer Håkan Jönsson, who received 16 reports of threats last year. The rise is in online threats, whereas the number of disruptive or violent people on campus is dropping – probably thanks to more locked doors. “But the hidden figures are high when it comes to online threats, as most people don’t report them.” Threats
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/online-threats-against-researchers-are-rise - 2025-10-27
In brilliant sunshine, the new doctors, honorary doctors and jubilee doctors walked in procession from the main University building to the Cathedral for the most important event in the academic calendar – the doctoral degree conferment ceremony. The ceremony took place on 24 May and the flags on the roof of the main University building flapped against a clear blue sky. People had gathered in Lunda
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/happy-doctors-escaped-rain - 2025-10-27
Leadership is merely one among an arsenal of tools at the disposal of managers and employees to create a well-functioning group or organisation, according to organisational researchers Mats Alvesson, Stefan Sveningsson and Martin Blom at the School of Economics and Management. Are you someone who prefers to work in their own corner, rather than having a manager looking over their shoulder? Do you
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researchers-leadership-overestimated-rely-more-employees - 2025-10-27
The next EU framework programme focuses on “missions” rather than the previous “societal challenges”. This in itself will be a challenge for a university focused on basic research such as LU and will require new working methods among funding bodies and researchers applying for grants, according to research liaison officer Sophie Hydén Picasso. Sophie Hydén Picasso Photo:Jenny Loftrup The EU Commi
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-challenges-become-missions-what-will-be-lus-share-pie - 2025-10-27
Cardiovascular and lung disease increase the risk of complications in COVID-19. Therefore, the Heart-Lung Foundation has granted SEK 3.1 million for five research projects at Lund University that will contribute to more knowledge about the effects of COVID-19. One of the researchers, Jonas Erjefält, professor in Medical Inflammation, has been granted SEK 1 million for mapping of immunological dise
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/five-lund-researchers-received-grants-deepen-knowledge-about-effects-covid-19 - 2025-10-27
A computational science hub, COSHE, has been established at Lund University. The aim is to become a creative hub for computational science with a focus on interdisciplinary research in the fields of health, climate and the environment. COSHE works with machine learning, statistical learning methods, physical system modeling and quantum computing. The research groups behind COSHE already have parti
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/computational-science-hub-sharpen-research-environment-and-health - 2025-10-27
In 2025, the Faculty of Science launched a new doctoral programme in computational science to meet the growing demand for advanced computational methods in research. This initiative aims to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and train doctoral students in handling and analysing large datasets across fields such as medicine, environmental science, and engineering. The doctoral programme was cr
Meet Ellen Hillbom, the economic historian, who, in cooperation with a Dutch and a German colleague, has created an online textbook on trends in Africa’s economic history. The book, which can be downloaded free of charge from the internet, has so far reached over 4,000 readers. Ellen Hillbom. Where did you get the idea for a free digital textbook about Africa? “At a world congress that is held eve
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ellen-hillbom-about-free-digital-textbook-about-africa - 2025-10-27
