By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 16 September 2024 Maria Hedin and Joakim Eriksson have developed the “dementia simulator”. Photo: Alma Fager What does it feel like to live with dementia? The answer is offered by the “dementia simulator” developed by virtual reality researchers at the Faculty of Engineering, LTH. The simulator takes the user i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/successful-commercialisation-dementia-simulator - 2025-04-02

By maria [dot] johansson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Johansson) - published 14 February 2025 After earning his master’s degree in Finance from LUSEM in 2022, Craig’s career has taken him across different countries and industries. He has worked at KPMG in Stockholm and now thrives as a management consultant at Oliver Wyman in Johannesburg. In this interview, Craig shares insights into his car

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/craig-eckleton-alumnus-msc-finance-2022 - 2025-04-02

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 13 December 2018 Firas Jumaah and Charlotta Turner. Photo:Kennet Ruona During a unique rescue operation, Lund University sent armed security forces into an Islamic State (IS) warzone to rescue a doctoral student and his family. For several years, Firas Jumaah, his supervisor Charlotta Turner and former chief se

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rescue-operation - 2025-04-01

Published 2 January 2024 Dean Per Persson, Deputy Dean Karin Rengefors and Vice-Dean Charlotta Turner have now taken office. Get to know them better through the interviews below that were conducted in the spring of 2023, in connection with the election. In addition to the three mentioned, Karin Hall will have an assignment as Vice-Dean during 2024. Shortcuts to the interviewsInterview with Dean Pe

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-deans-have-taken-office - 2025-04-01

Published 2 January 2024 Dean Per Persson, Deputy Dean Karin Rengefors and Vice-Dean Charlotta Turner have now taken office. Get to know them better through the interviews below that were conducted in the spring of 2023, in connection with the election. In addition to the three mentioned, former Deputy Dean Karin Hall will have an assignment as Vice-Dean during 2024. Shortcuts to the interviewsInt

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/new-deans-have-taken-office - 2025-04-01

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 23 October 2024 Anna Marseglia will lead a multidisciplinary research team, with expertise in geriatric epidemiology, psychology, medical sociology, neuroscience, and engineering. Photo: Jesse Orrico/Unsplash SWEAH alumnus Wossenseged Jemberie, Umeå University, receives Forte establishment grant and alumni Anna Marseglia

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/millions-sweah-alumni-projects - 2025-04-01

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 21 February 2023 One of the three paintings of agroecological futures, this one representing future pastoralism. Mvomero District, Morogoro Region, March 2022. A picture says more than a thousand words. LUCSUS postdoctoral researcher, Emma Johansson, uses art as a research method to create impacts beyond academia among farmers

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/impact-story-creating-impact-through-art - 2025-04-01

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 12 November 2021 The researcher Emily Sonestedt investigates how our food habits can prevent diseases, such as type 2 diabetes. Photo: Petra Olsson Emily Sonestedt investigates how food affects the health and the risk to develop type 2 diabetes. This knowledge is of importance to society when developing food-based dietary

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/healthy-eating-reduce-risk-type-2-diabetes - 2025-04-01

Published 28 November 2017 Tomas Bergström, Head of Department of Political Science, explains the rule of thumb of a 40-60 percent ratio between female and male authors represented in course reading lists. "Only one of many tools for generating awareness of gender issues among the department’s staff and students." How are reading lists adopted at the Department of Political Science?In light of the

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/objective-serves-tool-reflection-not-straightjacket - 2025-04-01

Published 24 August 2023 Through the project "Natural Nations", children in schools are introduced to biodiversity so that they learn early on about pollinating insects and birds. Photo: iStockphoto Children in preschool and primary school will now be able to learn more about insects, birds, flowers and plants, how valuable they are and how we humans can protect nature. The collaborative project ‘

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/children-and-biologists-research-biodiversity-together - 2025-04-01

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 2 April 2020 Airtravel to Stockholm decreased 2019 among Lund University staff. Photo: Eugene Sergeev/Mostphotos In 2019, the number of flights for business travel decreased by nearly 10 per cent at the University. At the same time, train travel increased by 20 per cent.   “There are many deliberate individual

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fewer-flights-lund-university-staff-2019 - 2025-04-01

By evelina [dot] linden [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 8 November 2024 Brunnshög in north-east of Lund is no ordinary construction site – a world-leading environment for research and innovation is emerging here. The nanolab is paving the way for the university’s establishment at Science Village between MAX IV and ESS. The procurement process is concluded. It has been decid

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/vectura-landlord-future-nanolab-science-village - 2025-04-01

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/industrial-doctoral-student-research-initiative-collaboration-between-industry-and-academia - 2025-04-01

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 28 April 2021 Over the past year, the health service has witnessed an increasing number of patients with long-term effects of Covid-19, including chronic symptoms that suggest POTS. POTS is a condition that causes the pulse to race when you stand up. Until now, too little has been known about POTS as a complication following

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/case-study-sheds-light-pots-connection-long-covid - 2025-04-01

By katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - published 2 November 2021 The entrance to the research station in the city of Adama in Ethiopia, where Per Björkman and Patrik Medstrand have been based since 2010. The research station is built together with Ethiopian researchers and healthcare organizations. In 2017, the Faculty of Medicine received a private donation targeted at

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/another-sek-6-million-research-hiv-and-tuberculosis-ethiopia - 2025-04-01

By jan [dot] olsson [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 7 October 2021 Cyber attacks against universities have skyrocketed during the pandemic. The blackmailers often succeed. Photo: Shutterstock Cyberattacks against the University have sharply increased over the past two years. They mainly take the form of email attacks, known as phishing, which aim to penetrate and take over ent

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dramatic-increase-cyber-attacks-against-universities - 2025-04-01

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 5 April 2023 Petru Liuba checks Arvid's heart before the operation. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Two-year-old Arvid will soon undergo his third heart operation. This time, the procedure will be safer and quicker, due to a new simulation method that researchers have developed for children with heart disease. It is Monday after

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/tragic-loss-led-research-project - 2025-04-02

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 9 November 2020 Anette Agardh, who led a research-based project on sexual harassment at LU. Photo: Jenny Loftrup There is nothing to indicate that sexual harassment is more common at the University than in other workplaces. However, different relationships of a dependent nature complicate the situation, such as

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/power-hierarchies-make-it-more-difficult-curb-sexual-harassment - 2025-04-01

By maria [dot] lindh [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Lindh) - published 17 December 2020 Torbjörn von Schantz is satisfied that the management group has got better at taking collective responsibility. Photo: Kennet Ruona Torbjörn von Schantz finds that he has made good progress on the road to a united University. In his management group, he now sees more of a shared assumption of respo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/outgoing-vice-chancellor-satisfied-see-more-people-taking-collective-responsibility - 2025-04-01

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 6 April 2021 “Cultural heritage means a great deal for Syria’s identity and is something we all share. It can help to reconcile groups that were previously in conflict”, says Anas Al Khabour. In his homeland, Syria, he was a museum director – but today there is not much left of the National Archaeological Museu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fighting-save-syrias-cultural-heritage - 2025-04-01