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Engagement with alternative health theories and a scepticism towards authorities, politicians and pharmaceutical companies seem to unite the heterogeneous group of vaccine sceptics. “Many of them are not afraid of becoming infected with infectious diseases because they are convinced it will not happen”, says ethnologist and media studies researcher Mia-Marie Hammarlin, who is in the early phase of
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-vaccine-sceptics-think - 2025-09-29
There is a lot of talk about ChatGPT just now – one of the chat-based AI services delivering answers to all possible questions in matter of seconds. But the new technology is not merely generating answers, but also raising many questions. In order to get insight into what everyone is talking about, LUM has given it a try. It is easy to get started – all that is required is to create an account on
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dialogue-chatbot - 2025-09-30
Yulia Vakulenko grew up in a small Russian town north of the Arctic Circle, today she works at Lund University. When Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, her world was turned upside down. The first thing Yulia Vakulenko says when she meets me on the staircase of her workplace at the Ingvar Kamprad Design Centre, IKDC, is that her sorrow is nothing compared to what the people of Ukraine are being
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/yulia-russia-helps-refugees-ukraine - 2025-09-30
The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, IIIEE, is taking the lead on open, month-long online courses, known as MOOCs. The investment in MOOCs has been quite a success. In recent years, every sixth student has stated that the online courses influenced them to apply for one of the IIIEE’s traditional courses or programmes. That MOOCs attract students to study programmes i
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/moocs-more-popular-during-pandemic - 2025-09-29
One of Multipark's associated research groups has published a new study that reveals the role of astrocytes in the development of frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Their findings, now in the journal Brain Communications, provide valuable insights into the cellular mechanisms of the disease and open up new possibilities for developing early diagnostics and potential interventions for patients with FTD
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-study-reveals-astrocytes-role-frontotemporal-dementia - 2025-09-29
While we are inundated with data on rising temperatures, carbon dioxide levels and melting glaciers, there are other areas that are also affected by a warming planet. Political scientist Christie Nicoson explores the relationship between gender, climate change and peace and finds that they are closely linked. She is now receiving the Agenda 2030 Award for 2024. Can you tell us about your backgroun
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/phd-student-christie-nicoson-agenda-2030-award-winner-2024 - 2025-09-29
Professor Petter Pilesjö, Deputy Head of Department and GIS subject coordinator and representative, together with Professor Lars Harrie, were interviewed about the Agile conference that recently took place at our department. Professor Petter Pilesjö and Professor Lars Harrie were interviewed by radio P4 Malmö regarding that the Agile conference was organized by the department (12-15 June) with abo
https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/co-workers-interviewed-about-agile-conference - 2025-09-29
David Wårlind was interviewed regarding a study showing that drying periods have led to stressed plants since the turn of the millennium. David Wårlind, researcher at the department, was interviewed about a new study showing how periods of drought since the turn of the millennium have led to stressed plants across large areas on several continents.The study is based on tens of thousands of measure
https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/new-method-maps-stressed-plants-across-continents - 2025-09-29
During her tenure Professor Patel, who is an expert on urban sociology, will be collaborating with SASNET as an affiliated scholar. Professor Sujata Patel, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, was awarded the prestigious Kerstin Hesselgren visiting professorship for 2021. Professor Patel will be placed at Umeå University, but will also be an affiliated researcher at SASNET in 2021. Professor Patel
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sujata-patel-awarded-kerstin-hesselgren-visiting-professorship-2021 - 2025-09-29
For the second time, the European Huntington Association/Moving Forward initiative for the Nordic countries will be hosting a webinar on research updates. The Webinar will be held on 11th June, from 18:00 CET to 19:15 CET. You need to register beforehand to be able to join.Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkdeyupz4oH9KRCnkguo_KMuS0Y6…Åsa Petersén will be talking about
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/webinar-research-updates-nordic-countries - 2025-09-29
Half as many diagnosed with depression, a delayed manifestation of Parkinson’s, a reduced risk of developing vascular dementia - but not Alzheimer’s. These connections were discovered by researchers when they compared 200 000 people who had participated in a long-distance cross-country ski race between 1989 and 2010 with a matched cohort of the general population. The results of the population reg
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/skiers-had-lower-incidence-depression-and-vascular-dementia-not-alzheimers - 2025-09-29
Lund University reopens on TuesdayA decision to reopen Lund University was taken in the afternoon of Monday 12 October following the closure that has been in force since Sunday night. Activities are expected to be running as usual from Tuesday morning. The decision is based on new information from the Region Syd police. Investigations have revealed that the threat directed at Lund University post
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/lund-university-opens-again - 2025-09-29
Statistics on drug-related deaths (DRD) provide crucial information on the drug situation. The European Monitoring Centre for Drug and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has published a specification for extracting DRD from national mortality registers to be used in international comparisons. However, surprisingly little is known of the accuracy of DRD statistics derived from national mortality registers. Th
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/drug-related-deaths-statistics-based-death-certificates-miss-one-third-cases - 2025-09-29
