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Call for one month position to prepare research application at Lund University

For the second year, SASNET invites researchers at Lund University to apply for a one month position (”ansökningsmånad”) at SASNET in which to prepare a research application with a South Asian focus. The purpose is to promote more South Asia-related research at Lund University. Members of all faculties and disciplines at the University are invited. The salary will range to a maximum of SEK 35 000.

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-one-month-position-prepare-research-application-lund-university - 2025-12-09

SASNET welcomes new intern

Maliha Shir Mohammad joined the SASNET team this week and will be doing an internship with us throughout the autumn semester. Maliha recently completed her master's degree in Gender Studies at Lund University. Previously, she obtained degrees in Asian Studies and International Relations from Lund University and Malmö University. Her academic work focuses on women's rights in Afghanistan and variou

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-welcomes-new-intern - 2025-12-09

New communication guide

The “Lund University Communication Guide” will shortly be distributed to faculties/ departments/divisions/equivalents (with the exception of the School of Economics and Management, which has its own communication guide, and LTH, which is to produce its own). It is the first university-wide guide of its kind and is aimed at all University staff, not just those who work specifically on communication

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-communication-guide - 2025-12-10

Awards for Leif Groop

Professor Leif Groop, international known diabetes researcher and coordinator of Lund University Diabetes Centre, is now assigned an other established award: Matti Äyräpää-award of 20 000 eur. The prize is awarded by the Finnish medical society Duodecim. Leif Groop who is born in Finland, has during his long carrier contributed to the increased knowledge of the genes roles when it comes to Type 2

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/awards-leif-groop - 2025-12-09

Kick-off of the 11th Alumni Conference at the IIIEE and 25 years of education and research!

23-24 May 2019 Today on 23 May, the IIIEE kicks off the 11th Alumni Network Conference, a conference that takes place every second year at the IIIEE.We are happy to see so many familiar faces in the house from our EMP and MESPOM Master’s Programmes!We are proud to have so many cool people in the house bringing back inspiration, positive energy and stories of all the amazing projects they are invol

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/kick-11th-alumni-conference-iiiee-and-25-years-education-and-research - 2025-12-10

Few utilise health promotion benefit

Herbal baths for sore shoulders, weight loss courses, stress management – these are some of the activities that staff can use their health promotion benefit for in addition to normal exercise. However, despite the fact that each employee has the right to nearly SEK 2000 in health promotion benefits, most employees at the University do not use their money. In 2018, 2 800 of the 7 700 employees used

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/few-utilise-health-promotion-benefit - 2025-12-09

Refugee experience coloured researcher’s worldview

Selma Maric is a woman who is not afraid of departures and she has not followed the classic path into the research world. “I have never shied away from ending things if something else shows up. I only have one life and I have to do what is most interesting and exciting.” Her worldview may have been affected by her flight from former Yugoslavia, says the synchrotron and neutron researcher, who chan

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/refugee-experience-coloured-researchers-worldview - 2025-12-10

The gluten riddle – searching for the triggers of coeliac disease

A new trend among food-conscious Swedes is to adopt a gluten-free diet. However, according to LU researchers studying coeliac disease (gluten intolerance), the trend is not solely a good thing as it may blur the line between illness and health. “The fact that patients with coeliac disease now have more food products to choose from is, of course, a good thing. What is less good is that some people

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/gluten-riddle-searching-triggers-coeliac-disease - 2025-12-09

Leaving her comfort zone for Lund University

Curiosity, openness and compassion are words to live by for Sylvia Schwaag Serger, who will become the new deputy vice-chancellor as of next year. She believes that we all have a civic duty to be proactive but must also be aware that we might, actually, be wrong. Sylvia Schwaag-Serger, new deputy vice-chancellor at Lund University. Sylvia Schwaag Serger currently works at Vinnova, as the director

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/leaving-her-comfort-zone-lund-university - 2025-12-09

Newly discovered drug candidate increases insulin secretion in type 2 diabetes

Researchers at Lund University have discovered increased levels of a microRNA in type 2 diabetes, which has a negative effect on insulin secretion. Their experiments on human insulin producing cells in the pancreas also demonstrate that it is possible to increase the insulin secretion by reducing the levels of this microRNA. An important goal of the research is to develop new treatments for people

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/newly-discovered-drug-candidate-increases-insulin-secretion-type-2-diabetes - 2025-12-09

Markus Lahtinen is the new chairman for Säkerhet för Näringsliv och Samhälle

Markus Lahtinen, Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Informatics at Lund University School of Economics and Management, assumed the position of chairman for the think tank Säkerhet för Näringsliv och Samhälle (SNOS, Security for Industry and Society). The SNOS network is a leading actor in security and safety discussions. Through opinion journalism and news dissemination via its platforms

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/markus-lahtinen-new-chairman-sakerhet-naringsliv-och-samhalle - 2025-12-10

Students don’t need to pack their bags to gain international qualifications

Wobbling and laughing, a few of the girls glide over the ice. They are holding hands in a chain. If one falls, they all go down. They are thirteen recently arrived girls and five volunteers in the Save the Children project, Girl to Girl, who are meeting on a Sunday at the ice rink in Lund. One of the volunteers is studying Human Rights as an activity for the Certificate of International Merits (CI

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/students-dont-need-pack-their-bags-gain-international-qualifications - 2025-12-10

They strike a blow for source confidence

Everyone knows about source criticism, but researchers Jutta Haider and Olof Sundin want to emphasise source confidence. “There has been an intensive focus on the critical aspect. Pupils leave school with the attitude that you cannot trust anything, so source confidence is an important complement to source criticism. There must be confidence in our social institutions”, says Jutta Haider. Olof Sun

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/they-strike-blow-source-confidence - 2025-12-09