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Maria Eriksson Baaz: “It is important to raise the discussions around the inequalities and colonial heritage inherent in North-South knowledge production”

By sandra [dot] jakobsson [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Sandra Jakobsson) - published 6 September 2023 Maria Eriksson Baaz, Fredrik Söderbaum and Swati Parashar at NorDev 2023. The 7th Nordic Development Research Conference (NorDev) was held the 21-23 August in Uppsala. The title for the conference was “Co-creation for transition towards a sustainable society” and was organised by Uppsala Universit

https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/maria-eriksson-baaz-it-important-raise-discussions-around-inequalities-and-colonial-heritage - 2025-04-21

Four new Advanced Study Groups start 1 February 2025

By asa [dot] thormahlen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Thormählen) - published 20 January 2025 2024 was the year when Pufendorf IAS' calls for applications reached further and beyond. We received many applications both to start Advanced Study Groups and Themes at the Pufendorf Institute. Decisions on which Theme applications will go all the way will be made in April. Right now, we are pleased to

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/four-new-advanced-study-groups-start-1-february-2025 - 2025-04-21

BECC yearly meeting

Published 14 November 2018 An exciting, interesting and well-visited BECC annual meeting went off October 17-18 at Falkenberg Grand Hotel. The program was filled with lessons from the past and implications for the future regarding biodiversity conservation and policy. The meeting ended with perspectives from a climate journalist and his great tips on how to communicate climate research to the publ

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-yearly-meeting - 2025-04-21

Lund University and City Of Helsingborg Enter into Strategic Partnership

By julia [dot] luttrup [at] ch [dot] lu [dot] se (Julia Luttrup) - published 16 January 2025 Erik Renström, Vice-Chancellor of Lund University and Christian Orsing, Chairman of the Helsingborg City Council. The City of Helsingborg and Lund University, initiators of the Helsingborg Innovation District, are signing a new strategic partnership that further strengthens their collaboration. The agreeme

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/lund-university-and-city-helsingborg-enter-strategic-partnership - 2025-04-21

Doctoral student set to improve radiation protection in Russian healthcare

Published 13 October 2015 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

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/doctoral-student-set-improve-radiation-protection-russian-healthcare - 2025-04-21

The economist for whom the world was not prepared

Published 16 December 2016 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

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/economist-whom-world-was-not-prepared - 2025-04-21

New LUCSUS research project aims to address climate anxiety in youth and enhance skills of educators and learners

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 11 March 2024 The project aims to address climate anxiety in children and youth, increase resilience and enhance educators’ skills. Photo: Unsplash. A new research project aims to enhance educators' skills for nurturing inner resilience and reducing climate anxiety of learners through trauma-informed and creative approaches th

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-lucsus-research-project-aims-address-climate-anxiety-youth-and-enhance-skills-educators-and - 2025-04-21

Measurement of microwave photons could reveal mysteries of the universe

Published 2 February 2023 Ville Maisi leads a project focusing on the detection of microwaves and X-ray microscopy. The picture shows a circuit board with a microwave photodiode to be used to make detectors that can identify microwave photons. Photo: Waqar Khan Ville Maisi, senior lecturer at the Department of Physics at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering (LTH) and researcher at NanoLund, ha

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/measurement-microwave-photons-could-reveal-mysteries-universe - 2025-04-21

Lung disease revealed with nano-particles

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 30 May 2023 “If lung emphysema can be detected at an early stage, the chances of slowing down the course of the disease are greater,” says Madeleine Petersson Sjögren. Nanoparticles can be used to detect certain lung diseases. The AiDA measurement method – based on the inhalation of nanoparticles – is easy to use and can com

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/lung-disease-revealed-nano-particles - 2025-04-21

TWO SEMINARS with Kevin Anderson

Published 5 April 2017 LUCSUS and the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies are organising  two seminars to highlight recent debates in climate policy and the leadership role that academic institutions can play.Welcome to the two seminars with Kevin AndersonThe poster for the first event is attached here, please feel free to distribute!10 April 13-15h, Wrangel Library (Biskopsgatan 5)The carbon

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/two-seminars-kevin-anderson - 2025-04-21

“There are Many Areas in Which the University Could Show Leadership” – Emily Boyd on Creating a Sustainable University

Published 18 October 2017 Professor Emily Boyd comments on the event on the theme of “sustainability in education”, on 18th October organised by Sustainability Forum and LUCSUS. The aim is to discuss how Lund University can become more sustainable – and all staff and students are encouraged to join.She says that a sustainable university – where sustainability in education is one piece of the puzzl

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/there-are-many-areas-which-university-could-show-leadership-emily-boyd-creating-sustainable - 2025-04-21

Will the Regime Change in Zimbabwe Affect the Situation for Women? Karin Steen on Women’s Rights to Soil

Published 14 December 2017 Karin Steen, researcher at LUCSUS, was recently in Zimbabwe researching land and land use issues, with particular focus on women. You research women’s rights to soil and land; do you believe the regime change could affect their rights?It is too early to say how much of a change the transfer of power will bring. But everyone I have spoken to during my visit has been incre

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/will-regime-change-zimbabwe-affect-situation-women-karin-steen-womens-rights-soil - 2025-04-21

The NanoLund spin-off company Glo AB acquired by Nanosys

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna-Karin Alm) - published 26 May 2021 A magnified picture of a prototype of a micro-LED full-color display made by indium-gallium-nitride (InGaN) using 20x20 µm2 subpixels on an LTPS backplane. Courtesy of Glo AB. Leading California-based company within quantum dot light-emitting materials and technology, Nanosys, has acquired the NanoLund spin-off compa

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolund-spin-company-glo-ab-acquired-nanosys - 2025-04-21

Bird parents that receive help live longer

Published 15 March 2021 Photo: Wikimedia. Long life is common among bird parents that get help with childcare. This finding comes from researchers at the universities of Lund and Oxford who reviewed data from more than 9,000 studies. Being a parent can be tough. In general, animals that care for many offspring die young, at least in species where parents are not helped by others. However, in some

https://www.science.lu.se/article/bird-parents-receive-help-live-longer - 2025-04-21

Artificial light disrupts dung beetles’ sense of direction

Published 19 August 2021 Claudia Tocco performing an experiment with a dung beetle at a light-polluted site – on a roof in central Johannesburg. Photo: Marcus Byrne. For the first time, researchers have been able to prove that city lights limit the ability of nocturnal animals to navigate by natural light in the night sky. Instead, they are forced to use streetlamps, neon light or floodlights to o

https://www.science.lu.se/article/artificial-light-disrupts-dung-beetles-sense-direction - 2025-04-21