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She grew up in oil-rich Norway, with a father who travelled the world working in the oil sector. Little did Lina Lefstad know that just two decades later she would be a researcher at the forefront of efforts to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and tackle the climate crisis. What if we could easily capture carbon dioxide from combined heat and power plants and industrial sites, cool it to liqu

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/can-oil-industrys-know-how-help-solve-climate-crisis - 2025-11-15

The earth is both inundated and drying up. Water supply is a complex phenomenon that has probably never been more complicated – or more important – than now. Kenneth M. Persson is a professor of water resources engineering and he took the initiative for Lund University’s Water Portal, which involves over 200 (!) water researchers. “The absolute greatest threat to well-functioning water management

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/earth-both-inundated-and-drying - 2025-11-15

Donald Trump aims to introduce sharply increased tariffs and an extensive deportation policy, while Kamala Harris is focused on domestic issues like stabilizing inflation and strengthening the middle class. What will happen to the U.S. and global economy when one of them becomes president? Maria Persson, Associate Professor in Economics, takes a closer look at the next U.S. president from an econo

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/harris-and-trump-economy-and-election - 2025-11-16

Evaluate employees’ performance differently – it could be a route to achieving a more gender equal university. This according to Rebecca Selberg, associate professor of gender studies. “A better, more holistic perspective on career development is needed,” she says. It is clear that a lot has happened in the area of gender equality at Lund University since women were first allowed to study here 150

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rethink-employee-performance-and-improve-gender-equality - 2025-11-16

By jon [dot] ulvsgard [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jon Ulvsgärd) - published 8 October 2020 Scientific Workshop in Ängelholm. On 1-2 October, researchers from the research group Child and Family Health and the research program eChildHealth, gathered for a scientific workshop in Ängelholm. The research group Child and Family Health conducts research in the fields of paediatric nursing and care with

https://www.childfamilyhealth.lu.se/article/scientific-workshop-angelholm - 2024-06-25

https://www.aclu.lu.se/en/article/new-book-anstallningsskydd-i-utveckling - 2025-11-15

https://www.aclu.lu.se/en/article/review-det-samhallsbarande-kontraktet-svd - 2025-11-15

https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/aspects-power-development-successful-completion-uppsala-course - 2025-11-15

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/gender-perspectives-public-diplomacy-and-foreign-policy - 2025-11-15

The term affective polarization refers to the extent to which citizens feel more negatively toward other political parties than toward their own. Researchers do not know much about the link between news media coverage and affective polarization. One way to better understand affective polarization is to measure the effects of it, for example by setting up scientific experiments. Unlike just a few y

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/conference-about-affective-polarization-hosted-department-and-nordic-map-network - 2025-11-15

Soot can be emitted from both natural and anthropogenic sources, including mineral deposits, open forest fires, savanna burnings, biomass burning, residential burning, and fossil fuel combustion. It absorbs solar radiation and contributes to atmospheric heating. Soot nanostructures contain varying levels of toxic chemicals that can penetrate deep into the bodies of humans and animals, leading to r

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/quantitative-and-qualitative-measurements-aerosol-soot-using-laser-based-techniques - 2025-11-15

Do you want to belong to a group of qualified and excellent teachers at the Faculty of Medicine, with a special interest in learning and pedagogical development? Last day to apply: 10 May. New for 2024 New for 2024 is that you can be admitted to the Pedagogical Academy at two levels:  Qualified teacher  Excellent Teaching Practitioner (ETP) Last day to apply: 10 May. Applications should be submitt

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/apply-faculty-medicines-pedagogical-academy - 2025-11-15

Present your research in four minutes, so that you mesmerize your audience, was the task. Cancer researcher Sofie Mohlin did it best. Next challenge: the finals in Stockholm on 23 November. We're rooting for you then, Sofie! This is what Sofie Mohlin, IKVL, has to say about why it is important for researchers to present their research: "Researchers reaching out and presenting their work can help t

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/sofie-mohlin-gave-best-presentation-through-finals-researchers-grand-prix - 2025-11-15

CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has written a review of a book about the armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. The reviewed book is called Varje dag dör jag långsamt. En reportagebok inifrån Nagorno-Karabach (English translation: Every day I die slowly. Reporting from Inside Nagorno-Karabakh) and was written by Rasmus Canbäck (2023, SILC Förlag). Svante's review was published in Svenska Dagbladet on

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-review-voices-nagorno-karabakh - 2025-11-15

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/thank-you - 2025-11-15

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/low-carbon-transport-systems-and-public-engagement-should-we-trust-mistrust - 2025-11-15

CASE researcher Arlind Reuter holds an LMK Postdoc: Technology in the home - a path to independence and well-being for older people: is this the "new normal" after the covid-19 pandemic? Researchers in this field point out that technical solutions to support an aging population should be evaluated before they are implemented. A deep understanding of needs and desires after the pandemic is required

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/investigates-how-older-people-exercise-their-citizenship-home-using-digital-technology - 2025-11-15

Research is needed to understand attitudes and adoption of the broad range of technologies available to support active and healthy aging in different generations. The present article, published in Nature Aging, gives an overview of the GenerationTech survey and sample, and describes attitudes and acceptance related to technology in general and as a means to support active and healthy aging. A nati

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/new-case-article-jens-offerman-attitudes-related-technology-active-and-healthy-aging-national-multi - 2025-11-15

Two master theses related to IIIEE won awards in Sysav’s annual thesis competition Emma Johnson was awarded a scholarship for a thesis in the EMP programme: ‘Dressing up the environmental potential for product-service systems: A comparative lifecycle assessment on consumption in rental clothing vs. linear business models.’ Supervisors were IIIEE researchers Andrius Plepys och Ana Maria Arbelaez Ve

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/scholarships-iiiee-students - 2025-11-15

In a newly published article in Energy Policy, researchers from the IIIEE show the potential impacts that social norms can have if they were used to promote low-carbon mobility options. The transport sector is crucially important to limit global warming to 1.5ᵒC above pre-industrial levels. Its management is also important to reduce negative health impacts and the dependence on fossil fuels. Using

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/policy-experimentation-what-extent-can-use-social-norms-promote-low-carbon-mobility-options - 2025-11-15