By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 18 February 2025 Lund University is celebrating the International Year of Quantum Physics and Quantum Technology 2025 with exciting seminars. During the spring, prominent researchers will lecture on both historical and modern quantum mechanics. First up on 25 February is Nobel Laureate Anne L'Huillier, who will pre

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/seminar-series-lund-celebrates-international-year-quantum-physics - 2025-07-01

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 27 February 2025 The ultra-hot exoplanet's atmosphere is so hot that it can melt iron. Illustration: Bibiana Prinoth. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, astronomers have made detailed observations of the mysterious exoplanet WASP-121 b. The discoveries of the element titanium a

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/titanium-and-mysterious-jet-streams-discovered-extreme-exoplanet - 2025-07-01

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 14 March 2025 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards Ruth Pöttgen from Lund University the Tage Erlander Prize in Science and Technology 2025. Pöttgen is honored for her crucial role as physics coordinator for LDMX (The Light Dark Matter Experiment) and for her leadership in the design and construction of the

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/ruth-pottgen-awarded-tage-erlander-prize-science-and-technology-2025 - 2025-07-01

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 31 March 2025 Ann-Kathrin Raab. Private photo. Ann-Kathrin Raab is awarded the Swedish Physics Society's Oseen Medal 2025 for best thesis work in physics. Raab is being recognised for her groundbreaking research on ytterbium-based laser sources, which may be of great importance for the future development of semicon

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/lund-physicist-wins-prize-best-thesis-2025 - 2025-07-01

By evelina [dot] linden [at] ftf [dot] lth [dot] se (Evelina Lind'en) - published 4 April 2025 Schematic illustration of the principle of terahertz EPR ellipsometry. Terahertz light with a defined polarization is directed onto and reflected of a sample. Credit: Rindert et al A new relation could be a valuable tool for gathering new insights into the magnetic excitations of semiconductors and other

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/opening-new-exciting-possibilities-study-magnetic-materials - 2025-07-01

By evelina [dot] linden [at] ftf [dot] lth [dot] se (Evelina Lind'en) - published 4 April 2025 Julia Valderas presents on how fluorescence-enhanced lightguiding nanowires reveal that supported lipid bilayer formation on curved nanowire sensors is accelerated by energetically favored expansion. Photo. Supported lipid bilayers are formed at a faster rate on light-guiding nanowires of high curvature

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/role-nanowires-support-formation-model-lipid-membranes - 2025-07-01

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 11 April 2025 The Atlas research group in Lund. Back: Samuel Kattaya & Lennart Österman. Centre: Georgios Floros, Joey Staa, Hannah Herde & Else Lytken. Front: Xintong Yu, Frank Fielder, Nairit Sur & Lara Calic. Photo: Johan Lindskoug. The global scientific community celebrates a major achievement as CERN’s four fl

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/cerns-breakthrough-physics-prize-highlights-lund-universitys-global-impact - 2025-07-01

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 25 April 2025 Nina Reistad, Senior Lecturer in Physics, has been awarded the Educator of the Year award by the W-section of the Student Union of Technology at Lund University. She receives the award for her inspiring and committed way of teaching, where she combines clarity with a genuine interest in student learni

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/students-finest-award-nina-reistad - 2025-07-01

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 29 April 2025 Ahmed Alshemi fills a container with liquid helium during the experiment. Photo: Oskar Stepancic. Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity without resistance and are used in electromagnets, antennas and power lines. Researchers have now studied a multifaceted superconductor that exhi

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/researchers-have-mapped-superconductor-multiple-personalities - 2025-07-01

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 28 May 2025 Photo from the IYPT 2024 in Hungary. Photo: IYPT. Secondary school students from 38 countries will gather in Lund to compete in the International Young Physicists’ Tournament – a competition that trains future scientists in problem-solving, teamwork and communication. From 29 June to 5 July, Lund Univer

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/lund-university-host-international-physics-tournament-summer - 2025-07-01

By johan [dot] lindskoug [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 4 June 2025 Two happy and proud teachers: Andreas Ehn and Kristina Eriksson Stenström. Photo: Johan Lindskoug. Dedicated, pedagogical and popular - that's how two of the Department of Physics' teachers are described by the students themselves. Andreas Ehn and Kristina Eriksson Stenström have both been awarded Teach

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/they-are-honoured-their-outstanding-teaching - 2025-07-01

Published 9 December 2016 On Thursday 10th of November 2016, we had another inspiring edition of the Development Research Day, a flagship annual event at Lund University bringing together all disciplines working on development issues since 2002. This year the Development Research Day was hosted by the Human Geography department and was dedicated to Sustainable Development Goal no. 2: “End hunger,

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/inspiring-edition-development-research-day-2016-end-hunger-and-achieve-food-security-2030 - 2025-07-01

Published 14 December 2016 Richard Shearmur is Professor at the School of Urban planning, McGill university in Montreal, Canada. Richard is an international leading scholar in a broad spectra of areas in economic geography including research on urban, regional and rural development and different dimensions on cities and firm level innovations. His interest also covers critical analysis on how meas

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/geographies-innovations-confusions-perplexities-and-ways-forward - 2025-07-01

Published 19 December 2016 The latest book by associate professor Anders Burman of the Human Ecology Division has now been published, called "Indigeneity and Decolonization in the Bolivian Andes: Ritual practice and activism". "Indigeneity and Decolonization in the Bolivian Andes: Ritual Practice and Activism explores how Evo Morales’s victory in the 2005 Bolivian presidential elections led to ind

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/new-book-anders-burman - 2025-07-01

Published 20 January 2017 Rikard Warlenius will defend his thesis named "Asymmetries. Conceptualizing Environmental Inequalities as Ecological Debt and Ecologically Unequal Exchange" on the 10th of February at 1 pm in Världen, Geocentrum 1. Opponent will be Joan Martínez Alier of UAB, Barcelona. In this compilation thesis, consisting of six papers and an introductory chapter, the concepts of ecolo

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/thesis-defense-rikard-warlenius-10th-february - 2025-07-01

Published 27 February 2017 On Monday June 12, at 14:15-16, Chia-Sui Hsu will have her final seminar. On Wednesday June 28, 13-15, Joakim Wernberg (CIRCLE) will have his final seminar.  Chia-Sui Hsu, Monday June 12, 14:15-16, final seminarFarmland of Dreams: Gentrifying the Countryside with Alternative Food Networks in TaiwanDiscussant: Senior Lecturer Dr Nicholas Loubere, Centre for East and South

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/doctoral-seminars-spring-2017 - 2025-07-01

Published 2 March 2017 350-ÅRSJUBILEUM. Welcome to this symposium on Wednesday March 8th, where we look at poverty development in Sweden during the last 100 years & trends in men & women's incomes in Africa. Life expectancy in the Western world, like in Sweden, has expanded linearly by about 25 years during the 20th century, a bit more for women than men. At the same time, living standards have im

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/symposium-rich-man-poor-woman-inequalities-health-and-wellbeing-re-examined - 2025-07-01

Published 9 March 2017 Two new books, two grants and a price!  New booksErik Jönsson och Elina Andersson (red): Politisk Ekologi, with contributions from several of the institution's employee (Link to Studentlitteratur) Anders Burman: Indigeneity and Decolonization in the Bolivian Andes (Link to Bokus)  GrantsAnders Lund Hansen – grant from STINT Seed Funding for Development of the International C

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/monthly-notifications-march - 2025-07-01

Published 24 April 2017 If you have not yet applied, you can now submit a late application to the Master’s Programme in Human Geography at the Department of Human Geography, Lund University. The Master’s Programme in Human Geography prepares you for a wide range of professions. Human Geography is about the ways in which spaces, places and environments are both the condition for and the consequence

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/masters-programme-human-geography-open-submitting-late-applications - 2025-07-01

Published 2 May 2017 The stipend from Torsten Hägerstrands Stiftelse for 2017 has been awarded to...  For Physical Geography Abdulhakim AbdiPhysical Geography and Ecosystem Science, University of Lund. Abdi is applying for grants to present the results of his PhD-thesis (2017) at The Japan Geoscience Union/American Geophysical Union Joint Meeting on May 20th, 2017 in Chiba, Japan.  The stipend wil

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/stipend-torsten-hagerstrands-stiftelse-2017 - 2025-07-01