Published 3 December 2024 Enrico Ronchi, Mikkel Brydegaard, Andreas Nord, Yafa Shanneik, Per Augustsson Per Augustsson, Enrico Ronchi, Mikkel Brydegaard, Andreas Nord and Yafa Shanneik have each been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant. Enrico Ronchi, a researcher in fire safety engineering, is developing new ways to create an inclusive evacuation design for buildings. The research conc

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/five-lund-university-researchers-receive-erc-consolidator-grants - 2025-01-10

Published 4 December 2024 Photo: iStock/Pradit_Ph A new study led by Lund University in Sweden has solved a years-old mystery: which patients with aggressive breast cancer are helped by a targeted cancer treatment that had been under development but was shelved. The study is important since it brings hope that the development of the drug can continue and that it will make it all the way to these p

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unexpected-discovery-revives-abandoned-breast-cancer-treatment - 2025-01-10

Published 5 December 2024 A team of international researchers led by Professor Johan Jakobsson at Lund University has secured a 52 million SEK grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative, in partnership with the Michael J Fox Foundation, to investigate how mobile genetic elements —commonly referred to as "jumping genes"—contribute to neuroinflammation and the progression o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/52-million-sek-towards-uncovering-genetic-drivers-parkinsons-disease - 2025-01-10

By sanna [dot] trygg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 5 December 2024 As students at Lund University, they studied the effects of climate change. As alumni, they are now negotiating the future of climate policy on behalf of the EU and the Swedish government. Lund University alumni headed to the COP29 negotiations in Azerbaijan with differing titles, goals and aims. Af

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lu-alumni-leave-cop29-climate-summit-feeling-hopeful - 2025-01-10

Published 10 December 2024 Lund University continues its climb towards the top of the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability, which ranks sustainable development at universities around the world. The University is now ranked 3rd in the world out of approximately 1,750 ranked universities. This places the University second in Europe, and number one in Sweden. QS World University Rankings: Sus

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-third-world-qs-sustainability-ranking - 2025-01-10

Published 11 December 2024 Image: Pixabay For the first time, an international team of scientists have calculated the total land area that the countries of the world have included in their individual plans for climate action, known as nationally determined contributions. The results show a big divide between the countries' expected land use and the actual potential of land to mitigate climate chan

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/climate-change-plans-include-unrealistic-land-demands-area-larger-us - 2025-01-10

By sanna [dot] trygg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 16 December 2024 Photocred: Crimfants, CC BY-SA 2.0 Angry children can be a feature of Christmas. The fact is that the disappointment children feel is a great opportunity to train them for challenges later in life. This is according to Elia Psouni, professor of developmental psychology. A friend not turning up on t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/dealing-kids-disappointment-their-christmas-presents - 2025-01-10

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 17 December 2024 Santa's sleigh is ready for both celebration and melancholy. Photo: Irena Carpaccio/Unsplash Christmas music is more than background noise to the hustle and bustle. From Mariah Carey’s Christmas cracker ‘All I Want For Christmas’ to Wham’s lost love in ‘Last Christmas’, each song tells its ow

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-mariah-carey-and-wham-became-christmas-icons - 2025-01-10

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 18 December 2024 The study shows that intake of sweetened beverages showed stronger links to cardiovascular disease than any other form of sugar. Photo: Unsplash/Megan Watson An observational study from Lund University in Sweden examining sugar consumption has attracted considerable international attention. The study s

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/questions-and-answers-lund-university-sugar-study - 2025-01-10

By erika [dot] svantesson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Svantesson) - published 2 January 2025 In a recent study, eighty-eight per cent of the respondents said they were in favour of body checking. Sixty-four per cent said they did not think there would be more injuries. Photo: Istock/vencavolrab In 2022, Sweden became the first country in the world to allow body checking in women's ice hockey

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/swedish-female-ice-hockey-players-favour-body-checking - 2025-01-10

Published 21 March 2011 The European Commission has listed the 50 organisations that receive the most money from the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development. Lund University is in 23rd place and is the only full-scale Swedish university to make the list. Lund University has received a total of EUR 50 million for 110 different research projects. It is primarily research within

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-researchers-successful-obtaining-eu-funding - 2025-01-10

Av louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - publicerad 18 december 2023 Emma Samsioe och Carys Egan-Wyer menar att osäkerhet är det nya normala för handlare – och konsumtionsforskare. Med det sagt finns tre stora trender inom handel i dag: teknik, hållbarhet och välmående. Foto: Jason Briscoe/Unsplash Forsknings­områdena är desamma, men hur vi ser på dem har förändrats. S

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/megatrender-inom-handel-teknologi-hallbarhet-och-valmaende-i-fokus - 2025-01-10

Av louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - publicerad 21 december 2023 Ekonomihögskolans nya hedersdoktorer – Martha Bailey (t.v.) och Anna Breman – kommer att närvara vid doktorspromotionen i Lund den 31 maj 2024. Foto: Privat/UCLA respektive Sandra Birgersdotter Ek/Riksbanken Professor Martha Bailey och förste vice riksbankschef Anna Breman har utsetts till 2024 års he

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/ledande-nationalekonom-och-forste-vice-riksbankschef-nya-hedersdoktorer - 2025-01-10

Av louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - publicerad 21 december 2023 Barn leker på gården till en fastighet på Södermalm i Stockholm, någon gång mellan 1885 och 1919. Foto: Kasper Salin (1856-1919). Stadsmuseet i Stockholm/Stockholmskällan. Det nya forskningsprojektet ”Socioekonomisk segregation – betydelsen av grannskap, skolor och policy över livscykeln” ska skapa en

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/nytt-projekt-undersoker-socioekonomisk-segregation-da-och-nu - 2025-01-10

Av anna [dot] lothman [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Löthman) - publicerad 11 september 2023 Stolt Ekonomihögskola! Magisterprogrammet i International Strategic Management klättrar igen i Financial Times internationella rankning. Förra årets placering #57 har nu blivit #44. (Fotomontage: Logga; Financial Times, foto; Charlotte Carlberg Bärg.) Ekonomihögskolan har gjort det igen! Ännu en gång får

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/ekonomihogskolans-managementprogram-klattar-i-arets-financial-times-ranking - 2025-01-10

Av carla [dot] bohme [at] ics [dot] lu [dot] se (Carla Böhme) - publicerad 22 november 2023 Foto: Madelaine Hallerdal, WithSecure WithSecure besökte Institutionen för informatik under sin europeiska Cyber Tour, där studenter på kandidatprogrammet fick praktisk erfarenhet av att hantera IT-hot i en simulerad miljö. Den 30 oktober 2023 fick studenter som läser kursen IS och verksamhetsutveckling upp

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/cybertruck-en-it-sakerhetssimulation - 2025-01-10

Published 27 October 2021 The challenges we need to continue working on in education are mobility between higher education institutions, lifelong learning and how we can intertwine research and education. A small delegation from Lund University travelled to Porto for the Annual Summit 2021 to discuss future challenges and opportunities. The issues under discussion included mobility between higher

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/discussions-euglohs-annual-summit - 2025-01-10

Published 27 October 2021 The EU is now focusing efforts on innovation work – and it is also important for LU to pick up the pace! The question “How can a university sharpen up its innovation environment”, was on the agenda at the LERU meeting “Policy group enterprise and innovation” recently. Universities in Europe have started to position themselves more clearly in terms of the role the universi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/innovation-work-european-perspective - 2025-01-10

By Charlotte [dot] Hedin [at] hr [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Hedin) - published 25 October 2021 On 14 October, the vice-chancellor approved the overall goals for the University’s work environment management for the next few years. The goals are within four focus areas:   Sick leave statistics Managers’ preparedness Organisational and social work environment Student health The goals are based on t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/overall-work-environment-goals-lund-university-2021-2023 - 2025-01-10

Published 23 October 2021 As of 1 November, the University returns to being an organisation without limitations imposed by Covid-19 restrictions. This applies in accordance with the vice-chancellor’s decision on 17 June 2021 and means that, as a starting point, activities are to be conducted on campus. Regarding education for which special reasons apply, the return may be completed by 16 January 2

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-back-campus-1-november - 2025-01-10