By marie [dot] pihl [at] nek [dot] lu [dot] se (Marie Pihl) - published 11 June 2024 Evidence from Maternity Ward Closures Photo: Kennet Ruona Healthcare consolidation is a global trend aimed at increasing efficiency in the face of rising costs and declining rural populations. A recent study examines the effects of maternity ward closures in Sweden from 1990 to 2004 on maternal and neonatal health

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/impact-maternity-ward-closures-maternal-and-neonatal-health - 2025-03-14

Published 11 June 2024 The Sparbanken Skåne Center for Sustainable Enterprising (SSCEN) at Lund University and Sparbanksstiftelsen Finn award an annual thesis prize to encourage business and engineering students to contribute with valuable knowledge on how to achieve a sustainability transformation. To be considered for the prize, the thesis should be written for obtaining a master’s degree in bus

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/call-nominations-sustainability-prize-masters-theses-2024 - 2025-03-14

By maria [dot] johansson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Johansson) - published 12 June 2024 We recently had the pleasure of catching up with Maja Milovanovic, a 2020 graduate of the MSc programme in Managing People, Knowledge, and Change (MPKC). Since graduating, Maja has navigated the challenges of the post-pandemic job market, secured an exciting role at a leading software company, and immers

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/maja-milovanovic-alumna-msc-managing-people-knowledge-and-change-2020 - 2025-03-14

By anna [dot] lothman [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Löthman) - published 13 June 2024 The programme 'Innovation, Transformation, and Resilience for Sustainable Development' is led by Senior Lecturer Martin Andersson at Department of Economic history. Photo: Johan Persson In its third consecutive year, LUSEM’s capacity-building programme 'Innovation, Transformation, and Resilience for Sustainabl

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/driving-sustainable-change-lusems-annual-innovation-programme-draws-global-attention - 2025-03-14

Published 13 June 2024 The one year presidency of Simon Anderberg draws to a close and on 16 July he hands over the president’s club to Tova Mark. We had an opportunity to meet up with them both in Skånis and of course we leapt at it. Simon, how has the last year matched your expectations?I’m not sure what I expected, but we are at a good place as an organisation. We did not have any radical chang

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/one-president-another-lundaekonomerna - 2025-03-14

By maria [dot] johansson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Johansson) - published 18 June 2024 Meet Nick Karlefors who graduated from the LUSEM Bachelor's programme in International Business in 2021 and now works as Strategic Client Marketing Consultant at Popmenu in the Netherlands. About Nicholas JOBCurrent position: Strategic Client Marketing Consultant, PopmenuCurrent location: AmsterdamSTUDIE

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/nicholas-karlefors-alumnus-bsc-international-business-2021 - 2025-03-14

Published 5 February 2021 Mats Urde is Outstanding Case Teacher 2021. Photo: Kennet Ruona. Mats Urde, brand researcher at Lund University School of Economics and Management, has been named Outstanding Case Teacher 2021. He has been a committed advocate of the case methodology throughout his professional life. Now, he is rewarded for his efforts. On “World Case Teaching Day” 5 February, he is named

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mats-urde-wins-prestigious-teaching-excellence-award - 2025-03-14

Published 8 February 2021 It is a cold, grey November day in 2018 when we meet the researchers from Lund University at MAX IV, a research facility with the world's brightest and most focused X-rays. Researchers from all over the world travel here to investigate things at the atomic level and see how molecules bind to one other; knowledge that is valuable when developing new drugs, for example. Mon

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-who-look-tiniest-part-cell - 2025-03-14

Published 10 February 2021 The Newfoundland coast (Photo: Creative Commons) Overfishing, hunting and intensive agriculture and forestry can sometimes contribute to plants and animals becoming endangered. New research from Lund University in Sweden and University of Toronto can now show why this leads to entire populations becoming smaller in size, as well as reproducing earlier. The study is publi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/why-overfishing-leads-smaller-cod - 2025-03-14

Published 11 February 2021 Photo: Mostphotos A study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden showed a connection between lifestyle intervention in pregnant women with obesity and epigenetic alterations in the baby. The study is published in the journal Diabetes. An international collaboration between researchers in Sweden, Denmark and Spain investigated whether children’s genes were progra

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lifestyle-changes-pregnant-women-affected-babies-genes - 2025-03-14

Published 16 February 2021 A spruce bark beetle (Photo: Erling Jirle) For the first time, a research team led by Lund University in Sweden has mapped out exactly what happens when spruce bark beetles use their sense of smell to find trees and partners to reproduce with. The hope is that the results will lead to better pest control and protection of the forest in the future. The Eurasian spruce bar

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/breakthrough-fight-against-spruce-bark-beetles - 2025-03-14

Published 16 February 2021 Photo: Mostphotos Psychotherapy for panic disorder produces good results, and the effects are lasting. That is the result from a large long-term study from Lund University in Sweden. Two years after treatment were 70 per cent of the patients clearly improved and 45 per cent were remitted. Panic disorder is one of the most common causes of mental illness in Sweden and wor

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/psychotherapy-panic-disorder-shows-positive-long-term-effects - 2025-03-14

Published 1 March 2021 Edvin Ruuth A lot of us recycle our old textiles, but few of us know that they are very difficult to re-use, and often end up in landfills anyway. Now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a method that converts cotton into sugar, that in turn can be turned into spandex, nylon or ethanol. WATCH: New method transforms old cotton into glucose Every year, an

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-recycled-cotton-becomes-new-fabric - 2025-03-14

Published 3 March 2021 Through its third accreditation, LUSEM achieves "Triple Crown" status and can be counted among the business schools in the world that maintain absolute top quality. Lund University School of Economics and Management has received its third accreditation through the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), and thereby joins the ranks of top business schoo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-joins-top-global-business-schools-awarded-triple-crown - 2025-03-14

Published 3 March 2021 As odd as it sounds, many scientists have attempted to place extremely small diamonds inside living cells. Why? Because nanodiamonds are consistently bright and can give us unique knowledge about the inner life of cells over a long time. Now physics researchers at Lund University in Sweden have succeeded in injecting a large number of nanodiamonds directly to the cell interi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fluorescent-nanodiamonds-successfully-injected-living-cells - 2025-03-14

Published 4 March 2021 Photo: Annie Spratt/Unsplash Lund University is investing SEK 100 million in an interdisciplinary research programme focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. The programme is to attract international research expertise and to bring about the establishment of more internationally leading research environments in sustainability. “With its breadth and cutting edge,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-announces-major-international-research-programme-sustainable-development - 2025-03-14

Published 5 March 2021 The structure of an antibody In recent years, therapeutic antibodies have transformed the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. Now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new, efficient method based on the genetic scissors CRISPR-Cas9, that facilitates antibody development. The discovery is published in Nature Communications. Antibody drugs are the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-method-facilitates-development-antibody-based-drugs - 2025-03-14

Published 5 March 2021 Lars Edvinsson (Photo: Kennet Ruona) In the early 1970s, Lars Edvinsson stepped through the doors of Lund University for the first time. More than 50 years later, he is awarded the world's most prominent prize in brain research, "The Brain Prize", which is awarded annually by the Lundbeck Foundation. He receives the award for his pioneering research on migraines. "This is a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/migraine-pioneer-awarded-prestigious-brain-prize - 2025-03-14

Published 9 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 sp

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/bird-parents-receive-help-live-longer - 2025-03-14

Published 12 March 2021 Photo: Mostphotos Researchers at Lund University in Sweden can now show that a new examination method identifies high-risk plaques in the blood vessels surrounding the heart, that cannot be seen solely with traditional angiograms. This type of plaque, rich in fat, could potentially cause recurring heart attacks in patients with heart disease. The study is published in the T

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-clinical-method-could-lower-risk-recurring-heart-attacks - 2025-03-14