Published 8 July 2020 Swedish women talk about the shame, threats and fear that went into telling someone about being abused by their partner in this new article "Revealing hidden realities: disclosing domestic abuse to informal others" published by Susanne Boethius and Malin Åkerström in the Nordic Journal of Criminology, and available as Open Access. One in three women Violence against women in

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/women-hesitate-when-revealing-domestic-abuse - 2025-04-25

Published 28 September 2020 Petra Östergren next to a mural of a sex worker on Marion Street, Wellington, during her 2017 field studies in New Zealand, the only country in the world with an integrative policy.. Photo: Catherine Healy. Social anthropologist Petra Östergren’s research rethinks prostitution policies and receives international response and praise. Her chapter "From zero-tolerance to f

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/governing-sex-work-new-way-categorizing-prostitution-policy-may-be-standard-years-come - 2025-04-25

Published 22 September 2020 Meetings are common in contemporary working life, but they are often overlooked in academic studies and sometimes defined as empty or boring by employees. Three researchers of sociology now contribute with insights into the culture of meetings. Malin Åkerström, David Wästerfors and Sophia Yakhlef at the Department of Sociology in Lund have written the article Meetings o

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/lets-pretend-not-meeting - 2025-04-25

Published 4 November 2020 Sociologist Tullia Jack's paper questions whether changes meant to increase life quality and provide basic human rights, are actually contributing to deepening social stratification. Tullia Jack has published the paper ‘Without cleanliness we can’t lead the life, no?’ Cleanliness practices, (in)accessible infrastructures, social (im)mobility and (un)sustainable consumptio

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/more-cleanliness-deepening-social-gaps - 2025-04-25

Published 5 November 2020 The impact party politics has on the circulation of information about COVID-19 is the topic of a new article in the Canadian Journal of Political Science. Doctoral Student of Social Anthropology Isabelle Johansson has together with researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside published the article titled: ”The Partisan Impact on Local Government Dissemination of CO

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/how-do-politics-impact-access-information-about-covid-19 - 2025-04-25

Published 10 November 2020 Alexandra Franzén, doctoral student of sociology, has published the article “But ÖB Bengt Gustafsson took me by the hand and thanked me. A comparison between Jan Guillou's and Peter Bratt's accounts of the IB-publication in 1973 and 2017 ” in the Political Science journal Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift. In May 1973, the Swedish journalists Peter Bratt and Jan Guillou expose

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/sociologist-examines-swedish-ib-scandal-1973 - 2025-04-25

Published 12 February 2021 SWEDISH PARENTING SUPPORT: Lisa Eklund and Åsa Lundqvist at the Department of Sociology in Lund have published the article "Governing as peers : Reluctant experts and competent parents in the Swedish welfare state" in the French-language, international journal: Lien social et Politiques. Abstract In recent years, parenting support has gained traction in the Swedish welfa

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/competent-parents-steered-peers - 2025-04-25

Published 24 March 2021 Susanne Boethius and Malin Åkerström at the Department of Sociology in Lund are winners of the Nordic Journal of Criminology Best Article Prize 2020 with the article "Revealing hidden realities: disclosing domestic abuse to informal others". The study draws on interviews with 21 Swedish women who have been victims of domestic abuse and their social networks. The article dis

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/best-article-prize-2020-goes-sociology-article-victims-domestic-abuse - 2025-04-25

Published 2 June 2021 Even though much of their time is spent in less dramatic situations, transnational police from a range of different counties describe their own work in terms of fighting and combat. David Sausdal, Associate Senior Lecturer at the Department of Sociology, has spent six years ethnographically researching transnational policing efforts at both the national and international leve

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/war-language-used-transnational-police-when-describing-their-work - 2025-04-25

Published 23 September 2015 The incretin hormones GLP-1 and GIP act like the yin and yang on the body´s blood vessels. While GLP-1 has been associated with protective effects according to new research GIP can contribute to an increased risk of stroke. The findings are published in the scientific journal Diabetes. The incretin hormones GIP and GLP-1 are released from the intestine after eating to s

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/yin-yang-balancing-act-blood-vessels - 2025-04-25

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 6 July 2018 Do you eat a lot of chicken, pasta, cheese, dressing and oils? Or are you one of those who consume a lot of yogurt with cereal, but stay away from coffee and meat? Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have studied different food patterns and found that some consumption patterns are healthier than others.

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/what-your-food-pattern - 2025-04-25

Published 20 August 2018 Seminar during the politician week in Visby, Sweden, about screening for autoimmune type 1 diabetes. See the presentations and panel discussion in Swedish again afterwards.  Participants:
Åke Lernmark, Lund UniversitetMarkus Lundgren, Lund UniversitetLinda Ahlkvist, TrialNet, Lund Universitet
Jeanette Åkerström Kördel, GPPAD, Lund Universitet
Jenni Nordborg, Regeringskansl

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/screening-autoimmune-type-1-diabetes - 2025-04-25

Published 23 August 2018 Review in Diabetologia (2017). Authors: Simon E Regnell and Åke Lernmark. Link to the publication:Early prediction of autoimmune (type 1) diabetes    Åke Lernmark Åke Lernmark. Photo: Swedish Society of Medicine More about Åke Lernmark

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/early-prediction-autoimmune-typ1-1-diabetes - 2025-04-25

Published 28 September 2018 What are the challenges within diabetes research today? And what are the strenghts of Lund university Diabetes Centre (LUDC) to meet those challenges? A powerhouse for diabetes research - Diabetes today is one of the largest global health problems that we have. I think that one of the main challenges we have is to make sure that we consider the patient and make sure we

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/exodiabludc-irc-powerhouse-diabetes-research - 2025-04-25

Published 1 October 2018 Who will be the winner of the Leif C. Groop award for outstanding diabetes research 2018? Deadline for nominations October 31. Nomination form, instructions and information about previous winners

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/leif-c-groop-award-time-nomination - 2025-04-25

Published 2 October 2018 The islets of Langerhans in the pancreas contain not only insulin-producing cells, but also four other hormone-producing cell types. Using a new method, researchers are to study their interaction by mapping previously unknown genetic networks. “It will give us new possibilities to direct medicines at new targets”, says associate professor Nils Wierup who will present the f

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/mapping-mechanisms-behind-type-2-diabetes - 2025-04-25

Published 2 October 2018 Tord Ajanki started diabetesportalen.se just over a decade ago. Now he is to relinquish the editorship and retire. “It feels strange, good in one way, but it’s difficult to stop doing something that you have been involved in for so long”, he says. Tord Ajanki initially trained as a nurse.  “My wife and I wanted to save the world! We were going to do the training and work a

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/father-diabetesportalense-retires - 2025-04-25

Published 5 October 2018 The complement proteins that circulate in our blood are an important part of our immune system. They help identify bacteria, viruses and other harmful organisms, making it easier for our white blood cells to find and neutralise dangerous microbes. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered a previously unknown function of the central complement protein, C

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-function-key-component-immune-system-discovered - 2025-04-25

Published 3 October 2018 The TEDDY Study has increased our knowledge about what happens prior to the onset of autoimmune diabetes (type 1 diabetes) and has shown that a stomach infection can trigger coeliac disease. Lund University in Sweden has now received just over SEK 40 million from the American National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue the TEDDY Study for another five years. “We have l

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/international-diabetes-study-receives-sek-40-million-continue - 2025-04-25

Published 8 October 2018 Can insulin absorbed in small doses through food in early childhood get the immune system accustomed to insulin and thereby delay – or prevent – type 1 diabetes? Researchers hope to find the answer through POInT, a study starting in Skåne this autumn. Newborn babies in Skåne with a high risk of autoimmune diabetes (type 1 diabetes) can take part in the study. The infants f

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-study-babies-skane-prevent-type-1-diabetes - 2025-04-25