Published 13 February 2023 Urban great tits prefer native trees for breeding (Photo: Caroline Isaksson) Small passerine birds, such as blue and great tits, avoid breeding in urban areas where there are many non-native trees. Chicks also weigh less the more non-native trees there are in the vicinity of the nest. This is shown in a long-term study from Lund University in Sweden. City trees contribut

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/urban-birds-prefer-native-trees - 2025-01-04

Published 16 February 2023 Photo: Mostphotos/Yuri Arcurs Patients are often asked to rate their feelings using a rating scale, when talking to psychologists or doctors about their mental health. This is currently how depression and anxiety are diagnosed. However, a new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that allowing patients to describe their experience using their own words - is potentia

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ai-could-improve-mental-health-care - 2025-01-04

Published 21 February 2023 Photo: iStock/Pedre During the foetal stage, a number of so-called cell programs run that are vital to the development of the foetus. In a study published in Cell Reports, researchers from Lund University demonstrate that one of these foetal programs appears to protect against acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). “We have used an experimental mouse model that always results in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-insights-foetal-development-may-protect-against-leukaemia - 2025-01-04

Published 28 February 2023 The milestone transplant was performed at Skåne University Hospital in February On 13th of February, a transplant of stem cell-derived nerve cells was administered to a person with Parkinson’s at Skåne University Hospital, Sweden. The product has been developed by Lund University and it is now being tested in patients for the first time. The transplantation product is ge

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/first-patient-receives-milestone-stem-cell-based-transplant-parkinsons-disease - 2025-01-04

Published 2 March 2023 A Bombus terrestris queen, one of the bumblebees that usually fly earliest in spring. Photo: Maria Blasi Romero With the arrival of spring, bumblebee queens take their first wing beat of the season and set out to find new nesting sites. But they are flying earlier in the year, as a result of a warmer climate and a changing agricultural landscape, according to new research fr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/earlier-take-could-lead-fewer-bumblebees-and-less-pollination - 2025-01-04

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 6 March 2023 Children stand on a playground in front of a destroyed building in Kalynivka, north of Kyiv, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 15 September 2022. Photo: Sergei Chuzavkov/AFP. By invading Ukraine, Russia is not only violating international law - it is also preventing people in Ukraine from e

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/war-ultimate-violation-human-rights - 2025-01-04

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 6 March 2023 Demonstrator holds a placard depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin with the text "tribunal". Photo: Andrej Cukic/EPA. Russia's invasion of Ukraine was clearly illegal. Yet it is unlikely that Vladimir Putin will be held accountable. Most people agree that war is morally wrong. But what is th

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/charges-against-putin-unlikely - 2025-01-04

By ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson) - published 6 March 2023 Angela Merkel gestures as Vladimir Putin looks on during a press conference after talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 10, 2015. Photo: Kirill Kudryavtsev/Reuters. The war in Ukraine has now been going on for a year. The devastation is enormous, as are the human rights abuses. At the mom

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/has-diplomacy-been-exhausted - 2025-01-04

By sanna [dot] trygg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 6 March 2023 Does negotiating Sweden's NATO membership mean that the government is prepared to tinker with basic human rights and values? According to two political scientists, there is a risk of this happening. In the summer of 2022, Turkey, Sweden and Finland proposed an agreement that would see Turkey's NATO app

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sweden-must-stand-turkey-conflict-over-values - 2025-01-04

Published 7 March 2023 Is it possible to know exactly where to point a microscope in order to capture the precise moment a bacterium or a virus infects a cell? In order to take high resolution microscopic images of living biological material, you need to know exactly where to point the microscope. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now developed a software solution for smart, data-drive

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/smart-microscopy-works-out-where-take-picture - 2025-01-04

Published 9 March 2023 Saffron found on Gribshunden (Photo: Mikael Larsson) Marine archaeologists from Lund University in Sweden have found exotic spices such as black pepper, cloves, ginger and saffron on the royal warship Gribshunden, that belonged to the Danish King Hans. The shipwreck is located on the sea floor off the southern coast of Sweden. The findings provide a fascinating insight into

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-spices-found-500-year-old-medieval-shipwreck - 2025-01-04

Publicerad 9 januari 2024 Gustav Agneman och Lisa Strömbom har tillsammans författat en ny artikel i Journal of Conflict Resolution (open access). Den presenterar resultat från ett fältexperiment i Meta, Colombia. Docent Lisa Strömbom, Lunds universitet. Associate Professor Gustav Agneman, Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Artikeln bidrar till att öka förståe

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/agneman-och-strombom-ny-artikel-i-journal-conflict-resolution - 2025-01-04

Publicerad 11 januari 2024 Anders Uhlin har tillsammans med Malin Arvidsson skrivit kapitlet “Civil Society Boundary Crossing and Elite Integration” som publicerats i Civil Society Elites: Exploring the Composition, Reproduction, Integration, and Contestation of Civil Society Actors at the Top, redigerad av Håkan Johansson & Anna Meeuwisse. Professor Anders Uhlin, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/arvidsson-och-uhlin-om-gransoverskridande-civilsamhalleseliter - 2025-01-04

Publicerad 12 januari 2024 Karin Aggestam och Constance Duncombe har författat artikeln ”Advancing A New Research Agenda on Digital Disruption in Diplomacy” och redigerat specialnumret om digitala förändringsprocesser inom diplomatin som publicerats i den internationella tidskriften Hague Journal of Diplomacy. Abstrakt: This article introduces the special issue on digital disruption in diplomacy.

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/ny-artikel-och-specialnummer-om-digitala-forandringsprocesser-inom-diplomatin - 2025-01-04

Av helena [dot] lind [at] sam [dot] lu [dot] se (Helena Lind) - publicerad 17 januari 2024 Samhällsvetenskapliga fakultetens hedersdoktorer 2024, Samir Abu Eid (foto: Salim Alsabbagh) och Michel Agier Journalisten Samir Abu Eid och professor Michel Agier har utsetts till 2024 års hedersdoktorer vid Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Lunds universitet. Samir Abu Eid är bland annat journalist och

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/samhallsvetarnas-hedersdoktorer-svts-mellanosternkorrespondent-och-fransk-antropolog - 2025-01-04

Publicerad 2 februari 2024 Georgia de Leeuw spikade på onsdagen sin avhandling, "The Comfort of Alignment: Mining, Green Steel, and Killjoy Desires in Sweden/Sápmi" på Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, Eden. Georgia de Leeuw spikar upp sin avhandling på väggen i Eden omgiven av kollegorna. I bakgrunden syns biträdande prefekt för forskarutbildningen, Ted Svensson. Disputationen kommer att äga rum 

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/georgia-de-leeuw-spikade-sin-avhandling - 2025-01-04

Publicerad 8 februari 2024 Professor Karin Aggestam, Lunds universitet och professor Jacqui True, Monash University (Karins foto: Johan Persson). Karin Aggestam och Jacqui True har författat kapitlet ”Foreign Policy Analysis and Feminism” som publicerats i The Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis. Mer om The Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis här:https://global.oup.com/academic/produ

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/aggestam-och-true-om-utrikespolitisk-analys-och-feminism - 2025-01-04

Publicerad 9 februari 2024 Rekryteringstorget på Cyber Challenge 2024 ger studenterna möjlighet att skapa värdefulla kontakter med närvarande aktörer. Foto: Anders G Warne Den första februari deltog fyra av våra studenter som nyligen slutfört kandidatkursen i underrättelseanalys i Cyber Challenge på Försvarshögskolan i Stockholm med Tony Ingesson som coach. Vårt lag, som var enda representanten fr

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/underrattelseanalysstudenter-representerade-lunds-universitet-i-cyber-challenge-2024 - 2025-01-04

Publicerad 13 februari 2024 Vi vill gratulera Ketevan Bolkvadze till att ha fått finansiering som partner i ett europeiskt konsortium. Projektet "Re-ENGAGE: Re-Engaging with Neighbours in a State of War and Geopolitical Tensions" fick 3 miljoner euro i finansiering genom Horisont Europa. Biträdande universitetslektor Ketevan Bolkvadze, Lunds universitet. (Foto: DAVIS) Lund är en av åtta partners o

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/ketevan-bolkvadze-far-finansiering-som-partner-i-ett-europeiskt-konsortium - 2025-01-04

Publicerad 15 februari 2024 Docent Magdalena Bexell, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, Lunds universitet. Magdalena Bexell har publicerat artikeln "Indicator accountability or policy shrinking? Multistakeholder partnerships in reviews of the Sustainable Development Goals" i tidskriften Global Policy. Artikeln undersöker hur indikatorer används i uppföljning av de globala hållbarhetsmålen i FN:s Ag

https://www.svet.lu.se/artikel/ny-artikel-om-global-styrning-indikatorer - 2025-01-04