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 - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17

By marie [dot] pihl [at] nek [dot] lu [dot] se (Marie Pihl) - published 26 April 2024 Benjámin Olivér Maday, Tilman Bretschneider, Christina Maschmann and Ida Haggren. Photo: Oleksandra Panasenko The Econometric Game in Amsterdam is a competition known as the ”World Championship in Econometrics”. In 2021 LUSEM won the game and now it is time again! LUSEM was represented by a team of four: two firs

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-team-wins-world-championship-econometrics-0 - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] johansson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Johansson) - published 26 April 2024 Alumnus Willam Dendy's career journey spans diplomacy, economics and tech. From his start at the British Embassy to roles in the UK Government and now in the tech industry, William's story highlights how his studies in the master's programme in Economics shaped his path. Why did you chose Sweden and the

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/william-dendy-alumnus-msc-economics-2017 - 2025-04-17

Published 29 April 2024 Jonas Helgertz, researcher at both the CED and the Department of Economic History, as well as Vice Dean for Research at LUSEM, has been appointed professor in Economic History from May 1. We send warm well-wishes on this achievement Jonas!

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/ced-researcher-jonas-helgertz-appointed-professor - 2025-04-17

Published 12 February 2021 Photo: Istock/Jirapong Manustrong Data literacy is increasing its importance for current and future professionals. But what is ‘data literacy’ exactly and how do LUSEM educators work with it? We asked Blerim Emruli, Senior Lecturer in Informatics, and recently announced as one of the select participants in the Inaugural Professor Ambassador Class at Qlik. Senior Lecturer

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/data-has-power-transform-business-and-improve-society - 2025-04-17

By maria [dot] johansson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Johansson) - published 6 May 2024 Graduation was approaching and alumnus Erik Månsson didn't know what he wanted to do. A few months later he received the diploma in his hand, as well as his first job - CEO for a start-up within Food Tech. We had a talk with Erik about his job - as well as the start-up world, student life and sources of in

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/erik-mansson-alumnus-bsc-business-and-economics-2019 - 2025-04-17

Published 14 May 2024 Collage of photos showing Wuhan University Spearheaded by Lund University’s Department of Business Law and supported by the Embassy of Sweden in China, this was the first high-level Swedish scholarly delegation, focusing on sustainable development after the Covid-19 pandemic to visit China. The visit, involving week-long events from 18th – 22nd March 2024, centered around the

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-leads-swedish-scholarly-delegation-china - 2025-04-17

Published 13 May 2024 Video: Vinzent Ostermeyer explains his award-winning research “Vinzent is an independent and creative researcher who shows exceptional ability in combining large historical data sets with modern quantitative methods and theoretical modelling.” This is how the researcher who wrote the best thesis of the year at LUSEM is described in the prize nomination. Congratulations, Vinze

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-research-swedens-industrialisation-process-receives-lusem-award-best-doctoral-thesis-2023 - 2025-04-17

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 30 May 2022 Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM), the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) and Sparbanken Skåne are founding a joint centre for sustainable enterprising at Lund University. Together, they are investing several million SEK in the centre, which will start welcoming new doctoral students acro

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/major-investment-new-interdisciplinary-centre-sustainable-enterprising-lund - 2025-04-17

By anna [dot] lothman [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Löthman) - published 14 May 2024 LUSEM did it again! LUSEM is delighted to announce their latest EQUIS re-accreditation from EFMD, still joining a select group of esteemed institutions recognised for excellence in business education. For several months, several staff members at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) have be

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-receives-prestigious-re-accreditation-confirming-excellence-business-education - 2025-04-17

By marie [dot] pihl [at] nek [dot] lu [dot] se (Marie Pihl) - published 14 May 2024 Albert Duodu investigates how trade shocks impact the economic activities of a country. Photo: iStock Trade shocks can have various impacts on the economic activities of a country, yet it remains uncertain whether such shocks influence the environmental behaviors of firms. Albert Duodu shows, in a recent investigat

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/carbon-offshoring-and-manufacturing-cleanup - 2025-04-17