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On January 25 2016 Åsa Petersen gave an invited talk on “Hypothalamic pathology in HD” at the Department for Neurology at Ulm University in Germany. Here with one of the hosts; Dr Patrick Weydt.
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/talk-ulm-university - 2026-01-09
Rana Soylu Kucharz successfully defended her PhD thesis at Lund University on Thursday January 28! Congratulations Dr Rana Soylu Kucharz!
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/congratulations-dr-rana-soylu-kucharz - 2026-01-09
In the magazine Reflex (1/2016), issued by Neuroförbundet, an article on the TNU research on Huntington's disease is highlighted. Three PhD theses have been published during 2014-2016 in the TNU group; all focusing on different aspect of the disease. Read the article here (in Swedish): artikel_i_reflex_1_2016.pdf
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnus-research-highlighted-reflex - 2026-01-09
Petersén is invited to give a talk entitled "Huntington disease - in the crossroads of neurology and psychiatry" at the Swedish Psychiatry Congress in Stockholm, March 16-18 2016.
On Friday April 15 2016 Åsa Petersén hosted a national HD meeting in Lund for health care personnel. 50 participants from different parts of Sweden attended the meeting. program_nationellt_hd-mote_lund_15_april_2016.pdf
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-hosts-national-hd-meeting - 2026-01-09
Åsa Petersén was appointed Professor in Neuroscience at the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University on March 16 2016.
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-now-appointed-professor-lund-university - 2026-01-09
Former TNU PhD student Sanaz Gabery was awarded Best Neurobiology section PhD thesis 2015 for her thesis New perspectives on pathology in Huntington's disease - characterization of hypothalamic changes.Congratulations, Sanaz!
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/gabery-awarded-best-neurobiology-section-phd-thesis-2015 - 2026-01-09
Dr Rachel Cheong is awarded Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forsknings (SSMF) stipend for post doctoral studies. The stipend of 600 000 SEK during two years allows Rachel to conduct research aiming to understand the neuropsychiatric aspects of HD. A greater understanding of the underlying pathophysiology of HD will clearly help to develop novel therapeutic strategies to treat this debilitating di
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/cheong-receives-ssmf-post-doc-stipend - 2026-01-09
Petersen and Cheong were awarded a 500 000 SEK grant for a project on the oxytocin system as a therapeutic target for HD!Brain Foundation's webpage (in Swedish)
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/swedish-brain-foundation-grant-petersen-and-cheong - 2026-01-09
Drs Baldo, Cheong and Soylu-Kucharz present their recent research findings at the 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience in Copenhagen, July 2-6 2016.More about FENS:FENS website
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-members-present-research-fens-copenhagen - 2026-01-09
Dr Cheong presents her recent work at the HDF (Hereditary Disease Foundation) “The Milton Wexler Celebration of Life” symposium in Boston, August 3-6 2016.
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/dr-cheong-presents-her-research-hdf-meeting-boston - 2026-01-09
Annika Bergman Rosamond has, together with Michelle Pace (Roskilde), co-authored the article “Political Legitimacy and celebrity politicians: Tony Blair as Middle East envoy 2007-2016”. The article is published in the journal Middle East Critique. This article explores former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s role as the official envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East, with many observers quest
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/celebrity-politician-tony-blairs-role-middle-east-envoy - 2026-01-09
Klas Nilsson has recently received a prize for his dissertation ”The Money of Monarchs”. The award is conferred by Vetenskapssocieteten and was presented at the annual celebration held on November 23. Vetenskapssocieteten exists to promote humanist research, in part by providing support to younger researchers.Nilsson’s dissertation, the Society notes, “makes an important contribution to the study
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/vetenskapssocieteten-lund-gives-prize-dissertation-political-science - 2026-01-09
Catarina Kinnvall and Ted Svensson have published a joint article in “Review of International Studies”, entitled “Misrecognition and the Indian state: The desire for sovereign agency”. In the article, they show how the Indian state is being rethought, restructured and reimagined through Hindu nationalism and how the concept of misrecognition accounts for desires for sovereign agency and group cohe
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-misrecognition-and-indian-state - 2026-01-09
Karin Aggestam, Annika Bergman-Rosamond and Annica Kronsell have co-authored the journal article ”Theorising Feminist Foreign Policy”, which has been published in International Relations. The article advances a new theoretical framework, which enables a thoroughgoing study of feminist foreign policy. It draws upon feminist international relations theory and the ethics of care to embrace the lived
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/theorising-feminist-foreign-policy - 2026-01-09
Maiken Røed has co-authored the article "Explaining Participation Bias in the European Commission's Online Consultations: The Struggle for Policy Gain without too Much Pain" published in Journal of Common Market Studies. The article investigates participation bias in the European Commission's online consultations and focuses on the effects of issue characteristics. More information is available on
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/roed-european-commissions-online-consultations - 2026-01-09
Elsa Hedling defended her dissertation "Blending Politics and New Media. Mediatized Practices of EU Digital Diplomacy" on December 19 at 10:00 in Eden auditorium. Discussant was Professor Alister Miskimmon, Queen’s University Belfast. In her PhD thesis titled “Blending Politics and New Media. Mediatized Practices of EU Digital Diplomacy”, Elsa Hedling explores the relationship between politics and
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/elsa-hedling-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-01-09
Catarina Kinnvall has published the article “On the Frontline: Populism and White Nationalism” in the journal Discover Society. In the article, Catarina Kinnvall discusses the dangers of seeing rising ethnic diversity as a threat to democracy and the West – a position held by a number of academics, journalists and commentators in Britain and Europe.Learn more on discoversociety.orgCatarina Kinnval
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/populism-and-white-nationalism - 2026-01-09
Magdalena Bexell and Kristina Jönsson have published an article entitled "Country Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals–The Politics of Performance Review at the Global-National Nexus" in the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. Debates on governance through goal-setting and performance review have gained momentum with the adoption of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Developm
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-politics-sustainability-performance-review - 2026-01-09
Are female politicians less likely to be promoted to specific ministerial posts, and is it important for them to toe the party line? Hanna Bäck has, together with Johan Bo Davidsson and Markus Baumann, studied this question in an analysis of Swedish cabinet appointments. The results of their statistical analysis suggest that women are less likely to become ministers when deviating from the party l
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/back-female-cabinet-appointments - 2026-01-09
