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Lund University improves top 100 position

Published 10 September 2013 Lund University has strengthened its position as a world top 100 university, with a 67th place ranking in the 2013 QS World University Rankings, released today. Lund’s four-notch improvement places it safely in the global top 100 for the 6th year running, retaining the spot as Sweden’s top university.The QS World University Rankings evaluate 800 of the world’s top unive

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-improves-top-100-position - 2025-03-14

Genomics-informed decisions can help save species from extinction

Published 4 June 2021 The middle spotted woodpecker has disappeared from Sweden, while the European fire-bellied toad has been reintroduced. (Photos: Wikimedia Commons) Researchers in Lund, Copenhagen and Norwich have shown that harmful mutations present in the DNA play an important – yet neglected – role in the conservation and translocation programs of threatened species. “Many species are threa

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/genomics-informed-decisions-can-help-save-species-extinction - 2025-03-14

Existence of new element confirmed

Published 27 August 2013 Remember the periodic table from chemistry class in school? Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have presented fresh evidence that confirms the existence of a previously unknown chemical element. The new, super-heavy element has yet to be named. An international team of researchers, led by physicists from Lund University, have confirmed the existence of what is cons

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/existence-new-element-confirmed - 2025-03-14

Earth’s meteorite impacts over past 500 million years tracked

Published 8 June 2021 Fredrik Terfelt and Birger Schmitz dissolved almost ten tonnes of sedimentary rocks from ancient seabeds. (Photo: Johan Joelsson) For the first time, a unique study conducted at Lund University in Sweden has tracked the meteorite flux to Earth over the past 500 million years. Contrary to current theories, researchers have determined that major collisions in the asteroid belt

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/earths-meteorite-impacts-over-past-500-million-years-tracked - 2025-03-14

Study tracks the spread of Covid-19 in Sweden

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 9 June 2021 Since April 2020, volunteer participants 18 years and older who reside in Sweden have been eligible to report daily their health status in the free app. Photo: iStockphoto During the pandemic, the free COVID Symptom Study app has helped researchers understand the complexity and spread of the corona virus

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/study-tracks-spread-covid-19-sweden - 2025-03-14

Lund University climbs in global top 100 ranking

Published 9 June 2021 Lund University has been ranked 87th in the world, climbing 10 spots in the QS World University Rankings 2022. This makes Lund the top ranked university in Sweden, and one of two Swedish universities currently in the top 100. QS evaluates just over 1,600 of the world's universities and ranks 1,300 of them. In total, there are about 26,000 universities in the world. Lund Unive

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-climbs-global-top-100-ranking - 2025-03-14

Free and nutritious school lunches help create richer and healthier adults

Published 14 June 2021 Photo: Ragnhild Haarstad, Stockholm City Museum Universal school lunch programs make students healthier, and increase their lifetime income by 3%, according to a unique study from Lund University in Sweden published in The Review of Economic Studies. Health disparities arise early in life and play a major role in economic outcomes among adults. Yet there are few studies on t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/free-and-nutritious-school-lunches-help-create-richer-and-healthier-adults - 2025-03-14

Computer method to help predict outcomes for heart patients

Published 15 June 2021 Photo: Mostphotos An international group of clinicians and scientists from MIT and Lund University, among others, have analysed how individual genetic changes affect the heart muscle. The researchers have created a new computer tool that could help tailor treatments for heart patients with inherited heart disease. The study is published in NPJ Genomic Medicine. (TEXT: Agata

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/computer-method-help-predict-outcomes-heart-patients - 2025-03-14

Induced hypothermia after cardiac arrest did not improve survival

Published 16 June 2021 The results were presented at a press conference in Lund Since 2005, the guidelines for the care of unconscious cardiac arrest patients have been to cool the body temperature down to 33 degrees Celsius. A large, randomised clinical trial led by Lund University and Region Skåne in Sweden has shown that this treatment does not improve survival. The study is published in the Ne

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/induced-hypothermia-after-cardiac-arrest-did-not-improve-survival - 2025-03-14

Empowering rural communities under climate change and water scarcity

By anna [dot] lothman [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Löthman) - published 21 October 2023 ”The key question is to find a sustainable way for water supply and biodiversity restoration,” says Andrés Palacio. Photo: Center of Research and Innovations for Water, Sustainability and Circular Economy, AnfiBIO Sirculab, Colombia Andrés Palacio, Associate professor in Economic History at LUSEM, recently

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/empowering-rural-communities-under-climate-change-and-water-scarcity - 2025-03-14

Introduction to Causal Machine Learning

By marie [dot] pihl [at] nek [dot] lu [dot] se (Marie Pihl) - published 29 February 2024 Arne Ryde Summer School 19 August – 22 August, 2024, at 10:00 – 15:00 at LUSEM. Instructor: Anthony Strittmatter, Ph.D. (UniDistance Switzerland and Amazon)Introductory, Ph.D.-level course in causal machine learning.No prior knowledge of machine learning is needed.Open for Ph.D. students, postdocs, and faculty

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/introduction-causal-machine-learning - 2025-03-14

Informatics teacher on digital education: ”Learning from each other is the key”

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 7 March 2022 When the restrictions lifted, Blerim was eager to step back into the classroom and meet the students. Photo: Louise Larsson Two years have passed since Swedish universities, LUSEM included, almost overnight went from campus to remote teaching. How did it go? We met up with Blerim Emruli, senior lecturer in

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/informatics-teacher-digital-education-learning-each-other-key - 2025-03-14

Brilliant ideas on sustainability: Students honored by SSCEN

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 17 December 2023 Happy prize winner! Rasmus Roth with the prize for the essay he wrote together with Mikko Ala Porkkunen. Photo: Marianne Loor. With the Öresund as a backdrop, at the top and far end of the Ångbåtsbron bridge in the beautiful new premises of the Chamber of Commerce of Southern Sweden in Malmö, the winners of the S

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/brilliant-ideas-sustainability-students-honored-sscen - 2025-03-14

LUSEM welcomes the EQUIS peer review team

By anna [dot] lothman [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Löthman) - published 5 March 2024 LUSEM is currently in the midst of ongoing accreditation efforts, with a particular emphasis on receiving the peer review team for evaluation. LUSEM is currently hosting the EQUIS peer review team for the next three days, 5 – 7 March. We extend a warm welcome to the team.The members of the peer review team are

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-welcomes-equis-peer-review-team - 2025-03-14

Konstantinos Mertzianis – alumnus from MSc in Information Systems 2009

By carla [dot] bohme [at] ics [dot] lu [dot] se (Carla Böhme) - published 8 April 2024 Konstantinos Mertzianis In 2009, Konstantinos graduated with a master's degree in information systems from the Department of Informatics at Lund University. We interviewed him about his successes in the labour market. Tell us about what you do today!“I work at Qlik, which is a software company specializing in bu

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/konstantinos-mertzianis-alumnus-msc-information-systems-2009 - 2025-03-14

Change Maker Future Track highlighted at quality conference

Published 10 October 2022 When invited to the first ever Lund University Quality conference, Martina Oxling accepted. The conference is a good opportunity to tell people about one of the LUSEM flagships, the Change Maker Future Track. Meet Martina and learn more about the track, and her expectations and goals for the future. The Lund University Quality conference was given recently at the School o

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/change-maker-future-track-highlighted-quality-conference - 2025-03-14

LUSEM’s new Dean Joakim Gullstrand on leadership and collaboration

Published 12 March 2024 Joakim Gullstrand is the new Dean of Lund University School of Economics and Management since January 2024. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg-Bärg “We aim to contribute to the broader dialogue between academia and industry, ensuring that our work remains relevant and impactful in addressing contemporary issues.” This is how Joakim Gullstrand, Professor of Economics and the new Dean

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusems-new-dean-joakim-gullstrand-leadership-and-collaboration - 2025-03-14

Welcome Mars!

Published 12 March 2024 Photo: Istock/Ekaterina79 We are happy to announce that Mars is our latest partnership company addition at Lund University School of Economics and Management. Very known for their chocolate bars, but what was more of a news flash for some of us  was the company’s strong stakes within pet food, owning brands like Royal Canin, Pedigree, Whiskas and also Ben’s Original rice an

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/welcome-mars - 2025-03-14

Shadow banks and climate change – ally or obstacle?

By talina [dot] sondershaus [at] nek [dot] lu [dot] se (Talina Sondershaus) - published 4 December 2023 Figure 1: Climate change attention index (WSJ)* and exposure to brown loans (Net Purchases)** In a recent research paper, Talina Sondershaus and her co-authors investigate how shadow banks, which are bank-like institutions that are only lightly regulated, behave in the context of climate change.

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/shadow-banks-and-climate-change-ally-or-obstacle - 2025-03-14

How does violent conflict affect the spread of Covid-19?

By mohammad [dot] sepahvand [at] nek [dot] lu [dot] se (Mohammad Sepahvand) - published 7 November 2023 A few days after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the former Dutch Ambassador to Ukraine told BBC that his parents-in-law did not dare to go to a refugee shelter because they were afraid to contract Covid-19. This vivid example links violence and forced displacement

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/how-does-violent-conflict-affect-spread-covid-19 - 2025-03-14