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The evolution of eyesight, how not to disrupt animal flight, and immunotherapies in cancer treatment. Biologists Michael Bok and Cecilia Nilsson, along with medical researcher Paul Bourgine, have been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant to further study these topics. Michael Bok, researcher, Lund Vision Group:Can you describe your research?I study the evolution of eyes and visual system

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/three-lund-university-researchers-awarded-major-eu-grant - 2025-12-14

A rare discovery of the book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium by astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus has been made at the Lund University Library in Sweden. The book had seemingly been hiding in plain sight for over 100 years, and was only discovered when over 800,000 library catalog cards were digitised. ”This is the sort of information that disappears through the centuries, but is now able to be d

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/rare-copy-copernicus-book-found-lund-university - 2025-12-14

When the late summer sun falls over Ireland’s Wicklow Mountains, the slopes turn purple with blooming heather. Honeybees are moved to the heathlands for the sought-after heather honey, but their presence affects wild bumblebees. An Irish-Swedish research team has shown in a new study that wild bumblebees change their behaviour and are smaller in size when the number of beehives increases. The rese

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/honeybees-crowd-out-bumblebees-even-flower-rich-heathlands - 2025-12-14

A fingerprint has been found in the tars used to build the oldest known wooden plank boat in Scandinavia, which provides a direct link to the seaborne raiders who used the boat over 2,000 years ago. By analysing the tar itself, Lund University researchers are closer to solving the long-standing mystery of where the attackers in the boat came from. In the 4th century BC, an armada of boats attacked

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fingerprint-ancient-seafarer-found-scandinavias-oldest-plank-boat - 2025-12-14

Red-backed shrikes fly thousands of kilometres to reach Africa – and they do so with astonishing precision. Aided by new technology, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have been able to track the birds’ journeys in detail. It turns out that they may have a more complex genetic migration programme than researchers have previously been able to show. “We can now follow a bird’s location through

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-technology-reveals-migratory-birds-stunning-precision-flight - 2025-12-14

A blood biomarker yet to be used in cardiac arrest care can give a clearer picture of the extent of brain damage after a cardiac arrest. This has been shown in a large international multicentre study led by researchers at Lund University that has been published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. Worldwide, around four million people each year suffer a sudden cardiac arrest. “This will transform c

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/blood-test-reveals-prognosis-after-cardiac-arrest - 2025-12-14

Given the current warming climate, many of us have wondered if snow around Christmas time is slowly becoming a thing of the past. We asked Alex Vermeulen, Director of the ICOS Carbon Portal at Lund University, what Europeans can expect going forward. Only one thing seems certain: the weather will change in unpredictable ways, with more extreme weather likely. Around what time will Europeans experi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/can-europeans-still-dream-about-white-christmas - 2025-12-14

Through the years, most gender norms have been challenged or changed in modern society. Yet each Christmas, a strikingly similar image of Santa Claus appears in the media and in our homes. What is is about Santa Claus that makes him immune to the criticism that other male patriarchal figures have endured? ”A lot of Swedish parents these days are very gender aware and progressive. This hasn’t seeme

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/why-we-accept-santas-traditional-masculinity - 2025-12-14

From Monday 19 September until Thursday 22 September, batch 21 of the Master's programme in Environmental Management and Policy are presenting and defending their Master's theses. The opponents are people from academia, business and industry.The week ends with the annual graduation ceremony in the Lund University Assembly Hall.Click on the link to view the MSc thesis presentation schedule

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/thesis-defence-week-iiiee - 2025-12-14

Covering a story on Nashfa Hawwa from the Maldives On 23 September the IIIEE held its annual graduation ceremony for the MSc graduates who have spent 2 years at the Institute. One of the MSc graduates, Nashfa Hawwa from the Maldives, was interviewed by the newspaper Sydsvenskan.Read the whole article here (in Swedish only)

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-sydsvenskan - 2025-12-14

Arranged by the Swedish Consumer Agency On 12 October at 12:00-16:15, Prof. Oksana Mont at the IIIEE will discuss sustainable consumption at a seminar in Stockholm arranged by the Swedish consumer agency.For more information, please view the invitation here

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/oksana-mont-seminar-sustainable-consumption - 2025-12-14

Edited by Professors Max Koch and Oksana Mont On 18 October at 16:30 - 18:00 the book Sustainability and the Political Economy of Welfare will be launched at the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies, Biskopsgatan 3, Lund. The book raises the issue of what is required to make welfare societies ecologically sustainable. The book was a result of an interdisciplinary team of researchers from five

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/book-launch-sustainability-and-political-economy-welfare - 2025-12-14

12-13 October at the IIIEE On 12-13 October, three trial lectures will take place at the IIIEE for the position as “Professor in sustainable business management and practice - for a transition to low-carbon and resource efficient economies”.As part of the recruitment process for the position as “Professor in sustainable business management and practice - for a transition to low-carbon and resource

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/trial-lectures-position-professor-sustainable-business-management-and-practice-transition-low-carbon - 2025-12-14

On 10 - 11 October the IIIEE is hosting a conference with the title "Third decade of EPR - What lessons and experiences can be used for light sources and other products?"The IIIEE wishes to follow up the two decades of positive experiences in bringing together stakeholders and researchers around topical Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) issues.There are a number of key questions coming in the

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/third-decade-epr-what-lessons-and-experiences-can-be-used-light-sources-and-other-products - 2025-12-14

On Thursday, 13th of October, IIIEE researcher Yuliya Voytenko Palgan is giving a keynote speech at the European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels at European Commission premises. Her presentation Urban Living Labs and Governing Sustainability Transitions in Cities will be part of the workshop on Sustained and sustainable economic growth: Balancing economic and ecological development in citie

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researcher-yuliya-voytenko-gives-keynote-speech-brussels - 2025-12-14

On 14 October, Dr Charlie Wilson from the University of East Anglia (UK), will talk about Energy Transitions: Speeds, Characteristics, and the Benefits of Granularity. (Download pdf here)Seminar descriptionEnergy system challenges require a rapid and far-reaching transition. Historical energy transitions have been both fast and slow. Important determinants of transition speeds include: (1) technol

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/dr-charlie-wilson-energy-transitions-speeds-characteristics-and-benefits-granularity - 2025-12-14

A lunch-to-lunch workshop on EPR – extended producer responsibility – held at the IIIEE last week, on 10-11 October, with the project funding from the Swedish Energy Agency, brought forward a number of important issues and challenges related to EPR design and implementation.The workshop started with a 2-hour open session where experts engaged in EPR from various perspectives (industry, academia, N

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/third-decade-epr-what-lessons-and-experiences-can-be-used-light-sources-and-other-products-0 - 2025-12-14

There is growing evidence that Western welfare standards are not generalizable to the rest of the planet if environmental concerns, such as resource depletion or climate change, are considered. A new interdisciplinary anthology by researchers from Lund University raises the question of what is required to make welfare societies ecologically sustainable. Oksana Mont, professor at The International

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/how-reach-ecologically-sustainable-welfare-societies - 2025-12-14

26 October 2016 On 26 October, three trial lectures will take place at the IIIEE for the position as “Professor in policy analysis - for the transition to low-carbon and resource efficient economies”.As part of the recruitment process for the position as “Professor in policy analysis - for the transition to low-carbon and resource efficient economies” at the IIIEE, the Academic Appointments Board

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/trial-lectures-position-professor-policy-analysis-transition-low-carbon-and-resource-efficient - 2025-12-14

This policy brief is based on two behavioural economic field studies and informs policy makers how to make the roll-out of smart electricity meters more effective. Are electricity consumers irrational fools? They keep their devices in stand-by mode, forget to switch off the lights when they leave the room, purchase halogen light bulbs (instead of LEDs) because their light is supposedly more beauti

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-policy-brief-smart-electricity-meters-and-their-users - 2025-12-14