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Världens äldsta kompletta jaktvapen i trä är ”bara” 200 000 år, inte 300 000 som forskarna tidigare trott. Det visar en datering som Lunds universitet medverkat i. Upptäckten innebär att spjuten härstammar från neandertalarna som bedrev en lömsk och sofistikerad bakhållsjakt. I mitten av 1990-talet gjorde arkeologer i den tyska staden Schöningen en hisnande upptäckt. Djupt nere i en kolgruva påträ
Chairs: Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Alf Gunvald Nielsen and Anand Vaidya TWO sessions:1. Wednesday 21 Sept, 10.00–12.004. Thursday 22 Sept, 09.00-11.00VENUE: Ombudsmannarummet, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sandgatan 2, LundABSTRACTS: The Subaltern as a Political Voyeur? The landscape of shifting political allegiances in an Indian slum – An Ethnographic AccountTripta ChandolaConsider these political predic
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/panel-2-mapping-subaltern-modernities-neoliberal-india - 2026-01-01
I oktober 2021 publicerade vi en intervju om arbetet med att ta fram en systematisk Cochraneöversikt om insatser på arbetsplatser för att minska smittspridning av covid-19. Nu är den systematiska översikten klar och publicerad, resultatet överraskade forskarna. Det publiceras miljoner vetenskapliga artiklar varje år, och under pandemin kom det många tusentals som handlade om covid-19. Det är ingen
– Många vet nog inte hur stort namn Torsten Hägerstrand fortfarande är bland kulturgeografer i internationella kretsar. När jag är ute och reser i tjänsten har jag alltid en föreläsning om honom förberedd. Det efterfrågas! Det säger kulturgeografen Eric Clark, som brukade dela fikabord med Hägerstrand under sin doktorandtid. Denna artikel publicerades första gången i Lunds universitets magasin (LU
https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/torsten-hagerstrand-tidsgeografins-fader-bildade-egen-skola - 2026-01-01
After six years of studies, the research team concludes the work and findings at webinar and with open access book. Earlier this week, Project Investigator Håkan Johansson presented the research output at a webinar, hosted by research network RN32 Political Sociology, European Sociological Association (ESA). Se the full presentation here Civil Society Elites, presentation January 2024 (PDF, new
https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/summarizing-six-years-studies-civil-society-elites - 2026-01-01
On Monday 20 June 2016, Assistant Professor Khalid Wasim from the School of Rural Development at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, India, met with SASNET deputy director Lars Eklund. Wasim had come to Europe for a month long stay at University of Münster in Germany, but took a chance also to visit Lund University and SASNET with an aim to search for research collaboration. His fo
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/khalid-wasim-tiss-visited-sasnet-lund - 2026-01-01
I Sverige används över hundra olika sorters insatser inom socialt arbete som rör barn. Men långt ifrån alla av dem har vetenskapligt stöd, visar en färsk inventering av Martin Bergström, Socialhögskolan, med kollegor. Studien "Interventions in child welfare: A Swedish inventory" handlar om vilka insatser vi tillhandahåller klienterna i socialtjänsten och barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin i Sverige, med
https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/majoriteten-av-insatser-barn-inom-socialt-arbete-saknar-vetenskapligt-stod - 2026-01-01
Two world-leading American researchers known respectively for their research within medical humanities, and the sensory nervous system and perception of pain and temperature have been named honorary doctors at the Faculty of Medicine. The honorary doctorates will be conferred on 26 May 2023. Ever since David Julius’ discovery of the temperature and pain receptor TRPV1, he has contributed crucial d
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/honorary-doctors-named-faculty-medicine - 2026-01-02
Petri Kajonius skriver om den senaste forskningen inom ämnet och nämner en ny studie som visar att personer som behandlats med psilocybin – det aktiva ämnet i så kallade ”magiska svampar” – i kombination med psykologiskt stöd kan ge en långvarig lindring av depressionssymtom. Petri Kajonius och kollegor från medicinska fakulteten deltar också i en studie där man ser till psilocybins effekter på pe
Vår nye doktorand Mikael Karlsson / Our new PhD Student Mikael Karlsson Genusvetenskapliga institutionen hälsar vår nye doktorand Mikael Karlsson välkommen. Mikael har en kandidatexamen i praktisk filosofi, där han diskuterade demokratiska styrelseformer på global nivå. Hans kandidatuppsats i genusvetenskap handlade om konstruktionen av kön och ledarskap bland burmesiska demokratiaktivister i exil
https://www.genus.lu.se/artikel/ny-doktorand-new-doctoral-student - 2026-01-01
The first round of application for autumn semester accommodation has now closed. LU Accommodation will verify all applications and then start sending out offers. Offers are projected to be sent out next week. On 14th May, the first application period for Autumn 2025 housing was closed. In the next step of the process, the following will happen:LU Accommodation will verify all applicants and confir
https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/first-autumn-application-closed-what-happens-now - 2026-01-01
Physical violence is rarely something people think about or act out. Even violence specialists - people with a propensity for violence and a capacity to cause devastating damage - are belligerent only a fraction of their time awake. Sociology professor David Wästerfors is an anomaly. He has thought about violence a lot. This fall, Professor Wästerfors published some of his thoughts in the book Vio
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/david-wasterfors-cant-stop-thinking-about-violence - 2026-01-01
The SWEAH postgraduate course 'Gerontology – Multidisciplinary and Integrative Perspectives on Aging', is well underway. On April 3-4 it was time for lectures and seminars and 16 SWEAH PhD students gathered at University of Gothenburg. One of them was Sandra Lukic, from Lund University.How were the days in Gothenburg?– Absolutely fantastic, good lectures and fruitful discussions, as well as very g
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/learned-new-course-ageing-can-be-superpower - 2026-01-01
Being an intern can be beneficial in many ways. You get to put your knowledge to the test, it’s a great way to expand your network and it looks good on your CV. However, the process of actually landing an internship can be a bit tricky. Where should you even start? How do you find the right internship for you? Julia Lundh Rafstedt is doing her internship, in the course KOMB26 Internship in Strateg
https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/how-land-your-dream-internship - 2026-01-01
On 27 April, the Government decided that Ingrid Petersson will be the new Chairperson of Lund University. She has had a long career in the public sector and on boards and among other roles has been Director General of the Formas research council (2013-2022). Ingrid Petersson took up the position on 1 May 2023. “Lund University is a strong research university and Ingrid Petersson is warmly welcomed
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ingrid-petersson-new-chairperson-lund-university - 2026-01-02
When we are summing up 2023, we can confirm that Lund University consolidates its position as Sweden’s leading university in the Horizon Europe, and climbs to the top ten in Europe. In September, LU-nytt reported on Lund University’s successful outcome in this spring’s calls within the EU framework programme for research and innovation, Horizon Europe. Contracts have now been signed for the collab
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-top-ten-horizon-europe - 2026-01-02
