Published 25 September 2018 A locked toilet station in the Gazdar Bandh informal settlement in Mumbai. – Sanitation is a major challenge in India. It is partly to do with the high population density, there are more people sharing the same space, and a historically higher cultural and religious acceptance of poor sanitation, says Sara Gabrielsson from Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studi

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/sanitation-more-toilets-informal-settlements-india-need-community-based-ownership-and-state-action - 2025-02-25

By sanna [dot] trygg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 16 December 2024 Photocred: Crimfants, CC BY-SA 2.0 Angry children can be a feature of Christmas. The fact is that the disappointment children feel is a great opportunity to train them for challenges later in life. This is according to Elia Psouni, professor of developmental psychology. A friend not turning up on t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/dealing-kids-disappointment-their-christmas-presents - 2025-02-26

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 4 October 2023 Megg Garcia-Ryde defends her thesis on the 10th of October 2023. Megg Garcia-Ryde’s thesis sheds light on the early pathological processes in Alzheimer’s disease and the interplay between neurons and microglia as the disease evolves. October 10, she defends her thesis. Now, she gives her perspectives

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/neuroimmune-crosstalk-early-alzheimers-disease-phd-interview-megg-garcia-ryde - 2025-02-25

By anna [dot] lothman [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Löthman) - published 11 September 2023 LUSEM is proud! Our Master’s in International Strategic Management climbs again in the Financial Times international ranking. Last year's #57 position has improved to #44. (Photo montage: Logo by Financial Times, photo by Charlotte Carlberg Bärg.) Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM)

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-even-higher-prestigious-ranking-masters-programmes-management - 2025-02-25

Published 16 April 2024 Peter Svensson, senior lecturer in Business Administration, argues that it is best if students learn the basics in Swedish before they are taught in English. Photo: Jenny Leyman “English is like a membrane between us and reality”. The quote comes from a teacher at a Swedish higher education institution and describes their experience of teaching Swedish students in English.

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/poorer-learning-if-teaching-anglicised - 2025-02-25

Published 13 June 2016 Corn starch, with elements of heavy metals, powdered brick, amphetamines, ink, wall paint or furniture polish. This is what can be found in falsified medicines, a market currently considered more profitable than that of drug crime. Professor of Ethnology Susanne Lundin. Photo: Kennet Ruona Some defective medicines were authentic to begin with, but have been wrongly stored or

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/industry-worth-billions-puts-lives-risk - 2025-02-25

Av julia [dot] luttrup [at] ch [dot] lu [dot] se (Julia Luttrup) - publicerad 26 juni 2024 På Campus Helsingborg pågår ett projekt för att utreda vilka möjligheter det finns att utveckla nuvarande lokaler så att de i högre grad motsvarar framtidens behov av attraktiva arbets-och lärandemiljöer. Ambitionen är även att skapa bättre förutsättningar för samverkan mellan olika verksamheter samt att utn

https://www.ch.lu.se/internt/artikel/campusutveckling - 2025-02-25

Published 31 March 2022 Passion, creativity and community. That’s the essence of an ongoing craft trend, according to organisational researcher and homebrewer Stephan Schaefer. “Craft is a timeless form of work that has always been important for human development. But craft is not static. It adapts and develops to fit our modern times. This is an important message and something that companies can

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-craft-trend-alternative-form-organising-work - 2025-02-25

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 30 September 2019 Ulrika Sandén, taking a break from driving her motorcycle. Photo:Kennet Ruona. She has survived a brain tumour and hates empty phrases such as “seize the day” and “live in the present”. Despite this, after the tumour operation Ulrika Sandén both researched and wrote a book on what she calls “C

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/contentment-moment-makes-life-more-enjoyable - 2025-02-25

By kristina [dot] lindgarde [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Kristina Lindgärde) - published 20 April 2023 Maj Rundlöf looks at a blooming chestnut tree. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg-Bärg. An increasing number of people want to help bees and other pollinators by growing flowers that are rich in pollen and nectar. But which flowers are the most beneficial? If the point is to aid threatened bee sp

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/flowers-benefit-both-bees-and-biodiversity - 2025-02-25

Publicerad 4 februari 2022 "Diskussioner om värde i välfärden måste bli mer nyanserade" skriver Pernilla Danielsson och Ulrika Westrup i en nyligen publicerad artikel i tidskriften Organisation & Samhälle. I takt med förändringar i samhället har en riktning mot ökad användarorientering betonats som nödvändig inom välfärden för att kunna möta invånarnas många och komplexa behov av tjänster. Numera

https://www.ses.lu.se/artikel/betydelsen-av-varde-i-valfarden - 2025-02-25

Published 2 June 2017 In Chichigalpa, Nicaragua, almost half of all male deaths are attributable to a mysterious kidney disease. In El Salvador, it the second most common cause of death among men. In Sri Lanka, it is believed to have caused about 25 000 deaths over the past decade. Working in heat is a common factor, so the problem is expected to increase along with global warming. The condition i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/heat-exhaustion-behind-mysterious-kidney-disease - 2025-02-25

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 2 April 2024 Peter Svensson, senior lecturer in Business Administration, questions why a lot of courses in the first cycle are taught in English. Photo: Jenny Leyman “English is like a membrane between us and reality”. The quote comes from a teacher at a Swedish higher education institution and describes their experien

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/poorer-learning-if-teaching-anglicised - 2025-02-26

By sandra [dot] jakobsson [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Sandra Jakobsson) - published 22 August 2023 Photo: Ali Karimi Priscyll Anctil, a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Political Science, recently published a blog post about the human rights violations, especially against women, in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power two years ago. The blog post is available below. August 15, 2023,

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/blog-post-priscyll-anctil-taliban-takeover-two-years - 2025-02-25

Published 5 September 2023 Daria Davitti, Colin Olito, Filip Lenrick and Milda Pucetaite Four researchers from Lund University in Sweden have received an ERC Starting Grant. The researchers and their respective fields are Filip Lenrick (industrial production), Colin Olito (evolutionary ecology), Milda Pucetaite (microbiological ecology) and Daria Davitti, (international law). The last-named is the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/four-lund-researchers-receive-erc-starting-grants - 2025-02-26

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 2 April 2020 Right now, everything is focused on managing the coronavirus. However, even before COVID-19, viral pandemics around the world were increasing and the ’ordinary’ influenza virus and common cold virus cost society enormous amounts of money each year. Swedish virus researchers say they could improve the world

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/virus-war - 2025-02-25

Published 31 January 2025 Frida Hållenius and Åsa Håkansson, here in front of an intestinal simulator where the journey of food through the gastrointestinal tract can be studied. Photo: Hilde Skar Olsen Seeing a lot of talk about the importance of gut health? These are the latest findings, including those on food and supplements Weighing in at nearly two kilos, our gut bacteria seem to play an eve

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/key-takeaways-latest-research-gut-bacteria - 2025-02-26

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 31 May 2023 A major benefit of being part of BECC is the possibility for researchers to apply for project funding. Recently, 14 new projects that will contribute to delivering world leading research on biodiversity and ecosystem services under global change were granted funding. At the end of 2022, 14 new research projects wer

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/14-new-projects-funded-becc - 2025-02-25