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Published 30 October 2023 The Hällekis quarry in Västergötland hosts Middle Ordovician limestone layers that have been sampled and analysed in the study. Photo: Anders Lindskog. Changes in oxygenation and climate had a fundamental impact on marine environments and ecosystems during one of the most transformative times of the development of life on Earth. This according to a new study in which rese
By lotte [dot] billing [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Lotte Billing) - published 22 December 2023 Photo: Fredrick Tendong | Unsplash Video games are easy to exploit, and are being used by actors ranging from IS and Hizbollah for recruitment, to Russia, who use it to spread propaganda during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. This states a report from the Psychological Defence Research Institu
https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/how-video-games-are-being-used-malign-foreign-actors-and-extremists - 2025-04-19
Published 26 April 2017 The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (Utrikespolitiska institutet, UI) is looking for researchers, preferably at the postdoc level. They will consider applications based on a broad range of topics. Successful applicants will join one of UI’s five programs: Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, Russia and Eurasia, and Global Politics and Security. Deadlin
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/five-research-positions-swedish-institute-international-affairs - 2025-04-19
Published 22 December 2023 Video games are easy to exploit, and are being used by actors ranging from IS and Hizbollah for recruitment, to Russia, who use it to spread propaganda during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. This states a report from the Psychological Defence Research Institute at Lund University in Sweden. Since the 2016 US Presidential election, many democratic governments have paid c
https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/how-video-games-are-being-used-malign-foreign-actors-and-extremists - 2025-04-19
Published 23 October 2023 Photo: Dean Drobot/MostPhotos Video games are easy to exploit, and are being used by actors ranging from IS and Hizbollah for recruitment, to Russia, who use it to spread propaganda during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. This according to a new report from Psychological Defence Research Institute at Lund University in Sweden. Since the 2016 US Presidential election, many
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-video-games-are-being-used-foreign-actors-and-extremists - 2025-04-20
By ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson (English translation by Linda Eitrem Holmgren)) - published 6 May 2024 Damage in Gaza Strip Oct. 2023 (Photo: Wafa/Wikimedia Commons) The war in Gaza is testing alliances and shaking up politics, both globally and regionally. What does this mean for the West's relationship with the Middle East? How are inter-regional dy
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/geopolitics-and-diplomacy-wake-gaza-war - 2025-04-19
Published 3 April 2025 A PhD programme exploring law and governance in authoritarian regimes across Central Asia has received nearly €4.7 million in funding from the European Commission, with an additional €800,000 contributed by the Swiss Secretariat for Research, Education and Innovation. The initiative aims to provide critical insights into legal and societal structures in authoritarian states.
Published 25 September 2013 “Thy throne rests on mem’ries from great days of yore, when worldwide renown was valour’s guerdon...” is the translation of the words of the Swedish national anthem, which tries to construct a memory of a glorious national past. This type of attempt is not unusual, nor is its opposite – the suppression or alteration of shameful events. “We like to think that history is
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/collective-memory-sand-sculpture-can-be-re-moulded - 2025-04-19
Published 2 November 2016 From left; Ivanna Read, Tatiana Proskurina On the 16 and 17 of September 2016 Ivanna Read and Tatiana Proskurina, Master students at the International Master programme in Strategic Communication (year 1) had the opportunity to attend the welcome event for the Swedish Institute (SI) Scholars. The Ceremony was held in Stockholm City Conference Center, where around 400 schol
Published 22 August 2018 The Vice-Chancellor and Australia’s Ambassador Jonathan Kenna sign the handover (photo: Jonas Andersson)Photo: Jonas Andersson Today, Lund University handed over the remains of an Aboriginal man to representatives of the Australian government’s Indigenous Repatriation Programme. The event in Lund was attended by Australia’s Ambassador Jonathan Kenna. A solemn ceremony was
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-returns-remains-australia - 2025-04-19
Published 21 September 2017 Agnostus pisiformis (Photo: Esben Horn) With the help of an artist, a geology professor at Lund University in Sweden has figuratively speaking breathed life into one of science’s most well-known fossil species; Agnostus pisiformis. The trilobite-like arthropod lived in huge numbers in Scandinavia a half-billion years ago. Today, this extinct species provides important c
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/celebrity-fossil-reveals-all-science - 2025-04-19
Published 18 September 2019 Illustration: Don Davis An international study led by researchers from Lund University in Sweden has found that a collision in the asteroid belt 470 million years ago created drastic changes to life on Earth. The breakup of a major asteroid filled the entire inner solar system with enormous amounts of dust leading to a unique ice age and, subsequently, to higher levels
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gigantic-asteroid-collision-boosted-biodiversity-earth - 2025-04-19
Published 15 March 2018 Uzma Kazi captures feedback from the group discussions at the pre-conference PhD mingle. Also in focus Hanna Sahlin (PhD student), Katarina Jacobsson (Chairperson of the Sociological Association) and Tora Holmberg (Outgoing Chairp.). Photo: Laura Kollmann SOCIOLOGIDAGARNA 2018: The Swedish Sociological Association's bi-annual conference titled "Sociology in a Polarized Worl
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/hundreds-sociologists-came-lund-discuss-divided-world - 2025-04-19
Published 17 October 2013 This autumn, a unique research satellite, Gaia, will be launched. The project aims to map a billion stars and involves hundreds of European astronomers. One of the originators of the initiative is Lund University’s Professor of Astronomy Lennart Lindegren. Lennart Lindegren tests a meridian circle, which was used in the 19th century to measure the position of the stars. P
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/idea-lund-behind-research-satellite - 2025-04-19
By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 22 September 2022 Sanimir Reisc, the dean of the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts. Photo: Kennet Ruona In five years’ time, the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts will move into Kockums’ old industrial premises in Varvsstaden in Malmö. Inside the gigantic machine hall, soil remediation is underway. Toxins and oil
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/move-means-change-faculty - 2025-04-20
By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 8 November 2019 At one point, 70 per cent nitric acid is poured on the sample, which dissolves the mineral pyrite. The brownish yellow smoke consisting of nitric oxides is both toxic and flammable. Photo:Kennet Ruona Every year Birger Schmitz, Fredrik Terfelt and Ellinor Martin dissolve five to ten tonnes of limest
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chemically-empowered-hunt-space-grains - 2025-04-19
By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir (English translation by Linda Eitrem Holmgren)) - published 13 November 2023 Israel left Gaza in 2005 but still controls the borders. According to international law expert Alberto Rinaldi, this could be seen as a continued occupation, which increases Israel's responsibility towards the civilian population of Gaza. Photo:
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/suspected-war-crimes-israel-and-palestine - 2025-04-19
