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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. USI, Universities and Swedish Institutes in Collaboration for Internationalisation, has held its annual meeting in Athens. Collaboration with partner universities in the host countries around the Mediterranean is intensifying. The new thematic seminars initiative has proved fruitful and it is hoped it will become a pe

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fieldwork-across-disciplines-and-borders-inspires-new-research - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “The state sold us for 49 years.” These are the words of one of the farmers that doctoral student Mine Islar has interviewed in Turkey. Her recently completed thesis is about the conflicts that have arisen when the government gives private companies the right to the water in several Turkish rivers. Mine Islar. “The ri

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/local-community-protests-against-leasing-rivers - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Cross-disciplinary collaborations, the development of new technology and investment in a technical laboratory are key success factors, according to Professor Susanne Åkesson, coordinator of CAnMove, which is now preparing for its mid-way evaluation. The research in CAnMove was awarded a Linnaeus grant in 2008. Susanne

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/cross-disciplinary-approach-factor-canmoves-success - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Two full-time technicians help biology researchers to realise new ingenious ways of gathering data on how animals move. Thanks to computer chips, wireless communication and nanotechnology, the researchers can achieve groundbreaking results. Johan Bäckman and Arne Andersson sort out the technology for CAnMove projects.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-facilitators - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For a mathematician, the waves of the sea are related to differential equations, and particularly complex ones at that. Mathematical research can help to improve understanding of how waves form and move – which could be useful, for example, in the work to predict dangerous monster waves. The sunlight glistens on the r

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/monster-waves-mathematical-challenge - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. All over the world, thousands of experts are sitting entering information about their home countries into a huge democracy database. Soon, three quarters of the world’s countries will have been entered. “In my megalomaniac moments, I usually compare the database to the CERN particle accelerator. It will be as importan

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/gigantic-database-stores-information-about-democracy-worldwide - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Infant mortality in Malawi is among the highest in the world. In a new EU-funded project, researchers from Lund, Cork and Oxford will develop new mobile technology to help health care staff in the country diagnose and treat serious diseases earlier and more effectively. In rural Malawi, aid organisations’ health care

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mobile-will-save-childrens-lives-malawi - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Using harmless viruses to insert genes that produce healthy, healing substances into the brain... transplanting cells, possibly from the patient’s own skin... or, most sci-fi of all, controlling special treated nerve cells with light signals in the brain. These are three different paths to a possible treatment for epi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-paths-treatment-epilepsy - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University is welcoming this autumn’s new international students. Around 2 000 students from around the world will be arriving in Lund to study for a semester or longer.   Students from over 85 countries are expected on Arrival Day. The highest numbers of exchange students come from Germany, the US, France, the N

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-welcomes-students-around-world - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. She is a new ‘Hedda’ professor, but has a long career behind her. Biologist Ellen van Donk now hopes that she can serve as a role model for female students who dream of a future career in research. Biologist Ellen van Donk is a new professor in Hedda Andersson’s name. LUM meets ecology researcher Ellen van Donk on a b

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-professor-wants-be-role-model-female-students - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For the next four years, Lund University will coordinate a new exchange programme with India. Over 100 Indian scholarship recipients will get the chance to study or do research in Europe. Lund University hopes that many of them will choose Lund as their destination. “We are pleased that the European Commission has put

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-coordinate-new-eu-exchange-india - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Entry phones can cause problems. For elderly people with a visual impairment or reduced mobility, getting into one’s flat can suddenly become a challenge. However, researchers can also experience problems. One person who knows is occupational therapist Elina Taurina, who has mapped environmental obstacles for elderly

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/swedish-elderly-research-exported-latvia - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meet Jean-Pierre Filiu, Professor in Middle East Studies at Sciences Po., who visited Lund last week during the conference “Everyday Life in the Middle East”, hosted by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University. He is a former diplomat with long experience from the Middle East. This summer he visited Syri

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/syria-waiting-enough-enough - 2026-05-03

Att årets julklapp skulle bli just det hemstickade plagget är en trendspaning från HUI som både förvånar och förskräcker. Forskarna Marie Ledendal och Cecilia Fredriksson kommenterar årets julklapp. Med motiveringen "I en tid av bildlig och bokstavlig kyla, som följd av oroligheter i världen representerar Årets Julklapp 2022 en varm kram i produktform att ge till sina nära och kära" kvalar det hem

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/arets-julklapp-om-konsten-att-komponera-en-kofta - 2026-05-03

Vad hände med generationen som upplevde Jasminrevolutionen i Tunisien som unga? Hur skiljer sig deras uppfattningar från de som bara var små barn, och inte kommer ihåg förhoppningarna om ökad frihet och ett bättre liv? Studier i fokusgrupper, där både generation Z och milleniegenerationen Y finns representerade, ger oväntade svar, men visar ändå på en viss optimism om ytterligare demokratisering.

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/unga-manniskor-i-tunisien-vardesatter-demokrati-men-valjer-annorlunda - 2026-05-03

Utrikes födda är kraftigt överrepresenterade i Kronofogdens register. För första gången har man studerat varför det finns hela 64 procent fler invandrare bland Kronofogdens kunder än vad deras andel av befolkningen är. Förutom arbetslöshet och låga inkomster är bristande kunskaper om Sveriges ekonomiska och juridiska system den främsta anledningen till att utrikes födda blir överskuldsatta, vilket

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/utrikes-fodda-kraftigt-overrepresenterade-i-arenden-hos-kronofogden - 2026-05-03

Trots att antalet medlemmar i svenska politiska partier generellt minskar är svenskarna fortfarande politiskt engagerade. Istället för att gå på partimöten utför fler sina vardagsrutiner inom politiska gemenskaper. Sociologen Colm Flaherty har studerat identiteter och vardaglig radikal aktivitet inom utomparlamentariska vänstergrupper för att undersöka hur politiskt deltagande förändrats i Sverige

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/i-utomparlamentariska-grupper-ar-politiken-vardagsrutin - 2026-05-03

Regeringen har pekat ut fyra områden som den vill prioritera under ordförandeskapet i EU. Att dagordningen kommer att präglas av kriget i Ukraina, energibrist och en enig linje gentemot Ryssland råder inget tvivel om enligt statsvetarna Malena Rosén Sundström och Ole Elgström. Mer osäkert är hur Tidöavtalet påverkar svensk EU-politik. När Sverige efter årsskiftet tar över EU:s ordförandeklubba har

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/dagordning-ordforandeskapet-kriget-enighet-och-energibrist - 2026-05-03

Hör Tomas Bergström, en av kommissionärerna i Tillväxtkommissionen och forskare i statsvetenskap vid Lunds universitet, diskutera kring kommuner och projektarbete, vilka utmaningar det innebär för långsiktighet och lärande i Malmö, liksom i andra kommuner. Liksom hans inspel i boken "Välfärdsstaden" där han tittat särskilt på Malmö stads roll.

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/malmo-bor-tanka-mer-langsiktigt - 2026-05-03

Professorn i socialt arbete Mimi Abramovitz samt professorn i politisk psykologi Leonie Huddy har utsetts till hedersdoktorer vid Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Lunds universitet. Den 26 maj promoveras de i Lunds domkyrka. Mimi Abramovitz är idag verksam vid City University of New York. Hennes akademiska arbete har enligt Samhällsvetenskapliga fakultetens motivering fått ett stort genomslag

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/en-expert-pa-amerikansk-patriotism-och-en-valfardsforskare-utses-till-hedersdoktorer - 2026-05-03