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Professor Martin Englund, founder of The Arthritis Portal, has recently been elected and assumed the position of President of the international organization Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI). It is the leading international organization for osteoarthritis research with members from more than 50 different countries.OARSI regularly holds conferences where research from around the
Do you have research ideas or results that you would like to discuss with politicians or specific target groups together with researchers from other disciplines? If so, we can help you organise a dialogue meeting. Since 2023, Samtal i Lund has been organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences. It is a dialogue forum where researchers and specially invited people from outside academia meet to discus
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/samtal-i-lund-get-help-network-and-create-dialogue-about-your-research - 2026-07-25
In this autumn’s second "Dean's corner" Charlotta Turner reflects on the Faculty’s first Inspiration Day for Science Teachers and on the ongoing work to establish a Learning Lab in the Astronomy Building – a testbed for the teaching and learning environments of the future. It’s now been a week since the Faculty hosted its very first Inspiration day for science teachers, and I must say I still smil
https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/deans-corner-charlotta-turner-education-something-we-create-together - 2026-07-25
The annual follow-up for 2025 shows that the University’s systematic work environment management is functioning well and developing in a positive direction. The follow-up provides an overall picture of how work environment management is planned, implemented, monitored and improved at different levels within the organisation. At university-wide level, all aspects of systematic work environment mana
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/universitys-work-environment-management-continues-develop - 2026-07-24
One of the world’s leading researchers in the field of magnetic resonance imaging, Professor Peter C.M. van Zijl, and Stig Ålund, whose efforts have been of great importance for research on the elderly, ageing and health, are to be honorary doctors at the Faculty of Medicine. They will be formally recognised in Lund Cathedral on 3 June 2022. Professor Peter C.M. van Zijl was born in Amsterdam and
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-honorary-doctors-faculty-medicine - 2026-07-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Foto:Mostphotos Are people generally trustworthy? Yes, say about two out of three Swedes. Nordic countries are ranked high in what we call interpersonal trust. In other countries, trust is not as obvious. What happens when these perspectives meet? Economist Andreas Bergh has studied the phenomenon more closely. In Swe
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/trust-good-economy - 2026-07-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Can tumors teach us about animal evolution on Earth? Researchers believe so and now present a novel hypothesis of why animal diversity increased dramatically on Earth about half a billion years ago. A biological innovation may have been key. A transdisciplinary and international team, from Lund University in Sweden an
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/novel-hypothesis-why-animals-diversified-earth - 2026-07-25
The Swedish Academy of Auditors Pedagogical Award for 2025/2026 has been awarded to Niklas Sandell, Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at LUSEM. The Swedish Academy of Auditors (SRA) works to promote knowledge development and the advancement of expertise in accounting and auditing, and annually awards a prize of SEK 75,000 to a university or college teacher who has made exceptional contribu
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/senior-lecturer-lusem-receives-pedagogical-award - 2026-07-24
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Florencia Ravenna, from the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires in Argentina, was an exchange student at LTH in the autumn semester of 2014 and spring semester of 2015. Exchange student Florencia Ravenna. Why did you choose to be an exchange student on the other side of the Atlantic? – I wanted to experience living
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-i-felt-real-student - 2026-07-25
The "MOCCA: Multi-level orders of corruption in Central Asia" mid-term meeting was successfully held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 2nd February. The primary objective of the meeting was to discuss the project's progress and plans and coordinate research and secondment activities among the participants. The meeting brought together European beneficiaries, Turkey, and Central Asian partners: Kazakhstan, K
https://www.norca.lu.se/article/mocca-project-mid-term-meeting-held-istanbul-2nd-february - 2026-07-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The key to increased well-being in Africa lies in improving small scale farming – at least if you want to see improvements within a foreseeable future, according to Göran Djurfeldt. Together with Ola Hall, he has now launched a project using drones to understand why harvests vary so much from one field to the next, de
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/drone-images-could-solve-african-farming-mystery - 2026-07-25
Each year the Faculty of Social Sciences announces a number of recurring grants that are available to apply for certain categories of faculty staff. Also, please note the deadlines concerning appointments and courses for teaching in higher education. GrantsFaculty travel and research grantsResearchers, doctoral students, lecturers or readers at Lund University can apply for the faculties’ travel a
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/important-application-dates-2026 - 2026-07-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 3 words that describe you?Passionate, curious and funnyWhat is it like study in Sweden?Studying in Sweden in challenging and fun! If you want to get out of your comfort zone and experience a different educational system and lifestyle, then Sweden is the right country for you! To begin with, the international spirit on
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/hello-dea-our-new-student-blogger - 2026-07-25
EUGLOH Week at Lund University was organised between 9 and 12 May, with participants from the alliance’s five member universities in France, Portugal, Germany, Sweden and Hungary. Many of the participants also attended the virtual workshop that took place over two days in February. EUGLOH Week is based on the concept of Staff Week, which is organised in many parts of the world and where actual exc
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eugloh-week-internationalisation-and-exchange-home - 2026-07-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It is a cold, grey November day in 2018 when we meet the researchers from Lund University at MAX IV, a research facility with the world's brightest and most focused X-rays. Researchers from all over the world travel here to investigate things at the atomic level and see how molecules bind to one other; knowledge that
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-who-look-tiniest-part-cell - 2026-07-25
Universitetet erbjuder dig som är chef och ledare stöd i chefsrollen i form av utbildningar, program och workshops. Att medverka i dessa ger dig dessutom en unik möjlighet att lära känna och nätverka med andra chefer på universitetet. In English Exempel på utbildningar som erbjuds är Ny som chef, In and out of leadership och En liten dag om ledarskap. I Kompetensportalen finns det information om u
https://www.hr-webben.lu.se/artikel/varens-utbildningar-i-chefs-och-ledarrollen - 2026-07-25
IIIEE is launching a new research project on 'Energy Poverty & Energy Justice' and is now recruiting a Doctoral Student. In collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute and Energikontor Syd, and funded by the Swedish Energy Agency, the project examines how heating and transport poverty overlap, which groups are most affected, and how structural factors — from energy systems to housing an
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/join-us-phd-student-iiiee - 2026-07-25
Matilde Negrini’s thesis project has been to develop and characterize a rat model of Parkinson’s disease. November 4, she defends her thesis. Here, she talks about her project and most proud moments during her Ph.D. journey. Tell us about your research! My project has been to develop and characterize a rat model of Parkinson’s disease based on the Parkinson’s-related protein alpha-synuclein. This
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/modelling-parkinsons-disease-phd-interview-matilde-negrini - 2026-07-25
T cells, antibodies, immune defences – concepts we have learnt more about after a couple of years of a global Covid-19 pandemic. Understanding of how the immune system works against cancer is another major issue for research and development of new treatments. ‟Antibodies have been used in cancer care for close to 25 years but it is over the past five years that new techniques and treatments have t
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/bodys-fantastic-defence-system-gets-help-fight-against-cancer - 2026-07-25
A research team at Lund University in Sweden has succeeded in producing two molecules that are otherwise only formed by microorganisms from extremely contaminated wastewater in an abandoned mine in South Korea. The method, which took four years to develop, could pave the way for new types of drugs. The study is published in Journal of the American Chemical Society. Glionitrin A and B are two molec
https://www.science.lu.se/article/researchers-crack-synthetic-code-rare-molecules-sought-after-drug-development - 2026-07-25
