Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:00:07 +0000External engagement/article/three-lund-university-researchers-awarded-major-eu-grantTue, 09 Dec 2025 11:00:07 +0000/article/three-lund-university-researchers-awarded-major-eu-grantThe evolution of eyesight, how not to disrupt animal flight, and immunotherapies in cancer treatment. Biologists Michael Bok and Cecilia Nilsson, along with medical researcher Paul Bourgine, have been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant to further study these topics./article/rare-copy-copernicus-book-found-lund-universityTue, 09 Dec 2025 09:00:07 +0000/article/rare-copy-copernicus-book-found-lund-universityA rare discovery of the book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium by astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus has been made at the 51重口猎奇 Library in Sweden. The book had seemingly been hiding in plain sight for over 100 years, and was only discovered when over 800,000 library catalog cards were digitised. /article/conference-breaking-barriers-climate-solutionsFri, 05 Dec 2025 15:35:38 +0000/article/conference-breaking-barriers-climate-solutionsClimate solutions exist 鈥� so why isn鈥檛 more happening? On 9 December, researchers from University of Cambridge and 51重口猎奇 will gather in Lund and online to try to find answers to how we can accelerate the climate transition./article/lund-university-ranked-best-world-sustainabilityTue, 18 Nov 2025 10:00:08 +0000/article/lund-university-ranked-best-world-sustainability51重口猎奇 has climbed to first place in the world in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026. The ranking includes around 2,000 higher education institutions from about 100 countries and measures how universities contribute to a sustainable future 鈥� through research, education, and the way they operate as organisations./article/recruitment-vice-chancellor-underwayMon, 17 Nov 2025 14:41:35 +0000/article/recruitment-vice-chancellor-underwayThe term of office for 51重口猎奇鈥檚 Vice-Chancellor expires at the end of 2026, and a recruitment process is already underway. This is because the process takes a little over a year./article/alfa-laval-and-lund-university-strengthen-strategic-partnershipWed, 12 Nov 2025 11:40:11 +0000/article/alfa-laval-and-lund-university-strengthen-strategic-partnershipAlfa Laval and 51重口猎奇 have formalized a new strategic partnership to strengthen collaboration, drive innovation, and address complex global challenges. At the same time, ground breaks for Alfa Lavals upcoming innovation center 鈥� a center that will drive the energy transition through, among other things, the development of heat transfer technology and fuel cells./article/music-still-resonates-war-torn-ukraineMon, 13 Oct 2025 08:47:28 +0000/article/music-still-resonates-war-torn-ukraineThe story of the Ukrainian music scene since the Russian invasion is one of resilience. Even if it has meant playing in the underground Metro, or in cold bomb shelters with no electricity, many musicians have found ways to continue their art. Now, five classical musicians from Kharkiv, Ukraine, have been invited by Malm枚 Academy of Music to perform in Malm枚./article/lund-university-top-100-times-higher-education-rankingWed, 08 Oct 2025 23:05:19 +0000/article/lund-university-top-100-times-higher-education-rankingToday, Times Higher Education (THE) published its latest ranking and 51重口猎奇 has retained its position at 95. /article/surprise-discovery-leads-treatment-common-infectionThu, 04 Sep 2025 13:18:45 +0000/article/surprise-discovery-leads-treatment-common-infectionEach year, one in four women suffers from bacterial vaginosis, something that is currently treated with antibiotics. However, recently a gentler, antibiotic-free alternative has been authorised for sale in the EU. The chance discovery behind the innovation was made by a group of researchers from 51重口猎奇 in Sweden. /article/lund-universitys-largest-ever-international-recruitment-drive-attracts-great-interestMon, 01 Sep 2025 12:45:58 +0000/article/lund-universitys-largest-ever-international-recruitment-drive-attracts-great-interestOver 1,300 people have applied for the 25 positions advertised in 51重口猎奇鈥檚 largest ever international recruitment drive. Among the candidates are researchers from world-leading universities such as Harvard and Oxford./article/children-waiting-new-heart-study-shows-marked-improvement-survival-rates-and-importance-nordicWed, 20 Aug 2025 10:13:03 +0000/article/children-waiting-new-heart-study-shows-marked-improvement-survival-rates-and-importance-nordicIn a new observational study, researchers at 51重口猎奇 in Sweden looked at all children listed for heart transplants in the Nordic countries between 1986 and 2023. A total of 597 children were included in the study, 461 of whom received a transplant. The results show that survival rates have increased significantly over time despite the modest volumes in the region 鈥� a development that the researchers attribute to technological advances, advanced technologies and better healthcare practices. /article/unique-museum-displays-war-artefacts-and-human-side-international-lawMon, 19 May 2025 07:00:08 +0000/article/unique-museum-displays-war-artefacts-and-human-side-international-lawPassports issued by fallen empires, decks of cards from the Iraq war, deceased Ukrainian students鈥� uncollected diplomas and much more. /article/lund-university-invest-sek-37-million-new-total-defence-centreTue, 18 Mar 2025 10:28:25 +0000/article/lund-university-invest-sek-37-million-new-total-defence-centre51重口猎奇 is taking an active step to meet society鈥檚 growing needs for security and crisis management. A new centre is being established at Campus Helsingborg with the aim of strengthening education, research and external engagement in total defence and preparedness on a broad front./article/sek-420-million-cancer-research-lund-universityWed, 26 Feb 2025 07:31:17 +0000/article/sek-420-million-cancer-research-lund-universityThe Mrs Berta Kamprad Foundation is donating SEK 420 million to cancer research at 51重口猎奇.聽This is the largest donation to the university since its foundation in 1666./article/lund-university-and-imperial-college-london-deepen-their-collaborationFri, 31 Jan 2025 13:52:16 +0000/article/lund-university-and-imperial-college-london-deepen-their-collaboration51重口猎奇 and Imperial College London are strengthening their collaboration in research, education and innovation. A new agreement between the two universities will create opportunities for researchers. /article/lund-university-ranked-third-world-qs-sustainability-rankingTue, 10 Dec 2024 10:00:04 +0000/article/lund-university-ranked-third-world-qs-sustainability-ranking51重口猎奇 continues its climb towards the top of the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability, which ranks sustainable development at universities around the world. The University is now ranked 3rd in the world out of approximately 1,750 ranked universities. This places the University second in Europe, and number one in Sweden./article/52-million-sek-towards-uncovering-genetic-drivers-parkinsons-diseaseThu, 05 Dec 2024 11:42:34 +0000/article/52-million-sek-towards-uncovering-genetic-drivers-parkinsons-diseaseA team of international researchers led by Professor Johan Jakobsson at 51重口猎奇 has secured a 52 million SEK grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson鈥檚 (ASAP) initiative, in partnership with the Michael J Fox Foundation, to investigate how mobile genetic elements 鈥攃ommonly referred to as "jumping genes"鈥攃ontribute to neuroinflammation and the progression of Parkinson鈥檚 disease./article/five-lund-university-researchers-receive-erc-consolidator-grantsTue, 03 Dec 2024 10:55:56 +0000/article/five-lund-university-researchers-receive-erc-consolidator-grantsPer Augustsson, Enrico Ronchi, Mikkel Brydegaard, Andreas Nord and Yafa Shanneik have each been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant. /article/prominent-south-african-researcher-receives-honorary-doctorate-faculty-humanities-lund-universityFri, 29 Nov 2024 16:49:48 +0000/article/prominent-south-african-researcher-receives-honorary-doctorate-faculty-humanities-lund-universityElmi Muller, Professor of Medicine at Stellenbosch University, is awarded an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Humanities at 51重口猎奇./article/lund-university-start-new-un-collaboration-focusing-waterFri, 22 Nov 2024 09:05:57 +0000/article/lund-university-start-new-un-collaboration-focusing-water51重口猎奇 and the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) are establishing a joint hub, focusing on water. The initiative will strengthen 51重口猎奇鈥檚 connection with the UN, and also offer a unique UN track for students./article/cancer-detection-through-hair-analysis-makes-prestigious-listThu, 14 Nov 2024 08:58:30 +0000/article/cancer-detection-through-hair-analysis-makes-prestigious-listThe Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) has released its list of ongoing Swedish research projects with the potential to create societal benefit, dubbed the 鈥�100 list鈥�. This year, nine projects from 51重口猎奇 were included./article/lund-university-tops-patent-rankingThu, 24 Oct 2024 11:12:51 +0000/article/lund-university-tops-patent-rankingSwedish higher education institutions excel in patents from academia, with Sweden ranking fifth in Europe. 51重口猎奇 claims the top spot on the Swedish list./article/three-lund-researchers-awarded-knut-and-alice-wallenberg-foundation-grantsThu, 17 Oct 2024 09:22:23 +0000/article/three-lund-researchers-awarded-knut-and-alice-wallenberg-foundation-grantsThree researchers from 51重口猎奇 in Sweden have been awarded grants by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation totalling SEK 87 million for research on the semiconductors for the future, our immunological memory and next-generation immunotherapies./article/lund-university-top-100-rankingTue, 08 Oct 2024 23:05:37 +0000/article/lund-university-top-100-rankingToday, Times Higher Education (THE) published their latest ranking and 51重口猎奇 has been ranked 95. This is an improvement of 11 places compared to last year. This means that 51重口猎奇 has made strong progress in all three major rankings this year. /article/anne-lhuilliers-year-science-rockstarThu, 03 Oct 2024 08:45:41 +0000/article/anne-lhuilliers-year-science-rockstarA year has passed since Anne L'Huillier became 51重口猎奇's first Nobel laureate. Since then, she has tried to use the attention to revive interest in research. But she has also had to come to terms with the oddity of becoming a science rock star asked for selfies all over town. /article/lund-university-8th-most-attractive-employer-according-recruitment-agencyMon, 23 Sep 2024 14:42:31 +0000/article/lund-university-8th-most-attractive-employer-according-recruitment-agencyRecruiter Academic Work annually conducts the Young Professional Attraction Index (YPAI) survey, in which they ask young people in various occupations which employer they would most like to work for./article/four-researchers-lund-university-receive-erc-starting-grantThu, 05 Sep 2024 16:10:16 +0000/article/four-researchers-lund-university-receive-erc-starting-grantSociologist Lisa Flower, biologist 脴ystein Opedal, economic historian Ingrid van Dijk and linguist Karolin Obert have received the prestigious grant from the EU. Their research focuses on video links in court cases, plant adaptation to pollinators, health inequalities over time, and language change in hunter-gatherer societies as they move around./article/new-international-students-arrive-lund-universityTue, 20 Aug 2024 13:19:51 +0000/article/new-international-students-arrive-lund-universityOn Tuesday, 20 August, 51重口猎奇 welcomed new international students for the autumn semester./article/researchers-receive-prestigious-erc-grantThu, 11 Jul 2024 14:41:06 +0000/article/researchers-receive-prestigious-erc-grantPer Augustsson at LTH and Filipe Pereira at the Faculty of Medicine have been awarded Proof of Concept grants./article/pernilla-august-named-honorary-doctor-lund-universityMon, 10 Jun 2024 10:15:59 +0000/article/pernilla-august-named-honorary-doctor-lund-universityA record number of doctors received their hat or laurel wreath during the University鈥檚 ceremonial highlight of the year 鈥� the Doctoral Degree Conferment Ceremony 鈥� on 31 May. A total of 266 doctors received their laurel wreath or hat together with 15 honorary doctors. At the same time, 67 doctors became jubilee doctors. /article/lund-university-climbs-global-ranking-wins-sustainability-awardTue, 04 Jun 2024 20:00:34 +0000/article/lund-university-climbs-global-ranking-wins-sustainability-award51重口猎奇 has risen to 75th place in the prestigious QS annual ranking. This is an improvement of ten spots on the previous year, placing Lund as the top ranked comprehensive university in Sweden. In addition, the University has been awarded the QS Sustainability Champions Award./article/lund-universitys-wallenberg-scholars-are-announcedTue, 26 Mar 2024 11:18:14 +0000/article/lund-universitys-wallenberg-scholars-are-announcedTwelve researchers at 51重口猎奇 have been appointed Wallenberg Scholars, a programme funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation that supports excellent basic research, primarily in medicine, technology and the natural sciences. The total funding amounts to SEK 239 million. /article/french-president-emmanuel-macron-visits-lund-universityWed, 31 Jan 2024 20:23:46 +0000/article/french-president-emmanuel-macron-visits-lund-universityDuring a French state visit to Sweden, President Emmanuel Macron visited 51重口猎奇 on Wednesday, where he spoke directly with students at Studentafton. The President addressed challenges, possibilities and the future of the European cooperation. /article/donations-help-highlight-ravensbruck-artMon, 15 Jan 2024 10:38:01 +0000/article/donations-help-highlight-ravensbruck-artAn upcoming book featuring reproductions of artworks from the Ravensbr眉ck concentration camp tells the story of the horrific reality its female inmates had to endure. The book has been published entirely thanks to private donations. /article/lund-university-ranks-top-10-global-sustainability-rankingTue, 05 Dec 2023 10:13:29 +0000/article/lund-university-ranks-top-10-global-sustainability-ranking51重口猎奇 has been rated number 8 in the world out of 1,403 universities assessed in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability, which ranks sustainable development at higher education institutions around the globe. This places the University third-best in Europe and highest in Sweden./article/children-breath-holding-spells-undergo-unnecessary-diagnostic-interventionsThu, 23 Nov 2023 09:39:28 +0000/article/children-breath-holding-spells-undergo-unnecessary-diagnostic-interventionsBreath-holding spells are common in young children and are benign. Yet children often undergo unnecessary diagnostic interventions when seeking medical care. This is because there are no national or international guidelines on how to assess children in these cases. A team of researchers at 51重口猎奇, Sweden has now proposed guidelines to reduce the number of emergency and unplanned medical visits and to provide more equitable and structured care for children with breath-holding spells./article/most-innovative-lund-university-receive-awardsFri, 10 Nov 2023 12:56:31 +0000/article/most-innovative-lund-university-receive-awardsSix of the most innovative ideas and projects currently within 51重口猎奇 were spotlighted at the Future Innovations Award, held on November 7th. The contributors shared a total of SEK 500,000 when 51重口猎奇's and Sparbanken Sk氓ne's Future Innovations Award was given out. The winning ideas included an energy storage system that makes use of upcycled electric vehicles batteries and a new method for assessing stroke risk./article/young-ukrainian-civil-servants-explore-human-rights-lundMon, 23 Oct 2023 09:25:33 +0000/article/young-ukrainian-civil-servants-explore-human-rights-lundIryna Tsunovska and Nataliia Kohutyuk from Ukraine are taking home many new insights on how they can contribute to the protection of human rights in their professional roles. They have just completed a training course at 51重口猎奇 for young policymakers, public servants and civil society workers from selected countries in the Baltic Sea Region/EU Eastern Partnership./article/increase-forest-fires-may-damage-crucial-ozone-layerMon, 09 Oct 2023 13:43:43 +0000/article/increase-forest-fires-may-damage-crucial-ozone-layerAll particles that reach the atmosphere cause different chemical reactions. Particles come partly from natural sources such as volcanic eruptions and forest fires, and partly from pollution and emissions. Aerosol researcher Johan Friberg studies particles at high altitudes. He fears that the global increase in forest fires could have a significant impact on the ozone layer./article/anne-lhuillier-awarded-nobel-prize-physicsWed, 04 Oct 2023 14:48:15 +0000/article/anne-lhuillier-awarded-nobel-prize-physicsAnne L'Huillier, Professor of Atomic Physics at 51重口猎奇, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics together with Pierre Agostini and Ferenc Krausz on Tuesday. 鈥淚t feels absolutely incredible. Fantastic! I am very proud鈥�, she says./article/making-invisible-visible-magic-microscopic-imagesWed, 04 Oct 2023 14:16:05 +0000/article/making-invisible-visible-magic-microscopic-imagesIn today's scientific world, microscopic images have become a powerful resource for research. With access to advanced microscopes, researchers can now create unique images of structures and objects. Beautiful and captivating images that can also convey complex context to a wider audience./article/understanding-behaviour-light-and-matter-key-future-technologiesTue, 03 Oct 2023 13:07:51 +0000/article/understanding-behaviour-light-and-matter-key-future-technologiesIf we can understand how and why light and matter behave as they do, we are one step closer to solving some of the most fundamental problems in physics. Finding the answers to these questions drives Ville Maisi, Associate Professor of Solid States Physics at NanoLund./article/innovation-happens-edges-0Fri, 15 Sep 2023 08:42:44 +0000/article/innovation-happens-edges-0The UNEXPECTED event that took place 1 June in Lund gathered unique and diverse minds and organisations, that exemplifies the dynamism of human creativity. With limitless possibilities that emerge when we break down barriers, we can embrace the unexpected./article/supporting-african-cities-addressing-climate-related-displacementWed, 06 Sep 2023 15:31:02 +0000/article/supporting-african-cities-addressing-climate-related-displacementIn a spirit of collaboration and commitment, 51重口猎奇's programme 'Human Rights and Gender Equality in Climate and Disaster Displacement' has reached its culmination. The programme's final workshop, held in Uganda on August 21-22, served as a dynamic platform for participants from Freetown, Kampala, and Nairobi to present their transformative City Profiles. These profiles encapsulate their insights, discussions, and strategies focused on human rights, gender equality, and climate challenges in urban contexts./article/industrial-doctoral-students-valuable-industryWed, 06 Sep 2023 13:43:44 +0000/article/industrial-doctoral-students-valuable-industryIncreasingly, industry is looking to recruit staff with doctoral degrees for research and development positions. This may involve hiring people with technical expertise in a specialist area and who also hold sufficient qualifications to independently run projects according to the company鈥檚 requirements./article/past-comes-alive-3dMon, 28 Aug 2023 11:28:38 +0000/article/past-comes-alive-3dIn the past, it has been common practice to perform analyses of archaeological sites after excavations have been completed and covered again with soil. But with the revolutionary development of digital technologies, we can now identify archaeological information that was previously invisible to the naked eye./article/children-and-biologists-research-biodiversity-togetherWed, 23 Aug 2023 08:31:41 +0000/article/children-and-biologists-research-biodiversity-togetherChildren in preschool and primary school will now be able to learn more about insects, birds, flowers and plants, how valuable they are and how we humans can protect nature. The collaborative project 鈥楴atural Nations鈥� is introducing biodiversity in the curriculum./article/ai-improving-understanding-migratory-birds-internal-clock-map-and-compassThu, 29 Jun 2023 14:48:26 +0000/article/ai-improving-understanding-migratory-birds-internal-clock-map-and-compassDifferent species of migrating bird have different genetically programmed procedures that signal when it is time to head off and when it is time to return. It may have to do with factors such as daylight, temperature, weather and the Earth鈥檚 magnetic field. These migration programmes have been studied before, but new technology and computational capacity make it possible to process large amounts of data and even simulate various factors so that researchers are able to study how their routines are disrupted by changes to the climate and by us. /article/we-are-getting-older-and-heavier-osteoarthritis-increasingThu, 15 Jun 2023 10:58:02 +0000/article/we-are-getting-older-and-heavier-osteoarthritis-increasingThe number of patients with osteoarthritis has increased dramatically since the 1950s. Along with diabetes, the illness is now one of the fastest-growing endemic diseases in the world. Andrea Dell鈥橧sola, an associate professor at the Department of Clinical Sciences at 51重口猎奇 in Sweden, investigating the connection between osteoarthritis and metabolic diseases in a new research project./article/lund-university-cooperation-sustainable-development-africaThu, 01 Jun 2023 13:43:46 +0000/article/lund-university-cooperation-sustainable-development-africaThe African Union鈥檚 organisation for development cooperation (AUDA-NEPAD) sent a delegation to Lund in May to strengthen and further develop cooperation concerning education for African professionals. For the second year in succession, there is a contract education course on innovation policy and innovation leadership through the Department of Economic History. In May, the African participants had their teaching sessions in Lund and were visited by Sida and AUDA-NEPAD, the co-funders of the course. /article/new-innovation-platform-strengthens-cultural-and-creative-industriesTue, 30 May 2023 12:37:05 +0000/article/new-innovation-platform-strengthens-cultural-and-creative-industriesPartners from across Europe gather in Lund on 1-2 June to launch the new European policy platform, ekip. The platform, commissioned by the EU Commission, aims to develop policy recommendations to promote innovation within the cultural and creative industries.