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Big congratulations on receiving grants from Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, VR):Daniel Bexell, Mekanismer och nya behandlingsstrategier mot resistent neuroblastom, and to...Anders Bjartell, Målriktade behandlingar och biomarkörer vid avancerad prostatacancer, and to...Kristian Pietras, Definiering av funktionella cell-nischer i tumörens mikromiljö som mål för precisionsmedicin.

https://www.tcr.lu.se/article/researchers-tcr-receive-swedish-research-council-grants - 2026-05-09

Big congratulations on receiving Cancerfonden grants:Daniel Bexell, Decoding and Targeting Treatment-Resistant Metastatic Neuroblastoma, an to...Christer Larsson, Induction and consequences of interferon expression in breast cancer cells, and to...Ramin Massoumi, Novel preclinical models for treatment of lung cancer. 

https://www.tcr.lu.se/article/researchers-tcr-receive-cancerfonden-grants - 2026-05-09

One ERC-funded postdoc position in Molecular Pediatric Oncology lab, led by PI Daniel Bexell. The group is working with neuroblastoma (NB), a severe childhood cancer. The overall aims are to unravel mechanisms leading to metastasis and treatment resistance of NB, and to test compounds targeting aggressive NB. The post-doc will lead and develop his/her own analyses and projects, and also work in cl

https://www.tcr.lu.se/article/tcr-now-has-two-postdoc-positions-available - 2026-05-09

Kristian Pietras group is part of project receiving the biggest donation in Lund University's history - 420 million SEK.Read more via this link. (Swedish)Visit Kristian Pietras group via this link.

https://www.tcr.lu.se/article/group-tcr-part-receiving-420-million-sek-donation - 2026-05-09

We are proud to have Swedish Cancer Society announce Cancer Researcher of the Year, 2025, Kristian Pietras.Read more on Swedish Cancer Society's webpage. (Swedish)Read more about Kristian Pietras Research via this link.Read more about Kristian Pietras Research group via this link.

https://www.tcr.lu.se/article/cancer-researcher-year-2025-kristian-pietras - 2026-05-09

Hur påverkar bedömning studenternas lärande? Professor Luke Dawson från School of Dentistry i Liverpool visar på en tydlig koppling mellan typen av bedömning och studenternas lärandeprocess. Läs artikeln här! 

https://www.qps.education.lu.se/artikel/lastips-expert-pa-besok-anvandbar-aterkoppling-stottar-studenternas-larande - 2026-05-09

Malin är ny provsamordnare för Medicinska Fakulteten sedan februari 2024. Vem är du?Jag heter Malin, är 45 år och bor i Löddeköpinge med min familj och två hundar.Vad har du gjort tidigare?Jag kommer från Läkarprogrammets kursadministration där jag arbetat som utbildningsadministratör samt provsamordnare.Innan jag började vid LU, arbetade jag som gruppchef för ett tiotal administratörer på Riksbyg

https://www.qps.education.lu.se/artikel/malin-ferm-ny-provsamordnare-medicinska-fakulteten-vid-lunds-universitet - 2026-05-09

For the third consecutive year, the Psychological Defence Research Institute (PDRI), in collaboration with the Swedish Psychological Defence Authority, hosted a conference on psychological defence. Reflecting the deteriorating security environment, this year’s conference focused on the intersection between research and policy.Held on 14–15 October in Lund, Sweden, the event brought together 70 res

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/exploring-intersection-research-and-policy-conference-psychological-defence-0 - 2026-05-09

Jana Wrange is a Researcher at the Psychological Defence Research Institute, where she contributes to the “NORDEM (Nordic-Baltic Democracy Under Pressure - Civil Defence Strategies for Democratic Resilience in Turbulent Times) project with a comparative examination of historical and contemporary aspects of civil and psychological defence strategies across the Nordic-Baltic region. Jana holds a PhD

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/resarcher-profile-jana-wrange - 2026-05-09

In the report AI-assisted analysis of war-related content on grey zone domains, researchers of Lund University Psychological Defence Research Institute examines under-resesearched digital environments that play a role in contemporary information influence operations. In line with earlier conducted research exploring non-traditional information influence  dissemination through for example video gam

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/new-report-ai-assisted-analysis-war-related-content-grey-zone-domains-1 - 2026-05-09

The question of what makes a democracy resilient to internal and external pressures has gained importance in recent years. The study Guardians of trust: foreign election interference and the institutional logics of democratic resilience among Swedish county governors, conducted by Hedvig Ördén, Elsa Isaksson and Martina Smedberg at PDRI, examines this question in relation to the threat of foreign

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/guardians-trust-foreign-election-interference-and-institutional-logics-democratic-resilience-among - 2026-05-09

The book aims to raise awareness of psychological threats and empower readers with the knowledge and confidence to respond effectively and responsibly. By fostering trust, openness, and critical engagement, psychological defence helps safeguard the values of free and democratic societies. In an age defined by rapid information flows and shifting security landscapes, the resilience of societies res

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/new-textbook-theory-and-practice-psychological-defence - 2026-05-09

In the publication series "Psychological Defence Research Institute Working Papers", researchers connected to PDRI present short analyses or briefings on issues relevant to the public understanding of psychological defence. This includes work on the concept of psychological defence, its associated capabilities, the tactics, techniques and procedures used by threat actors, and the use of new techno

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/mutual-reinforcement-between-united-front-work-and-cognitive-warfare - 2026-05-09

A study has recently been published on how the Kremlin circumvented EU sanctions on Russian state media in the first weeks of the illegal invasion of Ukraine. In a recently published journal article, James Pamment discusses some of the tactics the Kremlin used to circumvent the EU’s 2022 state media sanctions. The study finds that while the initial “fog of information war” significantly disrupted

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/impact-eu-sanctions-russia-state-media - 2026-05-09

A capability definition and assessment framework for countering disinformation, information influence, and foreign interference The NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence recently published a report titled A capability definition and assessment framework for countering disinformation, information influence, and foreign interference. In the report, the author James Pamment, Director of

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/capability-report-1 - 2026-05-09

Microsoft uses framework for attribution developed by Pamment and Smith Microsoft’s Digital Threat Analysis Center (DTAC) is attributing a recent influence operation targeting the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo. The attribution made builds upon a framework for attribution developed by James Pamment at the PDRI and Victoria Smith, presented in the report “Attributing Information Influence

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/attribution-framework-used-microsoft - 2026-05-09

A research conference was held in Lund in October 2023. The conference, organized jointly by the Psychological Defence Research Institute and the Swedish Psychological Defence Agency, gathered researchers representing institutions across Sweden from varied disciplines such as international relations, political science, sociology, strategic communication and law. The conference is planned to become

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/research-conference-lund - 2026-05-09

Video games have captured the spotlight for decades, sparking debates about their impact on players since the early 1990s. Played by over 3 billion people worldwide, this report acknowledges video games' political and ideological dimensions and their potential for being used for strategic communication and propaganda purposes. It attempts to better understand how influence takes place through gami

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/video-games-tool-malign-foreign-interference-and-info-influence - 2026-05-09

A new report on Russian influence tactics has been published by the Psychological Defence Research Institute. This report analyses Russian information influence tactics on social media platforms following the atrocities committed by Russian troops in Bucha, Ukraine, in March 2022. The analysis focuses on the Bucha massacre as a significant news event to demonstrate how the Kremlin conducts propaga

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/new-report-russian-influence-tactics - 2026-05-09

ADAC.io - Attribution – Data – Analysis – Countermeasures. InterOperability, a Horizon project started on 1 February. A week later, the partners of the ADAC.io-consortium met at the Old Bishop's House at Lund University to elaborate on the details of the project that is planned for three years. The seven partners of ADAC.io are Alliance4Europe (DE), Debunk.eu (LT), Dortmund University - Institutio

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/consortium-meeting-adacio - 2026-05-09