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Meet our scientist Gesine Paul-Visse to learn what happens at the interface where the brain and the body meet: the blood-brain barrier. Here, a very specialized cell, the pericyte, protects the brain and responds strongly to disease. Gesine Paul-Visse leads Translational Neurology, one of MultiPark’s research groups. As both a neurologist and a researcher, she has focused on neurodegeneration for

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/meet-our-scientists-podcast-gesine-paul-visse-about-brains-frontline - 2026-09-17

Researchers at MultiPark have uncovered in mice how the protein TDP-43, known for its role in several neurodegenerative diseases, disrupts the hypothalamus, the brain’s key center for metabolic control. Their study sheds new light on the role of TDP-43 in metabolic and psychiatric symptoms shared across frontotemporal dementia, Huntington’s disease, and ALS – findings that could support the develo

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/protein-mismanagement-brains-control-center-fuels-early-symptoms-neurodegenerative-diseases - 2026-09-17

An experimental study from Lund University reveals for the first time that different Parkinson’s medications affect brain activity in distinct ways. This could explain why some patients develop impulsive and compulsive behaviors as a result of their treatment. The findings have been published in NPJ Parkinson’s Disease. Upon receiving treatment for their motor symptoms, many patients with Parkinso

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/brain-activation-pattern-behind-impulsivity-parkinsons-treatment-discovered - 2026-09-17

Meet our scientist, Dr. Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren! He explains why studying biomarkers is essential to advancing Alzheimer’s research. Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren is part of the Clinical Memory Research group, a leading centre in the development and evaluation of novel biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease. In this podcast episode, he discusses why biomarker research is key not only to detecting but also

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/meet-our-scientists-podcast-niklas-mattsson-carlgren-about-biomarkers-and-future-alzheimers - 2026-09-17

With over 15 research groups dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease research, MultiPark’s goal is to understand the origins of the disease, develop early diagnostics, and improve treatments. The multidisciplinary approach sheds light on the disease from several angles, bridging basic research with clinical investigations. Here are five projects. September is World Alzheimer’s Month. Globally, around 40

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/alzheimers-awareness-five-research-projects-shaping-future-understanding-diagnosis-and-care - 2026-09-17

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as ‘junk’ and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study in Cell Genomics, researchers at Lund University in Sweden show that the repetitive part of the human genome plays an active role during early brain development and may also be relevant for understanding brain diseases. DNA carries the complete set of instructions an organism

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/why-repetitive-dna-matters-human-brain-evolution-and-disease - 2026-09-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Isabel Schoultz at the Sociology of Law Department has together with Janne Flyghed at the Department of Criminology at Stockholm University been granted 3.9 million SEK from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) for the project Business as usual. Corporate defense strategies against accusations of crime. The project aims to

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/39-million-rj-business-usual - 2026-09-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Hate crimes are a part of the daily lives of many Roma and remarkably often children are the victims. At the same time reports of these crimes are very low as well as solving rates. This is now shown in two reports on hate crime that the Swedish Commission against antiziganism (Kommissionen mot antiziganism) has order

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/why-hate-crimes-antiziganistic-motives-seldom-are-solved - 2026-09-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The new book by Reza Banakar, Driving Culture in Iran: Law and Society on the Roads of the Islamic Republic, argues that Iranians’ driving behaviour is an indicator of how they have historically related to each other and to their society at large, and how they have maintained a form of social order through law, cultur

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/banakar-explores-dangerous-driving-habits-iran - 2026-09-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Our researcher Matthias Baier is on of the members in the project “The Annual Report - Words, images, numbers” which has been granted money from Pufendorf Institute. ”The aim of this project is to explore and unfold this multifaceted nature of annual reports”.Learn more on Pufendorf Institute’s websiteMatthias Baier’s

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/money-pufendorf-institute-research-project - 2026-09-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ana Maria Vargas Falla defended her dissertation "Outside the Law: An Ethnographic Study of Street Vendors in Bogotá" on June 8 at 13:15. External reviewer: Associate Professor Johan Gärde, Ersta Sköndal högskola.Ana Maria Vargas Falla’s personal page 

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/ana-maria-vargas-falla-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-09-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Eva Schömer has authored the article "Sweden, a Society of Covert Racism: Equal from the Outside: Everyday Racism and Ethnic Discrimination in Swedish Society” in Oñati Socio-legal Series. Abstract:    Sweden is widely considered to have one of the most equal and gender-equal societies in the world. But the Swedish so

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/schomer-covert-racism - 2026-09-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Hildur Fjóla Antonsdóttir co-wrote an article with Halla Gunnarsdóttir, who is the head of policy and partnerships for the newly founded “Women’s Equality party” in UK. In the article they discuss if and how the Nordic countries have something to offer UK in terms of the quest for justice for victim-survivors of sexua

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/antonsdottir-justice-victim-survivors-sexual-violence - 2026-09-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Matthias Baier, Isabel Schoultz and Rustamjon Urinboyev were on an Erasmus-exchange in Uzbekistan on October 17-22. They visited ”University of World Economy and Diplomacy” in Tashkent. During their stay they held lectures on sociology of law for both students and teachers. Matthias Baier’s personal pageIsabel Schoult

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/erasmus-exchange-uzbekistan - 2026-09-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Child Rights Institute organized a meeting last week to highlight the importance of the Convention on the Rights of the Child for municipal activities. Simrishamn's, Kristianstad's and Trelleborg's municipalities shared how they are working with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), as well as which cha

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/how-municipalities-are-working-child-rights - 2026-09-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Morgan Johansson, the Swedish Minister for Justice and Migration, visited the Sociology of Law Department to talk about how the law works in society  How do rules and regulations really work in society? This afternoon, some 60 people gathered in the University building in Lund to discuss the subject sociology of law a

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/how-law-works-society - 2026-09-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Yesterday afternoon some 60 people gathered in the conference room at Palaestra in Lund to participate in the seminar ”Universities' role in sustainable change work” hosted by LUCE, Child Rights Institute at Lund University (CRi@LU) and partners. The event marked the start of a new online global platform aiming to str

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/change-agents-childrens-rights-told-their-stories - 2026-09-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ana Maria Vargas has been awarded the FALF-prize for best doctoral thesis in Sweden 2016 in the field of work and working environment. Her thesis is called "Outside the Law - An Ethnographic Study of Street Vendors In Bogota". The jury consisting of the board of FALF, forum for working life research, motivates the cho

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/award-winning-account-street-vendors-and-rickshaws-bogota - 2026-09-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ann-Christine Hartzén defended her doctoral dissertation ”The European Social Dialogue in Perspective: Its future potential as an autopoietic system and lessons from the global maritime system of industrial relations” today 15th September at one o'clock in room 128 at Stora Algatan 4 in Lund. Discussant: Professor Bet

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/ann-christine-hartzen-has-defended-her-thesis - 2026-09-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This autumn five master's students are doing their internship at the Sociology of Law Department in two different research projects. The Master's Programme in Sociology of Law, SASOL, is a multidisciplinary programme that is given here at the Sociology of Law Department in Lund. During the third semester (out of four)

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/interns-sociology-law-department-look-child-rights-and-working-life - 2026-09-17