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Several faculties have merged different departments or are about to do so. The Faculty of Engineering (LTH) merged two departments at the turn of the year, the Facult of Social Sciences has decided on one merger and is on the way to a second, while the Faculty of Science will make a decision after the summer. In a policy decision last year, the Faculty of Social Sciences decided that within a few

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/concern-when-departments-are-merged - 2025-10-08

The following Lund University academics are available for commentary and analysis, in light of recent news coverage regarding alleged activity in the Stockholm archipelago:  Mi LennhagPhD student, Department of Political Science, Lund UniversitySwedish foreign and defence policy, Swedish national security as it relates to post-Soviet region, general post-Soviet area expertise +46 70 950 93 23mi [d

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/experts-swedish-and-russian-national-security-policy - 2025-10-07

Video games are easy to exploit, and are being used by actors ranging from IS and Hizbollah for recruitment, to Russia, who use it to spread propaganda during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. This according to a new report from Psychological Defence Research Institute at Lund University in Sweden. Since the 2016 US Presidential election, many democratic governments have paid close attention to how

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-video-games-are-being-used-foreign-actors-and-extremists - 2025-10-07

Me time, couple time and more free time in everyday life. Many people wish they had more time – but is there a sustainable approach to time? Historian David Larsson Heidenblad is looking for the answer. In many Swedish homes there is a well-thumbed copy of Bodil Jönsson’s book Ten Thoughts about Time, a book that sold over 600,000 copies 20 years ago. In the book, the author discussed clock time,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sustainable-relationship-time-it-possible - 2025-10-08

The impact of soil microbes on carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere; the transformation of knowledge as it moves between different contexts; zooming in on the Achilles’ tendon to a cellular and molecular level to discover how weight should be placed on a torn tendon in order for it to heal. These are the research projects that Lund University’s three new Wallenberg Academy Fellows will dig d

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/three-new-wallenberg-academy-fellows-lund-university - 2025-10-07

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has announced 29 new Wallenberg Academy Fellows. Three of them come from Lund University. The five-year grant provides the young researchers with opportunities to make important scientific breakthroughs by providing long-term research funding in Sweden. Vladislava Stoyanova: The Borders Within: The Multifaceted Legal Landscape of Migrant Integration in Euro

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/three-researchers-lund-university-become-wallenberg-academy-fellows-2019 - 2025-10-07

During a French state visit to Sweden, President Emmanuel Macron visited Lund University on Wednesday, where he spoke directly with students at Studentafton. The President addressed challenges, possibilities and the future of the European cooperation. It was a long wait for vice-Chancellor Erik Renström and the audience inside the main University building. Finally, President Macron and his wife Br

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/french-president-emmanuel-macron-visits-lund-university - 2025-10-08

New research from Lund University, Sweden, has shown for the first time that chimpanzees catch yawns from humans, and that the susceptibility to contagious yawning develops gradually with age – just like it does in humans. While juvenile chimpanzees (5-8 years of age) catch human yawns, infant chimpanzees seem immune to yawn contagion. Aside from humans, cross-species yawn contagion has previously

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/chimpanzees-and-yawn-contagion - 2025-10-07

An antibody that did not fulfil its purpose against the disease multiple sclerosis, MS, instead made its big break in cancer research and is now starring in southern Sweden’s largest licensing agreement in Life Science history. The “father” of the antibody is Professor Carl Borrebaeck. It is one of the windiest days in late summer, and the wind is blowing especially hard to the north at the Medico

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/successful-antibody-behind-billion-crown-life-science-deal - 2025-10-07

Colourful common wall lizards, an innovative X-ray microscope and advanced research on Alzheimer’s, leukaemia, photographic evidence and the origin of life. Six researchers from Lund University in Sweden have been granted five-year starting grants totalling EUR 9.5 million from the ERC. Nathalie Feiner, researcher in evolutionary biology, will focus on parallel evolution among six species of commo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/six-lu-researchers-receive-erc-starting-grants - 2025-10-07

What inner capacities do we need to support a more sustainable society? During the past decades, focus has been on addressing societal crises through external – technical, economic or medical – solutions. But in order to create real change, we must also tackle the underlying root causes: our broken relationship to nature, other people and not least ourselves. Our current sustainability crises are

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/inner-journey-towards-sustainable-future - 2025-10-07

The knife rack has replaced the bookshelf as a symbol of cultural capital. However, following decades of lifestyle eating, cooking shows and palate sensations, a new food generation is starting to establish itself. Food ethnologist Håkan Jönsson sees a comeback for ready-made meals and abstemiousness. Food is more than sustenance, what role does food play for us today?“Food has become a way to dem

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/food-ethnologist-sees-new-trends-following-decades-lifestyle-eating - 2025-10-07

The European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS) successfully hosted its highly anticipated regional conference, "Power, People, and Cultural Change in an Ever-Evolving Central Asia," held from September 21 to 24, 2023 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event brought together esteemed scholars, researchers, practitioners, and enthusiasts from across the globe to delve into the multifaceted dynamics

https://www.mocca.lu.se/article/mocca-project-participants-presented-their-research-escas-2023-regional-conference - 2025-10-07

The European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS) successfully hosted its highly anticipated regional conference, "Power, People, and Cultural Change in an Ever-Evolving Central Asia," held from September 21 to 24, 2023 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event brought together esteemed scholars, researchers, practitioners, and enthusiasts from across the globe to delve into the multifaceted dynamics

https://www.centralasianlaw.lu.se/article/central-asian-law-project-participants-presented-their-research-escas-2023-regional-conference-0 - 2025-10-07

Chairs: Britta Ohm, Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Switzerland, Per Ståhlberg, Department of Media and Communication Studies, Södertörn University, Sweden & Vibodh Parthasarathi, Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Milia Islamia, India. VENUE: Edilrummet, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sandgatan 2, Lund Three sessions:1. Tuesday 20 Sept, 14.30–16.302. Wednesday 21 Sep

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/panel-3-beyond-desirable-critical-perspectives-media-modernity - 2025-10-07

Monday the 27th of May, CMES affiliated researcher, the Syria scholar and ethnographic filmmaker Joshka Wessels will present her upcoming book which will be published by Bloomsbury/IB Tauris entitled "Documenting Syria: Film-making, Video Activism and Revolution". Joshka's book is the world's first history of Syrian Documentary Cinema and will be a resource for any scholar interested in dissident

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/worlds-first-history-syrian-documentary-cinema - 2025-10-07

Read and listen to CMES researchers' media interviews, podcasts and articles. 2025Fredsplanen för Gaza presenterad – kommer Hamas säga ja? - Sveriges Radio - Lisa Strömbom (30 September)Därför har så många länder erkänt Palestina som stat inför FN-mötet - Sveriges Radio - Karin Aggestam (23 September)Med satellitbilder i krigets spår - Rymdstyrelsen - Lina Eklund (19 September)IDF och Netanyahu be

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-media-analyses-latest-developments-middle-east - 2025-10-07

The World Economic History Congress (WEHC) is an international and interdisciplinary event, taking place every third year, and this year, it’s being held in Lund. With the congress fast approaching, we naturally wanted to learn more — and who better to ask than Professor Mats Olsson serving as host on behalf of the Department of Economic History. What makes the World Economic History Congress uniq

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/curious-about-world-economic-history-congress-three-quick-questions - 2025-10-08

At the Department of Physics, she is Stina Loo, education administrator for first and second cycle programmes. But she can also call herself a linguist, entrepreneur and television personality. And now, with a dream come true: author. The book ‘Hitta din historia – släktforskning för alla’ (Find your story – genealogy for everyone), which Stina wrote together with Ingeborg Arvastsson, will be rele

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/stina-brings-history-life-new-book - 2025-10-07

KB får i uppdrag att ta fram nationella riktlinjer för öppen vetenskap Regeringen har fattat beslut om att ge KB i uppdrag att ta fram nationella riktlinjer för öppen vetenskap. I uppdraget ingår att samverka med Vetenskapsrådet, universitet och högskolor liksom andra berörda myndigheter och organisationer. Uppdraget ska redovisas till regeringen den 15 september 2023. Mer information: KB får i up

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-juni-juli-augusti-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-1 - 2025-10-07