By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 2 April 2024 The Meret-Neith tomb in Abydos. Photo: E. Christiana Köhler Meret-Neith was perhaps the first female ruler of ancient Egypt and one of the most powerful women in the world during her lifetime some 5,000 years ago. Researcher Amber Hood is part of an international research team investigating the royal t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/exploring-tomb-wine-loving-queen - 2025-02-06

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 2 April 2024 The doctoral student ombudsman, Haro de Grauw. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg International text theft is difficult to deal with, especially for individual researchers. The University should take the lead, and find out how plagiarism issues are dealt with in different countries and what authorities exist

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-knowledge-needed-about-plagiarism - 2025-02-06

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 2 April 2024 Sara Farshchi and professor Carita Paradis. Photo: Jan Olsson Linguist Sara Farshchi's research was plagiarised by three Ukrainian researchers who published it as their own. Five months have passed since Professor Carita Paradis discovered that parts of her former doctoral student Sara Farshchi's five-ye

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/her-research-was-plagiarised - 2025-02-06

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 2 April 2024 Peter Svensson, senior lecturer in Business Administration, questions why a lot of courses in the first cycle are taught in English. Photo: Jenny Leyman “English is like a membrane between us and reality”. The quote comes from a teacher at a Swedish higher education institution and describes their experien

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/poorer-learning-if-teaching-anglicised - 2025-02-06

By minna [dot] wallen-widung [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Minna Wallén-Widung) - published 2 April 2024 Annika Olsson, dean of LTH, Magnus Genrup, head of the Department of Energy Sciences, and Karolina Isaksson, Head of Finance at LTH. Photo: Kennet Ruona, Johan Persson and private Lund University’s researchers are good at applying for and obtaining external research grants. But many fun

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/co-funding-increasingly-difficult-challenge - 2025-02-06

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Alberstdottir) - published 9 April 2024 During the spring - April and May - a lot of exciting things are happening in research communication for researchers! There are several opportunities for you as a researcher to learn more about how to communicate your research. Pitch your idea to the Conversation – April session Researc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/curious-about-conversation - 2025-02-06

By evelina [dot] linden [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 4 April 2024 Lund Nano Lab at LTH, Lund University, had a prominent visit from Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and his entourage. They got to talk about #semiconductors, #nanoscience, #nanotechnology, and the importance of keeping the competence growing, academia, and industry hand in hand. The Prime minister got an pre

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/competence-best-vaccine-against-crisis - 2025-02-06

By anna_v [dot] johnsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna V Johnsson) - published 5 April 2024 The University’s general presentation material is updated with new profile texts, PowerPoint presentations and new facts and figures, to use as a basis for speaking about the University, for example at a conference or during a study visit. The following material is updated with new facts and fi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-presentation-material-about-university-available - 2025-02-06

By emma [dot] renman [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Emma Renman) - published 8 April 2024 Do you lack the time or knowledge to explore the commercial potential on your own? You don’t have to do it alone. That’s where LU Business Track comes in.  LU Business Track is a tailored programme where we pair you with a dedicated project team and financial support to assess and develop the commercial v

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/do-you-have-research-findings-could-make-difference-apply-lu-business-track - 2025-02-06

By anna [dot] mansfeld [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Mansfeld) - published 10 April 2024 The Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions (SUHF) has produced three reports that highlight key issues it regards as threats to the activities of higher education institutions. A fourth report on governance in higher education will be published after the summer. The other reports con

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-reports-threats-academic-freedom-and-university-governance - 2025-02-06

By fredrik [dot] bexell [at] byggnad [dot] lu [dot] se (Fredrik Bexell) - published 6 April 2024 As a staff member, it is important that you report adverse occurrences. This could be accidents or incidents connected to the physical environment or threats and victimisation that affect the psychosocial work environment. As a staff member, it is important that you report adverse occurrences. This cou

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/remember-report-occurrences - 2025-02-06

Published 9 April 2024 We warmly invite innovation stakeholders and actors, business leaders, council and university representatives, and Future by Lund members to the seventh afternoon talk, this time about Lund Innovation District and the innovation politics that effects the way it is organised, governed, and financed. Lund Innovation District is a global innovation ecosystem that brings togethe

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/afternoon-talk-about-new-conditions-developing-lund-innovation-district - 2025-02-06

By jenny [dot] hansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Hansson) - published 8 April 2024 During the winter, the Sustainability Fund opened a call for proposals to test solutions to sustainability challenges in the organisation. Lund University is deeply committed to its sustainability strategy and sustainability plan, aiming for remarkable achievements in this area. We know that change requires

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-ideas-sustainable-workplace-gets-funding - 2025-02-06

By Marie [dot] Gruvhammar [at] stu [dot] lu [dot] se (Marie Gruvhammar) - published 1 April 2024 During the spring, the faculties will gradually start using the IA system with the goal that all students from September will be able to report in the IA system. The IA system is our digital reporting system regarding occupational injuries and incidents. Since mid-2023, all university employees have re

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/students-incident-reporting-will-now-take-place-ia-system - 2025-02-06

Published 10 April 2024 The University building. Photo: Mikael Risedal The QS World University Rankings by subject announced on 10 April enable the University to see how we rate globally in our different subject areas. The QS subject ranking is based on information that QS collects in different ways and does not include information that LU reports. The parameters included in the subject ranking ar

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lus-rating-qs-world-university-rankings-subject-2024 - 2025-02-06

By jonas [dot] wisbrant [at] control [dot] lth [dot] se (Jonas Wisbrant) - published 6 April 2024 In May 2019 AI* Nordic Powwow filled Lundagård with 550 curious and knowledgeable AI-interested persons. In May 2023 we came back after the pandemic. Now, on 16th May 2024, AI* Nordic Powwow will celebrate the first of, hopefully, many annual occurrences! AF-borgen is booked and we expect interesting

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-internal-contribution-andor-participation-ai-nordic-powwow-lund-16-may-2024 - 2025-02-06

Av johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - publicerad 29 april 2021 33 forskare ifrågasätter gammal studie om skogsavverkningsvolymer i Europa. FOTO: TOM PUGH I en ny studie ifrågasätter 33 forskare en EU-rapport om Europas skogsbruk som rönte stor uppmärksamhet förra året. Enligt studien, som publiceras i Nature, feltolkades data vilket fick det att se ut som om avv

https://www.lu.se/artikel/skogsavverkningen-i-europa-okar-men-inte-i-den-takt-som-tidigare-rapporterats - 2025-02-06

Publicerad 30 april 2013 I Sverige föds varje år drygt 250 barn mer än 14 veckor för tidigt. Överlevnaden har ökat de senaste åren, men kunskapen om deras fortsatta utveckling har varit ofullständig. En studie i vetenskapliga tidskriften JAMA, visar nu att tre av fyra extremt för tidigt födda barn var normalt utvecklade eller endast hade lätta funktionshinder vid två och ett halvt års ålder. Kartl

https://www.lu.se/artikel/battre-prognos-vantat-extremt-tidigt-fodda - 2025-02-06

Av petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - publicerad 29 april 2021 Vill du ta del av den senaste forskningen om åldrande och hälsa? Då ska du delta i CASE webbsända seminarier som arrangeras tre måndagar i maj. Tv-profilen Johan Wester guidar deltagarna genom webbdagarna. Att andelen äldre i befolkningen ökar är välkänt, men våra föreställningar om åldrande är föråldrade. V

https://www.lu.se/artikel/case-webbdagar-forskning-om-aktivt-och-halsosamt-aldrande-i-fokus - 2025-02-06

Av tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - publicerad 29 april 2021 Ett internationellt team av forskare visar att spridningen av proteinet tau i hjärnan vid alzheimer varierar enligt fyra distinkta mönster. Läs mer i artikeln. Bildkälla: Jacob Vogel. Alzheimers sjukdom kännetecknas av onormal spridning och ansamling av proteinet tau i hjärnan. En internationell studie visar n

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ny-studie-alzheimers-sjukdom-fyra-distinkta-subtyper - 2025-02-06