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Seven years ago divers discovered the oldest known stationary fish traps in northern Europe off the coast of southern Sweden. Since then, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have uncovered an exceptionally well-preserved Stone Age site. They now believe the location was a lagoon environment where Mesolithic humans lived during parts of the year. Other spectacular finds include a 9,000 year-ol

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-underwater-stone-age-settlement-mapped-out - 2026-01-11

Lund University’s 350th anniversary is highlighted with two stamps produced by PostNord, Sweden’s postal authority. Although the stamps were first released on 10 November in Stockholm, today was the official ceremonial launch in Lund. The ceremony that took place in the main University building was attended by the Vice-Chancellor Torbjörn von Schantz, designer Gustav Mårtensson, as well as the for

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-honoured-jubilee-stamps - 2026-01-11

In preparing for the University’s jubilee year which starts on 19 December, Lund University is now publishing a popular science book entitled “Lund University over 350 Years – History and Stories”. The book is about the University’s journey from a small provincial academy with 14 professors and 80 students to the major international university that it is today, recurrently ranked among the top 100

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/jubilee-book-highlights-history-lund-university-popular-form - 2026-01-11

With the help of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene scissors, researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden have managed to “turn off” an enzyme that proved to play a key role in the regulation of the diabetes-associated TXNIP gene. The results are decreased cell death and increased insulin production in the genetically modified pancreatic beta cells. In a recent study, researchers have conducted an

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/crispr-editing-pancreatic-cells-reduced-cell-death-and-increased-insulin-secretion - 2026-01-11

Anders Håkansson, of Lund University, will be the first professor of medicine in Sweden to focus specifically on gambling addiction. Research into gambling addiction and gambling problems has been enabled by an initiative financed by state-owned company Svenska Spel. The initiative began in 2015 when Anders Håkansson was appointed as a senior lecturer at Lund University to build up research into p

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/swedens-first-professor-medicine-specialising-gambling-addiction - 2026-01-11

Together with his research team, Lars-Erik Wernersson, professor of nanoelectronics at Lund University in Sweden, has developed a technology for smarter transistors which could be used in electronics that operate on low energy, such as sensors for the Internet of Things. Using the new transistors on a large scale could save enormous amounts of energy. Transistors are the smallest building blocks i

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/smarter-transistors-could-be-three-times-more-energy-efficient - 2026-01-11

Could online shopping help boost city centres in decline? Engineering students at Lund University in Sweden want to reinvent city commerce by bringing local shops together through a single app. WATCH VIDEO STORYMany shopping districts have experienced a decrease in revenue as customers increasingly turn to shopping malls and e-commerce.When Victor Sandberg wrote his Master’s thesis in Industrial E

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-save-your-city-centre-shopping-online - 2026-01-11

Researchers at Lund and Malmö universities in Sweden have measured a biomarker in cell-free blood plasma which can be linked to an overactive stress system in suicidal individuals. This biomarker can hopefully be used in future psychiatric studies. “We don’t expect the marker to be able to predict who will try to commit suicide, but it may serve as a biological marker indicating greater stress exp

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-biomarker-higher-suicide-attempters-and-associated-stress-response - 2026-01-11

Swedish road freight companies that abide by work environment legislation, taxation regulations and environmental agreements have had a hard time surviving on a market where illegal transport operators can perform the same services at a much lower cost. A new app being developed at Lund University in Sweden makes the entire chain of transport visible to consumers. WATCH VIDEO STORY“Many consumers

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-new-app-makes-transport-industry-transparent - 2026-01-11

Lund University and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law have launched a new human rights hub. The Lund Human Rights Research Hub is meant to be a core driver in developing new research, education, and dissemination of human rights to meet the most pressing human rights challenges of today. The hub was officially launched on December 8.Jonas Hafström, chairman of the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-human-rights-research-hub-launched-lund - 2026-01-11

It is known from previous research that the ER-beta estrogen receptor often has a protective effect. A new study from Lund University in Sweden has found that this effect is more pronounced in patients that undergo chemotherapy. “If the finding is confirmed in further studies, it could contribute to women with the highest risk getting more frequent check-ups and/or additional treatment besides che

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/breast-cancer-study-predicts-better-response-chemotherapy - 2026-01-11

With a ceremony inside the main University building, Lund University’s 350th anniversary has now officially begun, and the extensive jubilee programme packed with more than 250 public events over the next 13 months has been released. The jubilee will last from 19 December 2016 until 28 January 2018, and these dates are based on the founding and inauguration of the University. “Obviously, this is a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-celebrates-350-years - 2026-01-11

SASNET affiliated researcher Therese Boje Mortensen recently published two articles in Sydasien magazine on the outsourcing of Indian government schemes to local NGOs and PM Modi's supporters in the ongoing elections. Government schemes in India reach far – but government jobs do notThe Indian state outsources a range of permanent social programmes to local NGOs. The argument is that NGOs reach ‘t

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/therese-boje-mortensen-published-two-articles-indian-politics - 2026-01-11

Oxford graduate Thakkar arrived in Lund for a month-long fellowship with SASNET. Chirayu Thakkar graduated recently from the Modern South Asian Studies program from the University of Oxford. He is currently a graduate student in political science at the Central European University, Hungary. His primary interests are India’s domestic politics and its interaction with the foreign policy. He is curre

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-welcomes-research-fellow-chirayu-thakkar - 2026-01-11

SASNET affiliated researchers Vibodh Parthasarathi and Andreas Mattsson recently participated in two seminars in Belgium on media challenges in the Indian and European elections. Vibodh Parthasarathi and Andreas Mattsson, program director at LU School of Journalism, participated in a panel talk at the Press Club in central Brussels on May 13. The discussion was led by Jean-Luc Racine, Emeritus CNR

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-researchers-presented-collaborative-project-belgium - 2026-01-11

Rishi Jha recently presented his paper on narratives of displacement and evictions of the urban poor in Mumbai at the Frontiers of Accumulation at the University of Copenhagen. On May 13, 2019, Rishi Jha, doctoral student and Lund University's School of Social Work and SASNET affiliated researcher, presented his latest paper that explores trends of evictions, displacement and redevelopment in urba

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-affiliated-researcher-presented-conference-university-copenhagen - 2026-01-11

Chirayu Thakkar, currently visiting SASNET as a research fellow, published an on Modi's foreign policy in The Diplomat. In his article, that was published in The Diplomat's online format on 22 May 2019, Thakkar discusses the international but also the domestic rationale of PM Narendra Modi's "Look West" policy, aiming at strengthening ties with the Middle East.Click here to read the full article.

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/article-sasnet-research-fellow-published-diplomat - 2026-01-11

Admir Skodo has recently published a report on Afghanistan and the ongoing peace talks between the Talibans and USA in Världspolitikens Dagsfrågor. Afghanistan and the Taliban: Peace at what price?Peace talks have been going on last year between the United States and the Taliban for a solution to the long, bloody conflict in Afghanistan. If the parties succeed in reaching agreement, this may mean

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-affiliated-researcher-has-published-report-afghanistan - 2026-01-11

SASNET director Andreas Johansson moderated a session on European Perspectives on the Indo-Pacific. On Monday 3 June SASNET co-hosted the joint symposium Europe in the Indo-Pacific: Moving from Periphery to the Center? in Singapore. The symposium was an collaboration between, National University of Singapore – Institute of South Asian Studies, EU Centre in Singapore, Embassy of Sweden Singapore, S

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-co-hosted-symposium-indo-pacific-singapore - 2026-01-11

The South Asia across the Nordic Region Conference (SANR) 2019 took place on June 11 and 12 in Uppsala and had participants from various Swedish and foreign academic institutions. The 2019 SANR conference was hosted by Sasnet/Lund University, the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI), Stockholm, and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). SANR is an annual networking conferenc

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-co-hosted-successful-nordic-south-asian-conference - 2026-01-11