Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. The University has 42 000 students and 7 400 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.
Lund is the most popular study location in Sweden. The University offers one of the broadest ranges of programmes and courses in Scandinavia, based on cross-disciplinary and cutting-edge research. The compact university campus encourages networking and creates the conditions for scientific breakthroughs and innovations. The University has a distinct international profile, with partner universities in over 70 countries.
Lund University has an annual turnover of SEK 8 billion, of which two-thirds go to research. Our research is characterised by both breadth and strength and, according to independent evaluations, over 30 of our research fields are world-leading.
The establishment of the world-leading facilities MAX IV and ESS will have a major impact on future scientific and industrial development in both materials science and life science. MAX IV, which was inaugurated in June 2016, is the leading synchrotron radiation facility in the world, while the European research facility ESS will be the world’s most powerful neutron source when it opens for research in 2023. Adjacent to these facilities, Science Village Scandinavia is also being developed into a meeting place and testing environment for research, education and entrepreneurship.
Researchers fed an advanced AI algorithm with satellite photographs to see if it could identify areas of poverty and it interpreted the data through abstract images.
Our study found that people born with a with a particular fold in their brain develop frontotemporal dementia symptoms on average two and a half years later than others.
Funérailles, le 22 octobre, à Revivim, d’un habitant du kibboutz Beeri, assassiné le 7 octobre par le Hamas.
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De nombreux militants israéliens pour la paix ont été tués le 7 octobre. Aujourd’hui, c’est leur idéal même qui est à l’article de la mort.
Un agente de policía francés frente a una sinagoga de París en 2012. Los datos sugieren que los ataques contra judíos en todo el mundo aumentan cuando hay conflictos en Oriente Medio.
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La Historia revela que el antijudaísmo aumenta en todo el mundo siempre que hay situaciones de conflicto en Oriente Próximo.
A French police officer sits outside a Paris synagogue in 2012. Data suggests that attacks against Jews around the world goes up when there is conflict in the Middle East.
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Historically, data shows antisemitism rises around the world at times of conflict in the Middle East.
Many of the people who lived in the area of the October 7 terrorist attack or attended the music festival were involved in the peace and anti-occupation movements.
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Dans l'ensemble, les différences dans les connaissances des disciplines des enseignants pourraient expliquer un tiers des différences de niveaux des élèves entre les 14 pays.
Almost half of all sixth-grade students in Niger struggle to read a simple sentence.
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I was in a region in southern Sweden’s Northland in September 2021 to find out more about a group of people who were staunchly against COVID-19 vaccinations.
Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication Studies, Associate Professor of Ethnology and fellow at The Birgit Rausing Centre for Medical Humanities, Lund University