Theme: Smart society

Who wants to live in smart cities?

Chronicle by Jamil Khan Associate Professor of Environmental and Energy Systems, Lund University “A smart city is a city with open senses. With its sensors it can see, hear, feel, smell and taste digital information that contributes to a more considerate, efficient, safe and sustainable society.” This may sound as...

From animal feed to protein-rich breakfast food

The disposal or combustion of leftover crops or edible products that have not been sold is a waste of the Earth’s resources. It is also bad economics for farmers. A circular economy in agriculture means utilising the value of a product or raw material by, for example, turning it into...

LENA NEIJ was recently appointed to the Government’s strategic cooperation group for smart cities.

Collaboration is key to the smart sustainable cities of the future

Climate change, a growing population and increased urbanisation place great demands on our cities. Meeting these challenges requires collaboration to develop smart cities. But what does a smart city really mean and how do we create one? A smart city is a sustainable city. A city in which people want...

Why have a circular bio-based economy?

Column by Pål Börjesson, Professor of Environmental and Energy Systems As we all know, throughout human history we have lived off renewable resources until little more than a century ago when we began using fossil fuels, such as coal and later oil, at an increasingly rapid speed. We are now...

When market forces cannot be allowed to control and set prices based on supply and demand – how do we best allocate our resources? At the School of Economics and Management at Lund University, Tommy Andersson is working on developing algorithms to match the right organ donor with the right recipient.

Finding the right organ for the right recipient

The principle of setting a price based on supply and demand is not always desirable, for instance, when it comes to human organs. But how are we to allocate organs instead? At the Lund University School of Economics and Management, Tommy Andersson is researching an alternative way of solving the...

Driven by a machine

As a child, Sara Thorin dreamed of becoming a physicist. As a project leader for one of MAX IV Laboratory’s most central components – the linear accelerator – she has a great responsibility for ensuring the world’s best synchrotron radiation facility delivers light of exactly the right quality to reveal...

Regional superbus concept is on it´s way Photo: Region Skåne

Researchers see a bright future for public transport in Skåne

Think of trains – take the bus. This is how the concept will be launched when Skåne switches to superbus routes on the stretches currently covered by the Skåne express. These superbus routes are to compensate for the lack of railways and will be quick and comfortable.  “The goal for...

Thorbjörn Laike is a professor in Environmental Psychology at the Department of Architecture and the Built Environment at the Faculty of Engineering, as well as the director of CEEBEL.

Smarter lighting improves life

Do we have enough light when we are working, and is it dark enough when we want to sleep? The light around us when we are indoors is important for our well-being. Researchers in Lund, together with American colleagues, want to put an app in your smartphone to regulate the...

Glenn Billqvist is one of the thousands of diabetics who is part of the research project ANDIS – a register currently including 90 % of all healthcare providers in Skåne

ANDIS opens doors to more informed diabetes treatments

Diabetes is a complex disease. However, with the research project ANDIS (All New Diabetics in Skåne) the doors are now open to give more patients a correct diagnosis which in turn leads to more informed treatment. ANDIS registers all new cases of diabetes in Skåne and is a huge knowledge...