Category: Society & economics

New book makes society more accessible to the visually impaired

Can people who have never had the sense of sight see things with their inner eye and create mental images? If so, how? In the book Syntolkning – Forskning och praktik (Audio description – Research and practice), cognitive scientists provide in-depth knowledge of how society can become more accessible to...

In narratives of hope, researchers come together for the future of Syria

‟We know from history that no war lasts forever”. These are the words of Mohammad Nesrini, researcher and refugee from Syria and one of the participants in ‟Post Conflict Futures” initiated by Lund University. No one can predict what the most realistic future for Syria is. Well into its sixth...

Is sustainable growth possible?

Opinion by Alexander Paulsson, senior lecturer in Business Administration, who runs the research group Sustainability, Ecology and Economy (SEE) at the School of Economics and Management in Lund and also works at K2, Sweden’s national centre for research and education on public transport. What is required for us to have...

Seoul's Cheonggyecheon River displays how cities can design green space to manage flooding and improve the urban landscape.

Nature-based solutions in cities

A ground-breaking European project aims to help cities make the best, most robust decisions for increased liveability, climate change adaptation, and management of heat, storms, and precipitation. LUND UNIVERSITY is a partner in Naturvation, which is a trans-disciplinary Horizon 2020 project involving many universities, city governments and other stakeholders. The...

Dementia and case law

The population in Sweden is rapidly growing, with an increasing proportion of elderly people. In the final stage of life, many of them suffer from dementia. The growing proportion of elderly people requires new drugs, which in turn require new research on dementia, among other things. What legal considerations are...

How can we protect the environment in times of armed conflict?

Wars and other armed conflicts affect the environment. The damage caused can have negative consequences for people in the form of threats to their health and their access to food and clean water. At Lund University, legal scholar Britta Sjöstedt is investigating whether we can use today’s environmental legislation to...

Astrid Norén-Nilsson is interested in investigating perceptions of democracy and citizenship in a country where many political ideologies have left a profound impression, but the same party has been in power for four decades.

Developments make research into Cambodian politics even more urgent

We can learn about our own context by studying governance in other countries. How do we uphold democratic rights in Sweden? Astrid Norén Nilsson, at the Centre for East and Southeast Asian Studies, is researching politics in Cambodia. Since 1979, the country has been dominated by the Cambodian People’s Party...