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Themes throughout the years

- a source of knowledge, experiences and opportunities for future research cooperations

Are you curious about future interdisciplinary cooperation within Lund University? Perhaps you want to know if someone has worked on your research idea already? On this page, we compiled all our Themes throughout the years. The links below lead you to the descriptions and members of respective Theme in Lund University research portal.

The years indicate the year the Themes started at Pufendorf IAS

Themes 2024

Ancient Synagogues and the Human Sensorium: How Digital and Experiential Methods Can Transform Our Understanding of the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Textures of Early Jewish History

DigiJustice: Rethinking Digital Inequalities and Human Rights in the Age of AI

Digitax

Ecological Loss and Damage

Greyzone Genomics

Themes 2023

Coastal Perspectives 

Relentless Existential Threat 

Roadmap of Biomaterials 4.0 

Sound of Democracy: How everyday sound environments support, reflect and deflect democratic values 

Themes 2022

Post-Hoc Interventions

Nature by Numbers

Synthetic Biology

Themes 2021

The Gigification of Work

Hydrosolidarity 2.0

Energy Justice 2.0

Domestication 2.0

The air we breathe 

Themes 2020

The Human Aspect of Invasive Alien Plants

Political Polarisation on the Internet

The Future of Human Rights

In Search of Search and its Engines

EXPERT: The radiation safety expert in a post-truth era

Themes 2019

CRISPR-ideas

Gender & Conflict

Post-Antibiotic Futures

Resourcification

CRISIS

Themes 2018

The Protein Shifts

Urban Creativity

Domestication

Air in African Cities

Themes 2017

DATA

Nature of Peace

Social Innovation

Themes 2016

The Annual Report

Energy Justice

A Plurality of Lives

Work and Organization in the Digital Age

Themes 2015

The Credit Society

Degrowth

eHealth

Themes 2014

HEAT

Sustainable Welfare

Healthy Indoor Environments

Exploring Challenges for New Big Science

Themes 2013

Exploring the "Animal Turn": Changing perspectives on human-animal relations in science, society and culture

IMPROVE - IMPROving the Visual Environment for all

DigiTrust - Privacy, Identity and Legitimacy in the Digital Society

Themes 2012

Bioinspired Energy Conversion 

Generational Goal 

Hydrosolidarity

Themes 2011

Black Carbon (SOT-initiativet)

Legitimizing ESS

Meaning of Actions 

Themes 2010

Astrobiology

Themes 2009 

Epigenetics

After the Crisis 

 

What is it like to work at the Institute, and what happens after? 

Three previous Themes share their experiences at the Institute´s 10 year jubilee.

How Astrobiology became Plurality of Lives 

Bioinspired Energy - splendid ideas in search of funding 

Healthy Indoor Environments paved the way for new research and a centre