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Published: 26 March 2025More languages in the classroom can enrich learning in other subjects
A classroom where students speak many different languages is a treasure chest. But as a teacher, you need to know how to open it and get the best out of its riches. This is the view of Cristina Nordman, whose thesis examines how multilingualism can be use...
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Published: 14 March 2025Pi Day: a day to think about whipping cream?
Pi Day is celebrated on 14 March to honour the mathematical constant pi (π), which has been used in mathematics and geometry for thousands of years. Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter and is abbreviated to 3.14 but actually...
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Published: 5 March 2025Center for Sexology and Sexuality Studies: "We want to be more visible globally"
Sexual violence, migration and sexual health, masculinity and sexuality are some of the areas the Centre for Sexology and Sexuality Studies will focus on in the near future.
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Published: 11 March 2025Influencers challenge traditional authority in equestrian sport
Social media is transforming equestrian sport, shifting power structures and fostering an influencer culture that can increase the pressure for perfection.
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DOCTORAL PROJECT | Published: 7 March 2025Research celebrates first woman to take the floor of the Swedish Parliament
On March 11, 1922, Agda Östlund became the first woman ever to take the floor of the Swedish Parliament. In his thesis, Magnus Gustafson has analysed her rhetoric at five important events to show how her voice became significant in the fight for women's...
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Published: 19 February 2025The science and art of waiting for a bus
Should one stand right next to the bus stop sign, in the near vicinity, or sit on the bench? The approaches differ when it comes to waiting for a bus.
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Published: 13 February 2025Modelling to decrease death toll from lack of organ donors
In the EU, around fifteen people die every day due to the lack of available organ donors.
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Published: 14 February 2025Valentine’s lovers now seek authenticity: the imperfect is the new perfect
As the world either celebrates, spurns, or blissfully ignores Valentine’s Day, a Malmö University professor reflects on the world of online and app-based dating.
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Published: 12 February 2025Urban justice the focus for new research centre
Digging down into inequality in people's living situations in relation to issues such as housing and the environment will be the focus of the Institute for Urban Research (IUR), one of Malmö University's eight research centres.
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Published: 5 February 2025How Georgian villagers halted construction of power plants
Even if both the government and big business are behind a major infrastructure project, it is important to have the people on board. In a new thesis, PhD student Nick Baigent has studied how small villages in rural Georgia managed to stop the construction...