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Global governance shift in perception of AI, but more debate is crucial

For three global organisations, the discourse around AI has shifted from negative concerns about privacy and the mass collection of data to more positive debates about how it can be used as a tool and a facilitator of change, so find Malmö University...

For many women, fitness on social media is likely to prompt anxiety rather than activity

A new year often means renewed resolutions to get fit, and images of ripped and honed bodies on social media might give you that extra push. However, among young women, observing such images often leads to anxiety and poor body image.

New research reveals mechanisms behind skin ageing

Methods to measure enzyme activity in layers of the skin have been refined by doctoral student Michal Szczepanczyk. His studies contribute to a better understanding of the skin's antioxidant defences and how different factors, such as UV radiation, affect...

Adding to the arsenal to fight oral bacteria

Gum disease and tooth decay are two of the most prevalent human diseases, affecting around three billion worldwide. These afflictions of the mouth are caused by the build-up of oral bacteria biofilms, commonly known as plaque. Left untreated, these...

New CEO of Mau Holding announced

The first employee of Mau Holdings has been appointed. Aron Podavka will be the new CEO of Malmö University's holding company, taking up the role in the new year.

Shedding light on propaganda and enemy images

What happens when a negative image of ‘the other’ takes hold in society? What happens to our morals and our way of thinking? Questions that Kristian Steiner poses in his book about how images of the enemy are created and how we can counter them.

Important step for research in applied physics

This autumn, three doctoral students have defended their licentiate thesis in the subject of applied physics at Malmö University. A milestone for this research field, according to Henrik Hartman, who is responsible for the doctoral programme in applied...

Society-focussed research earns two academics top awards

Tourism must become more inclusive

Tourism has been criticised for being both primarily targeted at privileged groups, and for helping to reinforce clichés in how places are perceived – thus reducing them to monocultures where the complexity that makes them interesting disappears, so finds...

New guest professor forced to leave Hungary by illiberal policies

A scholar who was plagued by death threats and was accused of being a “termite eating the roots of the Hungarian nation” has currently found sanctuary as a guest professor at Malmö University.