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Published: 19 January 2024New centre for police research to be established in Malmö
Gang violence and young people being coerced into crime are issues to be researched at a new Centre for Policing and Prevention being established by Malmö University, thanks to a donation of 30 million Swedish kronor.
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Published: 5 December 2023Lack of vision for Swedish schools, an academic reflects on PISA results
The results of the PISA report show a broad decline in knowledge for Swedish students. "I cannot see any planned measures that could change this development," says Anders Jakobsson, a professor at Malmö University.
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Published: 9 January 2024Navigating between parallel normative systems
Young people often bear the responsibility of navigating between parallel normative systems. In order to provide support, authorities must have a nuanced understanding of their lived experiences.
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Published: 3 January 2024New model to better anticipate refugee patterns
More sources and unconventional data can make it better to predict and calculate refugee flows and researchers at Malmö University have helped develop a model that can be applied at both national and local levels.
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Published: 20 December 2023National myths strengthen Putin's position
Myths about Russia's predestined great power status are an important element in legitimising the war against Ukraine. If the myths collapse, Putin could have problems defending the invasion to his own population.
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Published: 13 December 2023Sex education in Swedish schools is potentially problematic
Sex education in Swedish schools is characterised by a cheerful and positive view of sex and relationships. However, this can also be perceived as one-sided and not entirely unproblematic when challenged, according to new research.
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Published: 23 November 2023The magnificence of Moomin is in the miniscule
Moomin author Tove Jansson was an expert in exploring the enormous in the minute; Malmö University professor Björn Sundmark has pointed the magnifying glass on the fairytale land and discovered the concept of muminalism.
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Published: 9 November 2023Lack of basic hygiene knowledge detrimental to root canal treatment
Good hygiene is an important factor for root canal surgery to be successful, and that is well known among specialist dentists. However, this is not the case in general dental care, shows new research.
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Published: 2 November 2023The joys of researching next door to two world-renowned largescale facilities
Two academics have high expectations of two largescale research facilities in the Öresund region. Emelie Nilsson and Andrea Scotti, both researchers and university lecturers at the Department of Biomedical Science, have a shared interest in utilising the...
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Published: 31 October 2023Halloween – not as death obsessed as you might think
Halloween is celebrated in many places, but the holiday has not always been about death. Manon Hedenborg White, associate professor of history of religions, explains how it came to be the trick-or-treating, pumpkin-carving holiday that it is today.