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Understanding university studies

This website explains terms that are good to know about university studies in Sweden and at the University. Learn the meaning of higher education credits, self-study, and distance learning. You can also find information about the grading system at the...

New 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.

Navigating 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.

New 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.

Design after Progress: Reimagining Design Histories and Futures

Sex 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.

The 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.

The 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...

University teachers’ profession in post-pandemic hybrid higher education teaching and learning environment

Halloween – 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.