Heat waves, air pollution, and extreme weather events: climate change has long become a health issue as well. A Faculty Lecture at the University of Lucerne explored why scientific evidence about the links between human and environmental health often takes time to translate into political action.

The University of Lucerne has secured nearly 1.9 million Swiss francs in research funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), with successful bids from both the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

What can Switzerland learn from the health insurance systems of other countries? In a recently published essay, health economist Lukas Kauer and his fellow researchers compare systems in Europe and the USA.

How do adolescents and young adults cope during and after cancer, and what support do they need? Two new publications from the University of Lucerne shed light on the situation of this patient group in Switzerland.

Last Friday, the second student and alumni conference of the Online Master’s in Philosophy, Theology, and Religions (PhilTeR) in Lucerne demonstrated how philosophy can serve as a common platform for dialogue.

How do assistive technologies shape everyday life for people with spinal cord injury? A new research project aims to produce the first comprehensive, life-course framework for understanding how assistive technologies are used, accessed and financed across different stages of life.

Rehabilitation is essential for healthy ageing – but are European health systems equipped to deliver it equally and effectively? A new study by the Center for Rehabilitation in Global Health Systems highlights existing gaps.

The University of Lucerne has appointed Christian Schmid as Titular Professor of Insurance Economics.

The Zug Institute for Blockchain Research (ZIBR) at the University of Lucerne is introducing its professors through a series of video profiles. In these short features, researchers explain how they are exploring blockchain technology from a range of perspectives – spanning law and sociology to energy markets and philosophical inquiry.

Who owns the land when several communities claim it? Anthropologist Willem Church has explored how struggles over customary land around a planned copper-gold mine in Papua New Guinea reshape communities, identities and access to wealth.