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.

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has awarded grants to five projects at the University of Lucerne. Researchers from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine have secured total funding of around CHF 3.79 million.

The spring edition of the LIFE B. Braun Lecture at the University of Lucerne addresses the relationship between science, public health, and democratic governance. Professor Lawrence O. Gostin discussed the challenges that evidence-based science and public health face in today’s shifting political and social landscape.