Lancaster University

A final year Fine Art undergraduate of Painting is the second student from LICA to be selected for a national painting prize in three years.Chrysa Kanari has won a Freelands Painting Prize, which celebrates outstanding painting practice…

A world-leading Nobel Prize-winning economist delivered one of Lancaster University Management School’s keynote lectures.Professor Robert Aumann, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2005, addressed an audience of…

New research explores personal experiences of mental illness through the portrayal offered by bloggers.Published in Issues in Mental Health Nursing, the research by Dr Leanne Staniford from Lancaster University and Luciana White from York…

Researchers from Lancaster University are taking part in the world’s largest festival of public science talks which will see scientists take to the stage in 38 cities across the UK.Three events in Lancaster and Morecambe on May 22-24 are…

Scientists are to deploy a network of microphones in the Amazon rainforest to listen and measure the numbers and species of birds, insects and other wildlife.The use of ‘ecoacoustics’ forms part of RAINFAUNA - a £1 million study by an…

The Palliative Care Research Partnership North West Coast led by Lancaster University has been shortlisted in the 2023 North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards.This award is aimed at recognising good examples of research…

A mental health resource created by a team led by Lancaster University and Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted for Outstanding Contribution to Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in the 2023 North West Coast…

A new event, co-organised by Lancaster University Management School economists, brought together leading academics and policy-makers to analyse recent macroeconomic trends.The first Non-Linearities in Macroeconomics (NLMacro) Workshop, at…

Eco innovations developed by North West businesses alongside leading universities to tackle climate change have been honoured at an awards ceremony.Their successes have been celebrated at the Eco-I North West (Eco-I NW) awards at the…

The use of medicinal drugs derived from plants is the topic of a podcast by Lancaster University researcher Dr Karen Wright as part of a series of local history podcasts and exhibitions to mark a hundred years of Lancaster City Museums.To…