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A new webpage is now available for anyone planning to organise a scientific conference. It provides all the resources you need to begin planning, along with practical tools to help streamline the process. Please note that the conference must be approved before you can start organising.Visit the new conference webpage.
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/new-page-organising-conferences - 2025-11-21
Summer is approaching and with it vacations at the department as well as the faculty and Statens servicecenter which affects our recruitment opportunities. Do you need to advertise over the summer?Send a requirements profile to HR by 1 June to get the ad out.Employees starting this fall? Documents for employment decisions need to be sent to HR by 1 June to be able to process the employment befor
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/plan-recruitment-summer - 2025-11-21
The Head of the Department Jessica Abbott has decided to establish a new Research Council to strengthen the department's strategic research work. The council serves as an advisory body to the Head of Department and includes five faculty members with broad representation from across the department’s research areas. Deputy Head of Department Fredric Carlsson chairs the council, supported by Administ
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/new-research-council-department - 2025-11-21
During the summer holidays of 2025, getting administrative, technical, and IT help may take longer. The management, administrative, technical and IT personnel are on holiday during the following dates. You find which administrator is taking care of which unit on our administration page. Remember that administrative tasks may take longer time during the summer! ManagementNameDateJessica AbbottWill
Starting this Monday, 1 September, the department’s IT support will be integrated into the university’s central support service, ServiceNow. The email address remains the same: helpdesk [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se. From now on, the university’s central support team will handle simpler issues, while our IT technicians will take care of matters such as IT purchases, local network connections, and sy
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/new-it-support-system - 2025-11-21
We are thrilled to announce the Department's Autumn 2025 Seminar Series, featuring an exciting lineup of speakers from across the globe. The seminars will take place every Thursday at 13:15 in the Blue Hall in the Ecology Building. After the talks, there will be time for fika and mingling.Here is the complete schedule for autumn 2025:All links lead to external websites.DateContentSpeakerAffiliatio
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/autumn-2025-seminar-series-announced - 2025-11-21
The autumn darkness is closing in around us, and the Christmas break is approaching, with subsequent interruptions in daily operations. As the recruitment process is divided into several instances with different cut-off dates, the following will apply to the department's recruitments.27 November – Recruitment cases to be announced before/during Christmas 2025Documents must be received by the depar
As the holiday season approaches and daily operations slow down for a while, the following guidelines apply to the department’s financial function to ensure we have sufficient time to complete all tasks.Invoicing to be included in 2025Supporting documents must be received by the department’s financial function no later than 8 December.Travel expense claims/Reimbursements to be paid in December 202
The Social Sciences Faculty Library, Sambib, has added content to the large database Sage Research Methods. From January 2025 you will have access to Sage Cases and Sage Foundations, in addition to the already available resources. Sage CasesAuthentic cases taken from research projects, where the reader can follow how methods were selected and applied. The database is particularly useful when teach
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-sage-research-methods - 2025-11-21
Due to a vacancy in the Faculty Board a by-election is now being held. You have until 3 March to cast your vote. Since Torsten Krause has been offered and accepted the assignment as deputy director of LUCSUS, a by-election is now being held to replace his position as teaching staff member with research expertise in the Faculty Board. All those entitled to vote and nominate had the opportunity to
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/vote-election-faculty-board-0 - 2025-11-21
Scopus AI is a research tool that uses Scopus content to help you understand or explore a research area. You can ask natural language questions in both Swedish and English. Answers are based on abstracts found in Scopus and are given in the form of a summary with references, concept map and suggestions for further study. Use Scopus AI to explore topics - it becomes a complement to your search.Find
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/lund-university-now-provides-access-scopus-ai-tool - 2025-11-21
In February, Emma Tullberg began her position as project manager with responsibility for building up the Faculty's support function for commissioned education. Emma will be part of the education team at the Faculty Office and work closely with the deputy dean with responsibility for education and the vice dean with responsibility for collaboration. In 2024, the vice-chancellor decided to decentral
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-support-function-commissioned-education - 2025-11-21
The University is establishing a new Centre for Preparedness and Resilience (LUPREP) at Campus Helsingborg. By strengthening research, collaboration and education in total defence and preparedness, the aim is to meet society's increasing need for security and crisis management. The Centre for Preparedness and Resilience is organised by the Faculty of Social Sciences, but seven of the university's
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-centre-preparedness-and-resilience-be-established - 2025-11-21
The by-election to the Faculty Board has now been completed and Annika Björkdahl has been appointed as a new board member. Due to a vacancy in the Faculty Board in the category of teaching staff member with research expertise, the Faculty held a by-election between 17 February and 3 March. A public count of votes has now taken place at the Faculty Office. The election results show that Annika Björ
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-member-faculty-board - 2025-11-21
The project, "A unified web experience for education", is now going into an intense phase at all Lund University faculties. The aim of the project is to create a university-wide, modern and quality-assured service website that guides prospective students in their choice of education. Today, information about the university's programmes and courses is spread across many different websites at univer
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/moving-towards-unified-web-experience-students - 2025-11-21
Lund University moves forward with the development project at Campus Helsingborg. In the next step, the pre-design phase, architects will present a sketch of a new layout of the University's premises. The architects do their work in dialogue with the University's project group. The plan is to forward a sketch for consideration to relevant actors within the University in the autumn of 2025."The pre
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/pre-design-phase-campus-helsingborg - 2025-11-21
This autumn, the Faculty is again offering the course "Gender and diversity in teaching and learning". The course is part of the pedagogical training programme for teachers and doctoral students at the Faculty of Social Sciences. It provides a space to analyse gender and diversity both within the University as an organisation and in teaching and learning situations in the classroom.The application
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/learn-more-about-gender-and-diversity-teaching - 2025-11-21
This autumn, the Faculty is again offering the course "Gender and diversity in teaching and learning". The course is part of the pedagogical training programme for teachers and doctoral students at the Faculty of Social Sciences. It provides a space to analyse gender and diversity both within the University as an organisation and in teaching and learning situations in the classroom.The application
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-opportunity-teachers-learn-more-about-gender-and-diversity - 2025-11-21
Take the opportunity to learn more about Canvas! This spring, teachers at the Faculty of Social Sciences can take part in new pedagogical workshops and improve their digital skills. The workshops are an initiative of the faculty's Education Council with the aim of increasing digital pedagogical competence. 8 maj: Pedagogisk workshop om examinationer i Canvas (in Swedish)Sign up no later than 30 Ap
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/pedagogical-workshops-canvas-may - 2025-11-21
The faculty's list of recognised and excellent teachers is growing. At the latest Faculty Board meeting, another eleven persons received recognition of their teaching skills through the appointment as Recognised or Excellent Teaching Practitioners. Newly appointed Recognised Teaching Practitioners:Eva-Malin AntoniussonMalin ArvidsonMaria Bergendal ArvidssonInês BramãoMartina Angela CarettaNils Gus
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/eleven-new-recognised-and-excellent-teachers-0 - 2025-11-21
