By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 2 April 2020 Right now, everything is focused on managing the coronavirus. However, even before COVID-19, viral pandemics around the world were increasing and the ’ordinary’ influenza virus and common cold virus cost society enormous amounts of money each year. Swedish virus researchers say they could improve the world

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/virus-war - 2025-07-11

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 2 April 2020 Jennie Paldanius and Maria Hedberg are answering questions about digital education. On 18 March, the University switched to digital education. However, already a few days prior to this, the course ‘Go online (CoVid-19)’ for LU teaching staff was launched. Now there are close to 20 people working on

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/your-navigators-digital-education - 2025-07-11

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 2 April 2020 Annika Mårtensson chats with colleague Louise Larsson. Like learning to fly as the plane takes off.   Across the entire University, teaching staff are grappling with the transition to digital education and assessment at record speed in the unique situation caused by the coronavirus. The initial pha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/imposed-distance-education-puts-pressure-university-teaching-staff - 2025-07-11

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 2 April 2020 Hervé Corvellec believes that, in the future, higher education institutions that achieve ‘excellence in minimal carbon dioxide’ will be the most attractive. Photo: Kennet Ruona Currently, a worthy and fast-moving academic career requires extensive travel with high carbon dioxide emissions. Because

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-cannot-assume-doctoral-student-or-researcher-better-because-they-have-attended-more-international - 2025-07-11

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 2 April 2020 Maria Nilsson and her husband and fellow researcher John Ward looks at a find. Photo: Anders Andersson The archaeology team gets up with the sun at five o’clock each morning. They then work for seven hours under the burning sun in the middle of nowhere in Egypt’s desert landscape among venomous sco

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/leading-archaeological-super-team-banks-nile - 2025-07-11

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 2 April 2020 Airtravel to Stockholm decreased 2019 among Lund University staff. Photo: Eugene Sergeev/Mostphotos In 2019, the number of flights for business travel decreased by nearly 10 per cent at the University. At the same time, train travel increased by 20 per cent.   “There are many deliberate individual

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fewer-flights-lund-university-staff-2019 - 2025-07-11

By maria [dot] lindh [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Lindh) - published 2 April 2020 The dog Kevin is both a family member and a research object. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg-Bärg Giving up research has never been an option for Ronald Kröger, professor in biology with a specialisation in fish lenses and dog noses. “I conduct research with all of my heart!” He is, however, at least as depe

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nose-noses - 2025-07-11

Published 8 April 2020 The Recruitment Committee has decided to reschedule interviews for candidates for the position of vice-chancellor of Lund University. Moreover, instead of proposing a new vice-chancellor at its June meeting, the University Board will decide on a proposal at the board meeting in September. The reason is uncertainty concerning the coronavirus. The Recruitment Committee deems i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/vice-chancellor-interviews-deferred-due-coronavirus - 2025-07-11

Published 22 April 2020 Deadline for submitting your income tax return is May 4th. Here you can find some advice and webinars on how to declare your income. Do not miss the deadline and learn how to file your tax return. You will find information on how to submit your income tax return at the Swedish Tax Agency. They will hold webinars in English on how to declare income tax next week.Read more an

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-declare-taxes-sweden - 2025-07-11

Published 27 April 2020 Lund University, like other higher education institutions in the Nordic countries, uses the Zoom service from Sunet/NORDUnet, with servers in Denmark. NORDUnet’s Zoom service observes GDPR and other European data legislation and all data is stored and processed within the EU. LU-Zoom differs from the widely available free version of Zoom. The Swedish Civil Contingencies Age

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/zoom-lu-and-security - 2025-07-11

By anna [dot] lothman [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Löthman) - published 22 April 2024 MAX IV, ESS and a so called "supermoon". Photo by Salar Haghighatafshar Following a recent afternoon talk at LUSEM discussing Lund Innovation District (Lund ID), its significance is evident. Renowned for blending research, entrepreneurship, and collaboration, it prompts intriguing discussions about Lund Unive

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/ideas-impact-lunds-innovation-district-and-future-tech - 2025-07-11

By marie [dot] pihl [at] nek [dot] lu [dot] se (Marie Pihl) - published 25 March 2024 LUSEM Career Services offers a skills development programme - hear from two students who participated in the workshop. In order to deal with our increasingly complex environment and drive sustainable change we need to develop professional skills that will enable us to connect to ourselves and others. LUSEM Career

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/professional-skills-development-workshop - 2025-07-11

By madeleine [dot] jarl [at] ekh [dot] lu [dot] se (Madeleine Jarl) - published 15 April 2024 At the Annual Economic History Society conference recently held in Newcastle, Louise Cormack was awarded prize for best New Researcher’s paper, with her paper titled "Life-long effects from cash transfers in childhood: The 1938 child allowance reform in Sweden". Warm congratulations to this achievement Lo

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/award-ced-doctoral-student - 2025-07-11

Published 1 March 2024 Career Services serve students who are interested in learning about working life, discussing career alternatives, finding interesting jobs and internships, or other career-related matters. Hear from students what kind of help they got from Career Services:  August Hedenstierna Jonson August Hedenstierna Jonson, Bachelor in Economy and Society.What are you up to at the moment

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/what-kind-help-can-you-get-career-services - 2025-07-11

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 18 April 2024 ”Don't be afraid of constructive conflict, conflict can be productive and lead to greater creativity and building on each other's ideas,” says Stephan Schaefer. Photo: Jan Olsson It is not self-evident that an organisation will enjoy the befits of the creativity of its employees. Creativity can be stifl

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/five-ways-harness-creativity-organisation - 2025-07-11

Published 16 April 2021 The winning LUSEM team. Photo: David Dahlgren The Econometric Game in Amsterdam is a competition known as the ”World Championship in Econometrics”. And now, after many years of Top 3 positions, the competing LUSEM student team has won the 2021 Game! LUSEM was represented by master’s students Ester Trutwin and Natalie Irmert, and doctoral students Devon Spika and Matthew Col

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-team-wins-world-championship-econometrics - 2025-07-11

Published 14 April 2021 Johan Torgeby, Carina Åkerström and Jens Henriksson are all CEOs of major banks – and alumni from Lund! Watch the webinar with them any time! Find your unique selling point – and enjoy your studies and your studentlife. That were some of the advice and topics that were touched upon on the webinar “From Lund to leaders – Meet the CEOs of Handelsbanken, SEB and Swedbank” on 1

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/ceos-handelsbanken-seb-and-swedbank-their-student-life-lund-and-usp-career-banking - 2025-07-11

By marie [dot] pihl [at] nek [dot] lu [dot] se (Marie Pihl) - published 24 April 2024 Lundensaren is a newsletter that is sent to Lund University alumni. In the March issue of the newsletter, you can read about Pernilla Thellmark. She is a career coach at Lund University School of Economics and Management and she provides you with the questions you should ask yourself to make decisions about your

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/pernilla-thellmark-lundensaren - 2025-07-11

By marie [dot] pihl [at] nek [dot] lu [dot] se (Marie Pihl) - published 26 April 2024 Benjámin Olivér Maday, Tilman Bretschneider, Christina Maschmann and Ida Haggren. Photo: Oleksandra Panasenko The Econometric Game in Amsterdam is a competition known as the ”World Championship in Econometrics”. In 2021 LUSEM won the game and now it is time again! LUSEM was represented by a team of four: two firs

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-team-wins-world-championship-econometrics-0 - 2025-07-11

By maria [dot] johansson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Johansson) - published 26 April 2024 Alumnus Willam Dendy's career journey spans diplomacy, economics and tech. From his start at the British Embassy to roles in the UK Government and now in the tech industry, William's story highlights how his studies in the master's programme in Economics shaped his path. Why did you chose Sweden and the

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/william-dendy-alumnus-msc-economics-2017 - 2025-07-11