”A remarkably deep and impressive thesis improving our ability to analyse data in economics and other disciplines.” This is how Yana Petrova’s thesis is described by the Research Education Council at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) in their motivation for why Yana Petrova is commended with the annual LUSEM thesis prize. Many and important economic data contain informatio

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-knowledge-economic-methods-receives-lusem-2020-thesis-prize - 2025-08-27

“Important contributions include insights into potential strategies that developing countries may deploy to meet the proliferating regulations formulated and enforced by international organisations.” This is how Wenjun Wen’s thesis is described by the Research Education Council at LUSEM in their motivation for why he is commended with the annual LUSEM thesis prize. The thesis “Rethinking Accountin

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-research-accounting-professionalisation-china-receives-lusem-2021-thesis-prize - 2025-08-27

The award winning thesis in Economic History is called: "For God's Sake –The Work and Long-Term Impact of Christian Missionaries in Cameroon 1844-2018". The award includes honor, praise and a prize of 25 000 SEK. In his research, Nicolai Baumert found that the colonial-era missionaries' work in Cameroon had left a lasting influence on education and health care. This was notable when studying gende

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/nicolai-baumert-receives-best-thesis-lusem-2022 - 2025-08-27

Annually, THE World University Rankings produces the 'World University Rankings by subject'. In the most recent release on October 26, Lund University improved its standing in seven subjects, securing a position among the world's top universities in six of them. Notably, within LUSEM, the Business and Economics subjects achieved the top rank in Sweden, ascending from 86th place last year to 82nd t

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/top-ranked-lusem-shines-latest-world-university-rankings - 2025-08-27

Photo: Johan Persson Lund University School of Economics and Management received two prestigious accreditation messages during the summer. We are now accredited for five years by both EQUIS and AMBA, and hence belong to the top 1 per cent of Business Schools globally that hold both accreditations. John Abrahamson, Chair of the Faculty Board, and Lars Ljungälv, Chair of the Senior Corporate Advisor

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/school-acquires-double-accreditations-holds-high-international-standard - 2025-08-27

Through its third accreditation, LUSEM achieves "Triple Crown" status and can be counted among the business schools in the world that maintain absolute top quality. Lund University School of Economics and Management has received its third accreditation through the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), and thereby joins the ranks of top business schools worldwide awarded wi

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-joins-ranks-top-business-schools-worldwide-awarded-triple-crown - 2025-08-27

Natalie Irmert at Department of Economics and Hassan Hamadi at Department of Business Administration are responsible of the new Data Science Lab at LUSEM. Photo: Oskar Svensson What happens when a group of people share a big interest, want to develop this, and spread it further? Well, if this group consists of PhD students, master students, teachers and researchers at LUSEM really good things can

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/data-science-lab-passionate - 2025-08-27

Sverre Spoelstra is currently doing research on gamification in high-performance organisations and algorithmic leadership. Illustration: OpenAI/ChatGPT. Artificial intelligence has gone from horror visions on film to a tool in everyone’s pocket. From spelling advice to shopping tips – and now to assigning work and measuring performance. What’s next? We met with organisational researcher Sverre Spo

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/he-researches-algorithmic-leadership - 2025-08-27

Daniel Tomic Lindvall In Spring 2023, Daniel graduated with a bachelor's degree in information systems from the Department of Informatics at Lund University. We interviewed him about his successes in the labour market. (The below interview is translated from Swedish)Tell us about what you do today!“I work at Montell & Partners, which is a consulting firm specialising in Management and IT. I starte

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/daniel-tomic-lindvall-alumnus-bsc-design-information-systems-2023 - 2025-08-27

Mentors and mentees mingling during their final event in the programme. The LUSEM Mentorship Programme was concluded recently with mingling and valuable experience exchanges, between student mentees and alumni mentors. The programme offers LUSEM students and professionals the opportunity to exchange valuable experiences and ideas. Students thrive and get inspired by their mentors, through guidance

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/career-and-leadership-inspiration-through-lusem-mentorship-programme - 2025-08-27

The broadcast ”Snillen spekulerar” (Nobel minds) can be seen world-wide on SVT Play. Three students from LUSEM were invited as audience for the round table discussion in Stockholm with the Nobel laureates, earlier in December. The show was broadcast on SVT and BBC World on 18 December 2023 and can be streamed online anytime. We asked three quick questions about the experience to Rami Zalfou, a doc

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-students-audience-nobel-minds-round-table-discussion - 2025-08-27

”The key question is to find a sustainable way for water supply and biodiversity restoration,” says Andrés Palacio. Photo: Center of Research and Innovations for Water, Sustainability and Circular Economy, AnfiBIO Sirculab, Colombia Andrés Palacio, Associate professor in Economic History at LUSEM, recently got funded by Formas with almost 12 million for a research project in Colombia. The project

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/empowering-rural-communities-under-climate-change-and-water-scarcity - 2025-08-27

Arne Ryde Summer School 19 August – 22 August, 2024, at 10:00 – 15:00 at LUSEM. Instructor: Anthony Strittmatter, Ph.D. (UniDistance Switzerland and Amazon)Introductory, Ph.D.-level course in causal machine learning.No prior knowledge of machine learning is needed.Open for Ph.D. students, postdocs, and faculty.Content: predictive versus causal methods; dealing with high-dimensional confounders; im

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/introduction-causal-machine-learning - 2025-08-27

When the restrictions lifted, Blerim was eager to step back into the classroom and meet the students. Photo: Louise Larsson Two years have passed since Swedish universities, LUSEM included, almost overnight went from campus to remote teaching. How did it go? We met up with Blerim Emruli, senior lecturer in Informatics at LUSEM and Qlik Educator Ambassador. We wanted to get a glimpse of his current

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/informatics-teacher-digital-education-learning-each-other-key - 2025-08-27

Happy prize winner! Rasmus Roth with the prize for the essay he wrote together with Mikko Ala Porkkunen. Photo: Marianne Loor. With the Öresund as a backdrop, at the top and far end of the Ångbåtsbron bridge in the beautiful new premises of the Chamber of Commerce of Southern Sweden in Malmö, the winners of the SSCEN Sustainability Award for master’s theses 2023 received prize cheques, diplomas an

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/brilliant-ideas-sustainability-students-honored-sscen - 2025-08-27

LUSEM is currently in the midst of ongoing accreditation efforts, with a particular emphasis on receiving the peer review team for evaluation. LUSEM is currently hosting the EQUIS peer review team for the next three days, 5 – 7 March. We extend a warm welcome to the team.The members of the peer review team are:Julia BennellDean, Leeds University Business SchoolIsabelle HuaultExecutive President &

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-welcomes-equis-peer-review-team - 2025-08-27

Konstantinos Mertzianis In 2009, Konstantinos graduated with a master's degree in information systems from the Department of Informatics at Lund University. We interviewed him about his successes in the labour market. Tell us about what you do today!“I work at Qlik, which is a software company specializing in business analytics products. My journey with Qlik started back in 2011 when I got a role

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/konstantinos-mertzianis-alumnus-msc-information-systems-2009 - 2025-08-27

When invited to the first ever Lund University Quality conference, Martina Oxling accepted. The conference is a good opportunity to tell people about one of the LUSEM flagships, the Change Maker Future Track. Meet Martina and learn more about the track, and her expectations and goals for the future. The Lund University Quality conference was given recently at the School of Social Work. Martina was

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/change-maker-future-track-highlighted-quality-conference - 2025-08-27

Joakim Gullstrand is the new Dean of Lund University School of Economics and Management since January 2024. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg-Bärg “We aim to contribute to the broader dialogue between academia and industry, ensuring that our work remains relevant and impactful in addressing contemporary issues.” This is how Joakim Gullstrand, Professor of Economics and the new Dean of Lund University Scho

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusems-new-dean-joakim-gullstrand-leadership-and-collaboration - 2025-08-27

Photo: Istock/Ekaterina79 We are happy to announce that Mars is our latest partnership company addition at Lund University School of Economics and Management. Very known for their chocolate bars, but what was more of a news flash for some of us  was the company’s strong stakes within pet food, owning brands like Royal Canin, Pedigree, Whiskas and also Ben’s Original rice and Dolmio pasta sauces, t

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/welcome-mars - 2025-08-27