By nina [dot] nordh [at] bygg [dot] lu [dot] se (Nina Nordh) - published 30 January 2024 In June 2023, Lund University signed an agreement with Denmark’s largest rail travel agency “Togrejse” for booking European business trips by train outside Sweden. It has now been shown that interest in booking rail travel abroad was much greater than expected and a new procurement will therefore be carried ou

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-travel-agency-has-increased-number-business-trips-train-europe - 2025-08-04

By roger [dot] alexandersson [at] service [dot] lu [dot] se (Roger Alexandersson) - published 31 January 2024 Take part with your colleagues in the Lundaloppet fun run. As usual, Lund University will pay the registration fee on behalf of employees. You can choose between the regular Lundaloppet, which takes place on 4 May, or the Gold Package. Lundaloppet, Skåne’s biggest fun run, brings together

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/take-part-lundaloppet-fun-run-4-may - 2025-08-04

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 31 January 2024 Lund University has reached a milestone with over 10 million reads in The Conversation since the start. In 2023, The Conversation published 24 articles by LU researchers. “It is very gratifying! I hope that we publish over 40 articles in 2024, which should be realistic given the increased inte

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-10-million-reads-conversation - 2025-08-04

By emelie [dot] malmborg [at] bygg [dot] lu [dot] se (Emelie Malmborg) - published 26 January 2024 Work on the coordination of exam management at Lund University is proceeding. The Coordinated Examination Service has officially been a unit since 1 November and in connection with this has changed name to the Examination Office. Part two of the project began at the start of this year, and now Sparta

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/examination-office-coordinate-sparta-1-february - 2025-08-04

By webbansvarig [at] hr [dot] lu [dot] se (HR-sektionens webbansvarig) - published 26 January 2024 It is now possible to apply for funding for finance visiting professors of underrepresented gender and for initiatives for equal opportunities, gender equality and preventive work against discrimination within Lund University. By offering the opportunity to apply for targeted funds, Lund University w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-funding-finance-visiting-professors-and-initiatives-equal-opportunities - 2025-08-04

By cecilia [dot] schubert [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia Schubert) - published 27 January 2024 Lund University takes another step towards establishing itself in Science Village, this as per the recent Vice-Chancellor decision made at the end of 2023. This decision builds upon previous decisions from December 2018 and April 2021, where the university board and Vice-Chancellor established g

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-vice-chancellor-decision-continues-lay-foundation-universitys-presence-science-village - 2025-08-04

By ida [dot] thelander [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Ida Thelander) - published 27 January 2024 Arrival Day with newly arrived students 2024. The Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ) has produced statistics for international student mobility at undergraduate and graduate level for all Swedish higher education institutions during the academic year 2022/23. Lund University is high in a national com

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/increase-both-incoming-and-outgoing-exchange-students - 2025-08-04

By lina [dot] tornquist [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Lina Törnquist) - published 13 February 2024 This spring, there are several opportunities to apply for funding from Lund University's Sustainability Fund to test, explore, and develop ideas that impact ecological, social, and economic sustainability. Do you have an idea you want to develop? Here is a brief description of three different op

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/grants-exploring-sustainable-ideas-and-innovations - 2025-08-04

Published 13 February 2024 The year 2023 was a fantastic year for research at Lund University. The year can be summarised as 1825. In this case, it does not refer to the year 1825 and that our research has stagnated at the level it was then. Here, 1825 refers to four numbers: 1: Number one stands for a Nobel Prize – What a fantastic recognition for the incredible research conducted by Anne L'Huill

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/annual-report-research-2023-fantastic - 2025-08-04

Published 13 February 2024 We begin 2024 with changes in the e-infrastructure project and in information security management. E-infrastructure has a new project manager and an updated assignment, while information security management has been reorganised. E-infrastructure is a much-anticipated project that concerns developing and coordinating research data and making it accessible to our researche

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/changes-affecting-e-infrastructure-project-and-information-security - 2025-08-04

Published 13 February 2024 It has frustrated me for a long time that we have not been able to use e-signatures, as I know that many other higher education institutions use them. Now they are available at last, and I have used the service in both the Research Programmes Board and the Library Board. The University has long had access to the EduSign tool, and we are now ready to start using it for al

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-can-use-e-signatures-last - 2025-08-04

By webbansvarig [at] hr [dot] lu [dot] se (HR-sektionens webbansvarig) - published 14 February 2024 A few weeks ago, TietoEvry, a subcontractor of the National Government Services Centre was subjected to an extensive IT attack. At Lund University this meant that Primula was inaccessible from the morning of 20 January until the late afternoon of 2 February. The Primula shutdown had major consequenc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/primula-and-running-again-after-shutdown - 2025-08-04

By webbansvarig [at] hr [dot] lu [dot] se (HR-sektionens webbansvarig) - published 10 February 2024 Primula is now up and running again and the last day you can apply for reimbursement of health promotion activities purchased in 2023 is 29 February 2024. Only digital handling of receipts You no longer need to submit your original paper receipts when you apply for health promotion reimbursement in

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/health-promotion-reimbursement-2023-application-deadline-29-february-2024 - 2025-08-04

Published 11 February 2024 There are several options for booking venues when you want to arrange a meeting, conference or congress. The University has new agreements regarding premises and event. If you would like support for your event or require related services, you can book this via LU Conferences. It is popular to organise conferences and meetings at AF Borgen that include technical solutions

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/will-you-be-booking-conference-or-meeting-year - 2025-08-04

By caroline [dot] cabot [at] uvet [dot] lu [dot] se (Caroline Cabot) - published 13 February 2024 We welcome two new professors of education sciences: Mona Holmqvist and Katarina Mårtensson. In connection with this, a new seminar series has been launched, Higher Seminars in Education Sciences, which is aimed at all those involved in teaching at the University who are interested in developing their

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/two-new-professors-educational-sciences - 2025-08-04

By Sara [dot] Westman [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Westman) - published 12 February 2024 Teaching a course at another university, or hosting a guest lecturer, is a way to both develop your teaching skills and create new contacts in your subject area. Now you can get support in finding contacts. You can find course leaders who want to receive visiting lecturers through EUGLOH's guest lecturer pr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/become-guest-lecturer-eugloh-university - 2025-08-04

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 23 April 2025 For a long time, there has been a lack of concentrated efforts among researchers focusing on taxation, but that is about to change. On June 5th, plans for a new Taxation Centre will be presented. "The idea of an interdisciplinary taxation centre and the need for it have existed for many years, and sev

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-taxation-centre - 2025-08-04

By anna [dot] lothman [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Löthman) - published 25 April 2025 For the autumn semester of 2025, more than 72,000 people applied to programmes at Lund University — and LUSEM continues to stand strong in the competition. LUSEM’s programmes remain highly attractive. According to the recently published application statistics from the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/top-application-numbers-lusem - 2025-08-04

By peter [dot] kjallkvist [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Peter Kjällkvist) - published 30 April 2025 This is what the researchers at LUSEM have said in the media in April, relating to the policies of the Donald Trump administration. With Donald Trump’s second term in the White house we have seen turmoil on the stock exchanges of the world, tariffs being presented, taken back and reintroduced, America

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/100-days-trump-and-what-researchers-have-say-about-them - 2025-08-04

By carla [dot] bohme [at] ics [dot] lu [dot] se (Carla Böhme) - published 12 May 2025 Betty Saenyi. Betty Saenyi is in her last semester of her doctoral studies at the Department of Informatics, Lund University School of Economics and Management. We asked her a few questions about her PhD journey so far. Betty, why did you choose to pursue a doctoral education?“Funny enough, a PhD was never my dre

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/meet-betty-saenyi-doctoral-student-department-informatics - 2025-08-04