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New publication in Nature on ”Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics”. A cooperation between Per Möller at the Department of Geology in Lund and the Centre for GeoGenetics, Globe Institute in Copenhagen. Link to paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04016-x
A former co-worker at the department, Professor Barbara Wohlfarth, now at the Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, has been awarded the Assar Hadding Prize in geology for her contribution to research in Quaternary geology. Prof. Wohlfarth is the first woman to receive the prize, which is awarded by the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund. Link: https://www.fysiografen.se/en/new
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/prof-barbara-wohlfarth-awarded-assar-hadding-prize - 2026-07-01
The Faculty of Science wants to provide early-career researchers with an opportunity over a six-year period to develop a long-term research activity as well as qualify for promotion to senior lecturer. The faculty is therefore announcing vacancies for up to four positions as associate senior lecturer within the faculty’s subject areas. To the faculty announcement
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/faculty-announces-four-advantageous-associate-senior-lectureships - 2026-07-01
A PhD studentship in planetary geology is hereby announced at the Department of Geology, Lund University (LU), Sweden. The research project is provisionally entitled: Crust, Core and Collision – Unraveling the evolution of differentiated asteroids. The main aim of the project is to improve our understanding of the formation, collisional evolution and cooling history of large differentiated asteroi
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/doctoral-student-planetary-geology - 2026-07-01
Congratulations to Zoran Perić who has just been awarded Research Associate rank at the Department of Geography at the University of Novi Sad in Serbia. The title is equivalent to a Swedish docent title and is granted by the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological development to qualified scientists
Present-day biodiversity is the result of millions of years of evolutionary change. Although we can trace back in time most of the major organismal groups using fossils, the very origin of these clades is generally deemed impossible to grasp, hampering our understanding of what drives evolutionary innovations. An international team of paleontologists, including Mats Eriksson and Johan Lindgren, re
Ancient ice reveals mysterious solar storm
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/ancient-ice-reveals-mysterious-solar-storm - 2026-07-01
"Volcanic temperature changes modulated volatile release and climate fluctuations at the end-Triassic mass extinction" Authors: Kunio Kaiho, Daisuke Tanaka, Sylvain Richoz, David S. Jones, Ryosuke Saito, Daichi Kameyama, Masayuki Ikeda, Satoshi Takahashi, Md. Aftabuzzaman, Megumu Fujibayashi Journal: Earth and Planetary Science Letters DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117364
Professor Andrew Knoll, Harvard University, USA, has received the Craaford Prize for his studies of the first three billion years of life on Earth. Press release
Link to paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825222000496
The Swedish Research Council and The Department of Geology have the pleasure to invite you to the inaugural lecture by Beth Parker, as holder of the Tage Erlander Guest professorship, entitled 'Groundwater: An Invisible Resource Presenting Challenges and Opportunities’ 17 of May 14.15-16 in Pangea lecture hall, Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, Lund Program Welcome address We
Congratulations to our excellent teachers Helena Filipsson and Sven Lukas, recently appointed Excellent Teaching Practitioners (ETP).
Björn Berglund and Anton Hansson are two of the authors of a book about the eastern archipelago of Blekinge during 4000 years and which has been awarded the Local Heritage Book of the Year prize. Read more here (in Swedish): Årets hembygdsbok kommer från Blekinge A copy of the book is available for viewing on the 4th floor (publication stand) and if you’re interested in buying the book, please con
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/local-heritage-book-year-authored-geologists-lund - 2026-07-01
We congratulate Master student Elsa Muller who has received a travelling grant from the Åforsk foundation to present her theses at FORAMS 2023 in Italy and she has also received support from Oscar & Lili Lamm Foundation. Thank you Åforsk and Lamm foundations. Elsa blogs about her MSc project here https://stress3d.blogg.lu.se/
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/we-congratulate-master-student-elsa-muller - 2026-07-01
Lund University and the Department of Geology at the Science faculty now offers a PhD-course in Hydrogeological Conceptual Models for Groundwater Use and Protection. Characterisation methods and scaling considerations, 4.5 credits. When: 15-31 of March 2023 Where: Department of Geology, Lund University, Sweden Read more..
Lund University and the Department of Geology at the Science faculty now offers two days of field method demonstration and an afternoon of lectures about FLUTe-liner technology methods, in cooperation with the G360 group at University of Guelph open to consultants, authorities, entrepreneurs and others who might be interested. 1st field demonstration will focus on Multi Level Systems (MLS) includ
It is with sadness that we inform that Professor Svante Björck has passed away. Svante played an important role for the department as well as for geological research in Sweden for several decades. Svante was active in research and education, and he has inspired many students to pursue a career in geology, not least through his engagement in our introductory course in Geology. Svante was also a ver
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/professor-svante-bjorck-has-passed-away - 2026-07-01
Vale! Praeclarissime Doctor! Many congratulations to our recent PhDs, who attended the doctoral conferment ceremony
Helena Alexanderson is one of the participating researchers in a new cross-disciplinary project (theme) at the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies in Lund. The theme “Coastal perspectives” will explore how the perspectives from different subject areas can contribute to improved knowledge and decision making regarding flooding risks, coastal protection measures, climate change adaptation etc.
https://www.geology.lu.se/article/new-cross-disciplinary-project-about-coasts - 2026-07-01
The Björn Carlsons Östersjöpris 2023 is awarded to Jacob Carstensen, Professor in Marine System Management at the Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Denmark and Daniel Conley, Professor in Biogeochemistry, at the Department of Geology, Lund University, Sweden. The prize of SEK 3 million was awarded on September 26 by H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden.
