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A new research strategy is now in place, effective from 1 January. It is based on the Strategic Plan and the findings of the RQ20 project. The Strategy will guide the University’s research and describe the core values of research and the conditions necessary for achieving world-class research excellence. The Research Strategy has been developed by the Research Board and has been discussed by all f

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/universitys-new-research-strategy-2023-2026 - 2025-10-16

From 1 February, all travel bookings are to be made through BCD Travel, replacing the old agreement with Egencia. You will find everything you need to know on How to book a trip | Staff Pages (lu.se). This includes how to book using the new booking system and which contacts apply. You can also find out how to access your Egencia bookings during the transition period until the end of February. Trai

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/1-february-we-change-travel-agency - 2025-10-16

Do you ever wonder where the University gets its money and how it is spent? Or do you find it unclear how the University is organised and who decides what? Then watch these two information videos which have been made to answer these very questions. How decisions are made at LU This is how decisions are made at Lund University – Assistant University Director Karin Ekborg-Persson talk about the Univ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-information-videos-about-universitys-organisation-and-resource-allocation - 2025-10-16

The EU Commission has presented the New European Innovation Agenda designed to strengthen European competitiveness through the green and digital transitions. At Lund University, we are well placed to take advantage of this and to raise our ambitions in deep tech innovation and solving today’s societal challenges. The EU Commission’s Agenda will involve many financial investments in innovation. The

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eus-innovation-agenda-applies-us-too - 2025-10-16

The Vice-Chancellor has now decided on a revised Sustainability Plan for 2023-2026. The revised plan contains concrete measures with a high level of ambition. It is hoped that the revised plan will help the University achieve the ambitious goals set out in the 2019 Sustainability Strategy. The work on the revision has involved many bodies across the University: the Education Board, Research Board,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-will-work-broadly-sustainability-coming-years - 2025-10-16

The University's Sustainability Plan has been revised and will now replace the previous plan. The Sustainability Plan more firmly establishes the areas and overall goals identified in the University’s Sustainability Strategy within first, second and third-cycle education, research, external engagement and management and administrative services. As part of this revision, new goals and activities ha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-plan-2020-2026-has-been-revised - 2025-10-16

The Vice-Chancellor has decided that, by the middle of 2023 at the latest, all organisations within Lund University are to report incidents and occupational injuries digitally in the IA system. The following organisations already use the IA system for reporting incidents and occupational injuries: Central administration Faculty of Law Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts MAX IV Faculty of Medicine

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-digital-system-reporting-incidents-and-occupational-injuries - 2025-10-16

Lund University administers a range of awards, some well-known and well-used, others more obscure. In order to bring greater clarity to this broad flora, the Vice-Chancellor has now decided to set up an Awards Council and undertake a review of which awards should exist. The decision is in line with the Government’s reform of the public reward system for Sweden’s top awards (in Swedish). Vice-Chanc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-awards-council-established-and-review-carried-out - 2025-10-16

As of 1 March 2023, you should report suspected disciplinary cases against students via a form on the Staff Pages, instead of emailing the report to the Legal Division. This is to make the handling of disciplinary matters easier and quicker. The form gives clear information about what needs to be included in a report. When the formula is sent in, a case is automatically created in W3D3. More infor

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-method-reporting-disciplinary-matters - 2025-10-16

Take part and run the Lundaloppet together with your colleagues. As usual, Lund University will pay the registration fee on behalf of employees. Lundaloppet is Skåne’s biggest race where people of all ages gather to run or walk. Choose if you would like to run 5 kilometres or 10. “It is great that so many LU employees choose to take part, and we are hoping to break a record this year,” says Univer

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/run-lundaloppet-6-may - 2025-10-16

Every year, university-wide funding for research infrastructure is announced. The minimum amount that can be awarded is SEK 250,000 per year and the maximum amount is SEK 10 million. The infrastructure can receive funding for a maximum of 5 years. Interdisciplinary research environments of particular strategic significance for the University are the focus. If these environments are also linked to

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-funding-research-infrastructure-1-march - 2025-10-16

After nearly two years of working at home, we were able to return to the office in spring 2022. In the autumn of 2021, the Vice-Chancellor decided on new guidelines for remote working in preparation for our return. For technical and administrative staff this meant whole new possibilities to work partly from home that were not there before the pandemic. This was part of the subject of the Future of

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/remote-working-technical-and-administrative-staff-what-was-outcome - 2025-10-16

Poverty reduction globally is one of the UN’s primary goals. But how can wealth and economic development be measured in a smart way? Artificial intelligence, AI, and satellite photos are able to give more effective and precise measurements, but will remote sensing technology ever be able to replace time-consuming interview surveys? In rich countries, GDP is the most common measure of a country’s w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/measuring-poverty-ai-and-satellite-photos - 2025-10-16

The on-screen lecture looks like any other digital seminar. But this is no normal session. The audience lives in the university town of Zhytomyr in Ukraine, and they are taking part in a series of online seminars organised by around ten researchers and teaching staff from Lund. One of the organisers of the knowledge exchange is Oksana Chernysh, dean of the Faculty of Pedagogical Technologies and L

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/respite-ukrainian-students-through-collaboration-lund - 2025-10-16

Gender studies is not something to engage in. This is a common statement in eastern Europe, where there is major resistance and study programmes are under constant threat of closure. Now the Department of Sociology and the Department of Gender Studies in Lund are joining forces to support colleagues and programmes in the region. Particular focus is being placed on war-torn Ukraine. “It’s not just

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/supporting-controversial-studies-eastern-europe - 2025-10-16

This spring, LU is launching a joint faculty initiative to further train already established research supervisors. They constitute a hitherto forgotten group when it comes to professional development according to Maria Stanfors, vice chair of the Research Programmes Board (Swedish abbreviation FUN) and the person leading the project. “Over the years, there has been a lot of focus on doctoral stude

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/overlooked-supervisors-receive-further-training - 2025-10-16

Thanks to stem cell research, we now understand much more about the earliest stages of human development and what underlies many of our diseases. In recent years, the field has been revolutionised by several discoveries that have completely changed the landscape of stem cell research. Since its establishment as a strategic research centre, the Lund Stem Cell Center has become one of the strongest

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/twenty-years-revolutionary-stem-cell-research - 2025-10-16

It is Thursday morning and time for the miniature brains to have lunch. The temperature in the cell incubator is a comfortable 37 degrees, perfect for a tiny brain. Anna Falk prepares the nutrient solution that the cells need to grow. These are cells that have made the remarkable transformation from skin cells to stem cells and then to brain neurons. The small model of the brain is called an organ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/feeding-time-miniature-brains - 2025-10-16

LU Business Track has been designed to speed up the development of growth companies born out of Lund University's research. Innovation is a driving force for the transition to a more sustainable society - and Skåne is one of the world's most innovative regions. At Lund University we see research results that can turn into knowledge-intensive innovations and technologies, which in turn can be the s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/launching-lu-business-track-new-way-commercialize-research - 2025-10-16

In a world marked by geopolitical changes and climate impact that create entirely new conditions, we need to alter the way we work on international matters. This is the starting point for a new way of working – Global Dynamic Engagement (GDE). GDE aims to strengthen and develop the University’s international impact in research, education, external engagement and innovation. The aim is for the Univ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/global-dynamic-engagement-will-enhance-our-international-presence - 2025-10-16