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The 8 March, Lund University will send out a questionnaire to 8,800 researchers associated with the University in order to gain a picture of how well LU is fulfilling the European Charter for Researchers. The questionnaire, which is open for two weeks, aims to provide a broad picture of how researchers at LU feel the University is living up to the European Charter’s principles for working conditio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-conducting-major-survey-principles-strong-research-environments - 2026-10-18

All Lund University employees and students are welcome to participate in this year's edition of the Future Innovations Award. Applications are open until May 5. The Future Innovations Award celebrates groundbreaking ideas from Lund University. Ideas with the potential to change our world. It has now opened for applications for 2025. Since its start in 2017, it has become an important platform for

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/future-innovations-award-2025-competition-opens-over-1-million-sek-prizes - 2026-10-18

EduLab has been a successful project and has meant that the University has had an infrastructure in place to support and manage educational initiatives. As a result, the University’s EduLab experimental platform has now been extended until December 2026. All faculties have taken the opportunity and received assistance from EduLab to develop and expand their range of courses and financial support.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/edulab-continue-and-focus-x-courses - 2026-10-18

Lund University makes annual purchases totalling SEK 1.5 billion. Together, these purchases make up a large part of the University’s carbon footprint. How can we meet the high demands of research on materials and products, and at the same time become a resource-efficient organisation with a carbon footprint that is as small as possible? Anja Björnberg Ekstrand works as a procurement officer at the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/importance-sustainable-purchasing-and-procurement - 2026-10-18

The University is now launching a new round of excellence initiatives to bolster the recruitment of top international researchers through the Wallenberg Academy Fellows (WAF) programme. With this initiative, the University aims to foster its international research presence and provide early-career researchers with the best opportunities to advance their careers. Previous roundThe first call for ap

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-round-excellence-initiatives-early-career-researchers-and-wallenberg-academy-fellows-2027 - 2026-10-18

The City of Lund and Lund University have approved a joint strategy to foster the local innovation environment and business community. This means that efforts to attract companies and talent and to bolster Lund’s international position are now being stepped up. “It sends out a strong signal that we speak with one voice. Sweden ranks high in terms of patents from academia. Lund University is third

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-statement-intent-city-lund - 2026-10-18

Stay Curious is a new English-language newsletter that makes it easy for you to find out about the latest research from your University colleagues in a concise and engaging format. The newsletter is published monthly on LinkedIn – a platform focused on knowledge sharing and professional networking. Using LinkedIn for the newsletter allows us to build on our already strong presence on the platform

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/stay-curious-universitys-new-newsletter-about-our-research - 2026-10-18

The University started the year on a high in The Conversation, the international platform where researchers write about research and analyse current social issues. This year, 21 articles have already been published. This means that 2025 could be another record year. Researchers from several faculties have contributed to this year’s productive start. The Faculty of Social Sciences accounts for eigh

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-gets-flying-start-conversation-2025 - 2026-10-18

Lund University International Podcast: Building an International Career with Fiora Cheng Gårdemyr (June 15, 2026) LUSEM alumna Fiora Cheng Gårdemyr shares her journey from Lund to Dubai, reflecting on leadership, adaptability and global careers. Recognised as one of Sweden's Top 75 Female Leaders of the Future, LUSEM alumna Fiora Cheng Gårdemyr (MSc in Managing People, Knowledge and Change, 2017)

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lund-dubai-lusem-alumna-fiora-reflects-leadership-and-global-careers - 2026-10-18

How do you go from studying finance at LUSEM to working at Goldman Sachs in New York? For Arttu Lappalainen, MSc Finance 2023, the path has taken him through Spain, London, and some of the most competitive finance roles. In this interview, he shares insights from his career journey and advice for students aiming for a future in investment banking. Hi Arttu! You graduated from the LUSEM master’s pr

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-wall-street-arttus-journey-goldman-sachs-new-york - 2026-10-18

This year’s stipend of the Pontus Roos Memorial Foundation is awarded to Laura Bruno-Johansen! The Pontus Roos Memorial Foundation, represented by the committee member Erik Wengström, have announce the winner of this year’s stipend. Pontus Roos was a creative and resourceful person, firmly convinced that practical problems in the industrial and service sector could benefit from advanced economic a

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/phd-student-laura-bruno-johansen-receives-stipend - 2026-10-18

Kerstin Enflo, Professor of Economic History, will be awarded the Einar Hansen Research Prize. The sum of DKK 200,000, makes it one of the largest research prizes in the humanities. A few years before his death, in 1991, Einar Hansen established a fund for humanities research, to be awarded to researchers at Lund University and the University of Copenhagen.“The research fund awards a prize each ye

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/professor-lusem-receives-research-award - 2026-10-18

Elon Musk believes that AI and robots could create such abundance that money would lose its significance. This brings to mind Karl Marx and his communist ideals. But their paths to that future would be entirely different, according to LUSEM economist Fredrik NG Andersson. The background is Elon Musk’s unusually bold prediction about the future. In an interview with The Economist this summer, he sa

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/musk-marx-and-future-without-money - 2026-10-18

The Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking has been released, and LUSEM continues to be represented among the world’s leading Master’s in Management programmes. The MSc in International Strategic Management is the only nine-month programme remaining on the ranking – a strong achievement given that longer programmes generally provide more time to meet the indicators measured by the Financial

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-remains-among-worlds-leading-masters-management-programmes - 2026-10-18

Four Master’s programmes at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) kicked off their studies with an interactive business simulation on the theme of sustainability. During a full day at AF-borgen, participants tackled real-world challenges alongside companies from the business sector. Around 230 new Master’s students take their seats at the many tables in the big hall at AF-borg

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/unique-business-simulation-new-masters-students - 2026-10-18

From LUSEM’s Master’s in Accounting and Finance to a career at Visa, Devansh Sharma has found that many of the skills he gained during his studies continue to shape his work today. His journey highlights the value of combining analytical thinking with the ability to communicate what the numbers actually mean. Hi Devansh! You graduated from the LUSEM master’s programme in Accounting and Finance in

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lusem-visa-devanshs-career-strategy-and-finance - 2026-10-18

This autumn, four new doctoral students joined the Department of Economics at Lund University. Coming from different academic and professional backgrounds, they bring a range of interests and experiences to the department. Meet Ambra Boilini, Embla Grandin, Erik Björk, and Torben Haferkamp, and get to know the newest members of our doctoral community. The Department of Economics’ doctoral studies

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/meet-our-new-phd-students - 2026-10-18

Lund University is ranked 104 in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2027. Although the university's position is lower than last year, its overall score remains almost unchanged. Originally published on lu.se. This is a shortened version.THE WUR is one of the world's leading university rankings and assesses institutions based on factors such as research impact, teaching envi

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-ranking-shows-lund-universitys-international-position - 2026-10-18

Meet Alice Westman, alumna of the Master’s programme in Managing People, Knowledge and Change, who graduated from LUSEM in spring 2021. Since then, Alice has worked as a management consultant at Accenture in Stockholm, where she focuses on change management and HR transformations. Editor's note: This interview was conducted in 2024.Hi Alice! You graduated from the Master’s programme in Managing Pe

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/turning-change-career-alices-journey-management-consulting - 2026-10-18

Anton who has been doing his research at the Department of Economic History recently nailed his dissertation: "Aging, Work, and Family", here at LUSEM. He is preparing his defense for 21 May, but we had a chance to ask him a few questions during these busy days. Anton is practically a local, having grown up in Hörby, just a half hour drive from Lund. He came to the university straight out of highs

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/new-thesis-three-questions-anton-svensson - 2026-10-18