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Are you a teacher at Lund University and looking to further develop your teaching skills? The application for the spring courses in higher education pedagogy is now open. The deadline for applications is November 1, 2024. The courses are offered by the Department of Higher Education Development and are suitable for those who teach at Lund University and wish to obtain a permanent teaching position

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-ahus-higher-education-teaching-and-learning-courses-spring-2025 - 2026-10-12

LU Innovation is now integrating its student activities to strengthen its innovation support. This change means that all student activities previously organised under the "VentureLab" brand are now integrated into the main organisation LU Innovation. "This is an important step to offer clearer and more cohesive support to students and researchers at Lund University," says Niclas Nilsson, Director

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-innovation-integrates-innovation-support-and-venturelab-incubator-moves-x-lab - 2026-10-12

You are welcome to celebrate Culture Night with us! Browse among all our activities for all ages that run from the morning to late evening. On the programme are music, try-out activities, theatre, art exhibitions and much more. Faculty of Medicine at Forum MedicumThis year we are holding an open house at Forum Medicum where we arrange exciting stations, lectures and try-out activities on the theme

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/culture-night-21-september-2024 - 2026-10-12

One of the biggest perks of teaching at university? Supervising students and seeing them grow into their role. That is at least according to senior lecturers Olof Hallonsten and Anna Jonsson. Detectives with magnifying glasses and catching and preparing a fish. Those are two of the metaphors that Anna Jonsson and Olof Hallonsten use to explain the relationship between supervisor and student, the v

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/comic-strips-and-metaphors-help-students-reflect - 2026-10-12

At LU Innovation, anyone who wants to utilise and translate their research into a product or service can get help with things like funding, advice, development and marketing completely free of charge. Niclas Nilsson, head of office at LU Innovation, hopes that more researchers will discover the service. Ultrasound diagnosis, the first respirator, oat milk, Bluetooth and gene therapy in cancer trea

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/helping-researchers-who-want-start-companies-and-develop-innovations - 2026-10-12

Contained within Greenland’s millennia-old ice are the traces of gigantic solar storms. Geology professor Raimund Muscheler is now undertaking a major initiative to chart the storms back through time, to improve our knowledge of potentially dangerous solar flares. Our sun is currently in an active phase which is seeing an increased number of solar storms. During such events, particles from the sun

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ice-stone-age-might-reveal-future-solar-storms - 2026-10-12

Professors of literature Torbjörn Forslid and Anders Ohlsson helped bring the concept of shared reading to Sweden. They have now received funding from LU Innovation to develop and adapt it for use in upper-secondary schools. Shared reading is originally a British concept, which essentially involves a reading circle with reading aloud taking place in groups. When the group meets, the leader reads a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/received-help-improve-experience-reading - 2026-10-12

Scientific researchers are not usually known for their entrepreneurship. However, at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, there is an innovative group of experts who have developed a tool that can help stakeholders in society when flooding occurs. The sun is beating down on Sölvegatan as a barefooted Professor Petter Pilesjö opens the door to the GIS Centre. It has not raine

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/scientists-new-flood-analysis-product-goes-against-flow - 2026-10-12

What does it feel like to live with dementia? The answer is offered by the “dementia simulator” developed by virtual reality researchers at the Faculty of Engineering, LTH. The simulator takes the user into a virtual world to experience different aspects of life with a cognitive disorder. LTH researchers Joakim Eriksson and Maria Hedin have been working for several years on virtual experiences of

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/successful-commercialisation-dementia-simulator - 2026-10-12

The war in Gaza has caused conflict at universities in Sweden and abroad. Overcoming the differences between protestors and university managements and within groups of employees is likely to take time. We met with both Lund University’s Vice-Chancellor and protestors from the encampment in Lundagård. In this edition of LUM, they share their visions of how to move forward. We have also interviewed

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/after-palestinagard-way-forward - 2026-10-12

The license terms and use of the free version for these programs have been restricted. In order not to risk damages, read more about what applies. For those of you who work in one of these programs or have it installed on your computer:Anaconda (software for AI applications, machine learning, data processing)Solid Works (software for CAD) Important information about changed license terms is now av

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/important-information-regarding-anaconda-and-solidworks - 2026-10-12

Would your research benefit from access to more advanced visualization techniques? Take advantage of the possibility to get support from the national research infrastructure InfraVis before October 1st. The InfraVis visualization experts can assist in analyzing and enriching your data visualization to its fullest potential.You can apply for up to 600 hours of visualization support and receive help

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-more-advanced-visualization-techniques-infravis - 2026-10-12

The University has the opportunity to apply for funding from the EU programme Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) to send and receive students and staff from selected partner universities outside of EU/EEA during a three-year project period. Departments/units within Lund University can now suggest mobility projects that include student, PhD, teacher and staff mobility. Priority will be gi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/call-erasmus-international-credit-mobility-icm-2025-2028-project-proposals - 2026-10-12

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 - 2026-10-12

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 - 2026-10-12

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 - 2026-10-12

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 - 2026-10-12

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 - 2026-10-12

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 - 2026-10-12

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 - 2026-10-12