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The Government has appointed Erik Sjöman, LL.D. h.c., as a Justice of the Supreme Court. Erik Sjöman, who holds a Master of Laws degree from our faculty, was awarded an honorary doctorate at the Faculty of Law in 2023. In the motivation for the honorary doctorate, the faculty paid particular attention to his contribution to the discussion of legal science in articles and book projects, in many cas

https://www.law.lu.se/article/erik-sjoman-honorary-doctor-law-appointed-justice-supreme-court - 2026-09-11

The Lund University Centre for Business Law (ACLU) has been awarded funding of SEK 6 million for its activities during the years 2025-2029. The three Lund-based foundations Crafoordska stiftelsen, LMK-stiftelsen and Sparbanksstiftelsen Finn have jointly chosen to support ACLU's activities during these five years. ACLU was founded in 2016 with the aim both to assemble and to strengthen the necessar

https://www.law.lu.se/article/aclu-awarded-funding-its-2025-2029-operations - 2026-09-11

From the early 19th century, various committees worked on reforms of Swedish civil law, criminal law, and procedural law. In order to find possible solutions to legal problems, these committees acquired a large amount of Swedish and foreign legal literature. The literature collection, which from 1902 formally belonged to the so-called Lagberedningen (Law Commission), thus constitutes, with its app

https://www.law.lu.se/article/sek-700-000-faculty-law-legal-historical-treasure-worth-preserving - 2026-09-11

The Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanity and Society (WASP-HS) och SciLifeLab, Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS), has recently granted funds of 3 967 000 SEK to the project "Explainable and Just AI in Data-Driven Disease Surveillance".Atiye Sadat Hashemi and Yana Litins'ka are leading the project which constitutes an interdisciplinary coll

https://www.law.lu.se/article/yana-litinska-awarded-funding-interdisciplinary-project - 2026-09-11

The final of the European Law Moot Court Competition (ELMC), one of the most prestigious moot court competitions in the world (around 80 universities participating), was held at the Court of Justice of the EU in Luxembourg last week. Two teams of Lund University were competing in this truly historical moment (it was indeed the first time ever that two teams of the same University were competing ag

https://www.law.lu.se/article/great-success-moot-court-competition - 2026-09-11

The Foundation has now decided to award grants for the spring semester to applicants who are actively engaged in research at the Faculty. We are pleased to announce that the Rune and Lena Lavin Foundation for Legal Research at the Faculty of Law, Lund University, has decided at its spring meeting to award a total of SEK 169 200 to nine applicants.Information regarding the autumn 2025 call for appl

https://www.law.lu.se/article/award-rune-and-lena-lavin-foundation-legal-research - 2026-09-11

Katarina Olsson, Professor Emerita of Civil Law at the Faculty of Law, has been awarded the Medal for Significant Deeds for her many and varied contributions to Sweden's foundations. Nine medals were awarded during the Royal Patriotic Society's annual ceremony on 21 May at the Royal Swedish House of Knights. HRH Prince Daniel presented the medals. Katarina Olsson's contributions to the Swedish Fou

https://www.law.lu.se/article/katarina-olsson-has-been-awarded-medal-significant-deeds-0 - 2026-09-11

The Faculty's Research Day took place on 22 May to celebrate the Faculty's honorary doctors, the Jubilee Doctor and the newly awarded doctors. The day was opened by Dean Henrik Wenander. After the introduction, the Faculty's honorary doctors  Professor Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Professor at the University of Oxford, and Professor Marta Pertegás Sender, Professor at the University of Maastricht was pr

https://www.law.lu.se/article/facultys-research-day-0 - 2026-09-11

Alezini Loxa has published Sustainability and EU Migration Law: Tracing the History of a Contemporary Concept on Cambridge University Press. The book is published Open Access with support from the LU book fund.Access the bookAlezini Ioxa's profile page in Research Portal

https://www.law.lu.se/article/alezini-loxa-publishes-sustainability-and-eu-migration-law - 2026-09-11

The Faculty of Law is releasing a new podcast about crime and punishment: ‘Kriminalsamtal - a slightly different podcast about crime and punishment’. The podcast is aimed at anyone who wants to know more about the criminal justice system and the thoughts and ideas behind criminal law. At a time when criminal policy is very loud and dominant in the public debate, there is reason to take a step back

https://www.law.lu.se/article/kriminalsamtal-new-podcast-crime-and-punishment - 2026-09-11

The search is on for 25 researchers from around the world in Lund University’s largest ever international recruitment drive. The main focus will be on AI research and other areas in which the University has a strategic focus. “In an uncertain world where free research and education are under intense pressure, Lund University is making its largest ever investment in international recruitment. The a

https://www.law.lu.se/article/lund-university-launches-largest-ever-global-recruitment-drive-researchers - 2026-09-11

Privacy International, a UK-based legal entity and international human rights organisation with a high profile in privacy rights issues, has appointed Professor Martin Scheinin as a member of its Board of Trustees. Professor Scheinin will take up his post on 1 May 2025 and will hold it for three years. He emphasises the importance of his research covering issues related to the right to privacy, in

https://www.law.lu.se/article/visiting-professor-martin-scheinin-elected-board-member-privacy-international - 2026-09-11

On 13 June, the World Maritime University (WMU) and the Faculty of Law at Lund University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen academic and research collaboration in maritime law and policy, safety, oceans affairs, and marine environment protection. Signed by WMU President, Professor Maximo Q. Mejia, Jr. and Professor Henrik Wenander, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Lund Universi

https://www.law.lu.se/article/lund-university-and-world-maritime-university-signed-memorandum-understanding - 2026-09-11

Matilda Hernqvist, who graduated from the law programme in Lund in the spring semester of 2025, has been awarded the Swedish Copyright Association's SFU Prize. The SFU Prize in copyright and related rights is awarded every year. The prize money is SEK 25,000 and was awarded on 9 June at the association's spring closing ceremony. Matilda's thesis supervisor was Ulrika Wennersten. Title of the essay

https://www.law.lu.se/article/student-lund-wins-prize-her-essay-swedish-copyright-association - 2026-09-11

När Vetenskapsrådet för snart tre år sedan utlyste bidrag till så kallade excellenscenter beviljades totalt 15 nya satsningar runt om i Sverige. Endast ett av dem hamnade i Lund: "COMMONS – Commonalities in biomembrane and biomolecular interactions".Nu har ett år gått sedan COMMONS invigdes med pompa och ståt ute vid kemiska institutionen. Vad har hänt sedan dess? Hur har centret tagit sig an uppd

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/internt/artikel/commons-ett-excellenscenter-med-siktet-installt-pa-det-gemensamma - 2026-09-11

Under sommaren 2025 flyttar Geobiblioteket från sina nuvarande lokaler i Geocentrum II till nya lokaler på övervåningen i Astronomihuset på Sölvegatan 27A. Detta innebär att biblioteket är stängt från och med den 9 juni till och med den 31 augusti. Observera även att biblioteket är stängt den 6 juni på grund av nationaldagen.Lån över sommarenDen tryckta samlingen är inte tillgänglig under den peri

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/internt/artikel/geobiblioteket-flyttar-till-astronomihuset-tillfalligt-stangt-under-sommaren-2025 - 2026-09-11

Just nu står fågeln Olof – en uppstoppad rovfågel med barsk blick – mitt i Lunds naturvetarkårs (LUNA) lokal och vakar över studenternas arbete och diskussioner. Men få vill komma honom alltför nära. En skylt varnar nämligen för att hans fjäderdräkt innehåller arsenik! Frågan har blivit en snackis - är Olof verkligen så giftig att han borde förses med skyddsglas? Eller handlar det bara om ett klas

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/internt/artikel/ar-den-uppstoppade-fagel-olof-full-av-arsenik-nytt-matinstrument-ger-oss-svar - 2026-09-11

Den 23 maj bjöd Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten in till en inspirerande eftermiddag för alla som har sökt en naturvetenskaplig kandidatutbildning med start till hösten. Syftet? Att ge en första känsla för livet som student i Lund – och att låta deltagarna träffa några av sina framtida kurskamrater.— Det här är andra året vi anordnar evenemanget, och det är verkligen uppskattat! Många bär på frågor o

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/internt/artikel/uppskattad-traff-med-pepp-och-framtidsprat-vara-blivande-studenter - 2026-09-11

Den 22 maj, dagen före universitetets årliga doktorspromotion, samlades runt 70 åhörare på IKDC för ett gemensamt hedersdoktorseminarium arrangerat av naturvetenskapliga fakulteten och LTH. Trots skyfall utanför fylldes salen av nyfikna deltagare som bjöds på reflektioner, nya perspektiv och oväntad kunskap från årets hedersdoktorer. Dagens ämnen spände från havets botten till generativ AI, entrep

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/internt/artikel/fran-marin-forskning-till-ai-och-entreprenorskap-arets-hedersdoktorer-inspirerade-en-fullsatt-publik - 2026-09-11

I april gjordes en läsarundersökning om två av fakultetens interna nyhetsbrev, Insidan och Dekanbrevet. 140 av er medarbetare svarade och många värdefulla synpunkter inkom från fakultetens institutioner, de LTH-gemensamma institutionerna och kansliet. Syftet var att ta reda på hur nyhetsbreven uppfattas – vad som fungerar bra och bör bevaras, och vad som kan utvecklas vidare. Hälften öppnar inte I

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/internt/artikel/vad-tycker-du-om-insidan-och-dekanbrevet-har-ar-vad-140-kollegor-svarade - 2026-09-11