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Lund University is hiring 45 new assistant professors and visiting professors this spring. The initiative, which involves just over SEK 30 million in university-wide funding, represents a significant boost to operations – not least at the Faculty of Social Sciences, which is welcoming nine of the new recruits. The number of applications for Lund University’s international recruitment drive was hig

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/unprecedented-interest-international-recruitment - 2026-07-29

A point-of-care test developed by researchers at Lund University is poised to transform fertility treatment protocols globally. The innovation, backed by a clinical study published in Frontiers in Endocrinology, enables rapid identification of optimal hormone treatments for IVF patients, significantly improving success rates while minimising side effects. Led by Professor Yvonne Lundberg Giwercman

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/breakthrough-testing-method-ivf-treatment-shows-38-increase-babies-born - 2026-07-29

The 24th of October we conducted a traditional nailing ceremony as the departments doctoral student Marthe Nehl nailed her doctors thesis ”Infrastructuring independent cultural production: Empirical and conceptual explorations”. Nehl is defending her thesis during a defence the 19th of November. "This thesis, which is in the interdisciplinary realm of service studies, addresses current debates in

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/marthe-nehl-nailed-her-dissertation - 2026-07-29

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/mattias-borg-awarded-low-cost-monitoring-methane-emissions - 2026-07-29

"It is important that mistakes are neither punished nor swept under the rug, but rather integrated into the group's learning," says Pernilla Stenström, medical doctor and lecturer. On April 3rd, she will give a talk in Lund University's Leadership Forum. Pernilla Stenström shares her best tips for leaders who want to promote psychological safety:Listen with an open mind. Never assume that you know

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/psychological-safety-groups-and-workplaces-ups-efficiency - 2026-07-29

An investigation by Miljödata AB, the provider of the Adato system used by Lund University, shows that the group behind last week’s cyberattack on Adato managed to access certain information about all university employees. Former employees are also affected. What information has the threat actor obtained?The data accessed by the threat actor includes, among other things, personal identity numbers,

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/update-59-cyberattack-our-system-provider-has-resulted-data-breach - 2026-07-29

International text theft is difficult to deal with, especially for individual researchers. The University should take the lead, and find out how plagiarism issues are dealt with in different countries and what authorities exist there. So says Haro de Grauw, the doctoral student ombudsman. “The University could have such a resource, and gather knowledge on how such issues are handled in different c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-knowledge-needed-about-plagiarism - 2026-07-30

Linguist Sara Farshchi's research was plagiarised by three Ukrainian researchers who published it as their own. Five months have passed since Professor Carita Paradis discovered that parts of her former doctoral student Sara Farshchi's five-year-old thesis had been plagiarised by three Ukrainian researchers and that the plagiarism had been published by international publishers Springer, among othe

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/her-research-was-plagiarised - 2026-07-30

The University has established a new university-wide reference group for academic appointments boards. The aim is to create a long-term forum for the exchange of experiences and the continued development of recruitment processes for teaching staff and researchers. In the HR Excellence in Research Award Action Plan 2020–2022 project, the chairs of the academic appointments boards expressed a need t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-university-wide-reference-group-strengthen-recruitment-process-teaching-staff - 2026-07-30

https://www.physchem.lu.se/article/ingemar-wadso - 2026-07-29

https://www.advancedchiptechnologies.lu.se/article/strengthening-national-collaboration-act-consortium-meeting-kth - 2026-07-29

This year, the Mats Paulsson Foundation for Research, Innovation and Societal Development awarded grants to eight outstanding research projects — among them, a project led by WCMM Fellow and Professor Filipe Pereira at Lund University. The awarded initiatives highlight scientific excellence and innovation with potential to address major societal challenges and drive development in the life science

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fellow-filipe-pereira-awarded-grant-mats-paulsson-foundation - 2026-07-29

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/pandemics-and-alertness - 2026-07-29

On Friday, January 24, Isabelle Karlsson defended her thesis titled "Making foreign policy matter: A discursive analysis of the strategic communication of Sweden's feminist foreign policy", which shows the complexity of strategic communication in an international context. Positive public opinion is important for states to realise foreign policy objectives and ambitions. Therefore, they strive to c

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/isabelle-karlsson-successfully-defends-her-doctoral-thesis - 2026-07-29

Vinnova has granted funding for the planning of clusters of excellence for groundbreaking technology. Of the 45 projects approved, five are at The Faculty of Engineering, and two are led by NextG2Com researchers. The projects granted by Vinnova bring together actors in all six strategic technology areas: AI and autonomous systems, materials and production technology, energy technology, biotechnolo

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/lth-projects-receive-funding-vinnova-plan-future-technology-clusters - 2026-07-29

On October 16-17th, 2024 Uzbekistan hosted the IV Tashkent Anticorruption Forum to promote innovation, strengthen compliance, and foster global cooperation. The Forum was organized by the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic Uzbekistan in collaboration with European Union, the consortium led by GIZ, UNDP and UNODC ROCA. The Forum brought together 250 representatives from anticorruption agencies,

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/iv-tashkent-anticorruption-forum-panel-discussion-nuruipa-mukanova-secretary-general-anticorruption - 2026-07-29

The 21st of March we conducted a traditional nailing ceremony as the departments doctoral student Réka Tölg nailed her doctors thesis ”The (im)possibilities of circular consumption: Producing and performing circular clothing consumption in retail and household settings”. Réka is defending her thesis during a dissertation the 11th of April. In her dissertation "The (im)possibilities of circular con

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/reka-tolg-nailed-her-dissertation - 2026-07-29

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/work-environment-prize-malin-alsved-and-jakob-londahl - 2026-07-29

RuoXuan Xu has been awarded first prize in the Swedish Demographic Association’s 2026 thesis competition for a study on declining fertility intentions among Generation Z women in China. The Swedish Demographic Association has named RuoXuan Xu the winner of its 2026 thesis competition for the thesis “Why Are Fertility Intentions Declining Among Generation Z Women? Insights from the Chinese Context”

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/lund-sociology-student-wins-award-thesis-family-and-fertility - 2026-07-29

The Nordic-Baltic Sound Residency Network gathers institutions, programmes and shares opportunities for international sound artists on behalf of 8 network partners. Representing a growing number of partners in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Lithuania, The Nordic-Baltic Sound Residency Network is an initiative across the Nordics and Baltics. The partners within the network all offer residency program

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/new-nordic-baltic-sound-residency-network-connecting-opportunities-sound-artists-across-borders - 2026-07-29