Published 2 March 2023 A Bombus terrestris queen, one of the bumblebees that usually fly earliest in spring. Photo: Maria Blasi Romero With the arrival of spring, bumblebee queens take their first wing beat of the season and set out to find new nesting sites. But they are flying earlier in the year, as a result of a warmer climate and a changing agricultural landscape, according to new research fr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/earlier-take-could-lead-fewer-bumblebees-and-less-pollination - 2025-05-17

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 6 March 2023 Children stand on a playground in front of a destroyed building in Kalynivka, north of Kyiv, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 15 September 2022. Photo: Sergei Chuzavkov/AFP. By invading Ukraine, Russia is not only violating international law - it is also preventing people in Ukraine from e

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/war-ultimate-violation-human-rights - 2025-05-17

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 6 March 2023 Demonstrator holds a placard depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin with the text "tribunal". Photo: Andrej Cukic/EPA. Russia's invasion of Ukraine was clearly illegal. Yet it is unlikely that Vladimir Putin will be held accountable. Most people agree that war is morally wrong. But what is th

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/charges-against-putin-unlikely - 2025-05-17

By ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson) - published 6 March 2023 Angela Merkel gestures as Vladimir Putin looks on during a press conference after talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 10, 2015. Photo: Kirill Kudryavtsev/Reuters. The war in Ukraine has now been going on for a year. The devastation is enormous, as are the human rights abuses. At the mom

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/has-diplomacy-been-exhausted - 2025-05-17

By sanna [dot] trygg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 6 March 2023 Does negotiating Sweden's NATO membership mean that the government is prepared to tinker with basic human rights and values? According to two political scientists, there is a risk of this happening. In the summer of 2022, Turkey, Sweden and Finland proposed an agreement that would see Turkey's NATO app

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sweden-must-stand-turkey-conflict-over-values - 2025-05-17

Published 7 March 2023 Is it possible to know exactly where to point a microscope in order to capture the precise moment a bacterium or a virus infects a cell? In order to take high resolution microscopic images of living biological material, you need to know exactly where to point the microscope. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now developed a software solution for smart, data-drive

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/smart-microscopy-works-out-where-take-picture - 2025-05-17

Published 9 March 2023 Saffron found on Gribshunden (Photo: Mikael Larsson) Marine archaeologists from Lund University in Sweden have found exotic spices such as black pepper, cloves, ginger and saffron on the royal warship Gribshunden, that belonged to the Danish King Hans. The shipwreck is located on the sea floor off the southern coast of Sweden. The findings provide a fascinating insight into

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-spices-found-500-year-old-medieval-shipwreck - 2025-05-17

Published 20 May 2020 A new version of Lund University’s Records Management Plan applies from 1 May. The Records Management Plan is continuously updated in line with new surveys and changes to regulations. Among the changes this time are new instructions for the handling of intermittent employment, an entirely new case type for promotion matters, and a reduced retention period, which means that, f

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-version-records-management-plan - 2025-05-17

Published 4 May 2020 The members of the University Board have been appointed for the period 1 May 2020–30 April 2023. There are four new members. Chair and external members appointed by the Government:Former ambassador Jonas Hafström (chair)District court chief judge Gudrun Antemar (new)CFO Ingrid Bengtsson-RijavecR&D director Torbjörn Lundahl (new)Vice-chair Wanja Lundby-WedinProfessor Jens Odder

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-board-members-have-been-appointed - 2025-05-17

By emma [dot] holm [at] education [dot] lu [dot] se (Emma Holm) - published 25 May 2020 The first round of applications for strategic funding to develop commissioned education closed on Thursday 14 May. “We are very satisfied with the large number of submitted applications, especially in the prevailing Covid-19 situation. The great interest in the call for applications shows that there is an incre

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-departments-show-considerable-interest-developing-new-commissioned-education-courses - 2025-05-17

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 29 May 2020 Elsa Trolle Önnerfors, from the Faculty of Law. Photo:Jenny Loftrup The first phase was filled with creativity and collective effort. Elsa Trolle Önnerfors was surprised by how smooth the transition to distance education was. However, now the focus is more on how students are feeling and on persever

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-phase-requires-stamina-and-consideration - 2025-05-17

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 29 May 2020 Mattias Högberg and Fredrik Liedberg want to develop a system to analyse bladder cancer to create better chances of survival. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Bladder cancer is as common as malignant melanoma. However, in the past three decades, the death rate has remained high and the treatment has been the same sinc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/forgotten-cancer - 2025-05-17

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 29 May 2020 Mikael Nyblom: "It feels like it was lucky that we were exposed to the situation in Hong Kong.  It became a sort of dress rehearsal for what was to come" New epicentres of the pandemic are flaring up, borders are closing, partner universities are shutting their doors and international communications are

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/columnist-and-international-coordinator-mikael-nyblom-surfing-uncertain-outcome - 2025-05-17

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 29 May 2020 Head of planning, Tim Ekberg, is amazed with the swift digitisation at LU. Photo:Britta Collberg The coronavirus pandemic has not put Lund University in any financial difficulty. There is money in the University's coffers, assures the head of planning Tim Ekberg. The agency capital currently amounts

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/no-threat-lund-universitys-finances-thanks-agency-capital - 2025-05-17

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 29 May 2020 Anna Löthman and Tove Eriksson: "Right now LU is a race car! Ordinarily, LU is a great ship with hundreds of smaller boats moving in its wake. Every movement is slow. Usually, it is practically impossible to turn that ship. Now things have happened fast! How has life and work changed during the pand

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/everyday-life-wake-corona-crisis - 2025-05-17

Published 29 May 2020 Skissernas Museum wants more people at Lund University to discover the University’s own art museum and is now offering free admission for all employees. Skissernas Museum – Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art is a unique art museum, focusing on the artistic, creative process. It houses the world’s largest collection of sketches, models and studies for Swedish and Intern

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/free-admission-skissernas-museum - 2025-05-17

By malin [dot] sjoberg [at] sol [dot] lu [dot] se (Malin Sjöberg) - published 29 May 2020 "I never would have left Syria if it were not for the war. I had it all. I was teaching a couple of hours per week, working on my research and I had a beautiful farm with space for the whole family", Moheiddin Homeidi says. Four months ago, Professor Moheiddin Homeidi came to Lund from Syria as the first rese

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/syrian-linguist-given-sanctuary-lu - 2025-05-17

Published 29 May 2020 The “Lund University Communication Guide” will shortly be distributed to faculties/ departments/divisions/equivalents (with the exception of the School of Economics and Management, which has its own communication guide, and LTH, which is to produce its own). It is the first university-wide guide of its kind and is aimed at all University staff, not just those who work specifi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-communication-guide - 2025-05-17

Published 29 May 2020 In early May, the RQ20 Subject Panel Week was completed, with the 32 external panels (193 advisors) meeting the authors behind the self-assessments, i.e. representatives from the 161 research environments (UoAs), to discuss the present and future conditions of research at Lund University. Originally, the panels were expected to meet in Lund; however, with the repercussions fo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/reporting-rq20-subject-panel-week - 2025-05-17

Published 29 May 2020 Lund University is a member of Scholars at Risk, an international network that works to promote academic freedom and protect researchers at risk. The Swedish section of Scholars at Risk (SAR-Sverige) consists of 20 Swedish higher education institutions, and is, through the University of Gothenburg, a project partner in the Horizon 2020-funded project Inspireurope. The aim of

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/international-conference-researchers-risk-digital - 2025-05-17