Published 4 June 2018 Swarming bats at mine entrance Photo:Jens Rydell During the day they are not visible. But at dusk, brown long-eared bats, pond bats and greater mouse-eared bats spread their wings and start hunting. LUM accompanied researcher and bat expert Jens Rydell to Hovdala castle for a bat inventory. The bat detector crackles and emits a rhythmic, clicking sound. “That was a soprano pi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/kings-night-take-over-hovdala-castle - 2025-07-03

Published 4 June 2018 Many reorganisations don’t work and fail to lead to the desired outcomes. But when Malin Espersson followed the reorganisation at the Swedish Enforcement Authority for her doctoral thesis, she found the outcome to be a better work environment, higher efficiency levels and greater impartiality in the exercise of public authority. There are studies indicating that two thirds of

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/reorganisation-springboard-or-sinker-employees - 2025-07-03

Published 4 June 2018 The University has decided to be an important player at Science Village Scandinavia (SVS) in Brunnshög. The move will, probably, commence in five years. Up to 575 LU employees will work at SVS. The Department of Physics and parts of the Department of Chemistry are now considering moving. Sven Lidin Photo:Mats Nygren The type of presence LU will have at SVS in the long term –

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-moves-activities-science-village-scandinavia-financing-still-unclear - 2025-07-03

Published 4 June 2018 Photo: INGEMAR EDFALK/SVERIGES RIKSDAG The Sweden Democrats’ pivotal position in the Riksdag has not led to chaos and inefficiency, as many predicted after the last election. On the contrary, the parties have adapted and decisions are made through new coalitions and cross-party cooperation. However, there are other causes for concern, according to political scientist Johannes

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/expected-parliamentary-chaos-never-materialised-storm-clouds-are-looming - 2025-07-03

Published 4 June 2018 Swedish nature is teeming with wild edible plants. Some taste good, others don’t. A group of biologists from 11 different countries got to learn which plants are edible, and what they taste like, when the department’s SACT (Scientific Activities) group organised a herbal excursion to Abusa Valley outside Södra Sandby in Skåne. The goal was to learn more about the herbs of nat

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/biologists-feasting-spring-abusa-valley - 2025-07-03

Published 4 June 2018 New Lund students are generally younger and have better educated parents than the average Swedish student. This emerges from the figures in a new LU report. Despite a series of initiatives to attract more students from non-academic backgrounds in recent decades, there is little progress. Now a major regional approach and initiatives aimed at younger children are being tested.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/initiatives-aimed-children-widen-participation - 2025-07-03

Published 4 June 2018 The next EU framework programme focuses on “missions” rather than the previous “societal challenges”. This in itself will be a challenge for a university focused on basic research such as LU and will require new working methods among funding bodies and researchers applying for grants, according to research liaison officer Sophie Hydén Picasso. Sophie Hydén Picasso Photo:Jenny

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-challenges-become-missions-what-will-be-lus-share-pie - 2025-07-03

Published 20 September 2018 Poor mental health among students at the Faculty of Medicine has increased. The faculty wants to change that. Linnea Sandström, former president of the medical students’ union, lists five methods used to improve mental health among young people. Five measures to increase awareness of, and preparedness for, poor mental health “First aid for poor mental health” is introdu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/first-aid-approach-poor-mental-health - 2025-07-03

Published 24 September 2018 Francisca Skoogh dreams of establishing an interdisciplinary centre for “performance science” at Lund University. She is both a pianist and a psychologist, and conducts research on her own relationship with the stage and stage performance anxiety. She is also a new member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. The concept on which Francisca Skoogh’s upcoming thesis is p

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/she-wants-teach-artists-overcome-stage-fright - 2025-07-03

Published 24 September 2018 High demands from industry for an online contract education course resulted in better education also on campus. This is a good example of when contract education promotes development in several different ways, according to lecturer Veronika Tarnovskaya.   Veronika Tarnovskaya and Jessica Hansson. The contracted course led to new insights about teaching and practical kno

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/contract-education-refreshed-teaching-methods - 2025-07-03

Published 24 September 2018 The University’s central initiative on contract education is now getting underway. New business developers are on their way into the strengthened organisation that is to administrate the education. “If we succeed, we will need to employ more teaching staff”, says Bo Ahrén, pro vice-chancellor responsible for external engagement. Photo: Kennet Ruona LUCE, the division in

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/contract-education-will-require-more-teaching-staff - 2025-07-03

Published 24 September 2018 In mid-June, the University’s biologists fine-combed grass, bushes, trees, asphalt and waterways around the department’s buildings. Their aim was to find out what species of plants and animals lived there. Now their mapping project is complete, and their findings include 21 endangered species and six species never previously encountered in Sweden. “All six of them are h

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/biologists-found-new-insect-species-just-around-corner - 2025-07-03

Published 24 September 2018 Instead of leaving a will, she prefers to participate and contribute now. Maibrit Westrin, a 94-year-old former senior lecturer in French and Spanish, supports students and researchers in the Humanities – and finds that she gets a lot out of it. With determined steps, aided by walking sticks and wearing a cap on her head, Maibrit Westrin enters the main University build

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/secret-donald-duck-translator-supports-humanities - 2025-07-03

Published 24 September 2018 We know that noise affects our ability to learn as well as generating irritation and stress. This, in turn, reduces efficiency and well-being in the workplace. Some research findings indicate that workplace efficiency could increase by as much as 50% with the right sound environment.     Memory researchers and cognitive scientists have conducted a lot of research into h

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/less-noise-more-efficient-brain-work - 2025-07-03

Published 24 September 2018 A lack of professional project management, unclear decision-making processes and shortcomings in communication underpin delays in the beamline programme at MAX IV. A new plan of measures will prioritise tackling these problems. Ian McNulty is the acting director at MAX IV. “We must get more beamlines ready faster, and that requires increased efficiency in the organisati

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/better-project-management-get-max-iv-back-track - 2025-07-03

Published 25 September 2018 Data gathering for European climate research goes on around the clock at the University’s Hyltemossa research station. The tallest of its two masts reaches as high as 150 metres straight up into the sky. Every other week, the station’s staff must climb to the top of the mast to clean two sensors. Recently, intensive work has been conducted on the lower mast to install e

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/top-research-gathers-high-level-climate-data - 2025-07-03

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 13 December 2018 Firas Jumaah and Charlotta Turner. Photo:Kennet Ruona During a unique rescue operation, Lund University sent armed security forces into an Islamic State (IS) warzone to rescue a doctoral student and his family. For several years, Firas Jumaah, his supervisor Charlotta Turner and former chief se

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rescue-operation - 2025-07-03

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 13 December 2018 Marlene Malmström. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Although patient influence in healthcare has gradually started to increase, the role of the patient's next of kin is still very limited. Despite the fact that the disease affects the whole family, public healthcare often does not utilise the patient's relatives

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/role-relatives-needs-be-highlighted-cancer-care - 2025-07-03

By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 13 December 2018 Photo: Jan-Erik Kaiser/mostphotos Lund University sits at number 11 of 29 Swedish universities when it comes to most flights per employee. The new travel policy currently being prepared for approval places emphasis on the need for managers to consider a travel-free meeting or a train trip befor

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/heads-should-help-reduce-flying - 2025-07-03

By evelina [dot] linden [at] luhm [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 17 December 2018 The Historical Museum has a new prominent glass entrance. The Historical Museum at Lund University reopened during the first weekend of December after almost one year of renovation and rebuilding. “It feels great to be able to welcome new and previous visitors to the museum at last. We hope that they

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/reopened-museum-looks-future - 2025-07-03