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I and many others are ambivalent when it comes to the ranking of the world’s universities. But Lund University has made the ranking lists and that does have an impact, at the very least for international marketing purposes. We must be active, rather than passive, in relation to the ranking bodies. Small margins can make a university climb or tumble down the lists, so there is a need to be modest w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-moving-forward-grants-innovations-and-top-ranking - 2025-09-30

The Research Board’s working group for research infrastructure has now decided who will receive money from the university-wide investments in support for local research infrastructure in 2022. Of the 21 applications received, the majority were from the Faculty of Science, Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Engineering, LTH. Only one application ‒ from the Humanities Lab ‒ was made from the oth

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eleven-research-infrastructures-share-sek-20-million - 2025-09-30

A new campus development office and a university-wide campus development advisory board have been set up with the task of strategically managing campus development issues on an ongoing basis and developing a new campus plan. The campus development office will be a platform for all campus development issues within LU and consists of two project managers, Charlotte von Brömssen and Madeleine Stjärne

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-campus-development-office-and-campus-development-advisory-board - 2025-09-30

The University’s Odeum Music Centre will be hosting two concerts devoted to big-name composers in one week: Brahms and Bruckner! On Thursday 10 November, the Lund Academic Choir, led by choral director Cecilia Martin-Löf, will perform one of the most important works in music history: Johannes Brahm’s most beloved choral piece, Ein deutsches Requiem. On 12 November, Bruckner’s rarely performed Symp

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/concerts-devoted-brahms-10-november-and-bruckner-12-november - 2025-09-30

The salary increase of SEK 800 a month (for full-time employment) that Lund University and the employee organisations have agreed upon will start being paid out with the November salary. The new salaries for doctoral students apply from 1 October 2022.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/salary-review-salary-increase-doctoral-students-will-start-being-paid-out-november - 2025-09-30

Sustainability Week is an annual event organised as a joint venture by Lund University and Lund municipality. The program offers discussions and actions, exploring both societal challenges of today and hopeful visions for the future. Now you have the chance to contribute! With a programme of over 50 events held in Lund and online, the week has grown over the years into a well-attended and apprecia

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-week-2023-great-opportunity-present-your-research - 2025-09-30

Sociologist of religion Linnea Jensdotter conducts research on the role of religion in politics. She has analysed 20,000 Facebook comments on articles from Sweden’s biggest news sites. Her analysis shows that religion is becoming more politicised. Some comments point to religion to assert “Swedish values”. Others display a genuine interest and a willingness to discuss. “What surprised me was that

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/religion-politicised-social-media - 2025-09-30

The idea that research results should be simplified and related to a media logic when being communicated to the public is challenged in a new report on research communication. “It is just as important, if not more so, to provide an understanding of what lies behind the results – of the knowledge and the methods used,” says organisational researcher Anna Jonsson. She has been involved in the recent

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/background-results-important-when-communicating-research - 2025-09-30

Coeliac disease, also known as gluten intolerance, has until now been all but unknown in Ethiopia. Yet as more people adopt a Western diet, the number of cases is increasing. “Few people here have heard of coeliac disease, not even among doctors,” says Adugna Negussie Gudeta, a doctoral student at the Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, who, together with his supervisor Daniel Agardh, is doi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researcher-raises-awareness-coeliac-disease-ethiopia - 2025-09-30

Swedish universities and higher education institutions condemn the violence in Iran in which security forces have opened fire on protesting students. Collaborations and exchanges with Iranian universities, researchers and students may be in jeopardy. So argue Karin Aggestam and Ronny Berndtsson at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, CMES. Karin Aggestam is the director of CMES and coor

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-collaboration-iran-far-certain - 2025-09-30

The coast is changing. The sea is encroaching further inland, and the shoreline of childhood memory no longer looks the same. Climate change is impacting beaches and the sea, but time is also a factor. Someone who knows a lot about changes to the Skåne coastline is Caroline Hallin. She is a coastal engineer whose research focuses on erosion, storm surges and nature-adapted coastal protection at th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/interdisciplinary-research-school-skanes-beaches - 2025-09-30

What skills and qualities are needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030? Sarah Emond, CEO at By EMOND guides you through the Inner Development Goals framework, and Christine Wamsler, Professor of Sustainability Science, provides input from a research perspective. In 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were created to provide a comprehensive plan for a sustainable world

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/inner-development-goals-building-sustainable-development-skills-1811 - 2025-09-30

If you are a member of Saco-S or not a member of an employee organisation i.e. a non-union employee, you will soon have a salary-setting appraisal with your manager. According to the University’s timetable for this year’s salary review, the salary-setting appraisal will be held between mid-November and mid-December.   In the appraisal, you and your manager will discuss your performance during the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/salary-review-it-soon-time-salary-setting-appraisals-saco-s-members-and-non-union-employees - 2025-09-30

All existing Adobe licenses are valid until November 30, 2022, and will expire thereafter. The handling of licenses for Adobe Acrobat DC and Adobe Creative Cloud will change in connection with Lund University now entering a new agreement period with Adobe. To continue to have access to Adobe software, an application is required in https://lucat.lu.se In the attached file there are detailed instruc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/changed-handling-adobe-licenses - 2025-09-30

There is now a new platform for strategic work at Lund University. It will guide and inspire the developments the University needs in order to strengthen competitiveness and continue to be a world-class university. The platform for strategic work applies for 2023 and 2024. The platform consists of four prioritised areas with associated measures: Strong research today and for the future, Education

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/platform-strategic-work-will-inspire-and-guide - 2025-09-30

As a foreign citizen, what do you need to think about when you take up a position at the University? What terms of employment apply for those undertaking third-cycle studies? What are the different academic positions and what is the process when you apply to become a professor? For those wanting to pursue an academic career, all the different terms, policies and specific conditions can sometimes f

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-hr-information-makes-things-clearer-academic-staff - 2025-09-30

Lund University wants to encourage initiatives relating to equal opportunities by means such as offering an opportunity to apply for targeted funding. Therefore, another opportunity has arisen to apply for funding for initiatives that aim to prevent discrimination, promote equal opportunities and gender equality, and finance visiting professors of the underrepresented gender. The application deadl

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-funding-equal-opportunity-initiatives - 2025-09-30

A warm welcome to the Academy of Music’s traditional Christmas concert with a symphony orchestra, choir, soloists and ensembles – this year under the baton of Fredrik Malmberg. There will be three church concerts divided between Lund and Malmö. The Academy of Music’s Christmas concert will offer a cracking programme featuring the traditional Christmas repertoire as well as new and unexpected music

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/academy-musics-christmas-concert-lund-16-december-and-malmo-17-december - 2025-09-30

Our IT security is only as strong as its weakest link. It is important that together we all help to keep our common IT systems as secure as possible and not give external parties an opportunity to exploit gaps in security. We can all contribute in small ways. An important element in this is not to ignore messages about security updates for too long. Security updates are messages sent to your compu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/take-restart-break-and-help-protect-lu - 2025-09-30

Let's talk about mental well-being when moving from your homeland to another country, with a professional psychologist who has personal experience of relocating and works with clients struggling to adapt to Swedish life. Get tips and inspiration to find your way to stay excited in your new life. It’s not easy moving to a new country for the first time and start from scratch, even if you are experi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mental-well-being-when-moving-new-country-2811 - 2025-09-30