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The University is now launching a new round of excellence initiatives to bolster the recruitment of top international researchers through the Wallenberg Academy Fellows (WAF) programme. With this initiative, the University aims to foster its international research presence and provide early-career researchers with the best opportunities to advance their careers.Learn more on LU Staff Pages
Lund University makes annual purchases totalling SEK 1.5 billion. Together, these purchases make up a large part of the University’s carbon footprint. How can we meet the high demands of research on materials and products, and at the same time become a resource-efficient organisation with a carbon footprint that is as small as possible?Learn more on LU Staff Pages
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/importance-sustainable-purchasing-and-procurement - 2026-10-01
An event packed week with inspiration, tips, and discussions about teaching. Thank you to all who participated or helped organize the activities. The week kicked off with Professor Katarina Mårtensson, who gave an introduction to how we could develop teaching skills through open classroom observations.“My biggest takeaway was the potential we have to strengthen our teaching together by fostering c
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/pedagogical-week-lusem - 2026-10-01
On 2 April, it was time for the the annual FEK Table Tennis Tournament again, and this year also marked its 10th anniversary! The competition first started in 2013 but has had three breaks over the years, which is why the 10-year celebration is taking place this year. (See the fact box for more details on past years and winners.)A total of 22 players battled fiercely until the very end, and this y
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/who-made-it-podium-years-fek-table-tennis-tournament - 2026-10-01
Although emissions from air travel at Lund University have slightly decreased compared to last year*, longer journeys remain a major source of emissions. Now, a group of five researchers from different departments is tackling the challenge of shifting travel norms and reducing air travel with fresh perspectives.Funded by the University's Sustainability Fund ("Hållbarhetsfonden"), the project, ‘Big
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/researchers-aim-change-travel-norms-and-reduce-air-travel-lund-university - 2026-10-01
A unique archive in Lund, Sweden, holds 500 in-depth interviews with survivors of the Ravensbrück concentration camp. The interviews were conducted immediately after the survivors arrived in Sweden in spring 1945.The archive has now been nominated to the UN agency UNESCO to become part of the Memory of the World Register, as a piece of written cultural heritage of great value to humanity.Learn mor
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/ravensbruck-archive-lund-university-has-been-nominated-unesco-memory-world - 2026-10-01
The aim of the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies is to stimulate interdisciplinary research within Lund University. The Institute supports researchers working together across disciplinary borders. One of the instruments available for interdisciplinary research is the Advanced Study Group (ASG). Take the opportunity to apply for an ASG at Pufendorf IAS! The ASG provides a flexible format fo
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/start-advanced-study-group-pufendorf-institute-advanced-studies - 2026-10-01
Ten years’ work has paid off – UNESCO has added the unique archive of 500 in-depth interviews with Holocaust survivors to the Memory of the World Register. This means the Ravensbrück Archive is recognised as an example of cultural heritage of great value to humanity. Learn more on LU Staff Pages
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/ravensbruck-archive-lund-receives-memory-world-status-0 - 2026-10-01
Skissernas Night is back – bigger and bolder than ever! Expect more daring art, experimental music, international performances, engaging talks, and creative workshops. Immerse yourself in a vibrant atmosphere with DJs, delicious food, and refreshing drinks. This year, the line between indoors and outdoors blurs with a new music stage, a food truck, and a large workshop area in the Sculpture park.S
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/skissernas-night - 2026-10-01
An international consortium led by the Sociology of Law Department has received the equivalent of 61.5 million SEK to establish a PhD programme exploring social and legal structures in authoritarian countries in Central Asia.The programme will involve 17 doctoral researchers doing their PhDs at the consortium's 14 member universities in Europe and Canada.Learn more on LU Staff Pages
Getting external funds for your research project is often what makes or breaks it at an early stage, but finding one that suits is a challenge, as is finding one that accepts applications at the right time. Welcome to the jungle! On LUSEM’s “Research grants” page you will find a lengthy list of funders and it is well worth the time spent searching through them. Some offer one or two grants yearly,
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/funds-grants - 2026-10-01
Linn recently nailed her thesis to the wall here at LUSEM, as is tradition. She has been doing her research at the Department of Economic History and her work is called " Garment Workers and the Labour Issue in Development". She is now preparing the defense of the dissertation, which will take place on 25 April at 10:15, in EC3:207. Congratulations on your dissertation, please tell us, what is it
https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-thesis-three-questions-linn-ternsjo - 2026-10-01
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Äggjakt och aktiviteter för barn, 9-16 april. Fri entré hela veckan. Välkommen! Läs mer pm påsklov på Historiska museet.
https://www.historiskamuseet.lu.se/artikel/pasklov-pa-historiska-museet - 2026-10-01
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Skånska Linnésällskapet anordnar 19-20 augusti Linnédagar i Lund med föreläsningar, visningar och vandringar för allmänheten. Läs mer och se hela programmet här!
https://www.historiskamuseet.lu.se/artikel/linnedagarna-i-lund-19-20-augusti - 2026-10-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Supervisors who do not have time for their doctoral students, or research which is used without giving the doctoral student credit as an author…. Aleksandra Popovic hopes that the newly established Research Programmes Board will result in increased initiative when it comes to dealing with the doctoral students’ proble
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/some-doctoral-students-find-their-supervisors-unreliable - 2026-10-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the autumn, Lund University will be introducing a major educational initiative on e-learning and blended learning. It is intended for teaching staff who are curious about testing digital tools in their teaching activities. “For the University, integrating digital technology in physical teaching is a matter of survi
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/teaching-staff-learn-more-about-blended-learning - 2026-10-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Forum Medicum – the new major construction of the Faculty of Medicine at the top of Sölvegatan – will become a reality. For a while, things looked bad, but by making small adjustments here and there, the project can now be pursued to begin construction in the winter of 2018/2019. The idea of Forum Medicum is to establ
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/after-slimming-down-construction-plans-forum-medicum-now-underway - 2026-10-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At a pub in Yokohama, history of religions scholar Andreas Johansson by chance came in contact with the Japanese mafia, the Yakuza. For two weeks, he was hanging out with the mafia, and will soon publish a book on the tattoos of the Yakuza and what they symbolise. It requires over 200 hours of painful pricks by hand,
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researcher-intrigued-mafia-tattoos-japanese-mafia-photographed-lund-researcher - 2026-10-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Is it OK for a manager to email employees in the evenings and on weekends? More employers should have explicit rules about emailing outside working hours, according to Mikael Ottosson, who is researching the work environment within a project entitled “Going home already? Fluid working hours means freedom to some peopl
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/should-employees-be-reachable-email-during-their-leisure-time - 2026-10-01
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Ravensbrück archive at the University Library is unique in the world. Nowhere else is there a collection of 500 testimonies from concentration camp survivors, recorded so soon after their terrible ordeal. Now, their stories from Ravensbrück will be made available in digital form, so that anyone can search the arch
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/important-testimonies-digitised - 2026-10-01
