Heleneholm as a campus area for the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts has gained momentum. Photo: David Castor/wikimedia commons With Varvsstaden out of the picture, the University of Chicago’s establishment and investment in one of the US megacity’s most vulnerable areas, South Side, serve as the blueprint for the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts’ future co-location. “Imagine creating a camp

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/faculty-fine-and-performing-arts-mulls-co-location-heleneholm - 2025-08-22

Studentlyckan - student housing in Lund. Photo: Louise Larsson Finding housing is a major challenge for students in university towns like Lund, where demand far exceeds supply. Long queue systems, high rents, and limited options force many to commute or move frequently — disrupting their studies and daily life. Negar Khaliliaraghi, shows in her research, a clear causal link between student housing

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/housing-chance-academic-impacts-lottery-based-access-student-accommodation - 2025-08-21

The year 2024 was a record year for Lund University in terms of the number of articles published in The Conversation. Fifty-five articles by 50 researchers amassed a total of 1.6 million reads. Mikael Roll, a researcher at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, topped the list with an article about the brain and reading. The Conversation is an international news website that gives researc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-breaks-record-conversation-2024 - 2025-08-22

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.mocca.lu.se/article/iv-tashkent-anticorruption-forum-panel-discussion-nuruipa-mukanova-secretary-general-anticorruption - 2025-08-21

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/pandemics-and-alertness - 2025-08-21

The round table discussion at MultiPark retreat 2024. Photo: Megg Garcia-Ryde. Dear colleagues and collaborators,Welcome to a new year with MultiPark!Our Management group has now resumed its activities at full pace, and we are happy to share some fresh information as follows:(i) The dates for this year´s meetings of the MultiPark Board and Steering group have been set and posted under this link ht

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/kicking-year-packed-program-ahead - 2025-08-21

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 - 2025-08-21

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/work-environment-prize-malin-alsved-and-jakob-londahl - 2025-08-21

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 - 2025-08-21

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/closing-international-student-career-programme-semester-event-internships - 2025-08-21

Illuminated image of what is known as "Kunskapsstråket". Image: Lund Municipality On 11–12 December, the Board of the Faculty of Science and the Board of Lund University of Technology (LTH) made a decision regarding the faculties' joint establishment in Science Village and outlined the next steps in the process.The decisions, based on proposals from the Operations Steering Group (VSG) and the Scie

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/board-decision-next-steps-universitys-establishment-science-village - 2025-08-21

The university-wide project “A unified web experience for education” has been rolling along at breakneck speed this spring – from in-house training for publishers in the new PIM system to further development of web design, technology and content. The launch is currently planned for February 2026. “We have done our best to stick to the schedule set when the project was commissioned in winter 2023.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/launch-unified-web-experience-education-planned-february-2026 - 2025-08-22

In recent years, Lund University has invested heavily in emphasising the role of culture and the arts in education, research and innovation. To support teaching practitioners in this work, money for seed funding was announced last autumn – a chance to support new projects that will bring culture into the teaching practitioners work in creative ways. In total, 18 exciting applications were received

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/four-projects-receive-seed-funding-integrate-arts-and-culture-education-and-research - 2025-08-22

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/come-and-celebrate-finalists-future-innovations-award-during-inspiring-lunch-event - 2025-08-22

Together with two colleagues, Petter Pilesjö has tool that can help stakeholders in society when flooding occurs. Photo: Johan Joelsson Scientific researchers are not usually known for their entrepreneurship. However, at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, there is an innovative group of experts who have developed a tool that can help stakeholders in society when flooding o

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/scientists-new-flood-analysis-product-goes-against-flow - 2025-08-22

The doctoral student ombudsman, Haro de Grauw. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg 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

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-knowledge-needed-about-plagiarism - 2025-08-22

Sara Farshchi and professor Carita Paradis. Photo: Jan Olsson 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 b

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/her-research-was-plagiarised - 2025-08-22

Ars Nova. Foto: Jeppe Bjørn / Science Village Hall. Foto: Jenny Leyman. Se fram emot höstens program med unika konserter och samtal om musik! Under hösten fortsätter Odeum sin nyetablerade evenemangsserie på Brunnshög i Science Village Hall med såväl gästspel som universitetets egna ensembler, en serie som möjliggörs genom generöst stöd från Sparbanken Skåne. Först ut är Akademiska kapellets syste

https://www.odeum.lu.se/artikel/valkomna-till-odeums-alla-evenemang-under-hosten - 2025-08-21

Konsthögskolan i Malmös alumn Benjamin A. H. Harpsøe aktuell med utställningen Plattform, med Anna Clarisse Holck Wæhrens.Genom 3D-printade skulpturer, assemblage, ljud och video skapar konstnären Benjamin A. H. Harpsøe i samarbete med curatorn Anna Clarisse Holck Wæhrens de psykologiska värden och utmaningar som är förknippade med att växa upp på Pusher Street i Christiania.Det är ett nöje att ti

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/alumn-benjamin-h-harpsoe-aktuell-med-utstallning-i-kopenhamn - 2025-08-21

Träning, om än i små doser, förändrar uttrycket av vårt medfödda DNA. Ny forskning från Lunds universitets Diabetescentrum kan för första gången beskriva vad som händer epigenetiskt i fettcellerna vid fysisk aktivitet. I kroppens celler finns vår arvsmassa, DNA, som innehåller gener. Generna ärver vi och de kan inte ändras. På generna sitter så kallade metylgrupper som påverkar vilket uttryck gene

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/nya-ron-om-epigenetiska-forandringar-i-fettceller-vid-traning - 2025-08-21