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Our work environment is important both for securing job satisfaction and avoiding accidents. We must all strive for the best possible work environment, for our own sake and others, so we have a responsibility to be aware of and abide by the rules that apply. If you need help or more information, please contact one of our health and safety representatives.The university has compiled a page with eve
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/employment/work-environment - 2025-10-21
What to do in case of fire in the Biology or Ecology Buildings Know what to do!You must know in advance what to do if a fire breaks out in the building/buildings where you work. To find out, do this:Go out into the corridor and carefully study the evacuation plan available there.The evacuation plan will have information about:Firefighting equipment and alarm buttons. All firefighting equipment is
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/employment/work-environment/fire - 2025-10-21
Below you find the forms that currently are translated into English. For a complete list of our forms, visit our Swedish internal website.Postgraduate studiesProgress report for the PhD discussion (doc, 570 kB)Course registration in LADOK (pdf, 79 kB, new tab)Undergraduate & graduate studiesYou find all the information about teaching in Canvas.Other formsWorking with stinging insectsWeb form to ce
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/forms - 2025-10-21
Recommendations of the HMS-committee (The Committee for Health, Environment and Safety) at the Department of Biology, Lund University concerning insect handling and insect allergies. Risk assessmentThere should be a risk assessment and instructions that either show how you can work in a healthy way or what measures you need to take.A risk assessment should examine whether there is anything reporte
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/employment/work-environment/insect-handling - 2025-10-21
Processing of personal data Lund University processes personal data in accordance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016/679, the Data Protection Act 2018:218, and other relevant legislation. On Lund University's central website you find information about how we process personal data. Cookies This website uses cookies. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your comp
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/about-site - 2025-10-21
KLARA is a database for chemical inventory and risk assessments used by most higher education and other public authorities in Sweden. Searching in the database KLARA and logging in for inventory and risk assessment staffInventory staff log in using their Lucat identity. For assessing risks and to see where various chemicals are stored you also need a Lucat login. For general information about chem
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/employment/work-environment/chemical-database-and-risk-assessment - 2025-10-21
Your health and safety representative can offer you advice, support and guidance on issues regarding your work environment. Remember that the health and safety representative is not responsible for your work environment – your manager is!All the links below go to contact information on external websites.Principal health and safety representativeRegular: Carina RasmussenSubstitute local knowledge B
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/employment/work-environment/health-and-safety-representatives - 2025-10-21
There is a legal obligation to report accidents and incidents (situations that could have led to an accident). Contact your head of the unit as well as your health and safety representative for assistance in this matter. Download forms from Lund University's Staff Pages.General safety procedures for the departmentGeneral safety routines (updated 2016-11-15, pdf, 830 kB, new tab)Some research group
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/employment/work-environment/safety-procedures - 2025-10-21
These pages provide doctoral students, supervisors and departmental representatives with information on PhD studies at the Department of Biology. Information general to all PhD studies at the Faculty of Science is found on the faculty’s internal web pages about postgraduate studies. You, as a PhD student will find information about your studies on the faculty's external website. The objective and
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/research-and-education/postgraduate-studies - 2025-10-21
10–11 April 2025 The Biology in Lund Annual Meeting (BLAM) brings together the entire Department of Biology during a two-day conference where we present and discuss our science. A committee consisting of PhD students organise the meeting. In addition to organising the meeting, the PhD students at the department also give all the talks and invite internationally esteemed researchers to give plenary
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/research-and-education/postgraduate-studies/blam-annual-meeting-department-biology - 2025-10-21
Some advice for oral presentations A few more or less self-evident but gentle reminders when preparing and executing an oral presentation. Prepare the talk to fit the given time slot. If you ruin the timekeeping, you ruin the talk.Get to the point. Avoid long introductions and overviews before the take-home message. Bring your results and conclusions upfront, and save the background and justificat
Process for recruiting and admission of doctoral students. If you are about to recruit a doctoral student, please also read the web page Råd kring rekrytering av doktorander (in Swedish on our internal Swedish website). If you lack previous experience of supervising doctoral students at our department, contact the Directors of Postgraduate Studies for overall information. Since the process include
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/research-and-education/postgraduate-studies/admission-doctoral-students - 2025-10-21
Postgraduate studies in biology runs over 48 months. The normal model for funding doctoral positions is that two years are financed by the faculty support (distributed at the division level) and two years by external grants. Deviations from this model can be made but must be justified with the educational purpose in focus and anchored within the division.A financial plan that covers the doctoral s
For each doctoral student, the Head of the department appoints a supervisory committee, on the advice of the Director of studies. The committee consists ofDepartmental representativeMain supervisorCo-supervisor/-sScientific mentor The role of the departmental representative The overarching role of the departmental representative is to represent the department in relation to the individual doctoral
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/research-and-education/postgraduate-studies/supervisory-committee - 2025-10-21
The general syllabus in biology describes the frames that apply to all doctoral students in biology at Lund University and contains information about the content and degree requirements of the education.The individual study plan (ISP) is the plan for the individual doctoral student’s research studies and it specifies the undertakings of the department and the doctoral student and includes a genera
Courses and individual undertakings corresponding to 60 credits should complement the research project (180 credits) in educating and examination towards the outcomes for a doctoral degree as stated in the Higher Education Ordinance. These courses can serve to give knowledge and skills required for the research project (methods courses), to bring broader and deeper knowledge in the research area,
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/research-and-education/postgraduate-studies/courses-and-credit-earning-components - 2025-10-21
The purpose of the doctoral student progress meeting is to follow up on the progress of the research studies. The departmental representative calls the doctoral student and the rest of the supervisory committee to a progress meeting every semester toDiscuss the doctoral student’s learning and research work (progress, setbacks), plan forthcoming activities and solve problems. The following form can
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/research-and-education/postgraduate-studies/doctoral-student-progress-meeting - 2025-10-21
The half-time review consists of an essay and a seminar in which the doctoral student presents the essay. An opponent examines the essay and leads the discussion with the doctoral student during the seminar. The half-time review is an opportunity for the doctoral student to get an overview of the literature, to put the research task in relation to the research field, and to reflect on the research
https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/research-and-education/postgraduate-studies/half-time-review - 2025-10-21
When you have met all the formal requirements for postgraduate studies, have completed all your courses and written your thesis, you are ready to publicly defend your thesis. If you are aiming for a Licentiate degree (at the Faculty web) instead, the public defence takes the form of a departmental seminar. Guidelines for the comprehensive summary of the thesis ("Kappan") The doctoral thesis is to
General information and handbooksOnce you have started as a doctoral student there are a number of handbooks and sources of information that can come in useful.You can find general information on postgraduate studies on the websites of Lund University and the Faculty of Science as well as the Swedish Higher Education Authority.The Biology Doctoral Student Council (BDR) has written a guide for new
