The following information is for students currently studying at Lund University whose financial situation has changed due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Lund University Global Scholarship Fund has acquired new funds through the generous donation of the Crafoord Foundation. These funds are reserved for current Lund University students encountering financial hardship and have difficulties t

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/lund-university-covid-19-hardship-scholarship - 2025-08-21

Can you remember the names of those people who changed your career for the better? Are you interested in utilising the skills of highly capable postgraduate students from around the world? Lund University’s flagship Master's in International Development and Managment (LUMID) is one of Scandinavia’s most sought-after postgraduates courses, with over 1200 applicants competing for the 40 places on of

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/interested-hosting-lumid-student - 2025-08-21

In order to make you feel well prepared for the upcoming digital elements of the autumn semester a team consisting of various experts at the university will be on stand-by in a virtual zoom room on August to 27th 2020 between 12-17 to help you with practical and technical questions regarding your upcoming semester. This includes activating your student account, how to use Zoom (often used for lect

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/virtual-support-room-new-students - 2025-08-21

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/principal-torbjorn-von-schantz-wishes-everyone-big-welcome-lund - 2025-08-21

The Development Research Day is an inter-disciplinary arrangement that was initiated in order to form a meeting ground for all researchers and students at Lund University who share an interest in development issues. About Development Research Day, DRD The first DRD The event was launched in 2002 by the Department of Political Science at Lund University. Since then the responsibility for hosting th

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/development-research-day-2020 - 2025-08-21

Johan Pries, Postdoc researcher at the department, has been granted funding for a three year project. Building on ongoing Vetenskapsrådet-funded research about the Swedish People’s Parks movement, this second project was recently awarded a grant of close to three million from the FORMAS research council. The project will shift from the earlier history of the People’s Parks at their zenith in the e

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/johan-pries-lead-project-called-folkrorelsernas-kulturarv-omvandling-bevarande-och-liv-i-de-svenska - 2025-08-21

Mads Barbesgaard, lecturer at the department, has received funding for a research project. Mads has received 3.150.000 SEK in support from VR for a post-doc project titled Myanmar’s energy landscapes and the politics of geography. The project examines struggles around expansions of energy infrastructure in the midst of competing state territorialization projects, contested capital accumulation and

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/research-funding-myanmars-energy-landscapes-and-politics-geography - 2025-08-21

A research project led by Muriel Côte, senior lecturer at the department, has received funding. FORMAS will fund a project called “Fair gold? Institutionalising labour and environmental standards along the certified gold supply chain”, as part of their Annual open call 2020 - Research projects for early-career researchers, for nearly 4 million SEK for four years (2021-2024), led by Muriel Côte  an

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/research-funding-fair-gold-institutionalising-labour-and-environmental-standards-along-certified - 2025-08-21

The study aims to assess under what social, economic and spatial conditions that processes of urbanization at the lowest level of the urban hierarchy can promote the livelihoods and welfare of residents in small towns. Together with Ola Hall from the Department and colleagues at the University of Dar es Salaam, Makerere University, University of Ghana and the International Centre for Local Democra

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/agnes-andersson-djurfeldt-has-been-awarded-funding-vetenskapsradet-study-lower-level-urbanization - 2025-08-21

Markus Grillitsch, Associate senior lecturer at the Department of Human Geography, and his team has been awarded for their work with ‘Coffee Break With Researchers’.   The winning platform can be found here http://www.coffeebreakwithresearchers.org

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/coffee-break-researchers-won-rsa-media-communications-regional-studies-award - 2025-08-21

Human Geographer Nicklas Guldåker at the department maps socio-economic conditions for an award-winning book about organized gang crime in socially disadvantaged areas (link to news article and book in Swedish).  

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/human-geographer-lund-university-maps-socio-economic-conditions-award-winning-book - 2025-08-21

The Government has appointed Erik Renström as the vice-chancellor of Lund University for the term of office 2021–2026. The Government has appointed Erik Renström as the vice-chancellor of Lund University for the term of office 2021–2026. Renström, a physician and professor of experimental endocrinology, has extensive academic experience. He is currently the dean of Lund University’s Faculty of Med

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/erik-renstrom-new-vice-chancellor-lund-university - 2025-08-21

On 11 February 2021 at 10.00-14.00 all students and recent graduates from Lund University and Malmö University are invited to a virtual career fair.  During the fair you will get the opportunity to network with over twenty different employers through chat and video calls. The participating organisations offer full-time jobs as well as summer jobs and internships in several different industries. Si

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/virtual-career-fair-2021 - 2025-08-21

Online support, meet-ups and events - Campus Online is a new joint effort between all faculty programmes, departments and the Social Sciences Student Union. The aim is to create a meeting space for you at a time when physical meet-ups are discouraged.  You can read more about the initiative and join at Canvas. 

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/campus-online - 2025-08-21

Last application date 25th of February. To read more about the position and how to apply, visit this page. More information on the PhD program at the Department of Human Geography    

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/1-4-doctoral-candidate-positions-human-geography - 2025-08-21

Due to the current spread of covid-19 in Sweden, teaching is right now carried out using digital tools (online). Teaching that needs to be campus-based is conducted in adapted forms in order to follow the recommendations to reduce spread of infection.  We are striving to ensure that all courses will have campus-based elements again as soon as possible, but expect that the whole 2021 spring semeste

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/digital-2021-spring-semester - 2025-08-21

What can the research community at Lund University bring to the table in order to advance the knowledge for sustainable development? Call for abstract open until March 21 What can the research community at Lund University bring to the table in order to advance the knowledge for sustainable development? At this conference, we ask researchers at Lund University for research contributions and pitches

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/knowledge-sustainable-development-lund-university-research-conference - 2025-08-21

Coffee Break with Researchers is an online platform that strives to make scientific knowledge accessible to all through the production of videos and podcasts with researchers while having a coffee. The project cover published papers, research projects, and teaching content. To read more about the award-winning initiative, visit their website: https://coffeebreakwithresearchers.org/. Don't miss the

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/coffee-break-researchers-marcus-grillitsch - 2025-08-21

Sustainability Week is an annual event in Lund organised as a joint venture by Lund University and the City of Lund. Sustainability week serves as a platform for bringing together ideas, for cross-disciplinary collaborations, for raising public awareness and for inspiring sustainable change. This year's sustainability week consists of digital events, outdoor exhibitions, workshops and guided tours

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/sustainability-week-2021-3-8-may - 2025-08-21

The Student Office at the Department has opened up again, but now virtually. The office is open via zoom in order to help with any study administrative issues or questions you might have. We can for instance help you with  Registration and re-registration on courses Reporting of study results Access to course pages on Canvas Issuing of study certificates and official transcripts of records with a

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/virtual-student-office - 2025-08-21