By anders [dot] ortegren [at] biol [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Örtegren) - published 8 June 2023 Emma Kritzberg travelled for five days return to participate at a job meeting on Mallorca. Photo: Johan Persson Emma Kritzberg took the train to a meeting on Mallorca. A journey that took 54 hours and cost double what it would have to fly a couple of hours to the Mediterranean island. Yet, flying was nev

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/54-hours-one-way-join-job-meeting-mallorca - 2025-07-12

By minna [dot] wallen-widung [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Minna Wallén-Widung) - published 8 June 2023 Fredrik N G ­Andersson is convinced that market economy is the way to deal with the climate crisis. Photo: Kennet Ruona Market economics, not degrowth, will enable sustainable societies. For economist Fredrik N G Andersson the answer is crystal clear – researchers advocating for degrowth

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/advocates-degrowth-miss-mark - 2025-07-12

By minna [dot] wallen-widung [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Minna Wallén-Widung) - published 8 June 2023 Timothée Parrique completed his PhD in 2019 with a thesis on the concept of degrowth. He is currently in France as part of his postdoc position at the Department of Business Administration. Photo: Mathieu Génon Economists are obsessed with growth. So says economist Timothée Parrique, who

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/degrowth-path-future - 2025-07-12

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 8 June 2023 Stefan Hansson is a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology , but when duty demands it he puts his military uniform on. He is a so called Med-T, partly employed medical staff. Photo: Zsuzsanna ­Höjvall/Försvarsmakten A sudden bang. The hand grenade has caused me severe shrapnel injuries: a punctured lung, my liver

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/medical-doctor-both-war-and-peace - 2025-07-12

By stina [dot] lundkvist [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Stina Lundkvist) - published 14 June 2023 Knowledge for Sustainable Development is an annual research conference, aimed at all researchers at Lund University who want to increase their knowledge about the challenges that lie ahead, learn how their research can contribute to change, and strengthen their contacts with researchers from other discip

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/participate-3rd-knowledge-sustainable-development-research-conference - 2025-07-12

Published 20 June 2023 Olof Karis, former Interim Director of MAX IV, has been appointed as the Director of MAX IV following an open recruitment process and the recommendation of the MAX IV Board. The decision was made by the Vice-Chancellor of Lund University, the host university for MAX IV. MAX IV, Sweden's synchrotron, is fully operational with 16 beamlines and 1400 users yearly from academia a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/olof-karis-becomes-director-max-iv - 2025-07-12

By carina [dot] holmberg_pousette [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se (Carina Holmberg Pousette) - published 19 June 2023 The University has the opportunity to nominate up to three candidates for participation in the application round for STINT Teaching Sabbatical 2023. STINT Teaching Sabbatical is a programme that offers researchers and university lecturers to spend an autumn semester at one of STINT's ele

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-internal-nomination-exchange-through-stint-teaching-sabbatical - 2025-07-12

By Charlotte [dot] Hedin [at] hr [dot] lu [dot] se (Charlotte Hedin) - published 19 June 2023 Here is a brief update on what's going on in the salary movement, when this year's salary review might start at Lund University and what the different steps are. Industry "marks the spot" Some time ago, this year's negotiations between the parties in the competitive industry were finalised. The result of

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-does-years-salary-review-start - 2025-07-12

Published 20 June 2023 A month ago, I made a visit to the University of Gothenburg’s Research Board. While there, I was asked, “Why has Lund University performed so incredibly well in Horizon Europe?” I counted myself lucky to have received an update beforehand from Research Services that we have been very successful, otherwise I would have been caught off guard. It just goes to show that we must

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/gothenburg-they-know-lund-university-has-been-successful-horizon-europe - 2025-07-12

Published 20 June 2023 The Faculty of Medicine has reviewed its communications activities and made some changes. They have reorganised their ways of working and have even reworked their internal website, Intramed. 2022 saw the reorganisation of the communication activities at the Faculty, taking as its starting point an analysis made from  2019-2020 of the situation as it was then, including propo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-internal-website-staff-faculty-medicine-has-made-difference - 2025-07-12

By rickard [dot] eksten [at] fs [dot] lu [dot] se (Rickard Eksten) - published 20 June 2023 We are now about a third of the way through the EU framework programme for research and innovation – Horizon Europe (2021-2027) – and can start to see trends for which areas have been a success for Lund University and our researchers. The University’s new research strategy 2023-2026 aims to make LU Sweden’s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/onwards-and-upwards-lund-university-eu-framework-programme - 2025-07-12

By stefan [dot] andersson [at] service [dot] lu [dot] se (Stefan Andersson) - published 20 June 2023 From the autumn, the University will have to pay VAT on income from employees’ semester parking permits, since the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) has taken a new position on employers offering parking spaces to their employees. This means that the price of the autumn semester permit will be 25 p

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/cost-parking-increase-25-cent-autumn - 2025-07-12

By Jonas [dot] Andersson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jonas Andersson) - published 29 June 2023 Lund University has been ranked 85th in the world in the QS World University rankings, making it the top ranked comprehensive university in Sweden. QS has published university rankings annually since 2004 and the ranking is done in collaboration with Elsevier. On 27 June, QS published its lates

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-85th-qs-world-university-rankings - 2025-07-12

Published 9 August 2023 Do you want to help incoming international students by making your couch, spare room or a mattress available to a student for a couple of nights or weeks? If so, please check out this event from BoPoolen where you can sign up if you can host a student. Arrival Days at Lund University take place on Tuesday the 15th of August 15th, 2023. The international students arrive in L

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/help-incoming-students-making-your-couch-available-few-nights - 2025-07-12

Publicerad 14 mars 2013 Vanligt folk som fotar och filmar - de så kallade medborgarjournalisterna – har blivit en allt viktigare faktor att räkna med vid brottskontroll. De traditionella övervakningskamerorna kompletteras idag med den kontroll som vem som helst kan utöva genom att ta bilder och filma händelser i sin omgivning med mobiltelefonens kamera. Men den ökade risken att fastna på film före

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lillebror-ser-dig-men-forebygger-inga-brott - 2025-07-12

Av tutti [dot] johansson_falk [at] maxiv [dot] lu [dot] se (Tutti Johansson Falk) - publicerad 16 juli 2020 Processen med nanofokuserade röntgenstrålar spridda från en enda nanotrådstransistor. Illustration: Dmitry Dzhigaev, Lunds universitet Tack vare ett nytt innovativt koncept* har MAX IV banat väg för fjärde generationens synkrotroner. I en ny forskningsartikel bevisas den revolutionerande inv

https://www.lu.se/artikel/rontgen-vid-max-iv-undersoker-framtida-nanoelektronik - 2025-07-12

Av Agata [dot] Garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - publicerad 23 juli 2020 Alex Evilevitch leder forskargrupen som har har upptäckt en ny metod för att behandla alla humana herpesvirus. Foto:Tove Smeds Forskare i Lund har upptäckt en ny metod för att behandla alla humana herpesvirus. Den nya bredspektrum-metoden riktar sig mot fysikaliska egenskaper i virusets arvsmassa i

https://www.lu.se/artikel/antiviral-metod-mot-herpes-banar-vag-bekampning-av-obotliga-virusinfektioner - 2025-07-12

Av ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson) - publicerad 30 juli 2020 Lundaarkeologen Adam Boethius vid utgrävning i Ageröd. I 9000 år låg boplatsen från stenåldern väl bevarad i Ageröds mosse i Skåne. Nu är den nästan utplånad. Det visar en undersökning som publiceras i den prestigefyllda tidskriften PLOS ONE. Problemet är alarmerande och sträcker sig långt uta

https://www.lu.se/artikel/vart-forhistoriska-arv-pa-vag-att-raderas-ut - 2025-07-12

Av david [dot] ekberg [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (David Ekberg) - publicerad 28 juli 2020 Alzheimers sjukdom är svårdiagnosticerad vilket kan försvåra möjligheten att ge bästa möjliga behandling och vård. I en internationell studie som nu publiceras i den ansedda tidskriften JAMA beskriver forskare ett nytt blodprov som upptäcker Alzheimers sjukdom redan innan de första symtomen utvecklats och har

https://www.lu.se/artikel/nytt-blodprov-upptacker-alzheimers-sjukdom-lika-exakt-som-dyra-och-komplicerade-metoder - 2025-07-12

Av noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - publicerad 12 augusti 2020 Plastkonst illustrerar ofta problem som nedskräpning eller engångsanvändning. Bild: Pixabay. Ett sår i naturen, billigt skräp och farligt för djur och människor. Så presenteras plast i visuell konst och fotografi världen över, enligt en ny studie. Men vissa problem gestaltas inte enligt forskarna. Konst och ku

https://www.lu.se/artikel/i-konsten-handlar-plast-oftast-om-nedskrapning - 2025-07-12