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Do you have an idea for a research project that will explore innovative solutions to challenges within health and sustainability? The NNF-IAS Fellowship Programme invites researchers from anywhere in the world to pursue transformative work on ‘Inequity in Health’ in an interdisciplinary setting across Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Five fellowships starting in September 2027 are open for app

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/call-open-five-fully-funded-fellowships-health-and-sustainability - 2026-07-09

The new Advanced Study Groups, who will start their work at the institute in September, will investigate questions related to: artistic processes in music and literary creation; land use conflicts in Sweden; the energy crisis impacts on households; industries and on the energy transition; and the linkages between digital innovation and emergent digital inequalities in relation to human rights. We

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/institute-welcomes-four-new-advanced-study-groups-autumn - 2026-07-09

The Institute announces yearly calls for application to Themes and Advanced Study Groups. Researchers at Lund University are now invited to apply for Themes and Advanced Study Groups, starting in 2024. Theme applications  A Theme must be innovative in nature and revolve around a research issue which can best be solved through knowledge from several disciplines in collaboration.  Focus should be on

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/call-applications-pufendorf-ias-are-now-open-0 - 2026-07-09

Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard is usually working as a professor of music at Aalborg University in Denmark, but for the coming six months he is joining the Theme Sound of Democracy at the Pufendorf IAS as a guest researcher. What is your background and research interests, and how does it connect to the Theme Sound of Democracy ? As my parents were teachers working for the British government, I was fortunat

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/sound-engineer-and-roadie-professor-music-meet-guest-researcher-mark-grimshaw-aagaard - 2026-07-09

Berit Løkensgard Strand is a professor in biopolymers and biomaterials at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. In autumn 2023 and spring 2024, she is an International Fellow at the Pufendorf IAS, working with the Theme Roadmap of Biomaterials 4.0. What is your background and research interests? My background is in chemical engineering and biotechnology, and I am now a professor in b

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/meet-guest-researcher-berit-lokensgard-strand - 2026-07-09

Marie Koldkjær Højlund is composer, sound artist and associate professor of Sound Studies at Aarhus University. In autumn 2023, she's an International Fellow at the Pufendorf IAS, working with the Theme Sound of Democracy. What is your background and research interests?When I was I child I was a bad sleeper, because I was listening. My ears just would not sleep, trying to understand all the overhe

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/meet-guest-researcher-marie-koldkjaer-hojlund - 2026-07-09

Sierd de Vries is an associate professor at the department of Hydraulic Engineering at Delft University (Netherlands), and will be working as a guest researcher with the Theme Coastal Perspectives. What is your background and research interests?I work on the creation of sustainable coastal landscapes. With my background in coastal engineering and coastal sciences, I study how Nature Based Solution

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/meet-guest-researcher-sierd-de-vries - 2026-07-09

Lena Rubensdotter is a researcher at the Geohazard and Earth observation team at the Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) and University Centre of Svalbard, where she is adjunct associate professor. In spring 2024, she´s an International Fellow at the Pufendorf IAS, working with the Theme Coastal Perspectives. What is your background and research interests?I am educated at Stockholm University, as a

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/meet-guest-researcher-lena-rubensdotter - 2026-07-09

The institute welcomes two new Advanced Study Groups, starting in February 2024: (Un-)natural borders; and Aesthetics in Business Creativity (ABC). The Advanced Study Group (Un-)natural borders: Multi-disciplinary perspectives on the boundaries of European integration, sets out to explore how natural conditions determine the features and boundaries of European integration, and how European integra

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/two-new-advanced-study-groups - 2026-07-09

Jan de Boer is a biologist at the department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology in The Netherlands. His research interest is in the molecular complexity of cells and how molecular circuits are involved in cell and tissue function. His research is characterized by a holistic approach to both discovery and application, aiming at combining high throughput technologies, comp

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/meet-our-new-guest-researcher-jan-de-boer - 2026-07-09

Gifted and enthusiastic students work with the "layers of history" in our beautiful Sculpture Hall. Pufendorf IAS is situated in one of the most beautiful buildings in Lund (if we may say so ourselves), originally built in 1886. The last major renovation of the former Department of Physics and Classical Department was done in 2009, just before the Pufendorf Institute moved in. It was of great impo

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/welcome-back-classical-archaeology-and-ancient-history - 2026-07-09

At yesterday’s meeting, the board of Pufendorf IAS decided to invite four new Themes to the institute this fall. We received ten theme applications in December 2023, six of these were sent on to external experts for review and four of these are now invited to start in September 2024. The chosen Themes are (in no particular order):Theme: DigitaxToday’s principles for taxation requires that value cr

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/four-new-themes-during-2024-2025 - 2026-07-09

Özlem Çelik is currently visiting the Pufendorf IAS as part of a new exchange programme of NordIAS´s fellows. She is a visiting scholar at the University of Helsinki and a Senior Researcher at the Department of Social Research, University of Turku and Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) Collegium Fellow. You were a postdoc at Lund University in 2018-2019, welcome back to Lund! You have bee

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/welcome-back-ozlem-celik - 2026-07-09

Today, on the 17 of June, the board of the Pufendorf IAS decided to accept three applications to form three new Advanced Study Groups - all starting in September 2024! These ASGs will pursue interdisciplinary research ideas within Oaths and Courts – from Forum to the Future;Neobiogenesis: The Inevitability of Life; Next Generation Healthscapes: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Care Facilities of th

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/three-new-advanced-study-groups-and-five-new-themes-2024-2025 - 2026-07-09

The Pufendorf IAS stimulates interdisciplinary research within Lund University. The Institute supports researchers working together across disciplinary borders to develop new areas of research. The Institute announces yearly calls for application to Themes and Advanced Study Groups. Researchers/teaching staff (with PhD or equiv.) employed by Lund University are now invited to apply for Themes and

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/call-applications-pufendorf-institute-advanced-studies - 2026-07-09

Every four years, the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies is evaluated to monitor how the institute meets its overall objectives and follows its basic principles. This year, an external panel has evaluated the activities during the years 2018–2021 (yes, including the pandemic years), the model on which the Pufendorf Institute rests and what makes the institute unique. The panel consisted of M

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/pufendorf-institutes-sustainable-principles - 2026-07-09

A couple of weeks have passed since our symposium: Conducting research in interdisciplinary teams. On the 21 of October, we had the great pleasure of welcoming both Martin Cloonan and Britta Padberg, two of our external evaluators, back to Lund. And both were kind enough to speak at the Symposium. Martin Cloonan led with taking the audience back to May 2024 and the work the external evaluators did

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/constructive-friction-context - 2026-07-09

Den 12 juni startade den tre dagar långa internationella konferensen Beyond Site/Sight arrangerad av det tvärvetenskapliga nätverket CROCUS på Lunds universitet, i samarbete med Helsingborgs stad och Region Skåne. Temat är kulturens rum och kreativitetens villkor med utgångspunkt i platsskapande. Omkring 70 deltagare kommer under dagarna att ta del av ett gediget program på den gamla Brandstatione

https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/beyond-sitesight-internationell-konferens-utforskar-kreativitet-och-platsskapande - 2026-07-09

Rösterna är räknade och resultatet av EU-valet har börjat sätta sig. Ganska precis hälften av alla röstberättigade i Sverige utnyttjade sin rösträtt – och resultatet här i norr sticker ut mot resten Europa. Men vad innebär det här egentligen och hur ska vi förhålla oss till det? Och vad ska Europaparlamentet göra den här mandatperioden? HBG Live podcast  är ett samarbete mellan Helsingborgs Dagbla

https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/podd-vad-ska-det-nya-europaparlamentet-gora-de-narmsta-aren - 2026-07-09

Framtidens möten handlar om nya modeller för affärer, interaktion och kommunikation inom mötesindustrin - något som är av hög relevans för alla som arbetar med professionella möten. Forskarna Jörgen Eksell, Malin Andersson, Maria Månsson och Marlene Wiggill på Lunds universitet har undersökt hur pandemin har påverkat mötesindustrin och om krisen fört med sig nya möjligheter. De har också studerat

https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/stor-potential-svensk-motesindustri-enligt-ny-rapport - 2026-07-09