Let's talk about mental well-being when moving from your homeland to another country, with a professional psychologist who has personal experience of relocating and works with clients struggling to adapt to Swedish life. Get tips and inspiration to find your way to stay excited in your new life. It’s not easy moving to a new country for the first time and start from scratch, even if you are experi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mental-well-being-when-moving-new-country-2811 - 2025-09-01

The University’s cultural and public centres offer many events in the run-up to Christmas. Take the opportunity to check out the broad programme. As usual, Odeum, Lund University’s music centre, invites everyone to the traditional Christmas and Lucia concerts in the beautiful auditorium of the Main University Building. The Lund Academic Choir will conduct its atmospheric Lucia procession on three

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/christmas-and-lucia-our-student-musicians-odeum - 2025-09-01

There are many options for managers and leaders to develop at Lund University. In order to pinpoint and more clearly define what Lund University is to offer in terms of leadership development, I tasked Maria Flores and Andreas Bryngelsson at the start of the year with carrying out the investigation, Leadership in the Future. The aim of the investigation was to draw up proposals for the content, st

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-offers-many-leadership-development-options-managers - 2025-09-01

As of 1 February, all travel bookings are to be made via BCD Travel. Do you have future plans to travel? In that case, it is recommended that, if possible, you wait to book until after 1 February. This will make the transition easier. Bookings up to and including 31 January 2023 Are you going to travel in the next couple of months? In that case, we recommend that you book via Egencia, our current

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-travel-agency-1-february-2023 - 2025-09-01

For those of you who plan to take days of annual leave during the Christmas and New Year holidays, now is the time to apply. Remember that annual leave must always be applied for and approved in Primula before withdrawal. Reduced working hours for technical and administrative staff (T/A) For T/A staff, December 23 and January 5, 2023 are days with reduced working hours and employees who are workin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-time-apply-annual-leave-christmas-and-new-year-holidays - 2025-09-01

Teachers at Lund University now have the opportunity to apply for seed money in three different calls, all of them with the deadline of February 1. The founds can be used during 2023. You can only be granted founds for either the U21 call, or the EUGLOH call. Below is a summary of the three calls: Course development with EUGLOH partners As a teacher, you can apply for up to SEK 100,000 in seed mon

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/seed-money-educational-development - 2025-09-01

The Development Office has produced a campaign called “Give research as a Christmas present”, which is being arranged for the second year running. The primary message of the campaign is that you can make a difference by simply making a donation. In practical terms it could concern helping to reveal Uppåkra’s historical secrets or supporting the development of cures for serious viral diseases. Prov

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/christmas-present-campaign-support-lus-research - 2025-09-01

Part 1 of the Coordinated Examination Service project is proceeding according to plan and from 1 March the project will be responsible for staffing invigilators for the exams conducted at the Annex (Sölvegatan 20, Lund). This is the first step towards a joint examination administration and organisation using an exam invigilator pool. This will be gradually increased to apply to all joint examinati

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/coordinated-examination-service - 2025-09-01

There is now a slightly shorter summary version of the Equal Opportunities Plan for Lund University 2022–2027. Available as a printed version, it is easy to distribute to new staff and students. In the summary version, the University has focused on the four important goals that are to be met during the period 2022–2027: Recruitment processes and career paths are to be free from discrimination. Kno

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/there-now-summary-version-lus-equal-opportunities-plan - 2025-09-01

A considerable reduction in the availability of electricity is expected this winter. If the electricity available is less than the demand for electricity, this results in what is known as a power shortfall. This could lead to short power cuts at the University. There is now a Vice-Chancellor’s decision that clarifies duties and responsibilities within the University in the event of a power shortfa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-must-be-prepared-disconnection-electricity-0 - 2025-09-01

Lund university has the privilege of inviting you to four lectures by the Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry for 2021 and 2022 and also one Nobel Laureate in Physics 2022. Professor David MacMillan Nobel prize 2021 Nobel prize 2021 for his work on "asymmetric organocatalysis". December 1, 16:00-17:00, Lux, Helgonavägen 3, Lund A public arrangement by the Chemical Society in Lund. Read more: Nobel

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/nobel-laureates-give-lectures-lund - 2025-09-01

The spread of respiratory infections (Covid-19, RS and influenza) in society is now increasing considerably. The Public Health Agency of Sweden had issued a reminder that when you are ill, it is important to stay at home and to avoid close contact with others. We all have a shared responsibility for reducing the spread of infection. At present, it is important that those who are ill with symptoms

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/stay-home-if-you-are-ill - 2025-09-01

Dear students and colleagues, Lund University is a place for objectivity, open conversation and the gratifying quest for knowledge. We are an organisation with a unique task – to produce, discuss and communicate knowledge. We are an organisation of, and for, experts. I myself am an expert on insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. To be frank, that is pretty niche and nerdy. Yet here, at Lun

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/seasons-greetings - 2025-09-01

When, how and if the national call for profile areas will take place is still not clear. The budget bill provided no clear answers. On 22 November, the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions arranged a seminar called “Sharing experiences around the higher education institutions’ work on profile areas,” in which most universities participated. No one had any more information about the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/profile-areas-lund-university-work-continues-no-word-government - 2025-09-01

In accordance with the timeline for the year’s salary review, the University hopes to be able to pay out the new salaries in February 2023. It is hoped that more finalised information can be distributed in January. Local negotiations are currently ongoing with the employee organisations OFR and SEKO about salaries for employees who are members of those organisations. Salary-setting appraisals are

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/salary-review-new-salaries-expected-be-paid-out-february - 2025-09-01

That all students should learn about sustainability at some point during their education is something the Swedish Council for Higher Education has decided. But how can lecturers include sustainability in their teaching – without tying themselves in knots in what is often a hectic schedule? That was just one of the questions addressed in the seminar series Sustainable Teaching & Learning in Higher

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/seminar-sustainable-teachers-about-working-sustainably-teaching-staff - 2025-09-01

The Lund students’ prize for excellence in teaching is awarded for outstanding contributions to education. The vice-chancellor appoints the winners after a proposal by the students’ unions. In addition, a grant of SEK 25 000 each is awarded to the departments to enable study trips for the prize-winners. This year, the prize goes to senior lecturer, Tina Mattsson, School of Social Work senior lectu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-students-prize-excellence-teaching-2023 - 2025-09-01

The Administrative Prize is awarded annually for outstanding administrative efforts of an innovative nature that have contributed to the University’s development, or for extraordinary service and efficiency. The 2023 prize winners are programme planner Lena Nielsen from LTH’s faculty office (Education Unit) and librarian Gabriella Johansson, from the Social Sciences Faculty Library. They are each

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/2023-administrative-prize-awarded-lena-nielsen-and-gabriella-johansson - 2025-09-01

Foto: Mikael Risedal In order to be reimbursed for health promotion activities that you have paid for during 2022, you must submit your receipts and send in your application through Primula no later than 31 January 2023. Purchases made in November and December can be reimbursed through the 2023 health promotion reimbursement.   Send the outlay appendix and receipts/other attachments via the intern

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-2022-health-promotion-reimbursement-end-january-latest - 2025-09-01

Do you want to expand the scope of your research within one of the Europe's most successful university alliances? Would you like to strengthen existing collaborations with colleagues at University of Paris-Saclay, Lund University, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, University of Porto and University of Szeged? Are you interested in getting to know and access the vast network of Excellence Cor

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/call-application-euglohria-seeding-grant-deadline-january-15th-2023 - 2025-09-01