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On 29 May, it’s time for the biggest ceremony of the year: the doctoral degree conferment ceremony at Lund Cathedral. This year marks a new record, with 290 doctors, 48 jubilee doctors and 16 honorary doctors set to be honoured. In a solemn ceremony, the doctoral students who completed their doctoral studies in the past year and successfully defended their doctoral theses at Lund University will h

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/record-number-be-honoured-years-doctoral-degree-conferment-ceremony - 2026-06-14

A team of international researchers led by senior lecturer Åsa Mackenzie at Lund University has received a $9 million USD grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative, in partnership with The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), to advance understanding of Parkinson’s disease treatment, with a particular focus on depression, anxiety, and other psychiatr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/usd-9m-safer-treatment-psychiatric-and-cognitive-symptoms-parkinsons-disease - 2026-06-14

The Lund Social Science Methods Centre offers six workshops in methods and methodologies from mid-September through mid-October 2026. These are for teaching staff, researchers and doctoral students who want to broaden and deepen their knowledge of research methods. Explore Skill School, the Social Sciences Method Center's exclusive workshop series, tailored for doctoral students and senior researc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/explore-skill-school-teaching-staff-researchers-and-doctoral-students - 2026-06-14

Lund University is proposing changes to how operations in Helsingborg are managed. The background to this is that it is not always clear who is responsible for what, and that there is sometimes overlap between different parts of the organisation. The aim is to make governance simpler and more cohesive, so that what already works well can be further developed. At the same time, strategic leadership

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/proposal-new-governance-structure-helsingborg - 2026-06-14

On 5 June, the University Board decided to propose Erik Renström as Vice-Chancellor of Lund University for the next three-year term. When the University Board met on 5 June it decided to propose Erik Renström as Vice-Chancellor of Lund University for the next three-year term, 2027-2029.“I am pleased that Erik Renström received strong support from the Electoral College and that the Board has unanim

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-board-proposes-erik-renstrom-vice-chancellor - 2026-06-14

The University will partner in and coordinate two research projects that involve the future of European democracy. One will examine extremism and polarisation, while the other will look at EU enlargement. ”This demonstrates Lund University’s capacity to both lead and contribute to major international research collaborations on issues of direct relevance to Europe’s democratic future,” says Anamari

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-takes-roles-two-new-horizon-europe-projects - 2026-06-14

The vision for the co-location of Lund University’s Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts in Sweden has now been finalised. On 3 June, the Faculty Board reached agreement on a new policy decision to work towards establishing a fine and performing arts campus in the Heleneholm area. The Faculty has been working for some time to bring the Malmö Art Academy, Malmö Academy of Music, Malmö Theatre Academ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fine-and-performing-arts-campus-heleneholm - 2026-06-14

Over the past academic year it has been fantastic to see how the organisation has begun to operate as a fourth generation university! The fourth generation university is based on the realisation that it is becoming increasingly crucial for the universities of the future not only to create and disseminate knowledge, but also to actively drive the search for solutions to the societal problems we fac

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fourth-generation-universities-understanding-explaining-and-improving - 2026-06-14

Internationalisation in higher education is currently undergoing major changes. Geopolitical tensions, increased government regulation, economic pressures and new demands for social relevance are affecting universities around the world. At the same time, global student mobility continues to grow, but in new directions and under different conditions than before. For Lund University, these developme

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/global-trends-are-changing-conditions-internationalisation - 2026-06-14

New procurements for communication services have now been finalised. Following an intensive and comprehensive evaluation process carried out over the spring, the new agreements will come into effect on 1 June 2026. When ordering services from printers, agencies and photographers, you must use the University’s procured suppliers. As a public authority, the University must comply with the Public Pro

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-agreements-communication-services - 2026-06-14

For many of us, moving between different parts of the campus is a natural part of the working day. There are now more opportunities to be physically active during working hours. Lund on the Run is an initiative in which several organisations in Lund have developed three jogging tracks through the city’s knowledge environments. The initiative is a collaboration between Akademiska Hus, Lund Universi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-jogging-tracks-campus-lund-run - 2026-06-14

Is it mandatory to order vegetarian catering? What support is available for staff interested in sustainability? And how many of the Sustainable Development Goals are being achieved globally? There is now an online sustainability course available in Swedish and English. The course, Introduction to sustainable development and Lund University’s sustainability work, will give you a better understandin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/find-out-more-about-sustainability-take-one-hour-course - 2026-06-14

Three Lund University research projects have been selected for the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) 2026 list, which highlights Swedish research with the potential to benefit society. Previously known colloquially in Sweden as the "100 list" and published annually between 2019 and 2024, IVA's list returns in 2026 in a renewed and more selective form, highlighting around 30 ongoi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/three-lund-university-projects-ivas-2026-list - 2026-06-14

Forskare vid Lunds universitet har utvecklat en metod för att mäta hur många RNA-molekyler som levereras in i en cell. Kunskapen är värdefull när man undersöker dosmängd vid RNA-läkemedels– och vaccinforskning, inte minst inom områden som cancer, virus- och bakterieinfektioner. Under pandemin blev det tydligt vilka möjligheter de genetiska budbärarmolekylerna (mRNA) öppnar upp för, då man för förs

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ny-metod-raknar-hur-manga-rna-molekyler-som-tar-sig-i-cellen - 2026-06-14

Nu inleds arbetet med att upphandla en hyresvärd som vill vara med och utveckla Nanolab Science Village. Det innebär ytterligare en milstolpe för Lunds universitets etablering på det framväxande Science Village – där tillverkning av nanomaterial och halvledarkomponenter blir granne med de stora forskningsanläggningarna ESS och MAX IV. På Brunnshög i nordöstra Lund växer just nu en världsledande mi

https://www.lu.se/artikel/nasta-milstolpe-universitetets-vag-till-science-village-hyresvard-sokes - 2026-06-14

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. En workshop som knyter samman experimentell och klinisk forskning kring epilepsi utgör startskottet för Sveriges första epilepsicentrum. – Vi måste få fram nya behandlingsmetoder och effektivare mediciner så vi kan hjälpa de människor som har epilepsi, speciellt den grupp som har de svåraste formerna av sjukdomen, s

https://www.lu.se/artikel/centrum-starker-epilepsiforskningen - 2026-06-14

Christelle Prinz, professor i fasta tillståndets fysik, får ERC Proof of Concept Grant för sin forskning om att skapa en kostnadseffektiv biosensordiagnostik för att tidigt kunna upptäcka äggstockscancer. Totalt får 55 forskare runt om i Europa 150 000 euro var av European Research Council var för att undersöka den kommersiella potentialen av deras forskning. Alla har de tidigare fått ERC:s Starti

https://www.lu.se/artikel/erc-proof-concept-grant-forskning-om-att-upptacka-aggstockscancer - 2026-06-14

Små fladdermöss är dåliga på att omvandla energi till muskelkraft. Men denna förmåga ökar, förvånande nog, ju fortare de flyger. Det visar en ny studie som letts från Lunds universitet. Forskarna har studerat den så kallade verkningsgraden hos trollfladdermöss – en art som väger ungefär åtta gram och som förekommer i nästan hela Europa. Verkningsgrad handlar om förmågan att omvandla tillförd energ

https://www.lu.se/artikel/fladdermusens-formaga-att-omvandla-energi-till-muskelkraft-paverkas-av-flyghastigheten - 2026-06-14

I Demokratiparadoxen redogör Tommy Andersson noggrant och nyfiket för några av de paradoxer som finns i de demokratiska systemen. Även om det demokratiska styrelseskicket är att föredra så finns det en rad paradoxer som länge har sysselsatt matematiker, filosofer och politiker. Det finns flera begränsningar och paradoxer som gör att det inte är helt enkelt att utforma demokratiska röstregler. Vad

https://www.lu.se/artikel/demokratiparadoxen - 2026-06-14

Vilka förmågor behöver vi för att stödja ett mer hållbart samhälle? Under en längre tid har vi fokuserat på yttre problem som kräver tekniska, ekonomiska eller medicinska lösningar. Men för att skapa en verklig förändring måste vi också ta itu med de underliggande orsakerna: vår bristande relation med naturen, till andra människor och inte minst till oss själva. Dagens hållbarhetskriser är existen

https://www.lu.se/artikel/den-inre-resan-mot-en-hallbar-framtid - 2026-06-14