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Monday, 16 September, was the start up workshop for “Living the Sustainability Idea”. This is a voluntary track open for students in MSc International Strategic Management and MSc in Management at LUSEM. 25 students have signed up to participate during the 2024/2025 academic year. During this track the students will get the opportunity to know more about the concept Inner Development Goals, meet c

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/living-sustainability-idea - 2025-12-14

Bringing together experts from diverse fields across the university along with a number of guest researchers, the Pufendorf theme "DigiJustice: Rethinking Digital Inequalities and Human Rights in the Age of AI" will showcase an interdisciplinary approach to digital justice and shaping an inclusive future. Co-led by Miranda Kajtazi, Associate professor in informatics, and Lena Halldenius, Professor

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/digijustice-interdisciplinary-approach-digital-equality - 2025-12-14

Last week, six intrepid retail researchers from the Centre for Retail Research at Lund University travelled to London to observe the latest retail trends. Here, we summarise the most important trends and what the Swedish retail industry can learn from what is happening in London. Trend #1: Interesting use of space London is a densely populated city, which means they make use of all available space

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/handbags-flowers-and-desserts-what-can-sweden-learn-londons-retail-trends - 2025-12-14

Claudio Daminato and his coauthors explore whether and how financial technology can affect retirement saving behavior. In many countries, the demographic transition has prompted pension system reforms. These reforms are making individuals increasingly responsible for their own retirement preparedness, amidst evidence that many lack basic financial knowledge and often make poor decisions when savin

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/digital-technologies-can-help-people-save-their-retirement - 2025-12-14

The employment agency Academic Work conducts the Young Professional Attraction Index (YPAI) survey annually, in close collaboration with polling firm Kantar. This year Lund University finished as Sweden’s eighth most attractive employer when asked what they feel is most important when choosing an employer. Their survey asks young people in various professional categories which employer they would

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lund-university-swedens-eighth-most-attractive-employer - 2025-12-14

Anne L'Huillier, Professor of Atomic Physics at Lund University, is one out of three laureates receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023. Swedish-French Anne L'Huillier, our new Nobel laureate in physics, is a professor of Atomic physics at Department of Physics, Lund University. Anne L'Huillier was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics together with Pierre Agostini and Ferenc Krausz.The prize was aw

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/nobel-prize-lund-university - 2025-12-14

Leadership Academy at LUSEM is a leadership programme for students at Lund University based on the idea that students in leading positions can learn, both from each other, but also from experienced leadership researchers and business managers. The training equips young leaders for the challenges that a management position often entails. Nadja Sörgärde and Christine Blomquist are teachers and resea

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/leadership-academy-learning-challenging-context - 2025-12-14

A brand new essay prize for students has now been launched by Sparbanken Skånes Center for Sustainable Enterprising (SSCEN). In the fall of 2023 the winners will be announced. Sparbanken Skånes Center for Sustainable Enterprising (SSCEN) at Lund University together with Sparbanksstiftelsen Finn award an annual thesis prize to encourage business and engineering students to contribute with valuable

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/sscen-sustainability-prize-masters-theses - 2025-12-14

At this fall’s first alumni breakfast on October 8th, both breakfast and the latest research on the future of food will be on the agenda. Thomas Kalling, Professor of Strategic Management at LUSEM, and Karolina Östbring, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Food Technology and Applied Biochemistry at LTH, will be giving talks. We took the opportunity to ask Thomas Kalling why this research is so i

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/experts-view-why-future-food-matters - 2025-12-14

Several recent surveys indicate high levels of mental health problems among PhD students. Together with reports that PhD studies are often characterized by, among other things, a high workload, long working hours, and future job insecurity, this evidence has given rise to a broad discussion about a mental health crisis in graduate education. However, since survey evidence often relies on smaller a

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/phd-studies-may-trigger-mental-health-problems - 2025-12-14

The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to professors Daron Acemoglu of MIT, Simon Johnson also of MIT and James Robinson of Chicago University. “For studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity” "Three well-known and widely read Nobel laureates in Economic Sciences, relevant to several fields. The book “Why Nations Fail” by Acemoglu

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/nobel-economics-prize - 2025-12-14

The Master's programme Economic Growth, Population and Development changes name to Global Development, Population and Economic Change. The changes apply for studies starting autumn semester 2025 and onwards. Global Development, Population and Economic Change – Master’s programme

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/name-change-masters-programme-economic-growth-population-and-development-0 - 2025-12-14

Ellinor Wihlborg graduated with a bachelor's degree in information systems 2012 and now works as a Business intelligence analyst at Arriva in Copenhagen. (The below interview is translated from Swedish)“It occurred to me that we actually have Copenhagen nearby, so I started looking for jobs there. Most of the adverts said that you had to be fluent in Danish and I'm not, but I wanted to try anyway.

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/ellinor-wihlborg-alumna-bsc-design-information-systems-2012 - 2025-12-14

The bill shows how the government's priorities in regards of research. Mats Benner, professor in research policy shares his comments on the upcoming bill. The good news is that we will see an increase in funding over the next four years. Priorities are going to be within Artificial Intelligence, communication technologies, security, but also welfare. A point of criticism is that funding will be pr

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/research-policy-bill - 2025-12-14

Sveriges unga akademi har nyligen genomfört en turné bland landets lärosäten och haft karriärseminarier med unga forskare där även dekaner och andra i ledningarna deltagit. – Förhoppningen är att lärosätena ska våga använda de biträdande lektoraten, säger Kristian Pietras som är akademins ordförande. En förutsättning för det, menar han, är också att man måste våga säga upp forskare vid medelsbrist

https://www.lu.se/artikel/vaga-saga-upp-forskare-om-det-behovs - 2025-12-14

Priser och utmärkelser under sommaren. Humaniorapris till framstående forskare Einar Hansens Forskningsfonds svenska pris för framstående humanistisk forskning tilldelas historikern Joachim Östlund. Han prisas för en nyskapande och högst relevant form av historieskrivning som ger nya perspektiv på kulturmöten i en globaliserad värld. Prissumman är 150.000 danska kronor. Det svenska hederspriset gå

https://www.lu.se/artikel/hant-sen-sist-1 - 2025-12-14

Du har precis har börjat jobba för LU och Lärosäten Syd i Bryssel. Den tredje september öppnade han kontoret, som är det första svenska rena lärosäteskontoret i EU:s huvudstad. Vem är du? – Jag är uppväxt i Helsingborg, men utbildad i Edinburgh och Brygge. Några poäng hann jag dock läsa vid Lunds universitet innan jag flyttade till Skottland. Nu har jag arbetat i Bryssel i tretton år, de senaste å

https://www.lu.se/artikel/halla-rickard-eksten-var-man-i-bryssel - 2025-12-14

Sitter musiken i kroppen, själen eller bara i huvudet? Psykiskt sjuka upplever musik annorlunda än vad friska personer gör och att skapa egen musik när man är sjuk kan vara en helande process. Detta tar seminariet Kroppens klanger och medicinens musik upp. Musikvetaren Tobias Lund. Musikvetaren och musikskribenten Tobias Lund är fascinerad av paradoxen att musik genom till exempel dans och arbetss

https://www.lu.se/artikel/psykiskt-sjuka-hor-musik-annorlunda - 2025-12-14

Vi vet att buller påverkar inlärningsförmågan, skapar irritation och stress. Detta ger i sin tur lägre effektivitet på arbetsplatsen. Vissa forskningsrön pekar mot att effektiviteten skulle kunna öka ända upp till 50 procent med rätt ljudmiljö. Frans Mossberg är forskare på Ljudmiljöcentrum, där man nu undersöker ljudmiljöer vid universitet. Här sitter han i en ljuddämpande fåtölj på LUX. Minnesfo

https://www.lu.se/artikel/minskat-buller-gor-dig-mycket-effektivare - 2025-12-14

Om Universitetshusets betydelse under alla år, skriver Sten Åke Nilsson, professor em i konstvetenskap. Han förklarar varför huset nu drabbats av fuktskador och uppmanar universitetsledningen att överge planerna på att flytta till Kungshuset och istället återvända när det anrika Universitetshuset är färdigsanerat. När rektor i slutet av vårterminen lämnade Universitetshuset och fick frågan ”hur kä

https://www.lu.se/artikel/gastkronikan-om-universitetshuset-ett-hus-att-atervanda-till - 2025-12-14