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Every year, doctoral students at the Department of Service Studies go on a writing retreat to focus on their theses and strengthen the community. This year, the trip went to Smygehus Havsbad in Smygehamn, where the doctoral students had the chance to both work and relax. The retreat is an annual tradition that gives doctoral students a chance to focus on their work in a relaxing environment. This

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/doctoral-students-service-studies-annual-writing-retreat-sea - 2025-12-19

A half-year after the diploma programme New Welfare Services – Sustainable Service Design as a driver for regional development came to an end some of the participants share how it has made an impact on their work. The course participants in the film describes how the programme changed their mindset and how they handle situations in their work, but also how it has contributed to organisational chan

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/impact-new-welfare-services-programme-uganda - 2025-12-19

Retail and logistics researchers gathered in Helsingborg in early November to present and discuss the latest research at the ninth edition of the Nordic Retail and Wholesale Conference (NRWC). Interest in this year's conference was high, with a total of 144 registered participants from several different countries. This year it was Lund University's turn to host the conference, which is organised e

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/future-retail-focus-international-research-conference - 2025-12-19

More managers are suffering from poor mental health linked to work-related stress. In a survey of Swedish managers, three researchers at Lund University have examined the question of how stressed managers can be supported. – One third of managers’ sick days are due to fatigue, anxiety and depression, which are primarily linked to work-related stress, which emphasises the need for deeper insights i

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/social-support-important-stressed-managers - 2025-12-19

The Department of Service Studies welcomes Marta Baltruszewicz and Diana Ivanova, two visiting researchers who will be part of our research environment for a couple of weeks. They are the first of five pairs of visiting researchers. Thanks to an internationalisation initiative at the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Department of Service Studies has been able to apply for funding to invite internat

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/department-invites-international-guest-researchers - 2025-12-19

In connection with our efforts towards internationalization, we have had the opportunity to welcome a guest doctoral student within the tourism field to share his research and learn from ours. This is his experience after a few months with us in Helsingborg and Sweden. Say hello to Jordi Vegas-Macias. Tell us about your research!– My name is Jordi Vegas-Macias, and I am a PhD Fellow at Roskilde Un

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/guest-doctoral-student-share-his-thoughts-fall - 2025-12-19

Cash in an envelope is a traditional, appreciated Christmas gift to grand children and young relatives. But does it still feel like paying with real money? Carin Rehncrona writes in The Conversation about the "pain of payment effect" and how we have shifted from thinking that cash is more painful to spend than digital money, to the opposite – that purchases with cash don't feel like they are part

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/paying-cash-hurts-less-younger-generations - 2025-12-19

A new anthology explores how waste – in all its forms – can be an unexpected but powerful starting point for understanding and questioning contemporary society. Professor Hervé Corvellec is the editor and has also contributed with chapters in the book. The anthology, Waste as a Critique, uses waste to understand and question society. By looking at waste from the perspectives of materiality, societ

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/waste-critique-new-anthology-herve-corvellec - 2025-12-19

Tourism’s impact on local communities and their ecosystems is a continuous challenge. This applies when we travel, but also when we eat, stay overnight and the activities we take part in at the destination. In a new project funded by the European Union, 15 partners from 10 European countries will try to find solutions for integrating circular economy principles in the hopes of minimising waste, re

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/new-eu-project-search-sustainable-tourism - 2025-12-19

A new doctoral thesis by Aurimas Pumputis explores how trust and control function between guests and hosts on peer-to-peer platforms like Airbnb. The study focuses on how these relationships are shaped in digital environments and how platforms use information technology to connect consumers with service providers. Trust is crucial for cooperation and orderly social relations, especially in tourist

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/trust-and-control-guest-host-relationships - 2025-12-19

The 21st of March we conducted a traditional nailing ceremony as the departments doctoral student Réka Tölg nailed her doctors thesis ”The (im)possibilities of circular consumption: Producing and performing circular clothing consumption in retail and household settings”. Réka is defending her thesis during a dissertation the 11th of April. In her dissertation "The (im)possibilities of circular con

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/reka-tolg-nailed-her-dissertation - 2025-12-19

Something to announce

https://www.cgbkansli.lu.se/en/article/testnews - 2025-12-19

A new LUCC Coordinator has been appointed by the Dean of Faculty of Medicine at Lund University. Professor Sophia Zackrisson has been appointed as the new LUCC coordinator for a 3-year period and she will replace Kristian Pietras as coordinator from March 1st 2021. Nomination of coordinator candidates took place during December 2020 until the end of February 2021 and the Dean of Faculty of Medicin

https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/new-lucc-coordinator - 2025-12-19

New board members: Jesper Petersson and Stefan Jovinge Jesper Petersson, R & D Director Region Skåne will replace Hannie Lundgren (from April 2021) and Stefan Jovinge will replace Ingemar Petersson as representative Region Skåne (Head of Research at Skåne University Hospital) from Autumn 2021.

https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/new-board-members-lucc - 2025-12-19

New board member: Gottfrid Sjödahl Gottfrid Sjödahl will replace Helena Persson as representative for Future Faculty with starting date 14 September 2021.

https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/new-board-member-lucc-0 - 2025-12-19

New PhD student representative: Axel Bengtsson Axel Bengtsson will replace Gjendine Voss as PhD student representative in the LUCC board for the academic year 2021/2022.

https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/new-phd-student-representative-lucc-board - 2025-12-19

New board member: Catarina Lundin Catarina Lundin has replaced Bodil Ivarsson as representative for Region skåne with starting date 8 December 2021.

https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/new-board-member-lucc-1 - 2025-12-19

Several calls within LUCC have been open during Spring 2022 in different areas - innovation, nursing & rehabilitation and pancreatic cancer (private donation). The awardées were presented during the LUCC retreat which took place on 5 May 2022 in the Skåne University Hospital Lecture Hall in Lund. Charlène Estrada, Postdoctor, with the project "Study of cancer-associated fibroblasts heterogeneity a

https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/grants-researchers-private-donation-and-lucc-strategic-funding - 2025-12-19

Skåne University Hospital Cancer Centre (SUHCC) has been accredited as Comprehensive Cancer Centre (CCC) by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI). The accreditation as Comprehensive Cancer Centre means that an organisation has been approved according to the highly set quality criteria of the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI). Skåne University Hospital Cancer Centre

https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/skane-university-hospital-cancer-centre-accredited-comprehensive-cancer-centre - 2025-12-19

Mef Nilbert will replace Lisa Rydén as representative for Skåne University Hospital in the LUCC Executive Group, starting 1 July 2022. Vinay Swaminathan will replace Håkan Axelson as representative for education in the LUCC Executive Group, starting 1 January 2023.

https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/new-representatives-lucc-executive-group - 2025-12-19