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Market economics, not degrowth, will enable sustainable societies. For economist Fredrik N G Andersson the answer is crystal clear – researchers advocating for degrowth are wrong. “They miss the mark by attacking growth instead of the actual problem,” he says. The subject of degrowth awakes a lot of interest. Its critics are as vocal as its proponents. Fredrik N G Andersson, assistant professor at

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/advocates-degrowth-miss-mark - 2025-10-04

Economists are obsessed with growth. So says economist Timothée Parrique, who has recently attracted attention for his research into degrowth. He thinks that creativity is missing from economic theory. “Economists stubbornly attempt to solve today’s problems with yesterday’s theories,” he says. Trusting one’s gut instinct can bring rewards. In Timothée Parrique’s case that was certainly true – tod

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/degrowth-path-future - 2025-10-04

A sudden bang. The hand grenade has caused me severe shrapnel injuries: a punctured lung, my liver is bleeding and the wound on my leg is causing rapid blood loss. The medics decide that this requires an intervention from the trauma squad. I am loaded onto a stretcher and driven to the surgery tent. It is Monday morning, and the Aurora 23 military exercise is in full swing in southern Sweden. I am

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/medical-doctor-both-war-and-peace - 2025-10-04

Knowledge for Sustainable Development is an annual research conference, aimed at all researchers at Lund University who want to increase their knowledge about the challenges that lie ahead, learn how their research can contribute to change, and strengthen their contacts with researchers from other disciplines. The conference is organised by the Research Board in collaboration with the Sustainabili

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/participate-3rd-knowledge-sustainable-development-research-conference - 2025-10-04

Olof Karis, former Interim Director of MAX IV, has been appointed as the Director of MAX IV following an open recruitment process and the recommendation of the MAX IV Board. The decision was made by the Vice-Chancellor of Lund University, the host university for MAX IV. MAX IV, Sweden's synchrotron, is fully operational with 16 beamlines and 1400 users yearly from academia and industry. Olof Karis

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/olof-karis-becomes-director-max-iv - 2025-10-04

The University has the opportunity to nominate up to three candidates for participation in the application round for STINT Teaching Sabbatical 2023. STINT Teaching Sabbatical is a programme that offers researchers and university lecturers to spend an autumn semester at one of STINT's eleven partner universities in the USA, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. The programme aims to develop both individu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-internal-nomination-exchange-through-stint-teaching-sabbatical - 2025-10-04

Here is a brief update on what's going on in the salary movement, when this year's salary review might start at Lund University and what the different steps are. Industry "marks the spot" Some time ago, this year's negotiations between the parties in the competitive industry were finalised. The result of these negotiations is usually called the "mark" and often constitutes the starting point for t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-does-years-salary-review-start - 2025-10-04

A month ago, I made a visit to the University of Gothenburg’s Research Board. While there, I was asked, “Why has Lund University performed so incredibly well in Horizon Europe?” I counted myself lucky to have received an update beforehand from Research Services that we have been very successful, otherwise I would have been caught off guard. It just goes to show that we must update our view of ours

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/gothenburg-they-know-lund-university-has-been-successful-horizon-europe - 2025-10-04

The Faculty of Medicine has reviewed its communications activities and made some changes. They have reorganised their ways of working and have even reworked their internal website, Intramed. 2022 saw the reorganisation of the communication activities at the Faculty, taking as its starting point an analysis made from  2019-2020 of the situation as it was then, including proposals for improvements.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-internal-website-staff-faculty-medicine-has-made-difference - 2025-10-04

We are now about a third of the way through the EU framework programme for research and innovation – Horizon Europe (2021-2027) – and can start to see trends for which areas have been a success for Lund University and our researchers. The University’s new research strategy 2023-2026 aims to make LU Sweden’s primary participant in the EU’s framework programme, both in terms of the number of project

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/onwards-and-upwards-lund-university-eu-framework-programme - 2025-10-04

From the autumn, the University will have to pay VAT on income from employees’ semester parking permits, since the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) has taken a new position on employers offering parking spaces to their employees. This means that the price of the autumn semester permit will be 25 per cent higher. Prices for the autumn semester parking permits for employees will be: Zone A: SEK 790

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/cost-parking-increase-25-cent-autumn - 2025-10-04

Lund University has been ranked 85th in the world in the QS World University rankings, making it the top ranked comprehensive university in Sweden. QS has published university rankings annually since 2004 and the ranking is done in collaboration with Elsevier. On 27 June, QS published its latest list (Ranking 2024) in which 2,963 institutions were evaluated and 1,503 universities were ranked. Lund

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-85th-qs-world-university-rankings - 2025-10-04

Do you want to help incoming international students by making your couch, spare room or a mattress available to a student for a couple of nights or weeks? If so, please check out this event from BoPoolen where you can sign up if you can host a student. Arrival Days at Lund University take place on Tuesday the 15th of August 15th, 2023. The international students arrive in Lund during these days. S

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/help-incoming-students-making-your-couch-available-few-nights - 2025-10-04

Hur upprättar svenska lärosäten samarbeten med Ukraina, rent praktiskt? Lärare, forskare och personal från förvaltningssidan vid svenska universitet välkomnas till ett digitalt seminarium som ska höja kunskapsnivån om utbyten och samarbeten – och dessutom se till att olika parter och finansiärer möts. Den 3–4 oktober arrangerar Universitets- och högskolerådet (UHR) tillsammans med National Erasmus

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/sa-gor-du-att-oka-kontakterna-med-ukraina - 2025-10-04

Kan du tänka dig hjälpa nykomna internationella studenter genom att hyra ut en soffa, säng eller ett rum i några dagar eller längre inför höstterminstarten? Kolla då gärna in BoPoolens evenemang där du kan anmäla dig om du kan ta emot en student. Soffkampanjen är ett projekt som syftar till att tillhandahålla tillfälliga boenden för studenter, särskilt de som kommer från utlandet, under mitten av

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/hyr-ut-din-soffa-i-nagra-dagar - 2025-10-04

En översyn av gemensamma förvaltningens organisation och arbetsformer har genomförts under våren. Utredningen presenterar flera förslag till förändringar som ska stärka en värdeskapande och nyttostyrd stödverksamhet. I översynen har utredarna särskilt tittat på om dagens organisation och arbetsformer är väl anpassade till de processer som ska stödjas, om det finns verksamheter som arbetar med snar

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/utredning-om-gemensamma-forvaltningen-klar - 2025-10-04

Varför ska vi engagera oss i öppen vetenskap och hur? Vilka är fördelarna och utmaningarna? Öppen vetenskap har en ökad betydelse i forskarsamhället för att underlätta dialogen mellan akademi och samhälle. Öppen vetenskap möjliggör tvärvetenskaplig forskning, ökar transparensen, reproducerbarheten och stärker i slutändan grunden för forskningsintegriteten. Delta den 20 och 21 november och lyssna p

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/delta-under-lu-open-science-days-den-20-21-november - 2025-10-04

I samband med Prideveckan i Lund bjuder universitetet in till mingel och gemensamt deltagande i Prideparaden. Den 26 augusti är det dags för Lundaprides parad och det vill universitetet vara med och uppmärksamma. Det kommer bjudas på förfriskningar i Universitetshuset innan vi gemensamt går till startpunkten för paraden. – LundaPride är ett viktigt initiativ för människors rätt att vara den de är 

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/delta-med-oss-i-lundapride-den-26-augusti - 2025-10-04

På Arrival Day den 15 augusti hälsades höstens nya internationella studenter välkomna till Lund. Denna höst har 4000 nya internationella studenter antagits för studier vid universitetet. Av dessa är cirka en fjärdedel utbytesstudenter för en termin eller ett år. Resterande 3000 omfattar programstudenter på grund- och avancerad nivå samt Double Degree-, Joint Program- och Study Abroad-studenter. Lä

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/hostens-nya-internationella-studenter-har-anlant-till-lund - 2025-10-04

Hur möjliggör man möten över gränser för att skapa nya upplevelser, spännande forskningsprojekt och innovation inom utbildning? Utan att det blir flummigt? – Ja, det är något som vi i projektet ”Strategi för kultursamverkan” har arbetat med en tid. Vi vill nämligen synliggöra Lunds universitets konstnärliga och kulturella verksamheter, så att de ska vara självklara och kända delar för alla medarbe

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/tinder-kultursamverkan - 2025-10-04