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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ceremonies have a certain power that speaks more to the emotions than to the intellect. This is the opinion of the newly inaugurated vice-chancellor Erik Renström, who sees the value in academic traditions. In his management team, however, new winds are blowing, bringing with them the values of “integrity” and “charac
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/integrity-and-character - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUM asked a handful of employees this question after almost a year of working from home. Several of them spoke about putting on some extra weight, more TV and less exercise – but they were not too keen on putting their face to that in LUM... However, another group of employees told us about their new and creative ways
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-your-body-feeling-and-how-your-training-going - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Recruitment is an area on which the University needs to continue working. "We can certainly become even better in this area", says Freddy Ståhlberg, one of the project managers in the RQ20 research evaluation. The reports from the transverse panels were completed by the start of the new year. There are five such panel
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-evaluation-rq20-calls-better-international-recruitment - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Johannes Rousk is one of the world’s most cited and influential researchers, according to the analytics company Clarivate. If you ask him, the road to success was marked by luck, opportunity and fantastic people. Luck is a concept that researchers don’t use very often, but Johannes Rousk does. For him, it is not about
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-luck-strategy-behind-most-cited-research - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As the Swedish Tax Agency’s guidelines now allow health promotion reimbursement for apps for activities like running, Lund University has decided, as of 1 January 2021, also to approve health promotion reimbursement for participation in running groups led by a gym or other organisation with a corporate identity number
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/health-promotion-reimbursement-participation-running-groups - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Emissions from business travel by air dropped by 86% compared with the previous year, but energy consumption was not much affected by the pandemic. The environmental management report for 2020 has now been submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency and shows that 5 out of 7 relevant environmental targets were me
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/results-2020-environmental-management-report - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University is investing SEK 100 million in an interdisciplinary research programme focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. The programme is to attract international research expertise and to bring about the establishment of more internationally leading research environments in sustainability. “With i
The human body is meant to move. When working from home, the environment may be different, but the body’s need for movement and variation is unchanged. Remember to plan your days to make room for movement. For example, you could begin and end each day with a brisk walk, which has the added benefit of exposing you to sunlight and framing your working day. Think about which work duties you could car
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/little-goes-long-way-when-working-home - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Is data storage a challenge? Is data sharing difficult? Do you need special software for your research? Welcome to a workshop about Lund's future e-infrastructure! Research is becoming increasingly data-driven and dependent on advanced e-infrastructure* to facilitate analysis and make research data available. Lund Uni
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/join-and-contribute-universitys-future-e-infrastructure - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Why does Lund University manage farms in Skåne? It’s a matter of tradition. From 1666 and for a long time afterwards the entire University was funded by the farms that dowager queen Hedvig Eleonora donated – known as “akademiska hemman” – the academic homesteads. These are still managed by the University and the curre
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/farms-valuable-heritage-university - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The competitive intelligence report for 2021 has now been completed. It is divided into different sections. Outlook covers special challenges and opportunities that the Risk Advisory Committee and University management have deemed relevant to the University’s future. The focus areas section covers trends and processes
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/where-does-university-stand-world - 2026-05-03
Planning for this autumn’s Future Week is in full swing. This year’s theme is “Breakthroughs” in all of their conceivable forms. Which programme items would you like to propose for this year’s event, which will take place between 18 and 24 October? What breakthroughs are needed in research and across society for us to tackle the future in the most effective way? What breakthroughs are we expecting
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/future-week-lund-university-18-24-october-2021 - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Few people look forward to digital meetings, but the researchers at Design Sciences do just that. They have found meeting places that give them energy and smart structure. He is holding a virtual cup of coffee and looks a little like a figure in the Sims computer game. “Now, running remote meetings feels creative and
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-fun-meet-avatars - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. To distinguish between education and research as early as the allocation stage of basic government funding does not benefit their intertwining. Nor is it helpful that only research counts if you want to have a good career. “Good teaching initiatives are to be rewarded and teaching should be well-regarded” according to
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-intertwining - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The ability to capture the largest possible part of the spectrum of sunlight – with as little material as possible. Physics professor Magnus Borgström is dedicated to finding more efficient ways of utilising solar energy. The ordinary solar cells currently on the market can convert around 15–20 per cent of solar energ
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hunting-worlds-best-solar-cell - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In his homeland, Syria, he was a museum director – but today there is not much left of the National Archaeological Museum in Raqqa after it was plundered by IS. “I try to do what I can to save the cultural heritage”, says Anas Al Khabour. He is the second researcher to have found their way to Lund via Scholars at Risk
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fighting-save-syrias-cultural-heritage - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. "Now I dare to rejoice a little", says Sven Lidin, dean of the Faculty of Science. "The uphill task that establishment in Brunnshög had become at times is now much easier, as the whole Department of Chemistry has agreed to join in the move." Another person breathing a sigh of relief is Leif Bülow, who is in his fourth
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chemists-jump-science-village-bandwagon - 2026-05-03
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University Commissioned Education (LUCE) recently organised a digital workshop about professional development of change agents in countries where Sweden runs development collaborations. The aim was to discuss the University’s role, what changes LU can help with and how we work using research-based knowledge in ca
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-can-lu-contribute-sustainable-development-through-capacity-building-programmes - 2026-05-03
On 17 May, LU will raise the rainbow flag on several buildings around the University. The flag-raising is to highlight IDAHOT (International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia) and the violence and discrimination that LGBTQIA persons are subjected to worldwide. The event is arranged by the LGBTQIA-network for employees at Lund University.
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-will-fly-flag-idahot-day-17-may - 2026-05-03
It should be possible to plan the 2021 autumn semester based on some reversion, provided that the infection rate allows it. Teaching and assessment are to continue to be conducted digitally with no physical presence on the University’s premises, up to and including 29 August 2021. The University has also decided that all staff members are entitled to get vaccinated against Covid-19 during paid wor
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/updated-vice-chancellors-decision-12-may-regarding-covid-19 - 2026-05-03
