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As from 2024, Lund University has introduced 30 November as the last date to apply for health promotion reimbursement. This is because the Swedish Tax Agency regulations stipulate that reimbursement as a general rule is to be paid in the same year as the application is submitted. Your application case in Primula needs to be fully completed by 30 November. You therefore need to register the case in

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-health-promotion-reimbursement-30-november - 2026-04-24

For those qualified for the award, registration opens on 1 February 2025. You can find the registration link and more information about the award on the page Working at Lund University:Working at Lund University | Staff Pages

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/next-award-ceremony-long-and-devoted-public-service-will-be-held-autumn-2025 - 2026-04-24

This year’s salary review date is 1 October. This is the date on which your new salary will apply and from which your new salary will be paid retroactively when the University pays the new salaries. According to the timetable drawn up by the University, which has been presented to the employee organisations, it is estimated that the new salaries will be paid out in February 2025. The next activity

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/salary-review-starts-soon - 2026-04-24

The University offers a broad range of activities that in one way or another contribute to career development for academic staff, either within or outside academia. The page below has now been updated to include new seminars and workshops.  Career development for academic staff | Staff Pages (lu.se)

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/autumn-seminars-and-workshops-academic-staff - 2026-04-24

The Crafoord Science Lunches are a series of lectures that highlight research that has received grants from the Crafoord Foundation. The Science Lunches are a collaboration between Lund University, the Crafoord Foundation and Lund City Library Science Lunches 2024Citizens’ changing attitudes towards democracyWednesday 23 OctoberAgustín Goenaga, Associate Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Sc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/crafoord-science-lunches - 2026-04-24

On 15 April this year, digital degree certificates were introduced at the University and a considerable improvement has already been noted. It has become faster, more secure and more efficient, which has meant a reduced workload for many staff members and shorter waiting times for students. Up to and including 15 April, all degree certificates were sent out in a printed version and there was only

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/digital-degree-certificates-save-time - 2026-04-24

The University has started a new initiative that involves inviting its new staff from far and wide to joint activities during the year. New international staff members and their families were recently welcomed to the new academic year at an event in the Main University Building. Specially invited staff members enjoyed a get-together and refreshments with music by Albin Rickman’s Trio and students

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-international-staff-members-were-welcomed-new-academic-year - 2026-04-24

The Institute announces yearly calls for application to Themes and Advanced Study Groups. Researchers/teaching staff (with PhD or equiv.) employed by Lund University are now invited to apply for Themes and Advanced Study Groups, starting in 2025. The Pufendorf IAS stimulates interdisciplinary research within Lund University. The Institute supports researchers working together across disciplinary b

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/call-applications-pufendorf-institute-advanced-studies - 2026-04-24

Your research deserves to be communicated clearly, efficiently, and correctly. Otherwise, it’s unlikely to be published, and if published, unlikely to be read, and if read, unlikely to be fully understood. To help you develop your academic English, the English Unit at the Centre for Language and Literature can again offer the popular course in “Written English for Scholarly Publication” (WESP).The

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/written-english-scholarly-publication-0 - 2026-04-24

Are you a teacher at Lund University and looking to further develop your teaching skills? The application for the spring courses in higher education pedagogy is now open. The deadline for applications is November 1, 2024. The courses are offered by the Department of Higher Education Development and are suitable for those who teach at Lund University and wish to obtain a permanent teaching position

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-ahus-higher-education-teaching-and-learning-courses-spring-2025 - 2026-04-24

LU Innovation is now integrating its student activities to strengthen its innovation support. This change means that all student activities previously organised under the "VentureLab" brand are now integrated into the main organisation LU Innovation. "This is an important step to offer clearer and more cohesive support to students and researchers at Lund University," says Niclas Nilsson, Director

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-innovation-integrates-innovation-support-and-venturelab-incubator-moves-x-lab - 2026-04-24

You are welcome to celebrate Culture Night with us! Browse among all our activities for all ages that run from the morning to late evening. On the programme are music, try-out activities, theatre, art exhibitions and much more. Faculty of Medicine at Forum MedicumThis year we are holding an open house at Forum Medicum where we arrange exciting stations, lectures and try-out activities on the theme

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/culture-night-21-september-2024 - 2026-04-24

One of the biggest perks of teaching at university? Supervising students and seeing them grow into their role. That is at least according to senior lecturers Olof Hallonsten and Anna Jonsson. Detectives with magnifying glasses and catching and preparing a fish. Those are two of the metaphors that Anna Jonsson and Olof Hallonsten use to explain the relationship between supervisor and student, the v

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/comic-strips-and-metaphors-help-students-reflect - 2026-04-24

Två världsledande amerikanska forskare, kända för sin forskning inom medicinsk humaniora respektive det sensoriska nervsystemet och upplevelsen av temperatur och smärta, har utsetts till hedersdoktorer vid Medicinska fakulteten, Lunds universitet. De promoveras i Lund den 26 maj 2023. Alltsedan David Julius upptäckt av temperatur- och smärtreceptorn TRPV1 har han bidragit med avgörande upptäckter

https://www.lu.se/artikel/rita-charon-och-david-julius-nya-hedersdoktorer-vid-medicinska-fakulteten-i-lund - 2026-04-24

Utrikes födda är kraftigt överrepresenterade i Kronofogdens register. För första gången har man studerat varför det finns hela 64 procent fler invandrare bland Kronofogdens kunder än vad deras andel av befolkningen är. Förutom arbetslöshet och låga inkomster är bristande kunskaper om Sveriges ekonomiska och juridiska system den främsta anledningen till att utrikes födda blir överskuldsatta, vilket

https://www.lu.se/artikel/utrikes-fodda-kraftigt-overrepresenterade-hos-kronofogden - 2026-04-24

Arkivarien och författaren Fredrik Tersmeden utses till hedersdoktor vid Humanistiska fakulteten vid Lunds universitet. Fredrik Tersmeden är arkivarie vid Lunds universitet, mångfacetterad författare och känd lundaprofil. Han utses till hedersdoktor vid Humanistiska fakulteten för sin mångåriga och entusiastiska kunskapsförmedling om universitetets historia och väsen, såväl i som utanför akademin.

https://www.lu.se/artikel/kunskapsformedlande-arkivarie-och-forfattare-blir-hedersdoktor-vid-humanistiska-fakulteten - 2026-04-24

Lundaforskaren Matthew Tompkins, postdoktor vid Kognitionsvetenskap, vann den nationella Forskar Grand Prix tävlingen som genomfördes 1 december i Stockholm. Han blir den tredje forskaren i rad att vinna för Lunds universitets räkning. Matthew Tompkins presentation om kognitiva illusioner övertygade inte bara publik och jury i Lunds universitets deltävling av Forskar Grand Prix, utan han vann även

https://www.lu.se/artikel/segern-till-lund-i-forskar-grand-prix-tredje-aret-i-rad - 2026-04-24

Livet i staden är hårt – om du är fågelunge påverkas du tydligt av en viss typ av luftförorening, samt av vilka träd som finns i närheten av boet, visar ny forskning från Lund. Bakom studien ligger ett nytt mer detaljerat sätt att undersöka vilka faktorer i urban miljö som ger en effekt på fåglar och djur. Städer är generellt en tuff miljö för fåglar och andra djur att leva i, men varför det är så

https://www.lu.se/artikel/fagelungar-i-staden-paverkas-tydligt-av-luftfororeningar-och-vilka-trad-de-omges-av - 2026-04-24

Lägre pris, större tillgång och bättre funktionalitet. Detta är de viktigaste faktorerna för att öka användningen av biobaserad plast i livsmedelsförpackningar enligt industrin. En ny studie från Lunds universitet sammanfattar 17 svenska företags tankar kring att byta ut den fossilbaserade plasten. Biobaserad plast kan minska negativ miljöpåverkan från livsmedelsförpackningar i plast. Genom att an

https://www.lu.se/artikel/sa-kan-anvandningen-av-biobaserad-plast-i-livsmedelsforpackningar-oka - 2026-04-24

I alla tider, och över hela världen, har människor tvingats fly på grund av krig, naturkatastrofer eller politisk förföljelse. En individuell men samtidigt kollektiv upplevelse av trauma och nya möjligheter. Forskare vid Lunds universitet har tagit fram digitala verktyg som kan främja fördjupad kontakt mellan lokalsamhällen och tvångsmigranter. Verktygen kan användas av museer och kulturföreningar

https://www.lu.se/artikel/digitala-verktyg-ska-hjalpa-museer-och-kulturforeningar-att-bygga-broar-mellan-lokalsamhallet-och - 2026-04-24