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Now you can apply for seed money to develop new courses and programs in collaboration with foreign universities, before 1 February 2024. To ensure that the educational offer at the University is of high quality and meets the needs of the future, the university management wishes to stimulate the development of new courses and programmes and at the same time set demands for elements of international

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-seed-money-course-and-programme-development - 2026-05-28

Recent geopolitical changes have increased the interest for, but also challenged, academic freedom. It is generally considered that academic freedom in the Nordic countries is high. But is this really the case? In this seminar, Prof. Terence Karran will present his study on academic freedom in Scandinavia and discuss if the Nordic model has survived. Speaker: Terence Karran, Emeritus Professor, Un

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/academic-freedom-scandinavia-has-nordic-model-survived - 2026-05-28

Eager to explore digital educational collaborations with partners from around the world? Join us at our upcoming workshop! On 29 November, between 9:00-15:00, Casey Dinger and Leslie Alvarez from the University of Denver will be hosting a workshop on Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). COIL is a digital collaboration between educational institutions in at least two different countr

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/explore-global-digital-educational-collaborations - 2026-05-28

Sustainability Week is an annual event focusing on sustainable development, organised as a joint venture by Lund University and Lund municipality. The program offers discussions and actions, exploring both societal challenges of today and hopeful visions for the future. In April 8-13 2024, the Sustainability Week will be held for the eighth time, and you now have the chance to contribute!In 2023,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-week-returns-2024 - 2026-05-28

Since 2018, Lund University has had a special focus on integrating the arts and culture in teaching, research and external engagement through the “Strategy for Cultural Collaboration”. Is LU a culture university? Can everyone utilise the arts and culture in their activities? We will examine these questions at LU’s first major Culture Meeting on 24 November.” One of the goals of the Strategy is to

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/tinder-cultural-collaboration-lus-first-major-culture-meeting - 2026-05-28

All the faculties have now concluded their elections of new deans and faculty boards. At some faculties the present dean will continue, but in most cases new people will take up the posts. See the list below of the new faculty managements for the next term of office 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026. School of Economics and Management Joakim Gullstrand, new dean Andreas Inghammar, new deputy dean

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-deans-faculties - 2026-05-28

On 26 October, Times Higher Education (THE) published its Rankings by Subject. Lund University does very well in comparison to higher education institutions around the world. We are ranked best in Sweden in THE’s subject areas Law, Business and Economics, Social Sciences, and Arts and Humanities. Regarding Law, we are ranked 38th in the world.Our ranking improved in seven of the eleven subjects an

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-best-sweden-four-subjects-according-times-higher-education-2024 - 2026-05-28

Last year Max Liljefors, professor of Art History and Visual Studies at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, applied for seed money to develop an idea for a course with colleagues from one of the EUGLOH universities. The course, entitled “Arts and Creative Health and Wellbeing”, focuses on how the arts can be used in healthcare and how the arts affect our health. “When I saw that it was

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/idea-course-development-help-seed-money - 2026-05-28

Listen to Gloria (11 November) and the Lund University Academic Choir’s 75th anniversary concert (18 November). Odeum, the University’s music centre, invites you to two major autumn concerts in November. On 11 November, as part of Odeum’s Spirituality theme, musicians and singers from the academic and ecclesiastical spheres meet again for a concert in which the Lund University Academic Orchestra a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/listen-gloria-and-lund-university-academic-choirs-75th-anniversary-concert - 2026-05-28

On November 6, the university's first Nobel Prize winner was celebrated and the University Hall was filled with prominent guests, staff and students. Everyone wanted to pay tribute to Anne L'Huillier. Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström was delighted to see everyone who wanted to come and celebrate Lund University's first Nobel Prize winner on this unique occasion. The atmosphere in the University Hall

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-celebrated-its-first-nobel-prize-cannons-and-tributes - 2026-05-28

It is now possible again for university organisations, staff and students to apply for funding for initiatives aimed at preventing discrimination and promoting equal conditions and gender equality. The funds are intended to stimulate long-term and sustainable active work for equal conditions and gender equality within the framework of the systematic preventive work with active measures against dis

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-apply-funding-equal-opportunities - 2026-05-28

The major autumn exhibition at Skissernas Museum – Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art – is a selection of the hundreds of acquisitions added to the museum’s collection in recent years. The exhibition shows models and sketches of some 50 designs for schools, parks, squares, multistorey car parks, sports centres, underground stations and various service facilities. The sketches provide exciti

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lunch-showing-exhibition-come-you-are-and-other-new-acquisitions - 2026-05-28

On 15 November, the University marks Philanthropy Day, a day when people across the globe highlight the importance of philanthropy for our society. As part of the occasion, the University wishes to extend a warm thank you to everyone who actively shows an interest and supports our operations. Philanthropy and donations play an increasingly important role and can result in initiatives that advance

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/philanthropy-day-2023-15-november - 2026-05-28

Lund University is monitoring developments in Israel, Gaza and the region with considerable dismay and concern. Lund University condemns all acts of terrorism and attacks on civilians wherever in the world they are perpetrated, and in all situations stands up for human rights. Regardless of conflict in the world, Lund University is to be a safe haven. Lund University stands up for the equal value

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researchers-are-instrumental-efforts-understand-and-explain-these-troubled-times - 2026-05-28

The Vice-Chancellor is launching a new initiative to promote the recruitment of prominent international researchers with groundbreaking ideas suitable for the Wallenberg Academy Fellows (WAF) programme. The purpose of the initiative is to support faculties that want to work strategically to recruit outstanding up and coming international researchers conducting groundbreaking research with a profil

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-initiative-and-coming-researchers-supported-vice-chancellor - 2026-05-28

Doctoral students will receive their new salaries in November. For other employees, the aim is for the new salaries to be paid in February or March 2024, depending on the employee organisation to which they belong. All doctoral students at the University will receive their new salaries from their November. For other employees in Saco-S or who are not members of an employee organisation (i.e. not m

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/salary-review-payment-new-salaries - 2026-05-28

Forskare vid Lunds universitet har utvecklat en ny metod för att ta reda på hur blodets proteinsammansättning förändras vid sjukdom eller organskada. Det kan ge en djupare förståelse för hur sjukdomar påverkar kroppen och kan användas för att upptäcka nya biomarkörer i blodet som stöd för att diagnostisera komplexa sjukdomstillstånd. Våra organ består av en mängd specifika proteiner som är livsvik

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/proteinforandringar-avslojar-sjukdomar - 2026-05-28

Den vanligaste cancerformen hos barn är en viss typ av lymfatisk leukemi. Idag överlever de flesta barn som drabbas, men behandlingen är tung. I ett försök att hitta en mer skonsam behandling har forskare vid Lunds universitet utvecklat en immunterapi som i avancerade experimentella modeller effektivt dödar cancerceller i en undergrupp av leukemi. För bara 80 år sedan dog i stort sett alla barn me

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-teknik-oppnar-upp-nya-terapier-vid-leukemi-hos-barn - 2026-05-28

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Felaktiga lyft inom vård och omsorg kan leda till sjukskrivning och orsakar såväl personligt lidande som kostnader för samhället. På uppdrag av Arbetsmiljöverket har fysioterapeuten och forskaren Kjerstin Stigmar varit med och sammanställt kunskap kring åtgärder för säkra personförflyttningar. Hon ser att stöd och e

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/samlad-kunskap-belyser-atgarder-sakra-personforflyttningar-i-varden - 2026-05-28

Många patienter med akut bröstsmärta blir inlagda på vårdavdelning – trots att bara en bråkdel av dem behöver akut, högspecialiserad hjärtsjukvård. Forskaren och akutläkaren Tsvetelina Nilsson har i sitt avhandlingsarbete undersökt hur dessa patienter – på ett säkert sätt – snabbare kan bedömas. I snitt kan nästan hälften av de som söker för akut bröstsmärta tryggt skickas hem – redan efter någon

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/fokus-spara-tid-och-pengar-till-akut-hjartsjukvard - 2026-05-28