By helena [dot] lind [at] sam [dot] lu [dot] se (Helena Lind) - published 22 April 2025 Sustainability week is an annual event in Lund organised as a joint venture by Lund University and Lund municipality. As usual, researchers from the Faculty of Social Sciences participate in several interesting events. Come and listen to your colleagues! The week serves as a platform for bringing together ideas

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/social-scientists-sustainability-week-5-10-may - 2025-07-07

Published 30 April 2025 Tobias Linné, Head of the Department of Communication. It has now been four months since our two communication departments merged to become the Department of Communication (IKO). Tobias Linné, Head of Department, tells us how the merger has gone so far and what lies ahead. The new Department of Communication has now been in place for four months. What has happened since the

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/hi-iko-how-are-you-doing - 2025-07-07

Published 29 April 2025 On 1 May 2025, LUPak was discontinued. Parcel shipments will now be made via PostNord's Skicka Direkt Business service, which a number of users within the faculty will have access to. Magnus Wärja, Business Developer at Kansli S, is the responsible administrator in Skicka Direct Business at the Faculty of Social Sciences and can add users to the system. Since we have been a

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-procedure-sending-parcels - 2025-07-07

Published 13 May 2025 STINT Teaching Sabbatical is a programme that offers researchers and teachers to spend an autumn term at one of STINT's thirteen partner campuses in Botswana, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the US. You can apply to be nominated as one of Lund University's candidates until 10 August! The programme aims to develop both individuals and institutions. By giving researchers and te

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/time-apply-stint-teaching-sabbatical-2025 - 2025-07-07

Published 8 June 2025 The cherry trees have blossomed and summer silence will soon descend over the Paradis area. During June to August, our buildings have different opening hours and the library offers a limited service. Opening hoursEmployees have access to their workplace 24 hours a day. Students have access to the main entrance in the buildings. The library in Lund has limited opening hours un

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/summer-campus-paradis - 2025-07-07

By anna [dot] mansfeld [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Mansfeld) - published 8 June 2025 Lund University is taking an important step to strengthen research on total defence and preparedness through the establishment of LUPREP at Campus Helsingborg. “This is not to be a narrow-minded centre where everyone thinks the same. It will be a place for critical dialogue,” says Johan Bergström, w

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/much-anticipated-centre-takes-shape-johan-bergstrom-will-be-director-luprep - 2025-07-07

Published 23 June 2025 The Old Gamla Polikliniken is now housing workplaces for employees from the Department of Communication, the Sociology of Law Department, and the Department of Psychology. Photo: Helena Lind The Department of Communication is spread across three locations: Helsingborg, Lund, and Malmö. During the summer, the employees previously based at SOL/Center for Languages and Literatu

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-colleagues-campus-paradis - 2025-07-07

Published 18 June 2019 Green: Norra vallgatan. Blue: Allhelgona kyrkogata. Red: Sandgatan. Map copyright: City of Lund. Several Faculty buildings in the Paradis area in Lund will be given new street addresses. This is due to police and ambulance staff having difficulties finding the exact location when responding to alarms. The new addresses are put into effect on 1 July 2019. Faculty units with n

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-street-addresses-paradis-area - 2025-07-07

Published 23 October 2024 As a way of exploring the need of specific expertise within the area of computational social sciences, the Methods Centre has recruited two research engineers, Maria Lucchetta and Minahil Malik. Their role is to support the faculty's researchers who either have ongoing research projects that include relevant methods or are interested in expanding their method skills. Both

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-research-engineers-provide-support-computational-social-sciences - 2025-07-07

By bjorn [dot] frostner [at] sam [dot] lu [dot] se (Björn Frostner) - published 29 October 2024 This autumn, the pedagogical course “Active Learning in Social Sciences” has been offered for the first time at Lund University. Ian Manners, who has been active in developing the course, talks about the course and how we can work to promote student-centered learning and teaching. You are involved in th

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/ian-manners-implementing-active-learning-education - 2025-07-07

Published 30 October 2024 The three subjects Gender Studies, Social Anthrophology and Sociology share the building Gamla lungkliniken since August. Photo: Helena Lind On 17 October, the Faculty Board decided to merge the Department of Gender Studies and the Department of Sociology. The merger will formally take place on 1 January 2025. The decision means that the Department of Gender Studies will

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/sociology-social-anthropology-and-gender-studies-form-new-joint-department - 2025-07-07

Published 31 October 2024 Photo: Johan Persson This autumn, teachers at the faculty can attend pedagogical workshops on Canvas and Inspera. Take this opportunity to develop and learn more about these platforms! The workshops are an initiative of the faculty's Education Council with the aim of increasing digital pedagogical competence. Become an expert on Canvas Canvas is the platform where you can

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/pedagogical-workshops-teachers - 2025-07-07

Published 28 November 2024 Ann-Sofie Zettergren will take on the role of data steward for the Faculty of Social Sciences. With the Research Data Office, the University is working to improve support for researchers in the management of research data. Each faculty now has a data steward to assist researchers in their work with research data. Ann-Sofie Zettergren has the role of data steward at the F

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-research-data-office-data-stewards-each-faculty - 2025-07-07

Published 29 November 2024 The renovation project for Gamla kirurgen is entering the fourth stage of the construction process as architects produce a more detailed design. If all goes according to plan, the fifth renovation in the building's history will begin in 2026. Two years ago, the project to establish a social science centre paused, awaiting the Land and Environment Courts' consideration of

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/renewal-gamla-kirurgen-enters-new-phase - 2025-07-07

Published 3 December 2024 The Social Sciences Faculty Office will soon have a new division; the International Office. The division will be responsible for planning and coordinating international student exchange and faculty-wide international programmes and courses at first, second and third cycle levels.  The staff at the International Office will also administer the inter-faculty agreements with

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-international-office-faculty - 2025-07-07

Published 3 December 2024 New and revised education information is now available on the faculty's internal website. The information is aimed at both those who teach and those who plan and administer education. The purpose of the new pages is to gather faculty-wide information related to educational issues. You will find, among other things, the faculty's regulations, support in the process of writ

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-internal-web-pages-supporting-first-and-second-cycle-education - 2025-07-07

Published 5 December 2024 A new year is approaching and when the Faculty enters 2025, it will be with nine departments instead of the current eleven. The Faculty of Social Sciences will gradually develop towards fewer units over the next six years, according to a policy decision from 2023. After initial preparatory work, it is now time for the first changes to take place at the end of the year:The

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/eleven-departments-nine-turn-year - 2025-07-07

Published 18 December 2024 The Faculty of Social Sciences is now planning a new course for those who teach social science research methods and want to explore new ways to develop their pedagogy and strengthen students' learning. The course "Teaching and Learning Research Methods in Social Sciences" will be both practically and theoretically grounded in order to provide the conditions for reflectin

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/do-you-want-develop-your-skills-teacher-research-methods - 2025-07-07

Published 14 January 2025 The Faculty's pilot of transcription using the Whisper AI tool has worked very well, with many hundreds of hours of interview material transcribed so far. Until there is a university-wide solution, we are therefore continuing to offer the tool through the Department of Psychology. About the offerThe Department of Psychology has purchased a powerful computer to be used for

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/whisper-transcription-tool-still-available-spring-term - 2025-07-07

By helena [dot] lind [at] sam [dot] lu [dot] se (Helena Lind) - published 3 February 2025 Each year the Faculty of Social Sciences announces a number of recurring grants that are available to apply for certain categories of faculty staff. Also, please note the deadlines concerning appointments and courses for teaching in higher education. GrantsApplication monthsThe application months are to be us

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/important-application-dates-2025 - 2025-07-07