“Vinzent is an independent and creative researcher who shows exceptional ability in combining large historical data sets with modern quantitative methods and theoretical modelling.” This is how the researcher who wrote the best thesis of the year at LUSEM is described in the prize nomination. Congratulations, Vinzent Ostermeyer! In his doctoral thesis, titled “Why Firms Grow: The Roles of Institut

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/vinzent-ostermeyer-wrote-best-doctoral-thesis-lusem-2023 - 2025-08-25

Juan Vaz received his doctorate in 2023 and is now a postdoc at Karolinska Institutet, and still connected to Lund University. Photo: Halland Hospital in Halmstad Juan Vaz completed his dissertation at Lund University 2023. Now he is being praised for his thesis work by the Swedish Gastroenterological Association (SGF). This year is the first time the association has awarded the award. Hello there

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/award-best-dissertation-swedish-gastroenterology - 2025-08-25

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/department-physics-and-nanolund-involved-two-vinnovas-new-competence-centers - 2025-08-25

Yvonne Lundberg Giwercman shows the test kit for Dx4Life A point-of-care test developed by researchers at Lund University is poised to transform fertility treatment protocols globally. The innovation, backed by a clinical study published in Frontiers in Endocrinology, enables rapid identification of optimal hormone treatments for IVF patients, significantly improving success rates while minimising

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/breakthrough-testing-method-ivf-treatment-shows-38-increase-babies-born - 2025-08-25

LU Accommodation has now sent out the first 500 or so housing offers. In the beginning of next week we will send out approximately 250 more. Tenants who have not yet received an offer are urged to seek housing through other means, if they do not have a guarantee. Today (Friday 14 June) approximately 500 housing offers were sent out. At the same time a couple dozen applications were removed from th

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/first-student-housing-offers-sent - 2025-08-25

https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/october-batch-published - 2025-08-25

On 15-17 May, the second edition of the Swedish Climate Symposium will take place in Norrköping. The symposium offers is a unique opportunity for scholars and societal actors to seek greater scientific understanding of climate change and its consequences for the environment and society. David Wårlind is part of the steering group for the symposium, and we asked him three questions about why you do

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/three-questions-david-warlind-about-swedish-climate-symposium - 2025-08-25

Most researchers want to do things correctly and much of the time this is straightforward: you do not need instructions in order to understand that you are to write your own text and not plagiarise others. But not all rules and processes are as obvious and some change over time. In interviews with researchers connected to the HR Excellence in Research project, it emerged that many struggle to alwa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-guide-makes-it-easier-researchers-do-things-correctly - 2025-08-26

Many very positive things are happening within management and leadership development right now. It is around a year since our new policy for academic leadership was approved, and a couple of weeks ago our new head of department programme was launched. I am truly glad that we are now able to offer a leadership programme that is specifically aimed at heads of department. The HR Division is now worki

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-managers-forum-and-new-leadership-programme - 2025-08-26

The current telephony contract will end on 31 March 2026, and a call for tenders is now being launched so that a new contract can enter into force the following day. The new contract will involve changes taking place. Therefore, a project is now being launched to get everything in place. Find out what you need to do to be ready. Two suppliers become oneLund University's current telephony solution

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-procurement-telephony-underway-landline-telephones-are-being-phased-out - 2025-08-26

In November 2023, about a hundred LU employees met at Skissernas museum for a first cultural meeting, or tinder for cultural collaboration as we called it then. It was a success with several short presentations on how researchers and teachers use and integrate art and culture in teaching and research. The survey conducted afterwards revealed a desire for more in-depth exercises, longer time with t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/cultural-workshops-autumn - 2025-08-26

What’s new in this operational plan is that the management is presenting its strategic map formulated as LU = 5 K + C. (The letters in this formula are the initials of the key words in Swedish). Lund University is to further develop its Quality, Creativity, Integrity, Communication, Character and Campus. The annual operational plan is based on the University’s overall strategic plan. The operation

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/operational-plan-and-resource-allocation-2022-now-ready - 2025-08-25

https://www.iko.lu.se/artikel/ny-institution-kommunikation-fran-2025 - 2025-08-25

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/palmhuset-i-botan-ska-byggas-om - 2025-08-25

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/sa-hittar-du-de-sma-och-okanda-finansiarerna-natverkande-ledde-till-mangmiljonanslag - 2025-08-25

Jämfört med den som är normalviktig dör den måttligt fete två till fyra år tidigare. Den sjukligt fete förlorar åtta till tio år i förväntad livslängd. Idealvikten för den som vill leva länge är ett Body Mass Index, BMI, (se nedan) mellan 22,5 och 25. Som måttlig fetma räknas ett BMI mellan 30 och 35 och som sjuklig fetma, ett BMI mellan 40 och 45. Alla värden över idealvikten innebär en ökad risk

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/fetma-forkortar-livet - 2025-08-25

Grattis Aleksander Giwercman, professor inom reproduktionsmedicin vid Lunds universitet och överläkare vid Skånes universitetssjukhus Malmö. Du har nyligen fått uppdraget att ta över som ny coeditor (medredaktör) för tidskriften Andrology. Hur känns det? Jag ser verkligen fram emot detta spännande uppdrag. Det är roligt att pröva något nytt och kunna vara med och påverka utvecklingen inom forsknin

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/aleksander-giwercman-ny-medredaktor-andrology - 2025-08-25

Karin Broberg, professor i arbets- och miljömedicin vid Lunds universitet, ska tillsammans forskarkollegor och kliniker mäta halten av det cancerframkallande ämnet sexvärt krom på arbetsplatser över hela landet. Foto: Fanny Enquist. Kommer ni ihåg filmen Erin Brockovich som bygger på en verklig miljöskandal i USA på 90-talet? Där drabbades hundratals familjer av sjukdomar till följd av att de expo

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/karin-ar-sveriges-erin-brockovich - 2025-08-25

Taxi är en av branscherna med låg kollektivavtalstäckning. För första gången har en kartläggning av kollektivavtalens täckningsgrad gjorts som visar andelen anställda och företag som omfattas i olika branscher och företagsstorlekar. Anders Kjellberg, professor vid Sociologiska institutionen, har skrivit rapporten Kollektivavtalens täckningsgrad och vita fläckar som också ger förslag på hur situati

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/kartlaggning-visar-lag-tackning-av-kollektivavtal-i-flera-branscher - 2025-08-25

Azher Hameed Qamar Möt Azher Hameed Qamar, postdoktorn på Socialhögskolan som forskar om social resiliens under nyanlända unga vuxnas etableringsprocess i värdlandet. Azher som ursprungligen är från Pakistan, doktorerade i Norge och fick sedan tjänst som postdoc på Socialhögskolan i Lund. Hans postdoc-projekt kartlägger faktorer som kan underlätta för nyanlända att finna sig till rätta i det nya l

https://www.soch.lu.se/artikel/postdoc-projekt-fokuserar-pa-faktorer-som-underlattar-nyanlanda-unga - 2025-08-25