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For the 9th time, the university is organising Sustainability Week together with Lund Municipality. With up to 90 programme items over six days, sustainability issues will be highlighted in different ways within social, ecological and economic sustainability. It is a week of discussion and action, serious issues and hopeful visions of the future. The programme consists of everything from lectures,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/5-10-may-its-time-sustainability-week - 2026-04-28

Jesica López wins the Agenda 2030 Award for her research on the endangered Amazon rainforest. Carbon capture, end-of-life care and death cafés are also recognised in this year's edition. When the Agenda 2030 Graduate School at Lund University had to choose this year's winner of the Agenda 2030 Award, the steering board was faced with a difficult choice between many qualified entries. This year's a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-rainforests-death-cafes-and-seafloor-carbon-storage-wins-sustainability-award - 2026-04-28

A week-long event from 19-23 May will bring together 45 representatives from EUGLOH universities to collaborate on cultural issues in teaching and research. Participants will attend from Tromsø, Porto, Hamburg, Alcalá, Munich, Szeged and of course Lund. We have also invited speakers from Singapore and Melbourne. "Culture is an important part of the University’s soul. In May, around 40 colleagues f

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/cultural-networking-event-and-smask - 2026-04-28

A newly procured case management system, a new Support Centre, LU Box clear out and a gentle reminder to obtain strong authentication – from 9 June it will also be required for booking business travel. New case management system procuredThe procurement of a new case management system for the entire University has now been completed. The new supplier and system is HaloITSM. HaloITSM is a British co

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-news-case-system-support-centre-and-document-clear-out - 2026-04-28

On 22 September, the Swedish Chips Competence Centre (SCCC) will open in The Loop in Lund. With Lund University as the host partner, researchers, start-ups and industry partners are coming together to strengthen Sweden's and Europe's position in semiconductor technology. A shared vision for Swedish and European semiconductor technologySemiconductor technology is crucial for everything from mobile

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sccc-takes-centre-stage-national-semiconductor-centre-opens - 2026-04-28

RAMP-UP, a new EU-funded doctoral programme coordinated by Lund University, is now inviting researchers from all faculties to submit proposals for co-funded PhD projects in regenerative medicine and advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs). The programme welcomes interdisciplinary ideas that span scientific, technological, clinical, ethical, economic, and societal perspectives on the developmen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-interdisciplinary-project-co-funding-ramp - 2026-04-28

Lund University’s Administrative Prize 2026 is awarded to Digitalisation Coordinator Håkan Håkansson and Library Assistant Tomasz Lesniak of the Lund University Library. Through far-sighted and innovative work on the Ravensbrück Archive, they have developed a unique research resource which has been recognised internationally and added to the UNESCO Memory of the World register. The Lund University

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/universitys-administrative-prize-2026-recognises-work-ravensbruck-archive - 2026-04-28

Digitalisation and AI affect us all – whether we work in research, teaching, administration or management. In order to face the future with the right tools and knowledge, we have formed an Ad hoc group to support our employees in developing their expertise in digitalisation and AI. We are launching an AI course for all staff as the semester gets underway. It is a basic course, aimed at those who a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-ad-hoc-ai-group-bolster-staff-expertise-digitalisation-and-ai - 2026-04-28

The University's Sustainability Plan has been revised. It now includes new sustainability requirements for purchasing and procurement. Logistics and communication have also been given greater emphasis. The aim of the plan is to accelerate the pace of transition to sustainable development – both within the University and in society. At the same time, it aims to make use of the knowledge and skills

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/updated-sustainability-plan - 2026-04-28

Over 1,300 people have applied for the 25 positions advertised in Lund University’s largest ever international recruitment drive. Among the candidates are researchers from world-leading universities such as Harvard and Oxford. “The initiative has generated great interest among highly qualified researchers,” says Erik Renström, Vice-Chancellor of Lund University.The call for applications refers to

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-largest-ever-international-recruitment-drive-attracts-great-interest - 2026-04-28

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-updates-important-windows-10-info-outlook-tips-and-strong-authentication - 2026-04-28

In a new observational study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden looked at all children listed for heart transplants in the Nordic countries between 1986 and 2023. A total of 597 children were included in the study, 461 of whom received a transplant. The results show that survival rates have increased significantly over time despite the modest volumes in the region – a development that the r

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/children-waiting-new-heart-study-shows-marked-improvement-survival-rates-and-importance-nordic - 2026-04-27

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-ceasefire-gaza-and-trumps-20-point-plan - 2026-04-27

She grew up in oil-rich Norway, with a father who travelled the world working in the oil sector. Little did Lina Lefstad know that just two decades later she would be a researcher at the forefront of efforts to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and tackle the climate crisis. What if we could easily capture carbon dioxide from combined heat and power plants and industrial sites, cool it to liqu

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/can-oil-industrys-know-how-help-solve-climate-crisis - 2026-04-27

https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/fullsatt-och-festligt-firande-pa-campus-helsingborgs-jubileumsdag - 2026-04-27

Hur kan vi bli bättre rustat för framtida kriser, samhällsutmaningar och omställning? Åtta forskningsprojekt vid Lunds universitet, Campus Helsingborg har nu beviljats medel från Helsingborgs stads forsknings- och utvecklingsfond för 2026. Tillsammans delar projekten på totalt 4,6 miljoner kronor. – Det är glädjande att återigen kunna presentera ett starkt fält med forskningsprojekt inom Helsingbo

https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/atta-forskningsprojekt-far-stod-att-starka-beredskap-och-framtida-utveckling - 2026-04-27

Regeringen planerar nya strategiska forskningsområden, där ett område fokuserar helt på krisberedskap och totalförsvaret. En av forskningsmiljöerna som rekommenderats medel från Vetenskapsrådet är projektet Effektiv krisberedskap och totalförsvar, ett samarbete mellan Uppsala universitet, Lunds universitet och Försvarshögskolan. Sveriges förmåga att hantera kriser och stärka totalförsvaret är i fo

https://www.ch.lu.se/artikel/centrum-beredskap-och-resiliens-deltar-i-nytt-strategiskt-forskningsomrade - 2026-04-27

Ett tvärvetenskapligt forskningsprojekt försöker svara på frågan hur det kom sig att 217 patienter på Vipeholmssjukhuset i Lund dog under åren 1941, -42 och -43. Med hjälp av arkivmaterial undersöker fyra forskare hur vardagen kan ha sett ut på Vipeholmssjukhuset, vilka idéer och åsikter man hade i ledning och hur arbetet organiserades för de anställda. – När man pratar om Vipeholm har, med all rä

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/doden-pa-vipeholm-utreds-med-hjalp-av-arkivforskning - 2026-04-27

Helena Filipsson, professor vid geologiska institutionen, har tillsammans med kollegor fått så kallad ”seed funding” från Lunds universitet för det tvärvetenskapliga projektet “From Microns to Models: Leveraging μCT and Machine Learning for High-Resolution Morphological Diversity Analysis (MICROMORPH)”. Projektet förenar expertis från geologi, biologi, matematik och statistik och drivs i samarbete

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/nya-perspektiv-pa-naturens-former-tvarvetenskapligt-projekt-far-startpengar-fran-universitetet - 2026-04-27

Aktivering av lungans självläkningsförmåga med hjälp av fysisk träning ger ökad överlevnad och förbättrar symptomen hos KOL-patienter. Men kunskap om vad som händer på cellulär och molekylärnivå vid ökad fysisk aktivitet saknas. För att förstå dessa mekanismer bättre tilldelas Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson, professor i lungbiologi vid Lunds universitet, Hjärt-Lungfondens stora forskningsanslag 2021.

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/hjart-lungfondens-stora-forskningsanslag-2021-till-forskning-om-hur-traning-kan-stimulera - 2026-04-27