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NanoLund at Lund University has established a long-term strategic collaboration with the Olle Engkvist Foundation, which intends to support the purchase of equipment for Nanolab Science Village to the tune of SEK 100 million over five years. Through this collaboration, the foundation wishes to support the very strong, leading interdisciplinary research environment that is to be found at NanoLund.

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/strategic-collaboration-olle-engkvist-foundation-100-msek-nanolab-science-village - 2026-07-23

Birds fly more efficiently by folding their wings during the upstroke, according to a recent study led by Lund University in Sweden. The results could mean that wing-folding is the next step in increasing the propulsive and aerodynamic efficiency of flapping drones. Even the precursors to birds – extinct bird-like dinosaurs – benefited from folding their wings during the upstroke, as they develope

https://www.science.lu.se/article/feathered-robotic-wing-paves-way-flapping-drones - 2026-07-23

The 7th Nordic Development Research Conference (NorDev) was held the 21-23 August in Uppsala. The title for the conference was “Co-creation for transition towards a sustainable society” and was organised by Uppsala University and the Swedish Development Research Network (SweDev). The NorDev2023 gathered around 170 participants and covered panel topics related to the co-creation between researchers

https://www.developmentresearchschool.lu.se/article/maria-eriksson-baaz-it-important-raise-discussions-around-inequalities-and-colonial-heritage - 2026-07-23

Ana Maria Vargas Falla was Lund University's only representative at COP29 in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. She has researched public resistance and acceptance of climate legislation and contributed to the "10 new insights in climate science" presented during the climate summit. These are her impressions of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. I was initially very sceptical about having

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/ana-maria-vargas-falla-reflects-cop29 - 2026-07-23

How do you become a good manager? During IKVL's inspiration day for managers, various challenges linked to the managerial role were discussed – and how to achieve recovery. A good manager is responsive, clear and listening. Having a good manager creates security, gives employees freedom and prerequisites to do their work. But how do you do it? Around 50 Heads of Division and some research group le

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/ikvls-managers-day-about-being-manager-and-recovery - 2026-07-23

What does your work consist of? As a coordinator, I have an overarching perspective since I work with all the faculty’s programmes. My job is partly to coordinating all written exams in the QPS system, and optimise the processes around this, and partly to provide training and support to the faculty's teachers and administrators. Currently I am focused on the written exams, but further on I will wo

https://www.qps.education.lu.se/en/article/frida-reisdal-exam-coordinator-faculty-medicine - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the last few days there has been an intense debate in the media about the Art Academy, which has been described as threatened with shut-down due to an eviction notice from the city of Malmö on its current premises. Lund University has been warned that the city needs the building as soon as possible, preferably with

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/current-and-future-premises-malmo-art-academy - 2026-07-23

"When I was a kid, I said tetra about all the juice drinks," says Roxanne Mae Targa when she talks about her first experience with Tetra Pak. Now she knows more. After completing her degree project, she is now employed by the company. As a student at Tetra Pak, she quickly felt like one in the group – an experience she shares with her classmates Nawapan Boonchum and Elif Tiryakioglu. How much did

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/degree-project-students-appreciate-open-working-climate-tetra-pak - 2026-07-23

A review of the subject of Physics at Lund University is now being initiated. The aim is to gather input from an external expert panel on how the subject can be developed going forward. Particular focus will be placed on how organisational changes can strengthen the discipline and enhance its international impact. Physics at Lund University is currently represented at the Faculty of Engineering (L

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/subject-physics-be-reviewed-expert-panel - 2026-07-23

Over the past six months, many managers and staff have contributed to the efforts to balance the books in the Central Administration. As in the rest of the University, we need to lower our costs. The cost-cutting package includes many different measures, for example not recruiting to certain roles after retirements or resignations, consolidation of premises, reduced resources in some areas, a revi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/central-administration-subject-increasing-pressure-change - 2026-07-24

Car travel accounts for half of all emissions in Lund. In order to reach the climate targets set out, it will be necessary for more people to choose sustainable commuting. Now all the members of CoAction Lund have committed to promote sustainable travel together, for commuting, business travel and the transport of goods. Lund University is contributing expertise to the collaboration, and is also p

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/climate-collaboration-coaction-lund-gathers-speed - 2026-07-24

Technical and administrative staff at Lund University (LU) are now welcome to apply to participate in an exchange program with Stellenbosch University (SU) in South Africa. The program is both digital and physical. It is implemented with funding from the Erasmus+ program. The purpose of the exchange program is to offer Lund university technical and administrative staff an opportunity for 1) increa

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/apply-exchange-program-stellenbosch-university-south-africa-2025-2026 - 2026-07-24

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Mångårig diabetes, höga blodsocker och högt blodtryck – är de tre viktigaste riskfaktorerna för diabetiska ögonskador. En 73 årig kvinna i Brasilien har dem alla men hon har inte ett spår av ögonförändringar trots att hon haft typ 1 diabetes i 69 år. Hon och andra enstaka som slipper komplikationer kan ge forskarna

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/vanskott-diabetes-i-69-ar-men-inga-ogonskador - 2026-07-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Det är dubbelt så vanligt att barn och ungdomar som har insulinpump drabbas av syraförgiftning jämfört med dem som tar insulininjektioner. Syraförgiftning är ett farligt tillstånd men i de allra flesta fall är det inte pumpens fel. Insulinpumpar har flera fördelar. Den främsta, vilket många undersökningar visar, är

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/syraforgitfning-vanligare-hos-pumpanvandare - 2026-07-24

LUND SPRING SYMPOSIUM – When Katherine A. High began working with gene therapy, the field was new, promising – and riddled with uncertainty. Three decades later, she is a visiting professor at The Rockefeller University, CEO of RhyGaze AG, and former President and Head of R&D at Spark Therapeutics. Her research has led to life-changing treatments for patients with inherited diseases. But the road

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/rewriting-genetic-fate-katherine-high-and-rise-gene-therapy - 2026-07-23

https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/90-msek-till-sakrare-behandling-av-psykiatriska-och-kognitiva-symtom-vid-parkinsons-sjukdom - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Is it OK for a manager to email employees in the evenings and on weekends? More employers should have explicit rules about emailing outside working hours, according to Mikael Ottosson, who is researching the work environment within a project entitled “Going home already? Fluid working hours means freedom to some peopl

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/should-employees-be-reachable-email-during-their-leisure-time - 2026-07-23

Tidplan och checklista. Allmänt om tertialbokslutetInstitutionen/motsv ska kontinuerligt vara i fas med sin bokföring d v s alla inkomster ska löpande bokföras på respektive projekt/aktivitet, fakturor i Lupin ska snarast granskas och attesteras, anläggningstillgångar ska kompletteras så snart det kan ske etc. Bra rutiner för löpande bokföring och avstämning leder till ett enklare bokslutsarbete.

https://www.ekonomiwebben.lu.se/artikel/infor-tertialbokslutet-den-30-april-2024 - 2026-07-23

Mats E. Eriksson, professor i paleontologi vid geologiska institutionen, har gjort sig känd för att namnge fossil efter hårdrocksstjärnor. Nu debuterar han med pikareskromanen Death: The Antidote To Misery där både skräckrockare, forskare och konstentusiaster får sitt lystmäte. Mats E. Eriksson är inte bara vanvettigt intresserad av urtidsdjur som dog ut för flera miljoner år sedan. Han hyser även

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/geologiprofessor-gor-skonlitterar-debut-om-death-metal-fossil-och-ond-brad-dod - 2026-07-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Företagsbyggaren och mecenaten Bo Hjelt och den internationellt framstående glykobiologiforskaren professor Henrik Clausen blir hedersdoktorer vid Medicinska fakulteten 2019. De kommer att promoveras i Lunds domkyrka den 24 maj 2019. Bo Hjelt, född i Finland och uppvuxen i Sverige, är en entreprenör som framgångsrik

https://www.lu.se/artikel/hedersdoktorer-vid-medicinska-fakulteten-2019 - 2026-07-23