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The Electoral College is now starting the process of appointing three new academic staff representatives to the University Board for the next term of office. The term of office for the three current members ends on 30 April 2026, and the new members will be appointed for the period 1 May 2026 to 30 April 2029. The process of appointing academic staff representatives is regulated by the Higher Educ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/propose-candidates-spring-2026-election-academic-staff-representatives-university-board - 2026-06-18

Universities need to adapt to major changes in society. At the same time, they must remain true to their long-term mission of freely seeking out and disseminating knowledge. So says Johan Östling. The institution of the university as we know it today emerged during the middle ages and has survived shifts in forms of government, economic systems, war and upheaval. But how sustainable is the univers

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/universities-thousand-year-old-institutions-must-protect-their-freedom - 2026-06-18

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/observing-emergence-quantum-phase-transition-shell-shell - 2026-06-19

The Mats Paulsson Foundations have made a landmark decision to double their annual donations, awarding SEK 50 million to support pioneering medical research. Among the recipients is WCMM Clinical Researcher Sandra Lindstedt, who received SEK 3 million for her innovative work in lung transplantation. In honour of Mats Paulsson’s 80th birthday, the Mats Paulsson Foundations have decided to double th

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/mats-paulsson-foundations-award-sek-50-million-grants - 2026-06-19

The Great Gerontology Prize 2025 is awarded to SWEAH's coordinator, Professor Susanne Iwarsson. The prize is given to people who have made a difference in the field of older adults and ageing. The motivation of the Swedish Gerontological Society, which awards the prize annually, is as follows:"Professor Iwarsson is a prominent researcher who for many years has contributed in an exemplary way to th

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/years-gerontology-award-goes-susanne-iwarsson - 2026-06-19

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/exercise-led-trainer-instead-opioids - 2026-06-19

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/young-researcher-wins-prestigious-award - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 12-13 June 2017 SOAS University of London will hold its South Asia Institute Graduate Conference. This year the theme of the conference is: "Interrogating the 'rural' in South Asia: ruptures and continuities". Abstracts should be submitted by April 15th. A wealth of literature documents the apparently profound tran

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/soas-south-asia-institute-graduate-conference - 2026-06-19

LU Holding focuses on supporting researchers/teaching staff and students who have ideas that can be transformed into companies. Using this approach, ideas and/or research results can contribute to creating growth and job opportunities in the region through the start-up of new companies. The innovation organisation at the University includes a wholly-owned holding company, LU Holding. The work of h

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/converting-research-results-companies-do-you-know-about-lu-holding - 2026-06-19

Finn Lindgren, professor and chair of statistics in the School of Mathematics and Maxwell Institute of Mathematical Sciences at the The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, returns to his hometown and Alma Mater as the new professor in statistics at LUSEM. "We are honored to have such an accomplished scholar join our ranks. Finn will join us on 1 September, and we look forward to welcoming him warml

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/new-professor-statistics-lusem - 2026-06-19

CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has authored the article "When the Assyrian Tragedy Became Seyfo: A Study of Swedish-Assyrian Politics of Memory" in the journal Genocide Studies International. Abstract Research into and widespread knowledge about the Assyrian Genocide, called Seyfo by Assyrians, is a recent phenomenon. Assyrians themselves have always known of the tragic events that occurred durin

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/swedish-assyrian-politics-memory - 2026-06-19

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/dataset-containing-indicators-political-regimes-and-institutions - 2026-06-19

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/political-science-and-brain - 2026-06-19

The Vice-Chancellor has decided to appoint Martin Sunnqvist as a Professor in Legal History at the Faculty of Law. Martin Sunnqvist's research focuses on comparative legal history, with a specific emphasis on the history of constitutional law and procedural law. His doctoral thesis examined the history of judicial review of legislation in the Nordic countries. Currently, Martin Sunnqvist is conduc

https://www.law.lu.se/article/new-professor-legal-history - 2026-06-19

The classic IIIEE capstone consulting course "Sustainability Solutions in Context" has been successfully completed by Masters students in Batch 30. The course aims to lead student teams to client exercise projects all over the world. This year, the clients included a range of actors from large businesses to NGOs and UNEP. Notably we this year, after 170+ projects in 35+ countries, for the first ti

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/b30-have-tested-their-wings-solving-sustainability-challenges-clients-around-europe - 2026-06-19

CMES Researcher Sami Al-Daghistani has been granted Lund University’s GloHub seed funding for an international collaboration on Islamic Studies. The initiative brings together researchers from the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne and scholars from Lund University, representing both the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (CTR) and the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES).As

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/glohub-seed-funding-sami-al-daghistani-islamic-studies-collaboration - 2026-06-19

There is an increased demand for rooms for reflection and contemplation within the University. Deputy Vice-Chancellor Lena Eskilsson has therefore decided that the University is to strive to offer students and employees a rooms for reflection and contemplation for prayers, meditation or other activities that require silence. The decision has been taken in dialogue with the Council for Gender Equal

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/rooms-reflection-and-contemplation-employees-and-students - 2026-06-20

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. My recent research trip to Amazon, Colombia was a stark reminder that sustainability science is as much about being at the forefront of knowledge as it is about physically visiting man-made frontiers and conflict areas. I think this has to do with the importance to connect with local communities and people and try to

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/colombian-amazon-doing-research-complex-environments-torsten-krause - 2026-06-19

The Pereira research group has previously shown that it is possible to reprogram human skin cells into dendritic cells that strengthen the immune system. However, the efficiency of these reprogrammed cells has been shown to be very low. New studies now indicate that there are ways to increase the efficiency of these reprogrammed cells by over 75%. These findings provide mechanistic insights into h

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-findings-indicate-ways-increase-efficiency-reprogrammed-immune-cells - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Boreal peatlands store large amounts of carbon, but warmer and drier conditions caused by climate change may turn these ecosystems into carbon sources. Equipped with drones and thermal cameras Julia Kelly, who recently received her doctorate at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC), has studied what f

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/drones-offer-new-insights-boreal-peatland-co2-emissions - 2026-06-19