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The faculties’ honorary doctors for 2025 have been announced and they will receive their honorary doctorates at the Doctoral Degree Conferment Ceremony on 23 May. Information on the honorary doctors’ lectures will be updated regularly during the spring. The title of honorary doctor, doctor honoris causa in Latin, is a distinction which is awarded by a faculty. The honorary doctors are people who h

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/full-list-faculties-honorary-doctors-2025 - 2026-06-18

How should we collaborate on a national strategy for semiconductors? The answer could be closer than we think. After the panel discussion during “Politics Week” in Almedalen, Lund University is now taking the first step towards establishing a national competence center for semiconductors. The shortage of semiconductors is a global challenge that requires quick solutions. During the recent  Almedal

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/working-towards-semiconductor-strategy-sweden - 2026-06-17

A consortium led by Paul Bourgine has been awarded EIC Transition grant with 2,5 million Euro over three years. This covers activities that are typically hard to finance - researchers refer to the famous « valley of death » illustrating the difficulty of translating promising basic research into human clinical practice. What is your project about?  "Our project is entitled DENOVOSS which stands fo

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/eic-transition-grant-advance-ossigel-bone-repair - 2026-06-17

The emergence of a mysterious area in the South Atlantic where the geomagnetic field strength is decreasing rapidly, has led to speculation that Earth is heading towards a magnetic polarity reversal. However, a new study that pieces together evidence stretching back 9,000 years, suggests that the current changes aren’t unique, and that a reversal may not be in the cards after all. The Earth’s magn

https://www.science.lu.se/article/earths-magnetic-poles-not-likely-flip - 2026-06-19

Meet Head of Communications Johanna Erlandson and Deputy Anna Hellgren for an overview of the Faculty communication and available support. All employees are welcome to join our digital Faculty Morning Meeting. These are recurring monthly information meetings where you can learn more about a current topic. The meetings are held in English or in Swedish depending on the topic and speaker’s choice, t

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-morning-meeting-288-communication-faculty-how-it-works - 2026-06-15

CMES will offer several part-time internships for Lund University students during the spring of 2026. Application CLOESED.Are you a Lund University student with an interest in the Middle East region? The Centre for Advanced Middle East Studies (CMES) offers internships in several projects during the spring semester of 2026.Who We AreCMES supports, coordinates and expands interdisciplinary research

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/come-work-us-student-internships-cmes-spring-2026 - 2026-06-17

We are thrilled to announce the Department's Spring 2025 Seminar Series, featuring an exciting lineup of speakers from across the globe. The seminars will take place every Thursday at 13:15 in the Blue Hall in the Ecology Building. After the talks, there will be time for fika and mingling.Here is the complete schedule for spring 2025:All links, except the one to BLAM, lead to personal web pages on

https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/spring-2025-seminar-series-announced - 2026-06-19

The University has decided that health promotion reimbursement will rise to SEK 3,000 from 1 January 2026. The University Management regards health promotion as important and they are keen to see more employees taking part. Health promotion benefit is offered to all employees at Lund University, regardless of the terms of your employment. To encourage higher uptake of the benefit, it has now been

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/increased-health-promotion-reimbursement-1-january-2026 - 2026-06-18

It was during a conference that Pouya Movahed Rad first heard about the small foundation Norrsken Mind. Together with colleagues, he wrote an application. The result: SEK 6.7 million in three years. Congratulations, what are you going to do with the money?"We have received just over SEK 6.7 million to conduct a pilot study that examines the potential of psilocybin in the treatment of anorexia nerv

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/finding-small-and-unknown-funders-networking-led-multi-million-grant - 2026-06-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A Swedish-Danish research team is now launching a new theory of the process that led to the formation of Earth. Through advanced analyses of meteorites, astronomers can determine that Tellus went from being a baby planet made of ice and carbon to reaching its current size thanks to millimetre-sized pebbles. The study

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-study-shows-earth-was-formed-millimetre-sized-pebbles-over-short-period - 2026-06-19

Representatives from all the partner universities meet once a year in conjunction with the alliance’s Annual Summit. This year we are the hosts – the meeting will be held in Lund 13-14 June, with an extra day on 12 June to enable meetings for the project’s various working groups. Our European university collaboration, EUGLOH (European University Alliance for Global Health), continues to develop. A

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-host-eugloh-annual-summit-13-14-june - 2026-06-18

Life is like a marathon. According to Dr. Anders Björklund, a pioneer and expert in cell replacement strategies for patients with Parkinson’s Disease, so is life in academia. Along his scientific run he has passed several milestones, the most recent being a jubilee honorary doctorate awarded by Lund University in celebration of his decades of contributions to neuroscience. We sat down with Anders

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/looking-long-magnificent-road-neuroscientists-life-interview-anders-bjorklund - 2026-06-17

Life is like a marathon. According to Dr. Anders Björklund, a pioneer and expert in cell replacement strategies for patients with Parkinson’s Disease, so is life in academia. Along his scientific run he has passed several milestones, the most recent being a jubilee honorary doctorate awarded by Lund University in celebration of his decades of contributions to neuroscience. We sat down with Anders

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/looking-long-magnificent-road-neuroscientists-life-interview-anders-bjorklund - 2026-06-19

Trots att den förlegade synen på äldre är utbredd och det flödar av stereotypa bilder är medvetenheten om så kallad ålderism begränsad. En ny snabbguide ger enkla tips om hur du i din kommunikation kan motverka diskriminering av äldre. Världshälsoorganisationen (WHO) och Förenta Nationerna (FN) har i snart 20 år uppmärksammat ålderism, som enkelt uttryckt kan beskrivas som en fördomsfull inställni

https://www.lu.se/artikel/sex-skrivtips-att-motverka-alderism - 2026-06-18

Ellinor Wihlborg graduated with a bachelor's degree in information systems 2012 and now works as a Business intelligence analyst at Arriva in Copenhagen. (The below interview is translated from Swedish)“It occurred to me that we actually have Copenhagen nearby, so I started looking for jobs there. Most of the adverts said that you had to be fluent in Danish and I'm not, but I wanted to try anyway.

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/ellinor-wihlborg-alumna-bsc-design-information-systems-2012 - 2026-06-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Felicita Brusonis research project is situated within the topic of exploring new fields in the scenario of the extra-normal voice. Research and experiments in this area have already enhanced our knowledge of what humans can do going beyond the limits of voice. Felicita Brusonis research project is situated within the

https://www.mhm.lu.se/en/article/meet-one-our-new-doctoral-students-artistic-research - 2026-06-17

Eric Warrant, a professor at the Department of Biology, has received an ERC Advanced Grant for his project “Incredible journeys: How do multiple sensory cues allow animal migrants to precisely navigate to a distant goal?” Congratulations Eric, how does it feel?“Very gratifying! This is my second Advanced Grant and it feels like a good confirmation that we are on the right path with our research.”C

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/biology-professor-receives-prestigious-eu-grant - 2026-06-19

The students at the master programme in Service Management with the specialization in Supply Chain Management is currently taking the course Service Logistics where several interesting guest lecturers are invited. – Guest lecturers creates a possibility for collaboration between Campus and the outside world, says course examiner Klas Hjort. – The course started with a guest from the University of

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/guest-lecturers-gives-valuable-industry-insights-and-connection-business-life - 2026-06-19

The WCMM Fireside Chat is a series of articles dedicated to showcasing the remarkable work of researchers within and around the Lund Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM). Our goal is to encourage collaboration, communication, and inspiration among the scientific community by highlighting innovative research, breakthrough discoveries, and the people driving these advancements. The Swedis

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-fireside-chat-kristian-pietras - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Jörgen Olofsson, Markku Rummukainen and Minchao Wu were recently featured or cited in various media. Researcher interviewed about strategies to achieve climate targetsResearcher Jörgen Olofsson, was interviewed in the daily Dagens ETC about a new book containing 100 strategies to achieve climate targets by 2050. “I’ve

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/staff-swedish-media - 2026-06-17