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The Faculty Office, ”Kansli S”, is currently preparing for a reorganisation at the turn of the year. The aim is to create a clearer, more efficient and better-coordinated organisation that meets the needs of the organisation and demands of the future more effectively. The Faculty Office has had an increasingly complex and growing workload for a long time. To meet this challenge and improve the wor
The University’s cultural and public centres offer many events in the run-up to Christmas. Take the opportunity to check out the broad programme. As usual, Odeum, Lund University’s music centre, invites everyone to the traditional Christmas and Lucia concerts in the beautiful auditorium of the Main University Building. The Lund Academic Choir will conduct its atmospheric Lucia procession on three
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/christmas-and-lucia-our-student-musicians-odeum - 2026-10-10
What happens when scientists, municipal actors, and private sector stakeholders from six European countries come together to question the future of aquathermal energy? At LUCSUS, we just found out. June 17 to 19, the Interreg North Sea WaterWarmth partner meeting took place in Lund, hosting partners from Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. LUCSUS’s researchers Sara Broo
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/ideas-action-shaping-aquathermal-futures - 2026-10-09
The fact that June’s EU meeting held in Lund had the theme “The Potential of Research Data: How Research Infrastructures Provide New Opportunities and Benefits for Society,” clearly shows the enormous opportunity that research data could represent. Now it is time to make that potential a reality. The University’s research generates increasingly large volumes of data and the need to know where and
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/common-approach-research-data-e-infrastructure-project - 2026-10-10
In recent years, Lund University has invested heavily in emphasising the role of culture and the arts in education, research and innovation. To support teaching practitioners in this work, money for seed funding was announced last autumn – a chance to support new projects that will bring culture into the teaching practitioners work in creative ways. In total, 18 exciting applications were received
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/four-projects-receive-seed-funding-integrate-arts-and-culture-education-and-research - 2026-10-10
In an absolutely new exciting project, the University is now calling for applications for an artist residency based at MAX IV, where artists in artistic forms will interpret and provide perspective on what is happening in the world-leading synchrotron light facility at Brunnshög. The Gyllenstiernska Krapperup Foundation has generously donated funds to create an artists in residence programme. In t
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/artistic-interpretation-max-iv - 2026-10-10
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. People with type 2 diabetes have epigenetic changes on their DNA that healthy individuals do not have. This has been shown in a major study by researchers at Lund University. The researchers also found epigenetic changes of a large number of genes that contribute to reduced insulin production. “This shows that the ris
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/epigenetic-changes-could-explain-type-2-diabetes - 2026-10-09
On 11th of June, Emma Johnson successfully defended her PhD dissertation titled "Towards Circular Business Models for Sustainability: Exploring Innovation, Implementation, & Environmental Impact." The faculty opponent was Professor Anna Öhrwall Rönnbäck from Luleå University of Technology. Members of the Examination Committee were Professor Fenna Blomsma from Hamburg University, Professor Hervé Co
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/emma-johnson-has-successfully-defended-her-doctoral-degree - 2026-10-09
The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change is entering a new phase as its first four-year term ends in March 2026. The Council's new members have now been announced, and Lars J Nilsson, Professor of Environmental and Energy Systems at LTH, will continue to be one of the representatives. The European Climate Advisory Board, ESABCC, plays an important role in monitoring and contributin
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/second-term-eus-advisory-board-climate-change-lth-professor-continues - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University is strong in terms of publications. Stellenbosch University has very good equipment. Doctoral student Ahmed Fawzy is part of a research group in Chemical Physics that is collaborating with South Africa to find efficient catalysts in chemical processes. Ahmed Fawzy is a doctoral student in Lund, but use
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mutual-collaboration-gives-strength-research - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During the week of Midsummer, Sweden will inaugurate its largest investment in research ever made – MAX IV Laboratory. “It has been a long process and it feels amazing that all the electrons and light are now working”, says Pro Vice-Chancellor Stacey Ristinmaa Sörensen, responsible for the University’s infrastructure
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-inaugurate-swedens-largest-research-investment-max-iv - 2026-10-09
At the February meeting you will get an opportunity to meet the new Faculty management team. At the February meeting you will get an opportunity to meet the new faculty management team when dean Maria Björkqvist, deputy dean Jonas Larsson and vice deans Eva Ageberg, David Gisselsson Nord, Thomas Hellmark, Karin Jirström and Niklas Nielsen present themselves to us.NOTE: This meeting will be held in
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-morning-meeting-82-meet-our-new-faculty-management - 2026-10-09
At the September meeting you will meet Vice-Dean David Gisselsson Nord and our guests Cicilia Jeppsson, international coordinator, Division of Global engagement, and Erika Söderstjerna, policy officer, Office of the Vice-Chancellor, who will walk us through how we work with improving our international ranking, specifically the QS ranking, and what we can do to contribute. NOTE: This meeting will
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/faculty-morning-meeting-259-improving-our-international-ranking - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Religious Studies at Karlstad University needs to recruit a senior lecturer with expertise in Islam, and preferably also in areas such as globalisation, migration, cultural meetings and research experience in empirical quantitative and/or qualitative methods. This is a full-time, non-fixed term position with starting
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-senior-lecturer-religious-studies - 2026-10-09
On 12 September, the Government decided on the appointment of the chair and other external members of the University Board for the period 1 October 2024–30 April 2028. Ingrid Petersson continues as chair. The new external board members areAnders O. Bjarklev, President of the Technical University of DenmarkKlas Friberg, Strategic advisorAnna Victoria Hallberg PhDThe external board members who conti
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/decision-university-boards-external-members-upcoming-term-office - 2026-10-10
The Centre for European Studies at Lund University (CFE) announces the availability of funds for seminars, symposia, and lectures on European themes to be organized at Lund University during the spring and autumn semester 2025. The funds can be used for inviting guest speakers or lecturers to seminars, lectures, symposia and similar events. The theme must deal with Europe, European conditions, and
https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/grants-seminars-symposia-and-lectures - 2026-10-09
The Centre for European Studies at Lund University (CFE) announces the availability of funds for seminars, symposia, and lectures on European themes to be organised at Lund University during the autumn 2026 and spring semester 2027. The funds can be used for inviting guest speakers or lecturers to seminars, lectures, symposia and similar events. The theme must deal with Europe, European conditions
https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/grants-seminars-symposia-and-lectures-spring-2026 - 2026-10-09
On most days, the flatlands west of Lund are inhabited mainly by grain crops and incessant wind. The week after Midsummer, a field near Borgeby Castlefield becomes a bustling gathering place, with exhibition tents, flags and field demonstrations. The event is Borgeby fältdagar (field days), one of Sweden’s largest agricultural fairs for farmers, advisors, industry representatives and anyone with t
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-research-takes-root-one-swedens-largest-field-fairs - 2026-10-09
