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On 1 December, the University’s insurance with Kammarkollegiet was renewed, which means changed rules for the storage and handling of all lithium-ion batteries used for transportation, such as electric bicycles, scooters etc, and other lithium-ion batteries with a capacity of more than 10 Ah. The new rules mean, among other things, that if you ride an electric bike to work, you must store your bat
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/if-you-ride-e-bike-work - 2026-05-08
It has frustrated me for a long time that we have not been able to use e-signatures, as I know that many other higher education institutions use them. Now they are available at last, and I have used the service in both the Research Programmes Board and the Library Board. The University has long had access to the EduSign tool, and we are now ready to start using it for all internal signatures. Usin
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-can-use-e-signatures-last - 2026-05-08
How can you enable encounters across boundaries in order to create new experiences, exciting research projects and innovation within education? And can it be done without things getting fuzzy? “Yes, this is something that those of us involved in the Strategy for Cultural Collaboration project have been working on for a while. What we specifically want to do is make Lund University’s artistic and c
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/tinder-cultural-collaboration - 2026-05-08
In an ideal world, perhaps the Psychological Defence Research Institute in Helsingborg would not even exist. But the global situation has brought attention, increased research funding and significant interest in collaboration from wider society. “The entire research institute is built around the idea that the world is troubled. We could be ten times the size we are, there is such an enormous amoun
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/psychological-defence-research-institute-we-could-be-ten-times-size-we-are - 2026-05-06
There is now an updated platform for strategic work which will guide our initiatives between 2025 and 2027. This update is an important part of our efforts to remain relevant and competitive in a rapidly changing world. The world around us is becoming increasingly unpredictable and complex, and in order to meet the new challenges we must act more quickly and in new ways. The platform for strategic
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/updated-platform-strategic-work-initiatives-international-impact - 2026-05-06
BECC are opening four, 2-year postdoctoral positions. Post-doctoral fellow in biosphere-atmosphere interactions The research concerns the ability of ecosystem carbon fluxes to adapt to changes in the frequency and intensity of drought-rainfall events. The main tasks of the project will be framed around the: characterization of the disproportional CO2 pulses induced by rainfall events identificatio
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/opportunities-post-doctoral-fellowships - 2026-05-07
Welcome to us the 18 December for a research event that focuses on how the individual and collective body becomes a politized body when partaking in demonstrations, riots, or activist art. We have invited visual artist Maj Hasager, performing artist Linn Hilda Lamberg and professor at Department of Gender Studies Helle Rydstrom to discuss how to approach the politicized body in relation to art, id
https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/thinking-together-politicized-body - 2026-05-07
On Tuesday, the PhD students who joined SWEAH 2026 met, at Forum Medicum in Lund. They introduced themselves and their research projects, received information about the graduate school, networked and met alumni and PhD students who have been involved with SWEAH for some time. As usual at the graduate school's introductory meetings, a wide range of research projects were presented. This involves co
https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/these-are-years-new-sweah-phd-students - 2026-05-07
Tashkent, Uzbekistan – November 18-19, 2025 Within the framework of the MOCCA (Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia) and MARS (Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective) projects, project team members from Lund University participated in the First “Central Asia – Nordics” Think Tank Forum held at the International Institute for Central Asia (IICA) in Tashkent. The delegation
In collaboration with Lund University Commissioned Education (LUCE) the department of Service studies offers a new international education programme with start later this spring. Focus is on the region around Lake Victoria in east Africa and prefect Mattias Wengelin, responsible for the programme, hope to share knowledge about sustainable services. LUCE contacted Mattias Wengelin in his prefect ro
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/service-studies-starts-education-programme-great-lakes-region - 2026-05-07
Our new Chief Veterinarian has landed. Research has always attracted her and the her new job means that she will have influence on strategic issues that require wise solutions. She is looking forward to the challenges. On a new job since the first of October, as Chief Veterinarian at Medfak, how does it feel? "It feels very exciting because it is a job where I get to be part of the changing enviro
Where were the suspects located before a crime was committed? Where was a bomb assembled or a batch of drugs produced? A new technique that analyzes environmental DNA could help provide answers. Geneticist Eran Elhaik at Lund University has developed an AI-based tool designed to support forensic investigations. The technology uses environmental DNA (eDNA) to help determine geographical origin from
https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-dna-technology-could-support-police-investigations - 2026-05-07
