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Zaal Kokaia, professor of neurology at the Department of Clinical Sciences in Lund and former chairman of Lund Stem Cell Center, is this year's winner of the Bengt Falck Prize in Neuroscience. He receives the award for his many years of research on stroke, presented to him by the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Erik Renström. How does it feel to receive Bengt Falck's award? - When I arrived in Lu

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/stroke-researcher-receives-bengt-falcks-award - 2025-10-03

Last week, Lund University's external Cultural Council convened and several interesting discussions about the future were initiated. The Cultural Council is an important part of the university's cultural strategy to strengthen collaboration between art, culture, education, and research. As of spring of 2024, the council has been reinforced with the following new members: Nina Andersson (CEO of Fol

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/culture-water-essential-and-enduring - 2025-10-04

In the beginning of October we welcomed two of our three new doctoral students; Isabelle Karlsson from Germany and Monica Porzionato from Italy. Isabelle Karlsson did her Master’s in Strategic Communication at the Department between 2016-2018. After her Master’s she has worked within communication in various sectors, but decided to come back to academia. Find out more about Isabelle below;What is

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/isabelle-and-monica-our-new-doctoral-students - 2025-10-03

The course “Climate Change: a question of justice?” will be held just in time for the UN climate summit in Paris in December and is open to all with no registration fee. The Department of Political Science is collaborating with the Interdisciplinary Distance Learning Programme in Environmental Sciences (infernum) at Hagen University, Germany to produce this massive open online course (MOOC).Learn

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/un-climate-summit-paris-focus-interactive-open-online-course - 2025-10-03

I hope that you have all had an enjoyable summer and holiday! Two important reviews were completed during the summer: an examination of the Central Administration’s organisation and working methods and a pre-study on professional and career development for technical and administrative staff. Both reviews are very much in line with the University’s Platform for Strategic Work, which specifies measu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/proposals-new-measures-more-benefit-driven-and-value-creating-administrative-organisation - 2025-10-04

Many very positive things are happening within management and leadership development right now. It is around a year since our new policy for academic leadership was approved, and a couple of weeks ago our new head of department programme was launched. I am truly glad that we are now able to offer a leadership programme that is specifically aimed at heads of department. The HR Division is now worki

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-managers-forum-and-new-leadership-programme - 2025-10-04

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/winner-european-entrepreneurship-education-award-2025 - 2025-10-04

The University started the year on a high in The Conversation, the international platform where researchers write about research and analyse current social issues. This year, 21 articles have already been published. This means that 2025 could be another record year. Researchers from several faculties have contributed to this year’s productive start. The Faculty of Social Sciences accounts for eigh

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/university-gets-flying-start-conversation-2025 - 2025-10-04

The search is on for 25 researchers from around the world in Lund University’s largest ever international recruitment drive. The main focus will be on AI research and other cutting-edge fields. Lund University’s body of researchers is getting reinforcements. If all goes according to plan, no fewer than 25 new researchers from all over the world will arrive in Lund this autumn. The recruitment targ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/largest-global-researcher-recruitment-drive-ever - 2025-10-04

During the excursion week this spring, Master’s students from the Department of Geology visited Öland and the Danish town of Faxe. This year there was also a new location in the programme. Students had the opportunity to learn more about the Cretaceous period and its fossil remains in the bat-filled Tykarp Cave, which is actually an old limestone mine. Anders Lindskog and Johan Lindgren suddenly c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-collaboration-between-university-and-underground-world - 2025-10-04

Professor Sophia Zackrisson has been appointed as the new LUCC coordinator for a 3-year period and she will replace Kristian Pietras as coordinator from March 1st 2021. Nomination of coordinator candidates took place during December 2020 until the end of February 2021 and the Dean of Faculty of Medicine appointed the new coordinator in March. Sophia Zackrisson is part of the LUCC steering group an

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/new-lucc-coordinator - 2025-10-03

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/kristian-pietras-named-cancer-researcher-year-2025 - 2025-10-03

ADAC.io - Attribution – Data – Analysis – Countermeasures. InterOperability, a Horizon project started on 1 February. A week later, the partners of the ADAC.io-consortium met at the Old Bishop's House at Lund University to elaborate on the details of the project that is planned for three years. The seven partners of ADAC.io are Alliance4Europe (DE), Debunk.eu (LT), Dortmund University - Institutio

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/consortium-meeting-adacio - 2025-10-03

https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/article/critical-interaction-intelligence-analysis-communication-and-societal-resilience - 2025-10-03

The Russian invasion of Ukraine raised concerns about Europe’s dependence on Russian natural gas. In a recent interview to Extrakt magazine Professor Aleh Cherp argues that this will increase the interest of European countries to construct new or prolong the operation of existing nuclear power plants. Aleh Cherp notes that such plans exist in the UK, the Netherlands, Poland and France. He also poi

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/will-war-ukraine-provide-boost-nuclear-power - 2025-10-03

https://www.civilsocietyelites.lu.se/article/conference-civil-society-studies-2020-postponed-january-2021 - 2025-10-03

This year we received 9 applications. During this application round nine (9) applications were received. A decision has now been taken to award two scholarships, which consequently go to:Marko Huttunen: The spreading of gated communities to lower income groups in Sao PaoloThea Astrid Hamleton: Men’s concerns and engagement toward enhancing gender equality in Aleta Wondo in Southern EthiopiaWe woul

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/results-mfs-application-round-autumn-2015 - 2025-10-03

LUPOP is running a matchmaking initiative, connecting clinically active researchers with non-clinicians who are willing to help out with research during the corona-pandemic. Today, the team of researchers who are willing to help can provide expertise in these areasAgeingBioinformaticsBiology (molecular, computational)BiomarkersCardiometabolic risksData management (data mining, data compilation, da

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/do-you-need-help-your-research-while-working-covid-19-patients - 2025-10-03

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-public-seminar-samir-abu-eid-inside-israeli-palestinian-conflict - 2025-10-03

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/less-bird-diversity-city-forests - 2025-10-03