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https://www.staff.lu.se/article/1-february-all-trips-will-be-booked-new-travel-agency-learn-use-new-self-service-booking-system - 2026-08-10

Sustainability Week has established itself as a key meeting place and this year brings together over 60 different events. For the seventh year, Lund University and the City of Lund are working together to highlight everything from biodiversity and climate issues to the role of business in the transition, consumption and cultural expression. In mid-April, it is time to discuss the transition to a s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainability-week-17-22-april - 2026-08-10

On Tuesday 15 October, we will meet for the second time to listen, learn and discuss the subject of accessible and inclusive teaching. The conference is free and open to teaching staff members and colleagues with close contact with students at Lund University. Our students are not a homogenous group and we are responsible for them all having the same opportunities to learn and develop at the Unive

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/one-lu-everyone-2024-conference-inclusive-teaching - 2026-08-10

Sigrid Hemels is Professor of Tax Law at Erasmus School of Law (Erasmus University, Rotterdam). She is internationally well known and has been involved with LUSEM since 2018, first as a visiting professor and since 2022 as an adjunct professor. Sigrid Hemels is highly appreciated by both colleagues and students at the Department of Commercial and Business Law at LUSEM and has made many important c

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/professor-tax-law-appointed-honorary-doctor-lusem - 2026-08-10

Join in and experience interdisciplinarity “in live practice”. Among other things, there will be a lunch seminar on what sound can teach us about democracy – and vice versa. Or perhaps a workshop, including performance, on ways to achieve existential well-being? Why not join the opening of the exhibition: "Coastal Perspectives" – an exhibition about the challenges and opportunities of the changing

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/interdisciplinary-research-goes-live-pufendorf-institute - 2026-08-10

The University’s Equal Opportunities Report 2026 has now been published. The report provides an overview of the University’s work on equal opportunities and anti-discrimination over the past year and highlights key areas for future development. The University works systematically and with a long-term perspective to ensure gender equality and equal opportunities for all staff and students. The visi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-lu-works-promote-equal-opportunities-and-combat-discrimination - 2026-08-10

For Jane Pinyapat, the master’s programme in Data Analytics and Business Economics opened the door to programming and equipped her with skills she considers invaluable. After graduating in 2022, she began her European career as a Data Engineer Specialist in Copenhagen. Read Jane’s story for her favorite programming tools, passion for Pink Programming, and top advice for LUSEM students aiming for a

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/coding-community-and-career-janes-path-after-lusem - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Farshid Jalalvand has a PhD in infection biology and vaccine development, and he has appeared frequently in the media during the debate on the Covid-19 vaccine. “When you work, as I do, with vaccines and you understand how they work, it feels important to try to explain it so that people can take decisions based on so

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-everyones-responsibility-get-vaccinated - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Two universities within 20 km of each other will become a reality next year when the higher education institution in Malmö will receive full university status. What this will mean for Lund is unclear. Will the university in Malmö be a complement or a competitor? In Lund, the feeling is cautiously optimistic. Huset Ork

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/complement-or-competitor - 2026-08-09

The SciLifeLab & Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) is the is one of the latest research initiative funded by Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation. Lund University has successfully recruited two DDLS Fellows starting now in the beginning of 2023. The practice of life science is continuously becoming more data-dependent. The amount and complexity of data is growing expo

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/scilifelab-wallenberg-national-program-data-driven-life-science - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Close proximity between the laboratory and the clinic, an identity that is tied to the division and not only to the different research groups, and lunch conversations about everything between heaven and earth. Thoas Fioretos, Felix Mitelman and Fredrik Mertens. According to three professors, these are some of the reas

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/stimulating-environment-key-success-clinical-genetics - 2026-08-09

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/stem-pd-announces-first-human-clinical-trial-results-parkinsons-disease-cell-therapy - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Torbjörn von Schantz finds that he has made good progress on the road to a united University. In his management group, he now sees more of a shared assumption of responsibility and less of a silo mentality and special interests. What he has missed most during his years as vice-chancellor is proximity to the rest of th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/outgoing-vice-chancellor-satisfied-see-more-people-taking-collective-responsibility - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In his homeland, Syria, he was a museum director – but today there is not much left of the National Archaeological Museum in Raqqa after it was plundered by IS. “I try to do what I can to save the cultural heritage”, says Anas Al Khabour. He is the second researcher to have found their way to Lund via Scholars at Risk

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fighting-save-syrias-cultural-heritage - 2026-08-09

Graduation was approaching and alumnus Erik Månsson didn't know what he wanted to do. A few months later he received the diploma in his hand, as well as his first job - CEO for a start-up within Food Tech. We had a talk with Erik about his job - as well as the start-up world, student life and sources of inspiration. Editor's note: this interview is from 2024.Erik, tell us about what you do today!I

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/erik-mansson-alumnus-bsc-business-and-economics-2019 - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There is nothing to indicate that sexual harassment is more common at the University than in other workplaces. However, different relationships of a dependent nature complicate the situation, such as that between doctoral student and supervisor. Few people choose to report harassment. "One of the reasons is fear of pe

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/power-hierarchies-make-it-more-difficult-curb-sexual-harassment - 2026-08-09

On 1 January 2020, a new law will come into force that means that cases concerning research misconduct are to be forwarded to a new national board exclusively dedicated to this. At Lund University, this will involve two or three current cases that will not be finalised in time.  "The purpose of the act is good, however, the allocation of responsibilities between the new board and ourselves is unfo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-national-board-take-over-cases-research-misconduct - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In 2019, the number of flights for business travel decreased by nearly 10 per cent at the University. At the same time, train travel increased by 20 per cent.   “There are many deliberate individual decisions behind this. We are on the right track!” says the head of sustainability Claes Nilén. When you look at the num

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/fewer-flights-lund-university-staff-2019 - 2026-08-09

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/students-scientists-never-ending-journey-stem-cell-research-begins-unistem-day-2024 - 2026-08-09

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Statins are a cholesterol-lowering drug that almost one million Swedes take to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease. But could perhaps statins also be used against breast cancer? Cancer researcher Signe Borgquist at least hopes so. Signe Borgquist and her colleagues found that statins had a tumour-inhibiting ef

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/common-drug-may-have-effect-breast-cancer - 2026-08-09