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The on-screen lecture looks like any other digital seminar. But this is no normal session. The audience lives in the university town of Zhytomyr in Ukraine, and they are taking part in a series of online seminars organised by around ten researchers and teaching staff from Lund. One of the organisers of the knowledge exchange is Oksana Chernysh, dean of the Faculty of Pedagogical Technologies and L

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/respite-ukrainian-students-through-collaboration-lund - 2025-09-30

Gender studies is not something to engage in. This is a common statement in eastern Europe, where there is major resistance and study programmes are under constant threat of closure. Now the Department of Sociology and the Department of Gender Studies in Lund are joining forces to support colleagues and programmes in the region. Particular focus is being placed on war-torn Ukraine. “It’s not just

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/supporting-controversial-studies-eastern-europe - 2025-09-30

This spring, LU is launching a joint faculty initiative to further train already established research supervisors. They constitute a hitherto forgotten group when it comes to professional development according to Maria Stanfors, vice chair of the Research Programmes Board (Swedish abbreviation FUN) and the person leading the project. “Over the years, there has been a lot of focus on doctoral stude

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/overlooked-supervisors-receive-further-training - 2025-09-30

Thanks to stem cell research, we now understand much more about the earliest stages of human development and what underlies many of our diseases. In recent years, the field has been revolutionised by several discoveries that have completely changed the landscape of stem cell research. Since its establishment as a strategic research centre, the Lund Stem Cell Center has become one of the strongest

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/twenty-years-revolutionary-stem-cell-research - 2025-09-30

It is Thursday morning and time for the miniature brains to have lunch. The temperature in the cell incubator is a comfortable 37 degrees, perfect for a tiny brain. Anna Falk prepares the nutrient solution that the cells need to grow. These are cells that have made the remarkable transformation from skin cells to stem cells and then to brain neurons. The small model of the brain is called an organ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/feeding-time-miniature-brains - 2025-09-30

LU Business Track has been designed to speed up the development of growth companies born out of Lund University's research. Innovation is a driving force for the transition to a more sustainable society - and Skåne is one of the world's most innovative regions. At Lund University we see research results that can turn into knowledge-intensive innovations and technologies, which in turn can be the s

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/launching-lu-business-track-new-way-commercialize-research - 2025-09-30

In a world marked by geopolitical changes and climate impact that create entirely new conditions, we need to alter the way we work on international matters. This is the starting point for a new way of working – Global Dynamic Engagement (GDE). GDE aims to strengthen and develop the University’s international impact in research, education, external engagement and innovation. The aim is for the Univ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/global-dynamic-engagement-will-enhance-our-international-presence - 2025-09-30

It is important that doctoral students, regardless of category and financing, have the same opportunities and conditions, as far as possible, for their admission to and conducting of third-cycle education. Unfortunately, that is not the case today, as the situation varies between the faculties. Sometimes this is due to factors related to the subjects, but in some cases, it is because there has bee

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/are-opportunities-and-conditions-same-all-universitys-doctoral-students - 2025-09-30

New construction is a time-consuming process. It always is, even when building a private house. And if you are building premises for a complex future organisation, it takes even longer. The University has been working on establishing operations in Science Village for many years and is still only on step 2 of the 9 steps in the building process. (The building process at Lund University is described

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/year-we-are-developing-premises-programme-science-village-0 - 2025-09-30

With the aim of strengthening and developing the University’s international impact in research, education, external engagement and innovation, a new way of working has been decided by the Vice-Chancellor. The University’s international work is to be based on an approach called Global Dynamic Engagement (GDE). GDE is to be a proactive way of working on international matters and act as support for n

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-way-working-international-matters-global-dynamic-engagement - 2025-09-30

On 17 March, 26 new professors will be inaugurated in a ceremony at the auditorium of the Main University Building, followed by a reception in the Pelarsalen. The University’s new professors are inaugurated by the Vice-Chancellor. In connection with the inauguration, one of the new professors, Professor Mia Liinason, will hold a short popular science lecture. The president of the Lund University S

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/inauguration-ceremony-new-professors-17-march - 2025-09-30

The Campus Development Office is working to produce the University’s Campus Plan through external monitoring, meetings and workshops with the organisation. The fundamental aim of work on the Campus Plan is to identify the University’s interests and the important things to provide. All the faculties have had representatives at the workshops. So far, three thematic workshops have been organised, foc

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/work-campus-plan-continues - 2025-09-30

Representatives from the Taras Shevchenko National University in Kiev (TSNUK) will visit Lund, and all students and staff at the University are invited to a seminar to hear how they are maintaining activities during the ongoing war. How do you create security and normality in a country where air-raid sirens and artillery fire are a part of everyday life? How is it possible to teach when students a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/seminar-how-run-university-under-war-experiences-and-coping-strategies-ukraine - 2025-09-30

In order to make registrations easier, the university-wide Registrar’s Office has acquired a new form tool. You put up the form online and once someone has filled it in, a case is created immediately in W3D3. The recipient, administrator and the document itself, along with any appendices, are entered automatically. If you have previously used paper forms and registered manually, this is a simpler

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-form-tool-easier-registration-documents - 2025-09-30

After more than ten years with the same organisation, it is time to review its functioning and our working methods. In order to provide value-creating and benefit-driven administrative services that contribute to the further development of the University’s core activities as stated in the Platform for Strategic Work, we need to ensure we have the right conditions for managing our changing environm

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/review-central-administration-even-better-and-more-effective-support - 2025-09-30

The Vice-Chancellor has recently decided to implement a project aimed at strengthening the work against sexual harassment among students. The project represents a major step forward on this important issue and will be implemented together with the three main student stakeholders – the Academic Society, the nations and the students’ unions. This is the first time we are taking such a clear collecti

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-supporting-students-their-work-against-sexual-harassment - 2025-09-30

The University’s central administration will undergo a review of its organisation and working methods. The aim is to see how the University can work smarter to manage complex issues and respond to change. The review has been initiated by University Director Susanne Kristensson. It started on 1 March and is to be completed by 30 June 2023. The work on the review is based on the Platform for Strateg

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/review-central-administration-has-started - 2025-09-30

On 1 March, the Coordinated Examination Service was launched with invigilators in the Annex. New employees will now work as coordinators and invigilators. Since 1 March, the Coordinated Examination Service project has been responsible for staffing invigilators for the exams conducted in the Annex (MA8, MA9, MA10). A dozen or so new members of staff have been appointed as coordinators and invigilat

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/premier-coordinated-examination-service - 2025-09-30

There is now information on possible career paths in research and teaching at Lund University on the Staff Pages, under Employment / Professional and careers development. The information will also be published on the University’s external websites lu.se and lunduniversity.lu, and is aimed at prospective employees. Read more: Career paths within research and teaching at Lund University | Staff Page

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/career-paths-within-research-and-teaching-lu - 2025-09-30

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 - 2025-09-30